Sports headlines for Monday May 5, 1975:

• Pinch Runner Plan Dropped
• 3 Races And 3 Wrecks, So Robbins Gives Up
• Water Tanks Common In Racing Pits

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Angels released Orlando Pena
•	Yankees released Eddie Leon
•	A's released Herb Washington

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   1975 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

   American League Batting / American League Pitching            MLB standings as of this date
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Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (10-14) 1 5 2 3 Baltimore Orioles (9-13) 3 6 1 6 Win: Jim Palmer (4-2)   Loss: Catfish Hunter (2-4) T: 1:54   Att: 13,591 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (10-9) 7 7 0 5 Cleveland Indians (10-11) 5 9 1 7 Win: Luis Tiant (3-3)   Loss: Jim Perry (1-5)   Save: Dick Drago (2) T: 2:53   Att: 7,462 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB California Angels (13-12) 3 9 0 8 Texas Rangers (13-10) 4 11 0 10 Win: Fergie Jenkins (4-2)   Loss: Dick Lange (0-1) T: 2:42   Att: 10,300 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (10-19) 0 2 1 3 Los Angeles Dodgers (17-10) 2 6 0 7 Win: Doug Rau (4-1)   Loss: Larry Dierker (3-3) T: 1:55   Att: 22,236 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (15-7) 2 5 0 6 Montreal Expos (7-12) 3 7 1 5 Win: Dennis Blair (1-3)   Loss: Ray Burris (3-1)   Save: Chuck Taylor (1) T: 2:08   Att: 7,463 at Parc Jarry Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (11-11) 3 6 0 8 St. Louis Cardinals (9-12) 11 14 1 5 Win: Bob Gibson (1-3)   Loss: Steve Carlton (1-4) T: 2:17   Att: 9,198 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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