Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 7,1968

Games on 1968-08-07

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	0	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Jim Hardin	Dave Boswell	(none)
Minnesota Twins	6	Baltimore Orioles	9	Box	Pete Richert	Ron Perranoski	Eddie Watt
Boston Red Sox	3	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Dick Ellsworth	Bob Priddy	(none)
Cleveland Indians	1	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Earl Wilson	Sam McDowell	Daryl Patterson
Oakland Athletics	0	New York Yankees	3	Box	Mel Stottlemyre	Jim Nash	(none)
Oakland Athletics	4	New York Yankees	3	Box	Lew Krausse	Steve Hamilton	Ed Sprague
California Angels	4	Washington Senators II	2	Box	Sammy Ellis	Camilo Pascual	Andy Messersmith
Chicago Cubs	2	Atlanta Braves	10	Box	George Stone	Ken Holtzman	(none)
New York Mets	3	Houston Astros	4	Box	Larry Dierker	Tom Seaver	Steve Shea
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Don Sutton	Al McBean	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Frank Linzy	Dick Hall	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	1	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Mel Nelson	George Culver	Dick Hughes

Standings as of 1968-08-07

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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	112	70	42	.625	--	450	353	97	32-25	38-17	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	50	33	17	.660
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	110	63	47	.573	6.0	401	332	69	30-25	33-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	52	28	24	.538
3	3	4	Boston Red Sox	111	60	51	.541	9.5	428	442	-14	28-26	32-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	51	26	25	.510
4	4	5	Cleveland Indians	115	61	54	.530	10.5	377	352	25	29-28	31-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	46	25	21	.543
5	5	8	Oakland Athletics	111	57	54	.514	12.5	373	361	12	28-30	28-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51	25	26	.490
6	6	11	New York Yankees	108	51	57	.472	17.0	349	368	-19	25-26	26-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	54	32	22	.593
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	109	51	58	.468	17.5	394	367	27	22-33	29-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	53	28	25	.528
8	8	14	California Angels	112	52	60	.464	18.0	360	429	-69	28-31	24-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	50	15	35	.300
9	9	19	Chicago White Sox	108	47	61	.435	21.0	325	339	-14	20-28	27-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	54	20	34	.370
10	10	20	Washington Senators II	108	40	68	.370	28.0	355	469	-114	19-39	21-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	53	25	28	.472
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	113	73	40	.646	--	417	309	108	35-18	38-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	49	24	25	.490
2	2	6	Cincinnati Reds	109	57	52	.523	14.0	454	437	17	31-25	25-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	53	26	27	.491
3	3	7	Chicago Cubs	113	59	54	.522	14.0	410	423	-13	29-32	30-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	49	25	24	.510
4	4	9	San Francisco Giants	111	57	54	.514	15.0	382	367	15	28-24	29-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	51	31	20	.608
5	5	10	Atlanta Braves	103	51	52	.495	17.0	310	335	-25	20-25	31-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	59	30	29	.508
6	6	12	Houston Astros	102	48	54	.471	19.5	327	350	-23	19-29	29-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	60	24	36	.400
7	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	110	51	59	.464	20.5	367	402	-35	27-34	24-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	52	25	27	.481
8	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	105	48	57	.457	21.0	342	342	0	27-30	21-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	57	32	25	.561
9	9	17	New York Mets	115	52	63	.452	22.0	340	344	-4	30-30	22-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	47	21	26	.447
10	10	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	113	51	62	.451	22.0	295	335	-40	23-31	28-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fresco Thompson	Dodger Stadium	49	25	24	.510

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Norm Siebern	1B-OF	35.012	Released by Red Sox.

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