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Braves at Philadelphia Phillies 11 tOO PM on ESPN SPEEDWEEK 11i30 PM on CNN SPORTS 11i30 PM on ESPN SPORTSCENTER MIDM9HT on ESPN SPORTSLOOK 3i30 AMonESPN SPORTSCENTER 3:30 A on CNN SPORTS ItdUlU TODAY TtOO PM on WJCW-AM (91 0) THE CHUCK TANNER SHOW 7:35 PM on WJCW-AM (910) AIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies 10i30 PM on WXIS-FM (1039) ST LOUIS CARDINAL PRE-GAME SHOW 1030 PM on WX18-FM (1 039) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL St Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers to 2:30 Avoca All-Stars 10-3 Avoca 13 114 1111 Johnson City 020 010 4 4 Counts Walters (3) and Reynolds White and Masters WP Walters LP Whit HRs Avoca Morrell Major League leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Second Weyer Third Montague 2 31 A 18414 Cardinals 3-1 Wednesday's Games New York 4 Atlanta 3 Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco 0 Houston 7 Montreal 0 Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 3 Chicago 4 San Diego 3 St Louis 3 Los Angeles 1 Today's Games Pittsburgh (Drabek 2-0) at San Diego (Show 4-11) 4:05 pm Cincinnati (Power 7-5) at Montreal (Smith 4-3) 7-3S Atlanta (Puleo 3-2) at Philadelphia (Carman 5-7) 7:35 pm St Louis (Magrane 4-2) at Los Angeles (Her-shiser 10-9) 1035 Only games scheduled Friday's Games Houston at New York 2 OS pm Cincinnati at Montreal 7-35 pm Atlanta at Philadelphia 7:35 pm Pittsburgh at San Diego 10 OS pm Chicago at Los Angeles 10-35 pm St Louis at San Francisco pm AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Pet GB New York 50 30 404 Detroit 53 39 574 3 Toronto 54 40 574 3 Milwaukee 44 44 500 10 Boston 43 52 453 14to West Division S3 43 50 44 50 46 48 46 47 48 45 48 37 55 Minnesota Oakland California Kansas City Seattle Texas Chicago Wednesday's Game 2 Milwaukee i California Duiwrr j-Oakland 10 Detroit 1 Baltimore 10 Chicago 5 Minnesota 3 New York 1 Texas 5 Toronto 3 Kansas City 5 Cleveland 1 Today's Games Kansas City (D Jackson 4-11) at Baltimore (Bell 7-7) 7 35 Texas (Guzman 8-8) at Cleveland (Candiottl 2-10) 7 35 pm Minnesota (Nlekro 5-7) at Toronto (Stleb 8-5) 7 35 Oakland (Anduiar 3-2) at Milwaukee (Boslo 5-2) 0:35 pm DMurphy Atlanta 24 Dawson Chicago 24 HJohnson New York 22 Strawberry New York 22 Schmidt Philadelphia 21 Virgil Atlanta 21 Runs Batted In JCIark St Louis 09 Dawson Chicago 77 Wallace Montreal 75 EDavis Cincinnati 74 McGee St Louis 74 DMurphy Atlanta 63 GalarragO Montreal -42 SchmJdU PhMeu -phia 42 Pitch in (7 Dec Is ions) Leach Naw York 4 1000 Sutcliffe Chicago 13-4 745 Forsch St Louis 9-3 750 Cox St Louis 8-3 727 Heaton Montreal 10-4 714 Magrane St Louis 5-2 714 Gooden New York 7-3 700 Rawlay Philadelphia 11-5 408 AMERICAN LEAGUE StLeui 000 000 003 3 Los Angelos 001 000 000 1 Game Winning RBI JCIark (15) JCIark Duncan Mathews DP StLouls 2 Los Angeles 3 LOB StLouls 5 Los Angeles 0 2B Duncan JCIark Marshall OSmlth HR JCIark (29) SB Garner (2) Coleman (58) Duncan (10) McGee (7) Welch IP ER BB SO StLouls Welch pitched to 3 batters