Orioles rally past Yankees in ninth for series sweep
Rick Dempsey hobbled by a pulled calf and a hamstring injury belted three hits and delivered a ninth inning game tying single as Baltimore rallied from a 5-4 deficit to beat New York 6-5. Earl Weaver quipped the catcher “loves pain” while Ken Singleton and Eddie Murray supplied the decisive hits. The win left Baltimore 2 1/2 games behind the Yankees in the East.
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Rick Dempsey
Yankees
Baltimore
Earl Weaver
Orioles
Dempsey
Weaver
New York
Bobby Brown
Len Sakata
Tommy John
Ken Singleton
Eddie Murray
Pride stuns Porter to reach Lorain County Amateur semis
Pride, Elyria City champion, rallied from behind to beat Porter one up on the final hole at Cherry Ridge. Pride eagle on 18 gave him the victory and a spot in the Saturday semifinals, as Porter faltered with a missed four-footer on 17 after five birdies and a double bogey.
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C-T
Lorain County
Starling Pride
Cherry Ridge Country Club
Porter
Pride
Tommy
Forest Hills Golf Center
Keystone
Elyria City
Sam Gilbert
Lorain County Community College
Jeff Withrow
West River St
Billy Porter
Jim Couch
Jim Bailesky
Jim
Billy
Ed Senghas
Wellington
Senghas
Firelands
Jerry Fisher
Lorain City
Dan Thompson
Tom Henderson
Dick Zahn
Gary Baker
Dick Bago
Bill Guest
Tom Blazina
Terry Howells
Vorain County
Bradley wins Ladies' Canadian Open after Carner penalty
Pat Bradley won the Ladies' Canadian Classic by one stroke with a tournament record 277, overcoming JoAnne Carner who rallied late. Bradley called a one-stroke penalty on herself when her ball moved as she addressed it, sparking Carner to commend her honesty. Carner birdied the final hole to close within one. Donna Caponi Young shot 67 to take third, with Jane Blalock and Beth Daniel near the top as the field finished.
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Toronto
UPI
Pat Bradley
JoAnne Carner
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Bradley
Donna Caponi Young
Young
Laffite Wins West German Grand Prix At Hockenheim
French driver Jacques Laffite won the West German Grand Prix at Hockenheim after leader Alan Jones blew a tire five laps from the finish. Carlos Reutemann finished second in the Williams, with Nelson Piquet and Bruno Giacomnelli behind.
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Jones
Williams
Brazil
Nelson Piquet
Italy
Bruno Giacomnelli
Hockenheim
West Germany
UPI
Jacques Laffite
Alan Jones
Carlos Reutemann
Hockenheim East
Pirates tie for NL East lead with doubleheader sweep
The Pirates extend a seven game win streak by sweeping the Phillies 7-2 and 4-1 to reach a tie with Montreal for first in the NL East. Tim Foli, Phil Garner drive in five as Jim Bibby improves to 14-6. Easler fuels nightcap with an RBI double and sacrifice fly. Dodgers top Reds 7-1 lift NL West. other results include Padres 3, Astros 2 and Braves 3, Giants 1.
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Boston
Don Zimmer
Red Sox
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Royals
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George Brett
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Angels
Roy Smalley
Glenn Adams
Minnesota
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Oakland
Rick Langford
Tony Armas
Dan Meyer
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Tigers
Gaylord Perry
Walter Johnson
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Pirates
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Giants
Phil Niekro
Jerry Royster
Niekro
Will White
Mets
Cardinals
Mark Bomback
Doug Flynn
Bomback
RBI
Ken Oberkfell
Neal Allen
Expos
Cubs
Ron LeFlore
Bill Gullickson
Woodie Fryman
Jets fall to Bears as Sam Jones shines in debut
NFL exhibition ended with Chicago defeating New York 21-9. Bears' Bob Avellini threw for 80 yards to Greg Latta and tied the game on a Thompson-like end around. Jets rookie Sam Jones created NY points with a 17-yard catch and a 32-yard run, but Chicago's offense pulled away late.
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Willie McClendon
Greg Latta
Chicago Bears
Jets
Johnny
Sam” Jones
Jones
New York
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Chicago
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Ron Rydalch
Bruce Harper
Latta
Matt Suhey
Mike Phipps
James Scott
Scott
Richard Todd
Wesley Walker
Woody Bennett
Todd
Harper
Dave Jacobs
Rutherford wins Indy car race at Wisconsin State Fair Park
Rutherford overtakes Al Unser after a crash ends Unser’s lead in the 165th mile. Rutherford then dominates the 200-mile race at Wisconsin State Fair Park for his fifth win of the year, earning 20,150 dollars of a 137,850 dollar purse as Mears and Unser finish second and third.
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Wis
UPI
al Unser
Johnny Rutherford
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Unser
Rutherford
Penske
Rick Mears
Tom Bagley
Spike Gelhausen
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