Sports headlines for Monday April 9, 1979:

• Brock To Retire At End Of Season

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Pirates signed Rod Gilbreath as a free agent

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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 Detroit Tigers (1-1) 7 10 2 6 Kansas City Royals (3-1) 3 8 2 10 Win: Milt Wilcox (1-0)   Loss: Rich Gale (0-1)   Save: John Hiller (1) T: 3:02   Att: 18,429 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (0-4) 2 9 5 5 Seattle Mariners (3-2) 5 9 0 11 Win: Floyd Bannister (1-0)   Loss: John Henry Johnson (0-1)   Save: Shane Rawley (1) T: 2:19   Att: 6,176 at The Kingdome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (2-3) 9 11 0 8 Atlanta Braves (0-4) 4 7 2 4 Win: Tom Seaver (1-1)   Loss: Mickey Mahler (0-1) T: 2:32   Att: 30,433 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1) 2 5 0 7 Houston Astros (3-1) 1 4 0 5 Win: Bob Welch (1-0)   Loss: Vern Ruhle (0-1)   Save: Jerry Reuss (1) T: 2:28   Att: 12,116 at The Astrodome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos Game postponed due to rain. Made up on August 10. New York Mets at Shea Stadium	Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates Game postponed due to rain. Made up on April 10. Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium

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