in the 9th WP Mathews Umpires Home Engle First Marsh Second Runge Third West 252 A 33445 Angels 6-5 Kansas City at Baltimore 8 05 pm Oakland at Milwaukee 8 35 pm x-active Basketball USBL playoffs Wednesday's Gamas At Tampa Fla Tampa Bay 129 Staton Island 174 OT Miami 130 West Palm Beach 122 At Warwick Rl Rhode Island 102 Philadelphia 97 Long Island 124 Jersey 123 Semifinals Today's Gamas Miami at Tampa Bay Long Island at Rhode Island Championship Sunday July 24 Semifinal wlnnors at Tampa Fla or Miami Olymplcboxes At Chapel Hill NC Gold Modal Gama NORTH (80) Willie Burton Detroit 2-4 2-3 4 Eric Manuel Macon Ga 1-2 0-2 2 Tarry ills Romulus Mich 7-12 0-0 15 Joy Edwards Marion Ind 1-2 0-0 2Lyndon Jo net Marion Ind 3-9 4-5 10 Maurlc Brittain Atlanta 1-30-0 2 Jerome Harmon Gory Ind 5-7 1-2 11 David Jamerson unroe Falls Ohio 4-4 1-2 9 Rumeol Robinson Cambridge Mass 2-2 3-5 7 Mark Macon Saginaw Mich 44 04) 8 Tyrone Hill Cincinnati 74 04 14 Mika Maddox Oklahoma City Okie 1-2 04 2 Total 347 11-19 08 SOUTH (73) Derrick Miller Savannah Ga 5-12 04 13 Eldon Bowman Grambiing a 1-2 04 2 JR Reid Virginia Beach Va 3-9 12-13 IS King Rice Binghamton NY 1-3 04 2 Travis Mays Ocala Fla 2-4 1-2 5 egg la Hanson Somerset Ky 0-1 04 0 Brian Oliver Smyrna Ga 2-10 2-4 4 Robert Siler Siler City NC 0-2 1-2 1 Chris Bronza Madal Gam WEST (91) Trevor Wilson Reseda Calif 3-9 5-4 11 Mark Georeeson Huntington Beach Calif 0-4 2-3 2 LeRon Ellis Santa Ana Calif 4-9 0-0 I Eldridg Recasner New Orleans 4-4 1-1 9 Chris Gaines Waterloo low 3-3 0-0 6 Carrkk Oa Hart Inglewood Ca'lf 3 9 4-4 10 Bryant nn knta Ana Calif 1-2 0-0 2 Sean Higgins Los Angelas 4-7 0-0 8 Kart jam nainmgre 2-4 0-0 4 Tom Lewis Garden Grove Calif 5-4 7-10 17 Perry Carter Columbus Ohio 2-4 2-2 6 Sean Rooks Fontana Calif 3-4 2-2 I Totals 34-72 23-2? 91 EAST (84) Richard Dumas Tulsa Okie 7-15 1-1 15 Frantz Votey East Orange N-J 34 0-0 6 Caderlc Lewis Tamale Hills Md 0-2 2-2 2 John Crettv Spring Lake NJ 4-11 4 II Slander Lewis Jamaica NY 6-15 4-4 14 Carlton Screen Brooklyn NY 3-4 4-4 10 Greg Koubek Clifton Park NJ 1-5 4-4 Lincoln Minor Houston 0-3 00 0 Dennis Scott Reston Va 3-5 GO 4 Russell Jarvis Cambridge Mass 0-0 0-2 0 Thames Jordan Baltimore 2-4 0-0 4 Felton Spencer Louisville Kv 0-5 5-4 II Totals 31-71 23-27 04 Halftime West 45 East 42 3-polnt goals West 0-3 (Gaines Ol DeHart 01 Walton Ol) East 1-t2 (Koubek 1-3 Dumas Ol ELewls 01' Minor 02 Scott 02 Crafty 031 Fouled out None Rebounds West 45 (Ellis 6) East 44 (Spencer 0) Assists West 14 (DeHart 3) East (Screen 4) Total touts West 20 East 21 A 2483 CB A draft results NEW YORK Round-by-round selections for the 1987 Continental Basketball Association draft Wednesday: First Round 1 Quad-City Derrick Sanders 6-4 Illinois vlou Savannah kandv llut 6 8 Purer State 3 Charleston John Cavanaugh 6 10 Hamillon 4 Rochester Leon Bass 4-10 East Carolina 5 Pensacola Mark Wad 4-0 Neva-da-Les Vegas 6 Wyoming Raleigh Choke 4- 10 Florida State 7 Rockford Efrem Jackson 4-9 Georgia State 0 Topeka Cedric Hunter 4-0 Kansas 9 Mississippi Oliver Brown 4-4 Louisiana