Baseball on this Date - Monday August 20,1979

Games on 1979-08-20

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	0	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Mike Flanagan	Brian Allard	(none)
Cleveland Indians	5	California Angels	6	Box	Dave LaRoche	Sid Monge	(none)
New York Yankees	17	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Luis Tiant	Rich Gale	Don Hood
Chicago White Sox	3	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Bill Travers	Ken Kravec	Bob Galasso
Boston Red Sox	5	Minnesota Twins	10	Box	Roger Erickson	Mike Torrez	(none)
Detroit Tigers	7	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Dan Petry	Dave Heaverlo	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	4	Seattle Mariners	7	Box	Mike Parrott	Butch Edge	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Lynn McGlothen	Rick Sutcliffe	Bruce Sutter
Montreal Expos	5	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Dan Schatzeder	Fred Norman	Woodie Fryman
Houston Astros	8	New York Mets	1	Box	Joe Niekro	Craig Swan	(none)
Atlanta Braves	5	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Phil Niekro	Ron Reed	Gene Garber
San Francisco Giants	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Box	Enrique Romo	Gary Lavelle	Kent Tekulve
San Diego Padres	3	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Silvio Martinez	Gaylord Perry	(none)

Standings as of 1979-08-20

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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	122	80	42	.656	--	581	459	122	35-25	45-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	37	22	15	.595
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	122	75	47	.615	5.0	679	529	150	31-28	44-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	38	16	22	.421
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	125	74	51	.592	7.5	613	547	66	31-28	43-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	36	21	15	.583
4	5	9	New York Yankees	122	67	55	.549	13.0	552	498	54	27-30	40-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	38	22	16	.579
5	7	13	Detroit Tigers	123	64	59	.520	16.5	610	593	17	32-35	32-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	38	21	17	.553
6	9	16	Cleveland Indians	124	61	63	.492	20.0	565	614	-49	30-37	31-26	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	37	20	17	.541
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	124	39	85	.315	42.0	455	642	-187	20-47	19-38	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	38	14	24	.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	4	7	California Angels	125	70	55	.560	--	672	557	115	31-28	39-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	37	18	19	.486
2	6	12	Minnesota Twins	123	65	58	.528	4.0	607	562	45	33-30	32-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	39	17	22	.436
3	8	14	Kansas City Royals	124	64	60	.516	5.5	653	652	1	31-34	33-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	38	21	17	.553
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	125	61	64	.488	9.0	570	540	30	26-37	35-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	37	22	15	.595
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	123	55	68	.447	14.0	557	583	-26	33-31	22-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	37	18	19	.486
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	125	52	73	.416	18.0	545	643	-98	22-36	30-37	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	37	15	22	.405
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	125	39	86	.312	31.0	438	678	-240	14-44	25-42	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	37	15	22	.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	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	124	72	52	.581	--	585	510	75	34-25	38-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	38	26	12	.684
2	2	5	Montreal Expos	119	68	51	.571	1.5	524	441	83	27-33	41-18	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	41	27	14	.659
3	4	8	Chicago Cubs	121	67	54	.554	3.5	572	546	26	26-30	41-24	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	41	13	28	.317
4	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	123	65	58	.528	6.5	561	531	30	27-30	37-29	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	39	21	18	.538
5	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	125	64	61	.512	8.5	536	560	-24	29-37	35-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	37	20	17	.541
6	10	21	New York Mets	122	52	70	.426	19.0	474	538	-64	25-38	26-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	40	11	29	.275
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	125	71	54	.568	--	455	457	-2	28-31	43-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	37	18	19	.486
2	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	126	69	57	.548	2.5	581	508	73	30-30	39-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	35	21	14	.600
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	124	57	67	.460	13.5	583	584	-1	24-42	33-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	38	22	16	.579
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	125	57	68	.456	14.0	564	591	-27	28-40	29-28	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	37	14	23	.378
5	11	22	San Diego Padres	126	53	73	.421	18.5	471	550	-79	21-44	32-29	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	35	15	20	.429
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	126	48	78	.381	23.5	534	624	-90	20-44	28-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	34	18	16	.529

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ray Burris	P	28.363	Claimed on waivers by Mets from Yankees.

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