Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 18,1979

Games on 1979-08-18

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	2	Baltimore Orioles	9	Box	Scott McGregor	Larry Gura	Dave Ford
Chicago White Sox	2	Boston Red Sox	8	Box	Steve Renko	Steve Trout	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	5	California Angels	7	Box	Nolan Ryan	Tom Underwood	Mark Clear
Texas Rangers	7	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Jim Slaton	Jim Kern
Minnesota Twins	3	New York Yankees	5	Box	Ron Davis	Mike Marshall	Rich Gossage
Cleveland Indians	1	Oakland Athletics	4	Box	Rick Langford	Rick Wise	(none)
Detroit Tigers	7	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Jack Morris	Rob Dressler	(none)
San Diego Padres	2	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Dick Tidrow	Rollie Fingers	(none)
New York Mets	3	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Mike LaCoss	Neil Allen	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Houston Astros	0	Box	Larry Christenson	J.R. Richard	Ron Reed
Atlanta Braves	1	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Steve Rogers	Joey McLaughlin	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Box	Jerry Reuss	Don Robinson	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Roy Thomas	Vida Blue	(none)

Standings as of 1979-08-18

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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	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	120	79	41	.658	--	571	448	123	35-25	44-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	39	23	16	.590
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	120	75	45	.625	4.0	672	516	156	31-27	44-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	40	16	24	.400
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	123	72	51	.585	8.5	604	541	63	31-28	41-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	38	23	15	.605
4	5	10	New York Yankees	120	65	55	.542	14.0	531	491	40	26-30	39-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	40	24	16	.600
5	7	12	Detroit Tigers	121	63	58	.521	16.5	599	582	17	31-34	32-24	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	40	22	18	.550
6	9	16	Cleveland Indians	122	61	61	.500	19.0	558	605	-47	30-35	31-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	39	20	19	.513
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	122	39	83	.320	41.0	449	631	-182	20-45	19-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	40	14	26	.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	4	7	California Angels	123	68	55	.553	--	662	550	112	31-28	37-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	39	20	19	.513
2	6	11	Minnesota Twins	121	64	57	.529	3.0	594	553	41	33-29	31-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	41	18	23	.439
3	8	14	Kansas City Royals	122	63	59	.516	4.5	638	628	10	30-34	33-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	40	22	18	.550
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	123	61	62	.496	7.0	567	533	34	26-35	35-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	39	22	17	.564
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	121	54	67	.446	13.0	551	576	-25	32-30	22-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	39	19	20	.487
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	123	50	73	.407	18.0	530	635	-105	22-36	28-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	39	17	22	.436
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	123	38	85	.309	30.0	432	669	-237	14-44	24-41	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	39	16	23	.410
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	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	122	70	52	.574	--	577	505	72	34-25	36-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	40	28	12	.700
2	3	6	Montreal Expos	117	66	51	.564	1.5	514	438	76	26-33	40-18	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	43	29	14	.674
3	5	9	Chicago Cubs	119	65	54	.546	3.5	567	544	23	26-30	39-24	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	43	15	28	.349
4	6	13	St. Louis Cardinals	121	63	58	.521	6.5	551	528	23	27-30	35-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	41	23	18	.561
5	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	123	63	60	.512	7.5	531	553	-22	28-37	35-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	39	21	18	.538
6	10	21	New York Mets	120	52	68	.433	17.0	468	524	-56	25-37	26-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	42	11	31	.262
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	5	Houston Astros	123	70	53	.569	--	445	453	-8	27-31	43-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	39	19	20	.487
2	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	124	68	56	.548	2.5	573	498	75	30-30	38-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	37	22	15	.595
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	122	57	65	.467	12.5	582	580	2	24-40	33-25	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	40	22	18	.550
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	123	57	66	.463	13.0	559	581	-22	28-38	29-28	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	39	14	25	.359
5	11	22	San Diego Padres	124	53	71	.427	17.5	467	541	-74	21-42	32-29	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	37	15	22	.405
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	124	47	77	.379	23.5	528	617	-89	19-43	28-34	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	36	19	17	.528

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