Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 23,1977

Games on 1977-08-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	3	California Angels	1	Box	Bob Sykes	Wayne Simpson	Steve Foucault
New York Yankees	8	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Mike Torrez	Wilbur Wood	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Jim Colborn	Mike Flanagan	Larry Gura
Boston Red Sox	0	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Dave Goltz	Fergie Jenkins	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	8	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Jim Clancy	Jim Umbarger	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	4	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Mike Caldwell	Dock Ellis	Bill Castro
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Randy Lerch	Phil Niekro	Tug McGraw
San Francisco Giants	4	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Charlie Williams	Paul Reuschel	(none)
Montreal Expos	4	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Steve Rogers	Paul Moskau	Don Stanhouse
Houston Astros	1	New York Mets	2	Box	Skip Lockwood	Joe Sambito	(none)
San Diego Padres	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Rich Gossage	Rollie Fingers	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Bob Forsch	Don Sutton	(none)

Standings as of 1977-08-23

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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	1	3	New York Yankees	124	73	51	.589	--	648	508	140	33-32	40-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Yankee Stadium I	38	27	11	.711
2	2	4	Boston Red Sox	121	71	50	.587	0.5	640	560	80	35-28	36-22	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	40	26	14	.650
3	4	6	Baltimore Orioles	122	70	52	.574	2.0	512	505	7	32-30	38-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	39	27	12	.692
4	9	15	Detroit Tigers	123	59	64	.480	13.5	548	537	11	29-34	30-30	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	39	15	24	.385
5	10	17	Cleveland Indians	124	57	67	.460	16.0	534	586	-52	30-35	27-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	37	14	23	.378
6	11	21	Milwaukee Brewers	130	56	74	.431	20.0	521	616	-95	24-40	32-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Baumer	County Stadium	32	11	21	.344
7	14	25	Toronto Blue Jays	122	43	79	.352	29.0	465	623	-158	21-41	22-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Exhibition Stadium	39	11	28	.282
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	3	5	Kansas City Royals	122	71	51	.582	--	616	522	94	32-28	39-23	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	40	31	9	.775
2	5	9	Minnesota Twins	126	72	54	.571	1.0	709	587	122	30-33	42-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	35	12	23	.343
3	6	10	Chicago White Sox	122	69	53	.566	2.0	666	607	59	31-30	38-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	40	21	19	.525
4	7	11	Texas Rangers	123	69	54	.561	2.5	573	500	73	36-22	33-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	39	25	14	.641
5	8	14	California Angels	121	59	62	.488	11.5	528	508	20	27-31	32-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	41	15	26	.366
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	128	51	77	.398	23.0	494	672	-178	26-37	25-40	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	34	13	21	.382
7	13	24	Oakland Athletics	122	45	77	.369	26.0	435	558	-123	19-39	26-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	39	18	21	.462
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	1	1	Philadelphia Phillies	123	78	45	.634	--	641	519	122	31-31	47-14	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	39	23	16	.590
2	3	7	Chicago Cubs	124	71	53	.573	7.5	576	564	12	28-28	42-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	38	10	28	.263
3	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	126	72	54	.571	7.5	595	542	53	25-36	47-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	36	24	12	.667
4	5	12	St. Louis Cardinals	125	70	55	.560	9.0	571	498	73	26-33	44-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	37	13	24	.351
5	7	16	Montreal Expos	126	58	68	.460	21.5	535	582	-47	29-35	30-32	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	36	17	19	.472
6	11	22	New York Mets	125	51	74	.408	28.0	440	493	-53	21-40	30-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	37	13	24	.351
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	2	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	125	74	51	.592	--	597	456	141	39-28	35-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	37	24	13	.649
2	6	13	Cincinnati Reds	126	65	61	.516	9.5	639	587	52	28-34	37-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	36	23	13	.639
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	127	58	69	.457	17.0	532	575	-43	30-36	28-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	35	17	18	.486
4	9	19	Houston Astros	126	57	69	.452	17.5	496	534	-38	25-40	32-29	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	36	24	12	.667
5	10	20	San Diego Padres	129	56	73	.434	20.0	577	667	-90	31-38	25-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	33	13	20	.394
6	12	26	Atlanta Braves	124	43	81	.347	30.5	511	693	-182	13-48	30-33	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Bristol	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	38	18	20	.474

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bobby Darwin	OF	34.188	Released by Cubs.
Randy Wiles	P	25.348	Claimed on waivers by Cardinals from White Sox.

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