Hunter Tiant win big as Yankees Rays Rangers and more
Catfish Hunter pitched six solid innings for the Yankees in a 9-2 win over the Rangers, his first triumph since opening day, while Luis Tiant and Bill Campbell combined for a 1-0 win over the Royals. Reggie Jackson hit two homers and drove in four, boosting Hunter’s lead. Other games saw the White Sox beat the Twins in 12 innings, the Orioles topple the Brewers, the Tigers shut out the Angels, and the Indians down the A’s. Yastrzemski homered for the Red Sox in Tiant’s win over Kansas City.
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Brown's Rare Hit Drives Expos Past Braves in NL Action
Jackie Brown, once with the Senators in 1971, belts his first hit in six years to score the Expos' second run as Montreal beat Atlanta. The night also features 12 inning SF over Pitt, St Louis 4-3 over San Diego, Chicago over LA, Phila 9-5 over Houston, with Cincy-NY postponed.
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Scoreboard Tonight's Baseball Games
Tonight’s slate features New York at Texas Briles faces Figueroa while Boston visits Kansas City Colborn starts. Chicago goes to Minnesota Goltz targets a win as Baltimore visits Milwaukee Augustine.
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Softball Scores From Murphysboro Willisville and Radom
Murphysboro Stars defeated Bank of De Soto 20 to 14 with Susie Clayton and Kim Morefield homering for Murphysboro. Willisville 400 0302 984 Cutler Rustlers 230 471 x 17 123 saw Bonnie Kellerman hit a grand slam for Crus, while Williams and Kayler added runs. Du Bois beat W F Rebels 4 2 0 and 7 1 in a separate doubleheader with homers by J Deering and Setzekorn none on in the second game.
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Baseball Monclair at Jacob Belleville rout recap
Belleville won 6 to 1 in a Bi State league game as Neunert pitched for Belleville improving to 4-0 and Korando Neunert homered twice for the Belleville offense. Valmeyer to play two at Neunert next Sunday at 1 30 p.m. Herrin Eagles defeated Horshoe Lake 21 to 5 in the BI STATE Cape Girardeau Monday 8 7, Herrin Eagles 6 6.
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Finley urges radical overhauls for baseball at AP Editors
Oakland A's owner Charles O. Finley blasted baseball leadership to 160 sports editors calling for orange baseballs and a shift to a more balanced game. He proposed changes including three-ball walks and interleague play while criticizing Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and the sport’s old guard amid a looming legal battle over a player sale.
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Gamble Drives White Sox To 12th Inning Victory Over Twins
Chicago rode Oscar Gamble to a 9-5 win in 12 innings as his 11th homer and Richie Zisk’s fourth single produced the decisive run. Minnesota manager Gene Mauch protested late calls by umpires after Lerrin LaGrow’s injury and Bart Johnson warmups.
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