Sports news and scores from Saturday April 7, 1979

`Sports headlines for Saturday April 7, 1979:`

Ken Forsch Gets Second No-Hitter In The Family
Umpire Walks Off To Join Strikers
Finally Vote For Merger

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Dodgers traded Rick Rhoden to Pirates for Jerry Reuss
•	Maracaibo (Inter-Amer.) sold Mike Stanton to Blue Jays
•	Padres signed Sam Perlozzo as a free agent


Click on a team's logo to see its 1979 roster, stats and more!

   1979 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

   American League Batting / American League Pitching            MLB standings as of this date
   National League Batting / National League Pitching

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Chicago White Sox (0-2)	3	7	1	7
Baltimore Orioles (2-0)	6	8	0	7
Win: Mike Flanagan (1-0) Loss: Mike Proly (0-1) Save: Sammy Stewart (1) T: 2:34 Att: 5,268 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Boston Red Sox (1-1)	0	1	3	5
Cleveland Indians (1-1)	3	5	1	9
Win: Rick Waits (1-0) Loss: Mike Torrez (0-1) T: 2:33 Att: 47,231 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Texas Rangers (1-0)	8	8	4	7
Detroit Tigers (0-1)	2	7	2	7
Win: Fergie Jenkins (1-0) Loss: Dave Rozema (0-1) T: 2:40 Att: 43,708 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Toronto Blue Jays (0-2)	4	8	2	5
Kansas City Royals (2-0)	7	11	0	5
Win: Larry Gura (1-0) Loss: Jim Clancy (0-1) Save: Al Hrabosky (1) T: 2:23 Att: 21,850 at Royals Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Milwaukee Brewers (2-0)	4	10	0	6
New York Yankees (0-2)	3	6	0	10
Win: Bob McClure (1-0) Loss: Ed Figueroa (0-1) Save: Reggie Cleveland (1) T: 2:52 Att: 17,387 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Minnesota Twins (2-0)	3	13	0	13
Oakland A's (0-2)	1	5	1	7
Win: Mike Marshall (1-0) Loss: Jim Todd (0-1) T: 2:57 Att: 3,222 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
California Angels (1-2)	5	10	0	5
Seattle Mariners (2-1)	4	10	0	8
Win: Mark Clear (1-0) Loss: Rick Honeycutt (0-1) Save: Dave LaRoche (1) T: 2:57 Att: 18,010 at The Kingdome Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
New York Mets (2-0)	9	11	1	3
Chicago Cubs (0-2)	4	8	2	15
Win: Pat Zachry (1-0) Loss: Ken Holtzman (0-1) Save: Skip Lockwood (1) T: 3:07 Att: 9,805 at Wrigley Field Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
San Francisco Giants (3-0)	4	7	0	6
Cincinnati Reds (0-3)	2	8	1	7
Win: Tom Griffin (1-0) Loss: Frank Pastore (0-1) Save: Dave Roberts (1) T: 2:45 Att: 15,763 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Atlanta Braves (0-2)	0	0	2	2
Houston Astros (2-0)	6	11	0	6
Win: Ken Forsch (1-0) Loss: Larry McWilliams (0-1) T: 2:05 Att: 24,325 at The Astrodome Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
San Diego Padres (1-2)	2	3	0	8
Los Angeles Dodgers (2-1)	5	11	0	13
Win: Andy Messersmith (1-0) Loss: Eric Rasmussen (0-1) Save: Lance Rautzhan (1) T: 3:18 Att: 44,327 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Montreal Expos (1-1)	6	7	3	6
Pittsburgh Pirates (1-1)	7	13	3	8
Win: Grant Jackson (1-0) Loss: Elias Sosa (1-1) T: 3:00 Att: 8,700 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Philadelphia Phillies (0-2)	2	4	0	4
St. Louis Cardinals (2-0)	3	10	1	7
Win: Pete Vuckovich (1-0) Loss: Ron Reed (0-1) T: 1:50 Att: 15,294 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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