Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 8,1979

Games on 1979-05-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	2	Baltimore Orioles	8	Box	Mike Flanagan	Jim Todd	(none)
California Angels	10	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Chris Knapp	Chuck Rainey	(none)
Chicago White Sox	8	Detroit Tigers	10	Box	Jack Billingham	Randy Scarbery	(none)
Cleveland Indians	5	Milwaukee Brewers	9	Box	Moose Haas	Wayne Garland	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	6	Minnesota Twins	16	Box	Mike Bacsik	Mike Willis	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	New York Yankees	5	Box	Jim Beattie	Floyd Bannister	Ron Guidry
Kansas City Royals	7	Texas Rangers	8	Box	Jim Kern	Larry Gura	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Eddie Solomon	Rick Rhoden	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	8	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Mike LaCoss	Ken Holtzman	Frank Pastore
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Houston Astros	1	Box	Pete Vuckovich	Ken Forsch	Darold Knowles
New York Mets	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Rick Sutcliffe	Dale Murray	Bob Welch
Philadelphia Phillies	9	San Diego Padres	8	Box	Jim Kaat	John D'Acquisto	(none)
Montreal Expos	4	San Francisco Giants	0	Box	Scott Sanderson	Ed Halicki	(none)

Standings as of 1979-05-08

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Baltimore Orioles	29	19	10	.655	--	157	108	49	9-6	10-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	130	83	47	.638
2	3	5	Boston Red Sox	27	17	10	.630	1.0	138	103	35	7-6	10-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	133	74	59	.556
3	4	6	Milwaukee Brewers	29	18	11	.621	1.0	149	111	38	8-9	10-2	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	132	77	55	.583
4	8	14	New York Yankees	28	14	14	.500	4.5	113	124	-11	6-8	8-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	132	75	57	.568
5	9	15	Detroit Tigers	23	11	12	.478	5.0	126	120	6	4-8	7-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	138	74	64	.536
6	13	25	Cleveland Indians	26	8	18	.308	9.5	91	143	-52	2-9	6-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	135	73	62	.541
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	30	8	22	.267	11.5	118	186	-68	5-12	3-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	132	45	87	.341
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Minnesota Twins	28	20	8	.714	--	157	129	28	13-4	7-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	134	62	72	.463
2	5	7	California Angels	29	17	12	.586	3.5	162	129	33	9-5	8-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	133	71	62	.534
3	6	10	Texas Rangers	27	15	12	.556	4.5	126	120	6	6-6	9-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	135	68	67	.504
4	7	12	Kansas City Royals	28	15	13	.536	5.0	165	148	17	4-9	11-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	134	70	64	.522
5	10	17	Chicago White Sox	27	12	15	.444	7.5	143	138	5	9-9	3-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	133	61	72	.459
6	11	21	Oakland Athletics	29	11	18	.379	9.5	109	159	-50	4-8	7-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	133	43	90	.323
7	12	23	Seattle Mariners	30	10	20	.333	11.0	131	167	-36	2-8	8-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	132	57	75	.432
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Montreal Expos	25	18	7	.720	--	129	100	29	7-6	11-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	135	77	58	.570
2	2	3	Philadelphia Phillies	27	19	8	.704	--	125	86	39	9-5	10-3	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	135	65	70	.481
3	5	11	St. Louis Cardinals	27	15	12	.556	4.0	116	100	16	6-7	8-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	135	71	64	.526
4	6	13	Chicago Cubs	23	12	11	.522	5.0	99	100	-1	3-6	9-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	139	68	71	.489
5	9	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	25	10	15	.400	8.0	113	119	-6	4-8	6-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	137	88	49	.642
6	11	22	New York Mets	25	9	16	.360	9.0	96	110	-14	4-9	5-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	137	54	83	.394
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	8	Houston Astros	29	17	12	.586	--	130	118	12	9-10	8-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	133	72	61	.541
2	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	28	16	12	.571	0.5	138	132	6	7-4	9-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	133	74	59	.556
3	7	16	San Francisco Giants	29	13	16	.448	4.0	129	144	-15	5-9	8-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	133	58	75	.436
4	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	31	13	18	.419	5.0	115	140	-25	5-9	8-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	131	66	65	.504
5	10	20	San Diego Padres	30	12	18	.400	5.5	145	162	-17	6-11	6-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	131	56	75	.427
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	27	9	18	.333	7.0	118	142	-24	4-10	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	133	57	76	.429

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Paul Blair	OF	35.097	Signed as Free Agent by Reds.
Joe Coleman	P	32.094	Signed as Free Agent by Pirates.

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