Sports headlines for Wednesday April 9, 1980:

• Brooks Quits At Minnesota, Has No Offers From NHL
• NFL Alters Tie-Breaking Procedures For Playoffs
• Seaver Stand-In Shuts Out Braves
• Suspended Michigan Gridders Charged With Assault
• Gant Suffers Injuries In Testing Crash
• Jim Brown, Jr. To Play Basketball At USC

• Royals placed Amos Otis on the disabled list
• Phillies placed Warren Brusstar on the disabled list
• Mariners claimed Dave Heaverlo on waivers from A's
• Mariners placed Juan Beniquez on the disabled list

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Team R H E LOB Atlanta Braves (0-1) 0 3 2 3 Cincinnati Reds (1-0) 9 9 0 7 Win: Frank Pastore (1-0)   Loss: Phil Niekro (0-1) T: 2:07   Att: 51,774 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Toronto Blue Jays (0-1) 6 9 1 8 Seattle Mariners (1-0) 8 12 2 6 Win: Mike Parrott (1-0)   Loss: Dave Lemanczyk (0-1)   Save: Dave Heaverlo (1) T: 2:34   Att: 22,588 at The Kingdome Boxscore