Sports headlines for Wednesday April 27, 1977:

• Yankees Trade Ellis And Perez For A's Torrez
• Blyleven Hits Porter With Pitch On Purpose

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Reds signed Joe Hoerner as a free agent
•	Tigers placed Aurelio Rodriguez on the disabled list
•	Astros placed Roger Metzger on the disabled list
•	Royals placed Andy Hassler on the disabled list
•	Yankees traded Dock Ellis, Marty Perez and Larry Murray to A's for Mike Torrez
•	Mets returned Luis Alvarado to Tigers
•	A's placed Pablo Torrealba on the disabled list
•	Giants traded Chris Speier to Expos for Tim Foli
•	Rangers activated Lenny Randle

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Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (9-9) 4 11 0 11 Baltimore Orioles (8-7) 3 11 2 5 Win: Sparky Lyle (1-1)   Loss: Dennis Martinez (0-2) T: 2:51   Att: 15,647 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (12-7) 7 10 1 7 California Angels (8-12) 5 11 2 7 Win: Rick Langford (2-0)   Loss: Paul Hartzell (1-2)   Save: Stan Bahnsen (1) T: 2:47   Att: 13,475 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (9-9) 6 10 0 5 Cleveland Indians (4-10) 5 7 1 9 Win: Mike Willis (1-0)   Loss: Jim Kern (0-1) T: 3:17   Att: 3,639 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (10-6) 9 11 0 4 Detroit Tigers (7-11) 10 12 1 7 Win: Fernando Arroyo (1-2)   Loss: Bruce Dal Canton (0-1) T: 2:22   Att: 5,868 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (8-8) 5 8 0 5 Kansas City Royals (10-7) 0 7 1 9 Win: Bert Blyleven (2-2)   Loss: Dennis Leonard (1-1) T: 2:41   Att: 16,822 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (7-9) 2 8 1 6 Milwaukee Brewers (10-5) 4 6 2 5 Win: Bill Castro (3-0)   Loss: Reggie Cleveland (1-2) T: 2:23   Att: 10,646 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (7-14) 3 10 2 10 Minnesota Twins (12-7) 5 8 0 8 Win: Tom Johnson (3-0)   Loss: Tommy Moore (1-1)   Save: Tom Burgmeier (3) T: 2:30   Att: 3,170 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (7-10) 3 8 1 5 Atlanta Braves (8-10) 1 5 0 6 Win: Pat Zachry (2-2)   Loss: Dick Ruthven (3-2) T: 2:18   Att: 12,100 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (10-7) 21 19 2 9 Chicago Cubs (7-7) 3 10 5 11 Win: John Denny (5-0)   Loss: Mike Krukow (0-2) T: 2:34   Att: 9,248 at Wrigley Field Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (8-6) 3 5 2 4 New York Mets (6-9) 2 6 1 7 Win: Steve Rogers (1-1)   Loss: Jerry Koosman (1-2) T: 2:22   Att: 7,441 at Shea Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (5-9) 3 7 2 4 Pittsburgh Pirates (9-6) 7 11 1 1 Win: Bruce Kison (2-1)   Loss: Wayne Twitchell (0-3) T: 1:57   Att: 7,054 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (14-3) 7 15 0 10 San Diego Padres (8-12) 6 9 1 4 Win: Doug Rau (3-0)   Loss: Tom Griffin (1-1)   Save: Charlie Hough (4) T: 2:33   Att: 18,132 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (7-10) 2 6 1 7 San Francisco Giants (8-8) 3 7 1 8 Win: Randy Moffitt (1-1)   Loss: J.R. Richard (1-2) T: 2:05   Att: 2,240 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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