Sports headlines for Wednesday May 26, 1971:

• Alex Returns To Lineup, Promises He'll Hustle
• Richards Agrees To Release Boyer
• NFL Told: Sign Player Contract Or Face NLRB
• 'Clean Hands' Rule Adopted

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Red Sox signed Gary Wagner as a free agent
•	Tigers activated Dave Boswell
•	Expos released Gary Wagner
•	Yankees traded Curt Blefary to A's for Rob Gardner
•	Phillies placed Larry Hisle on the disabled list
•	Padres returned Camilo Pascual to Indians

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Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (17-24) 2 8 1 8 Baltimore Orioles (24-16) 3 8 0 7 Win: Mike Cuellar (6-1)   Loss: Rich Hand (0-2) T: 2:13   Att: 8,865 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Washington Senators (17-27) 2 9 1 6 Boston Red Sox (27-15) 3 10 1 9 Win: Ray Culp (5-3)   Loss: Jerry Janeski (1-4) T: 2:01   Att: 13,526 at Fenway Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (20-22) 2 6 2 4 Chicago White Sox (16-23) 7 11 2 8 Win: Wilbur Wood (3-2)   Loss: Mike Hedlund (4-3) T: 2:22   Att: 2,605 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (18-23) 2 5 1 6 Detroit Tigers (23-20) 1 6 0 7 Win: Mel Stottlemyre (5-2)   Loss: Mike Kilkenny (0-2) T: 2:23   Att: 11,565 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (23-21) 4 7 0 7 Milwaukee Brewers (16-23) 1 8 4 8 Win: Bert Blyleven (6-4)   Loss: Skip Lockwood (3-4) T: 2:19   Att: 4,978 at County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (22-24) 7 14 0 8 Oakland A's (31-16) 5 7 1 9 Win: Dave LaRoche (2-0)   Loss: Ron Klimkowski (2-2) T: 3:29   Att: 4,354 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (32-13) 6 11 1 7 Los Angeles Dodgers (21-24) 4 7 2 4 Win: Gaylord Perry (5-2)   Loss: Joe Moeller (0-1)   Save: John Cumberland (2) T: 2:39   Att: 27,541 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (21-24) 1 2 1 5 Montreal Expos (18-18) 11 12 2 7 Win: Bill Stoneman (6-2)   Loss: Pat Jarvis (0-7) T: 2:19   Att: 6,263 at Parc Jarry Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (16-26) 3 8 1 6 New York Mets (25-16) 2 9 1 7 Win: Bucky Brandon (2-1)   Loss: Tug McGraw (3-2) T: 3:06   Att: 22,409 at Shea Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (18-26) 0 5 2 9 Pittsburgh Pirates (25-18) 2 5 2 7 Win: Steve Blass (4-2)   Loss: Tony Cloninger (2-2) T: 2:09   Att: 7,369 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (22-22) 2 9 2 8 San Diego Padres (13-32) 1 4 0 4 Win: Wade Blasingame (3-5)   Loss: Dave Roberts (3-5)   Save: George Culver (3) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:11 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (23-22) 8 11 0 8 San Diego Padres (13-33) 0 1 2 3 Win: Larry Dierker (8-1)   Loss: Al Santorini (0-2) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:02   Att: 4,221 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (21-23) 4 12 0 13 St. Louis Cardinals (27-17) 9 14 1 9 Win: Chuck Taylor (1-0)   Loss: Ken Holtzman (3-5) T: 2:48   Att: 12,690 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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