Sports news and scores from Wednesday October 5, 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 / American League Pitching

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Kansas City Royals (1-0)	7	9	0	5
New York Yankees (0-1)	2	9	0	7
Win: Paul Splittorff (1-0) Loss: Don Gullett (0-1) T: 2:40 Att: 54,930 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Philadelphia Phillies (1-1)	1	9	1	7
Los Angeles Dodgers (1-1)	7	9	1	3
Win: Don Sutton (1-0) Loss: Jim Lonborg (0-1) T: 2:14 Att: 55,973 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

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