Baseball on this Date - Wednesday September 5,1979

Games on 1979-09-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	8	California Angels	9	Box	John Montague	Randy Scarbery	Dave LaRoche
Detroit Tigers	9	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Aurelio Lopez	Victor Cruz	(none)
Kansas City Royals	3	Minnesota Twins	8	Box	Dave Goltz	Paul Splittorff	(none)
Boston Red Sox	5	New York Yankees	0	Box	Bob Stanley	Tommy John	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	1	Oakland Athletics	6	Box	Matt Keough	Mike Caldwell	(none)
Texas Rangers	0	Seattle Mariners	1	Box	Rob Dressler	Fergie Jenkins	Byron McLaughlin
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Lerrin LaGrow	Gene Garber	Dave Patterson
Montreal Expos	4	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Elias Sosa	Rick Reuschel	Dale Murray
San Francisco Giants	5	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Fred Norman	John Montefusco	Tom Hume
San Diego Padres	3	Houston Astros	4	Box	Joe Sambito	John D'Acquisto	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Dave Roberts	Roy Thomas	Kent Tekulve

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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	136	90	46	.662	--	641	498	143	40-26	50-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	23	12	11	.522
2	2	3	Milwaukee Brewers	140	83	57	.593	9.0	698	626	72	38-33	45-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	21	12	9	.571
3	3	5	Boston Red Sox	136	78	58	.574	12.0	734	598	136	34-35	45-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	24	13	11	.542
4	4	8	New York Yankees	136	75	61	.551	15.0	620	569	51	31-33	44-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	24	14	10	.583
5	7	12	Detroit Tigers	139	73	66	.525	18.5	686	663	23	34-38	39-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	22	12	10	.545
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	140	71	69	.507	21.0	658	690	-32	32-37	39-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	21	10	11	.476
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	138	44	94	.319	47.0	512	726	-214	20-51	24-43	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	24	9	15	.375
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	140	76	64	.543	--	762	660	102	35-34	41-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	22	12	10	.545
2	6	11	Kansas City Royals	139	73	66	.525	2.5	733	729	4	34-38	39-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	23	12	11	.522
3	8	14	Minnesota Twins	138	72	66	.522	3.0	660	616	44	35-32	37-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	24	10	14	.417
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	140	68	72	.486	8.0	639	606	33	32-40	36-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	22	15	7	.682
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	137	61	76	.445	13.5	626	658	-32	35-35	25-42	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	23	12	11	.522
6	12	21	Seattle Mariners	141	59	82	.418	17.5	615	710	-95	26-43	33-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	21	8	13	.381
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	140	47	93	.336	29.0	509	744	-235	20-49	27-44	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	22	7	15	.318
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	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	139	83	56	.597	--	656	558	98	43-27	40-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	23	15	8	.652
2	2	4	Montreal Expos	132	78	54	.591	1.5	592	484	108	29-35	49-19	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	28	17	11	.607
3	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	137	75	62	.547	7.0	626	580	46	36-32	38-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	25	11	14	.440
4	6	13	Chicago Cubs	136	71	65	.522	10.5	616	603	13	30-36	41-29	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	26	9	17	.346
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	138	69	69	.500	13.5	579	609	-30	33-38	36-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	24	15	9	.625
6	11	23	New York Mets	136	54	82	.397	27.5	507	601	-94	26-43	27-40	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	26	9	17	.346
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	139	79	60	.568	--	502	496	6	32-35	47-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	23	10	13	.435
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	140	79	61	.564	0.5	652	571	81	37-34	42-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	21	11	10	.524
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	139	66	73	.475	13.0	641	642	-1	28-43	38-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	23	13	10	.565
4	9	20	San Francisco Giants	140	61	79	.436	18.5	608	652	-44	30-43	31-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	22	10	12	.455
5	10	22	San Diego Padres	140	58	82	.414	21.5	514	605	-91	22-46	36-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	21	10	11	.476
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	138	54	84	.391	24.5	581	673	-92	25-44	29-40	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	22	12	10	.545

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