Sports headlines for Monday September 2, 1974:

• Connors Struggles To Victory In Open, So It's Happy Birthday
• Nicklaus Is Back On Winning Track
• Eddie Watt's Threat: 'Next Time... I Will Be Trying To Kill...'
• Yarborough Is Winner In Wild Southern 500

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Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (72-61) 0 3 0 3 Baltimore Orioles (68-65) 1 3 0 2 Win: Ross Grimsley (16-12)   Loss: Luis Tiant (20-10) 1st game of doubleheader T: 1:53 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (72-62) 0 2 1 2 Baltimore Orioles (69-65) 1 6 0 4 Win: Mike Cuellar (17-10)   Loss: Bill Lee (15-12) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 1:49   Att: 29,053 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB California Angels (52-83) 4 11 3 8 Oakland A's (78-57) 6 8 1 8 Win: Glenn Abbott (5-4)   Loss: Frank Tanana (9-17)   Save: Rollie Fingers (17) T: 2:52   Att: 25,640 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (66-69) 6 17 1 14 Kansas City Royals (69-65) 4 13 3 11 Win: Wilbur Wood (20-16)   Loss: Doug Bird (6-4) T: 2:56   Att: 7,677 at Royals Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (81-54) 3 10 0 7 Houston Astros (69-65) 4 10 1 6 Win: Larry Dierker (9-8)   Loss: Tom Carroll (4-2)   Save: Ken Forsch (7) T: 2:18   Att: 8,750 at The Astrodome Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians Game postponed due to rain. Made up on September 3. Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium

Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (64-71) 1 4 1 4 New York Yankees (71-62) 3 7 0 10 Win: Rudy May (6-2)   Loss: Jim Colborn (8-12) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:10 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (65-71) 3 5 0 8 New York Yankees (71-63) 2 11 1 12 Win: Eduardo Rodriguez (7-4)   Loss: Dick Tidrow (11-11)   Save: Tom Murphy (17) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:38   Att: 26,121 at Shea Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (67-68) 9 13 1 8 Texas Rangers (70-66) 3 6 2 7 Win: Joe Decker (14-11)   Loss: Jim Bibby (18-16) T: 2:48   Att: 5,472 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos Game postponed due to rain. Made up on September 3. St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium

Team R H E LOB New York Mets Game postponed due to rain. Made up on September 3. Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field

Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (66-68) 4 8 0 6 Pittsburgh Pirates (71-63) 7 10 2 7 Win: Jerry Reuss (15-9)   Loss: Steve Carlton (14-10) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:18 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (66-69) 1 3 0 6 Pittsburgh Pirates (72-63) 11 12 1 6 Win: Bruce Kison (7-7)   Loss: Ron Schueler (8-14) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:36   Att: 45,181 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (50-85) 2 4 1 7 Atlanta Braves (74-61) 8 7 0 8 Win: Phil Niekro (16-11)   Loss: Randy Jones (7-19) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:09 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (50-86) 0 3 0 4 Atlanta Braves (75-61) 4 7 0 5 Win: Ron Reed (9-8)   Loss: Bill Greif (6-17) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 1:51   Att: 8,214 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (61-74) 5 12 0 8 Los Angeles Dodgers (84-50) 3 7 1 4 Win: Jim Barr (11-8)   Loss: Andy Messersmith (16-6) T: 2:15   Att: 30,713 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore