Sports headlines for Friday September 3, 1976:

• Nastase Makes It A Nasty Day At Forest Hills
• Czechs Defeat Russia; Sweden Beats Team USA
• Montreal Fires Kuehl; Phillies' Lead Shrinking
• Johnson Hired To Manage New Seattle Team
• Colt Owner Threatens To Fire Coach And GM

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Tigers activated Milt May
•	Yankees activated Ron Blomberg
•	Phillies activated Dick Allen
•	Giants signed Randy Elliott as a free agent
•	Cardinals traded Mike Easler to Angels for Ron Farkas (acquired 9/7/1976)

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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 New York Yankees (80-50) 3 11 1 10 Baltimore Orioles (69-62) 1 6 0 7 Win: Dock Ellis (14-6)   Loss: Wayne Garland (15-6)   Save: Dick Tidrow (5) T: 2:35   Att: 17,988 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (72-61) 3 11 1 7 California Angels (59-75) 0 2 0 4 Win: Mike Torrez (11-10)   Loss: Gary Ross (7-15) T: 2:09   Att: 7,772 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (64-68) 5 7 0 3 Cleveland Indians (67-64) 3 11 0 8 Win: Luis Tiant (17-10)   Loss: Jackie Brown (8-10) T: 2:27   Att: 7,280 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (59-71) 11 15 0 14 Detroit Tigers (61-71) 2 5 2 4 Win: Jerry Augustine (8-9)   Loss: Mark Fidrych (15-7) T: 2:21   Att: 32,951 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (61-72) 4 7 1 6 Kansas City Royals (78-55) 1 7 1 7 Win: Tommy Boggs (1-4)   Loss: Al Fitzmorris (15-10) T: 2:54   Att: 17,748 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (57-76) 1 11 3 11 Minnesota Twins (67-69) 11 15 0 6 Win: Pete Redfern (4-7)   Loss: Rich Gossage (8-14)   Save: Tom Burgmeier (1) T: 2:36   Att: 4,622 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (85-50) 10 16 1 9 Atlanta Braves (59-75) 5 12 1 8 Win: Rawly Eastwick (10-5)   Loss: Adrian Devine (2-5) T: 2:38   Att: 8,140 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (57-71) 5 9 3 5 Chicago Cubs (62-72) 8 10 0 4 Win: Bruce Sutter (4-3)   Loss: Eddie Solomon (0-1) T: 2:13   Att: 7,283 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (77-56) 4 9 0 6 Houston Astros (68-69) 3 9 0 7 Win: Burt Hooton (9-12)   Loss: Larry Dierker (13-13)   Save: Charlie Hough (14) T: 2:15   Att: 9,028 at The Astrodome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (75-57) 9 16 1 10 Montreal Expos (43-84) 7 9 0 4 Win: Jim Rooker (12-7)   Loss: Don Stanhouse (8-9)   Save: Kent Tekulve (6) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:45 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (76-57) 7 12 0 9 Montreal Expos (43-85) 2 9 2 8 Win: John Candelaria (14-5)   Loss: Don Carrithers (6-11) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:38   Att: 6,342 at Parc Jarry Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (83-49) 0 4 0 6 New York Mets (68-65) 1 5 0 5 Win: Tom Seaver (11-10)   Loss: Steve Carlton (16-5) T: 1:55   Att: 21,174 at Shea Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (63-73) 3 7 0 3 San Francisco Giants (58-77) 7 10 1 7 Win: Jim Barr (11-11)   Loss: Randy Jones (20-11) T: 2:01   Att: 1,981 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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