Sports headlines for Tuesday June 5, 1979:

• NFL Bars Helmet As A Weapon
• NHL Players May Not Press Dispute That Would Kill Merger
• Atlanta Stadium May Get Roof

• Braves activated Biff Pocoroba
• Orioles traded Larry Harlow to Angels for Floyd Rayford and cash
• Orioles activated Doug DeCinces
• Angels placed Rod Carew on the disabled list
• A's activated Tony Armas
• Mariners placed Julio Cruz on the disabled list

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Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (25-27) 12 14 0 3 Oakland A's (18-37) 3 9 1 7 Win: Rick Waits (8-3)   Loss: Rick Langford (1-9) T: 2:17   Att: 1,175 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (25-23) 3 11 1 9 Seattle Mariners (21-35) 1 4 0 9 Win: Jack Billingham (6-3)   Loss: Glenn Abbott (2-7)   Save: John Hiller (5) T: 2:07   Att: 6,156 at The Kingdome Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (31-23) 3 7 1 6 New York Yankees (29-25) 1 3 1 4 Win: Larry Gura (3-5)   Loss: Luis Tiant (1-2) T: 2:22   Att: 24,968 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (27-30) 1 7 1 10 Pittsburgh Pirates (26-23) 3 8 0 8 Win: Bert Blyleven (2-2)   Loss: Don Sutton (6-5)   Save: Kent Tekulve (5) T: 2:37   Att: 11,088 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (31-25) 5 12 3 11 Chicago White Sox (25-28) 3 7 3 8 Win: Jim Slaton (5-3)   Loss: Fred Howard (0-2)   Save: Jerry Augustine (2) T: 2:56   Att: 13,713 at Comiskey Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (29-22) 3 10 0 6 Baltimore Orioles (32-21) 1 5 0 4 Win: Paul Hartzell (3-3)   Loss: Steve Stone (3-5)   Save: Mike Marshall (12) T: 2:18   Att: 11,036 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (30-19) 1 6 0 6 Atlanta Braves (20-34) 4 6 2 6 Win: Rick Matula (3-4)   Loss: Scott Sanderson (4-4)   Save: Gene Garber (12) T: 2:10   Att: 4,710 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Mets (19-30) 1 6 1 5 Cincinnati Reds (30-25) 6 9 1 11 Win: Fred Norman (3-5)   Loss: Kevin Kobel (2-1) T: 2:25   Att: 22,209 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (29-24) 8 17 0 12 Houston Astros (33-24) 0 1 0 4 Win: Steve Carlton (7-6)   Loss: Rick Williams (2-2) T: 2:25   Att: 28,244 at The Astrodome Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (26-31) 11 11 0 7 Chicago Cubs (22-27) 3 6 3 4 Win: Eric Rasmussen (3-5)   Loss: Dennis Lamp (4-2) T: 2:40   Att: 12,675 at Wrigley Field Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (26-29) 4 9 1 7 St. Louis Cardinals (28-20) 5 13 2 11 Win: Mark Littell (4-1)   Loss: Randy Moffitt (1-3) T: 2:26   Att: 25,561 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (30-23) 3 11 1 7 Boston Red Sox (31-20) 9 12 1 8 Win: Dennis Eckersley (5-3)   Loss: Jon Matlack (3-3) T: 2:22   Att: 27,670 at Fenway Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (13-42) 0 4 2 6 California Angels (33-22) 3 6 1 8 Win: Frank Tanana (5-3)   Loss: Tom Underwood (0-8) T: 2:03   Att: 18,862 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore