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...outs in the seventh and final inning, the squad threatened again. Shortstop Lisa "Mouse" Bernstein and third baseman Pat Horne singled bringing Holpuch to the plate. But Maine pitcher Nancy Scostak, the recipient of her school's first and only softball scholarship, proved her worth by inducing the Crimson slugger to fly out to left, ending the game...
...Angels, who, like the Red Sox, are looking for a catcher, dealt Thompson to the Pirates last night in exchange for receiver Ed Ott and pitcher Mickey Mahler. Pittsburgh then sent the 16-year-old slugger to the Yankees, receiving former golden-glove first baseman Jim Spencer and minor-league pitchers Greg Cochran and Fred Tolliver...
Joining Jakovie in the outfield will be slugger Elaine Holpuch in left and Ippolito in right...
Subbing for Desaulniers in the number one slot, Mitch Reese also dispatched his opponent. Greg Zaff, with case. Reese finessed the Williams slugger with 15-11 and 15-12 victories, then fought off a late challenge and took the last game...
DIED. Elston Howard, 51, versatile slugger who was one of the pioneering blacks in baseball's major leagues; of cardiac arrest; in New York City. In 1955, eight years after Jackie Robinson breached the game's color barrier by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, Howard became the first black to play with the New York Yankees. After 13 seasons with the Yanks and one with the Boston Red Sox, he returned to Yankee Stadium as the American League's first black coach...