Sports headlines for Tuesday July 31, 1979:

• France Returns To The Rams
• Rangers May Lose Gamble To Yankees

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Angels released Terry Humphrey
•	Angels activated Terry Humphrey
•	Yankees placed Juan Beniquez on the disabled list
•	Mets placed Steve Henderson on the disabled list

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   1979 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

   American League Batting / American League Pitching            MLB standings as of this date
   National League Batting / National League Pitching

Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners (45-63) 1 5 0 5 California Angels (61-46) 8 15 0 10 Win: Dave Frost (9-7)   Loss: Rob Dressler (0-1) T: 2:37   Att: 25,198 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (57-48) 7 8 3 6 Chicago White Sox (46-59) 3 10 1 8 Win: Ron Guidry (9-7)   Loss: Randy Scarbery (1-6)   Save: Rich Gossage (6) T: 2:33   Att: 24,972 at Comiskey Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (62-39) 10 15 0 9 Cleveland Indians (52-52) 11 14 0 7 Win: Sid Monge (7-6)   Loss: Bill Campbell (3-4) 1st game of doubleheader T: 3:30 Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (62-40) 0 2 1 6 Cleveland Indians (53-52) 3 14 0 10 Win: Len Barker (1-4)   Loss: Joel Finch (0-3)   Save: Sid Monge (13) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:38   Att: 39,384 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (32-74) 5 11 2 9 Kansas City Royals (52-52) 6 14 0 11 Win: Marty Pattin (4-2)   Loss: Jesse Jefferson (1-9)   Save: Al Hrabosky (9) T: 3:03   Att: 22,156 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (71-34) 9 15 0 7 Milwaukee Brewers (63-43) 5 9 3 6 Win: Sammy Stewart (7-4)   Loss: Paul Mitchell (2-7) T: 2:51   Att: 36,105 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (55-48) 1 5 0 6 Oakland A's (30-77) 2 8 0 5 Win: Steve McCatty (7-5)   Loss: Geoff Zahn (9-3) T: 2:07   Att: 1,763 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (53-50) 3 9 0 8 Texas Rangers (55-49) 11 16 1 7 Win: Doc Medich (5-4)   Loss: Dan Petry (3-2) T: 2:45   Att: 12,218 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (49-59) 10 18 0 14 Atlanta Braves (43-64) 3 10 1 9 Win: John D'Acquisto (7-8)   Loss: Phil Niekro (14-13)   Save: Mark Lee (1) T: 2:48   Att: 9,501 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (45-61) 7 11 1 8 Cincinnati Reds (58-51) 6 6 0 5 Win: Don Sutton (8-12)   Loss: Paul Moskau (5-4)   Save: Dave Patterson (3) T: 3:02   Att: 32,649 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (52-55) 4 10 1 12 Houston Astros (61-47) 6 7 2 4 Win: Joe Niekro (15-6)   Loss: Ed Whitson (4-6)   Save: Bert Roberge (3) T: 2:49   Att: 18,047 at The Astrodome Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (51-49) 0 3 3 4 Montreal Expos (57-43) 5 11 1 6 Win: Rudy May (6-0)   Loss: Silvio Martinez (9-4) T: 2:03   Att: 21,486 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (54-46) 1 6 1 3 Philadelphia Phillies (54-49) 4 10 0 8 Win: Nino Espinosa (11-8)   Loss: Mike Krukow (8-6) T: 2:21   Att: 37,412 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Mets (44-56) 2 7 0 8 Pittsburgh Pirates (57-45) 1 4 0 8 Win: Wayne Twitchell (5-2)   Loss: Bert Blyleven (9-4)   Save: Ed Glynn (6) T: 2:48   Att: 10,739 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore

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