Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 10,1979

Games on 1979-05-10

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	1	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Dennis Martinez	John Henry Johnson	(none)
California Angels	5	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Don Aase	Dennis Eckersley	Mark Clear
Kansas City Royals	2	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Steve Trout	Paul Splittorff	(none)
Cleveland Indians	8	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Eric Wilkins	Jim Slaton	Don Hood
Seattle Mariners	1	New York Yankees	8	Box	Tommy John	Odell Jones	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	8	Chicago Cubs	9	Box	Lynn McGlothen	Manny Sarmiento	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Houston Astros	1	Box	Bob Sykes	J.R. Richard	Mark Littell
New York Mets	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	14	Box	Andy Messersmith	Craig Swan	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Nino Espinosa	Gaylord Perry	Ron Reed
Montreal Expos	3	San Francisco Giants	0	Box	Steve Rogers	Phil Nastu	(none)

Standings as of 1979-05-10

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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	31	20	11	.645	--	162	113	49	9-6	11-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	128	82	46	.641
2	3	5	Boston Red Sox	29	18	11	.621	1.0	150	116	34	7-6	11-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	131	73	58	.557
3	5	7	Milwaukee Brewers	31	18	13	.581	2.0	157	127	30	8-9	10-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	130	77	53	.592
4	7	13	New York Yankees	30	16	14	.533	3.5	126	125	1	6-8	10-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	130	73	57	.562
5	10	16	Detroit Tigers	24	11	13	.458	5.5	130	125	5	4-8	7-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	137	74	63	.540
6	12	22	Cleveland Indians	28	10	18	.357	8.5	107	151	-44	4-9	6-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	133	71	62	.534
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	4	6	California Angels	31	18	13	.581	3.5	175	141	34	10-6	8-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	131	70	61	.534
3	6	11	Texas Rangers	28	15	13	.536	5.0	129	124	5	6-6	9-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	134	68	66	.507
4	8	12	Kansas City Royals	30	16	14	.533	5.0	171	156	15	5-10	11-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	132	69	63	.523
5	9	15	Chicago White Sox	29	14	15	.483	6.5	153	144	9	10-9	4-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	131	59	72	.450
6	11	20	Oakland Athletics	31	12	19	.387	9.5	114	164	-50	5-9	7-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	131	42	89	.321
7	13	25	Seattle Mariners	32	10	22	.313	12.0	132	180	-48	2-10	8-12	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	130	57	73	.438
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	Philadelphia Phillies	29	21	8	.724	--	130	88	42	11-5	10-3	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	133	63	70	.474
2	2	3	Montreal Expos	27	19	8	.704	1.0	134	109	25	8-7	11-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	133	76	57	.571
3	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	29	16	13	.552	5.0	123	106	17	7-8	8-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	133	70	63	.526
4	6	14	Chicago Cubs	25	13	12	.520	6.0	112	115	-3	3-6	10-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	137	67	70	.489
5	9	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	26	11	15	.423	8.5	130	128	2	5-8	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	136	87	49	.640
6	11	23	New York Mets	27	9	18	.333	11.0	99	131	-32	4-11	5-7	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	135	54	81	.400
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	31	18	13	.581	--	136	125	11	9-10	9-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	131	71	60	.542
2	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	30	17	13	.567	0.5	153	145	8	8-5	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	131	73	58	.557
3	7	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	33	15	18	.455	4.0	136	143	-7	5-9	10-9	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	129	64	65	.496
4	8	18	San Francisco Giants	31	14	17	.452	4.0	138	149	-11	5-9	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	131	57	74	.435
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	32	12	20	.375	6.5	147	167	-20	6-11	6-9	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	129	56	73	.434
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	28	9	19	.321	7.5	127	159	-32	4-10	5-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	132	57	75	.432

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Luis Aponte	P	25.330	Released by Red Sox.

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