Baseball on this Date - Sunday July 8,1979

Games on 1979-07-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	3	California Angels	2	Box	Scott McGregor	Don Aase	Don Stanhouse
Minnesota Twins	4	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Victor Cruz	Mike Marshall	(none)
Minnesota Twins	7	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Dave Goltz	Rick Waits	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Francisco Barrios	Marty Pattin	Randy Scarbery
Detroit Tigers	4	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Mike Caldwell	John Hiller	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Bill Travers	Dan Petry	(none)
New York Yankees	2	Oakland Athletics	0	Box	Luis Tiant	Brian Kingman	(none)
Boston Red Sox	8	Seattle Mariners	2	Box	Steve Renko	Byron McLaughlin	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Texas Rangers	4	Box	Steve Comer	Balor Moore	Sparky Lyle
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Gene Garber	Mark Littell	(none)
Houston Astros	0	Chicago Cubs	10	Box	Mike Krukow	Ken Forsch	Donnie Moore
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Fred Norman	John Candelaria	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Grant Jackson	Dave Tomlin	Kent Tekulve
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Rick Sutcliffe	Ross Grimsley	Lerrin LaGrow
San Diego Padres	5	New York Mets	3	Box	Gaylord Perry	Kevin Kobel	(none)
San Diego Padres	1	New York Mets	4	Box	Andy Hassler	Bob Shirley	Tom Hausman
San Francisco Giants	3	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Steve Carlton	Bob Knepper	(none)

Standings as of 1979-07-08

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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	84	55	29	.655	--	397	328	69	24-20	31-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	75	47	28	.627
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	82	52	30	.634	2.0	448	333	115	20-20	32-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	78	39	39	.500
3	5	7	Milwaukee Brewers	86	49	37	.570	7.0	425	369	56	22-22	27-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	75	46	29	.613
4	6	8	New York Yankees	86	48	38	.558	8.0	375	336	39	22-21	26-17	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	74	41	33	.554
5	9	16	Detroit Tigers	82	40	42	.488	14.0	407	399	8	19-25	21-17	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	79	45	34	.570
6	10	18	Cleveland Indians	84	39	45	.464	16.0	369	412	-43	17-25	22-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	77	42	35	.545
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	87	27	60	.310	29.5	308	456	-148	15-32	12-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	75	26	49	.347
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	84	49	35	.583	--	383	345	38	19-18	30-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	78	34	44	.436
2	4	6	California Angels	87	50	37	.575	0.5	491	394	97	24-19	26-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	75	38	37	.507
3	7	10	Minnesota Twins	83	44	39	.530	4.5	429	387	42	23-18	21-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	79	38	41	.481
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	84	43	41	.512	6.0	443	449	-6	20-22	23-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	78	42	36	.538
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	83	37	46	.446	11.5	385	396	-11	22-22	15-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	77	36	41	.468
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	88	37	51	.420	14.0	391	452	-61	15-25	22-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	74	30	44	.405
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	88	24	64	.273	27.0	307	502	-195	9-34	15-30	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	74	30	44	.405
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	3	Montreal Expos	77	47	30	.610	--	340	272	68	19-23	28-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	83	48	35	.578
2	3	9	Chicago Cubs	79	43	36	.544	5.0	365	361	4	17-17	26-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	83	37	46	.446
3	4	11	St. Louis Cardinals	81	42	39	.519	7.0	383	358	25	14-21	27-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	81	44	37	.543
4	5	12	Philadelphia Phillies	85	44	41	.518	7.0	372	367	5	21-25	23-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	77	40	37	.519
5	7	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	80	41	39	.513	7.5	353	324	29	22-20	19-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	82	57	25	.695
6	11	23	New York Mets	81	34	47	.420	15.0	310	359	-49	16-28	17-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	81	29	52	.358
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	2	4	Houston Astros	88	53	35	.602	--	321	316	5	23-24	30-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	74	36	38	.486
2	6	13	Cincinnati Reds	87	45	42	.517	7.5	375	361	14	20-24	25-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	74	45	29	.608
3	8	17	San Francisco Giants	85	41	44	.482	10.5	407	401	6	18-24	23-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	77	30	47	.390
4	9	19	San Diego Padres	89	40	49	.449	13.5	338	376	-38	15-27	25-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	72	28	44	.389
5	10	21	Atlanta Braves	86	37	49	.430	15.0	389	428	-39	15-27	22-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	74	29	45	.392
6	12	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	86	35	51	.407	17.0	377	407	-30	13-29	22-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	76	44	32	.579

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