Baseball on this Date - Wednesday May 31,1978

Games on 1978-05-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Toronto Blue Jays	6	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Jim Clancy	Bill Lee	(none)
California Angels	2	Chicago White Sox	17	Box	Steve Stone	Don Aase	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	0	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Milt Wilcox	Bill Travers	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Kansas City Royals	8	Box	Paul Splittorff	Glenn Abbott	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	3	New York Yankees	2	Box	Mike Flanagan	Ed Figueroa	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	10	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Tom Seaver	Dick Ruthven	(none)
San Francisco Giants	0	Houston Astros	1	Box	Mark Lemongello	Vida Blue	(none)
San Diego Padres	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Bob Shirley	Doug Rau	Rollie Fingers
Chicago Cubs	1	Montreal Expos	9	Box	Rudy May	Dennis Lamp	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	New York Mets	4	Box	Bob Forsch	Mike Bruhert	Buddy Schultz
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	John Candelaria	Randy Lerch	Kent Tekulve

Standings as of 1978-05-31

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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	1	1	Boston Red Sox	50	34	16	.680	--	262	194	68	12-12	22-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	113	65	48	.575
2	2	3	New York Yankees	46	29	17	.630	3.0	206	160	46	13-11	16-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	117	71	46	.607
3	5	8	Detroit Tigers	46	26	20	.565	6.0	212	171	41	14-12	12-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	116	60	56	.517
4	8	13	Milwaukee Brewers	45	23	22	.511	8.5	220	200	20	10-14	13-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	117	70	47	.598
5	9	15	Baltimore Orioles	48	23	25	.479	10.0	180	223	-43	11-13	12-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	113	67	46	.593
6	10	17	Cleveland Indians	45	21	24	.467	10.5	171	186	-15	9-16	12-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	114	48	66	.421
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	48	17	31	.354	16.0	186	248	-62	6-17	11-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	113	42	71	.372
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	3	6	Oakland Athletics	47	27	20	.574	--	152	149	3	12-11	15-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	115	42	73	.365
2	4	7	Kansas City Royals	44	25	19	.568	0.5	203	190	13	11-12	14-7	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	118	67	51	.568
3	6	10	California Angels	46	25	21	.543	1.5	196	188	8	9-12	16-9	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	116	62	54	.534
4	7	14	Texas Rangers	45	23	22	.511	3.0	171	176	-5	9-12	14-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	117	64	53	.547
5	11	21	Minnesota Twins	47	19	28	.404	8.0	208	217	-9	12-15	7-13	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	115	54	61	.470
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	45	17	28	.378	9.0	181	195	-14	4-15	13-13	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	116	54	62	.466
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	50	17	33	.340	11.5	193	244	-51	6-16	11-17	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	110	39	71	.355
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	4	9	Chicago Cubs	44	24	20	.545	--	172	179	-7	13-13	11-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	118	55	63	.466
2	5	11	Montreal Expos	47	25	22	.532	0.5	206	171	35	11-11	14-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	115	51	64	.443
3	6	12	Philadelphia Phillies	43	22	21	.512	1.5	201	164	37	7-14	15-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	119	68	51	.571
4	7	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	47	22	25	.468	3.5	180	210	-30	10-15	12-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	114	66	48	.579
5	8	18	New York Mets	50	23	27	.460	4.0	193	212	-19	13-12	10-15	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	112	43	69	.384
6	12	24	St. Louis Cardinals	50	18	32	.360	9.0	179	210	-31	8-18	10-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	112	51	61	.455
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	2	San Francisco Giants	46	30	16	.652	--	179	144	35	13-9	17-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	116	59	57	.509
2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	49	30	19	.612	1.5	248	211	37	15-10	15-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	112	62	50	.554
3	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	47	27	20	.574	3.5	245	184	61	12-11	15-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	115	68	47	.591
4	9	19	San Diego Padres	47	21	26	.447	9.5	162	194	-32	8-16	13-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	115	63	52	.548
5	10	20	Houston Astros	45	20	25	.444	9.5	164	181	-17	6-14	14-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	117	54	63	.462
6	11	22	Atlanta Braves	45	18	27	.400	11.5	144	213	-69	6-15	12-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	117	51	66	.436

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Tom Paciorek	OF-1B	31.210	Signed as Free Agent by Mariners.

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