Sports headlines for Tuesday April 17, 1979:

• Soviets Rout Sweden, 9-3
• Falcon Linebacker Off Critical List
• Arbitration Date Set For Horner vs. Braves
• Pirate Promotions Not Paying Off

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Indians activated Bo Diaz

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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 Milwaukee Brewers (6-3) 5 6 1 7 Boston Red Sox (5-3) 6 11 1 8 Win: Tom Burgmeier (1-0)   Loss: Reggie Cleveland (0-2) T: 2:21   Att: 16,053 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (7-1) 6 12 0 8 Cleveland Indians (2-7) 2 6 0 9 Win: Fergie Jenkins (3-0)   Loss: Rick Waits (1-2)   Save: Jim Kern (1) T: 2:34   Att: 6,910 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (5-5) 3 8 0 9 Detroit Tigers (4-4) 6 10 4 6 Win: John Hiller (1-0)   Loss: Paul Splittorff (1-2) T: 2:35   Att: 15,275 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (8-3) 6 11 0 3 Minnesota Twins (7-3) 0 4 2 5 Win: Nolan Ryan (2-1)   Loss: Dave Goltz (1-2) T: 2:25   Att: 37,529 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (3-7) 1 3 0 4 New York Yankees (6-4) 5 8 0 3 Win: Ron Guidry (1-1)   Loss: Mike Flanagan (1-2) T: 2:00   Att: 20,135 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (5-8) 5 10 6 6 Oakland A's (3-9) 6 13 3 11 Win: Dave Heaverlo (1-0)   Loss: Odell Jones (0-1) T: 2:43   Att: 653 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (4-6) 6 7 0 10 Toronto Blue Jays (4-6) 1 3 1 5 Win: Francisco Barrios (1-0)   Loss: Tom Underwood (0-2)   Save: Mike Proly (2) T: 2:23   Att: 10,074 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (4-4) 3 7 2 9 Chicago Cubs (2-5) 5 8 0 9 Win: Ken Holtzman (1-1)   Loss: John Denny (1-2)   Save: Bruce Sutter (1) T: 2:19   Att: 11,010 at Wrigley Field Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (4-7) 4 13 0 12 Cincinnati Reds (6-6) 7 13 0 10 Win: Tom Hume (2-1)   Loss: Larry McWilliams (1-2)   Save: Doug Bair (2) T: 2:27   Att: 16,211 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (8-4) 6 10 5 5 Los Angeles Dodgers (6-7) 10 11 1 6 Win: Jerry Reuss (1-0)   Loss: Tom Dixon (0-1) T: 2:55   Att: 27,635 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (3-5) 4 9 1 7 Montreal Expos (7-2) 5 12 1 8 Win: Woodie Fryman (1-0)   Loss: Skip Lockwood (0-2) T: 3:16   Att: 7,912 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (5-3) 13 17 2 10 Pittsburgh Pirates (4-6) 2 8 1 9 Win: Steve Carlton (2-1)   Loss: Bert Blyleven (0-2) T: 2:49   Att: 7,739 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (7-5) 3 8 2 6 San Diego Padres (5-7) 4 10 0 7 Win: Rollie Fingers (1-0)   Loss: Bob Knepper (1-1) T: 2:23   Att: 16,734 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore

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