Baseball on this Date - Sunday April 23,1978

Games on 1978-04-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	6	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Larry Gura	Tim Stoddard	Marty Pattin
Cleveland Indians	3	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Bill Campbell	Dennis Kinney	(none)
Cleveland Indians	10	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Jim Kern	Bob Stanley	Dennis Kinney
Texas Rangers	6	Detroit Tigers	9	Box	Jim Slaton	Jon Matlack	Steve Foucault
Texas Rangers	2	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Len Barker	Jim Crawford	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	3	New York Yankees	2	Box	Lary Sorensen	Catfish Hunter	Bob McClure
Oakland Athletics	5	Seattle Mariners	0	Box	John Henry Johnson	Paul Mitchell	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Box	Jesse Jefferson	Steve Stone	(none)
New York Mets	2	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Guillermo Hernandez	Butch Metzger	(none)
Houston Astros	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Don Sutton	Joe Niekro	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Montreal Expos	5	Box	Steve Rogers	Jim Lonborg	Darold Knowles
St. Louis Cardinals	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	14	Box	Bruce Kison	Bob Forsch	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Jim Bibby	Pete Vuckovich	Don Robinson
Atlanta Braves	4	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Dave Wehrmeister	Eddie Solomon	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Dale Murray	Randy Moffitt	Doug Bair

Standings as of 1978-04-23

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	3	Detroit Tigers	12	9	3	.750	--	70	54	16	4-1	5-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	150	77	73	.513
2	5	6	Boston Red Sox	15	10	5	.667	0.5	102	79	23	2-3	8-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	148	89	59	.601
3	6	11	Milwaukee Brewers	15	8	7	.533	2.5	100	76	24	3-7	5-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	147	85	62	.578
4	7	17	New York Yankees	14	6	8	.429	4.0	45	54	-9	1-5	5-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	149	94	55	.631
5	9	19	Cleveland Indians	12	5	7	.417	4.0	66	57	9	2-5	3-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	147	64	83	.435
6	11	20	Baltimore Orioles	14	5	9	.357	5.0	56	85	-29	1-6	4-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	147	85	62	.578
7	10	21	Toronto Blue Jays	14	5	9	.357	5.0	51	72	-21	1-4	4-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	147	54	93	.367
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Kansas City Royals	12	10	2	.833	--	50	34	16	5-2	5-0	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	150	82	68	.547
2	2	2	Oakland Athletics	14	11	3	.786	--	45	23	22	6-2	5-1	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	148	58	90	.392
3	4	4	California Angels	14	10	4	.714	1.0	50	38	12	5-2	5-2	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	148	77	71	.520
4	8	18	Chicago White Sox	12	5	7	.417	5.0	52	54	-2	1-6	4-1	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	149	66	83	.443
5	12	22	Minnesota Twins	17	6	11	.353	6.5	78	81	-3	4-5	2-6	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	145	67	78	.462
6	13	24	Seattle Mariners	19	5	14	.263	8.5	64	95	-31	2-6	3-8	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	141	51	90	.362
7	14	25	Texas Rangers	12	3	9	.250	7.0	40	67	-27	1-6	2-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	150	84	66	.560
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	8	Montreal Expos	13	8	5	.615	--	60	45	15	3-4	5-1	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	149	68	81	.456
2	4	9	Chicago Cubs	14	8	6	.571	0.5	53	50	3	3-3	5-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	148	71	77	.480
3	5	10	New York Mets	16	9	7	.563	0.5	48	48	0	5-4	4-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	146	57	89	.390
4	7	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	13	6	7	.462	2.0	63	73	-10	1-5	5-2	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	148	82	66	.554
5	9	15	Philadelphia Phillies	11	5	6	.455	2.0	48	45	3	3-4	2-2	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	151	85	66	.563
6	11	23	St. Louis Cardinals	15	5	10	.333	4.0	62	73	-11	1-5	4-5	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	147	64	83	.435
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	5	Cincinnati Reds	16	11	5	.688	--	90	61	29	5-4	6-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	145	81	64	.559
2	2	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	15	10	5	.667	0.5	87	61	26	4-2	6-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	147	85	62	.578
3	6	12	San Francisco Giants	14	7	7	.500	3.0	51	46	5	3-2	4-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	148	82	66	.554
4	8	13	San Diego Padres	13	6	7	.462	3.5	44	50	-6	2-3	4-4	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	149	78	71	.523
5	10	16	Houston Astros	16	7	9	.438	4.0	65	79	-14	3-7	4-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	146	67	79	.459
6	12	26	Atlanta Braves	14	3	11	.214	7.0	32	72	-40	2-7	1-4	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	148	66	82	.446

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Julio Franco	SS-2B	19.243	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Phillies

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