Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 24,1968

Games on 1968-08-24

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	3	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Jim Hardin	Dave Morehead	(none)
Minnesota Twins	2	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Jack Fisher	Tom Hall	Hoyt Wilhelm
Minnesota Twins	9	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Dave Boswell	Bob Priddy	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	New York Yankees	2	Box	Mel Stottlemyre	Denny McLain	(none)
California Angels	5	Oakland Athletics	9	Box	Blue Moon Odom	Sammy Ellis	Diego Segui
Cleveland Indians	2	Washington Senators II	1	Box	Steve Hargan	Phil Ortega	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Jerry Johnson	George Stone	Gary Wagner
New York Mets	7	Cincinnati Reds	10	Box	Gerry Arrigo	Jerry Koosman	Ted Abernathy
Chicago Cubs	1	Houston Astros	5	Box	Dave Giusti	Ken Holtzman	(none)
San Francisco Giants	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Ray Sadecki	Don Drysdale	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Roy Face	Bob Gibson	(none)

Standings as of 1968-08-24

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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	130	81	49	.623	--	526	409	117	36-30	45-19	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	32	22	10	.688
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	127	74	53	.583	5.5	464	386	78	37-29	37-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	35	17	18	.486
3	3	4	Cleveland Indians	133	72	61	.541	10.5	427	409	18	34-30	37-32	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	28	14	14	.500
4	4	7	Boston Red Sox	130	69	61	.531	12.0	492	511	-19	32-33	37-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	32	17	15	.531
5	5	8	Oakland Athletics	129	67	62	.519	13.5	448	423	25	32-31	34-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	33	15	18	.455
6	6	11	New York Yankees	126	62	64	.492	17.0	403	419	-16	33-29	28-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	36	21	15	.583
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	128	60	68	.469	20.0	456	433	23	26-36	34-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	34	19	15	.559
8	8	17	California Angels	129	57	72	.442	23.5	415	493	-78	29-37	28-35	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	33	10	23	.303
9	9	19	Chicago White Sox	129	54	75	.419	26.5	387	412	-25	24-37	30-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	33	13	20	.394
10	10	20	Washington Senators II	125	47	78	.376	31.5	410	533	-123	24-44	23-34	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	36	18	18	.500
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	130	82	48	.631	--	481	368	113	41-23	41-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	32	15	17	.469
2	2	5	Cincinnati Reds	126	68	58	.540	12.0	545	533	12	35-26	32-33	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Crosley Field	36	15	21	.417
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	128	69	59	.539	12.0	450	415	35	37-27	32-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	34	19	15	.559
4	4	9	Chicago Cubs	131	68	63	.519	14.5	494	503	-9	32-35	36-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	31	16	15	.516
5	5	10	Houston Astros	116	58	58	.500	17.0	380	385	-5	24-32	34-26	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	46	14	32	.304
6	6	12	Atlanta Braves	119	56	63	.471	20.5	370	414	-44	23-32	33-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	43	25	18	.581
7	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	127	59	68	.465	21.5	419	461	-42	30-37	29-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	35	17	18	.486
8	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	117	54	63	.462	21.5	398	382	16	31-34	23-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	45	26	19	.578
9	9	16	New York Mets	131	58	73	.443	24.5	386	396	-10	32-35	26-38	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Johnny Murphy	Shea Stadium	31	15	16	.484
10	10	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	125	53	72	.424	26.5	320	386	-66	23-36	30-36	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fresco Thompson	Dodger Stadium	37	23	14	.622

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