State 10 Albany Tony Karssek 4-10 Florida State 11 Tom Fairley 4-2 Baptist 12 Rapid City Albert Springs 4-5 Utah Second Round 1 Quad City Bruno Kowgswoin 4-0 Houston Baptist 2 Savannah Willie McDuffie 4-7 Jacksonville 3 Charleston Lawrence Mitchell 4-3 Austin Peay 4 Rochester Herman Webster 4-7 Cal State-Fullerton 5 Pensacola Joe Lawrence 6-4 Florida 6 Wyoming George Ivory 64) Mississippi Valley State 7 Rockford David Wood 4-0 Nevada-Reno 0 Topeka Gary Besseimk 6-9 Connecticut 9 Mississippi Mark McSwain 4-7 LoulsvUle 10 Albany Scott Brooks 5-11 Calitorma-lrvine 11 La Crosse Steve Rebholz 4-8 Hofstra 12 Rapid City Donn Hotston 04 Idaho State Third Round 1 Quad City Jonathan Speller 4-4 Tennessee State 2 Savannah Jaff Gromos 4-0 Fair-field 3 Charleston Keith Tyler 4-1 Charleston 4 Rochester Jim Eppink 4-8 Grand Rapids Baptist 5 Pensacola Jeffrey Hart 6-4 Jackson State 6 Wyoming Bonner Upshaw sy Av-gn State Golf Seniors money leaders PONTE VEDRA FI Official PGA Senior Tour money winners through the Syracuse Senior Open which ended July 19: 1 Chi Chi Rodriguez 2 Bruce Crampton 3 Bob Charles 4 Gary Player 5 Dal Douglass 6 Billy Casper 7 Miller Barber I Bobby Nichols 9 Walter Zembriski 10 Butch Baird $31 2797 $261696 $216608 $191003 $153888 $144277 $131499 $121963 $103742 $96726 Track Italian results ROME Results Wednesday at the Golden Gel track meet the tlth stop ot the IAAF Mobil Grand Prlx track circuit (ell distances in meters) 3 Man 1001 Calvin Smith United Stetei 10 15 2 Stan Floyd United Steles 10 24 3 Lee McRae United States 10 35 4 Brian CoQper United States 1034 5 Ronald Desruelles Belgium 10 43 2001 Calvin Smith United States 20 22 3 Dwayne Evens United Stated 20 39 3 Wallece Speermon United States 20 40 4 Henry Thomas United Steles 20 40 15001 John Walker New Zealand 3 34 79 2 Alessandro Lembruschini Italy 335 27 3 Remy Geolfroy France 3 35 52 50001 Said Aouita Morocco 12 SO 39 (world record previous 13 00 40 by Aouita in 19851 2 Sydney Mare United States 13 2497 3 Ezequlel Canerlo Portugal 13 39 40 110 Hurdles I Toni Campbell United States 13 31 2 John Ridgeon Britain 13 45 3 Cerlos Sale Spain 1371 Game Winning RBI FWhlte (8) F-Seltzer A'ai arar riP Oeveleed 1 vnr sas City i LOB-Cleveland 10 Kansas City 0 2B Eisenreich HR FWhlte (8) BJackson (19) SB Wilson (29) Tartabull (2) SF Brett IP ER BB SO Cleveland Akertelds L0-1 4 1-3 4 4 4 5 4 Ritter 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 Kansas City Gubicza W8-9 9 8 1 0 5 8 WP Akertelds Umpires Home Reed First Hirschbeck Second Garcia Third Marrill 2 59 A 24570 Wednesday's Gam Toronto 26 Calgary 16 Friday's Gam Edmonton at Winnipeg pm Saturday's Gama Ottawa at British Columbia Pm Sunday's Gam Hamilton at Saskatchewan 3 pm AFLstandings Pd PF 4 1 000 237 3 2 500 30 2 3 400 192 I 4 200 237 PA 147 3)7 258 341 Pittsburgh Denver Chkago Washington Thursday's Gam Chkago 44 Washington 61 Friday' Gam Oenver 32 Pittsburgh 31 Today'e Gam Pittsburgh at Washington Friday July 24 Chicago at Denver Swimming Local results KINGSPORT Resists from swim meet at Colonial