Sports headlines for Thursday July 5, 1979:

• Connors Silenced By Borg; Tanner Advances To Final
• Padres Beaten By Japan In Bid For Hawaii Pitcher

• Phillies activated Doug Bird
• Padres signed Bobby Tolan as a free agent
• Cardinals placed Buddy Schultz on the disabled list

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Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (35-45) 5 9 1 5 Cleveland Indians (36-44) 4 8 2 4 Win: Rich Wortham (8-8)   Loss: Victor Cruz (1-6)   Save: Guy Hoffman (1) T: 2:25   Att: 6,983 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (52-32) 4 10 1 8 Cincinnati Reds (42-41) 5 11 0 13 Win: Tom Seaver (7-5)   Loss: J.R. Richard (7-8)   Save: Doug Bair (12) T: 2:48   Att: 28,249 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (42-39) 4 12 1 5 Boston Red Sox (50-29) 5 13 1 16 Win: Bob Stanley (10-5)   Loss: Bill Paschall (0-1) T: 2:41   Att: 34,795 at Fenway Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (47-34) 3 9 0 5 New York Yankees (44-38) 0 2 1 1 Win: Lary Sorensen (10-8)   Loss: Ron Guidry (6-5) T: 1:49   Att: 31,878 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (45-29) 1 6 2 5 Chicago Cubs (40-35) 3 7 0 8 Win: Rick Reuschel (7-5)   Loss: Scott Sanderson (5-5)   Save: Bruce Sutter (18) T: 2:28   Att: 22,790 at Wrigley Field Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Mets (32-44) 3 8 0 6 Philadelphia Phillies (42-39) 2 8 0 9 Win: Craig Swan (8-6)   Loss: Dickie Noles (0-1) T: 2:10   Att: 28,720 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (24-60) 3 7 0 6 California Angels (48-36) 0 1 2 5 Win: Rick Langford (4-9)   Loss: Nolan Ryan (10-6) T: 2:16   Att: 23,793 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (40-35) 0 9 1 9 St. Louis Cardinals (39-37) 2 5 1 3 Win: John Fulgham (2-1)   Loss: Jim Rooker (2-3) T: 2:24   Att: 16,626 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (36-49) 4 10 0 12 Minnesota Twins (43-36) 0 3 2 3 Win: Rick Honeycutt (5-5)   Loss: Geoff Zahn (7-2) T: 2:09   Att: 8,422 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (40-42) 4 8 0 10 Atlanta Braves (35-47) 5 11 0 8 Win: Phil Niekro (11-10)   Loss: Greg Minton (1-1) T: 2:37   Att: 12,409 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (26-58) 2 5 1 3 Detroit Tigers (37-40) 3 8 0 10 Win: Kip Young (2-1)   Loss: Phil Huffman (4-10)   Save: Aurelio Lopez (2) T: 2:21   Att: 13,199 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore