Sports headlines for Monday July 4, 1977:

• Louisville Won't Enter Crum Bidding
• Draft Helps Pull Petty To Victory
• Corbett Says He's Selling Out

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Braves activated Dick Ruthven and Jamie Easterly
•	Braves placed Andy Messersmith on the disabled list
•	Cubs released Joe Decker
•	Mets placed Bob Myrick on the disabled list
•	Cardinals placed Buddy Schultz on the disabled list

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   1977 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 Detroit Tigers (36-41) 4 9 1 5 Baltimore Orioles (43-36) 6 11 0 6 Win: Rudy May (10-7)   Loss: Mark Fidrych (6-3)   Save: Tippy Martinez (3) T: 1:59   Att: 45,339 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (30-48) 6 14 0 10 Boston Red Sox (42-34) 9 11 3 3 Win: Bill Campbell (6-5)   Loss: Chuck Hartenstein (0-2) T: 2:46   Att: 21,073 at Fenway Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (34-43) 2 6 0 7 California Angels (38-37) 4 12 0 6 Win: Nolan Ryan (11-7)   Loss: Rick Langford (6-7) T: 2:36   Att: 41,303 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (43-36) 5 10 0 9 Milwaukee Brewers (38-40) 0 5 0 5 Win: Paul Thormodsgard (6-4)   Loss: Lary Sorensen (2-2) T: 2:41   Att: 13,070 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (37-38) 5 10 1 9 New York Yankees (45-35) 7 9 0 5 Win: Ed Figueroa (8-6)   Loss: Wayne Garland (5-9) T: 2:19   Att: 15,920 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (45-32) 6 11 1 7 Seattle Mariners (35-48) 2 5 0 4 Win: Francisco Barrios (8-3)   Loss: John Montague (5-7) T: 2:16   Att: 10,897 at The Kingdome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (41-36) 1 8 0 5 Texas Rangers (37-40) 0 7 0 10 Win: Jim Colborn (10-8)   Loss: Gaylord Perry (7-7)   Save: Mark Littell (10) T: 2:47   Att: 34,660 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (42-35) 4 8 1 11 Atlanta Braves (30-49) 5 8 0 4 Win: Phil Niekro (8-9)   Loss: Tom Seaver (8-5)   Save: Rick Camp (7) T: 2:36   Att: 50,595 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (35-42) 19 20 1 7 Chicago Cubs (48-27) 3 9 3 6 Win: Jackie Brown (6-6)   Loss: Ray Burris (9-8) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:59 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (36-42) 7 11 2 7 Chicago Cubs (48-28) 6 9 0 7 Win: Bill Atkinson (4-1)   Loss: Paul Reuschel (2-1)   Save: Will McEnaney (2) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:53   Att: 31,641 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (31-48) 1 6 0 7 Philadelphia Phillies (44-32) 3 9 0 5 Win: Jim Lonborg (2-2)   Loss: Jerry Koosman (6-9)   Save: Ron Reed (8) T: 2:14   Att: 63,283 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (43-35) 2 5 1 7 Pittsburgh Pirates (40-37) 5 9 0 8 Win: Jim Rooker (6-5)   Loss: Tom Underwood (4-4)   Save: Rich Gossage (14) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:15 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (43-36) 3 8 1 5 Pittsburgh Pirates (41-37) 4 6 1 2 Win: Kent Tekulve (6-1)   Loss: Rawly Eastwick (3-3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:06   Att: 22,810 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (36-44) 12 13 1 13 San Diego Padres (33-49) 7 10 2 12 Win: Joe Niekro (3-2)   Loss: Tom Griffin (5-6) T: 3:19   Att: 35,735 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (54-26) 4 12 0 11 San Francisco Giants (35-47) 0 3 1 7 Win: Don Sutton (10-3)   Loss: Ed Halicki (7-8) T: 2:30   Att: 14,777 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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