Major League Standings and Tonight's Schedule
Major League games listed with matchups including Atlanta at San Diego and Houston at Los Angeles. Also noted are current pitchers records for Niekro McDowell Morton and Downing among others. Several twin bill night games are scheduled including New York at Philadelphia and Detroit at Boston.
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Atlanta
Niekro
San Francisco
McDowell
Pittsburgh Kison
New York
McAndrew
Montreal
Morton
Torrez
St. Louis
Santorini
Cumberland
Houston
Roberts
San Diego
Arlin Wei
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Downing
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Man
Blasingame
Detroit
Lofich
Oakland
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Boston
California
Minnesota
Kansas City
Texas
Nash
Reynolds
Brett
Jenkins
Pappas
Alexander
Harrison
Curtis
Wilcox
Ryan
Splittorff
Hamilton
Bos
Reuschel wins debut as Cubs top Phillies 11 1
Rick Reuschel a 23 year old rookie from Camp Point earned a spot in the Cubs rotation with six hits allowed and six strikeouts in his first major league start. He beat Philadelphia 11 1 as Leo Durocher said he should start again in four days. Monday's win ended Chicago's three game skid.
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Associated Press
Westcentral Illinois
Chicago Cubs
Rick Reuschel
Wichita
Philadelphia Phillies
Cubs
Reuschel
Phillies
Cub
Leo Durocher
San Francisco Giants
J. C. Martin
Randy Hundley
Camp Point
Quincy
Billy Champion
Rick Monday
Champion
Monday
New York Mets
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Slayback Takes Tigers To Win In Debut No-Hitter Hopes Fade
Bill Slayback, recalled from Toledo, hurled seven hitless innings in his major league debut for Detroit against the Yankees, carrying a 4-0 lead into the ninth before New York rallied to fall short 4-3. The Tigers moved one game ahead of Baltimore in the AL East as other scores rolled in.
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Houston
San Diego
San Francisco
Atlanta
St. Louis
Montreal
Pittsburgh
New York
Jerry Koosman
Mets
Tug McGraw
Dave Cash
Pirates
Willie Stargell
Roberto Clemente
Gary Nolan
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Nolan
Johnny Bench
Joe Morgan
Tony Perez
Claude Osteen
Astros
Doug Rader
Jim Wynn
Lee May
Cesar Cedeno
Padres
Giants
Ron Bryant
Bill Slayback
Toledo
Detroit Tigers
Slayback
Yankees
Johnny Callison
Charleston
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Cleveland
Boston
Minnesota
California
Kansas City
Chicago
Oakland
Texas
Hollywood
Detroit
Tigers
Orioles
Skip Lockwood
Ken Sanders
Brewers
Lockwood
Sanders
Joe Lahoud
Cookie Rojas
Cards Rally Behind Gibson for Sixth Straight Win
St Louis Cardinals top Montreal Expos 4 3 as Joe Torre slugged a three run homer and Ted Sizemore Matty Alou added hits. Torre raised his average to .309 with the opening blast off Balor Moore and Lou Brock added a run scoring double. Gibson pitched through a shaky third inning to secure win No 6 in a row.
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Torre
Cardinals
Ted Sizemore
Matty Alou
Expos
Balor Moore
Lou Brock
Bob Gibson
Moore
Quebec City
Gibson
Ron Hunt
Mike Jorgenson
Tim McCarver
Sizemore
Ron Fairly
Fairly
Boots Day
Ken Singleton
Terry Humphrey
Brewers outfielder Billy C Conigliaro weighs retirement amid suspension
Billy Conigliaro says baseball has become an unhappy chore and may reevaluate his life away from the sport after being suspended without pay for walking out on the Brewers before a doubleheader in Milwaukee. He noted slump and discontent but praised management and Milwaukee fans.
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Baltimore
Billy Conigliaro
Milwaukee Brewers
Brewers
Conigliaro
Milwaukee
Red Sox
Brewer
Bernice Gera to hold press conference after breaking barrier
Bernice Gera, baseball’s first female umpire, announced a Wednesday press conference near her Jackson Heights home. Her Geneva debut ended with a reversed call and she ejected Auburn manager Nolan Campbell before resigning after the seven inning game.
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Bernice Gera
Mrs. Gera
Jackson Heights
New York
Associated Press
Auburn Phil
Rams Colts swap moves forward amid tax hurdles
Sports reports indicate the Los Angeles Rams could be sold to Carroll Rosenbloom and swapped for the Baltimore Colts. Buyers purportedly paid a five million dollar deposit while IRS approval remains the key obstacle to finalizing the trade.
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Baltimore
Internal Revenue Service
Los Angeles Rams
Carroll Rosenbloom
Baltimore Colts
Melvin Durslag
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Rams
Durslag
Robert Irsay
Skokie, Ill
Willard “Bud” Keland
Racine
Wis
Colts
Rosenbloom
Cameron Snyder
The
Baltimore Sun
IRS
Chris Evert Fulfills Wimbledon Dream Against Odds
Chris Evert, 17, from Fort Lauderdale, arrives at Wimbledon buoyed by two weeks of glory in Britain. She is seeded No. 4 and opens against Valerie Ziegenfuss as glow of Wightman Cup and Queen’s Club triumphs buoy her bid for a first Wimbledon title.
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Wimbledon
England
Chris Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Chris
United States
Britain
London
Queen’s Club
Evonne Goolagong
Australia
Billie Jean King
Long Beach
Cal
New Zealand
Mrs. King
Sharon Walsh
San Rafael
Calif
Jim Connors
Belleville
Bob Hewitt
South Africa
Pollack to Leave Cardinals for Post-Dispatch Drama Desk
Joe Pollack, longtime Cardinal publicist and former Globe-Democrat sports writer, will become drama critic for the Post-Dispatch after mid July. He notes little new theater in St Louis and possible time in New York. no contract is guaranteed.
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Cardinal
Post-Dispatch
Pollack
Globe - Democrat
Cardinals
St. Louis
The
Post
New York
American
Washington Redskins
Redskins
Jim Hart
Joe
Jim
Washington
Hart
Pete Bethard
Gary Cuozzo
van Dyke
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