Sports headlines for Thursday July 19, 1979:

• Irwin Fires 68 To Fight Off 65 By Ballesteros
• Free-Agent Rule Faces Test In NFL
• Cousineau's Move Upsets The Bills

• Braves placed Biff Pocoroba on the disabled list
• Braves activated Dale Murphy
• Angels activated Rod Carew
• Padres activated Broderick Perkins

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Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (40-53) 8 16 0 8 Chicago Cubs (48-39) 2 6 3 4 Win: Phil Niekro (13-11)   Loss: Dennis Lamp (7-5) T: 2:30   Att: 38,319 at Wrigley Field Boxscore

Team R H E LOB California Angels (56-38) 4 6 2 6 Baltimore Orioles (59-32) 3 6 1 11 Win: Dave LaRoche (3-7)   Loss: Dennis Martinez (12-7) 1st game of doubleheader T: 3:14 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB California Angels (56-39) 0 6 1 6 Baltimore Orioles (60-32) 3 8 0 5 Win: Mike Flanagan (13-6)   Loss: Dave Frost (7-6) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:17   Att: 33,603 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (42-50) 9 14 2 6 Texas Rangers (52-40) 6 11 2 12 Win: Steve Trout (4-3)   Loss: Dave Rajsich (0-1)   Save: Ed Farmer (2) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:44 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (43-50) 5 12 0 7 Texas Rangers (52-41) 4 5 1 3 Win: Ken Kravec (9-8)   Loss: Fergie Jenkins (10-6)   Save: Ed Farmer (3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:22   Att: 26,687 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (49-46) 16 19 0 9 St. Louis Cardinals (44-43) 4 14 2 10 Win: Fred Norman (6-8)   Loss: Pete Vuckovich (8-7) T: 2:52   Att: 27,228 at Busch Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (43-48) 2 5 0 5 Kansas City Royals (44-48) 1 7 1 7 Win: Rick Wise (9-5)   Loss: Dennis Leonard (5-7)   Save: Sid Monge (10) T: 2:50   Att: 24,046 at Royals Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (46-45) 8 9 0 9 Minnesota Twins (48-42) 3 8 2 6 Win: Pat Underwood (5-0)   Loss: Jerry Koosman (11-8) T: 2:45   Att: 17,391 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (54-41) 5 12 1 11 Pittsburgh Pirates (47-39) 9 9 1 3 Win: Dave Roberts (1-2)   Loss: Ken Forsch (5-6) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:41 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (54-42) 2 5 0 1 Pittsburgh Pirates (48-39) 4 7 0 4 Win: Bruce Kison (6-4)   Loss: Joe Niekro (13-5)   Save: Grant Jackson (11) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:12   Att: 33,464 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (50-36) 3 6 1 5 Los Angeles Dodgers (37-57) 7 13 0 7 Win: Burt Hooton (8-7)   Loss: Dan Schatzeder (4-3) T: 2:18   Att: 29,046 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Mets (38-50) 1 8 1 6 San Diego Padres (44-53) 3 4 0 4 Win: Randy Jones (8-6)   Loss: Kevin Kobel (4-5) T: 2:20   Att: 20,382 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (25-70) 2 6 1 7 New York Yankees (50-43) 10 17 0 11 Win: Luis Tiant (7-4)   Loss: Mike Morgan (0-5) T: 2:38   Att: 22,648 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Philadelphia Phillies (50-42) 0 7 0 6 San Francisco Giants (46-48) 1 5 0 5 Win: John Curtis (6-5)   Loss: Dickie Noles (2-2) T: 1:40   Att: 20,732 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (40-55) 1 6 0 5 Boston Red Sox (57-32) 7 11 0 11 Win: Dennis Eckersley (10-5)   Loss: Floyd Bannister (5-8) T: 2:36   Att: 32,207 at Fenway Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (29-65) 2 11 1 13 Milwaukee Brewers (55-38) 3 10 1 8 Win: Bill Castro (3-0)   Loss: Tom Buskey (4-4) T: 3:05   Att: 21,152 at County Stadium Boxscore