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Friday, August 4,1978

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Friday, August 4,1978

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Minnesota Twins  3 California Angels  12 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Al Fitzmorris Gary Serum Ken Brett 17,411 2:51
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Chicago White Sox  1 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Kip Young Wilbur Wood -- 31,334 2:24
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Victor Cruz Al Hrabosky -- 35,064 2:42
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Boston Red Sox  2 Milwaukee Brewers  6 box | pbp County Stadium Lary Sorensen Bill Lee -- 52,562 2:10
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Baltimore Orioles  2 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Mike Flanagan Ron Guidry Don Stanhouse 28,189 2:19
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Seattle Mariners  1 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis John Henry Johnson Glenn Abbott -- 2,502 1:49
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Cleveland Indians  0 Texas Rangers  8 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Fergie Jenkins Rick Wise -- 20,307 2:15
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Houston Astros  2 Atlanta Braves  7 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Phil Niekro Mark Lemongello -- 11,282 2:30
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Montreal Expos  4 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Rick Reuschel Mike Garman Bruce Sutter 20,621 2:39
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 San Diego Padres  3 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Cinergy Field Bob Shirley Doug Bair Rollie Fingers 44,829 2:58
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  0 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Larry Christenson Jim Rooker -- 0 2:21
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Don Robinson Jim Kaat -- 30,865 2:02
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Candlestick Park Vida Blue Doug Rau Randy Moffitt 47,944 2:03
1978 reg season 1978-08-04 New York Mets  8 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Craig Swan Bob Forsch -- 15,153 2:40
14 record(s)
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 107 67 40 .626 0.0 543 423 120 L1 27-29 40-11 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 105 61 44 .581 5.0 546 436 110 W1 24-26 37-18 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1978 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 107 60 47 .561 7.0 438 482 -44 W2 30-27 30-20 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1978 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 108 59 49 .546 8.5 473 425 48 L3 27-28 32-21 4 5 9 Yes Won World Series (Dodgers)
1978 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 107 58 49 .542 9.0 479 430 49 W3 27-29 31-20 5 6 10 -- dnq
1978 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 106 51 55 .481 15.5 448 451 -3 L1 19-33 32-22 6 9 15 -- dnq
1978 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 107 40 67 .374 27.0 419 522 -103 W1 16-37 24-30 7 13 24 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 105 58 47 .552 0.0 479 414 65 L4 22-30 36-17 1 4 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1978 AL West California Angels franchise | log 110 59 51 .536 1.5 463 450 13 W3 25-29 34-22 2 7 11 -- dnq
1978 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 110 57 53 .518 3.5 385 413 -28 W1 26-30 31-23 3 8 14 -- dnq
1978 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 106 50 56 .472 8.5 425 431 -6 W1 18-33 32-23 4 10 17 -- dnq
1978 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 105 45 60 .429 13.0 458 478 -20 L4 25-35 20-25 5 11 21 -- dnq
1978 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 106 45 61 .425 13.5 427 485 -58 L2 17-29 28-32 6 12 23 -- dnq
1978 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 109 39 70 .358 21.0 435 578 -143 L1 16-35 23-35 7 14 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 104 57 47 .548 0.0 447 388 59 L1 19-31 38-16 1 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Dodgers)
1978 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 106 55 51 .519 3.0 424 448 -24 W4 25-31 30-20 2 6 13 -- dnq
1978 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 104 50 54 .481 7.0 400 419 -19 W1 21-32 29-22 3 7 16 -- dnq
1978 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 110 51 59 .464 9.0 456 409 47 L2 22-32 29-27 4 9 19 -- dnq
1978 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 110 47 63 .427 13.0 432 463 -31 W1 21-32 26-31 5 11 22 -- dnq
1978 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 108 40 68 .370 19.0 361 444 -83 L7 19-38 21-30 6 12 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1978 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 110 66 44 .600 0.0 454 387 67 W3 29-27 37-17 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 108 63 45 .583 2.0 476 452 24 L1 29-24 34-21 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 109 61 48 .560 4.5 496 402 94 L6 28-31 33-17 3 3 6 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1978 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 109 57 52 .523 8.5 404 416 -12 W10 22-33 35-19 4 5 12 Yes dnq
1978 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 107 50 57 .467 14.5 410 489 -79 W1 19-32 31-25 5 8 18 -- dnq
1978 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 107 49 58 .458 15.5 401 444 -43 L2 14-35 35-23 6 10 20 -- dnq
26 record(s)