Sports headlines for Sunday August 8, 1971:

• Jerry Heard Wins American Classic, First Tour Victory

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Red Sox activated Don Pavletich
•	White Sox activated Tony Muser
•	A's activated Joe Rudi
•	Pirates activated Milt May
•	Pirates placed Jose Pagan on the disabled list

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   1971 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

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Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (61-52) 8 13 1 9 Boston Red Sox (63-49) 2 9 0 8 Win: Mickey Lolich (18-8)   Loss: Luis Tiant (0-6) T: 2:48   Att: 32,146 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (51-61) 2 6 0 5 California Angels (54-62) 1 6 0 3 Win: Bert Blyleven (9-13)   Loss: Tom Murphy (6-13) T: 2:01   Att: 7,567 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (48-64) 2 9 0 7 Kansas City Royals (56-54) 7 13 0 10 Win: Dick Drago (14-6)   Loss: Jim Slaton (7-4) T: 2:38   Att: 16,758 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (67-42) 1 5 0 4 New York Yankees (58-57) 2 7 0 6 Win: Steve Kline (9-10)   Loss: Grant Jackson (3-3) T: 2:05   Att: 26,319 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (54-59) 9 15 2 6 Oakland A's (71-41) 7 11 1 9 Win: Steve Kealey (2-1)   Loss: Chuck Dobson (11-2)   Save: Bart Johnson (11) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:54 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (55-59) 3 6 0 4 Oakland A's (71-42) 1 5 0 7 Win: Wilbur Wood (14-8)   Loss: Diego Segui (7-5) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:11   Att: 12,110 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (46-69) 6 10 0 8 Washington Senators (46-65) 2 7 1 11 Win: Steve Dunning (8-8)   Loss: Denny McLain (6-16)   Save: Phil Hennigan (10) T: 2:28   Att: 13,921 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (57-55) 0 4 1 6 Atlanta Braves (60-58) 5 11 0 4 Win: Phil Niekro (12-8)   Loss: Charlie Williams (4-6) T: 2:13   Att: 15,664 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (68-49) 4 8 1 9 Chicago Cubs (61-51) 2 5 3 4 Win: Gaylord Perry (11-9)   Loss: Bill Hands (10-13) 1st game of doubleheader T: 3:29 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (68-50) 0 6 0 6 Chicago Cubs (62-51) 8 12 0 8 Win: Milt Pappas (13-10)   Loss: Ron Bryant (7-9) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:30   Att: 43,066 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (45-69) 3 7 0 4 Cincinnati Reds (54-63) 6 12 0 8 Win: Clay Carroll (7-2)   Loss: John Strohmayer (4-5) T: 2:15   Att: 28,158 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (42-75) 3 9 0 6 Houston Astros (57-57) 2 5 1 7 Win: Fred Norman (2-8)   Loss: Denny Lemaster (0-1)   Save: Bob Miller (7) T: 2:15   Att: 19,757 at The Astrodome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (51-63) 3 5 0 7 Pittsburgh Pirates (69-45) 2 8 1 7 Win: Woodie Fryman (8-4)   Loss: Steve Blass (11-5)   Save: Joe Hoerner (8) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:22 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (51-64) 0 8 2 7 Pittsburgh Pirates (70-45) 4 6 0 7 Win: Bob Johnson (7-7)   Loss: Chris Short (7-13) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:11   Att: 31,448 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (61-53) 4 8 1 6 St. Louis Cardinals (64-51) 2 4 0 4 Win: Don Sutton (11-10)   Loss: Jerry Reuss (10-12)   Save: Jim Brewer (13) T: 2:18   Att: 45,195 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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