Santo three-run homer fuels Cubs 7 1 win over Cardinals
Chicago gains third straight win as Ron Santo hits a three-run homer and Joe Pepitone shines with an 18 game hitting streak and seven straight hits in two games. Glenn Beckett opens sixth with first homer of year as Cubs topple St Louis.
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Ron Santo
Joe Pepitone
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Cubs
Cardinals
Glenn Beckett
Billy Williams
Pepitone
Santo
Matty Alo
Williams
Brock Davis
Bill Hands
Expos Cruise Past Pirates 10-1 Behind Fairly Big Day
Montreal Expos rout Pittsburgh 10-1 as Ron Fairly drives in three runs with a homer and sacrifice fly. Fairly belts his fourth homer in the first inning off Rob Moose and later contributes a sac fly as seven Expos record nine hits and take advantage of unearned runs. Willie Stargell drives in Pirates' only run on an unearned tally in the third.
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Ron Fairly
Montreal Expos
Pittsburgh Pirates
Fairly
Rob Moose
Rusty Staub
Staub
Bob Veale
Expos
Moose
Boots Day
John Bateman
Gary Sutherland
Mack Jones
Bob Robertson
Bob Bailey
Pirates
Carl Morton
Willie Stargell
RBI
Mets edge Phils in 15th as Clendenon delivers
Donn Clendenon hit a two out homer in the 15th inning to lift the New York Mets to a 6 5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Ken Singleton tied the game in the 14th with a homer after a Phillies unearned run, and Danny Frisella earned the win with four innings of relief.
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New York
Donn Clendenon
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Clendenon
Billy Wilson
Philadelphia
Danny Frisella
Mets
Ken Singleton
Phillies
Larry Bowa
Braves Rally Past Reds 9-3 Behind Perez Homer
Atlanta erased a 2-0 deficit with four runs in the fourth inning and five in the fifth as Marty Perez drove in two and hit his first major league home run. Phil Niekro allowed seven Reds hits while overcoming early trouble to win as Cincinnati scored on Johnny Bench’s 17th homer and a Concepcion error.
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Cincinnati
Marty Perez
Phil Niekro
Atlanta Braves
Reds
Braves
Johnny Bench
Dave Concepcion
Ralph Garr
Pete Rose
Ross Grimlsey
Earl Williams
Mike Lum
Pat Corrales
Bob Didier
Hank Aaron
Williams
Concepcion
Perez
Tigers rally past Indians for 5 3 win in Cleveland
Detroit beat Cleveland 5 3 as Aurelio Rodriguez hit a tie breaking homer in the seventh and Norm Cash added a two run shot and a single. Joe Niekro worked six innings of three hit relief before Fred Sherman retired the final batter. The Tigers trailed 3 1 after the first but tied it in the fifth on miscues and timely hits.
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Cleveland
Norm Cash
Aurelio Rodriguez
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Joe Niekro
Fred Sherman
Rodriguez
Tigers
Cash
Detroit
Niekro
Graig Netles
Grounder
Jim Northrup
Rodrigues
Ted Uhlaender
Nettles
Dean Chance
Vada Pinson
Chris Chambliss
Eddie Leon
Angels Clinch Win Over Royals Behind Johnson Homers
Alex Johnson sparked the California Angels to a 7-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals with a tie breaking homer in the sixth. Johnson also drove in a first inning run and Jim Fregosi added a three run homer as the Angels pulled away after a 4 4 tie. Royals had faltered earlier but countered with Kirkpatrick and a late rally before Angels added two in the ninth.
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Kansas City
Alex Johnson
California Angels
Kansas City Royals
Johnson
California
Chico Ruiz
Mike Hedlund
Jim York
Sandy Alomar
Hedlund
Andy Messersmith
Jim Fregosi
York
Fregosi
Royals
Ed Kirkpatrick
Cookie Rojas
Freddie Patek
Paul Schaal
Jerry May
Angels
Jim Spencer
Jeff Orberg
John Stephenson
Alomar
Alou's Triple Lifts Yankees Past Orioles in 11th
Felipe Alou delivered a two run bases loaded triple with two out in the 11th inning, giving the New York Yankees a 6-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Horace Clarke opened with a single off Dick Hall, moved to second on a sacrifice, and after Murcer was walked, Alou followed with the decisive hit as Terry Crowley misplayed it.
