Blair Rettenmund lead Orioles surge past Brewers in Milwaukee
Orioles erupt for six runs in the sixth inning including Merv Rettenmund two run homer and Blair grand slam to rout Milwaukee 12-4. Palmer earns win as Orioles move into first in AL East, one-half game ahead of Boston with key late scoring and Belanger Powell RBIs.
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Baltimore Orioles
Merv Rettenmund
Paul Blair
Milwaukee Brewers
Boston
California
Orioles
Red Sox
Rettenmund
Jim Hannan
Skip Lockwood
Jim Palmer
Ellie Hendricks
Hannan
Jim Slaton
Mark Belanger
Don Buford
Blair
Baltimore
Belanger
Boog Powell
Hendricks
John Briggs
Ted Kubiak
Hbi
Butord
Hegan
Jpowell
Pena
Blair Cf
Omey Cf
Voss
Briggs
Norton
Erodige
Retterund
Kubiak
Hendreks
Auerbach
Morris
Theobald
Palmer
Lockwood
Yates
Slaton Heise
Balte
Miwaukee
F.robinson Blair
D. Y S—Palmer
J.powell
Norris
Siaton
Tigers capitalize on Chisox miscues
The Detroit Tigers capitalized on three straight Chicago White Sox errors to score four unearned runs in the third inning and take a 7-3 win. Les Cain sparked the rally with a double, then Kaline and Cash drove in runs. A two-run seventh inning rally by the Sox was halted by a strikeout with the bases loaded.
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Chicago
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Les Cain
Mike Andrews
Tommy John
Mickey Stanley
Luis Alvarado
Cesar Gutierrez
al Kaline
Norm Cash
Cain
Sox
Fred Sherman
Lee
Melnyk Wins British Amateur in Carnoustie Finale
Steve Melnyk, 24, of Jacksonville Florida beat Jim Simons 3 and 2 in the 36 hole final at Carnoustie to become the first American since 1967 to win the British Amateur Championship. Melnyk led early then fought off a late rally by Simons, with a key stretch after nine holes and a late birdie at 11. The contest was played on the 6,828 yard par 72 course amid notable trouble from the Barry Burn.
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Steve Melnyk
Jacksonville, Fla
Jim Simons
Butler
Carnoustie
Scotland
Melnyk
U.S
John Farrow
Jacksonville
Fla
Simons
British Isles
St. Andrews
England
Michael Bonallack
Tom Kite Jr
Austin, Tex
Peter Moody
Player takes 1 stroke lead in Atlanta Classic
South African Gary Player fired a 5 under par 67 to grab a 54 hole total of 204 and lead the Atlanta Golf Classic by one stroke over PGA champion Jack Nicklaus. Nicklaus, still in contention, needed a strong finish but found trouble on the 18th hole.
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Atlanta
Gary Player
Atlanta Country Club
Jack Nicklaus
Nicklaus
Bert Greene
Lee Elder
Jack Harden
Wit Homenink
Ure
Charles Coody
Gardner Dickinson
Doug Sanders
Dan Sikes
Lee Trevino
Ted Hayes
Tom Shaw
Ken Still
Frank Beard
John Jacobs
Fennell
Howell Fraser
Red Curl
Tom Alozas
Nason Rudolph
Steve Reid
Larry White
Jim Jamieson
Hal Underwood
Lee McDowell
Jerry McGee
John Schroder
Deane Beaman
Tom Aaron
Bobby Nichols
George Johnson
LaBron Harris
Dave Stockton
Wynn
Gibby Gilbert
Jim Colbert
Terry Wilcox
Ronnie Reif
Herb Hooper
Bill Garrett
Larry Hinson
Bobby Mitchell
Bunky Henr
Henry Barabin
Royals explode past Yankees 11 7 in seventh inning burst
Gail Hopkins delivered a three run pinch homer to cap a six run seventh, lifting Kansas City to an 11-7 win over New York. The Royals remained on a six game winning streak after trailing 6-5 late in the sixth.
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NEW York
Gail Hopkins
Redhot
Kansas City
New York Yankees
Royals
Yanks
Paul Schaal
Gary Waslewski
Amos Otis
Lindy McDaniel
Ed Kirkpatrick
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Rojas Kansas
CTY
Patek Sf
Clarke
Schaal
Kenney
Otis Cf
Murcer
Kirkpatrk If
White If
Rojas
Jellis
Roliver
Gibbs
Keough
Napoles Recaptures Welterweight Crown With KO of Backus
Jose Napoles regains the world welterweight title with an eighth round knockout of Billy Backus in Los Angeles. Napoles rallied from an early deficit, delivering a left hook and right to stop Backus at 1 minute 53 seconds of the round. The Forum crowd of 14,645 watched a Latin-flavored triumph as promoter George Parnassus paid Backus $90,000 to challenge.
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Mexico City
Jose ‘‘Mantequilla
Napoles
Billy Backus
Syracuse
N.Y
Backus
Billy
Dick Young
Carmen Basilio
George Parnassus
Cuco Conde
Angelo Dundee
Conde
Dundee
Miami
Jose
Alomar Murphy power Angels past Red Sox 3 2
Alomar and Murphy each collected hits, lifting the California Angels to a 3 2 win over Boston. Lonborg yielded 10 hits in eight innings, with Lahoud homering off Tom Murphy in the eighth. Murphy earned the win to improve to 3 7 while Lonborg took the loss.
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Boston
Sandy Alomar
Jim Lonborg
California Angels
Boston Red Sox
Tom Murphy
Lonborg
California
Aiomar
Griffin
Repoz
Rsmith
Fregosi
Ystrinski
NeNuilen
Petrocili
Scottle
Tcongiio
Bcongiio
Berry
Aparicio
Josephn
Tmurphy
Lahoud
Lyle
B Conigliaro
T.conigliaro
Aomar
Sb—Alomar
S—T.murphy
T.murphy
Murphy
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