Sports headlines for Friday June 23, 1978:

• Hertel Chooses Football, Signs With Bengals

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Orioles signed Mike Anderson as a free agent
•	Yankees placed Catfish Hunter on the disabled list
•	Yankees placed Willie Randolph on the disabled list
•	Phillies released Mike Anderson
•	Cardinals claimed Roy Thomas on waivers from Astros

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Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (40-28) 2 8 0 7 Boston Red Sox (48-21) 5 10 1 7 Win: Bill Lee (8-3)   Loss: Jim Palmer (10-5) T: 2:19   Att: 34,582 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (28-38) 2 5 1 6 Chicago White Sox (31-36) 1 5 2 4 Win: Dave Goltz (5-4)   Loss: Ken Kravec (6-5) T: 2:05   Att: 28,082 at Comiskey Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (21-45) 3 7 1 7 Cleveland Indians (29-36) 8 11 0 6 Win: Rick Waits (5-7)   Loss: Jesse Jefferson (5-7) T: 2:15   Att: 6,514 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (40-28) 12 10 1 5 Detroit Tigers (33-33) 3 12 2 11 Win: Sparky Lyle (5-1)   Loss: Milt Wilcox (4-6) T: 2:30   Att: 39,022 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (33-36) 3 7 1 7 Kansas City Royals (36-30) 5 6 2 8 Win: Paul Splittorff (9-6)   Loss: Rick Langford (1-5)   Save: Al Hrabosky (10) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:29 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (34-36) 5 9 1 6 Kansas City Royals (36-31) 4 12 2 13 Win: Pete Broberg (7-6)   Loss: Dennis Leonard (7-10)   Save: Dave Heaverlo (3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 3:00   Att: 38,841 at Royals Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (24-47) 3 10 0 9 Milwaukee Brewers (38-30) 0 4 2 5 Win: Glenn Abbott (3-4)   Loss: Mike Caldwell (7-5) T: 2:03   Att: 8,268 at County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (36-32) 0 5 1 4 Texas Rangers (35-32) 7 6 0 2 Win: Fergie Jenkins (8-3)   Loss: Chris Knapp (7-6) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:04 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB California Angels (36-33) 4 11 1 9 Texas Rangers (36-32) 8 11 1 8 Win: Doyle Alexander (6-4)   Loss: Tom Griffin (0-3)   Save: Reggie Cleveland (7) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:41   Att: 27,816 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (42-27) 0 3 1 6 Los Angeles Dodgers (38-30) 1 7 0 8 Win: Burt Hooton (6-6)   Loss: Fred Norman (8-4) T: 2:02   Att: 51,068 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (31-34) 2 9 0 8 New York Mets (31-40) 3 9 0 12 Win: Dale Murray (3-3)   Loss: Ed Whitson (1-2) T: 3:15   Att: 16,594 at Shea Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (35-29) 1 6 0 5 Philadelphia Phillies (33-29) 6 10 0 7 Win: Dick Ruthven (3-7)   Loss: Dave Roberts (3-2) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:13 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (35-30) 1 6 1 7 Philadelphia Phillies (34-29) 6 12 0 4 Win: Jim Lonborg (6-5)   Loss: Dennis Lamp (2-8) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:28   Att: 45,234 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (30-34) 0 4 3 3 San Diego Padres (31-37) 3 10 1 8 Win: Gaylord Perry (8-2)   Loss: Tom Dixon (3-3) T: 2:08   Att: 12,055 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (27-38) 0 5 2 6 San Francisco Giants (43-24) 9 12 0 6 Win: Vida Blue (10-4)   Loss: Preston Hanna (6-2) T: 2:05   Att: 9,267 at Candlestick Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (35-34) 4 10 1 7 St. Louis Cardinals (25-45) 8 8 0 6 Win: Pete Vuckovich (4-5)   Loss: Rudy May (6-7)   Save: Mark Littell (3) T: 2:38   Att: 13,732 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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