Baseball on Sunday May 21, 1978

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MLB Games on Sunday May 21, 1978

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VisTeam

vScore

HomeTeam

hScore

Boxscore

Inn

Attendance

Ballpark

TOD

GameTime

Winning Pitcher

Losing Pitcher

Save Pitcher

Home Runs

Baltimore Orioles

Cleveland Indians

Box | PBP

Cleveland Stadium

Day

2:01

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Cleveland Indians

Box | PBP

23,206

Cleveland Stadium

Day

2:35

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Detroit Tigers

Box | PBP

Tiger Stadium

Day

2:27

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Boston Red Sox

Box | PBP

52,368

Tiger Stadium

Night

2:53

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Minnesota Twins

Box | PBP

29,079

Royals Stadium

Day

2:12

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Milwaukee Brewers

Box | PBP

42,376

County Stadium

Day

2:18

Lary Sorensen

Dave LaRoche

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Fairly

Chicago White Sox

Oakland Athletics

Box | PBP

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Day

2:40

Oakland Athletics

Box | PBP

8,426

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Day

2:17

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Texas Rangers

Box | PBP

28,689

The Kingdome

Day

2:40

Doyle Alexander

Enrique Romo

Reggie Cleveland

Oliver, Stinson (2), Zisk

New York Yankees

Toronto Blue Jays

Box | PBP

Exhibition Stadium

Day

2:18

Box | PBP

41,308

Exhibition Stadium

Day

2:14

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Chicago Cubs

Box | PBP

31,557

Wrigley Field

Day

2:06

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Box | PBP

Day

2:40

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Cincinnati Reds

Box | PBP

38,295

Riverfront Stadium

Day

2:19

Tom Seaver

John D'Acquisto

Doug Bair

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Atlanta Braves

Houston Astros

Box | PBP

11,715

Astrodome

Day

2:17

Los Angeles Dodgers

Box | PBP

49,354

Dodger Stadium

Day

2:10

Burt Hooton

Bob Knepper

Terry Forster

Cey, Clark, Lacy

Pittsburgh Pirates

Montreal Expos

Box | PBP

20,016

Olympic Stadium

Day

2:20

Philadelphia Phillies

New York Mets

Box | PBP

18,183

Shea Stadium

Day

2:28

Skip Lockwood

Tug McGraw

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Schmidt, Stearns

18 record(s)

Glossary:
visTeam Visiting Team Lg League vScore Visiting team runs scored homeTeam Home Team hScore Home team runs scored Boxscore Link to Boxscore (Box) and Play by Play (PBP) Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season TOD Time of Day (Day or Night) GameTime Time of play for the game Winning Pitcher The Pitcher in the game when winning team went ahead for good Losing Pitcher The Pitcher in the game when losing team was losing for the rest of the game Save Pitcher The final pitcher for the winning team in a close game

Standings on Sunday, May 21, 1978

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AL East
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
AL East	1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	35	23	12	.657	-	188	141	47	13-5	10-7	127	63	64	.496
AL East	2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	39	25	14	.641	-	213	162	51	9-11	16-3	124	74	50	.597
AL East	3	3	3	New York Yankees	37	23	14	.622	1.0	166	133	33	12-10	11-4	126	77	49	.611
AL East	4	8	17	Cleveland Indians	37	18	19	.486	6.0	149	152	-3	7-12	11-7	122	51	71	.418
AL East	5	9	16	Milwaukee Brewers	37	18	19	.486	6.0	191	176	15	6-12	12-7	125	75	50	.600
AL East	6	10	20	Baltimore Orioles	37	16	21	.432	8.0	150	196	-46	9-12	7-9	124	74	50	.597
AL East	7	12	23	Toronto Blue Jays	37	14	23	.378	10.0	148	198	-50	4-12	10-11	124	45	79	.363
AL West
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
AL West	1	4	5	Oakland Athletics	39	24	15	.615	-	133	124	9	9-8	15-7	123	45	78	.366
AL West	2	5	8	California Angels	37	21	16	.568	2.0	166	138	28	9-9	12-7	125	66	59	.528
AL West	3	7	10	Kansas City Royals	36	19	17	.528	3.5	155	152	3	7-10	12-7	126	73	53	.579
AL West	4	6	11	Texas Rangers	36	19	17	.528	3.5	143	148	-5	7-10	12-7	126	68	58	.540
AL West	5	11	22	Minnesota Twins	39	15	24	.385	9.0	181	188	-7	10-14	5-10	123	58	65	.472
AL West	6	13	25	Chicago White Sox	35	12	23	.343	10.0	135	167	-32	4-12	8-11	126	59	67	.468
AL West	7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	41	14	27	.341	11.0	154	197	-43	5-13	9-14	119	42	77	.353
NL East
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
NL East	1	4	9	Philadelphia Phillies	35	19	16	.543	-	174	133	41	6-10	13-6	127	71	56	.559
NL East	2	5	12	Chicago Cubs	36	19	17	.528	0.5	143	152	-9	10-10	9-7	126	60	66	.476
NL East	3	7	15	Montreal Expos	37	18	19	.486	2.0	148	149	-1	8-8	10-11	125	58	67	.464
NL East	4	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	37	18	19	.486	2.0	153	161	-8	9-12	9-7	124	70	54	.565
NL East	5	9	18	New York Mets	40	18	22	.450	3.5	146	167	-21	9-10	9-12	122	48	74	.393
NL East	6	12	24	St. Louis Cardinals	40	14	26	.350	7.5	151	169	-18	5-17	9-9	122	55	67	.451
NL West
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
NL West	1	1	4	San Francisco Giants	37	23	14	.622	-	143	130	13	11-8	12-6	125	66	59	.528
NL West	2	2	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	38	23	15	.605	0.5	203	147	56	10-7	13-8	124	72	52	.581
NL West	3	3	7	Cincinnati Reds	40	24	16	.600	0.5	200	182	18	11-8	13-8	121	68	53	.562
NL West	4	6	13	Houston Astros	36	18	18	.500	4.5	146	141	5	6-11	12-7	126	56	70	.444
NL West	5	10	19	San Diego Padres	38	17	21	.447	6.5	132	152	-20	7-14	10-7	124	67	57	.540
NL West	6	11	21	Atlanta Braves	36	14	22	.389	8.5	107	163	-56	5-13	9-9	126	55	71	.437
26 record(s)

Glossary:
League Abbreviation or name of league divRank Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. GP Games Played. Usually refers to a team W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Home Home Team rosG Rest-of-Season Games rosW Rest-of-Season Wins rosL Rest-of-Season Losses rosPct Winning Percentage for Rest of season

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