Sports headlines for Monday July 30, 1979:

• Doug France: The Rams' Colors Are Black And White
• ABC's Fran Tells It Like It Really Is
• Texas Gets Rivers; Deal Upsets Oliver
• Vikings Trade Eller, 37, To Seattle For Niehaus
• Yarborough Wins On Pits And Prayer

• Dodgers placed Lerrin LaGrow on the disabled list
• Expos traded Tony Solaita to Blue Jays for Dyar Miller (acquired 10/24/1979)
• Yankees traded Mickey Rivers, Bob Polinsky, Neal Mersch and Mark Softy (all but Rivers acquired 10/8/1979) to Rangers for Oscar Gamble, Amos Lewis, Ray Fontenot and Gene Nelson (latter two acquired 10/8/1979)
• Yankees activated Juan Beniquez

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Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (70-34) 2 6 0 5 Milwaukee Brewers (63-42) 1 1 1 2 Win: Steve Stone (9-7)   Loss: Jim Slaton (10-6)   Save: Tippy Martinez (1) T: 2:30   Att: 30,160 at County Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (62-38) 5 15 1 11 Cleveland Indians (51-52) 6 14 1 10 Win: Victor Cruz (3-7)   Loss: Tom Burgmeier (2-1) T: 2:47   Att: 22,029 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (54-45) 4 6 2 3 Philadelphia Phillies (53-49) 5 8 0 10 Win: Ron Reed (7-6)   Loss: Bruce Sutter (4-3) T: 2:44   Att: 37,151 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (53-49) 6 11 0 9 Texas Rangers (54-49) 4 13 1 8 Win: John Hiller (4-7)   Loss: Danny Darwin (2-2)   Save: Aurelio Lopez (9) T: 2:40   Att: 14,297 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (44-61) 4 7 0 8 Cincinnati Reds (58-50) 9 11 2 8 Win: Doug Bair (7-5)   Loss: Ken Brett (2-2) T: 3:04   Att: 34,562 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (55-47) 3 8 0 7 Oakland A's (29-77) 0 6 1 5 Win: Dave Goltz (10-7)   Loss: Brian Kingman (1-4) T: 2:25   Att: 5,857 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (56-48) 7 9 1 7 Chicago White Sox (46-58) 2 7 0 4 Win: Tommy John (14-6)   Loss: Rich Wortham (11-10)   Save: Ron Davis (5) T: 2:34   Att: 22,486 at Comiskey Park Boxscore

Team R H E LOB New York Mets (43-56) 5 10 1 7 Pittsburgh Pirates (57-44) 8 13 1 7 Win: Grant Jackson (6-2)   Loss: Dwight Bernard (0-2)   Save: Kent Tekulve (18) T: 2:44   Att: 11,837 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (45-62) 8 15 0 6 California Angels (60-46) 0 4 0 4 Win: Mike Parrott (9-7)   Loss: Jim Barr (7-7) T: 2:24   Att: 35,584 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (52-54) 8 12 1 9 Houston Astros (60-47) 0 5 7 5 Win: Bob Knepper (8-5)   Loss: Joaquin Andujar (11-7) T: 2:54   Att: 18,995 at The Astrodome Boxscore

Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (51-47) 7 13 0 4 Montreal Expos (55-43) 2 5 1 3 Win: John Denny (5-8)   Loss: Bill Lee (10-7) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:10 Boxscore

Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (51-48) 1 6 0 9 Montreal Expos (56-43) 5 8 0 6 Win: David Palmer (3-2)   Loss: Roy Thomas (0-1)   Save: Stan Bahnsen (3) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:39   Att: 42,571 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (32-73) 0 3 0 2 Kansas City Royals (51-52) 9 8 0 6 Win: Larry Gura (7-7)   Loss: Dave Stieb (3-2) T: 2:13   Att: 31,572 at Royals Stadium Boxscore