Baseball on this Date - Saturday May 8,1971

Games on 1971-05-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	2	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Steve Kline	Joe Horlen	(none)
California Angels	5	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Rudy May	Rich Hand	Dave LaRoche
Kansas City Royals	1	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Joe Coleman	Wally Bunker	Fred Scherman
Boston Red Sox	4	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Sonny Siebert	Lew Krausse	Ken Tatum
Washington Senators II	2	Minnesota Twins	9	Box	Jim Kaat	Dick Bosman	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Nelson Briles	Al Downing	Dave Giusti
Chicago Cubs	3	Montreal Expos	0	Box	Ken Holtzman	Ernie McAnally	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	0	San Diego Padres	10	Box	Steve Arlin	Don Gullett	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	7	San Diego Padres	4	Box	Gary Nolan	Tom Phoebus	Wayne Granger
Atlanta Braves	5	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Ron Reed	Ron Bryant	Cecil Upshaw

Standings as of 1971-05-08

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Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Boston Red Sox	26	18	8	.692	--	137	106	31	8-5	10-3	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	136	67	69	.493
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	25	16	9	.640	1.5	113	80	33	7-7	9-2	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	133	85	48	.639
3	5	12	Detroit Tigers	26	13	13	.500	5.0	105	117	-12	6-10	7-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	136	78	58	.574
4	8	16	Washington Senators II	28	13	15	.464	6.0	96	110	-14	5-5	8-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	131	50	81	.382
5	9	17	New York Yankees	26	12	14	.462	6.0	100	111	-11	5-8	7-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	136	70	66	.515
6	12	23	Cleveland Indians	27	8	19	.296	10.5	79	124	-45	4-11	4-8	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	135	52	83	.385
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	5	Oakland Athletics	30	19	11	.633	--	129	110	19	11-3	8-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	131	82	49	.626
2	4	8	California Angels	30	16	14	.533	3.0	105	98	7	9-5	7-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	132	60	72	.455
3	6	10	Kansas City Royals	28	14	14	.500	4.0	103	95	8	7-8	7-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	133	71	62	.534
4	7	15	Minnesota Twins	29	14	15	.483	4.5	130	112	18	7-8	7-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	131	60	71	.458
5	10	19	Milwaukee Brewers	26	11	15	.423	6.0	66	81	-15	6-7	5-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	135	58	77	.430
6	11	21	Chicago White Sox	27	10	17	.370	7.5	91	110	-19	8-4	2-13	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	135	69	66	.511
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	New York Mets	25	16	9	.640	--	93	71	22	8-5	8-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	137	67	70	.489
2	3	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	28	17	11	.607	0.5	113	76	37	8-6	9-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	134	80	54	.597
3	4	7	St. Louis Cardinals	30	17	13	.567	1.5	113	104	9	9-5	7-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	132	73	59	.553
4	5	9	Montreal Expos	21	11	10	.524	3.0	59	61	-2	5-7	6-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	140	60	80	.429
5	9	18	Chicago Cubs	28	12	16	.429	5.5	95	116	-21	5-11	7-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	134	71	63	.530
6	11	22	Philadelphia Phillies	25	8	17	.320	8.0	76	111	-35	4-9	4-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Veterans Stadium	137	59	78	.431
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1971 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	San Francisco Giants	29	21	8	.724	--	123	84	39	11-4	10-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	133	69	64	.519
2	7	13	Atlanta Braves	28	14	14	.500	6.5	106	116	-10	8-5	6-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	134	68	66	.507
3	6	11	Houston Astros	28	14	14	.500	6.5	100	85	15	6-6	8-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	134	65	69	.485
4	8	14	Los Angeles Dodgers	31	15	16	.484	7.0	117	119	-2	9-7	6-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	131	74	57	.565
5	10	20	Cincinnati Reds	27	11	16	.407	9.0	91	99	-8	5-8	6-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	135	68	67	.504
6	12	24	San Diego Padres	28	8	20	.286	12.5	87	131	-44	4-9	4-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	133	53	80	.398

Transactions

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Kurt Bevacqua	3B-2B	24.105	Traded by Reds to Indians for Buddy Bradford.
Buddy Bradford	OF	26.287	Traded by Indians to Reds for Kurt Bevacqua.
Mike Epstein	1B	28.034	Traded by Senators with Darold Knowles to Athletics for Paul Lindblad, Don Mincher, Frank Fernandez and Cash.
Frank Fernandez	C	28.022	Traded by Athletics with Paul Lindblad, Don Mincher and Cash to Senators for Darold Knowles and Mike Epstein.
Darold Knowles	P	29.150	Traded by Senators with Mike Epstein to Athletics for Paul Lindblad, Don Mincher, Frank Fernandez and Cash.
Paul Lindblad	P	29.272	Traded by Athletics with Don Mincher, Frank Fernandez and Cash to Senators for Darold Knowles and Mike Epstein.
Don Mincher	1B	32.318	Traded by Athletics with Paul Lindblad, Frank Fernandez and Cash to Senators for Darold Knowles and Mike Epstein.

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