Haights Tuesday night between the ETSU swim club and (Colonial Heights ETSU emerged the teem winner: Aaron Griffith 3rd back Brennan Higgins 4th tree 1st tree relay Brian Morrow 3rd breast 2nd fly Kurt Spenser 1st breast fly IM free relay Chris Stork tsl tree reivV7: bunder girt Whitney Bailey 3rd free Sommer Cork -1st free tty Ire relay 3rd I Jamia Merrl-' man 1st Ire relay Allison Matnev 3rd breast 1st tree relay Sarah Miller 3rd fly 1st free relay Jennifer West 4th breast 1st back 18-endar boys Adam Bowie 1st free breast back fly free relay Brian Morrow 1st free relay Chad McDavid 1st free relay Jeff West 2nd I fly 3rd free 1st free relay lt-under girls Miriam Burkett 1st beck tree relay 3rd free Tonya Griffith 5th free 2nd back 1st free relay Julie Knapp 2nd I fly 1st -breast Ire relay 3rd back Sarah Matnev 1st IM fly tree relay 2nd breast 11-12 boys Chad McOavid 3rd breast back Eric Moon 2nd IM brtast 1st fly free relay' Matt Morrow 2nd free 1st tree relay Jaff Owen 1st I breast back free relay Draw West 1st tree free relay 2nd back 11-12 girls Maggie Bailey 1st IM free breast (ly 2nd fly (re relay 13-14 boys Tanner Cork 2nd I breast fly 1st free Erma Alexander 1st free relay Adam Grit- fin 1st back 3rd fly Jason Morris 1C" breast tree relay 2nd back 13-14 girls Tanya Belles 1st free 3rd breast free re- lay Ann Bailey 2nd back 3rd free relay emUsur tout i vi 0 Vi fly i-vo ee-relay Heather Woods 2nd free breast 3rd trae relay 15-18 boys Brian Hutcherson 2nd tree fly 1st free relay Roger Ward 3rd back 15-18 girls Lisa Cissell 1st breast 2nd free relay 3rd- -I 4th fly Laura Hutcherson 1st I 2nd tly free relay 3rd back Debra Iglar 3rd free breast 4tti back 2nd tree relay Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS-Placed Rick" Dempsey catcher on the 21-day disabled list Recalled Andy Allanson catcher from Buffalo of the American Association KANSAS CITY ROYALS Recalled Mike Macfarlant catcher and Bill Pecota Infielder from Omaha of the American Association' if Ct trk -C disabled list Removed Hal McRae designated? hitter from the active list and retained him as a batting instructor NEW YORK YANKEES Sent Jeff Moronko infielder to Columbus of the International League Recalled Juan Bonilla infielder from Columbus BASKETBALL National Basketball League NBA Named Tom Sanders Director of Player Programs PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Named Harvey Pollock director of statistical information Dave Coskey director of public relations and assistant marketing director David Katz director of marketing and Antoinette Amendolia director of promotions FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS Agreed lo terms with Nate Odomes cornerback and Jot McGrail nose tackle Signed Mitch Frerotte offensive tackle i HOUSTON OILERS Signid Haywood Jeffires wide receiver Wes Neighbors center and Ira Valentine running back INDIANAPOLIS COLTS-Signed Brian Miles running back Tate RaryJle safety Kenny Daniel cornerback and Chris Scott defensive lineman NEW YORK JETS Signed Alex Cordon linebecker TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Announced that Scott Cooper defensive tackle has left camp HOCKEY National Hockey League WINNIPEG JETS Signed Randy Carlyle defenseman to a three-year contract HORSE RACING LOUISIANA DOWNS Named Ray Trombb director of marketing gnd public relations REMINGTON PARK Named Corey Johnsen1 assistant general manager SOCCER Maior Indoor Soccer League DALLAS SIDEKICKS Signed Mike Powers and John Hedlend defenders for the 1987-1989 season GENERAL ESPN Hired Tom Jackson as NFL analysf COLLEGE ADELPHI Announced it would discontinue1 golf men's tennis men's and women's swimming cross-country indoor track and outdoor track ALASKA FAIRBANKS Named Don Lucia hockey coach CALIFORNIA Named John Squadron! women's crew coach and Jean Paul Voorhees women soccer coach IONA Named Frank "Buddy" Faina assistant baseball coach WHITWORTH Named Blaine "Shorty" Bennett toothfil coach Cmces Gedman OwEvans Romero HR Rice (10) 5 DWhite IP ER BB SO California Game Winning RBI Mazzill! (2) HJohnson GPerrv LOB Atlanta 7 New York 9 2B Hubbard 3B ZSmlth SB DMur-phy (11) GPerry (19) Mazzllll (3) Hall (17) IP ER BB SO Atlanta WP Gardner Umpires Home Tschlda First Phillips Second Clark Third Morrison 317 A 31729 Orioles 10-5 Home Runs McGwire Oakland 35 GBell Toronto 30 Carter Cleveland 23 Hrbek Minnesota 23 Dear Milwaukee 22 Brunansky Minnesota 21 Joyner California 21 LAParrlsh Texas 21 Murray Baltimore 21 Snyder Ciavaland 21 Runs Batted In Joyner California 79 GBell Toronto 70 McGwiro Oakland 74 Carter Cleveland 73 DwEvans Boston 73 Winfield New York 70 Mattingly Naw York 49 LAParrlsh Texas 45 Pitching (7 Decisions) Guetterman Seattle 0-1 009 Schmidt Baltimore 10-2 833 Saberhaqen Kansas City 15-4 8V cuulH loronlu 6 3 vu Juhn New York 9 3 750 Mohorcic Texas 6-2 750 Morris Detroit 12-4 750 Bosio Milwaukee 5-2 714 Baseball Today SCOREBOARD St Louis at Los Angeles (4 05 pm EOT) Joe Magrane (4-2) meets Orel Hershiser (10 9) Hershiser has given up iust live home runs In 152 1-3 innings this season STREAKS Kent Hrbek of the Twins broke a streak of 11 games without a run batted In Tuesday night when his game-winning single in the ninth inning gave Minnesota a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees Bo Jackson ended bis streak of 14 consecutive games with at least one strikeout Tuesday In the Kansas City Royals' 3 2 victory over the Cleveland Indians Tom Brunansky of the Minnesota Twins has hit 20 or more home runs for six straight seasons SHUTOUT! Dave Dravecky of the San Francisco Giants pitched his first shutout since the April 6 1984 throwing a six-hitter Tuesday night to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 7-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Plratgs Rick Reuschel pitched a five-hitter tor the third shutout In hit last five "vv Or I 5-" F-v niee'r 4-0 Wednesday Reuschel lowered his earned-run average to 2 19 best among malor-league starting pitchers starters with fill 23rd career shutout STUMPERS What team holds the maior-league record for consecutive wins? STATS Doyle