Sports headlines for Sunday October 1, 1978:

• Yarborough Outlasts Waltrip For Win
• Perry's 3,000th Strikeout Livens Up 4-3 Padre Win
• Red Sox Catch Yankees At Wire And Force Playoff Game Today
• Green Misreads The Green And Loses A Playoff
• Hunter Dismissed As Texas Manager

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Braves activated Brian Asselstine and Biff Pocoroba

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Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (59-102) 0 2 1 3 Boston Red Sox (99-63) 5 6 1 4 Win: Luis Tiant (13-8)   Loss: Don Kirkwood (4-5) T: 2:11   Att: 29,201 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (71-90) 4 5 0 7 California Angels (87-75) 5 10 2 10 Win: Nolan Ryan (10-13)   Loss: Francisco Barrios (9-15) T: 2:49   Att: 31,327 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (90-71) 4 9 0 7 Detroit Tigers (86-76) 2 4 1 5 Win: Dennis Martinez (16-11)   Loss: Dave Rozema (9-12) T: 2:17   Att: 13,948 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (73-89) 0 2 0 6 Kansas City Royals (92-70) 1 4 1 3 Win: George Throop (1-0)   Loss: Geoff Zahn (14-14)   Save: Bill Paschall (1) T: 1:59   Att: 23,794 at Royals Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (69-90) 9 13 0 7 New York Yankees (99-63) 2 5 0 5 Win: Rick Waits (13-15)   Loss: Catfish Hunter (12-6) T: 2:06   Att: 39,189 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (93-69) 9 12 0 6 Oakland A's (69-93) 0 3 2 4 Win: Lary Sorensen (18-12)   Loss: Alan Wirth (5-6)   Save: Moose Haas (1) T: 2:13   Att: 2,742 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (87-75) 9 8 1 3 Seattle Mariners (56-104) 4 13 0 9 Win: Fergie Jenkins (18-8)   Loss: Glenn Abbott (7-15) T: 2:06   Att: 5,807 at The Kingdome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (66-96) 5 8 3 6 Chicago Cubs (79-83) 3 11 2 14 Win: Kevin Kobel (5-6)   Loss: Lynn McGlothen (5-3)   Save: Dale Murray (7) T: 2:40   Att: 11,617 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (69-93) 8 16 0 14 Cincinnati Reds (92-69) 10 12 2 16 Win: Dan Dumoulin (1-0)   Loss: Dave Campbell (4-4) T: 4:15   Att: 35,840 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (89-73) 0 5 0 7 Houston Astros (74-88) 3 6 1 2 Win: Joe Niekro (14-14)   Loss: Phil Nastu (0-1)   Save: Mark Lemongello (1) T: 1:41   Att: 7,077 at The Astrodome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (90-72) 3 9 0 8 Pittsburgh Pirates (88-73) 5 7 0 6 Win: Odell Jones (2-0)   Loss: Kevin Saucier (0-1)   Save: Kent Tekulve (31) T: 2:16   Att: 30,224 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (95-67) 3 10 2 7 San Diego Padres (84-78) 4 9 2 9 Win: Rollie Fingers (6-13)   Loss: Bobby Castillo (0-4) T: 3:07   Att: 37,185 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (76-86) 5 10 0 9 St. Louis Cardinals (69-93) 1 5 2 3 Win: Ross Grimsley (20-11)   Loss: Dan O'Brien (0-2) T: 1:59   Att: 6,182 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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