Sports headlines for Monday May 17, 1976:

• Guthrie Earns A Shot At Indy
• Catfish Angry, Ready To Defy Yanks' Owner

• Angels claimed Bob Jones on waivers from Rangers
• Cubs traded Andre Thornton to Expos for Steve Renko and Larry Biittner

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Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (11-21) 3 7 1 8 Houston Astros (15-19) 2 7 0 6 Win: Andy Messersmith (1-4)   Loss: J.R. Richard (5-3) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:23 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (11-22) 2 5 1 9 Houston Astros (16-19) 3 6 0 4 Win: Ken Forsch (1-0)   Loss: Bruce Dal Canton (1-1) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:27   Att: 10,126 at The Astrodome Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (11-16) 7 12 1 9 Detroit Tigers (13-13) 0 5 2 7 Win: Luis Tiant (5-2)   Loss: Joe Coleman (2-3) T: 2:41   Att: 11,757 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB California Angels (13-22) 10 11 2 9 Chicago White Sox (9-16) 5 7 1 4 Win: Frank Tanana (4-3)   Loss: Jesse Jefferson (0-1) T: 2:37   Att: 4,921 at Comiskey Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (20-12) 5 6 1 5 Los Angeles Dodgers (20-13) 3 11 0 9 Win: Pat Zachry (2-0)   Loss: Don Sutton (4-4)   Save: Rawly Eastwick (4) T: 2:33   Att: 53,652 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (11-13) 3 9 1 9 Baltimore Orioles (15-14) 4 6 0 8 Win: Dyar Miller (1-1)   Loss: Eduardo Rodriguez (1-3) T: 2:59   Att: 10,755 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Yankees Game postponed due to rain. Cleveland Indians at Municipal Stadium

Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (15-16) 4 10 1 16 Minnesota Twins (15-13) 5 9 3 11 Win: Bill Campbell (5-1)   Loss: Jim Todd (2-3) T: 3:36   Att: 8,034 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (18-12) 2 9 0 5 St. Louis Cardinals (14-19) 1 6 0 4 Win: Bruce Kison (3-3)   Loss: John Curtis (2-4)   Save: Bob Moose (5) T: 1:59   Att: 10,538 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (16-15) 12 16 1 9 San Francisco Giants (11-22) 2 7 5 7 Win: Randy Jones (7-2)   Loss: Jim Barr (1-3) T: 2:27   Att: 2,226 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (19-10) 7 10 1 10 Kansas City Royals (17-10) 8 16 0 13 Win: Tom Hall (1-0)   Loss: Steve Foucault (3-1) T: 3:57   Att: 18,936 at Royals Stadium Boxscore