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Felipe Alou
New York Yankees
Baltimore Orioles
Horace Clarke
Dick Hall
Jerry Kenney
Bobby Murcer
Alou
Terry Crowley
Senators blank Red Sox 2-0 on six hit shutout
Washington pitchers Jackie Brown and Casey Cox allowed six hits as the Senators beat Boston 2-0 at Marion. Carbondale tallied four runs late but fell short, while Helm, Nolen Fredman, and Bryan contributed for Carbondale. Jacobs and King each collected multiple hits for Marion.
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Washington
Jackie Brown
Casey Cox
Washington Senators
Boston
Red Sox
Carbondale
Marion
Helm
Nolen Fredman
Shoot
Bryan
John Jacobs
Roger King
UCLA Captures NCAA Track Title In Seattle
Villanova miler Marty Liquori won a third straight NCAA title with a 3 57.6 mile and a half time as five meet records fell on the final day at Wahington Stadium. BYU’s Ralph Mann won the 440 hurdles, while Cal Poly’s Mohinder Gill repeated in the high jump and other stars set records in the three mile and steeplechase as UCLA claimed the team championship with 52 points.
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Villanova
Marty Liquori
Liquori
University of Wahlington
Ralph Mann
Brigham Young
Oregon
Steve Prefontaine
Reynaldo Brown
Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
Sid Sink
Bowling Green
Ohio
Denny Rogers
UCLA
Lennox Burgher
Nebraska
Mohinder Gill
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Middle Tennessee
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Oakland A's edge Brewers 2-0 for fourth straight win
Blue Moon Odom and Darold Knowles combine for a two hitter as Oakland defeats Milwaukee 2-0. Odom allows only an infield hit through five. Angel Mangual and Dave Duncan drive in the first run, and Reggie Jackson adds an insurance homer in the ninth.
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Blue Moon Odom
Darold Knowles
Oakland A’s
Milwaukee Brewers
Olom
John Briggs
Knowles
Brewers
Dave May
Gus Gill
Bill Voss
Frank Tepedino
Odom
Angel Mangual
Bill Parsons
Dave Duncan
A’s
Reggie Jackson
Harrelson to retire from baseball to pursue golf
Cleveland Indians outfielder first baseman Ken Harrelson announced he will retire from baseball Monday to try professional golf. He planned to announce in Boston as the Indians opened a 10 game road trip and asked manager Alvin Dark to bat him first on that final day.
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Cleveland Indians
Ken Harrelson
Harrelson
Boston
Indians
Alvin Dark
Major League Games This Sunday Across The League
Sunday matchups feature California at Kansas City with Wright and Maloney facing K Wright and Fitzmorris. Chicago at Minnesota. Oakland at New York. Detroit at Cleveland with Lolich and Kilkenny. New York at Baltimore. Boston at Washington. Montreal at Pittsburgh. Houston at Los Angeles. St Louis at Chicago. Atlanta at Cincinnati. San Diego at San Francisco. Key pitchers listed include Dierker Downing Briles Blass Kline McNally and others.
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Maloney
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Wood
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Lolich
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Lamb
Dunning
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Kline
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Broberg
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Stoneman
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Pittsburgh
Blass
Nelson
Briles
Houston
Dierker
Los Angeles
Downing
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Santorini
Holtzman
Atlanta
Nash
Kelley
Cincinnati
Gullett
Simpson
San Diego
Norman
Roberts
San Francisco
Bryant
Stone
Boston Um
Oakland
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Francisco
Louis
Lersh
Bunning
Ryan
Sadecki
Saluki baseball team returns after tough Omaha finish
SIU arrived to a subdued reception after a 7 2 championship loss to Southern California in Omaha. Coach Itchy Jones praised the players’ attitude, while several Salukis pondered signing major league drafts and summer league stints with Cape Cod clubs.
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SIU
Itchy’ Jones
Jones
Carbondale
Duane Kuiper
Langdon
Eden
Dan Radison
Orleans
Jane Wallis
Chatham
Steeleville
Scott Walternate
Yarmouth
Cleveland
Peters
Rll
Dave Martin
Gloucester
N. J
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