Sports headlines for Thursday June 1, 1972:

• Braves' Richards Given Demotion
• Smith, Kodes Net Victims

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Angels released Stan Williams

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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 Boston Red Sox (16-19) 7 12 1 5 Baltimore Orioles (20-17) 1 7 1 8 Win: Sonny Siebert (4-2)   Loss: Dave McNally (5-4) T: 2:41   Att: 6,691 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (21-17) 0 7 0 5 Cleveland Indians (19-17) 1 3 0 3 Win: Gaylord Perry (9-3)   Loss: Joe Coleman (7-4) T: 2:02   Att: 5,712 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (17-21) 8 12 2 9 Milwaukee Brewers (13-22) 9 12 1 12 Win: Ken Sanders (1-3)   Loss: Jim Roland (0-1) T: 3:32   Att: 8,241 at County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (14-24) 5 9 0 5 Minnesota Twins (23-13) 3 3 0 2 Win: Al Fitzmorris (1-3)   Loss: Dave LaRoche (1-2) T: 2:16   Att: 6,807 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (16-26) 3 6 2 4 Chicago Cubs (21-18) 7 9 1 6 Win: Bill Hands (4-1)   Loss: Rick Wise (4-5) T: 2:19   Att: 13,706 at Wrigley Field Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (24-18) 10 11 0 6 Houston Astros (24-18) 3 7 2 9 Win: Ed Sprague (1-0)   Loss: Jerry Reuss (3-4)   Save: Pedro Borbon (3) T: 2:36   Att: 14,466 at The Astrodome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (16-25) 1 7 0 7 New York Mets (30-11) 6 9 2 6 Win: Jim McAndrew (4-1)   Loss: Dick Selma (1-6) T: 2:08   Att: 16,850 at Shea Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (26-17) 2 5 1 7 San Francisco Giants (16-31) 5 7 2 6 Win: Steve Stone (3-4)   Loss: Bill Singer (3-5) T: 2:27   Att: 9,855 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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