Baseball on this Date - Friday August 4,1978

Games on 1978-08-04

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	3	California Angels	12	Box	Al Fitzmorris	Gary Serum	Ken Brett
Chicago White Sox	1	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Kip Young	Wilbur Wood	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Victor Cruz	Al Hrabosky	(none)
Boston Red Sox	2	Milwaukee Brewers	6	Box	Lary Sorensen	Bill Lee	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	New York Yankees	1	Box	Mike Flanagan	Ron Guidry	Don Stanhouse
Seattle Mariners	1	Oakland Athletics	6	Box	John Henry Johnson	Glenn Abbott	(none)
Cleveland Indians	0	Texas Rangers	8	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Rick Wise	(none)
Houston Astros	2	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Phil Niekro	Mark Lemongello	(none)
Montreal Expos	4	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Rick Reuschel	Mike Garman	Bruce Sutter
San Diego Padres	3	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Bob Shirley	Doug Bair	Rollie Fingers
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	Larry Christenson	Jim Rooker	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Don Robinson	Jim Kaat	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Vida Blue	Doug Rau	Randy Moffitt
New York Mets	8	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Craig Swan	Bob Forsch	(none)

Standings as of 1978-08-04

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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	107	67	40	.626	--	543	423	120	27-29	40-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	56	32	24	.571
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	105	61	44	.581	5.0	546	436	110	24-26	37-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	57	32	25	.561
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	107	60	47	.561	7.0	438	482	-44	30-27	30-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	54	30	24	.556
4	5	9	New York Yankees	108	59	49	.546	8.5	473	425	48	27-28	32-21	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	55	41	14	.745
5	6	10	Detroit Tigers	107	58	49	.542	9.0	479	430	49	27-29	31-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	55	28	27	.509
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	106	51	55	.481	15.5	448	451	-3	19-33	32-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	53	18	35	.340
7	13	24	Toronto Blue Jays	107	40	67	.374	27.0	419	522	-103	16-37	24-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	54	19	35	.352
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	4	7	Kansas City Royals	105	58	47	.552	--	479	414	65	22-30	36-17	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	57	34	23	.596
2	7	11	California Angels	110	59	51	.536	1.5	463	450	13	25-29	34-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	52	28	24	.538
3	8	14	Oakland Athletics	110	57	53	.518	3.5	385	413	-28	26-30	31-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52	12	40	.231
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	106	50	56	.472	8.5	425	431	-6	18-33	32-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	56	37	19	.661
5	11	21	Minnesota Twins	105	45	60	.429	13.0	458	478	-20	25-35	20-25	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	57	28	29	.491
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	106	45	61	.425	13.5	427	485	-58	17-29	28-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	55	26	29	.473
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	109	39	70	.358	21.0	435	578	-143	16-35	23-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	51	17	34	.333
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	8	Philadelphia Phillies	104	57	47	.548	--	447	388	59	19-31	38-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	58	33	25	.569
2	6	13	Chicago Cubs	106	55	51	.519	3.0	424	448	-24	25-31	30-20	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	56	24	32	.429
3	7	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	104	50	54	.481	7.0	400	419	-19	21-32	29-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	57	38	19	.667
4	9	19	Montreal Expos	110	51	59	.464	9.0	456	409	47	22-32	29-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	52	25	27	.481
5	11	22	New York Mets	110	47	63	.427	13.0	432	463	-31	21-32	26-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	52	19	33	.365
6	12	25	St. Louis Cardinals	108	40	68	.370	19.0	361	444	-83	19-38	21-30	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	54	29	25	.537
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	110	66	44	.600	--	454	387	67	29-27	37-17	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	52	23	29	.442
2	2	3	Cincinnati Reds	108	63	45	.583	2.0	476	452	24	29-24	34-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	53	29	24	.547
3	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	109	61	48	.560	4.5	496	402	94	28-31	33-17	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	53	34	19	.642
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	109	57	52	.523	8.5	404	416	-12	22-33	35-19	W10	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	53	27	26	.509
5	8	18	Atlanta Braves	107	50	57	.467	14.5	410	489	-79	19-32	31-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55	19	36	.345
6	10	20	Houston Astros	107	49	58	.458	15.5	401	444	-43	14-35	35-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	55	25	30	.455

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