Sports headlines for Wednesday August 8, 1979:

• If NHL Can't Beat Russia, How Can U.S.?

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Red Sox activated Jerry Remy

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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 Milwaukee Brewers (66-48) 8 14 0 9 Baltimore Orioles (74-38) 4 8 2 5 Win: Bill Travers (10-5)   Loss: Don Stanhouse (6-2) T: 3:04   Att: 25,260 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (56-56) 6 10 0 5 Boston Red Sox (68-42) 4 12 1 8 Win: Rick Wise (12-6)   Loss: Bob Stanley (11-8)   Save: Sid Monge (14) 1st game of doubleheader T: 3:04   Att: 31,756 at Fenway Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (57-56) 8 12 1 11 Boston Red Sox (68-43) 2 6 1 5 Win: Dan Spillner (6-2)   Loss: Steve Renko (8-7) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:18   Att: 30,141 at Fenway Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (59-53) 16 17 2 8 Detroit Tigers (57-54) 9 11 2 6 Win: Fergie Jenkins (12-8)   Loss: Pat Underwood (6-3) 1st game of doubleheader T: 3:00 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (59-54) 4 6 0 10 Detroit Tigers (58-54) 10 9 2 5 Win: Bruce Robbins (1-1)   Loss: John Henry Johnson (4-14) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:44   Att: 28,619 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (49-62) 3 4 0 2 New York Yankees (61-51) 4 10 2 6 Win: Luis Tiant (8-6)   Loss: Steve Trout (6-5)   Save: Ron Davis (6) T: 2:12   Att: 20,048 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB California Angels (65-50) 8 21 0 12 Oakland A's (34-80) 1 6 1 6 Win: Dave Frost (11-7)   Loss: Matt Keough (0-14) T: 2:42   Att: 3,463 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Minnesota Twins (59-52) 3 8 0 9 Seattle Mariners (48-67) 1 10 0 9 Win: Dave Goltz (11-8)   Loss: Floyd Bannister (6-11)   Save: Mike Marshall (24) T: 2:32   Att: 8,222 at The Kingdome Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (64-47) 5 10 0 4 Chicago Cubs (58-50) 2 8 1 10 Win: Kent Tekulve (6-6)   Loss: Dick Tidrow (8-3) T: 2:30   Att: 34,255 at Wrigley Field Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (46-70) 1 2 0 0 Cincinnati Reds (63-53) 3 7 0 6 Win: Bill Bonham (6-5)   Loss: Phil Niekro (14-15) T: 1:50   Att: 24,022 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (67-48) 4 7 0 3 Los Angeles Dodgers (49-64) 1 6 1 7 Win: J.R. Richard (11-11)   Loss: Burt Hooton (10-8) T: 2:16   Att: 41,584 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (56-53) 8 15 0 8 New York Mets (47-63) 4 6 0 5 Win: Pete Vuckovich (11-8)   Loss: Andy Hassler (3-4) T: 2:15   Att: 10,024 at Shea Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (61-47) 3 6 1 2 Philadelphia Phillies (58-55) 4 8 0 10 Win: Ron Reed (9-6)   Loss: Elias Sosa (5-7) T: 2:28   Att: 36,476 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB San Diego Padres (50-65) 7 9 0 8 San Francisco Giants (55-59) 10 14 1 11 Win: John Curtis (7-7)   Loss: Bob Shirley (5-12)   Save: Gary Lavelle (15) T: 2:53   Att: 8,894 at Candlestick Park Boxscore

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