Baseball on this Date - Thursday July 5,1979

Games on 1979-07-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	4	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Bob Stanley	Bill Paschall	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	California Angels	0	Box	Rick Langford	Nolan Ryan	(none)
Chicago White Sox	5	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Rich Wortham	Victor Cruz	Guy Hoffman
Toronto Blue Jays	2	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Kip Young	Phil Huffman	Aurelio Lopez
Seattle Mariners	4	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	Rick Honeycutt	Geoff Zahn	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	3	New York Yankees	0	Box	Lary Sorensen	Ron Guidry	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	Atlanta Braves	5	Box	Phil Niekro	Greg Minton	(none)
Montreal Expos	1	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Rick Reuschel	Scott Sanderson	Bruce Sutter
Houston Astros	4	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	Tom Seaver	J.R. Richard	Doug Bair
New York Mets	3	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Craig Swan	Dickie Noles	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	John Fulgham	Jim Rooker	(none)

Standings as of 1979-07-05

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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	1	Baltimore Orioles	81	54	27	.667	--	390	309	81	23-18	31-9	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	78	48	30	.615
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	79	50	29	.633	3.0	427	318	109	18-19	32-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	81	41	40	.506
3	4	6	Milwaukee Brewers	81	47	34	.580	7.0	406	346	60	22-22	25-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	80	48	32	.600
4	7	9	New York Yankees	82	44	38	.537	10.5	358	330	28	18-21	26-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	78	45	33	.577
5	9	17	Detroit Tigers	77	37	40	.481	15.0	384	380	4	16-23	21-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	84	48	36	.571
6	10	18	Cleveland Indians	80	36	44	.450	17.5	347	393	-46	17-25	19-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	81	45	36	.556
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	84	26	58	.310	29.5	300	449	-149	14-30	12-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	78	27	51	.346
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	Texas Rangers	81	47	34	.580	--	376	337	39	19-18	28-16	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	81	36	45	.444
2	5	7	California Angels	84	48	36	.571	0.5	472	387	85	24-19	24-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	78	40	38	.513
3	6	8	Minnesota Twins	79	43	36	.544	3.0	410	365	45	22-15	21-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	83	39	44	.470
4	8	13	Kansas City Royals	81	42	39	.519	5.0	436	438	-2	20-22	22-17	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	81	43	38	.531
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	80	35	45	.438	11.5	374	389	-15	20-21	15-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	80	38	42	.475
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	85	36	49	.424	13.0	376	431	-55	15-25	21-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	77	31	46	.403
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	84	24	60	.286	24.5	301	485	-184	9-34	15-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	78	30	48	.385
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	2	4	Montreal Expos	74	45	29	.608	--	326	259	67	19-23	26-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	86	50	36	.581
2	3	10	Chicago Cubs	75	40	35	.533	5.5	339	354	-15	17-17	23-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	87	40	47	.460
3	4	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	76	40	36	.526	6.0	346	311	35	21-17	19-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	86	58	28	.674
4	5	12	St. Louis Cardinals	77	40	37	.519	6.5	362	333	29	12-19	27-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	85	46	39	.541
5	6	14	Philadelphia Phillies	82	42	40	.512	7.0	355	355	0	21-25	21-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	80	42	38	.525
6	10	21	New York Mets	77	33	44	.429	13.5	295	336	-41	16-28	16-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	85	30	55	.353
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	1	3	Houston Astros	84	52	32	.619	--	314	290	24	22-21	30-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	78	37	41	.474
2	7	15	Cincinnati Reds	83	42	41	.506	9.5	362	354	8	20-24	22-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	78	48	30	.615
3	8	16	San Francisco Giants	82	40	42	.488	11.0	395	384	11	17-22	23-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	80	31	49	.388
4	9	20	San Diego Padres	85	37	48	.435	15.5	315	361	-46	12-26	25-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	76	31	45	.408
5	11	22	Atlanta Braves	82	35	47	.427	16.0	364	407	-43	15-27	20-20	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	78	31	47	.397
6	12	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	83	34	49	.410	17.5	364	393	-29	12-27	22-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	79	45	34	.570

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bobby Tolan	OF	33.228	Signed as Free Agent by Padres.

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