Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 5,1970

Games on 1970-08-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	0	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Jim Palmer	Sonny Siebert	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	3	Chicago White Sox	9	Box	Jim Magnuson	Gene Brabender	Danny Murphy
New York Yankees	7	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Fritz Peterson	Sam McDowell	Lindy McDaniel
Washington Senators II	1	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Mickey Lolich	Jim Shellenback	(none)
Oakland Athletics	4	Kansas City Royals	1	Box	Chuck Dobson	Dick Drago	(none)
California Angels	7	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Mel Queen	Ron Perranoski	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	12	Box	Alan Foster	George Stone	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Mike Wegener	Milt Pappas	(none)
Chicago Cubs	11	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Larry Gura	Steve Renko	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Luke Walker	Rick Wise	(none)
Houston Astros	4	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Fred Gladding	Tom Dukes	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Gaylord Perry	Jim McGlothlin	(none)
New York Mets	5	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Danny Frisella	Steve Carlton	Ron Taylor

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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	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	107	68	39	.636	--	535	411	124	30-21	38-18	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	55	40	15	.727
3	6	8	New York Yankees	107	58	49	.542	10.0	465	435	30	29-31	29-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	55	35	20	.636
2	5	9	Detroit Tigers	107	58	49	.542	10.0	474	458	16	24-24	34-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	55	21	34	.382
4	7	12	Boston Red Sox	105	53	52	.505	14.0	477	467	10	19-34	34-18	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	57	34	23	.596
5	8	14	Cleveland Indians	108	52	56	.481	16.5	430	448	-18	24-30	28-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	54	24	30	.444
6	9	16	Washington Senators II	108	49	59	.454	19.5	435	471	-36	23-34	26-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	54	21	33	.389
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	2	3	Minnesota Twins	104	66	38	.635	--	518	392	126	34-21	32-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	58	32	26	.552
3	3	6	California Angels	108	61	47	.565	7.0	445	410	35	30-22	31-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	54	25	29	.463
2	4	5	Oakland Athletics	108	61	47	.565	7.0	460	396	64	27-24	34-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54	28	26	.519
4	10	22	Milwaukee Brewers	111	41	70	.369	28.5	437	551	-114	14-38	26-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	51	24	27	.471
5	11	23	Kansas City Royals	108	39	69	.361	29.0	404	501	-97	20-35	19-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	54	26	28	.481
6	12	24	Chicago White Sox	111	40	71	.360	29.5	428	568	-140	21-37	19-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	51	16	35	.314
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	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	109	60	49	.550	--	484	456	28	28-29	32-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	53	29	24	.547
2	4	10	New York Mets	107	58	49	.542	1.0	469	398	71	27-24	31-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	55	25	30	.455
3	5	11	Chicago Cubs	109	56	53	.514	4.0	547	475	72	22-29	34-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	53	28	25	.528
4	8	17	St. Louis Cardinals	108	49	59	.454	10.5	502	502	0	28-30	21-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	54	27	27	.500
5	9	18	Philadelphia Phillies	106	48	58	.453	10.5	388	490	-102	26-28	23-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	55	25	30	.455
6	10	19	Montreal Expos	110	49	61	.445	11.5	476	576	-100	22-33	26-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	52	24	28	.462
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	111	75	36	.676	--	546	453	93	33-20	42-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	51	27	24	.529
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	107	61	46	.570	12.0	506	414	92	35-20	26-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	54	26	28	.481
3	6	13	San Francisco Giants	107	52	55	.486	21.0	583	606	-23	25-30	27-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	55	34	21	.618
4	7	15	Atlanta Braves	109	52	57	.477	22.0	522	547	-25	24-30	28-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	53	24	29	.453
5	11	20	Houston Astros	109	48	61	.440	26.0	482	533	-51	20-32	28-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	53	31	22	.585
6	12	21	San Diego Padres	110	43	67	.391	31.5	469	524	-55	22-34	21-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	52	20	32	.385

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