Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 9,1978

Games on 1978-08-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	2	Baltimore Orioles	0	Box	Larry Gura	Scott McGregor	(none)
Cleveland Indians	5	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Rick Wise	Bill Lee	Jim Kern
Texas Rangers	2	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Kip Young	Jim Umbarger	(none)
Seattle Mariners	4	Minnesota Twins	1	Box	Glenn Abbott	Roger Erickson	Jim Todd
Milwaukee Brewers	7	New York Yankees	8	Box	Larry McCall	Bob McClure	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	Toronto Blue Jays	8	Box	Jesse Jefferson	Steve Stone	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Dave Roberts	Ed Whitson	(none)
Atlanta Braves	0	Cincinnati Reds	10	Box	Paul Moskau	Tommy Boggs	(none)
San Diego Padres	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Doug Rau	Eric Rasmussen	(none)
New York Mets	10	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Craig Swan	Wayne Twitchell	(none)
Houston Astros	6	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Mark Lemongello	Jim Barr	Ken Forsch
Philadelphia Phillies	6	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Jim Kaat	Bob Forsch	Ron Reed

Standings as of 1978-08-09

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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	111	70	41	.631	--	565	436	129	29-29	41-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	52	29	23	.558
2	3	6	New York Yankees	112	63	49	.563	7.5	490	434	56	27-28	36-21	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	51	37	14	.725
3	4	7	Milwaukee Brewers	109	61	48	.560	8.0	554	459	95	24-28	37-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	53	32	21	.604
4	5	8	Detroit Tigers	111	61	50	.550	9.0	503	441	62	27-29	34-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	51	25	26	.490
5	7	11	Baltimore Orioles	112	60	52	.536	10.5	444	497	-53	30-31	30-21	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	49	30	19	.612
6	10	16	Cleveland Indians	110	52	58	.473	17.5	465	468	-3	20-36	32-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	49	17	32	.347
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	112	43	69	.384	27.5	442	543	-101	16-39	27-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	49	16	33	.327
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	2	5	Kansas City Royals	110	62	48	.564	--	511	431	80	23-30	39-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	52	30	22	.577
2	6	10	California Angels	115	62	53	.539	2.5	476	462	14	26-30	36-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	47	25	22	.532
3	8	12	Oakland Athletics	115	60	55	.522	4.5	397	424	-27	26-30	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	47	9	38	.191
4	9	15	Texas Rangers	110	53	57	.482	9.0	443	445	-2	19-34	34-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	52	34	18	.654
5	11	21	Minnesota Twins	111	47	64	.423	15.5	484	501	-17	26-37	21-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	51	26	25	.510
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	111	46	65	.414	16.5	436	521	-85	18-33	28-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	50	25	25	.500
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	115	42	73	.365	22.5	456	604	-148	19-38	23-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	45	14	31	.311
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	Philadelphia Phillies	110	60	50	.545	--	466	407	59	22-34	38-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	52	30	22	.577
2	5	13	Chicago Cubs	112	58	54	.518	3.0	448	477	-29	25-31	33-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	50	21	29	.420
3	7	17	Montreal Expos	115	54	61	.470	8.5	477	429	48	24-33	30-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	47	22	25	.468
4	9	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	109	51	58	.468	8.5	419	442	-23	22-34	29-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	52	37	15	.712
5	11	22	New York Mets	114	48	66	.421	14.0	447	480	-33	22-35	26-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	48	18	30	.375
6	12	24	St. Louis Cardinals	114	45	69	.395	17.0	386	459	-73	19-38	26-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	48	24	24	.500
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	114	67	47	.588	--	463	402	61	29-27	38-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	48	22	26	.458
2	2	3	Cincinnati Reds	113	66	47	.584	0.5	504	465	39	29-24	37-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	48	26	22	.542
3	3	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	114	66	48	.579	1.0	512	406	106	30-31	36-17	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	48	29	19	.604
4	6	14	San Diego Padres	114	57	57	.500	10.0	409	435	-26	22-38	35-19	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	48	27	21	.563
5	8	18	Atlanta Braves	113	53	60	.469	13.5	427	521	-94	21-33	32-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	49	16	33	.327
6	10	20	Houston Astros	112	52	60	.464	14.0	423	458	-35	17-37	35-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	50	22	28	.440

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