Sports headlines for Monday May 7, 1979:

• Baseball Lords Call Their Pitch

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Royals placed Steve Mingori on the disabled list
•	Twins activated Hosken Powell

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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
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Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (11-17) 5 12 0 10 Baltimore Orioles (18-10) 3 7 2 4 Win: Rick Langford (1-4)   Loss: Tippy Martinez (1-1) T: 2:41   Att: 6,797 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (16-12) 4 7 2 7 Boston Red Sox (17-9) 9 11 0 8 Win: Mike Torrez (3-1)   Loss: Nolan Ryan (4-2) T: 2:44   Att: 23,319 at Fenway Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (12-14) 4 11 0 6 Detroit Tigers (10-12) 5 11 0 7 Win: Bruce Taylor (1-1)   Loss: Steve Trout (0-1) T: 2:26   Att: 13,921 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (8-21) 1 7 0 8 Minnesota Twins (19-8) 6 10 0 8 Win: Dave Goltz (4-3)   Loss: Phil Huffman (2-3) T: 2:25   Att: 4,571 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (10-19) 12 14 1 10 New York Yankees (13-14) 4 13 2 11 Win: Rick Honeycutt (1-4)   Loss: Paul Mirabella (0-3) T: 3:06   Att: 14,065 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (15-12) 10 16 2 8 Texas Rangers (14-12) 6 13 2 9 Win: Eduardo Rodriguez (3-0)   Loss: Doc Medich (0-2)   Save: Marty Pattin (2) T: 2:47   Att: 14,242 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (10-14) 4 9 1 11 Atlanta Braves (8-18) 2 6 2 9 Win: John Candelaria (2-1)   Loss: Mickey Mahler (0-3)   Save: Kent Tekulve (1) T: 2:54   Att: 8,166 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (9-15) 2 8 1 8 Los Angeles Dodgers (12-18) 5 7 0 7 Win: Burt Hooton (3-2)   Loss: Pete Falcone (0-3)   Save: Bob Welch (1) T: 2:34   Att: 27,230 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (18-7) 11 13 1 8 San Diego Padres (12-17) 6 11 1 8 Win: Steve Carlton (3-4)   Loss: Bob Owchinko (0-1)   Save: Rawly Eastwick (1) T: 2:38   Att: 20,766 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore

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