Sports headlines for Thursday June 21, 1979:

• Holmes Defends His Title In A Rare Off-TV Match

• A's placed Dwayne Murphy on the disabled list

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Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (31-32) 2 7 0 4 Boston Red Sox (41-25) 3 7 0 4 Win: Dennis Eckersley (8-3)   Loss: Jack Morris (4-4) T: 2:20   Att: 34,316 at Fenway Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (36-33) 7 10 3 9 Oakland A's (21-49) 10 11 1 9 Win: Steve McCatty (5-2)   Loss: Steve Busby (2-5)   Save: Dave Heaverlo (5) T: 2:38   Att: 2,132 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (32-38) 6 7 0 7 Atlanta Braves (24-44) 4 11 0 9 Win: Don Sutton (7-7)   Loss: Mickey Mahler (2-8)   Save: Dave Patterson (1) T: 2:46   Att: 10,717 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (32-32) 2 5 1 6 Milwaukee Brewers (39-30) 3 10 1 5 Win: Mike Caldwell (7-5)   Loss: Gary Serum (0-1) T: 2:18   Att: 32,339 at County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (30-41) 5 12 1 7 Chicago White Sox (32-35) 9 13 1 5 Win: Francisco Barrios (7-3)   Loss: Joe Decker (0-1)   Save: Rich Hinton (2) T: 2:33   Att: 10,555 at Comiskey Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (36-32) 3 10 0 12 California Angels (42-29) 2 5 0 5 Win: Sparky Lyle (4-6)   Loss: Dave LaRoche (2-7) T: 2:53   Att: 26,422 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (23-48) 1 8 2 7 New York Yankees (36-33) 3 5 1 2 Win: Luis Tiant (3-2)   Loss: Dave Lemanczyk (7-4)   Save: Ron Davis (2) T: 2:02   Att: 19,278 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore