Sports headlines for Tuesday October 9, 1973:

• ABA Cagers Strike On Eve Of Openers
• Mets, Orioles Rate Favorites

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Astros released Fred Gladding
•	Giants released Don McMahon

---

Click on a team's logo to see its 1973 roster, stats and more!

   1973 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 Cincinnati Reds (2-2) 2 8 0 10 New York Mets (2-2) 1 3 1 4 Win: Clay Carroll (109)   Loss: Harry Parker (0-1)   Save: Pedro Borbon (1) T: 3:07   Att: 50,786 at Shea Stadium Boxscore

Team R H E LOB Baltimore Orioles (1-2) 1 3 0 4 Oakland A's (2-1) 2 4 3 5 Win: Ken Holtzman (1-0)   Loss: Mike Cuellar (0-1) T: 2:23   Att: 34,367 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore

All logos shown here are the property of their respective leagues and teams.