Sports headlines for Sunday June 24, 1979:

• South African Scores KO Over Spinks In First
• Sugar Ray Stops Chiaverini On TKO
• Waiving Reggie Is 'A Formality'
• A's Send Down Dilone After Dugout Incident

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Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (32-35) 6 10 0 10 Baltimore Orioles (47-23) 4 9 0 6 Win: Aurelio Lopez (3-1)   Loss: Dennis Martinez (10-3) T: 3:05   Att: 41,200 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (23-51) 4 5 0 3 Boston Red Sox (44-25) 8 12 1 6 Win: Mike Torrez (8-4)   Loss: Phil Huffman (4-8) T: 2:19   Att: 33,560 at Fenway Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (39-33) 5 12 0 9 California Angels (42-32) 2 3 1 1 Win: Dennis Leonard (5-4)   Loss: Dave Frost (5-4) T: 2:24   Att: 32,210 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (35-32) 4 12 2 12 Chicago White Sox (32-38) 3 5 0 4 Win: Mike Bacsik (2-1)   Loss: Rich Wortham (7-7) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:48 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (36-32) 7 11 0 9 Chicago White Sox (32-39) 1 7 3 8 Win: Jerry Koosman (8-6)   Loss: Ed Farmer (2-2) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:38   Att: 20,655 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (32-37) 2 12 0 12 New York Yankees (39-33) 8 13 0 8 Win: Jim Kaat (1-0)   Loss: Rick Waits (9-6)   Save: Ron Davis (3) T: 3:06   Att: 55,409 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (38-33) 5 9 1 5 Oakland A's (22-51) 1 7 0 8 Win: John Henry Johnson (4-8)   Loss: Matt Keough (0-9) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:35 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (39-33) 7 10 1 6 Oakland A's (22-52) 2 9 0 6 Win: Doc Medich (1-2)   Loss: Dave Hamilton (2-3)   Save: Jim Kern (11) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:32   Att: 4,752 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (41-31) 7 16 0 15 Seattle Mariners (31-43) 4 12 3 12 Win: Bill Castro (1-0)   Loss: John Montague (4-2) T: 3:43   Att: 7,639 at The Kingdome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (32-41) 2 7 0 5 Atlanta Braves (27-44) 4 8 0 4 Win: Rick Matula (5-5)   Loss: Burt Hooton (7-4) T: 1:54   Att: 14,305 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (35-36) 7 10 1 5 Cincinnati Reds (37-34) 8 15 0 8 Win: Doug Bair (4-2)   Loss: Dave Roberts (0-2) T: 2:38   Att: 32,829 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (32-42) 1 7 0 7 Houston Astros (44-29) 4 10 0 10 Win: Joaquin Andujar (8-4)   Loss: Eric Rasmussen (3-8) T: 2:47   Att: 19,315 at The Astrodome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (36-33) 5 14 0 11 Montreal Expos (40-25) 2 9 1 6 Win: Larry Christenson (2-5)   Loss: Bill Lee (7-4)   Save: Tug McGraw (5) T: 2:41   Att: 41,593 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (34-31) 5 7 1 5 Pittsburgh Pirates (34-30) 0 5 2 4 Win: Rick Reuschel (6-5)   Loss: Bruce Kison (3-4) T: 2:35   Att: 43,402 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB New York Mets (27-37) 6 11 0 6 St. Louis Cardinals (34-30) 2 6 2 8 Win: Andy Hassler (1-1)   Loss: Bob Forsch (3-7)   Save: Dale Murray (2) T: 2:33   Att: 48,693 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

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