Baseball on this Date - Wednesday June 6,1979

Games on 1979-06-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	0	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Dennis Martinez	Paul Splittorff	(none)
Chicago White Sox	8	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Francisco Barrios	Bob Stanley	Steve Trout
Toronto Blue Jays	5	California Angels	4	Box	Jesse Jefferson	Dave LaRoche	(none)
Texas Rangers	3	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Lary Sorensen	Steve Comer	(none)
Minnesota Twins	2	New York Yankees	3	Box	Ron Guidry	Jerry Koosman	(none)
Cleveland Indians	6	Oakland Athletics	4	Box	Rick Wise	Dave Heaverlo	Victor Cruz
Detroit Tigers	3	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Floyd Bannister	Jack Morris	Byron McLaughlin
Montreal Expos	12	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Ross Grimsley	Phil Niekro	(none)
San Diego Padres	0	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Rick Reuschel	Randy Jones	Bruce Sutter
New York Mets	5	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Dale Murray	Manny Sarmiento	Ed Glynn
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Houston Astros	4	Box	Joe Sambito	Ron Reed	Bert Roberge
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Enrique Romo	Bob Welch	Kent Tekulve
San Francisco Giants	5	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Buddy Schultz	Randy Moffitt	Mark Littell

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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	54	33	21	.611	--	260	201	59	16-14	17-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	105	69	36	.657
2	2	4	Boston Red Sox	52	31	21	.596	1.0	264	211	53	12-12	19-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	108	60	48	.556
3	5	8	Milwaukee Brewers	57	32	25	.561	2.5	263	220	43	14-18	18-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	104	63	41	.606
4	8	11	New York Yankees	55	30	25	.545	3.5	236	220	16	12-15	18-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	105	59	46	.562
5	9	15	Detroit Tigers	49	25	24	.510	5.5	239	232	7	13-15	12-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	112	60	52	.536
6	10	16	Cleveland Indians	53	26	27	.491	6.5	224	246	-22	13-15	13-12	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	108	55	53	.509
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	56	14	42	.250	20.0	205	308	-103	8-19	6-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	106	39	67	.368
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	3	5	California Angels	56	33	23	.589	--	300	247	53	16-13	17-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	106	55	51	.519
2	4	7	Kansas City Royals	55	31	24	.564	1.5	288	271	17	14-14	17-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	107	54	53	.505
3	6	9	Minnesota Twins	52	29	23	.558	2.0	268	242	26	17-9	12-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	110	53	57	.482
4	7	10	Texas Rangers	54	30	24	.556	2.0	242	238	4	13-12	17-12	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	108	53	55	.491
5	11	17	Chicago White Sox	54	26	28	.481	6.0	254	250	4	15-14	11-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	106	47	59	.443
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	57	22	35	.386	11.5	264	294	-30	6-15	16-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	105	45	60	.429
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	56	18	38	.321	15.0	189	316	-127	7-19	11-19	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	106	36	70	.340
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	50	31	19	.620	--	229	185	44	14-16	17-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	110	64	46	.582
2	2	3	St. Louis Cardinals	50	30	20	.600	1.0	234	193	41	10-12	19-9	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	112	56	56	.500
3	5	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	51	27	24	.529	4.5	242	217	25	11-12	16-12	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	111	71	40	.640
4	6	14	Philadelphia Phillies	55	29	26	.527	4.5	235	216	19	16-16	13-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	107	55	52	.514
5	9	20	Chicago Cubs	50	23	27	.460	8.0	216	253	-37	9-14	14-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	112	57	55	.509
6	11	22	New York Mets	51	21	30	.412	10.5	208	240	-32	11-19	9-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	111	42	69	.378
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	6	Houston Astros	58	34	24	.586	--	230	208	22	12-14	22-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	104	55	49	.529
2	4	12	Cincinnati Reds	56	30	26	.536	3.0	267	254	13	13-13	17-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	105	60	45	.571
3	7	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	58	27	31	.466	7.0	270	264	6	9-20	18-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	104	52	52	.500
4	8	19	San Francisco Giants	56	26	30	.464	7.0	262	265	-3	12-17	14-13	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	106	45	61	.425
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	58	26	32	.448	8.0	234	264	-30	10-19	16-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	103	42	61	.408
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	55	20	35	.364	12.5	234	302	-68	8-17	12-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	105	46	59	.438

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Dennis Blair	P	25.001	Traded by Orioles to Padres for Randy Fierbaugh.
Dyar Miller	P	33.008	Purchased by Blue Jays from Angels.

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