Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 29,1979

Games on 1979-08-29

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	4	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Sid Monge	Shane Rawley	(none)
Seattle Mariners	1	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Rick Waits	Wayne Twitchell	Victor Cruz
California Angels	1	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Jack Morris	Dave Frost	Aurelio Lopez
Milwaukee Brewers	8	Kansas City Royals	18	Box	Dennis Leonard	Jim Slaton	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	4	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	Scott McGregor	Roger Erickson	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	7	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Dave Ford	Geoff Zahn	Don Stanhouse
New York Yankees	7	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Ron Guidry	Dave Rajsich	Rich Gossage
Oakland Athletics	6	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Box	Mike Norris	Tom Underwood	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Bert Blyleven	Jerry Reuss	Kent Tekulve
Houston Astros	3	Montreal Expos	5	Box	Bill Lee	Joe Niekro	Elias Sosa
Atlanta Braves	5	New York Mets	4	Box	Rick Matula	Ray Burris	Joey McLaughlin
Cincinnati Reds	7	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Mario Soto	Kevin Saucier	Doug Bair
Chicago Cubs	1	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Gaylord Perry	Lynn McGlothen	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	John Fulgham	Vida Blue	(none)

Standings as of 1979-08-29

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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	130	86	44	.662	--	623	485	138	40-26	46-18	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	29	16	13	.552
2	2	2	Milwaukee Brewers	134	80	54	.597	8.0	676	602	74	35-30	45-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	27	15	12	.556
3	3	3	Boston Red Sox	129	76	53	.589	9.5	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	8	New York Yankees	129	71	58	.550	14.5	583	531	52	31-33	40-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	31	18	13	.581
5	5	11	Detroit Tigers	132	71	61	.538	16.0	653	628	25	33-36	38-25	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	29	14	15	.483
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	133	68	65	.511	19.5	625	653	-28	32-37	36-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	28	13	15	.464
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	132	42	90	.318	45.0	493	699	-206	20-49	22-41	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	30	11	19	.367
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	6	12	California Angels	133	71	62	.534	--	718	616	102	32-33	39-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	29	17	12	.586
2	7	13	Kansas City Royals	132	70	62	.530	0.5	703	692	11	31-34	39-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	30	15	15	.500
3	8	14	Minnesota Twins	131	68	63	.519	2.0	636	600	36	33-30	35-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	31	14	17	.452
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	133	63	70	.474	8.0	606	583	23	27-38	36-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	29	20	9	.690
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	130	58	72	.446	11.5	588	621	-33	34-33	23-40	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	30	15	15	.500
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	134	56	78	.418	15.5	591	684	-93	24-41	32-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	28	11	17	.393
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	134	43	91	.321	28.5	477	719	-242	17-48	26-43	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	28	11	17	.393
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	132	77	55	.583	--	619	536	83	38-27	39-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	30	21	9	.700
2	3	6	Montreal Expos	125	71	54	.568	2.5	542	463	79	28-35	43-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	35	24	11	.686
3	5	9	Chicago Cubs	129	70	59	.543	5.5	594	573	21	29-33	41-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	33	10	23	.303
4	6	10	St. Louis Cardinals	130	70	60	.538	6.0	596	554	42	31-31	38-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	32	16	16	.500
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	133	65	68	.489	12.5	560	595	-35	29-37	36-31	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	29	19	10	.655
6	11	23	New York Mets	130	53	77	.408	23.0	493	574	-81	25-38	27-40	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	32	10	22	.313
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	134	77	57	.575	--	624	526	98	36-30	41-27	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	27	13	14	.481
2	4	7	Houston Astros	133	75	58	.564	1.5	480	482	-2	32-35	43-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	29	14	15	.483
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	132	61	71	.462	15.0	613	616	-3	26-42	35-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	30	18	12	.600
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	132	59	73	.447	17.0	585	617	-32	29-41	30-32	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	30	12	18	.400
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	134	57	77	.425	20.0	496	583	-87	22-45	35-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	27	11	16	.407
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	132	53	79	.402	23.0	559	642	-83	25-44	28-35	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	28	13	15	.464

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
John Montague	P	31.352	Traded by Mariners to Angels for Jim Anderson.

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