Sports headlines for Monday April 5, 1971:

• Smith Spurns Cougars, Goes With NBA Braves
• Erving Signs With Squires
• Signing Theismann Surprise To Argos
• Carl Mays, 79, Pitcher in 1920 Tragedy, Dies
• Bucs' Problem A Beery One For Opener

• Orioles traded Marcelino Lopez to Brewers for Roric Harrison and Marion Jackson
• Red Sox placed Jim Lonborg on the disabled list
• Cubs placed Ernie Banks on the disabled list
• Reds placed Lee May on the disabled list
• Indians released Vic Correll
• Indians signed Camilo Pascual as a free agent
• Tigers placed Joe Coleman on the disabled list
• Brewers placed John Morris and Floyd Wicker on the disabled list
• Twins released Frank Quilici
• Expos placed Jim Gosger and Jim Britton on the disabled list
• Mets placed Ted Martinez on the disabled list
• A's placed Chuck Dobson and Blue Moon Odom on the disabled list
• Phillies returned Wayne Redmond to Tigers
• Phillies traded Pat Skrable to Brewers for Wayne Twitchell
• Phillies placed Lowell Palmer on the disabled list
• Cardinals returned Cecil Cooper to Red Sox
• Senators placed Don Wert on the disabled list

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Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (1-0) 7 12 0 10 Cincinnati Reds (0-1) 4 9 6 7 Win: Cecil Upshaw (1-0)   Loss: Wayne Granger (0-1) T: 2:24   Att: 51,702 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (0-1) 2 10 0 7 Houston Astros (1-0) 5 5 0 5 Win: Larry Dierker (1-0)   Loss: Bill Singer (0-1) T: 2:23   Att: 22,421 at The Astrodome Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (0-1) 0 6 2 7 Washington Senators (1-0) 8 8 0 8 Win: Dick Bosman (1-0)   Loss: Vida Blue (0-1) T: 2:45   Att: 45,061 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Boxscore