Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 28,1979

Games on 1979-08-28

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	3	Chicago White Sox	7	Box	Ross Baumgarten	Allen Ripley	Ed Farmer
California Angels	2	Detroit Tigers	12	Box	Bruce Robbins	Don Aase	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	11	Kansas City Royals	6	Box	Moose Haas	Craig Chamberlain	(none)
New York Yankees	2	Texas Rangers	10	Box	Jim Kern	Ken Clay	(none)
Oakland Athletics	6	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Rick Langford	Dave Stieb	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	John Candelaria	Charlie Hough	(none)
Houston Astros	6	Montreal Expos	7	Box	David Palmer	Pete Ladd	(none)
Atlanta Braves	6	New York Mets	4	Box	Phil Niekro	Dock Ellis	Joey McLaughlin
Cincinnati Reds	5	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Frank Pastore	Steve Carlton	Tom Hume
Chicago Cubs	3	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Rick Reuschel	Randy Jones	Bruce Sutter
St. Louis Cardinals	2	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Bob Forsch	Bob Knepper	Mark Littell

Standings as of 1979-08-28

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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	128	84	44	.656	--	612	481	131	38-26	46-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	31	18	13	.581
2	2	2	Milwaukee Brewers	133	80	53	.602	6.5	668	584	84	35-29	45-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	28	15	13	.536
3	3	3	Boston Red Sox	129	76	53	.589	8.5	702	561	141	33-33	44-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	31	15	16	.484
4	4	9	New York Yankees	128	70	58	.547	14.0	576	526	50	30-33	40-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	32	19	13	.594
5	6	12	Detroit Tigers	131	70	61	.534	15.5	651	627	24	33-36	37-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	30	15	15	.500
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	131	66	65	.504	19.5	618	648	-30	32-37	34-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	30	15	15	.500
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	131	42	89	.321	43.5	489	693	-204	20-49	22-40	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	31	11	20	.355
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	5	10	California Angels	132	71	61	.538	--	717	614	103	32-32	39-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	30	17	13	.567
2	7	13	Minnesota Twins	129	68	61	.527	1.5	632	589	43	33-30	35-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	33	14	19	.424
3	8	14	Kansas City Royals	131	69	62	.527	1.5	685	684	1	31-34	38-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	31	16	15	.516
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	132	63	69	.477	8.0	601	576	25	27-38	36-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	30	20	10	.667
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	130	58	72	.446	12.0	588	621	-33	34-33	23-40	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	30	15	15	.500
6	12	21	Seattle Mariners	132	56	76	.424	15.0	586	677	-91	24-39	32-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	30	11	19	.367
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	133	42	91	.316	29.5	471	715	-244	16-48	26-43	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	29	12	17	.414
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	131	76	55	.580	--	615	535	80	37-27	39-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	31	22	9	.710
2	4	7	Montreal Expos	124	70	54	.565	2.5	537	460	77	28-35	42-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	36	25	11	.694
3	5	8	Chicago Cubs	128	70	58	.547	4.5	593	570	23	29-32	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	34	10	24	.294
4	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	129	69	60	.535	6.0	591	553	38	30-31	38-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	33	17	16	.515
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	132	65	67	.492	11.5	554	588	-34	29-37	36-30	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	30	19	11	.633
6	11	23	New York Mets	129	53	76	.411	22.0	489	569	-80	25-38	27-39	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	33	10	23	.303
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	Cincinnati Reds	133	76	57	.571	--	617	520	97	35-30	41-27	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	28	14	14	.500
2	3	6	Houston Astros	132	75	57	.568	0.5	477	477	0	32-34	43-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	30	14	16	.467
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	131	61	70	.466	14.0	612	612	0	26-42	35-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	31	18	13	.581
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	131	59	72	.450	16.0	584	612	-28	29-41	30-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	31	12	19	.387
5	10	22	San Diego Padres	133	56	77	.421	20.0	493	582	-89	22-45	34-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	28	12	16	.429
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	131	52	79	.397	23.0	554	638	-84	24-44	28-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	29	14	15	.483

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Andy Messersmith	P	34.022	Released by Dodgers.

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