Sports headlines for Monday September 4, 1978:

• Tom Kite Fires 68, Wins B.C. By Five

Today's baseball transactions:

•	White Sox signed Ron Kittle as a free agent

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Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (85-51) 3 6 2 2 Baltimore Orioles (77-61) 5 12 0 9 Win: Scott McGregor (13-12)   Loss: Dennis Eckersley (16-6)   Save: Don Stanhouse (20) T: 2:37   Att: 17,967 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (66-68) 7 10 2 4 California Angels (74-63) 8 12 2 6 Win: Don Aase (9-8)   Loss: Dock Ellis (9-6)   Save: Dave LaRoche (20) T: 2:28   Att: 27,371 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (51-84) 4 8 0 5 Milwaukee Brewers (78-59) 3 11 0 8 Win: Glenn Abbott (7-10)   Loss: Mike Caldwell (17-9) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:05 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (51-85) 0 6 1 4 Milwaukee Brewers (79-59) 5 9 0 9 Win: Bill Travers (10-8)   Loss: Byron McLaughlin (2-6) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:06   Att: 19,408 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (57-80) 1 4 1 4 Minnesota Twins (62-76) 2 7 0 10 Win: Geoff Zahn (11-13)   Loss: Francisco Barrios (8-13) T: 2:10   Att: 6,978 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (74-62) 1 5 0 5 New York Yankees (80-55) 9 12 0 5 Win: Ron Guidry (20-2)   Loss: Milt Wilcox (12-9) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:19 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (75-62) 5 9 2 7 New York Yankees (80-56) 4 9 2 9 Win: John Hiller (7-4)   Loss: Sparky Lyle (9-3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:31   Att: 46,896 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (74-61) 5 5 0 7 Oakland A's (64-74) 3 9 3 8 Win: Rich Gale (14-7)   Loss: Mike Norris (0-3)   Save: Al Hrabosky (18) T: 3:01   Att: 7,550 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (59-78) 5 8 0 5 Toronto Blue Jays (55-84) 4 4 1 2 Win: Mike Paxton (10-8)   Loss: Balor Moore (6-6) T: 2:20   Att: 14,364 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (71-67) 8 13 2 15 Atlanta Braves (59-78) 4 7 3 7 Win: Gaylord Perry (16-6)   Loss: Larry McWilliams (7-1)   Save: John D'Acquisto (9) T: 3:21   Att: 3,079 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (64-73) 5 11 1 5 Chicago Cubs (69-67) 3 7 1 7 Win: Dan Schatzeder (7-4)   Loss: Ray Burris (5-11)   Save: Darold Knowles (6) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:54 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (65-73) 6 11 1 11 Chicago Cubs (69-68) 5 10 2 9 Win: Mike Garman (4-6)   Loss: Bruce Sutter (7-6)   Save: Bill Atkinson (3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 3:30   Att: 29,833 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (75-62) 6 10 0 9 Houston Astros (63-74) 3 11 2 8 Win: Bill Bonham (10-4)   Loss: Joe Niekro (11-12)   Save: Doug Bair (24) T: 2:47   Att: 11,090 at The Astrodome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (80-58) 4 11 2 9 Los Angeles Dodgers (82-56) 5 11 1 9 Win: Don Sutton (13-10)   Loss: Ed Halicki (8-7)   Save: Terry Forster (17) T: 2:42   Att: 52,589 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (55-82) 4 11 0 8 Pittsburgh Pirates (71-64) 7 13 1 4 Win: Ed Whitson (4-6)   Loss: Skip Lockwood (7-13)   Save: Grant Jackson (5) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:42 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (55-83) 0 3 3 4 Pittsburgh Pirates (72-64) 7 10 0 9 Win: Jim Bibby (8-7)   Loss: Juan Berenguer (0-2) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:43   Att: 25,765 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (72-63) 2 7 0 4 St. Louis Cardinals (60-77) 3 6 1 3 Win: Bob Forsch (11-15)   Loss: Randy Lerch (8-8)   Save: Mark Littell (9) 1st game of doubleheader T: 1:50 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (73-63) 10 12 0 12 St. Louis Cardinals (60-78) 2 7 4 6 Win: Jim Lonborg (8-10)   Loss: Silvio Martinez (8-8) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:28   Att: 19,015 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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