Sports headlines for Friday June 15, 1979:

• Hinkle Thwarts Tree; Watson Misses Cut
• Yankees Trade Johnson To Cleveland For Pitcher
• Tarkanian's Agent Missing After Talks With Lakers

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Braves activated Larry McWilliams
•	Red Sox sold Andy Hassler to Mets
•	Indians traded Don Hood to Yankees for Cliff Johnson
•	Twins activated Mike Cubbage
•	Mets traded Bob Myrick and Mike Bruhert to Rangers for Dock Ellis
•	Padres traded Dave Wehrmeister to Yankees for Jay Johnstone
•	Mariners activated Bill Stein
•	Rangers traded Ed Farmer and Gary Holle to White Sox for Eric Soderholm
•	Rangers traded Dave Chalk, Mike Heath and cash to A's for John Henry Johnson

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   1979 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

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   National League Batting / National League Pitching

Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (37-23) 5 11 3 11 Chicago White Sox (30-31) 8 9 0 5 Win: Rich Wortham (7-5)   Loss: Mike Torrez (6-4) T: 2:28   Att: 46,556 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (26-39) 3 8 2 5 Cleveland Indians (31-30) 13 19 1 13 Win: Rick Waits (9-4)   Loss: Odell Jones (1-7) T: 2:31   Att: 32,622 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB California Angels (39-26) 8 8 2 6 Detroit Tigers (29-28) 7 13 1 10 Win: Mark Clear (7-2)   Loss: Dave Tobik (1-1) T: 2:48   Att: 41,151 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (34-29) 14 21 1 7 Milwaukee Brewers (34-30) 11 14 1 10 Win: Steve Mingori (1-1)   Loss: Reggie Cleveland (1-4)   Save: Marty Pattin (3) T: 3:21   Att: 32,812 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (40-22) 6 9 0 5 Minnesota Twins (32-28) 5 11 1 8 Win: Don Stanhouse (5-1)   Loss: Mike Marshall (8-6)   Save: Tim Stoddard (2) T: 2:59   Att: 11,831 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (33-30) 5 10 2 5 Texas Rangers (33-29) 9 10 1 4 Win: Jon Matlack (4-3)   Loss: Ed Figueroa (3-6) T: 2:08   Att: 35,452 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (19-45) 0 5 2 5 Toronto Blue Jays (19-46) 6 12 0 8 Win: Tom Underwood (1-9)   Loss: Dave Hamilton (2-1) T: 2:06   Att: 13,124 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (29-28) 6 10 0 7 Los Angeles Dodgers (30-35) 2 6 0 9 Win: Bert Blyleven (3-2)   Loss: Don Sutton (6-7)   Save: Kent Tekulve (7) T: 2:52   Att: 50,299 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (38-27) 2 5 0 7 Montreal Expos (34-23) 1 5 0 5 Win: Joaquin Andujar (6-4)   Loss: Elias Sosa (4-4) T: 2:43   Att: 28,786 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (22-40) 1 2 1 1 New York Mets (24-33) 2 9 1 8 Win: Craig Swan (7-4)   Loss: Joey McLaughlin (0-1) T: 2:12   Att: 9,808 at Shea Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (35-28) 6 9 0 5 Philadelphia Phillies (32-29) 3 6 0 5 Win: Tom Seaver (4-5)   Loss: Larry Christenson (1-4) T: 2:31   Att: 50,222 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (29-29) 3 8 1 7 San Diego Padres (30-36) 2 7 0 7 Win: Willie Hernandez (1-0)   Loss: John D'Acquisto (3-5)   Save: Dick Tidrow (3) T: 2:29   Att: 23,595 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (32-25) 6 10 1 8 San Francisco Giants (31-33) 9 14 4 11 Win: Gary Lavelle (5-3)   Loss: Darold Knowles (2-3) T: 3:54   Att: 12,770 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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