Tigers pound Cal to retain lead
Detroit jumped on California pitcher Rudy May for six runs in the first inning including a Kaline homer and a Brinkman single to fuel a 10-1 win. Kaline added a fifth inning sac fly as Detroit piled up 16 hits in its most productive game this season. Timmerman allowed four hits in six innings.
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California
Rudy May
al Kaline
Ed Brinkman
Angels
Kaline
Tigers
Tom Timmerman
Sandy Alomar
Lou Cadena
Alomar
Aurelio Rodriguez
Timmerman
Tiger
Palmer Wins 16th As Orioles Top Twins 2 1
Jim Palmer pitched seven strong innings allowing six hits and 11 strikeouts to lift the Baltimore Orioles over the Minnesota Twins 2-1. Brooks Robinson drove in both first inning runs on two-out hits, while Glenn Borgmann homered for Minnesota. The win keeps Baltimore a half game behind Detroit in the AL East as Blyleven took the loss.
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Brooks Robinson
Jim Palmer
Baltimore Orioles
Minnesota Twins
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Detroit
Tigers
California Angeles
Robinson
Bobby Grich
Don Baylor
Grich
Baylor
Boog Powell
Palmer
Twins
Minnesota
Baltimore
Glenn
Borgmann
Bert Blyleven
Indians Crush A’s in 54 Victory Behind Johnson Nettles Homers
Alex Johnson and Craig Nettles slugged home runs to power Cleveland past Oakland 54 and end a three game slide. Ray Lamb earned the win while Vida Blue exited with a groin issue as Mike Epstein and Dave Duncan added solo shots for the A's.
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Alex Johnson
Craig Nettles
Cleveland Indians
Oakland A
Johnson
Nettles
Skein
Vida Blue
Ray Lamb
Gary Waslewski
Mike Epstein
Dave Dunn
Mets Bow to Reds 5-0 as Billingham Sharp
Johnny Bench homered for a solo shot and Denis Menke with Dave Concepcion produced runs while Jack Billingham held the Mets to three hits in a 5 0 Cincinnati win The Reds scored in the second on Bench s homer and Concepcion later scored on a Perez run as Cincinnati completed the victory
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Johnny Bench
Denis Menke
Dave Concepcion
Jack Billingham
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Reds
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Concepcion
Tony Perez
Yankees Rally Past Rangers With Murcer Blomberg Homers
New York Yankees beat Texas Rangers 6-2 as Bobby Murcer hits his 21st homer and Ron Blomberg adds his 11th in the third inning. Steve Kline improves to 14-5, allowing seven hits while striking out three and issuing one walk.
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Bobby Murcer
Ron Blomberg
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
Bernie Allen
Thurman
Munson
Murcer
Roy White
Blomberg
Steve Kline
Kline
Mayberry blast wins it for Royals in Kansas City
John Mayberry hit a leadoff home run in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie and power the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 victory over Lockwood. The win moved Kansas City to 6-10 on the season. The game was tied since the first inning as both teams struggled to score until Mayberry's decisive shot.
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John Mayberry
Kansas City Royals
Lockwood
Johnston City Expos Bantam
Christopher
Johnston City Club
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Expos
Bishop
Kirkpatrick
Wheeler
Stratasta
Colson
Expos shut out Braves 6-0 as McAnally ends winless streak
Ron Woods hit a three run homer and Bob Bailey added a solo shot in a four run first inning to back Ernie McAnally who improved to 2-13 by holding Atlanta to five hits and six strikeouts. Clyde Mashore added an RBI single in the ninth as Montreal won 6-0.
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Montreal
Bob Bailey
Expos
Atlanta Braves
Stone
Tom Kelley
Clyde Mashore
Carbondale Opens State Softball Run With 9–1 Win
Carbondale defeated Effingham 9 to 1 in the Class B state tournament in Danville as the area’s first of four teams to debut. By press time, next opponents for Carbondale were not determined. Murphy Elks meet Chillicothe, West Frankfort Merchants face Villa Grove, and Du Quoin plays Kankakee in other regional games.
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Danville
Carbondale Club
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Chillicothe
West Frankfort
Villa Grove
du Quoin
Kankakee
Twitchell Fires First Major League Shutout For Phillies
Rookie right-handerayne Twitchell pitched the Phillies to a 4 0 victory over the Astros, earning his first major league shutout and first complete game. He scattered five hits and improved to 3 4, with Houston errors aiding the scoring. Deron Johnson started the fifth with the club's first hit off Larry Dierker, then Don Money gathered an RBI grounder as the Phillies took a 2 0 lead.
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Deron Johnson
Dierker
Douglas Rader
Don Money
Twitchell
Johnson
Denny Doyle
Cardinals rally past Giants to win 7-4
Ed Crosby's two run double capped an eighth inning rally that erased a 3-2 deficit and sent the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Bernie Carbo and Joe Torre doubled for a tie, Ted Simmons walked, Crosby delivered the game winner, and John Cumberland earned the win.
