Sports headlines for Thursday April 9, 1970:

• Fast-Starting Aaron Leads In Masters
• Cecil Upshaw Has Surgery

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Braves placed Cecil Upshaw on the disabled list
•	Dodgers sold Jimmie Schaffer to Orioles

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   1970 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

   American League Batting / American League Pitching            MLB standings as of this date
   National League Batting / National League Pitching

Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (2-0) 6 15 0 8 Chicago White Sox (0-2) 4 10 3 13 Win: Stan Williams (1-0)   Loss: Joe Horlen (0-1)   Save: Steve Barber (1) T: 2:59   Att: 1,474 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (3-0) 13 13 0 4 Cleveland Indians (0-3) 1 2 1 5 Win: Tom Phoebus (1-0)   Loss: Rich Hand (0-1) T: 2:26   Att: 2,440 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (1-2) 1 5 1 13 Kansas City Royals (2-1) 3 7 2 7 Win: Bill Butler (1-0)   Loss: Chuck Dobson (0-1)   Save: Dave Morehead (1) T: 2:25   Att: 7,529 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (1-1) 3 6 0 6 New York Yankees (1-1) 4 5 1 5 Win: Fritz Peterson (1-0)   Loss: Ray Culp (0-1)   Save: Jack Aker (1) T: 2:04   Att: 7,039 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (4-0) 3 9 0 6 Los Angeles Dodgers (0-3) 0 2 0 2 Win: Wayne Simpson (1-0)   Loss: Don Sutton (0-1) T: 1:58   Att: 12,862 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (2-0) 7 10 2 7 Montreal Expos (0-3) 3 7 3 10 Win: Mike Torrez (1-0)   Loss: Steve Renko (0-1)   Save: Tom Hilgendorf (1) T: 2:22   Att: 5,688 at Parc Jarry Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (0-2) 3 8 0 7 Philadelphia Phillies (2-0) 5 8 0 8 Win: Bill Wilson (1-0)   Loss: Ken Holtzman (0-1)   Save: Joe Hoerner (1) T: 2:30   Att: 5,075 at Connie Mack Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (1-1) 1 5 2 9 Pittsburgh Pirates (1-1) 2 4 0 5 Win: Dock Ellis (1-0)   Loss: Jerry Koosman (0-1) T: 2:04   Att: 9,884 at Forbes Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (2-1) 6 9 0 3 San Diego Padres (1-2) 1 8 1 8 Win: Jim Nash (1-0)   Loss: Clay Kirby (0-1) T: 2:24   Att: 5,818 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (1-2) 4 8 1 6 San Francisco Giants (2-1) 7 7 3 3 Win: Ron Bryant (1-0)   Loss: Jack DiLauro (0-2)   Save: Don McMahon (1) T: 2:30   Att: 2,810 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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