Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 30,1978

Standings as of 1978-08-30

Record in remaining games at far right

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	132	84	48	.636	--	675	525	150	33-33	51-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	31	15	16	.484
2	2	3	New York Yankees	130	76	54	.585	7.0	571	481	90	34-33	42-21	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	33	24	9	.727
3	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	131	75	56	.573	8.5	665	540	125	29-34	46-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	31	18	13	.581
4	4	6	Detroit Tigers	131	73	58	.557	10.5	602	517	85	32-32	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	31	13	18	.419
5	5	7	Baltimore Orioles	131	72	59	.550	11.5	530	549	-19	34-35	38-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	30	18	12	.600
6	11	22	Cleveland Indians	130	56	74	.431	27.0	537	576	-39	22-44	34-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	29	13	16	.448
7	13	24	Toronto Blue Jays	135	55	80	.407	30.5	528	644	-116	21-48	34-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	26	4	22	.154
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	131	71	60	.542	--	592	524	68	28-40	43-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	31	21	10	.677
2	7	11	California Angels	133	70	63	.526	2.0	543	535	8	29-37	41-26	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	29	17	12	.586
3	8	15	Texas Rangers	130	65	65	.500	5.5	522	505	17	26-38	39-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	32	22	10	.688
4	9	17	Oakland Athletics	134	62	72	.463	10.5	445	530	-85	27-39	35-33	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	28	7	21	.250
5	10	21	Minnesota Twins	132	57	75	.432	14.5	560	587	-27	28-41	29-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	30	16	14	.533
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	131	56	75	.427	15.0	509	603	-94	23-39	33-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	30	15	15	.500
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	131	49	82	.374	22.0	521	684	-163	19-43	30-39	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	29	7	22	.241
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	3	8	Philadelphia Phillies	130	71	59	.546	--	573	486	87	27-36	44-23	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	32	19	13	.594
2	6	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	130	66	64	.508	5.0	518	523	-5	29-39	37-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	31	22	9	.710
3	7	14	Chicago Cubs	131	66	65	.504	5.5	524	561	-37	29-39	37-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	31	13	18	.419
4	9	18	Montreal Expos	133	61	72	.459	11.5	519	490	29	26-38	35-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	29	15	14	.517
5	11	20	St. Louis Cardinals	132	58	74	.439	14.0	492	530	-38	28-40	30-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	30	11	19	.367
6	12	25	New York Mets	132	53	79	.402	19.0	497	551	-54	25-38	28-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	30	13	17	.433
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	133	79	54	.594	--	600	475	125	36-33	43-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	29	16	13	.552
2	2	4	San Francisco Giants	133	77	56	.579	2.0	533	474	59	36-33	41-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	29	12	17	.414
3	4	10	Cincinnati Reds	132	71	61	.538	7.5	568	574	-6	33-31	38-30	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	29	21	8	.724
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	134	69	65	.515	10.5	490	501	-11	29-40	40-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	28	15	13	.536
5	8	16	Houston Astros	132	62	70	.470	16.5	501	528	-27	19-44	43-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	30	12	18	.400
6	10	19	Atlanta Braves	132	59	73	.447	19.5	501	623	-122	24-40	35-33	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	30	10	20	.333

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	5	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Ron Guidry	Tippy Martinez	Rich Gossage
Toronto Blue Jays	1	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Don Kirkwood	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	7	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Victor Cruz	Bob Stanley	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	Kansas City Royals	12	Box	Larry Gura	Francisco Barrios	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Larry McWilliams	Ray Burris	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Houston Astros	2	Box	Bob Forsch	Joe Niekro	(none)
Montreal Expos	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Charlie Hough	Wayne Twitchell	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	6	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Warren Brusstar	Rollie Fingers	(none)
New York Mets	10	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Craig Swan	John Montefusco	(none)

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