Sports headlines for Wednesday June 15, 1977:

• Reds Obtain Seaver; Padres Get Kingman
• Two Women Enter Firecracker 400

• Angels traded Don Kirkwood, John Verhoeven and John Flannery to White Sox for Ken Brett
• Reds traded Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson and Dan Norman to Mets for Tom Seaver
• Reds traded Gary Nolan to Angels for Craig Hendrickson
• Reds traded Rawly Eastwick to Cardinals for Doug Capilla
• Reds traded Mike Caldwell to Brewers for Dick O'Keefe and Garry Pyka
• Astros traded Cliff Johnson to Yankees for Randy Niemann, Mike Fischlin and Dave Bergman (acquired 11/23/1977)
• Astros traded Willie Crawford to A's for Denny Walling and cash
• Twins placed Pete Redfern on the disabled list
• Mets traded Dave Kingman to Padres for Bobby Valentine and Paul Siebert
• A's sold Dock Ellis to Rangers
• Phillies traded Tom Underwood, Dane Iorg and Rick Bosetti to Cardinals for Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury
• Phillies traded Wayne Twitchell and Tim Blackwell to Expos for Barry Foote and Dan Warthen
• Phillies placed Davey Johnson on the disabled list
• Pirates traded Ed Kirkpatrick to Rangers for Jim Fregosi
• Cardinals traded Joel Youngblood to Mets for Mike Phillips
• Rangers sold Rick Auerbach to Reds
• Rangers sold Steve Hargan to Braves

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Team R H E LOB California Angels (29-28) 2 9 0 7 Minnesota Twins (35-25) 3 6 1 8 Win: Dave Goltz (6-4)   Loss: Frank Tanana (10-3) T: 2:34   Att: 11,724 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (38-19) 2 8 0 6 San Diego Padres (27-38) 0 4 0 3 Win: Rick Reuschel (9-2)   Loss: Bob Owchinko (1-1) T: 1:58   Att: 14,931 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (30-32) 6 9 0 5 Baltimore Orioles (32-27) 2 7 0 5 Win: Jim Slaton (5-6)   Loss: Mike Flanagan (2-6)   Save: Sam Hinds (1) T: 2:23   Att: 7,443 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (26-32) 2 7 1 5 Houston Astros (25-37) 0 4 1 6 Win: Jackie Brown (4-4)   Loss: J.R. Richard (5-6) T: 2:05   Att: 9,932 at The Astrodome Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Mets (26-35) 6 10 0 5 Atlanta Braves (23-40) 5 6 0 2 Win: Bob Apodaca (2-2)   Loss: Buzz Capra (1-7)   Save: Skip Lockwood (9) T: 2:27   Att: 6,343 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (28-30) 5 12 0 10 Seattle Mariners (26-38) 6 12 2 7 Win: Mike Kekich (4-1)   Loss: Pablo Torrealba (3-1) T: 3:29   Att: 14,248 at The Kingdome Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (31-28) 7 15 1 10 Cincinnati Reds (32-27) 8 17 0 9 Win: Pedro Borbon (3-3)   Loss: Tom Underwood (3-2) T: 2:45   Att: 31,214 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (32-24) 1 9 2 10 Los Angeles Dodgers (40-21) 10 11 0 4 Win: Rick Rhoden (9-3)   Loss: Odell Jones (2-2) T: 2:30   Att: 32,436 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (34-25) 9 14 3 8 San Francisco Giants (27-35) 6 9 2 7 Win: John Urrea (2-3)   Loss: Randy Moffitt (1-4) T: 2:44   Att: 3,204 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (29-27) 6 8 1 5 Cleveland Indians (24-31) 0 4 1 6 Win: Mike Marshall (1-0)   Loss: Jim Bibby (5-4) T: 2:29   Att: 5,883 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (23-34) 0 5 2 4 Detroit Tigers (26-31) 9 13 0 8 Win: Fernando Arroyo (5-3)   Loss: Dave Lemanczyk (4-6) T: 2:07   Att: 11,349 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore