Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 31,1979

Games on 1979-05-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	4	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Jerry Augustine	Ray Burris	(none)
Oakland Athletics	2	Minnesota Twins	13	Box	Paul Hartzell	Rick Langford	(none)
California Angels	10	Seattle Mariners	12	Box	Byron McLaughlin	Mark Clear	Shane Rawley
Boston Red Sox	3	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Dick Drago	Sparky Lyle	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Toronto Blue Jays	0	Box	Pat Underwood	Tom Underwood	John Hiller
Cincinnati Reds	0	Houston Astros	3	Box	Rick Williams	Fred Norman	(none)
San Francisco Giants	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	12	Box	Don Sutton	Vida Blue	Bob Welch
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Scott Sanderson	Larry Christenson	(none)
Chicago Cubs	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Bruce Kison	Bruce Sutter	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Eric Rasmussen	Rick Matula	Rollie Fingers
New York Mets	6	St. Louis Cardinals	9	Box	Bob Sykes	Mike Scott	Darold Knowles

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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	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	48	30	18	.625	--	244	184	60	15-12	15-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	111	72	39	.649
2	4	5	Boston Red Sox	46	27	19	.587	2.0	222	183	39	10-11	17-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	114	64	50	.561
3	7	11	Milwaukee Brewers	51	28	23	.549	3.5	239	200	39	11-16	17-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	110	67	43	.609
4	8	13	New York Yankees	49	26	23	.531	4.5	217	203	14	12-15	14-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	111	63	48	.568
5	9	14	Detroit Tigers	43	22	21	.512	5.5	218	210	8	10-12	12-9	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	118	63	55	.534
6	11	20	Cleveland Indians	47	21	26	.447	8.5	187	223	-36	8-14	13-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	114	60	54	.526
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	50	12	38	.240	19.0	185	278	-93	6-15	6-23	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	112	41	71	.366
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	2	3	California Angels	50	30	20	.600	--	277	226	51	16-13	14-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	112	58	54	.518
2	3	4	Minnesota Twins	46	27	19	.587	1.0	249	220	29	16-7	11-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	116	55	61	.474
3	5	6	Texas Rangers	48	28	20	.583	1.0	219	203	16	13-9	15-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	114	55	59	.482
4	6	7	Kansas City Royals	49	28	21	.571	1.5	268	250	18	13-12	15-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	113	57	56	.504
5	10	16	Chicago White Sox	48	24	24	.500	5.0	234	227	7	13-12	11-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	112	49	63	.438
6	12	24	Seattle Mariners	51	18	33	.353	12.5	229	273	-44	6-15	12-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	111	49	62	.441
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	50	17	33	.340	13.0	172	280	-108	7-19	10-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	112	37	75	.330
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	44	29	15	.659	--	201	168	33	12-12	17-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	116	66	50	.569
2	2	8	Philadelphia Phillies	48	27	21	.563	4.0	212	185	27	14-11	13-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	114	57	57	.500
3	4	10	St. Louis Cardinals	45	25	20	.556	4.5	197	168	29	10-12	14-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	117	61	56	.521
4	6	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	45	23	22	.511	6.5	215	197	18	11-12	12-10	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	117	75	42	.641
5	10	21	Chicago Cubs	45	20	25	.444	9.5	194	231	-37	9-14	11-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	117	60	57	.513
6	11	22	New York Mets	45	17	28	.378	12.5	176	214	-38	7-17	9-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	117	46	71	.393
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	9	Houston Astros	52	29	23	.558	--	213	190	23	12-14	17-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	110	60	50	.545
2	5	12	Cincinnati Reds	49	26	23	.531	1.5	232	230	2	13-13	13-10	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	112	64	48	.571
3	7	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	52	26	26	.500	3.0	245	228	17	8-15	18-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	110	53	57	.482
4	8	18	San Francisco Giants	51	25	26	.490	3.5	242	238	4	11-13	14-13	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	111	46	65	.414
5	9	19	San Diego Padres	53	24	29	.453	5.5	212	241	-29	8-16	16-13	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	108	44	64	.407
6	12	23	Atlanta Braves	49	18	31	.367	9.5	212	261	-49	8-17	10-14	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	111	48	63	.432

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