Sports headlines for Thursday April 7, 1977:

• Blue Jays Winners In Major Debut, 9-5
• Green Leading Masters At 67; Nicklaus 5 Out
• Marshall Quits, Then Reneges In Mich. St. Feud
• Randle Accepts Fine And Ban
• Kaye Blacks Out Instant Replay

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Red Sox released Mark Bomback
•	White Sox signed Jim Bouton as a free agent

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Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (1-0) 2 9 1 7 Baltimore Orioles (0-1) 1 6 0 7 Win: Bert Blyleven (1-0)   Loss: Jim Palmer (0-1) T: 2:34   Att: 31,307 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (1-0) 5 12 0 10 Boston Red Sox (0-1) 4 10 3 10 Win: Dave LaRoche (1-0)   Loss: Bill Campbell (0-1) T: 3:20   Att: 34,790 at Fenway Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (1-0) 7 12 0 6 Detroit Tigers (0-1) 4 8 0 6 Win: Paul Splittorff (1-0)   Loss: Dave Roberts (0-1)   Save: Mark Littell (1) T: 2:30   Att: 46,807 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (0-1) 0 5 0 5 New York Yankees (1-0) 3 11 0 9 Win: Catfish Hunter (1-0)   Loss: Bill Travers (0-1)   Save: Sparky Lyle (1) T: 2:16   Att: 43,786 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB California Angels (2-0) 2 6 0 5 Seattle Mariners (0-2) 0 3 0 9 Win: Nolan Ryan (1-0)   Loss: Enrique Romo (0-1) T: 3:04   Att: 10,144 at The Kingdome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (0-1) 5 15 0 19 Toronto Blue Jays (1-0) 9 16 3 9 Win: Jerry Johnson (1-0)   Loss: Ken Brett (0-1)   Save: Pete Vuckovich (1) T: 3:22   Att: 44,649 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (1-0) 5 7 0 3 Chicago Cubs (0-1) 3 9 1 6 Win: Tom Seaver (1-0)   Loss: Ray Burris (0-1)   Save: Skip Lockwood (1) T: 2:25   Att: 39,937 at Wrigley Field Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (0-1) 1 4 1 5 Los Angeles Dodgers (1-0) 5 9 1 9 Win: Don Sutton (1-0)   Loss: John Montefusco (0-1) T: 2:20   Att: 51,022 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (1-0) 12 14 1 8 Pittsburgh Pirates (0-1) 6 11 4 10 Win: John Denny (1-0)   Loss: Jerry Reuss (0-1) T: 2:53   Att: 35,186 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore

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