Sports headlines for Saturday May 15, 1976:

• Elocutionist Puts The Speed Behind Him
• Eccentric 'Bird' Wins Debut, 2-1

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Phillies activated Dick Allen

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Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (10-12) 4 8 0 8 Boston Red Sox (10-15) 9 9 0 4 Win: Fergie Jenkins (2-5)   Loss: Eduardo Rodriguez (1-2) T: 2:26   Att: 26,327 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (13-12) 5 14 0 11 California Angels (11-21) 2 8 1 6 Win: Bert Blyleven (3-2)   Loss: Gary Ross (0-5) 1st game of doubleheader T: 0:00 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (14-12) 15 17 0 10 California Angels (11-22) 5 5 2 8 Win: Pete Redfern (1-0)   Loss: Sid Monge (1-1)   Save: Bill Campbell (3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 3:11   Att: 31,535 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (12-15) 1 2 1 2 Detroit Tigers (13-11) 2 7 0 3 Win: Mark Fidrych (1-0)   Loss: Pat Dobson (3-4) T: 1:57   Att: 14,583 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (8-15) 1 9 0 9 Kansas City Royals (16-9) 2 8 0 12 Win: Mark Littell (2-0)   Loss: Rich Gossage (1-3) T: 3:00   Att: 14,693 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (13-14) 3 11 1 10 New York Yankees (17-9) 7 10 1 10 Win: Ed Figueroa (3-2)   Loss: Mike Cuellar (1-3)   Save: Sparky Lyle (7) T: 2:54   Att: 22,242 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (19-8) 6 10 0 8 Oakland A's (14-15) 4 10 2 5 Win: Steve Foucault (3-0)   Loss: Jim Todd (2-2) T: 3:40   Att: 5,039 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (10-17) 1 7 1 7 Atlanta Braves (10-19) 3 7 0 6 Win: Dick Ruthven (4-4)   Loss: Steve Rogers (2-4) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:15 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (11-17) 6 11 0 8 Atlanta Braves (10-20) 1 2 1 3 Win: Dan Warthen (1-3)   Loss: Phil Niekro (3-3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:07   Att: 10,306 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (19-13) 0 4 0 5 Cincinnati Reds (18-11) 2 7 0 6 Win: Santo Alcala (2-0)   Loss: Tom Seaver (4-2) T: 2:13   Att: 34,186 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (18-8) 2 6 0 5 Houston Astros (15-17) 1 4 1 4 Win: Jim Lonborg (5-0)   Loss: Larry Dierker (4-4) T: 1:50   Att: 20,749 at The Astrodome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (19-12) 2 6 0 5 Pittsburgh Pirates (17-11) 4 7 0 5 Win: Doc Medich (3-3)   Loss: Doug Rau (4-2)   Save: Bob Moose (4) T: 2:15   Att: 12,165 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (11-20) 2 9 0 8 St. Louis Cardinals (13-18) 0 4 1 4 Win: Gary Lavelle (2-1)   Loss: Al Hrabosky (0-2) T: 2:31   Att: 17,237 at Busch Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres Game postponed due to rain. Made up on July 8. Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field

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