Baseball on this Date - Saturday September 8,1979

Games on 1979-09-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	3	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Mike Flanagan	Dennis Eckersley	Don Stanhouse
Milwaukee Brewers	2	California Angels	3	Box	Jim Barr	Jerry Augustine	John Montague
Toronto Blue Jays	4	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Rick Wise	Dave Stieb	(none)
New York Yankees	5	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Ron Guidry	Jack Morris	Rich Gossage
Texas Rangers	6	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Doc Medich	Jerry Koosman	Jim Kern
Chicago White Sox	1	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Steve McCatty	Mike Proly	(none)
Kansas City Royals	2	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Floyd Bannister	Dennis Leonard	(none)
San Diego Padres	9	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Bob Shirley	Rick Matula	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	9	Chicago Cubs	8	Box	Rawly Eastwick	Bruce Sutter	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Bill Bonham	Jerry Reuss	Tom Hume
San Francisco Giants	2	Houston Astros	1	Box	Greg Minton	Joe Sambito	Gary Lavelle
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	New York Mets	3	Box	Dock Ellis	Jim Rooker	(none)
Montreal Expos	7	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Bill Lee	John Fulgham	(none)

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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	139	93	46	.669	--	651	501	150	42-26	51-20	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	20	9	11	.450
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	142	83	59	.585	11.5	703	635	68	38-35	45-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	19	12	7	.632
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	138	78	60	.565	14.5	737	603	134	34-35	45-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	22	13	9	.591
4	4	8	New York Yankees	139	77	62	.554	16.0	628	580	48	33-34	44-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	21	12	9	.571
5	7	12	Detroit Tigers	142	74	68	.521	20.5	697	671	26	34-38	40-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	19	11	8	.579
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	142	73	69	.514	21.5	672	702	-30	32-37	41-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	19	8	11	.421
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	141	44	97	.312	50.0	524	745	-221	20-54	24-43	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	21	9	12	.429
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	9	California Angels	143	79	64	.552	--	781	674	107	35-34	44-30	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	19	9	10	.474
2	6	11	Kansas City Royals	141	74	67	.525	4.0	741	735	6	35-39	39-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	21	11	10	.524
3	8	14	Minnesota Twins	140	72	68	.514	5.5	666	627	39	35-32	37-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	22	10	12	.455
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	142	70	72	.493	8.5	650	612	38	34-40	36-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	20	13	7	.650
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	140	61	79	.436	16.5	639	674	-35	35-38	25-42	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	20	12	8	.600
6	12	21	Seattle Mariners	143	60	83	.420	19.0	621	718	-97	26-43	34-40	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	19	7	12	.368
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	142	49	93	.345	29.5	515	748	-233	20-49	29-44	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	20	5	15	.250
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	Montreal Expos	135	80	55	.593	--	604	491	113	31-36	49-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	25	15	10	.600
2	2	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	142	84	58	.592	0.5	670	573	97	44-29	40-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	20	14	6	.700
3	5	10	St. Louis Cardinals	140	77	63	.550	5.5	641	597	44	36-32	40-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	22	9	13	.409
4	6	13	Chicago Cubs	139	72	67	.518	10.0	628	616	12	30-36	42-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	23	8	15	.348
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	142	71	71	.500	12.5	596	627	-31	34-39	37-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	20	13	7	.650
6	11	23	New York Mets	140	56	84	.400	26.5	520	614	-94	27-44	28-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	22	7	15	.318
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	5	Cincinnati Reds	143	81	62	.566	--	673	581	92	37-34	44-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	18	9	9	.500
2	4	7	Houston Astros	142	80	62	.563	0.5	507	507	0	32-35	48-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	20	9	11	.450
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	142	67	75	.472	13.5	650	657	-7	29-45	38-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	20	12	8	.600
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	143	63	80	.441	18.0	622	667	-45	32-44	31-36	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	19	8	11	.421
5	10	22	San Diego Padres	143	60	83	.420	21.0	531	609	-78	24-47	36-36	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	18	8	10	.444
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	141	55	86	.390	25.0	589	692	-103	25-44	30-42	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	19	11	8	.579

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