Sports headlines for Tuesday August 8, 1978:

• Vachon Finally Signs Contract With Red Wings

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Tigers placed Mark Fidrych on the disabled list
•	Dodgers placed Steve Yeager on the disabled list

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   1978 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

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Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (51-58) 7 9 0 5 Boston Red Sox (70-40) 9 12 0 7 Win: Bob Stanley (7-1)   Loss: Dave Freisleben (1-3) T: 2:46   Att: 34,485 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (53-56) 9 14 0 9 Detroit Tigers (60-50) 4 9 0 7 Win: Paul Mirabella (2-0)   Loss: Dave Rozema (5-6)   Save: Doc Medich (2) T: 2:56   Att: 20,951 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (46-64) 4 9 0 6 Kansas City Royals (61-48) 10 18 1 7 Win: Paul Splittorff (13-9)   Loss: Mike Proly (2-1)   Save: Marty Pattin (3) T: 2:38   Att: 29,976 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (41-73) 2 11 2 10 Minnesota Twins (47-63) 10 13 1 9 Win: Gary Serum (5-5)   Loss: Rick Honeycutt (4-7) T: 2:42   Att: 6,499 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (61-47) 0 4 1 5 New York Yankees (62-49) 3 7 0 6 Win: Dick Tidrow (5-8)   Loss: Mike Caldwell (14-6)   Save: Rich Gossage (16) T: 2:27   Att: 22,549 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (62-53) 2 6 1 10 Oakland A's (60-55) 1 10 2 7 Win: Paul Hartzell (4-6)   Loss: Dave Heaverlo (3-5)   Save: Dave LaRoche (17) T: 2:30   Att: 4,624 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (60-51) 3 10 0 5 Toronto Blue Jays (42-69) 5 11 0 7 Win: Tom Underwood (6-10)   Loss: Mike Flanagan (14-10)   Save: Victor Cruz (7) T: 2:18   Att: 19,052 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (51-57) 9 14 0 9 Chicago Cubs (57-54) 5 11 1 5 Win: Don Robinson (7-5)   Loss: Rick Reuschel (10-10) T: 2:47   Att: 26,037 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (53-59) 6 10 1 7 Cincinnati Reds (65-47) 5 5 0 4 Win: Phil Niekro (14-11)   Loss: Tom Hume (5-11) T: 2:20   Att: 32,730 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (57-56) 2 6 2 7 Los Angeles Dodgers (65-48) 3 8 2 5 Win: Don Sutton (12-9)   Loss: Gaylord Perry (12-5) T: 2:37   Att: 43,515 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (47-66) 1 3 0 7 Montreal Expos (54-60) 6 10 0 5 Win: Dan Schatzeder (5-3)   Loss: Tom Hausman (2-2) T: 2:04   Att: 17,124 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (51-60) 2 11 0 10 San Francisco Giants (67-46) 3 7 0 6 Win: John Montefusco (9-4)   Loss: Tom Dixon (5-9)   Save: Randy Moffitt (10) T: 2:25   Att: 31,904 at Candlestick Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (59-49) 0 4 0 5 St. Louis Cardinals (44-68) 2 9 0 7 Win: Pete Vuckovich (9-9)   Loss: Larry Christenson (8-11) 1st game of doubleheader T: 1:47 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (59-50) 2 5 2 3 St. Louis Cardinals (45-68) 6 8 0 7 Win: Tom Bruno (2-0)   Loss: Jim Lonborg (7-10) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:19   Att: 26,880 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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