Baseball on this Date - Wednesday July 8,1970

Games on 1970-07-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	8	Baltimore Orioles	9	Box	Moe Drabowsky	Lindy McDaniel	(none)
Kansas City Royals	2	California Angels	3	Box	Ken Tatum	Ted Abernathy	(none)
Washington Senators II	5	Cleveland Indians	6	Box	Phil Hennigan	Darold Knowles	Dennis Higgins
Boston Red Sox	2	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Mickey Lolich	Ed Phillips	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Tommy John	Al Downing	(none)
Minnesota Twins	8	Oakland Athletics	6	Box	Jim Perry	Catfish Hunter	Ron Perranoski
San Francisco Giants	13	Atlanta Braves	0	Box	Gaylord Perry	Phil Niekro	(none)
Montreal Expos	1	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Milt Pappas	Steve Renko	(none)
Montreal Expos	5	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Dan McGinn	Ken Holtzman	Claude Raymond
San Diego Padres	3	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Clay Kirby	Ray Washburn	Ron Willis
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Houston Astros	5	Box	Ray Lamb	Jack DiLauro	Jim Brewer
St. Louis Cardinals	5	New York Mets	7	Box	Ray Sadecki	Nelson Briles	Ron Taylor
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Rick Wise	Steve Blass	(none)

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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	82	52	30	.634	--	403	315	88	21-16	31-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	80	56	24	.700
2	4	7	Detroit Tigers	80	44	36	.550	7.0	358	341	17	18-21	26-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	82	35	47	.427
3	6	10	New York Yankees	82	44	38	.537	8.0	366	342	24	20-24	24-14	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	80	49	31	.613
4	7	11	Boston Red Sox	80	41	39	.513	10.0	358	363	-5	12-25	29-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	82	46	36	.561
5	8	16	Cleveland Indians	81	37	44	.457	14.5	319	338	-19	18-27	19-17	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	81	39	42	.481
6	9	17	Washington Senators II	84	37	47	.440	16.0	351	388	-37	16-27	21-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	78	33	45	.423
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	78	52	26	.667	--	409	291	118	27-15	25-11	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	84	46	38	.548
2	3	5	California Angels	82	49	33	.598	5.0	338	296	42	22-17	27-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	80	37	43	.463
3	5	8	Oakland Athletics	83	45	38	.542	9.5	370	323	47	22-20	23-18	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	79	44	35	.557
4	10	22	Kansas City Royals	81	30	51	.370	23.5	313	378	-65	15-27	15-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	81	35	46	.432
5	11	23	Milwaukee Brewers	85	31	54	.365	24.5	340	434	-94	9-28	21-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	77	34	43	.442
6	12	24	Chicago White Sox	84	29	55	.345	26.0	319	435	-116	15-29	14-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	78	27	51	.346
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	3	6	New York Mets	82	46	36	.561	--	372	305	67	23-19	23-17	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	80	37	43	.463
2	4	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	85	46	39	.541	1.5	356	353	3	20-23	26-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	77	43	34	.558
3	6	13	Chicago Cubs	82	41	41	.500	5.0	410	369	41	15-21	26-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	80	43	37	.538
4	8	15	St. Louis Cardinals	82	39	43	.476	7.0	371	360	11	20-26	19-17	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	80	37	43	.463
5	9	18	Montreal Expos	84	35	49	.417	12.0	338	436	-98	16-28	18-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	78	38	40	.487
6	10	19	Philadelphia Phillies	82	34	48	.415	12.0	270	373	-103	18-24	17-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	79	39	40	.494
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	83	59	24	.711	--	403	311	92	24-13	35-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	79	43	36	.544
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	82	50	32	.610	8.5	387	288	99	29-12	21-20	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	79	37	42	.468
3	5	12	Atlanta Braves	81	41	40	.506	17.0	377	379	-2	18-22	23-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	81	35	46	.432
4	7	14	San Francisco Giants	81	39	42	.481	19.0	437	468	-31	16-21	23-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	81	47	34	.580
5	11	20	Houston Astros	84	34	50	.405	25.5	368	399	-31	14-29	20-21	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	78	45	33	.577
6	12	21	San Diego Padres	86	33	53	.384	27.5	355	403	-48	18-28	15-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	76	30	46	.395

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bob Johnson	SS-2B	34.126	Released by Athletics.

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