Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 6,1980

Games on 1980-08-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	1	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Mike Flanagan	Britt Burns	Tim Stoddard
Milwaukee Brewers	9	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Lary Sorensen	Dick Drago	Bill Castro
Seattle Mariners	3	California Angels	8	Box	John Montague	Rob Dressler	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	2	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Rick Waits	Jesse Jefferson	Victor Cruz
Kansas City Royals	5	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Larry Gura	Jack Morris	Dan Quisenberry
Texas Rangers	1	New York Yankees	2	Box	Rudy May	Doc Medich	Rich Gossage
Minnesota Twins	1	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Brian Kingman	Roger Erickson	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Don Sutton	Rick Matula	Bobby Castillo
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Kent Tekulve	Dick Tidrow	Enrique Romo
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Chicago Cubs	0	Box	Bert Blyleven	Doug Capilla	Grant Jackson
San Diego Padres	3	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Tom Hume	John D'Acquisto	(none)
San Francisco Giants	0	Houston Astros	1	Box	Ken Forsch	Vida Blue	(none)
New York Mets	1	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Scott Sanderson	Roy Lee Jackson	Elias Sosa
St. Louis Cardinals	14	Philadelphia Phillies	0	Box	Bob Sykes	Bob Walk	(none)

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	106	67	39	.632	--	565	450	115	36-20	31-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gene Michael	Yankee Stadium I	56	36	20	.643
2	3	3	Baltimore Orioles	104	60	44	.577	6.0	509	413	96	29-23	31-21	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	58	40	18	.690
3	4	7	Detroit Tigers	104	57	47	.548	9.0	539	466	73	27-27	29-21	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	58	27	31	.466
4	5	11	Milwaukee Brewers	106	56	50	.528	11.0	532	428	104	29-24	27-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	56	30	26	.536
5	6	12	Cleveland Indians	102	53	49	.520	12.0	485	510	-25	24-29	29-20	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	58	26	32	.448
6	7	13	Boston Red Sox	105	54	51	.514	12.5	503	534	-31	31-23	23-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	55	29	26	.527
7	12	22	Toronto Blue Jays	104	45	59	.433	21.0	401	472	-71	20-31	25-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	58	22	36	.379
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Kansas City Royals	107	67	40	.626	--	540	455	85	35-20	32-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	55	30	25	.545
2	8	14	Oakland Athletics	109	56	53	.514	12.0	454	442	12	23-29	33-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53	27	26	.509
3	9	17	Texas Rangers	108	51	57	.472	16.5	507	489	18	24-29	27-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	53	25	28	.472
4	10	19	Chicago White Sox	107	48	59	.449	19.0	377	478	-101	21-28	25-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	53	22	31	.415
5	11	21	Minnesota Twins	107	47	60	.439	20.0	445	511	-66	20-35	27-25	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	54	30	24	.556
6	13	25	California Angels	105	41	64	.390	25.0	457	541	-84	22-27	19-37	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	55	24	31	.436
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	108	39	69	.361	28.5	411	536	-125	15-40	24-29	L12	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	54	20	34	.370
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	Montreal Expos	106	60	46	.566	--	476	432	44	22-25	38-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	56	30	26	.536
2	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	106	58	48	.547	2.0	444	413	31	28-30	30-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	56	25	31	.446
3	6	10	Philadelphia Phillies	102	54	48	.529	4.0	467	419	48	21-25	33-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	60	37	23	.617
4	8	16	New York Mets	106	51	55	.481	9.0	419	445	-26	21-30	30-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	56	16	40	.286
5	9	18	St. Louis Cardinals	104	47	57	.452	12.0	469	451	18	22-33	25-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	58	27	31	.466
6	12	24	Chicago Cubs	104	44	60	.423	15.0	398	446	-48	20-35	24-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	58	20	38	.345
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1980 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	5	Houston Astros	106	59	47	.557	--	395	389	6	23-29	36-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	57	34	23	.596
2	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	107	59	48	.551	0.5	443	392	51	22-33	37-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	56	33	23	.589
3	5	9	Cincinnati Reds	110	59	51	.536	2.0	505	482	23	23-28	35-24	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	52	30	22	.577
4	7	15	San Francisco Giants	108	52	56	.481	8.0	406	410	-4	22-36	30-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	53	23	30	.434
5	10	20	Atlanta Braves	106	47	59	.443	12.0	401	470	-69	15-36	32-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55	34	21	.618
6	11	23	San Diego Padres	109	47	62	.431	13.5	366	440	-74	17-41	30-21	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	53	26	27	.491

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Jose Cano	P	18.152	Released by Yankees.

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