Baseball on this Date - Monday August 23,1976

Games on 1976-08-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	3	Baltimore Orioles	0	Box	Vida Blue	Mike Flanagan	(none)
California Angels	3	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Bill Lee	Nolan Ryan	Tom Murphy
Kansas City Royals	3	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Steve Mingori	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Ray Bare	Rich Gossage	(none)
Minnesota Twins	4	New York Yankees	9	Box	Ken Holtzman	Bill Singer	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Eduardo Rodriguez	Jim Umbarger	Bill Castro
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Jim Lonborg	Dick Ruthven	Tug McGraw
St. Louis Cardinals	9	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	John Denny	Jack Billingham	(none)
Montreal Expos	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Tommy John	Don Stanhouse	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Jerry Johnson	Jim Rooker	Butch Metzger

Standings as of 1976-08-23

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	New York Yankees	121	73	48	.603	--	570	447	123	38-20	35-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Yankee Stadium I	38	24	14	.632
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	122	63	59	.516	10.5	465	466	-1	36-28	27-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	40	25	15	.625
3	6	11	Cleveland Indians	123	61	62	.496	13.0	485	485	0	30-35	31-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	36	20	16	.556
4	7	14	Detroit Tigers	123	59	64	.480	15.0	481	549	-68	28-31	31-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	38	15	23	.395
5	8	15	Boston Red Sox	122	58	64	.475	15.5	507	509	-2	27-38	31-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	40	25	15	.625
6	10	17	Milwaukee Brewers	119	54	65	.454	18.0	437	474	-37	23-35	31-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Baumer	County Stadium	42	12	30	.286
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Kansas City Royals	123	75	48	.610	--	582	440	142	32-26	43-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	39	15	24	.385
2	3	7	Oakland Athletics	124	67	57	.540	8.5	549	479	70	27-37	40-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	37	20	17	.541
3	5	10	Minnesota Twins	125	62	63	.496	14.0	545	571	-26	29-33	33-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	37	23	14	.622
4	9	16	Texas Rangers	124	58	66	.468	17.5	491	511	-20	25-34	33-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	Arlington Stadium	38	18	20	.474
6	12	23	California Angels	125	54	71	.432	22.0	433	514	-81	28-37	26-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	37	22	15	.595
5	11	22	Chicago White Sox	125	54	71	.432	22.0	468	568	-100	24-37	30-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	36	10	26	.278
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Philadelphia Phillies	122	80	42	.656	--	611	423	188	38-17	43-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	40	21	19	.525
2	4	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	123	67	56	.545	13.5	545	522	23	35-26	32-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	39	25	14	.641
3	5	9	New York Mets	124	63	61	.508	18.0	467	414	53	32-33	31-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	38	23	15	.605
4	9	19	St. Louis Cardinals	120	54	66	.450	25.0	479	497	-18	26-31	28-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	42	18	24	.429
5	10	20	Chicago Cubs	125	56	69	.448	25.5	487	598	-111	27-39	29-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Salty Saltwell	Wrigley Field	37	19	18	.514
6	12	24	Montreal Expos	118	41	77	.347	37.0	399	544	-145	21-41	20-36	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	44	14	30	.318
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	126	80	46	.635	--	699	488	211	42-21	38-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	36	22	14	.611
2	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	124	69	55	.556	10.0	481	457	24	29-31	40-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	38	23	15	.605
4	6	12	San Diego Padres	127	61	66	.480	19.5	467	525	-58	26-38	35-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	35	12	23	.343
3	7	13	Houston Astros	127	61	66	.480	19.5	505	544	-39	26-37	34-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	35	19	16	.543
5	8	18	Atlanta Braves	126	57	69	.452	23.0	492	524	-32	31-34	26-35	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Bristol	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	36	13	23	.361
6	11	21	San Francisco Giants	126	55	71	.437	25.0	457	553	-96	24-39	31-32	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	36	19	17	.528

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