Sports headlines for Wednesday June 21, 1972:

• McLain Leaves Minors -- For A's?

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Brewers placed Jerry Bell 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 Texas Rangers (24-34) 9 15 3 10 Boston Red Sox (24-29) 10 16 1 12 Win: Luis Tiant (1-2)   Loss: Horacio Pina (0-3) T: 3:24   Att: 15,325 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (31-25) 3 7 4 6 California Angels (27-32) 6 9 0 8 Win: Eddie Fisher (3-4)   Loss: Doyle Alexander (3-3) T: 2:18   Att: 8,113 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (34-22) 9 13 1 8 Milwaukee Brewers (18-35) 3 8 2 8 Win: Tom Bradley (8-3)   Loss: Bill Parsons (6-5)   Save: Terry Forster (9) T: 2:44   Att: 8,460 at County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (24-30) 4 8 1 9 Minnesota Twins (30-24) 2 8 1 11 Win: Gaylord Perry (11-6)   Loss: Bert Blyleven (7-8) T: 2:43   Att: 9,843 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (32-24) 5 8 1 4 Oakland A's (38-18) 2 5 3 7 Win: Tom Timmermann (6-5)   Loss: Ken Holtzman (10-5) T: 2:18   Att: 7,852 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (21-36) 9 15 1 9 Atlanta Braves (27-30) 7 11 2 8 Win: Bucky Brandon (3-1)   Loss: Cecil Upshaw (1-2) T: 2:52   Att: 10,195 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (22-44) 4 9 0 7 Chicago Cubs (34-23) 0 2 1 7 Win: Ron Bryant (4-4)   Loss: Milt Pappas (5-5) T: 2:18   Att: 19,539 at Wrigley Field Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (25-33) 4 10 1 6 Cincinnati Reds (36-23) 6 9 1 10 Win: Gary Nolan (9-2)   Loss: Steve Renko (1-6)   Save: Clay Carroll (14) T: 2:38   Att: 11,892 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (37-22) 5 7 1 3 Houston Astros (36-24) 4 6 1 5 Win: Jerry Koosman (4-3)   Loss: Tom Griffin (2-2)   Save: Tug McGraw (12) T: 2:26   Att: 25,473 at The Astrodome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (33-26) 5 12 0 8 Pittsburgh Pirates (36-21) 3 7 3 4 Win: Jim Brewer (5-2)   Loss: Bob Moose (5-3) T: 2:50   Att: 15,209 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (20-39) 3 6 0 3 St. Louis Cardinals (26-32) 14 16 1 6 Win: Bob Gibson (5-5)   Loss: Clay Kirby (5-7)   Save: Moe Drabowsky (2) T: 2:10   Att: 10,686 at Busch Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals Game postponed due to rain. Made up on August 25. New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium

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