Tigers Lose Sixth Straight as Yankees Sweep Twinbill
Detroit dropped two to New York 3-2 and 2-1 while other pennant contenders upset rivals. Milwaukee edged Cleveland 8-3 in a benches-clearing brawl. Kansas City swept Texas 7-4 and 10-6 as Ed Kirkpatrick’s chaos halted play in KC.
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Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press
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Texas Rangers
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Indians
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Royals
Rangers
Tigers
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Bob Coluccio
Cleveland
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Coluccio
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Ray Lamb
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Baltimore
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Minnesota
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Perry
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Bell
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Bahnsen
Wright
Ryan
Royals, Yankees pull sweeps as pennant chase tightens
In a split of doubleheader action, Cookie Rojas drives in the winner for Kansas City in game one while Frank White delivers the go ahead hit in game two lifting the Royals into first place in the AL West by one game over Chicago and Oakland. The Yankees sweep Detroit and pull two games ahead in the AL East as Graig Nettles homers in the nightcap to seal the doubleheader win.
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Tim Johnson
George Scott
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California
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Vada Pinson
Angel
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Mike Epstein
Graig Nettles
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New York
Milwaukee
John Curtis
Boston
Baltimore
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Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Milt Pappas
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Tom Murphy
Ed Kranepool
Tom Seaver
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Willie Stargell
Kansas City
Texas
Cleveland
White Sox
Crampton Wins American Golf Classic for $32,000 First Prize
Bruce Crampton captured the $32,000 top prize at the American Golf Classic in Akron. The Australian star fired a scrambling 68 final round to finish 273, seven under par, three strokes ahead of Gay Brewer, Lanny Wadkins and Bob Murphy. Crampton's earnings for the year surpassed $200,000, placing him No. 1 on the season money list and inching toward $1 million in career earnings.
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Ohio
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Crampton
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Nicklaus
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Billy Casper
Firestone Country Club
Gay Brewer
Lanny Wadkins
Bob Murphy
Murphy
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Brewer
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Forrest Fezler
Weiskopf
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Forres Fe2ter
Gene Liftter
Julius Boros
Bert Yancey
Frank Beard
John Mahaffey
Charles, Coody
Tom Shaw
al Geiberger
DeWitt Weaver
Dave Eichelberger
Kermit Zarley
Hubert Green
John Schree
Bobby Cole
Johnny Miller
JC. Snead
Jim Wiechers
Lou Graham
Tom Kite
Leonard Thompson
Gibby Gilbert
Dave Stockton
Miller Barber
Jason Rudolph
Hale Irwin
Dwight Nevil
Larry Ziegler
Bob Lunn
Baseball Scoreboard Dense Schedule Across Cities
A compact scoreboard lists multiple games with scores including Philadelphia 7 Montreal 2 San Diego 2 9 Atlanta 0 3 New York 5 Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 5 Montreal 4 Chicago 2 St Louis 0 Houston 7 8 San Francisco 6 Atlanta 6 San Diego 1 Los Angeles 5 Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh at Montreal Briles 4 7 Johnson 1 1 N St Louis Foster 4 5 at Philadelphia Twitchell 6 2 N Chicago Reuschel 9 4 at New York Matlack 4 9 N Cincinnati Billingham 9 4 at Houston Forsch 7 7 N Los Angeles Osteen 9 3 at San Diego Grief 4 10 Only games scheduled.
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Atlanta
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Briles
Johnson
McAnally
Strohmayer
Foster
Twitchell
Reuschel
Matlack
Billingham
Forsch
Osteen
Associated Press
West
Metcalf Proves Value In Coaches All-America Game
Johnny Rodgers backed out of the 13th Coaches All-America Football Game and Terry Metcalf stepped in to shine. The West beat the East 20 to 6 as Metcalf ran for 135 yards on 18 carries, scored once, and set up another, earning MVP honors for the second straight substitute.
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Tex
Johnny Rodgers
West
John McKay
McKay
Southern California
Terry Metcalf
Long Beach State
St. Louis Cardinals
America Football Coaches Association
Billy Taylor
Michigan
Wimbledon Opens Amid Top Players Missing
Wimbledon begins with Bjorn Borg slated for center court as top stars sit out. Stan Smith boycotts lead to Ilie Nastase opening the action with Jans Joachim Ploetz while Pilic’s absence overshadows the event but ticket demand remains high.
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Association of Tennis Professionals
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India
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Smith
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America
Pilic
McMullen's Hot Bat Lifts Dodgers Over Reds in Weekend Rally
Ken McMullen resurfaced to spark Los Angeles with a two-run homer and three RBIs as the Dodgers beat Cincinnati 5-2. Steve Garvey homered and Al Downing earned his sixth win. Houston swept San Francisco in a twin bill as other NL matches produced key wins across the league.
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Associated Press
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