Baseball on Thursday September 21, 1978

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MLB Games on Thursday September 21, 1978

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VisTeam

vScore

HomeTeam

hScore

Boxscore

Inn

Attendance

Ballpark

TOD

GameTime

Winning Pitcher

Losing Pitcher

Save Pitcher

Home Runs

Boston Red Sox

Detroit Tigers

Box | PBP

15,213

Tiger Stadium

Night

2:24

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Kansas City Royals

Box | PBP

17,799

Royals Stadium

Night

2:48

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Texas Rangers

Box | PBP

3,312

Metropolitan Stadium

Night

2:25

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Box | PBP

28,653

Exhibition Stadium

Night

2:15

Pittsburgh Pirates

Chicago Cubs

Box | PBP

2,423

Wrigley Field

Day

4:40

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Houston Astros

Box | PBP

3,775

Astrodome

Night

1:47

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Box | PBP

13,329

San Diego Stadium

Night

2:26

Gaylord Perry

John Montefusco

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New York Mets

St. Louis Cardinals

Box | PBP

3,912

Busch Stadium II

Night

2:04

John Urrea

Craig Swan

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8 record(s)

Glossary:
visTeam Visiting Team Lg League vScore Visiting team runs scored homeTeam Home Team hScore Home team runs scored Boxscore Link to Boxscore (Box) and Play by Play (PBP) Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season TOD Time of Day (Day or Night) GameTime Time of play for the game Winning Pitcher The Pitcher in the game when winning team went ahead for good Losing Pitcher The Pitcher in the game when losing team was losing for the rest of the game Save Pitcher The final pitcher for the winning team in a close game

Standings on Thursday, September 21, 1978

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AL East
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
AL East	1	1	1	New York Yankees	153	93	60	.608	-	694	547	147	43-35	50-25	10	7	3	.700
AL East	2	2	3	Boston Red Sox	153	91	62	.595	2.0	745	637	108	38-40	53-22	10	8	2	.800
AL East	3	4	5	Milwaukee Brewers	154	87	67	.565	6.5	759	630	129	36-40	51-27	8	6	2	.750
AL East	4	5	6	Baltimore Orioles	151	85	66	.563	7.0	624	603	21	38-39	47-27	10	5	5	.500
AL East	5	6	11	Detroit Tigers	152	81	71	.533	11.5	686	615	71	36-38	45-33	10	5	5	.500
AL East	6	12	22	Cleveland Indians	150	66	84	.440	25.5	607	661	-54	26-49	40-35	9	3	6	.333
AL East	7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	152	58	94	.382	34.5	574	728	-154	22-52	36-42	9	1	8	.111
AL West
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
AL West	1	3	4	Kansas City Royals	152	86	66	.566	-	711	607	104	34-43	52-23	10	6	4	.600
AL West	2	7	12	California Angels	153	81	72	.529	5.5	642	626	16	35-43	46-29	9	6	3	.667
AL West	3	8	14	Texas Rangers	150	76	74	.507	9.0	622	597	25	31-45	45-29	12	11	1	.917
AL West	4	9	17	Minnesota Twins	152	69	83	.454	17.0	633	644	-11	33-42	36-41	10	4	6	.400
AL West	5	10	20	Oakland Athletics	154	68	86	.442	19.0	508	640	-132	30-47	38-39	8	1	7	.125
AL West	6	11	21	Chicago White Sox	152	67	85	.441	19.0	589	678	-89	31-46	36-39	9	4	5	.444
AL West	7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	148	55	93	.372	29.0	585	766	-181	23-48	32-45	12	1	11	.083
NL East
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
NL East	1	3	8	Philadelphia Phillies	151	83	68	.550	-	662	549	113	32-41	51-27	11	7	4	.636
NL East	2	5	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	152	82	70	.539	1.5	642	603	39	33-45	49-25	9	6	3	.667
NL East	3	7	15	Chicago Cubs	152	75	77	.493	8.5	627	675	-48	33-41	42-36	10	4	6	.400
NL East	4	8	16	Montreal Expos	153	71	82	.464	13.0	601	584	17	32-43	39-39	9	5	4	.556
NL East	5	11	23	St. Louis Cardinals	154	66	88	.429	18.5	572	630	-58	31-48	35-40	8	3	5	.375
NL East	6	12	24	New York Mets	153	63	90	.412	21.0	582	654	-72	31-47	32-43	9	3	6	.333
NL West
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
NL West	1	1	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	153	92	61	.601	-	690	532	158	40-35	52-26	9	3	6	.333
NL West	2	2	7	Cincinnati Reds	152	84	68	.553	7.5	661	651	10	41-37	43-31	9	8	1	.889
NL West	3	4	9	San Francisco Giants	153	83	70	.542	9.0	587	573	14	38-40	45-30	9	6	3	.667
NL West	4	6	13	San Diego Padres	154	80	74	.519	12.5	565	573	-8	32-44	48-30	8	4	4	.500
NL West	5	9	18	Houston Astros	152	69	83	.454	22.5	578	607	-29	21-53	48-30	10	5	5	.500
NL West	6	10	19	Atlanta Braves	153	68	85	.444	24.0	574	710	-136	30-48	38-37	9	1	8	.111
26 record(s)

Glossary:
League Abbreviation or name of league divRank Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. GP Games Played. Usually refers to a team W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Home Home Team rosG Rest-of-Season Games rosW Rest-of-Season Wins rosL Rest-of-Season Losses rosPct Winning Percentage for Rest of season

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