Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 8,1976

Games on 1976-08-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	2	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Terry Forster	Marty Pattin	Rich Gossage
Kansas City Royals	7	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Al Fitzmorris	Jesse Jefferson	(none)
Cleveland Indians	1	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	John Hiller	Dennis Eckersley	(none)
Cleveland Indians	5	Detroit Tigers	15	Box	Steve Grilli	Jim Kern	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	8	New York Yankees	5	Box	Ross Grimsley	Catfish Hunter	Mike Cuellar
California Angels	3	Oakland Athletics	9	Box	Stan Bahnsen	Sid Monge	Rollie Fingers
California Angels	8	Oakland Athletics	13	Box	Paul Lindblad	Nolan Ryan	Rollie Fingers
Minnesota Twins	4	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Jeff Terpko	Bill Campbell	(none)
San Francisco Giants	1	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Dick Ruthven	Gary Lavelle	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	Atlanta Braves	1	Box	John Montefusco	Frank LaCorte	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Jack Billingham	Burt Hooton	Rawly Eastwick
Chicago Cubs	7	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Steve Renko	Chip Lang	(none)
New York Mets	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Mickey Lolich	Jim Rooker	(none)
Houston Astros	3	San Diego Padres	4	Box	Butch Metzger	J.R. Richard	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Steve Carlton	Bill Greif	Ron Reed

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	New York Yankees	107	64	43	.598	--	489	382	107	33-18	31-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Yankee Stadium I	52	33	19	.635
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	107	55	52	.514	9.0	396	404	-8	32-24	23-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	55	33	22	.600
3	6	13	Boston Red Sox	107	52	55	.486	12.0	443	445	-2	24-30	28-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	55	31	24	.564
4	8	16	Cleveland Indians	108	52	56	.481	12.5	434	438	-4	27-31	25-25	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	51	29	22	.569
5	9	15	Detroit Tigers	108	52	56	.481	12.5	429	469	-40	27-29	25-27	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	53	22	31	.415
6	10	19	Milwaukee Brewers	105	47	58	.448	16.0	388	423	-35	19-32	28-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Baumer	County Stadium	56	19	37	.339
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Kansas City Royals	109	67	42	.615	--	512	398	114	29-24	38-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	53	23	30	.434
2	3	7	Oakland Athletics	111	58	53	.523	10.0	496	436	60	24-33	34-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50	29	21	.580
3	5	11	Minnesota Twins	110	55	55	.500	12.5	478	488	-10	25-30	30-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	52	30	22	.577
4	7	12	Texas Rangers	107	52	55	.486	14.0	434	447	-13	21-26	31-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	Arlington Stadium	55	24	31	.436
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	109	48	61	.440	19.0	397	483	-86	23-31	25-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	52	16	36	.308
6	12	23	California Angels	112	48	64	.429	20.5	382	465	-83	24-34	24-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	50	28	22	.560
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Philadelphia Phillies	109	72	37	.661	--	543	379	164	37-17	36-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	53	29	24	.547
2	3	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	109	59	50	.541	13.0	487	473	14	28-22	31-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	53	33	20	.623
3	5	9	New York Mets	113	57	56	.504	17.0	436	384	52	30-30	27-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	49	29	20	.592
4	9	18	Chicago Cubs	113	51	62	.451	23.0	439	540	-101	25-36	26-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Salty Saltwell	Wrigley Field	49	24	25	.490
5	10	21	St. Louis Cardinals	107	46	61	.430	25.0	406	438	-32	23-30	23-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	55	26	29	.473
6	12	24	Montreal Expos	105	37	68	.352	33.0	353	484	-131	21-35	16-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	57	18	39	.316
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1976 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	112	73	39	.652	--	640	435	205	39-18	34-21	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	50	29	21	.580
2	4	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	110	59	51	.536	13.0	428	419	9	25-28	34-23	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	52	33	19	.635
3	6	10	Houston Astros	114	57	57	.500	17.0	443	479	-36	23-33	33-25	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	48	23	25	.479
4	7	14	San Diego Padres	114	55	59	.482	19.0	417	473	-56	21-33	34-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	48	18	30	.375
5	8	17	Atlanta Braves	112	51	61	.455	22.0	460	470	-10	26-29	25-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Bristol	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	50	19	31	.380
6	11	22	San Francisco Giants	114	49	65	.430	25.0	414	492	-78	22-35	27-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	48	25	23	.521

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