Alexander is 62-39 when he's playing on team Bobby Cox manages or is general manager for The Chicago Cubs have hit 24 home runs In II games against the San Diego Padres this season Frank White appeared In his 1892nd game at a Kansas City Royal Tuesday night salting a club record SWINGS Roger Clemens who averaged 8 4 strikeouts per nine Innings last season failed to strikt out out a batter for the second time this season in the Boston Red Sox' 2-0 victory Tuesday over the California Angels Clement struck out at least one batter In every gam in 194 except his last whan ha was hit with a line drive and left altar 1 2-3 Innings against the Baltimore Orioles Clemens who also walked none took iust 104 pilches to throw his maior-leaeu leading fourth shutout SLUMPS Jeffrey Leonard who was 2-tor-17 since tht All Star break was 3-for-S Tuesday night In the San Francisco Giants' 7-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates SLUMPINO SHORTSTOPS Buddy Blancalena of the Kansas City Royals has ona hit in his last 14 at bats Aneat Salazar the Royals other shortstop has two hits in his lest 19 at bats Biancalana was optioned to the Royals' Class Omaha farm club on Wednesday STRIKEOUTS Bart Blyleven moved past Ferguson Jenkins into eighth place on the all-time strikeout list Tuesday night when he struck out eight In the Minnesota Twins' 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees Jenkins has 3195 strikeouts three more then Jenkins Phil Niekro ot the Cleveland Indians is In seventh with 3321 STUMPER SOLUTION The New York Giants won 26 consecutive games from Sept 7 to Sept 30 1914 with one lie durme the streak Longest win streaks A list of the longest winning slrtaks In professional baseball: a 77 1902 Corsicana Taxes League 27 1921 Baltimora international League Game Winning RBI Canseco (II) -E Whitaker DP Oakland I Detroit 2 LOB Oakland 10 Detroit 10 2B Canseco McGwire Sheridan SHenderson 3B Stein-bach HR Bernazard 112) McGwire (34) Nokes (21) SB Lansford (21) SF Canseco Lansford IP ER BB SO Oakland -Lamp W14 Cadaret Caudill Detroit Tanana L9-7 Thurmond Henneman Hernand 5 1-3 7 123 1 2 2 Thurmond pitched to 3 batters in the Oth Umpires Homi Roe First Barnett Second Volteggio Third Kosc 2 49 A 24055 Chicago 005 000 00- 5 Gam Winning RBI Shoots (4) Kennedy MYoung Guillen 2 KWilllams DP Baltimore 1 Chicago 1 LOB Baltimore 10 Chicago 4 HR-KWIIIIami (5) Baines (15) Caldsron -f14t Gerhart 2 (10) SB Wiggins 2 (20) Guillen (12) MYoung 2 (4) BRiPkon (2) 3 Wiggins Umpires Home Bonin First Wendelstedt Second Poncino Third Crawford 2 51 A 31 048 Phillies 5-3 CINCINNATI Lurk Bell 3b EDavis cf Parker rf TJones If BDiaz Esasky lb DCncpc 2b 1 Brownno Colins ph BLandm McCInd ph ONeill ph FWillms PHILADELPHIA abrhbl Sams XL Schu lb MThmp cf Have cf Suimm GWilson rf CJames If -Parrish Aguayo' or' 2 0 10 GGrss ph abrhbl 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 4 0 12 4 0 10 4 0 2 0 4 12 0 4 0 10 10 0 0 1110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 00 0 0 33 3 9 2 i 1 3 111 10 10 3 0 0 0 4 0 10 3011 4 0 