Baseball on this Date - Friday May 18,1979

Games on 1979-05-18

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	10	Boston Red Sox	0	Box	Jim Beattie	Mike Torrez	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	California Angels	7	Box	Frank Tanana	Ron Schueler	Mark Clear
Detroit Tigers	5	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	John Hiller	Sid Monge	(none)
Minnesota Twins	10	Kansas City Royals	6	Box	Mike Marshall	Renie Martin	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	8	Oakland Athletics	0	Box	Bill Travers	Mike Norris	(none)
Texas Rangers	5	Seattle Mariners	13	Box	John Montague	Steve Comer	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	7	Toronto Blue Jays	6	Box	Don Stanhouse	Dave Freisleben	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Mickey Mahler	Vida Blue	Gene Garber
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	John Candelaria	Ken Holtzman	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Pedro Borbon	Jerry Reuss	(none)
San Diego Padres	2	Houston Astros	3	Box	Joe Niekro	Rollie Fingers	(none)
Montreal Expos	5	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Stan Bahnsen	Dick Ruthven	Elias Sosa

Standings as of 1979-05-18

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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	3	Baltimore Orioles	37	24	13	.649	--	195	139	56	11-8	13-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	122	78	44	.639
2	3	4	Boston Red Sox	36	23	13	.639	0.5	192	146	46	7-6	16-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	124	68	56	.548
3	6	10	New York Yankees	37	21	16	.568	3.0	173	152	21	7-8	14-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	123	68	55	.553
4	7	11	Milwaukee Brewers	38	21	17	.553	3.5	184	150	34	11-13	10-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	123	74	49	.602
5	10	19	Detroit Tigers	31	14	17	.452	7.0	152	156	-4	6-10	8-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	130	71	59	.546
6	11	20	Cleveland Indians	36	14	22	.389	9.5	133	176	-43	5-11	9-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	125	67	58	.536
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	39	10	29	.256	15.0	144	224	-80	6-15	4-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	123	43	80	.350
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	36	24	12	.667	--	201	171	30	15-4	9-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	126	58	68	.460
2	4	6	California Angels	38	23	15	.605	2.0	215	172	43	11-8	12-7	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	124	65	59	.524
3	5	8	Texas Rangers	36	21	15	.583	3.0	172	164	8	12-8	9-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	126	62	64	.492
4	8	13	Kansas City Royals	39	21	18	.538	4.5	219	200	19	10-12	11-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	123	64	59	.520
5	9	15	Chicago White Sox	36	18	18	.500	6.0	180	176	4	13-10	5-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	124	55	69	.444
6	12	24	Oakland Athletics	38	12	26	.316	13.0	123	209	-86	5-12	7-14	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	124	42	82	.339
7	13	25	Seattle Mariners	39	12	27	.308	13.5	163	211	-48	2-12	10-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	123	55	68	.447
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	36	24	12	.667	--	184	131	53	14-8	10-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	126	60	66	.476
2	2	5	Montreal Expos	34	21	13	.618	2.0	147	136	11	10-12	11-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	126	74	52	.587
3	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	35	20	15	.571	3.5	142	121	21	7-8	12-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	127	66	61	.520
4	7	16	Chicago Cubs	33	16	17	.485	6.5	156	178	-22	5-8	11-9	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	129	64	65	.496
5	9	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	33	15	18	.455	7.5	159	161	-2	6-8	9-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	129	83	46	.643
6	12	23	New York Mets	33	11	22	.333	11.5	119	148	-29	6-15	5-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	129	52	77	.403
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	7	Cincinnati Reds	37	22	15	.595	--	192	167	25	10-6	12-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	124	68	56	.548
2	5	12	Houston Astros	39	21	18	.538	2.0	161	156	5	9-10	12-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	123	68	55	.553
3	6	14	San Francisco Giants	38	19	19	.500	3.5	170	174	-4	8-10	11-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	124	52	72	.419
4	8	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	40	19	21	.475	4.5	171	168	3	6-12	13-9	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	122	60	62	.492
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	39	15	24	.385	8.0	162	194	-32	7-14	8-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	122	53	69	.434
6	11	22	Atlanta Braves	35	13	22	.371	8.0	158	187	-29	5-12	8-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	125	53	72	.424

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