High School Baseball Rules Stir Pre Semi State Prep
Coach Don Jennings of North discusses Lafayette Jeff strengths and weaknesses as North prepares for a early morning trip to Lafayette for a semi state showdown. He notes Jeff’s 34 1 record and praises pitching and defense while outlining a year old rule on pinch hitters and pinch runners. The Reds report Riverfront Stadium attendance milestones and a season opening crowd, plus notes on college football season kickoff and Notre Dame player Gerry DiNardo.
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Lafayette Jeff Braces for Semi State Showdown with Terre Haute North
Lafayette Jeff faces Terre Haute North in the Lafayette semistate opener at 11 am as No. 1 Jeff seeks a 35th win with ace pitcher Keith Murphy 16-0 and Kevin Sims 10-0, while North eyes an upset. Coach Paul Fields calls the balanced field strong and predicts a competitive tourney run.
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Aaron Hits Homer as Brewers top Oakland 9-7
Hank Aaron belted a solo homer his sixth of the season and 739th of his career powering the Milwaukee Brewers past the Oakland A's 9-7. The blast was his first regular season homer in Milwaukee County Stadium since 1965. Other AL scores noted include White Sox 9 Red Sox 2 and Orioles 7 Rangers 1.
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Dodgers Lead Balloting as Bench Sanguillen Top NL Picks
Johnny Bench heads the NL All-Star balloting with 327,894 votes for catcher. Reds also lead among infielders and outfielders with Morgan, Concepcion, and Rose posting strong totals, while Dodgers Garvey and Cey top the infield.
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Ed Brinkman Joins Yankees After Rangers Purchase
The New York Yankees buy veteran shortstop Ed Brinkman from the Texas Rangers for about 100000 dollars. Brinkman, 33, had a 10 day stint with the Rangers after a trade from St. Louis for Willie Davis and becomes the Yankees fifth MLB team in nine months. He is known for timely hits with runners on and posted a .203 average with 49 RBIs in 1972 while earning the Gold Glove and setting fielding records for shortstop.
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Evansville Jasper High tops SIAC All Sports
South Second Evansville Indiana report notes Jasper High School won the SIAC All-Sports championship for the year with Terre Haute South second. Terre Haute North placed ninth in the 19 school standings. Jasper piled up points in track wrestling football golf cross country and basketball while Terre Haute North’s best were track cross country tennis wrestling basketball and baseball.
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Evening softball doubleheaders and night games schedule
Tonight's lineup lists Softball General Heating versus Coca Cola at 6 p.m. Gibson faces Brazil Merchants at 7 30 p.m. Eastern plays J I Case at 9 p.m. Local sports schedule shows multiple matchups through the evening.
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