Sports headlines for Wednesday August 8, 1973:

• Big 8 Places Oklahoma On Two-Year Probation
• Dolphins, Redskins, 49ers NFL Choices

• Reds activated Joe Hague and sent him to the minors
• Expos placed Ron Hunt on the disabled list

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   1973 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 Cleveland Indians (44-71) 13 22 1 9 Chicago White Sox (56-58) 1 4 0 8 Win: Dick Tidrow (9-11)   Loss: Stan Bahnsen (15-12) T: 2:44   Att: 16,344 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (64-50) 2 5 1 7 Detroit Tigers (62-51) 3 10 2 6 Win: Woodie Fryman (4-7)   Loss: Ken Holtzman (17-10)   Save: John Hiller (26) T: 2:20   Att: 28,000 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (60-52) 9 10 0 10 Kansas City Royals (65-50) 4 10 2 6 Win: Luis Tiant (15-9)   Loss: Paul Splittorff (14-6) T: 2:41   Att: 18,985 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (52-58) 2 6 2 6 Milwaukee Brewers (53-58) 8 11 1 7 Win: Jim Colborn (15-7)   Loss: Bill Singer (15-9) T: 2:05   Att: 7,046 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (60-50) 6 10 2 5 Minnesota Twins (56-55) 1 6 1 8 Win: Jim Palmer (15-6)   Loss: Dick Woodson (10-7) T: 2:32   Att: 13,502 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (42-70) 2 5 0 5 New York Yankees (63-54) 3 11 0 7 Win: Fred Beene (6-0)   Loss: Jim Merritt (4-7) T: 2:17   Att: 17,433 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (56-58) 3 9 0 9 Cincinnati Reds (69-47) 4 9 0 5 Win: Fred Norman (10-9)   Loss: Fergie Jenkins (10-11)   Save: Tom Hall (6) T: 2:25   Att: 33,173 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (51-60) 1 6 0 6 Los Angeles Dodgers (71-43) 0 2 0 3 Win: Jon Matlack (9-14)   Loss: Andy Messersmith (11-7) T: 2:10   Att: 24,219 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (59-58) 3 6 0 4 Pittsburgh Pirates (55-56) 4 7 1 2 Win: Jim Rooker (5-4)   Loss: Dave Roberts (11-9)   Save: Bob Johnson (2) T: 2:04   Att: 15,745 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (52-61) 0 2 2 1 San Diego Padres (38-75) 3 6 0 4 Win: Bill Greif (7-12)   Loss: Steve Carlton (10-13) T: 1:30   Att: 2,696 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (55-57) 1 6 0 8 San Francisco Giants (62-50) 2 4 0 3 Win: Ron Bryant (16-8)   Loss: Steve Rogers (3-1)   Save: Elias Sosa (10) T: 2:18   Att: 3,674 at Candlestick Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (53-64) 4 11 1 10 St. Louis Cardinals (61-53) 1 5 0 5 Win: Ron Schueler (7-6)   Loss: Rich Folkers (3-4)   Save: Phil Niekro (3) T: 2:09   Att: 38,041 at Busch Stadium Boxscore