Sports headlines for Sunday September 3, 1978:

• Payton Death Threat Target

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Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (57-79) 4 8 1 3 Baltimore Orioles (76-61) 2 7 0 9 Win: Lerrin LaGrow (4-4)   Loss: Mike Flanagan (17-12) T: 2:40   Att: 7,101 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (64-73) 6 11 1 6 Boston Red Sox (85-50) 11 13 1 7 Win: Bob Stanley (13-2)   Loss: Pete Broberg (9-11) T: 3:01   Att: 29,029 at Fenway Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (74-61) 2 5 1 3 Kansas City Royals (73-61) 6 6 0 1 Win: Larry Gura (13-4)   Loss: Dave Rozema (6-10) T: 1:56   Att: 27,217 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (66-67) 3 8 0 8 Milwaukee Brewers (78-58) 4 12 1 9 Win: Ed Farmer (1-0)   Loss: Jon Matlack (12-12) T: 2:33   Att: 14,014 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (58-77) 3 6 1 4 Minnesota Twins (60-76) 12 14 1 8 Win: Gary Serum (8-6)   Loss: Rick Wise (9-18) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:35 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (58-78) 3 9 1 9 Minnesota Twins (61-76) 4 5 1 7 Win: Mike Marshall (8-11)   Loss: Jim Kern (8-9) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:32   Att: 10,240 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (50-84) 3 8 1 7 New York Yankees (79-55) 4 12 0 9 Win: Jim Beattie (3-7)   Loss: Rick Honeycutt (5-8)   Save: Rich Gossage (21) T: 2:22   Att: 22,386 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (73-63) 3 13 0 13 Toronto Blue Jays (55-83) 1 1 0 0 Win: Chris Knapp (14-7)   Loss: Tom Underwood (6-12) T: 2:19   Att: 20,054 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (63-72) 2 10 1 5 Chicago Cubs (68-66) 3 10 0 7 Win: Dennis Lamp (6-13)   Loss: Ken Forsch (8-5)   Save: Willie Hernandez (2) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:20 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (63-73) 2 6 2 8 Chicago Cubs (69-66) 4 11 2 9 Win: Donnie Moore (9-6)   Loss: Vern Ruhle (2-2)   Save: Willie Hernandez (3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 3:17   Att: 29,528 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (55-81) 8 13 1 3 Los Angeles Dodgers (81-56) 5 9 2 6 Win: Tom Hausman (3-3)   Loss: Tommy John (16-10) T: 2:44   Att: 26,983 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (59-77) 3 8 0 12 Pittsburgh Pirates (70-64) 6 4 1 3 Win: Kent Tekulve (6-6)   Loss: Gene Garber (3-4) T: 3:00   Att: 8,594 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (72-61) 1 7 0 4 San Francisco Giants (79-57) 4 9 0 4 Win: Bob Knepper (15-9)   Loss: Dick Ruthven (12-10) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:04 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (72-62) 2 7 0 2 San Francisco Giants (80-57) 3 7 0 5 Win: John Montefusco (10-6)   Loss: Warren Brusstar (4-3)   Save: John Curtis (1) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 1:50   Att: 39,596 at Candlestick Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (74-62) 2 10 0 6 St. Louis Cardinals (59-77) 10 13 1 5 Win: Pete Falcone (2-6)   Loss: Mike LaCoss (3-6) T: 2:18   Att: 22,051 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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