Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 27,1978

Games on 1978-08-27

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	3	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Nelson Briles	Enrique Romo	(none)
California Angels	3	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Bob Stanley	Dyar Miller	(none)
Cleveland Indians	0	Chicago White Sox	6	Box	Ross Baumgarten	Paul Reuschel	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	2	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Jim Slaton	Lary Sorensen	John Hiller
Oakland Athletics	2	New York Yankees	6	Box	Catfish Hunter	Rick Langford	Rich Gossage
Kansas City Royals	4	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Dennis Leonard	Doc Medich	Al Hrabosky
Minnesota Twins	3	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Mike Marshall	Mike Willis	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	14	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	John Denny	Mickey Mahler	(none)
Chicago Cubs	7	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Mike Krukow	Tom Seaver	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Houston Astros	5	Box	Grant Jackson	Mark Lemongello	Kent Tekulve
Philadelphia Phillies	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Larry Christenson	Bob Welch	(none)
New York Mets	0	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Eric Rasmussen	Nino Espinosa	(none)
Montreal Expos	2	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Ross Grimsley	Vida Blue	(none)
Montreal Expos	2	San Francisco Giants	11	Box	Ed Halicki	Scott Sanderson	(none)

Standings as of 1978-08-27

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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	128	81	47	.633	--	647	503	144	33-33	48-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	35	18	17	.514
2	2	4	New York Yankees	127	73	54	.575	7.5	558	473	85	33-33	40-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	36	27	9	.750
3	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	129	73	56	.566	8.5	649	539	110	27-34	46-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	33	20	13	.606
4	4	6	Detroit Tigers	129	72	57	.558	9.5	597	505	92	32-32	40-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	33	14	19	.424
5	5	7	Baltimore Orioles	128	70	58	.547	11.0	513	539	-26	34-35	36-23	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	33	20	13	.606
6	11	22	Cleveland Indians	129	56	73	.434	25.5	537	570	-33	22-44	34-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	30	13	17	.433
7	13	24	Toronto Blue Jays	131	53	78	.405	29.5	513	624	-111	19-46	34-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	30	6	24	.200
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	Kansas City Royals	128	69	59	.539	--	574	513	61	28-40	41-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	34	23	11	.676
2	7	11	California Angels	131	70	61	.534	0.5	539	527	12	29-35	41-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	31	17	14	.548
3	8	14	Texas Rangers	128	64	64	.500	5.0	510	498	12	26-38	38-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	34	23	11	.676
4	9	16	Oakland Athletics	132	62	70	.470	9.0	440	517	-77	27-37	35-33	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	30	7	23	.233
5	10	20	Minnesota Twins	131	57	74	.435	13.5	558	583	-25	28-40	29-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	31	16	15	.516
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	128	55	73	.430	14.0	498	585	-87	22-37	33-36	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	33	16	17	.485
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	129	49	80	.380	20.5	507	664	-157	19-41	30-39	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	31	7	24	.226
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	10	Philadelphia Phillies	127	68	59	.535	--	552	475	77	24-36	44-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	35	22	13	.629
2	6	13	Chicago Cubs	128	66	62	.516	2.5	516	547	-31	29-36	37-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	34	13	21	.382
3	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	128	64	64	.500	4.5	510	522	-12	27-39	37-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	33	24	9	.727
4	8	17	Montreal Expos	130	61	69	.469	8.5	515	478	37	26-35	35-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	32	15	17	.469
5	10	19	St. Louis Cardinals	130	57	73	.438	12.5	485	522	-37	27-39	30-34	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	32	12	20	.375
6	12	25	New York Mets	130	52	78	.400	17.5	487	545	-58	24-37	28-41	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	32	14	18	.438
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	130	76	54	.585	--	588	471	117	36-33	40-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	32	19	13	.594
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	131	76	55	.580	0.5	527	464	63	36-33	40-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	31	13	18	.419
3	3	8	Cincinnati Reds	130	71	59	.546	5.0	567	566	1	33-31	38-28	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	31	21	10	.677
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	131	69	62	.527	7.5	479	480	-1	29-40	40-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	31	15	16	.484
5	9	18	Houston Astros	130	61	69	.469	15.0	493	521	-28	19-44	42-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	32	13	19	.406
6	11	21	Atlanta Braves	129	56	73	.434	19.5	487	615	-128	24-40	32-33	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	33	13	20	.394

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Brad Wellman	2B-SS	19.010	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Royals.

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