10 3 2 2 0 Jeltz ss Rawley Tekulve Stone ph Bedrosn Totals 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 30 5 12 0 Totals Cincinnati 00 82 Philadelphia 220 180 Gam Winning RBI Schu (2) CJames DP Cincinnati 2 LOB Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 4 2B Samuoi Schu GWilson Esasky HR Samuel (19) SB Collins (4) Larkin (II) MThompson (27) Rawley SF GWilson IP ER BB SO 94x Cincinnati Browning L5-8 BLandum FWflliams Philadelphia Rawley W12-5 Tekulve Bedrosn S27 5 1 2 41-3 2-3 2 Umpires Home McSherry First Pulli Second Brocklander Third DeMuth T-212 A 28044 Pirates 4-0 PITTSBURGH SAN FRANCISCO abrhbl Aldret rf Mltchll 3b Leonard If WCIark lb CDavIs cf Bronly RThpsn 2b Urlb ss Downs JRobnsn Lefferts Sollmn ph Totals brhbi 3 0 0 0 50 10 4 0 11 3 110 4 100 3 0 0 1 3 110 4 0 11 2100 Bonds VanSlyk cf Morrisn 2b Bream 1b RReylds rf Bonilla 3b LVilr Pedriqu SS Reuschol 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 30 10 40 10 30 10 3010 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 00 0000 10 0 0 290 0 0 Totals 31 4 I Pittsburgh San Francisco Nt Gam Winning RBI Morrison (4) Downs CDavis DP Pittsburgh 2 LOB- 01 080 0034 Pittsburgh 7 San Francisco A Rouschol 5F Bonilla Thompson ER BB SO 5 0 0 1 4 Reuschol W8-4 Sen Francis Downs LA-4 01-3 5 4 2 4 4 Nielsen pitched to 1 batter In the 4th Umpires Home Kaiser First Coble Second Scott Third Bromigan 303 A 12780 Game Winning RBI Quinones (5) OP Seattle 2 Milwaukee 2 LOB Seattle 4 Milwaukee 5 2B DNixon Quinones Phelps Riles SB Braggs (7) DNixon (10) Felder IP ER BB SO Seattle Langston Wtl-9 9 4 1 1 4 7 Milwaukee Wegman L8-9 9 2 2 1 1 HBP PBradlev by Wegman Umpires Home Hendry First Evans Second Cousins Third Johnson 2 24 A 19221 Rangers 5-3 TORONTO TEXAS ab ab bl Ftrnndz ss 5 13) Browne 2b 4011 Moseby cl 4 0 0 1 Fletchr ss 3 112 Barfield rf 4 0 0 0 Herr rf 4 0 0 GBell If 4 0 3 0 OBrien lb 3 111 Gam Winning RBI Hrbek (9) Tolloson OP New York 2 Minnesota 1 LOB New York 5 Minnesota 11 2B Gagne Cerone HR Hrbek (24) Puckett (15) Washington (7) SB Gladden (18) IP ER BB SO New York Rhoden L12-4 Stoddard Righettl Minnosota Viola WIO-4 0 Reardon S20 1 WP Rhoden Umpires Home Lock Second McClelland Third Young 244 A 40054 First McKean.

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Johnson City & Guaranda – Sister Cities since 1964.

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Lyndon Johnson's family moved to Johnson City from a farm near Stonewall-a distance of about fourteen miles. The move took place in September 1913, just two weeks after Lyndon's fifth birthday. For most of the next twenty-four years, this was their home.

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Johnson City is in Washington County and is one of the best places to live in Tennessee. Living in Johnson City offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents rent their homes. In Johnson City there are a lot of parks. Many young professionals live in Johnson City and residents tend to be conservative.

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