Baseball on this Date - Wednesday May 8,1974

Games on 1974-05-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	0	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Bill Lee	Mel Stottlemyre	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	California Angels	2	Box	Tom Hilgendorf	Dave Sells	Tom Buskey
Baltimore Orioles	3	Oakland Athletics	7	Box	Vida Blue	Jim Palmer	(none)
Kansas City Royals	4	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Al Fitzmorris	Fergie Jenkins	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Cincinnati Reds	0	Box	John Curtis	Don Gullett	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Houston Astros	8	Box	Mike Nagy	Jim Sadowski	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Andy Messersmith	Ernie McAnally	(none)
San Francisco Giants	2	New York Mets	4	Box	Jon Matlack	John D'Acquisto	(none)
San Diego Padres	0	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Jim Lonborg	Randy Jones	(none)

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1974 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	New York Yankees	30	17	13	.567	--	121	122	-1	7-9	10-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Shea Stadium	132	72	60	.545
2	3	6	Cleveland Indians	28	15	13	.536	1.0	131	115	16	8-9	7-4	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	134	62	72	.463
3	6	12	Baltimore Orioles	26	13	13	.500	2.0	99	103	-4	5-8	8-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	136	78	58	.574
4	8	13	Detroit Tigers	26	13	13	.500	2.0	90	109	-19	9-8	4-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	136	59	77	.434
5	10	18	Milwaukee Brewers	22	10	12	.455	3.0	104	100	4	5-4	5-8	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Wilson	County Stadium	140	66	74	.471
6	11	20	Boston Red Sox	27	12	15	.444	3.5	107	125	-18	3-7	9-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	135	72	63	.533
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1974 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	5	Texas Rangers	28	15	13	.536	--	135	125	10	8-7	7-6	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	Arlington Stadium	132	69	63	.523
2	4	8	Minnesota Twins	25	13	12	.520	0.5	104	115	-11	6-6	6-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	137	69	68	.504
3	5	9	Chicago White Sox	27	14	13	.519	0.5	109	116	-7	6-8	7-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	133	66	67	.496
4	7	10	California Angels	30	15	15	.500	1.0	147	127	20	6-8	9-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	132	53	79	.402
5	9	17	Oakland Athletics	28	13	15	.464	2.0	118	128	-10	5-7	8-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	134	77	57	.575
6	12	21	Kansas City Royals	25	11	14	.440	2.5	127	107	20	5-7	6-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Royals Stadium	137	66	71	.482
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1974 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	3	St. Louis Cardinals	28	16	12	.571	--	135	122	13	9-7	7-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	133	70	63	.526
2	5	11	Philadelphia Phillies	28	14	14	.500	2.0	122	119	3	4-9	10-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	134	66	68	.493
3	7	15	Montreal Expos	21	10	11	.476	2.5	94	103	-9	6-8	4-3	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	140	69	71	.493
4	10	22	Chicago Cubs	23	10	13	.435	3.5	93	134	-41	2-9	8-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	139	56	83	.403
5	11	23	New York Mets	28	11	17	.393	5.0	115	125	-10	6-9	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	134	60	74	.448
6	12	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	24	8	16	.333	6.0	108	128	-20	3-8	5-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	138	80	58	.580
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1974 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	28	19	9	.679	--	150	82	68	7-6	12-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	134	83	51	.619
2	2	2	Houston Astros	30	19	11	.633	1.0	156	110	46	5-6	14-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	132	62	70	.470
3	4	7	San Francisco Giants	30	16	14	.533	4.0	126	111	15	8-8	8-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	132	56	76	.424
4	6	14	Cincinnati Reds	25	12	13	.480	5.5	113	106	7	5-7	7-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	137	86	51	.628
5	8	16	Atlanta Braves	28	13	15	.464	6.0	111	128	-17	4-9	9-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eddie Mathews	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	134	75	59	.560
6	9	19	San Diego Padres	31	14	17	.452	6.5	105	160	-55	5-12	9-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	131	46	85	.351

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