Sports headlines for Tuesday August 28, 1979:

• Rose Denies He'll Be Frozen Out Of Pizza Job
• Lakers, Rockets Settle Lawsuit
• Montefusco Changes His Mind, Reports Back To The Giants
• San Diego Releases Rodgers As 2-Year Experiment Fails
• Shriver And Panatta Upset In U.S. Open

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Dodgers released Andy Messersmith
•	Dodgers activated Andy Messersmith

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Team R H E LOB Boston Red Sox (77-52) 3 10 4 7 Chicago White Sox (57-74) 7 10 0 6 Win: Ross Baumgarten (12-7)   Loss: Allen Ripley (3-1)   Save: Ed Farmer (11) T: 2:33   Att: 12,287 at Comiskey Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB California Angels (71-61) 2 8 0 8 Detroit Tigers (71-61) 12 13 1 7 Win: Bruce Robbins (3-2)   Loss: Don Aase (9-9) T: 2:29   Att: 19,178 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Milwaukee Brewers (80-53) 11 15 1 6 Kansas City Royals (69-62) 6 12 2 6 Win: Moose Haas (9-8)   Loss: Craig Chamberlain (3-1) T: 3:07   Att: 26,278 at Royals Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (70-58) 2 7 1 9 Texas Rangers (63-69) 10 13 1 6 Win: Jim Kern (11-4)   Loss: Ken Clay (1-6) T: 2:46   Att: 23,339 at Arlington Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Oakland A's (42-91) 6 11 0 8 Toronto Blue Jays (42-89) 3 7 1 4 Win: Rick Langford (10-13)   Loss: Dave Stieb (5-5) T: 2:35   Att: 21,736 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (76-54) 4 6 1 4 Los Angeles Dodgers (61-70) 1 4 1 2 Win: John Candelaria (12-8)   Loss: Charlie Hough (4-5) T: 2:09   Att: 31,587 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (75-57) 6 7 0 3 Montreal Expos (70-54) 7 10 1 6 Win: David Palmer (6-2)   Loss: Pete Ladd (1-1) T: 0:00   Att: 30,513 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (52-79) 6 13 2 8 New York Mets (52-76) 4 12 0 6 Win: Phil Niekro (17-17)   Loss: Dock Ellis (2-6)   Save: Joey McLaughlin (2) T: 2:29   Att: 6,586 at Shea Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Cincinnati Reds (76-57) 5 11 1 10 Philadelphia Phillies (65-66) 2 7 2 5 Win: Frank Pastore (3-6)   Loss: Steve Carlton (13-11)   Save: Tom Hume (11) T: 2:19   Att: 31,113 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Chicago Cubs (70-58) 3 9 0 5 San Diego Padres (56-77) 1 5 1 4 Win: Rick Reuschel (16-7)   Loss: Randy Jones (10-10)   Save: Bruce Sutter (34) T: 2:03   Att: 13,515 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (68-60) 2 8 1 8 San Francisco Giants (59-72) 1 7 2 6 Win: Bob Forsch (7-10)   Loss: Bob Knepper (9-9)   Save: Mark Littell (9) T: 2:29   Att: 18,836 at Candlestick Park Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Seattle Mariners Game postponed due to rain. Made up on August 29. Cleveland Indians at Municipal Stadium
Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles Game postponed due to rain. Made up on August 29. Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium

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