Baseball on Thursday, May 08, 1980

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THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Games and Standings

Births, Deaths and Debuts

Feats and Milestones

Transactions

Vis		Home		Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing pitcher	Home Runs	Best Hitter Impact
Toronto Blue Jays	9	California Angels	2	Box	Paul Mirabella (3-1)	Dave Frost (3-3)	TOR J Mayberry (6)	Damaso Garcia (28.0)
Kansas City Royals	2	Chicago White Sox	8	Box	Britt Burns (3-2)	Paul Splittorff (3-2)	KCA F White (1)	Wayne Nordhagen (19.8)
Baltimore Orioles	1	Milwaukee Brewers	9	Box	Moose Haas (3-3)	Dennis Martinez (1-1)	BAL L May (1) MIL S Lezcano (5), D Money (4), G Thomas (4)	Don Money (22.5)
Detroit Tigers	3	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Rick Honeycutt (6-0)	Jack Morris (3-4)	DET J Wockenfuss (2)	Joe Simpson (41.4)
San Diego Padres	9	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Bob Shirley (2-1)	Bruce Sutter (2-2)	None	Kurt Bevacqua (43.7)

Standings as of this date

American League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	15	9	.625	--	115	88	9-6	6-3	W6	Game Log
New York Yankees	14	9	.609	0.5	117	94	9-5	5-4	W5	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	11	11	.500	3.0	125	91	6-4	5-7	W1	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	12	12	.500	3.0	114	144	7-8	5-4	W1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	11	14	.440	4.5	113	112	4-10	7-4	L1	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	9	14	.391	5.5	90	125	6-11	3-3	W2	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	9	16	.360	6.5	123	131	5-12	4-4	L2	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	16	11	.593	--	120	102	4-5	12-6	L2	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	15	11	.577	0.5	119	123	6-3	9-8	W1	Game Log
Texas Rangers	13	11	.542	1.5	126	111	4-4	9-7	L1	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	14	14	.500	2.5	112	127	4-6	10-8	W2	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	12	12	.500	2.5	98	105	4-7	8-5	L1	Game Log
California Angels	11	14	.440	4.0	86	100	3-6	8-8	L3	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	11	15	.423	4.5	124	129	6-9	5-6	L2	Game Log

National League
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	15	7	.682	--	109	76	6-3	9-4	W3	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	12	10	.545	3.0	115	107	6-6	6-4	L1	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	11	10	.524	3.5	120	94	3-4	8-6	W2	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	12	12	.500	4.0	129	113	5-4	7-8	W3	Game Log
Montreal Expos	10	14	.417	6.0	96	116	3-8	7-6	W1	Game Log
New York Mets	8	16	.333	8.0	86	107	2-7	6-9	L2	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Houston Astros	17	8	.680	--	115	86	8-5	9-3	L1	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	17	10	.630	1.0	109	103	8-5	9-5	W2	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	14	11	.560	3.0	114	102	5-9	9-2	L2	Game Log
San Diego Padres	13	13	.500	4.5	89	98	6-11	7-2	W1	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	8	15	.348	8.0	71	113	2-11	6-4	L3	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	8	19	.296	10.0	88	126	3-15	5-4	L4	Game Log

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