Baseball on this Date - Friday August 5,1977

Games on 1977-08-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	0	California Angels	5	Box	Frank Tanana	Ross Grimsley	(none)
Texas Rangers	4	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Darold Knowles	John Hiller	(none)
Texas Rangers	6	Detroit Tigers	0	Box	Nelson Briles	Bob Sykes	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Kansas City Royals	12	Box	Dennis Leonard	Chris Knapp	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	6	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Jeff Byrd	Jim Slaton	(none)
Cleveland Indians	10	Minnesota Twins	14	Box	Geoff Zahn	Sid Monge	Tom Johnson
Boston Red Sox	1	Oakland Athletics	0	Box	Luis Tiant	Joe Coleman	(none)
New York Yankees	3	Seattle Mariners	5	Box	Dick Pole	Ed Figueroa	Enrique Romo
Montreal Expos	6	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Don Stanhouse	Dave Campbell	Joe Kerrigan
San Diego Padres	11	Chicago Cubs	8	Box	Dave Tomlin	Ray Burris	Rollie Fingers
Pittsburgh Pirates	12	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Jerry Reuss	Fred Norman	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	10	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Grant Jackson	Doug Capilla	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Houston Astros	5	Box	J.R. Richard	John Denny	Joe Sambito
San Francisco Giants	2	New York Mets	3	Box	Bob Myrick	Gary Lavelle	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Philadelphia Phillies	8	Box	Gene Garber	Lance Rautzhan	(none)

Standings as of 1977-08-05

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1977 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Boston Red Sox	105	62	43	.590	--	557	486	71	32-22	30-21	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	56	35	21	.625
2	3	6	Baltimore Orioles	106	61	45	.575	1.5	431	421	10	30-25	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	55	36	19	.655
3	7	11	New York Yankees	107	59	48	.551	4.0	535	449	86	26-30	33-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Yankee Stadium I	55	41	14	.745
4	9	17	Detroit Tigers	105	47	58	.448	15.0	453	469	-16	24-34	23-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	57	27	30	.474
5	10	18	Cleveland Indians	104	46	58	.442	15.5	442	510	-68	24-30	22-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	57	25	32	.439
6	11	20	Milwaukee Brewers	108	47	61	.435	16.5	430	502	-72	21-32	26-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Baumer	County Stadium	54	20	34	.370
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	105	37	68	.352	25.0	396	539	-143	17-35	20-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Exhibition Stadium	56	17	39	.304
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1977 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Chicago White Sox	105	63	42	.600	--	587	512	75	28-22	35-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	57	27	30	.474
2	4	8	Minnesota Twins	110	63	47	.573	2.5	612	515	97	27-29	36-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	51	21	30	.412
3	5	9	Kansas City Royals	104	59	45	.567	3.5	531	448	83	27-24	32-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	58	43	15	.741
4	6	10	Texas Rangers	105	59	46	.562	4.0	474	421	53	34-20	25-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	57	35	22	.614
5	8	14	California Angels	104	50	54	.481	12.5	446	417	29	21-27	29-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	58	24	34	.414
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	110	47	63	.427	18.5	436	547	-111	24-28	23-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	52	17	35	.327
7	13	24	Oakland Athletics	106	42	64	.396	21.5	392	486	-94	17-32	25-32	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	55	21	34	.382
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1977 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Chicago Cubs	106	63	43	.594	--	492	472	20	27-26	35-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	56	18	38	.321
2	3	5	Philadelphia Phillies	106	62	44	.585	1.0	537	458	79	23-30	39-14	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	56	39	17	.696
3	4	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	108	62	46	.574	2.0	524	472	52	24-32	38-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	54	34	20	.630
4	5	12	St. Louis Cardinals	108	59	49	.546	5.0	513	446	67	22-31	37-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	54	24	30	.444
5	8	16	Montreal Expos	107	50	57	.467	13.5	453	501	-48	26-28	25-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	55	25	30	.455
6	10	21	New York Mets	106	46	60	.434	17.0	392	415	-23	19-34	27-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	56	18	38	.321
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1977 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	108	67	41	.620	--	542	408	134	38-22	29-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	54	31	23	.574
2	6	13	Cincinnati Reds	107	53	54	.495	13.5	564	537	27	20-30	33-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	55	35	20	.636
3	7	15	Houston Astros	109	51	58	.468	16.5	422	459	-37	20-31	31-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	53	30	23	.566
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	109	48	61	.440	19.5	459	504	-45	24-32	24-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	53	27	26	.509
5	11	23	San Diego Padres	111	47	64	.423	21.5	500	577	-77	26-30	21-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	51	22	29	.431
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	107	38	69	.355	28.5	456	605	-149	11-40	27-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Bristol	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55	23	32	.418

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bob Dernier	OF	20.212	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies.
Rich Gedman	C	17.314	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Red Sox.
Dave Giusti	P	37.252	Purchased by Cubs from Athletics.

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