Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 26,1970

Games on 1970-08-26

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	1	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Jim Palmer	Catfish Hunter	(none)
Washington Senators II	1	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Gerry Janeski	Casey Cox	Wilbur Wood
Milwaukee Brewers	2	Cleveland Indians	7	Box	Steve Hargan	Al Downing	Vince Colbert
California Angels	6	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Clyde Wright	Denny McLain	Ken Tatum
New York Yankees	3	Kansas City Royals	0	Box	Stan Bahnsen	Wally Bunker	(none)
Boston Red Sox	0	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Bert Blyleven	Ray Culp	(none)
Chicago Cubs	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Box	Claude Osteen	Ken Holtzman	Jim Brewer
Houston Astros	5	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Fred Gladding	Steve Renko	(none)
Atlanta Braves	9	New York Mets	7	Box	Bob Priddy	Gary Gentry	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	6	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Jim Merritt	Jim Bunning	Wayne Granger
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Pat Dobson	Fred Cambria	Tom Dukes
St. Louis Cardinals	7	San Francisco Giants	8	Box	Mike Davison	Tom Hilgendorf	(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	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	127	82	45	.646	--	621	470	151	40-26	42-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	35	26	9	.743
2	4	6	New York Yankees	129	71	58	.550	12.0	556	514	42	34-36	37-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	33	22	11	.667
3	5	8	Detroit Tigers	128	68	60	.531	14.5	559	552	7	31-32	37-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	34	11	23	.324
4	7	11	Boston Red Sox	125	64	61	.512	17.0	581	565	16	22-38	42-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	37	23	14	.622
5	8	15	Cleveland Indians	127	62	65	.488	20.0	509	534	-25	28-37	34-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	35	14	21	.400
6	9	16	Washington Senators II	127	60	67	.472	22.0	513	532	-19	25-37	35-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Short	RFK Memorial Stadium	35	10	25	.286
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	125	74	51	.592	--	586	481	105	35-27	39-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	37	24	13	.649
2	3	5	California Angels	128	72	56	.563	3.5	525	485	40	37-26	35-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Walsh	Anaheim Stadium	34	14	20	.412
3	6	9	Oakland Athletics	128	68	60	.531	7.5	534	472	62	30-32	38-28	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	34	21	13	.618
4	10	22	Kansas City Royals	128	49	79	.383	26.5	484	581	-97	24-40	25-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	34	16	18	.471
5	11	23	Milwaukee Brewers	129	48	81	.372	28.0	485	622	-137	17-45	30-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Marvin Milkes	County Stadium	33	17	16	.515
6	12	24	Chicago White Sox	131	48	83	.366	29.0	505	650	-145	23-44	25-39	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	31	8	23	.258
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	129	70	59	.543	--	588	537	51	30-32	40-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium,Forbes Field	33	19	14	.576
2	4	10	New York Mets	127	66	61	.520	3.0	549	498	51	32-31	34-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	35	17	18	.486
3	7	14	Chicago Cubs	130	66	64	.508	4.5	658	566	92	26-36	40-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	32	18	14	.563
4	8	17	St. Louis Cardinals	128	60	68	.469	9.5	614	603	11	31-32	29-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	34	16	18	.471
5	10	19	Philadelphia Phillies	128	57	71	.445	12.5	461	579	-118	28-38	30-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	33	16	17	.485
6	11	20	Montreal Expos	128	56	72	.438	13.5	554	660	-106	27-40	28-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	34	17	17	.500
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	131	85	46	.649	--	639	546	93	38-26	47-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium,Crosley Field	31	17	14	.548
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	127	72	55	.567	11.0	612	519	93	41-23	31-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	34	15	19	.441
3	5	12	San Francisco Giants	127	65	62	.512	18.0	670	698	-28	31-34	34-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	35	21	14	.600
4	6	13	Atlanta Braves	128	65	63	.508	18.5	605	607	-2	29-34	36-29	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	34	11	23	.324
5	9	18	Houston Astros	128	58	70	.453	25.5	573	619	-46	27-38	31-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	34	21	13	.618
6	12	21	San Diego Padres	129	50	79	.388	34.0	557	648	-91	25-41	25-38	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	33	13	20	.394

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Orlando Pena	P	36.282	Released by Pirates.

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