Cardinals win on McCarver slam in 6-2 victory
Tim McCarver delivered a grand slam off Houston reliever to cap a five run eighth inning rally, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-2 win over the Astros. Ted Sizemore and Ted Simmons sparked the comeback with a walk and a two out double.
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Jim York
Ted Simmons
Dawin Anderson
Royals
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Steve Hovgrey
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Indians
Litwhiler compares college and pro baseball careers
Danny Litwhiler, longtime college coach, argues college baseball is improving and preferable for many players, noting stronger coaching and student outcomes. He recalls adjusting from pro to college habits, praising players and stressing loyalty to education and career paths.
Major League standings snapshot across several games
Major League standings show teams like New York at 34 and Oakland at 32, with numerous daily matchups listed such as Perry at Kansas City, Slaton at Milwaukee, and Hanes at Texas. Also noted are pitchers and venues including Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, Atlanta at Chicago, and Philadelphia at San Francisco, reflecting a dense, period-voice schedule.
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San Mantrel
Los Angeles
Rain Delays Move National College World Series Games
The second round games of the NCAA College Division World Series were washed out by rain Saturday. They were rescheduled for today as the tournament nears its end.
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Springfield
Salukis Rally As Minnesota Edges Tie In Extra Innings
SIU's Ken Kral belts a three run homer to force extra innings and lift the Salukis to a 6-6 tie with Minnesota in an 11 inning game. Grice delivers a game changing grand slam for Minnesota as Salukis and Gophers battle to a suspended 11th inning stalemate with 2,509 fans watching.
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Ken Kral
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Stormy end halts game as tornado sighted near Abe Martin Field
SIU led 9-2 after Wallis opened with a single and stole his 34th base. Calufetti, Kral and Mann provided run support before Minnesota pitcher Steve Comer faced trouble in the fifth. A wild pitch and throwing error fueled STU’s lead, then a 45 minute delay ended play with LIU threatening in the ninth as Rick Ware reached on a leadoff single and stole second.
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Bert
Newman
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Gopher
Tom Buettner
Minnesota
Steve Comer
Grice
Southern
Abe Martin
Liu
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Seibert sticks with Allar Itchy uncertain of pitcher
LIU baseball coach Itchy Jones faced uncertainty about his pitcher for a rescheduled 66 District Four playoff game with Minnesota delayed by rain. Dennis Allar, relieving, would back up if the game resumes, while Minnesota’s Dick Seibert planned to keep pitching. If not completed today, the game would resume Sunday or Monday, with SIU needing to win twice to reach Omaha.
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Bowie Kuhn
Florida State
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Southern Stuns Minnesota In CWS District Thril l
Southern plated five runs in the seventh and ninth frames to overturn Minnesota as freshman reliever Bill Dunning silenced the Gophers. Denning went five innings with two runs, five hits, one walk, and no strikeouts, while Ken Knot held the late innings for a tense finish awaiting the resumption of game two.
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Dunning
Southern
Knot
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Derry
Calafetti
Comer
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Allar
Buettner
Cubs Rally Past Braves Behind Carde nal Cub Hero
Jose Cardenal drove in the tying run on an infield out and scored the winner on a wild pitch as the Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 4 3. Beckett, Santo, and Kessinger contributed key hits to overturn an early Braves lead, while Hank Aaron watched the crowd of 29,131 roar at Wrigley Field as he neared Babe Ruth’s 714th home run with another at bat.
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Billy Williams
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Ron Santo
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Ron Schueler
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Marty Perez
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Don Kessinger
Beckett
Dave Johnson
Jackson
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Whitey Lockman
Dave la Roche
Reuschel
Wrigley Field
Aaron
Atlanta
Babe Ruth
Minnesota Fans in Hawaii Rally for Winfield
Ralph Olson, a 1933 Minnesota graduate living in Honolulu, phones to discuss the District Four playoffs in Carbondale. He praises Minnesota baseball star Dave Winfield, noting Honolulu papers have little playoff coverage and expressing intent to call back Monday.
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Dave Winfield
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