Sports headlines for Sunday April 25, 1976:

• Ozark Restrained From Hitting Writer
• N.Y. Times Says Yanks, Messersmith Deal Illegal

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Cubs placed Steve Stone on the disabled list

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   1976 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 (8-6) 9 12 1 10 Cleveland Indians (4-6) 1 6 3 9 Win: Mike Torrez (2-3)   Loss: Pat Dobson (1-2) T: 3:02   Att: 5,138 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (4-8) 2 5 2 6 Minnesota Twins (5-7) 7 13 0 10 Win: Tom Burgmeier (1-0)   Loss: Jim Palmer (3-2) T: 2:29   Att: 5,657 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (8-7) 4 9 0 7 Houston Astros (9-8) 2 4 1 5 Win: Ken Sanders (1-0)   Loss: Joe Niekro (1-3) T: 2:27   Att: 10,246 at The Astrodome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (6-8) 4 10 2 11 Los Angeles Dodgers (5-9) 5 8 1 8 Win: Charlie Hough (1-0)   Loss: Mike Garman (1-1) T: 3:14   Att: 25,167 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (8-5) 7 11 1 7 Montreal Expos (5-8) 0 7 0 8 Win: Don Gullett (1-0)   Loss: Steve Renko (0-1)   Save: Pat Darcy (1) T: 2:14   Att: 8,095 at Parc Jarry Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (8-5) 3 6 1 6 Philadelphia Phillies (6-5) 2 5 0 4 Win: Phil Niekro (3-0)   Loss: Larry Christenson (1-1)   Save: Elias Sosa (2) T: 2:25   Att: 10,565 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (5-8) 3 5 2 5 San Diego Padres (7-7) 1 10 1 7 Win: John Curtis (1-1)   Loss: Dan Spillner (0-3) T: 1:59   Att: 15,256 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (7-5) 3 10 1 3 San Francisco Giants (7-6) 0 2 1 4 Win: John Candelaria (1-1)   Loss: Mike Caldwell (0-2) T: 2:21   Att: 23,700 at Candlestick Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox Game postponed due to rain. Made up on August 19. Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers Game postponed due to rain. Made up on August 10. Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium
Team R H E LOB California Angels Game postponed due to rain. Made up on July 19. Milwaukee Brewers at County Stadium	Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals Game postponed due to rain. Made up on July 6. New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium

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