Sports headlines for Sunday April 8, 1979:

• Waltrip Wins On Final Lap
• Pryor Ordered Back To Work
• Floyd Calls The Shots And Wins

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Rangers placed Jon Matlack on the disabled list

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   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 (1-2) 5 10 0 5 Baltimore Orioles (2-1) 1 3 2 5 Win: Rich Wortham (1-0)   Loss: Dennis Martinez (0-1)   Save: Lerrin LaGrow (1) T: 2:19   Att: 6,517 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (2-1) 7 13 1 10 Cleveland Indians (1-2) 6 10 0 6 Win: Dick Drago (1-0)   Loss: Victor Cruz (0-1) T: 3:44   Att: 6,887 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (0-3) 3 5 1 5 Kansas City Royals (3-0) 8 9 2 7 Win: Paul Splittorff (1-0)   Loss: Mark Lemongello (0-1) T: 2:20   Att: 23,477 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (2-1) 1 7 0 6 New York Yankees (1-2) 2 6 1 3 Win: Tommy John (1-0)   Loss: Lary Sorensen (0-1)   Save: Rich Gossage (1) T: 1:50   Att: 26,954 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (3-0) 3 7 0 10 Oakland A's (0-3) 1 3 2 2 Win: Geoff Zahn (1-0)   Loss: Mike Norris (0-1) T: 2:10   Att: 3,326 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (2-2) 7 9 0 6 Seattle Mariners (2-2) 5 12 1 6 Win: Dave LaRoche (1-0)   Loss: Shane Rawley (0-1) T: 2:42   Att: 9,183 at The Kingdome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (3-1) 6 11 3 7 Cincinnati Reds (1-3) 7 12 2 12 Win: Doug Bair (1-0)   Loss: John Curtis (0-1) T: 3:05   Att: 30,196 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (0-3) 0 5 1 4 Houston Astros (3-0) 2 7 0 4 Win: Joe Niekro (1-0)   Loss: Rick Matula (0-1) T: 2:00   Att: 16,501 at The Astrodome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (1-3) 5 10 0 11 Los Angeles Dodgers (3-1) 6 10 2 6 Win: Rick Sutcliffe (1-0)   Loss: Bob Shirley (0-1) T: 3:27   Att: 39,562 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (2-1) 5 9 0 8 Pittsburgh Pirates (1-2) 4 9 1 7 Win: Rudy May (1-0)   Loss: Enrique Romo (0-1)   Save: David Palmer (1) T: 3:03   Att: 8,680 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (0-2) 2 3 0 2 St. Louis Cardinals (2-0) 2 4 0 5 T: 1:18   Att: 20,055 at Busch Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets Game postponed due to inclement weather. Made up on July 1. Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers Game postponed due to cold. Made up on August 8. Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium

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