Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 5,1970

Games on 1970-05-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	3	Baltimore Orioles	7	Box	Tom Phoebus	Dick Drago	(none)
Washington Senators II	6	California Angels	1	Box	George Brunet	Andy Messersmith	Horacio Pina
Cleveland Indians	1	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Tommy John	Dean Chance	(none)
Minnesota Twins	8	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Luis Tiant	Mickey Lolich	Ron Perranoski
Boston Red Sox	6	Milwaukee Brewers	0	Box	Sonny Siebert	Gene Brabender	(none)
New York Yankees	3	Oakland Athletics	11	Box	Catfish Hunter	Stan Bahnsen	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Atlanta Braves	12	Box	George Stone	Bob Moose	Hoyt Wilhelm
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	Wayne Simpson	Steve Carlton	(none)
Chicago Cubs	1	Houston Astros	3	Box	Larry Dierker	Fergie Jenkins	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Rich Robertson	Bill Stoneman	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	New York Mets	0	Box	Sandy Vance	Nolan Ryan	Fred Norman
San Diego Padres	11	Philadelphia Phillies	8	Box	Dave Roberts	Dick Selma	(none)

Standings as of 1970-05-05

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	23	15	8	.652	--	128	88	40	9-2	6-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	139	93	46	.669
2	4	5	Boston Red Sox	22	13	9	.591	1.5	98	81	17	3-5	10-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	140	74	66	.529
3	5	7	Detroit Tigers	22	13	9	.591	1.5	106	89	17	9-8	4-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	140	66	74	.471
4	6	9	Washington Senators II	24	13	11	.542	2.5	112	113	-1	2-1	11-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	138	57	81	.413
5	7	12	New York Yankees	26	13	13	.500	3.5	116	113	3	4-8	9-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	136	80	56	.588
6	10	20	Cleveland Indians	22	9	13	.409	5.5	68	89	-21	6-7	3-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	140	67	73	.479
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Minnesota Twins	22	15	7	.682	--	109	74	35	8-3	7-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	140	83	57	.593
2	3	4	California Angels	23	14	9	.609	1.5	103	85	18	9-4	5-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	139	72	67	.518
3	8	15	Oakland Athletics	25	12	13	.480	4.5	100	99	1	5-9	7-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	137	77	60	.562
4	9	19	Chicago White Sox	23	10	13	.435	5.5	88	122	-34	5-5	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	139	46	93	.331
5	11	22	Kansas City Royals	23	8	15	.348	7.5	92	125	-33	4-4	4-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	139	57	82	.410
6	12	24	Milwaukee Brewers	25	5	20	.200	11.5	99	141	-42	5-15	0-5	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	137	60	77	.438
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	6	Chicago Cubs	22	13	9	.591	--	95	85	10	3-9	10-0	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	140	71	69	.507
2	6	13	New York Mets	24	12	12	.500	2.0	87	71	16	8-7	4-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	138	71	67	.514
3	5	11	Philadelphia Phillies	24	12	12	.500	2.0	79	102	-23	8-9	4-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	137	61	76	.445
4	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	24	11	13	.458	3.0	95	115	-20	4-6	7-7	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	138	78	60	.565
5	9	17	St. Louis Cardinals	22	10	12	.455	3.0	97	96	1	4-4	6-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	140	66	74	.471
6	12	23	Montreal Expos	22	6	16	.273	7.0	58	134	-76	5-11	1-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	140	67	73	.479
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1970 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	27	21	6	.778	--	146	86	60	8-4	13-2	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	135	81	54	.600
2	3	8	Atlanta Braves	25	14	11	.560	6.0	146	127	19	7-5	7-6	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	137	62	75	.453
3	4	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	24	13	11	.542	6.5	86	66	20	6-2	7-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	137	74	63	.540
4	7	14	San Francisco Giants	27	13	14	.481	8.0	152	149	3	4-5	9-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	135	73	62	.541
5	10	18	Houston Astros	27	12	15	.444	9.0	125	126	-1	4-11	8-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	135	67	68	.496
6	11	21	San Diego Padres	26	10	16	.385	10.5	90	99	-9	6-7	4-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	136	53	83	.390

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Tony Pierce	P	24.096	Released by Athletics.

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