SPORTING DIGEST: BASEBALL
Mickey Mantle, the 63-year-old baseball legend, will not be released from Baylor University Medical Center on Monday as doctors had hoped, as he is likely to receive more blood transfusions to combat chemotherapy- induced anemia.
AMERICAN LEAGUE: Chicago White Sox 5 Cleveland 1; Detroit 6 New York Yankees 5 (12 innings); Milwaukee 3 Baltimore 2; Kansas City 11 Minnesota 1; Texas 5 California 2; Seattle 15 Oakland 8; Boston 6 Toronto 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE: Pittsburgh 6 Houston 3; Montreal 6 Atlanta 2; New York Mets 7 Florida 3; St Louis 4 Chicago Cubs 3 (13 innings); Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 1 (first game); Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 1 (10 innings); San Diego 16 Colorado 8; San Francisco 3 Los Angeles 1.
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