Baseball on this Date - Friday August 9,1968

Games on 1968-08-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	0	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Dave McNally	Bill Harrelson	(none)
Cleveland Indians	0	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Tommy John	Steve Hargan	Hoyt Wilhelm
Boston Red Sox	5	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Lee Stange	Pat Dobson	(none)
Minnesota Twins	4	New York Yankees	3	Box	Jim Roland	Fritz Peterson	(none)
Oakland Athletics	4	Washington Senators II	2	Box	Jack Aker	Dennis Higgins	(none)
Oakland Athletics	2	Washington Senators II	3	Box	Phil Ortega	Paul Lindblad	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Atlanta Braves	0	Box	Bob Gibson	Phil Niekro	(none)
Chicago Cubs	3	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Jay Ritchie	Fergie Jenkins	Clay Carroll
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Chris Short	Claude Osteen	Gary Wagner
New York Mets	5	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Cal Koonce	Juan Marichal	Ron Taylor
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Houston Astros	2	Box	Steve Shea	Dock Ellis	(none)

Standings as of 1968-08-09

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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	114	71	43	.623	--	466	359	107	32-25	39-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	48	32	16	.667
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	112	65	47	.580	5.0	414	335	79	30-25	35-22	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	50	26	24	.520
3	3	4	Boston Red Sox	113	62	51	.549	8.5	434	445	-11	30-26	32-25	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	49	24	25	.490
4	4	7	Cleveland Indians	117	61	56	.521	11.5	378	366	12	29-30	31-27	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	44	25	19	.568
5	5	8	Oakland Athletics	114	59	55	.518	12.0	385	370	15	30-31	28-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	48	23	25	.479
6	6	12	Minnesota Twins	111	52	59	.468	17.5	401	380	21	23-34	29-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	51	27	24	.529
7	7	14	New York Yankees	110	51	59	.464	18.0	356	378	-22	25-26	26-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	52	32	20	.615
8	8	17	California Angels	114	52	62	.456	19.0	362	439	-77	28-33	24-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	48	15	33	.313
9	9	19	Chicago White Sox	110	48	62	.436	21.0	326	340	-14	20-28	28-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	52	19	33	.365
10	10	20	Washington Senators II	111	42	69	.378	27.5	367	477	-110	19-39	23-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	50	23	27	.460
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	115	75	40	.652	--	419	309	110	36-18	39-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	47	22	25	.468
2	2	5	Cincinnati Reds	111	58	53	.523	15.0	461	441	20	31-26	26-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	51	25	26	.490
3	3	6	Chicago Cubs	115	60	55	.522	15.0	417	430	-13	30-33	30-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	47	24	23	.511
4	4	9	San Francisco Giants	112	57	55	.509	16.5	386	372	14	28-24	29-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	50	31	19	.620
5	5	10	Atlanta Braves	105	51	54	.486	19.0	310	340	-30	20-25	31-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	57	30	27	.526
6	6	11	Philadelphia Phillies	112	53	59	.473	20.5	371	404	-33	29-34	24-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	50	23	27	.460
7	7	13	Houston Astros	103	48	55	.466	21.0	330	354	-24	19-29	29-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	59	24	35	.407
8	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	106	49	57	.462	21.5	346	345	1	28-30	21-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	56	31	25	.554
9	9	16	New York Mets	116	53	63	.457	22.5	345	348	-3	31-30	22-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	46	20	26	.435
10	10	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	115	51	64	.443	24.0	297	339	-42	23-31	28-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fresco Thompson	Dodger Stadium	47	25	22	.532

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