Royals rally past Twins for seventh straight win in Minneapolis
Kansas City broke a 3-2 deficit with a four run seventh inning led by Fran Healy Cookie Rojas and Amos Otis. Healy and Brett had early RBIs as the Royals built a 2-0 lead before Minnesota answered with three runs. The rally came after starter Dick Woodson left with the game tied and reliever Bill Hands failed to retire a batter.
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Minn
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Cookie Rojas
Amos Otis
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Royals
Lou Piniella
Healy
Fred Patek
Dick Woodson
Bill Hands
Rojas
Otis
Hands
John Mayberry
Rick
Fregosi and Burroughs Lead Rangers Past White Sox
Jim Fregosi drove in the tie breaking run in the eighth and Jeff Burroughs hit his 18th homer as Texas defeated Chicago 9 to 3. Wilbur Wood suffered the loss for the White Sox while Jackie Brown started and held Chicago to one run after the early inning.
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Jim Fregosi
Jeff B
Texas Rangers
Chicago White Sox
Wilbur Wood
Dave Nelson
Vic Harris
Fregosi
Cy Acosta
Alex Johnson
Bill Ludakis
Burroughs
Bill Melton
Carlos May
Jackie Brown
White Sox
Wood
Jorge Orta
Sox
May
Orta
Pat Kelly
Jerry Hairston
Melton
Giants Rally to Top Dodgers in Extra Innings
Tito Fuentes belted his fourth homer of the season in the 11th inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in a nationally televised game. Elias Sosa earned the win after fending off threats in the ninth and 11th as Gary Matthews and Garry Maddox also contributed offensively.
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Tito Fuentes
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Fuentes
Jim Brewer
Claude Osteen
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Giants
Ron Bryant
Bill Russell
Bobby Bonds
Garry Maddox
Steve Garvey
Ron Cey
Gary Matthews
Osteen
Elias Sosa
Los Angeles
Garvey
Tom Paciorek
Sosa
Bill Buckner
Dave Kingman
Willie Crawford
Billie Jean King, Betty Stove Set for Slims Final in Denver
Top seed Billie Jean King faces Betty Stove of the Netherlands in the Virginia Slims $7,000 singles final after each won semifinal matches. King defeated Julie Heldman 7 5 6 2, Stove beat Janet Newberry 6 2 6 3. Stove reaches a Slims final for the first time.
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Miss Stove
Janet Newberry
Miss Heldman
Miss Newberry
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Centralia youths begin 112 mile Ozark trail run
Three Centralia students Stan Vannier Mark Profancik and Steve Green started at 6 40 am from Grand Tower heading to Cave In Rock on a 112 mile Ozark Shawnee trail run for cross country prep Vannier plans a Missouri track scholarship Profancik runs for SIU Edwardsville Green returns to Centralia High School next year to run for Orphan cross country coach Rod White The run is expected to finish late today
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Mark Profancik
Steve Green
Grand Tower
Cave-In-Rock
Vannier
Missouri
Profancik
SIU Edwardsville
Green
Centralia High School
Rod White
Weiskopf Holds One Stroke Lead At Westchester Classic
Tom Weiskopf shot 69 to stay one ahead of DeWitt Weaver as rain delayed second round action at Westchester Country Club. Weather forced two rounds to be played Sunday, with Weiskopf’ s 133 total 11 under par.
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N.Y
Tom Weiskopf
Weiskopf
Westchester Country Club
DeWitt Weaver
Weaver
Frank Beard
Tom Kite
Dan Sikes
Kite
Sicks
Beard
Bruce Crampton
Australia
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Gary Player
Arnold Palmer
Johnny Miller
Luxury Within Reason The Volvo 164
Buyers of luxury cars seek leather seating air conditioning and power features including steering and brakes. The Volvo 164 is presented as a balanced choice offering comfort and prestige without excess.
Clemente Family to Attend Hall of Fame Induction in Cooperstown
Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash while on a mercy mission, will be posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Warren Spahn Monte Irvin George Hickpockets Kelly Mickey Welch and Billy Evans. The ceremony includes an Pirates Rangers exhibition game and will be telecast to Puerto Rico and other regions. Clemente's widow Vera and their three sons will attend from Puerto Rico.
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N.Y
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Pittsburgh Pirate
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Warren Spahn
Monte Irvin
George
Hickpockets
Kelly
Mickey Welch
Billy Evans
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Enrique
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Robertito
Baseball Writers Association of America
Hall of Fame
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Irvin
Baseball Commissioner’s Office
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Giants
Welch
Evans
Veterans Committee
Davis Cup: Stan Smith Wins To Put U S Ahead
Stan Smith of Pasadena defeated Pat Cornejo of Chile to give the United States a 2 0 advantage in the American Zone Davis Cup finals in North Little Rock. Smith won 6 2 6 4 after a delay and the doubles match was postponed.
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Stan Smith
Pasadena
Calif
Romania
Smith
Pat Cornejo
Chile
United States
Cornejo
Jaime Fillol
Seattle
Tom Gorman
Gorman
Fillol
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