Sports news and scores from Monday August 29, 1977

`Sports headlines for Monday August 29, 1977:`

Today's baseball transactions:

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MLB standings as of this date

MLB team and player statistics as of this date

American League Batting

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Atlanta Braves (48-82)	2	8	1	9
Philadelphia Phillies (79-50)	3	9	0	19
Win: Gene Garber (7-5) Loss: Steve Hargan (0-3) T: 4:02 Att: 36,263 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
California Angels (61-66)	1	4	2	3
Baltimore Orioles (73-55)	6	7	0	9
Win: Rudy May (14-12) Loss: Nolan Ryan (17-13) T: 2:25 Att: 10,103 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Chicago White Sox (72-56)	2	6	4	5
Cleveland Indians (61-69)	9	16	0	8
Win: Rick Waits (8-5) Loss: Steve Stone (13-10) T: 2:33 Att: 6,236 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Chicago Cubs (71-59)	1	8	0	7
Los Angeles Dodgers (79-52)	4	9	0	9
Win: Tommy John (16-5) Loss: Mike Krukow (8-11) Save: Mike Garman (9) T: 2:32 Att: 34,345 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Cincinnati Reds (70-62)	2	5	0	4
Montreal Expos (60-70)	7	12	0	5
Win: Fred Holdsworth (2-0) Loss: Doug Capilla (6-6) Save: Don Stanhouse (5) T: 2:24 Att: 22,476 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Kansas City Royals (75-53)	3	7	0	6
New York Yankees (78-52)	5	10	0	5
Win: Sparky Lyle (10-4) Loss: Steve Mingori (1-4) T: 2:29 Att: 31,269 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Oakland A's (51-77)	8	13	2	7
Boston Red Sox (74-54)	7	15	0	13
Win: Doug Bair (3-2) Loss: Bill Campbell (12-9) T: 3:24 Att: 29,750 at Fenway Park Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
St. Louis Cardinals (71-60)	3	6	0	8
San Diego Padres (57-76)	4	7	2	3
Win: Dave Freisleben (6-7) Loss: Al Hrabosky (6-5) Save: Rollie Fingers (29) T: 2:20 Att: 19,656 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Toronto Blue Jays (45-83)	6	15	1	7
Minnesota Twins (74-58)	7	13	0	6
Win: Ron Schueler (7-6) Loss: Tom Murphy (1-2) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:58 Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Toronto Blue Jays (45-84)	5	9	0	4
Minnesota Twins (75-58)	6	15	0	10
Win: Tom Johnson (15-6) Loss: Mike Willis (2-6) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:31 Att: 10,364 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore

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