Sports headlines for Sunday September 10, 1972:

• Player's Brilliant Short Game Defeats Nicklaus, Trevino
• Bears' Sayers Quits Football
• Staubach Mends, Pin Is Removed

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   1972 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

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Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (54-82) 0 7 1 6 Baltimore Orioles (73-63) 2 6 1 6 Win: Jim Palmer (19-8)   Loss: Skip Lockwood (7-12) T: 1:57   Att: 11,791 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (63-72) 5 9 0 4 Chicago White Sox (76-59) 1 7 0 7 Win: Rudy May (9-10)   Loss: Wilbur Wood (24-13) T: 1:57   Att: 14,998 at Comiskey Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (72-60) 5 8 0 9 Cleveland Indians (62-72) 1 8 1 9 Win: Bob Veale (1-0)   Loss: Ed Farmer (1-4)   Save: Bobby Bolin (3) 1st game of doubleheader T: 3:32 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (73-60) 2 3 0 5 Cleveland Indians (62-73) 0 5 1 6 Win: John Curtis (10-6)   Loss: Steve Dunning (4-3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:02   Att: 10,842 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (72-64) 5 8 0 2 Detroit Tigers (72-63) 0 3 1 3 Win: Mel Stottlemyre (14-16)   Loss: Mickey Lolich (20-12) T: 2:02   Att: 31,657 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (67-66) 1 4 1 4 Kansas City Royals (66-67) 3 5 0 8 Win: Dick Drago (11-15)   Loss: Dick Woodson (12-14) T: 2:24   Att: 8,785 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (79-55) 7 7 2 4 Texas Rangers (51-84) 2 6 2 4 Win: Rollie Fingers (8-6)   Loss: Jim Panther (5-9)   Save: Bob Locker (9) T: 2:20   Att: 3,565 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (75-60) 2 5 2 7 Los Angeles Dodgers (73-62) 3 9 2 10 Win: Ron Perranoski (2-0)   Loss: Fred Gladding (5-6)   Save: Jim Brewer (17) T: 2:37   Att: 15,758 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (86-48) 2 8 2 6 Montreal Expos (62-72) 8 11 0 7 Win: Mike Torrez (16-9)   Loss: Bruce Kison (8-6) T: 1:58   Att: 20,253 at Parc Jarry Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (64-72) 2 7 0 11 New York Mets (69-64) 3 9 1 6 Win: Tom Seaver (17-11)   Loss: Rick Wise (14-15)   Save: Bob Rauch (1) T: 2:45   Att: 24,185 at Shea Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (75-61) 5 9 2 10 Philadelphia Phillies (49-86) 3 9 1 6 Win: Milt Pappas (13-7)   Loss: Jim Nash (1-7)   Save: Jack Aker (14) T: 2:20   Att: 12,248 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (63-73) 0 7 1 11 San Diego Padres (51-82) 1 4 0 4 Win: Mike Corkins (6-8)   Loss: Ron Reed (11-14) 1st game of doubleheader T: 1:50 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (64-73) 4 11 2 6 San Diego Padres (51-83) 1 8 0 6 Win: Phil Niekro (13-11)   Loss: Steve Arlin (8-19) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 1:56   Att: 5,295 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (83-52) 8 13 1 10 San Francisco Giants (59-77) 7 11 1 10 Win: Tom Hall (8-1)   Loss: Randy Moffitt (1-4)   Save: Clay Carroll (27) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:53 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (83-53) 2 8 3 8 San Francisco Giants (60-77) 8 9 0 7 Win: Juan Marichal (6-15)   Loss: Jim McGlothlin (7-7)   Save: Jerry Johnson (8) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:06   Att: 13,584 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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