Sports headlines for Saturday April 27, 1974:

• Svare Accepts Blame On Drugs

Today's baseball transactions:

•	White Sox traded Luis Alvarado to Cardinals for Ken Tatum
•	Rangers placed Dick Billings on the disabled list

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   1974 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 Oakland A's (10-8) 11 12 0 6 Baltimore Orioles (10-7) 5 8 2 3 Win: Catfish Hunter (4-1)   Loss: Mike Cuellar (0-3) T: 2:46   Att: 38,253 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (7-10) 8 14 1 9 Chicago White Sox (7-10) 3 7 1 7 Win: Lerrin LaGrow (1-2)   Loss: Jim Kaat (2-1)   Save: John Hiller (2) T: 2:41   Att: 32,737 at Comiskey Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB California Angels (9-10) 0 4 2 5 Cleveland Indians (7-11) 6 8 0 3 Win: Jim Perry (2-1)   Loss: Bill Stoneman (0-1) T: 1:51   Att: 12,381 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (9-10) 3 8 1 7 Kansas City Royals (8-9) 10 11 2 4 Win: Al Fitzmorris (2-0)   Loss: Juan Marichal (0-1) T: 2:53   Att: 11,841 at Royals Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (9-6) 9 13 0 6 Minnesota Twins (8-9) 0 4 1 4 Win: Jim Slaton (2-2)   Loss: Joe Decker (2-1) T: 2:05   Att: 7,528 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (11-7) 6 13 1 8 New York Yankees (11-9) 1 7 3 9 Win: David Clyde (1-0)   Loss: Pat Dobson (1-3) T: 2:38   Att: 10,162 at Shea Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (6-9) 2 8 0 10 Atlanta Braves (11-10) 5 10 4 4 Win: Roric Harrison (2-3)   Loss: Burt Hooton (1-2) T: 2:35   Att: 12,181 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (9-5) 2 4 3 4 Los Angeles Dodgers (15-5) 5 9 1 6 Win: Al Downing (1-2)   Loss: Steve Rogers (3-1) T: 2:28   Att: 16,914 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (12-9) 10 14 1 12 Pittsburgh Pirates (5-12) 7 13 1 10 Win: Tom Griffin (3-1)   Loss: Bob Moose (1-3) T: 2:44   Att: 6,835 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (9-10) 2 4 0 4 San Diego Padres (8-14) 5 10 1 5 Win: Randy Jones (2-4)   Loss: Ron Schueler (0-3) T: 2:13   Att: 31,407 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (5-12) 3 8 1 10 San Francisco Giants (11-9) 11 11 0 8 Win: Elias Sosa (1-0)   Loss: Craig Swan (0-2) T: 2:49   Att: 9,727 at Candlestick Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (10-8) 3 15 0 12 St. Louis Cardinals (11-9) 4 12 2 10 Win: Orlando Pena (1-0)   Loss: Pedro Borbon (1-1) T: 2:22   Att: 17,417 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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