Sports headlines for Sunday September 24, 1972:

• Jones Rallies From 5 Back To Win Playoff
• Canadians Blast Officiating In 3-2 Win Over Soviets

• Red Sox signed Bob Burda as a free agent

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Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (78-69) 4 11 1 9 Milwaukee Brewers (61-87) 3 8 1 7 Win: Jim Palmer (21-9)   Loss: Skip Lockwood (7-14)   Save: Eddie Watt (7) T: 2:17   Att: 5,932 at County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB California Angels (69-78) 2 6 0 2 Minnesota Twins (75-70) 1 7 0 5 Win: Rudy May (11-11)   Loss: Jim Perry (13-15) T: 1:58   Att: 5,259 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (81-66) 1 5 3 7 St. Louis Cardinals (71-78) 2 8 0 10 Win: Rick Wise (16-16)   Loss: Jack Aker (6-6) T: 2:23   Att: 16,056 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (91-56) 10 15 2 11 Houston Astros (81-65) 2 6 0 5 Win: Jack Billingham (11-12)   Loss: Ken Forsch (5-7)   Save: Clay Carroll (34) T: 2:31   Att: 12,709 at The Astrodome Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (80-68) 2 7 1 6 Boston Red Sox (80-66) 7 9 1 3 Win: Luis Tiant (14-5)   Loss: Woodie Fryman (8-3) T: 2:43   Att: 34,182 at Fenway Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (72-73) 4 7 1 3 Oakland A's (86-60) 2 7 2 4 Win: Monty Montgomery (3-2)   Loss: Blue Moon Odom (14-6)   Save: Ted Abernathy (5) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:33 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (72-74) 1 8 1 6 Oakland A's (87-60) 2 6 0 6 Win: Rollie Fingers (10-8)   Loss: Tom Murphy (4-3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:12   Att: 9,881 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (67-79) 2 10 0 8 Pittsburgh Pirates (92-55) 1 5 0 4 Win: Carl Morton (7-13)   Loss: Bob Moose (12-9) T: 2:06   Att: 9,116 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (77-70) 5 10 1 9 Cleveland Indians (67-82) 4 14 5 13 Win: Lindy McDaniel (3-1)   Loss: Steve Mingori (0-6) 1st game of doubleheader T: 3:14 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (78-70) 8 12 0 8 Cleveland Indians (67-83) 3 7 1 4 Win: Rob Gardner (8-4)   Loss: Milt Wilcox (7-14)   Save: Sparky Lyle (35) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:16   Att: 6,979 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (55-92) 1 5 1 5 New York Mets (76-70) 2 7 0 3 Win: Tom Seaver (19-12)   Loss: Steve Carlton (25-10)   Save: Tug McGraw (24) T: 1:53   Att: 41,644 at Shea Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (56-89) 2 5 0 12 Atlanta Braves (68-79) 1 2 1 3 Win: Clay Kirby (12-14)   Loss: Mike McQueen (0-4)   Save: Mike Corkins (6) T: 2:24   Att: 3,914 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (63-85) 0 4 1 4 Los Angeles Dodgers (80-67) 7 14 1 12 Win: Al Downing (9-8)   Loss: Jim Barr (7-10) T: 2:24   Att: 19,222 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (52-94) 4 9 0 7 Chicago White Sox (83-63) 7 15 2 11 Win: Rich Gossage (7-0)   Loss: Rich Hinton (1-1)   Save: Terry Forster (28) T: 3:10   Att: 8,430 at Comiskey Park Boxscore