Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 16,1970

Games on 1970-08-16

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	9	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Bert Blyleven	Gary Peters	Stan Williams
Detroit Tigers	7	California Angels	1	Box	Les Cain	Rudy May	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Ken Sanders	Dennis Higgins	(none)
Kansas City Royals	1	New York Yankees	5	Box	Stan Bahnsen	Jim Rooker	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Dave McNally	Catfish Hunter	(none)
Chicago White Sox	1	Washington Senators II	2	Box	Casey Cox	Gerry Janeski	Darold Knowles
New York Mets	2	Atlanta Braves	1	Box	Jim McAndrew	Jim Nash	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Bill Hands	Claude Osteen	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Tony Cloninger	Jim Bunning	Wayne Granger
Montreal Expos	5	Houston Astros	3	Box	Claude Raymond	Ron Cook	(none)
San Diego Padres	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Box	Ron Herbel	Orlando Pena	Tom Dukes
San Francisco Giants	5	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Ron Bryant	Reggie Cleveland	Jerry Johnson

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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	119	75	44	.630	--	589	456	133	37-26	38-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	43	33	10	.767
2	5	6	New York Yankees	119	66	53	.555	9.0	520	479	41	29-31	37-22	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	43	27	16	.628
3	6	9	Detroit Tigers	119	63	56	.529	12.0	526	513	13	29-31	34-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	43	16	27	.372
4	7	11	Boston Red Sox	117	60	57	.513	14.0	548	532	16	20-35	40-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	45	27	18	.600
6	8	15	Washington Senators II	119	57	62	.479	18.0	474	502	-28	23-34	34-28	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	43	13	30	.302
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	119	57	62	.479	18.0	477	499	-22	27-35	30-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	43	19	24	.442
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	117	70	47	.598	--	556	450	106	35-27	35-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	45	28	17	.622
2	3	5	Oakland Athletics	120	67	53	.558	4.5	507	434	73	30-27	37-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	42	22	20	.524
3	4	7	California Angels	119	66	53	.555	5.0	480	456	24	33-24	33-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	43	20	23	.465
4	10	22	Milwaukee Brewers	121	47	74	.388	25.0	469	592	-123	16-41	30-34	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	41	18	23	.439
5	11	23	Kansas City Royals	119	44	75	.370	27.0	454	541	-87	22-39	22-36	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	43	21	22	.488
6	12	24	Chicago White Sox	122	43	79	.352	29.5	467	613	-146	22-42	21-37	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	40	13	27	.325
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	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	121	67	54	.554	--	556	514	42	28-29	39-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	41	22	19	.537
2	4	10	New York Mets	119	63	56	.529	3.0	509	457	52	32-31	31-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	43	20	23	.465
3	5	12	Chicago Cubs	121	62	59	.512	5.0	607	530	77	24-32	38-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	41	22	19	.537
4	8	17	St. Louis Cardinals	120	56	64	.467	10.5	561	557	4	28-30	28-34	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	42	20	22	.476
5	10	19	Philadelphia Phillies	118	53	65	.449	12.5	428	537	-109	28-34	26-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	43	20	23	.465
6	11	20	Montreal Expos	121	52	69	.430	15.0	522	628	-106	25-40	26-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	41	21	20	.512
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	122	81	41	.664	--	597	504	93	35-23	46-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	40	21	19	.525
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	118	67	51	.568	12.0	576	480	96	39-22	28-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	43	20	23	.465
3	6	13	San Francisco Giants	119	59	60	.496	20.5	635	656	-21	29-33	30-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	43	27	16	.628
4	7	14	Atlanta Braves	120	59	61	.492	21.0	566	578	-12	26-32	33-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	42	17	25	.405
5	9	18	Houston Astros	120	54	66	.450	26.0	539	585	-46	23-34	31-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	42	25	17	.595
6	12	21	San Diego Padres	121	47	74	.388	33.5	523	593	-70	24-39	23-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	41	16	25	.390

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