Sports headlines for Wednesday May 17, 1972:

• Liquori Bows Out Of 1972 Olympics
• McLain Agrees To Join A's Birmingham Club

Today's baseball transactions:

•	A's traded Curt Blefary, Mike Kilkenny and Greg Schubert (acquired 9/11/1972) to Padres for Ollie Brown
•	Padres placed Cito Gaston on the disabled list

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   1972 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 Oakland A's (15-8) 4 8 1 5 California Angels (10-16) 0 8 2 6 Win: Ken Holtzman (5-2)   Loss: Rudy May (0-3) T: 2:13   Att: 5,118 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (17-7) 8 8 1 4 Chicago White Sox (15-10) 1 9 1 11 Win: Bert Blyleven (5-2)   Loss: Tom Bradley (4-2)   Save: Wayne Granger (6) T: 2:25   Att: 10,533 at Comiskey Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (9-15) 1 6 1 9 Cleveland Indians (15-9) 2 6 0 9 Win: Dick Tidrow (4-2)   Loss: Fred Beene (0-2) T: 2:15   Att: 7,722 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (13-12) 1 4 1 6 Detroit Tigers (14-10) 6 6 1 5 Win: Mickey Lolich (7-1)   Loss: Pat Dobson (3-4) T: 2:26   Att: 27,384 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (11-15) 4 9 0 15 Kansas City Royals (11-16) 3 16 5 13 Win: Jim Panther (2-1)   Loss: Ted Abernathy (0-1) T: 4:56   Att: 7,114 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (9-13) 1 9 0 11 Milwaukee Brewers (7-15) 4 8 0 8 Win: Jim Lonborg (1-1)   Loss: Sonny Siebert (2-2)   Save: Ken Sanders (5) T: 2:13   Att: 4,935 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (10-18) 0 4 1 4 Houston Astros (17-10) 9 12 1 11 Win: Larry Dierker (3-2)   Loss: Ron Reed (1-5) T: 2:26   Att: 15,823 at The Astrodome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (13-14) 2 4 0 4 New York Mets (20-7) 12 17 1 13 Win: Gary Gentry (3-1)   Loss: Ernie McAnally (0-3) T: 2:41   Att: 16,905 at Shea Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (13-13) 3 6 1 5 Philadelphia Phillies (15-12) 2 8 1 10 Win: Tom Phoebus (1-1)   Loss: Steve Carlton (5-3)   Save: Dan McGinn (4) T: 2:16   Att: 12,528 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (10-19) 0 11 0 10 Pittsburgh Pirates (14-12) 12 15 0 6 Win: Steve Blass (4-1)   Loss: Reggie Cleveland (3-2) T: 2:16   Att: 9,188 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (18-11) 0 6 1 7 San Diego Padres (13-16) 2 4 0 6 Win: Fred Norman (3-2)   Loss: Tommy John (3-3) T: 2:13   Att: 12,995 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (15-13) 2 4 0 5 San Francisco Giants (9-22) 1 6 1 2 Win: Ross Grimsley (2-0)   Loss: Juan Marichal (1-7)   Save: Clay Carroll (5) T: 2:01   Att: 2,670 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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