Sporting Digest: Baseball
DON DRYSDALE, a Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame pitcher, died in Montreal on Saturday evening. He was 56.
AMERICAN LEAGUE (Friday): Detroit 6 Texas 4 (10); Chicago White Sox 12 Baltimore 1; Kansas City 3 Toronto 2; Minnesota 11 Milwaukee 10; Oakland 4 NY Yankees 3; Cleveland 10 California 8; Boston 9 Seattle 8. (Saturday): Texas 11 Detroit 5; Milwaukee 3 Minnesota 1; Oakland 5 New York Yankees 4; Baltimore 9 Chicago White Sox 6; Kansas City 3 Toronto 2; Cleveland 5 California 3; Boston 6 Seattle 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE (Friday): San Diego 5 Philadelphia 2 (first game); Philadelphia 6 San Diego 5 (10); Pittsburgh 10 Cincinnati 9 (first game); Cincinnati 9 Pittsburgh 1; LA 4 Montreal 3; San Francisco 3 NY Mets 1 (5 innings, rain); Florida 4 Atlanta 2; Houston 7 St Louis 1; Chicago Cubs 11 Colorado 8. (Saturday): Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 3; San Diego 6 Philadelphia 4; Atlanta 11 Florida 2; New York Mets 6 San Francisco 3; Montreal 6 Los Angeles 4; Houston 6 St Louis 0; Colorado 5 Chicago Cubs 4.
INTERCONTINENTAL CUP (Parma, It): Semi- finals: United States 6 Japan 3; Cuba 7 Nicaragua 0. Bronze medal play-off: Japan 9 Nicaragua 0.
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