Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 6,1968

Games on 1968-08-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	5	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Jim Merritt	Gene Brabender	Ron Perranoski
Boston Red Sox	8	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Jim Lonborg	Cisco Carlos	Sparky Lyle
Cleveland Indians	1	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	John Wyatt	Mike Paul	(none)
Cleveland Indians	2	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Mickey Lolich	Stan Williams	John Wyatt
California Angels	10	Washington Senators II	3	Box	Tom Murphy	Frank Bertaina	Dennis Bennett
California Angels	0	Washington Senators II	1	Box	Joe Coleman	Jim McGlothlin	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Joe Niekro	Pat Jarvis	Phil Regan
New York Mets	4	Houston Astros	1	Box	Cal Koonce	Dave Giusti	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Bob Moose	Don Drysdale	Ron Kline
Philadelphia Phillies	1	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Gaylord Perry	Larry Jackson	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	5	St. Louis Cardinals	0	Box	Jim Maloney	Steve Carlton	(none)

Standings as of 1968-08-06

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1968 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Detroit Tigers	111	69	42	.622	--	444	352	92	32-25	37-17	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	51	34	17	.667
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	108	61	47	.565	6.5	389	326	63	30-25	31-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	54	30	24	.556
3	3	4	Boston Red Sox	110	59	51	.536	9.5	425	440	-15	27-26	32-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	52	27	25	.519
4	4	5	Cleveland Indians	114	61	53	.535	9.5	376	346	30	29-27	31-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	47	25	22	.532
5	5	8	Oakland Athletics	109	56	53	.514	12.0	369	355	14	27-29	28-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53	26	27	.491
6	6	11	Minnesota Twins	107	51	56	.477	16.0	388	355	33	22-31	29-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	55	28	27	.509
7	7	12	New York Yankees	106	50	56	.472	16.5	343	364	-21	25-26	25-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	56	33	23	.589
8	8	16	California Angels	111	51	60	.459	18.0	356	427	-71	27-31	24-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	51	16	35	.314
9	9	19	Chicago White Sox	107	47	60	.439	20.0	323	336	-13	20-28	27-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	55	20	35	.364
10	10	20	Washington Senators II	107	40	67	.374	27.0	353	465	-112	19-39	21-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	54	25	29	.463
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1968 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	112	72	40	.643	--	414	308	106	35-18	37-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	50	25	25	.500
2	2	6	Cincinnati Reds	108	57	51	.528	13.0	453	434	19	31-24	25-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	54	26	28	.481
3	3	7	Chicago Cubs	112	59	53	.527	13.0	408	413	-5	29-31	30-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	50	25	25	.500
4	4	9	San Francisco Giants	110	56	54	.509	15.0	378	364	14	28-24	28-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	52	32	20	.615
5	5	10	Atlanta Braves	102	50	52	.490	17.0	300	333	-33	20-25	30-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	60	31	29	.517
6	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	109	51	58	.468	19.5	364	398	-34	27-33	24-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	53	25	28	.472
7	7	14	Houston Astros	101	47	54	.465	19.5	323	347	-24	19-29	28-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	61	25	36	.410
8	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	104	48	56	.462	20.0	340	336	4	27-29	21-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	58	32	26	.552
9	9	17	New York Mets	114	52	62	.456	21.0	337	340	-3	30-29	22-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	48	21	27	.438
10	10	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	112	50	62	.446	22.0	289	333	-44	23-31	27-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fresco Thompson	Dodger Stadium	50	26	24	.520

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