Sports headlines for Wednesday May 9, 1973:

• Bench Blasts 3, Ties Homer Mark
• Gabriel Sues To Break Contract With Rams On Technical Point
• Baseball Wives Get Their Way -- Finally
• Russians Beat U.S. Stars, 72-64; Yanks Take Series, 4-2

Today's baseball transactions:

•	A's placed Billy Conigliaro on the disabled list

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Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (14-14) 4 10 0 6 Baltimore Orioles (12-14) 3 8 2 4 Win: Catfish Hunter (3-1)   Loss: Dave McNally (3-5)   Save: Darold Knowles (1) T: 2:19   Att: 7,618 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (13-11) 3 6 1 7 Cleveland Indians (13-15) 10 10 1 4 Win: Milt Wilcox (2-0)   Loss: Rudy May (3-2)   Save: Jerry Johnson (2) T: 2:35   Att: 2,536 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (13-14) 4 12 0 8 Kansas City Royals (17-11) 1 8 3 4 Win: Jim Perry (4-2)   Loss: Steve Busby (3-3)   Save: John Hiller (5) T: 2:35   Att: 15,680 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (9-14) 1 1 1 2 Milwaukee Brewers (12-13) 5 7 0 7 Win: Jim Colborn (3-1)   Loss: Dick Bosman (2-5) T: 2:11   Att: 6,049 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (12-14) 2 9 0 9 Minnesota Twins (11-12) 0 9 1 7 Win: Fritz Peterson (3-4)   Loss: Jim Kaat (4-2)   Save: Sparky Lyle (2) T: 2:11   Att: 5,099 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (12-12) 5 14 0 9 Los Angeles Dodgers (17-14) 8 6 1 5 Win: Claude Osteen (3-2)   Loss: Steve Blass (1-2)   Save: George Culver (2) T: 2:21   Att: 17,509 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (10-18) 1 5 1 6 New York Mets (14-14) 8 11 0 6 Win: Jerry Koosman (5-0)   Loss: Carl Morton (2-3) T: 2:16   Att: 8,125 at Shea Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (18-11) 9 11 2 4 Philadelphia Phillies (11-15) 7 12 1 10 Win: Tom Hall (3-1)   Loss: Barry Lersch (1-1) T: 2:41   Att: 11,992 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (17-13) 9 10 0 5 San Diego Padres (11-20) 2 6 1 5 Win: Burt Hooton (4-2)   Loss: Mike Corkins (2-3) T: 2:36   Att: 5,276 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (6-20) 3 4 1 5 San Francisco Giants (23-10) 1 7 1 8 Win: Reggie Cleveland (2-3)   Loss: Ron Bryant (3-3)   Save: Diego Segui (3) T: 2:19   Att: 3,655 at Candlestick Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros Game postponed due to rain. Made up on July 6. Montreal Expos at Parc Jarry

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