Baseball on this Date - Friday May 8,1970

Games on 1970-05-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	1	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Jim Palmer	Gerry Janeski	(none)
New York Yankees	3	California Angels	4	Box	Clyde Wright	Ron Klimkowski	Ken Tatum
Minnesota Twins	7	Cleveland Indians	6	Box	Stan Williams	Barry Moore	(none)
Kansas City Royals	9	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Bob Johnson	Mike Kilkenny	(none)
Boston Red Sox	1	Oakland Athletics	7	Box	Chuck Dobson	Jim Lonborg	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	7	Atlanta Braves	8	Box	Bob Priddy	Chuck Taylor	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	7	Chicago Cubs	10	Box	Ken Holtzman	Jim Merritt	Phil Regan
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Houston Astros	7	Box	Jim Ray	Steve Blass	(none)
San Diego Padres	11	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Mike Corkins	Gary Waslewski	(none)
San Diego Padres	6	Montreal Expos	7	Box	Claude Raymond	Gary Ross	(none)
San Francisco Giants	7	New York Mets	1	Box	Migel Puente	Gary Gentry	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Jose Pena	Joe Hoerner	(none)

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	26	18	8	.692	--	144	96	48	9-2	9-6	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	136	90	46	.662
2	4	7	Detroit Tigers	25	14	11	.560	3.5	120	109	11	9-8	5-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	137	65	72	.474
3	5	9	Boston Red Sox	25	13	12	.520	4.5	103	97	6	3-8	10-4	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	137	74	63	.540
4	6	10	New York Yankees	29	15	14	.517	4.5	133	126	7	6-9	9-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	133	78	55	.586
5	7	11	Washington Senators II	26	13	13	.500	5.0	114	125	-11	2-3	11-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	136	57	79	.419
6	10	21	Cleveland Indians	24	9	15	.375	8.0	75	98	-23	6-8	3-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	138	67	71	.486
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Minnesota Twins	25	17	8	.680	--	127	91	36	10-4	7-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	137	81	56	.591
2	3	4	California Angels	26	17	9	.654	0.5	119	90	29	9-4	8-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	136	69	67	.507
3	8	15	Oakland Athletics	28	13	15	.464	5.5	116	114	2	5-9	8-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	134	76	58	.567
4	9	18	Chicago White Sox	25	11	14	.440	6.0	91	129	-38	5-6	6-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	137	45	92	.328
5	11	22	Kansas City Royals	26	9	17	.346	8.5	108	138	-30	5-6	4-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	136	56	80	.412
6	12	24	Milwaukee Brewers	27	7	20	.259	11.0	108	145	-37	5-15	2-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	135	58	77	.430
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	Chicago Cubs	24	14	10	.583	--	107	97	10	3-9	11-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	138	70	68	.507
2	7	14	New York Mets	27	13	14	.481	2.5	97	89	8	8-7	5-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	135	70	65	.519
3	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	27	13	14	.481	2.5	89	121	-32	8-9	5-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	134	60	74	.448
4	9	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	27	12	15	.444	3.5	109	130	-21	5-8	7-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	135	77	58	.570
5	10	19	St. Louis Cardinals	23	10	13	.435	3.5	104	104	0	4-5	6-8	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	139	66	73	.475
6	12	23	Montreal Expos	25	8	17	.320	6.5	81	159	-78	5-11	3-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	137	65	72	.474
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	29	22	7	.759	--	158	98	60	9-5	13-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	133	80	53	.602
2	2	5	Atlanta Braves	27	16	11	.593	5.0	157	134	23	7-5	9-6	W10	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	135	60	75	.444
3	4	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	27	15	12	.556	6.0	105	79	26	8-3	7-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	134	72	62	.537
4	5	12	San Francisco Giants	29	14	15	.483	8.0	167	165	2	5-6	9-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	133	72	61	.541
5	8	16	Houston Astros	29	13	16	.448	9.0	137	140	-3	4-11	9-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	133	66	67	.496
6	11	20	San Diego Padres	30	12	18	.400	10.5	118	113	5	8-9	4-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	132	51	81	.386

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