Sports headlines for Saturday September 17, 1977:

• Nicklaus, Watson Lose But U.S. Wins

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Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (56-93) 3 6 1 4 Los Angeles Dodgers (91-58) 7 8 0 7 Win: Don Sutton (14-8)   Loss: Phil Niekro (15-18) T: 2:13   Att: 52,527 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (87-61) 2 10 2 8 Baltimore Orioles (89-59) 11 14 0 7 Win: Dennis Martinez (14-7)   Loss: Bill Lee (8-4) T: 2:51   Att: 26,324 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB California Angels (71-75) 4 8 2 10 Chicago White Sox (81-67) 3 3 1 9 Win: Dyar Miller (6-6)   Loss: Dave Hamilton (4-5)   Save: Dave LaRoche (16) T: 2:56   Att: 15,378 at Comiskey Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (76-71) 4 8 2 8 New York Mets (59-89) 5 8 0 4 Win: Bob Apodaca (4-8)   Loss: Paul Reuschel (4-6) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:47 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (77-71) 4 7 2 11 New York Mets (59-90) 3 5 3 5 Win: Willie Hernandez (8-6)   Loss: Skip Lockwood (4-8) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:40   Att: 5,963 at Shea Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (80-70) 8 15 2 10 San Francisco Giants (68-82) 6 10 1 11 Win: Pedro Borbon (10-4)   Loss: Randy Moffitt (4-9) T: 3:18   Att: 5,870 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (75-74) 11 11 0 6 San Diego Padres (65-86) 0 3 2 6 Win: J.R. Richard (16-11)   Loss: Dave Freisleben (7-8) T: 2:26   Att: 8,463 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (80-69) 4 13 3 10 Texas Rangers (81-66) 5 12 2 12 Win: Len Barker (3-1)   Loss: Don Carrithers (0-1) T: 5:12   Att: 13,163 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (92-57) 9 17 0 10 Detroit Tigers (69-80) 4 8 0 3 Win: Dick Tidrow (11-4)   Loss: Jim Crawford (7-7) T: 2:30   Att: 17,656 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (57-89) 1 10 3 10 Milwaukee Brewers (63-88) 8 13 1 9 Win: Lary Sorensen (6-9)   Loss: Craig Mitchell (0-1) T: 2:42   Att: 10,718 at County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (93-55) 8 10 3 6 St. Louis Cardinals (77-72) 4 7 2 4 Win: Larry Christenson (16-6)   Loss: Tom Underwood (8-11)   Save: Ron Reed (15) T: 2:09   Att: 22,574 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (85-65) 6 12 0 9 Montreal Expos (69-79) 3 6 0 5 Win: Ed Whitson (1-0)   Loss: Larry Landreth (0-1)   Save: Rich Gossage (23) T: 2:44   Att: 12,674 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (58-92) 5 9 1 6 Kansas City Royals (92-55) 7 14 0 8 Win: Larry Gura (7-5)   Loss: Diego Segui (0-6) T: 2:40   Att: 27,067 at Royals Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (49-97) 3 9 0 7 Cleveland Indians (67-81) 6 13 0 8 Win: Dennis Eckersley (14-12)   Loss: Jeff Byrd (2-11)   Save: Pat Dobson (1) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:20 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (50-97) 6 12 3 9 Cleveland Indians (67-82) 5 13 2 12 Win: Dave Lemanczyk (12-14)   Loss: Rick Waits (8-6)   Save: Tom Murphy (2) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:40   Att: 5,593 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore