Sports headlines for Friday September 17, 1976:

• Finley's Offers Rejected By 5 A's Players

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Mets sold Ken Sanders to Royals

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   1976 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

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Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (76-74) 11 13 2 10 California Angels (68-81) 2 6 2 11 Win: Pete Redfern (6-8)   Loss: Don Kirkwood (6-12)   Save: Bill Campbell (18) T: 2:46   Att: 6,248 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (71-76) 8 9 1 6 Detroit Tigers (67-79) 3 6 1 5 Win: Luis Tiant (19-11)   Loss: Mark Fidrych (16-9) T: 2:09   Att: 20,371 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (63-86) 2 7 3 7 Kansas City Royals (85-63) 3 8 1 9 Win: Dennis Leonard (17-8)   Loss: Rich Gossage (9-15) T: 2:38   Att: 15,087 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (90-55) 5 13 1 10 Milwaukee Brewers (63-83) 3 7 0 5 Win: Ed Figueroa (19-8)   Loss: Kevin Kobel (0-1)   Save: Dick Tidrow (9) T: 2:42   Att: 40,383 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (67-80) 4 11 1 6 Oakland A's (79-68) 3 10 0 8 Win: Gaylord Perry (13-14)   Loss: Dick Bosman (4-2) T: 2:51   Att: 9,073 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (82-65) 0 6 1 11 Atlanta Braves (65-84) 1 7 1 8 Win: Adrian Devine (4-5)   Loss: Charlie Hough (11-8) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:42 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (83-65) 11 13 3 10 Atlanta Braves (65-85) 7 15 2 7 Win: Burt Hooton (10-14)   Loss: Roger Moret (3-5) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:36   Att: 3,562 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (88-58) 3 7 3 6 Chicago Cubs (68-80) 4 11 2 10 Win: Bruce Sutter (6-3)   Loss: Ron Reed (8-7) T: 3:06   Att: 3,631 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (69-81) 4 9 0 5 Cincinnati Reds (95-54) 2 9 0 8 Win: Jim Barr (14-11)   Loss: Jack Billingham (11-10)   Save: Randy Moffitt (13) T: 2:06   Att: 29,522 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (65-80) 5 10 4 7 Montreal Expos (50-94) 9 13 1 6 Win: Gerry Hannahs (1-0)   Loss: Eric Rasmussen (5-11) T: 2:20   Att: 2,323 at Parc Jarry Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (85-61) 4 10 0 5 New York Mets (77-70) 1 6 2 6 Win: Doc Medich (7-11)   Loss: Jon Matlack (15-9)   Save: Dave Giusti (6) T: 2:10   Att: 14,304 at Shea Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles Game postponed due to rain. Made up on September 18. Cleveland Indians at Municipal Stadium

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