Sports headlines for Monday June 18, 1973:

• Shavers KOs Ellis In First With Uppercut

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Braves activated Joe Pepitone from suspension
•	Reds released Bob Barton

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   1973 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

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Team R H E LOB California Angels (32-29) 9 10 0 8 Chicago White Sox (32-26) 2 10 0 8 Win: Rudy May (6-6)   Loss: Eddie Fisher (6-5) T: 2:35   Att: 10,443 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (32-29) 5 5 0 3 Cleveland Indians (22-41) 1 4 1 2 Win: Jim Perry (8-5)   Loss: Brent Strom (1-7) T: 2:11   Att: 20,011 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (34-30) 9 9 1 7 Kansas City Royals (36-31) 5 9 0 7 Win: Dave Hamilton (2-1)   Loss: Mark Littell (0-1)   Save: Rollie Fingers (6) T: 3:04   Att: 22,247 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (28-31) 3 6 1 3 Milwaukee Brewers (34-27) 8 7 0 6 Win: Jim Colborn (9-2)   Loss: Ray Culp (0-2) T: 2:26   Att: 22,796 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (20-38) 7 15 0 8 Minnesota Twins (32-27) 4 10 1 10 Win: Pete Broberg (4-5)   Loss: Bill Hands (5-7)   Save: Mike Paul (1) T: 2:52   Att: 8,073 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (28-37) 3 7 5 4 Los Angeles Dodgers (40-25) 13 18 0 6 Win: Andy Messersmith (7-5)   Loss: Ron Reed (4-8) T: 2:16   Att: 24,544 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (28-30) 6 9 2 5 Philadelphia Phillies (27-35) 9 15 0 10 Win: Ken Brett (6-2)   Loss: Jim McAndrew (3-5) T: 2:49   Att: 13,190 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (39-27) 1 3 0 2 Pittsburgh Pirates (26-33) 3 12 0 9 Win: Dock Ellis (6-7)   Loss: Fergie Jenkins (7-5) T: 2:00   Att: 11,470 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (29-28) 0 2 0 2 St. Louis Cardinals (30-31) 1 3 0 2 Win: Rick Wise (9-3)   Loss: Balor Moore (4-6) T: 1:11   Att: 12,893 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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