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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1971
Page
6
Oakland ace Vida Blue earned his 15th win of the season with a seven hitter and 13 strikeouts against the Minnesota Twins. The deciding run came on a seventh inning delayed double steal error, allowing Bert Campaneris to score.
Willie Montanez hit a two run triple in the 12th off Jim Merritt to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5 to 3 win at Cincinnati. Larry Bowa and Tim McCarver set up the decisive hit with a single and a sacrifice. The Phillies rallied with five straight singles in the eighth to tie the game. The A's beat writers note Blue pitched a complete game for the Athletics, with Harmon Killebrew contributing late-run singles and Joe Rudi sliding home on a misplay. Corbin began 1-0 and left the mound after a rough outing, with Campaneris scoring from first on a ball misplayed by Mitterwald.
Chicago White Sox down Kansas City 5-1 as Tommy John hurled seven innings of solid relief and Mike Andrews drove in the go ahead run by scoring from second on a passed ball and stealing third.
Roberto Pena tied the game with a run scoring single in the ninth and followed with a bases loaded single in the tenth to lift Milwaukee over California 3-2 Monday night.
Dock Ellis pitched a complete game for his 11th win of the season as the Pirates defeated the Mets 6 to 0 in a nationally televised game. Willie Stargell hit his 25th homer, driving in two runs in the fifth to stretch the lead to 5 0. Bob Robertson set a major league record with eight assists at first base.
June 21 1959 Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit three home runs with a man on each time to power an emphatic 13 to 3 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Seals Stadium. Aaron tops the batting race with 355 for the year.
DeLuxe 13 over McGoo’s 11 in a tight game. McQueen 12 defeats Terminal Bar 3. West Side Inn 17 bests Highlander 4. Roberts 14 defeats s4 Golden Rule 15. Maloney’s Oly 9 beats Rite-Way Asphalt 4. Husky-Lucky Lager 2 loses to an unnamed opponent.
Lee Trevino defeated Jack Nicklaus 68-71 in a 18 hole playoff at Merion to win the United States Open. Trevino earned 30000 and moved to three wins that year, while Nicklaus took 15000 as the runner up. The victory caps Trevino's rise from poverty to golf superstardom and marks his second Open title.
Baltimore Orioles routed the Washington Senators 7-2 as Denny McLain struggled with 16 hits allowed. Boog Powell led the offense with three RBIs including a late hit, Paul Blair added four hits, and Frank Robinson drove in three with a two hit night including a triple. Baltimore scored early then pulled away with three more in the sixth after Washington briefly tied.
A rain soaked Fenway Park halted the Cleveland Indians at Boston with the game scoreless in the third inning. Umpire Ron Luciano waited 1 hour 4 minutes before calling it off. The teams will complete a twi night doubleheader starting at 5 30 p m EDT Tuesday.
A scrambled OCR style sports brief lists multiple MLB games for Tuesday with inconsistent player stats and team pairings. It mentions Oakland at Minnesota, California at Milwaukee, Kansas City at Chicago, Baltimore and Quellar, Detroit at St. Louis, Cleveland, Boston, New York at Pittsburgh, Chicago at San Francisco, Atlanta at Cincinnati, and St. Louis at Los Angeles among others, with various player records interspersed.
Helena defeated Butte 17-1 in an Eastern Division Legion game. Brad Luck pitched seven innings of two-hit ball as Helena took advantage of 13 walks and three Butte errors in the first four frames. The Senators improve to 8-6. Butte falls to 8-6 overall and 2-1 in league play.
Mike Crosser of Dillon won the annual area golf tournament sponsored by Independent Insurance Agents at the Butte Country Club with an 80. Pat Lynch of Dillon was one shot back and Dave Welch of Butte placed third with 82. Six finalists were decided by sudden death, and the top six plus others from several towns advance to Missoula and Brockport national qualifiers.
In Babe Ruth action Al & Rays left McQueen in the dust 11-5 behind Randy Olson and Tom McIntyre as Murphy and Booth Studio Twins also dominate. Murphy posts fifth shutout in six games with 15 strikeouts, three homers and five hits helping Booth Studio to 12-0 win. Other league results include Pepsi Yanks 13-7 over Moose Tigers and Mile High title race with Silver Bow close 7-? victory.
Ron Hunt drove in two with a double in the eighth to lift Montreal to a 5 3 win over Atlanta in the nightcap after Hank Aaron belted his 20th homer in a four home run eighth inning that sparked a Braves 6 4 victory in the opening game.
Dennis Childs of Pocatello slugged two homers including a grand slam and pitched four innings as Pocatello routed Bozeman 20 to 1 in a nonconference American Legion baseball game. He drove in 10 runs with a 4 for 5 effort that included a ground rule double and a single.
Ralph Northey wins A class and takes early lead with 19.5 seconds while Rick Svejkovsky tops class B at 20.9 seconds. Race night reports several accidents with no injuries. results list top finishers from Butte and nearby Helena Anaconda and other towns.
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