Baseball on Wednesday May 31, 1978

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MLB Games on Wednesday May 31, 1978

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VisTeam

vScore

HomeTeam

hScore

Boxscore

Inn

Attendance

Ballpark

TOD

GameTime

Winning Pitcher

Losing Pitcher

Save Pitcher

Home Runs

Toronto Blue Jays

Boston Red Sox

Box | PBP

27,945

Fenway Park

Night

2:33

Jim Clancy

Bill Lee

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California Angels

Chicago White Sox

Box | PBP

12,828

Comiskey Park

Night

2:32

Steve Stone

Don Aase

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Cruz, Fairly, Lemon, Orta

Milwaukee Brewers

Detroit Tigers

Box | PBP

13,017

Tiger Stadium

Night

2:20

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Kansas City Royals

Box | PBP

17,071

Royals Stadium

Night

2:08

Paul Splittorff

Glenn Abbott

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Otis, White

Baltimore Orioles

New York Yankees

Box | PBP

21,404

Yankee Stadium I

Night

2:23

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Cincinnati Reds

Box | PBP

10,933

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Night

2:54

Tom Seaver

Dick Ruthven

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Foster, Lum, Pocoroba, Rose

San Francisco Giants

Houston Astros

Box | PBP

11,400

Astrodome

Night

1:54

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Box | PBP

28,050

Dodger Stadium

Night

2:09

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Montreal Expos

Box | PBP

18,647

Olympic Stadium

Night

2:08

Rudy May

Dennis Lamp

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DeJesus, Perez, Valentine

St. Louis Cardinals

New York Mets

Box | PBP

3,933

Shea Stadium

Night

2:17

Pittsburgh Pirates

Philadelphia Phillies

Box | PBP

29,595

Veterans Stadium

Night

2:45

John Candelaria

Randy Lerch

Kent Tekulve

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11 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 Wednesday, May 31, 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	Boston Red Sox	50	34	16	.680	-	262	194	68	12-12	22-4	113	65	48	.575
AL East	2	2	3	New York Yankees	46	29	17	.630	3.0	206	160	46	13-11	16-6	117	71	46	.607
AL East	3	5	8	Detroit Tigers	46	26	20	.565	6.0	212	171	41	14-12	12-8	116	60	56	.517
AL East	4	8	13	Milwaukee Brewers	45	23	22	.511	8.5	220	200	20	10-14	13-8	117	70	47	.598
AL East	5	9	15	Baltimore Orioles	48	23	25	.479	10.0	180	223	-43	11-13	12-12	113	67	46	.593
AL East	6	10	17	Cleveland Indians	45	21	24	.467	10.5	171	186	-15	9-16	12-8	114	48	66	.421
AL East	7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	48	17	31	.354	16.0	186	248	-62	6-17	11-14	113	42	71	.372
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	3	6	Oakland Athletics	47	27	20	.574	-	152	149	3	12-11	15-9	115	42	73	.365
AL West	2	4	7	Kansas City Royals	44	25	19	.568	0.5	203	190	13	11-12	14-7	118	67	51	.568
AL West	3	6	10	California Angels	46	25	21	.543	1.5	196	188	8	9-12	16-9	116	62	54	.534
AL West	4	7	14	Texas Rangers	45	23	22	.511	3.0	171	176	-5	9-12	14-10	117	64	53	.547
AL West	5	11	21	Minnesota Twins	47	19	28	.404	8.0	208	217	-9	12-15	7-13	115	54	61	.470
AL West	6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	45	17	28	.378	9.0	181	195	-14	4-15	13-13	116	54	62	.466
AL West	7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	50	17	33	.340	11.5	193	244	-51	6-16	11-17	110	39	71	.355
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	Chicago Cubs	44	24	20	.545	-	172	179	-7	13-13	11-7	118	55	63	.466
NL East	2	5	11	Montreal Expos	47	25	22	.532	0.5	206	171	35	11-11	14-11	115	51	64	.443
NL East	3	6	12	Philadelphia Phillies	43	22	21	.512	1.5	201	164	37	7-14	15-7	119	68	51	.571
NL East	4	7	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	47	22	25	.468	3.5	180	210	-30	10-15	12-10	114	66	48	.579
NL East	5	8	18	New York Mets	50	23	27	.460	4.0	193	212	-19	13-12	10-15	112	43	69	.384
NL East	6	12	24	St. Louis Cardinals	50	18	32	.360	9.0	179	210	-31	8-18	10-14	112	51	61	.455
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	2	San Francisco Giants	46	30	16	.652	-	179	144	35	13-9	17-7	116	59	57	.509
NL West	2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	49	30	19	.612	1.5	248	211	37	15-10	15-9	112	62	50	.554
NL West	3	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	47	27	20	.574	3.5	245	184	61	12-11	15-9	115	68	47	.591
NL West	4	9	19	San Diego Padres	47	21	26	.447	9.5	162	194	-32	8-16	13-10	115	63	52	.548
NL West	5	10	20	Houston Astros	45	20	25	.444	9.5	164	181	-17	6-14	14-11	117	54	63	.462
NL West	6	11	22	Atlanta Braves	45	18	27	.400	11.5	144	213	-69	6-15	12-12	117	51	66	.436
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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