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San Francisco Saints
St. Louis Cardinals
Bernie Carbo
Joe Torre
Ted Simmons
Crosby
John Cumberland
Cardinal
Frank Reberger
Giants
Garry Maddox
Cards
Lou Brock
Ted Sizemore
Willie McCovey
Simmons
McCovey
Lowell Palmer
Tito Fuentes
Maddox
Billie Jean King Tops No 1 Seed In Newport Grass Tour
Billie Jean King of Palm Aire Fla Wimbledon champion and leading money winner on the current tour is seeded No 1 in the Virginia Slims Grass Court Championships at the Newport Casino. Seeded second is 17 year old Chris Evert of Fort Lauderdale, with Rosemary Casals Kerry Melville Francoise Durr Margaret Court Wendy Overton and Valerie Ziengefuss also among top seeds. Qualifying starts today with 36 players, to be cut to eight by Monday night.
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Fla
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Co Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Rosemary Casals
San Francisco
Kerry Melville
Australia
Francoise Durr
France
Margaret Court
Wendy Overton
Ormond Beach
Valerie Ziengefuss
San Diego
Playoff pairings set as Coal Belt opens today
The Coal Belt league begins playoffs with two divisions and best of three finals. Southern Duels Crainville hosts Epps at 2 00 pm while Anna visits Crainville. Northern sees Piopolis at West Frankfort at 2 00 pm with Herrin awaiting Wednesday’s winner in 7 30 pm match at Herrin. Carbondale champions and standings noted.
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Crainville
Anna
Carbondale
Williams Field
Piopolis
West Frankfort
Herrin
Propolis
Hanratty leads Steelers past Falcons in preseason rout
Terry Hanratty came off the bench to throw two touchdown passes and rookie runners broke long for scores as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Atlanta Falcons 31-17. A 60 yard pass to Frank Lewis set up another score and rookie Steve Davis also caught a 21 yard TD pass after a 30 yard rushing TD.
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Pittsburg Steelers
Atlanta Falcons
Hanratty
Te Bradshaw
Frank Lewis
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Falcon
Atlanta
Steve Davis
Delaware State
Steelers
Oilers Slick Houston in Road Victory
Dan Pastroini threw two touchdown passes and Mark led the offense as the Oilers defeated Houston on the road in a high scoring game.
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Dan Pastroini
Mark
Miami Dolphins wallop Bengals 35 17 in exhibition
Cincinnati fell 35-17 as veteran quarterback Bob Griese threw three TD passes two to Paul Warfield and set up two more scores. Griese's accuracy spurred Miami to three first half touchdowns in the early 18 minutes.
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Paul Warfield
Miami Dolins
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Dolphins
Major League Standings Snapshot
Standings show key team scores with St Louis 17 Denver 13 and Pittsburgh 31 Atlanta 17 Miami 35 Cincinnati 17 Houston 20 Green Bay 3 Oakland 34 Los Angeles 9 reflecting season timing and team positions.
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Unser ends run to win U S Auto Club 100 at State Fair
Al Unser win in Illinois with a pole debut and a resilient drive in the U S Auto Club 100 miler at the State Fairgrounds. A midrace crash paused action but Unser, in a Dodge, reclaimed the lead as rivals fell short with top finishers listed and pace noted. Murphysboro High requires all ball candidates to obtain physicals at 7 p m Monday at the high school auditorium with freshmen exempt unless not yet cleared.
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al Unser
U.S. Auto Club
Illinois State Fairgrounds
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Jack Bowsher
Ohio
Ford
Butch Harman
Dodge
Murphysboro High School
Carbondale tops Cairo for third straight Giant title
Carbondale captured its third consecutive Little Giant tournament by beating Cairo 11-2. Jon Hertz and Brett Sert did combined 18 strikeouts as Dougherty hit a two run homer and Carbondale led 4-0 after five innings, while Herrin took third place over Du Quoin 5-3.
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Cairo
Herrin
du Quoin
Jon Hertz
Brett Serty
Dougherty
Winne Carbondale
Jones
Hertz
Lewis Field
Eisenai
Ponting
Reeder
Hawkins
Super Bowl Star Leads Indiana Futurity Trot Entry
Super Bowl a trotter owned by Rose Hill Breeding Farm and Mrs. Stanley Dancer of New Egypt New Jersey will be driven by Stanley Dancer in the opening program here on Thursday. The horse has 10 wins this year and is the Hambletonian favorite at Du Quoin later this month with $307,309 in earnings and best time 1:58.6. Dancer also entered Stars Chip for Messenger Stables of Chicago and Egyptian Acres of New Egypt. Hilarious Way, a Gainsway Farms pacer from Lexington Kentucky, tops the Little Brown Jug field and will run in the Futurity for pacers Friday, after winning both heats at Springfield Illinois last week with a heat time of 1:55.4, just shy of last year’s world record.
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Rose Hill Breeding Farm
Stanley Dancer
New Egypt
N.J
du Quoin
Dancer
Stars Chip
Messenger Stables
Chicago
Egyptian Acres
Hilarious Way
Gainsway Farms
Lexington
Delaware
Ohio
Springfield
Albatross
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