Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 26,1978

Games on 1978-08-26

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	2	Baltimore Orioles	9	Box	Mike Flanagan	Jim Colborn	Joe Kerrigan
California Angels	1	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Jim Wright	Paul Hartzell	(none)
Cleveland Indians	7	Chicago White Sox	8	Box	Steve Stone	David Clyde	Jim Willoughby
Milwaukee Brewers	9	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Bill Travers	Jack Billingham	Bob McClure
Oakland Athletics	4	New York Yankees	5	Box	Sparky Lyle	Bob Lacey	(none)
Kansas City Royals	4	Texas Rangers	8	Box	Dock Ellis	Larry Gura	Len Barker
Minnesota Twins	3	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Box	Victor Cruz	Geoff Zahn	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	9	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Silvio Martinez	Preston Hanna	(none)
Chicago Cubs	8	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Dave Roberts	Doug Bair	Bruce Sutter
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Houston Astros	7	Box	J.R. Richard	Bruce Kison	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Randy Lerch	Doug Rau	(none)
New York Mets	1	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Mickey Lolich	Jerry Koosman	Rollie Fingers
Montreal Expos	1	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Jim Barr	Woodie Fryman	(none)

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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	127	80	47	.630	--	643	500	143	33-33	47-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	36	19	17	.528
2	2	4	New York Yankees	126	72	54	.571	7.5	552	471	81	33-33	39-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	37	28	9	.757
3	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	128	73	55	.570	7.5	647	535	112	27-33	46-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	34	20	14	.588
4	4	6	Detroit Tigers	128	71	57	.555	9.5	593	503	90	32-32	39-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	34	15	19	.441
5	5	8	Baltimore Orioles	127	69	58	.543	11.0	509	536	-27	34-35	35-23	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	34	21	13	.618
6	10	19	Cleveland Indians	128	56	72	.438	24.5	537	564	-27	22-43	34-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	31	13	18	.419
7	13	24	Toronto Blue Jays	130	53	77	.408	28.5	511	621	-110	19-46	34-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	31	6	25	.194
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	6	9	California Angels	130	70	60	.538	--	536	523	13	29-34	41-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	32	17	15	.531
2	7	10	Kansas City Royals	127	68	59	.535	0.5	570	511	59	27-40	41-19	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	35	24	11	.686
3	8	14	Texas Rangers	127	64	63	.504	4.5	508	494	14	26-38	38-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	35	23	12	.657
4	9	16	Oakland Athletics	131	62	69	.473	8.5	438	511	-73	27-36	35-33	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	31	7	24	.226
5	11	22	Minnesota Twins	130	56	74	.431	14.0	555	581	-26	27-40	29-34	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	32	17	15	.531
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	127	54	73	.425	14.5	492	585	-93	22-37	32-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	34	17	17	.500
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	128	49	79	.383	20.0	504	660	-156	19-40	30-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	32	7	25	.219
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	11	Philadelphia Phillies	126	67	59	.532	--	543	472	71	23-36	44-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	36	23	13	.639
2	6	13	Chicago Cubs	127	65	62	.512	2.5	509	546	-37	28-36	37-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	35	14	21	.400
3	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	127	63	64	.496	4.5	502	517	-15	26-39	37-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	34	25	9	.735
4	9	18	Montreal Expos	128	60	68	.469	8.0	511	466	45	25-34	35-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	34	16	18	.471
5	11	21	St. Louis Cardinals	129	56	73	.434	12.5	471	519	-48	26-39	30-34	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	33	13	20	.394
6	12	25	New York Mets	129	52	77	.403	16.5	487	542	-55	24-36	28-41	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	33	14	19	.424
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	Los Angeles Dodgers	129	76	53	.589	--	585	462	123	36-33	40-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	33	19	14	.576
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	129	75	54	.581	1.0	515	460	55	36-33	39-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	33	14	19	.424
3	3	7	Cincinnati Reds	129	71	58	.550	5.0	566	559	7	33-31	38-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	32	21	11	.656
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	130	68	62	.523	8.5	476	480	-4	29-40	39-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	32	16	16	.500
5	8	17	Houston Astros	129	61	68	.473	15.0	488	513	-25	19-44	42-24	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	33	13	20	.394
6	10	20	Atlanta Braves	128	56	72	.438	19.5	484	601	-117	24-40	32-32	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	34	13	21	.382

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Howard Bailey	P	21.026	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Tigers.

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