Baseball on this Date - Saturday May 6,1978

Games on 1978-05-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	8	Baltimore Orioles	7	Box	Greg Thayer	Don Stanhouse	Tom Johnson
Chicago White Sox	4	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Bob Stanley	Jim Willoughby	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Jim Wright	Francisco Barrios	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	California Angels	7	Box	Chris Knapp	Mike Paxton	(none)
Kansas City Royals	3	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Lary Sorensen	Doug Bird	(none)
Texas Rangers	9	New York Yankees	5	Box	Jim Umbarger	Dick Tidrow	(none)
Detroit Tigers	6	Oakland Athletics	0	Box	Bob Sykes	Alan Wirth	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	0	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	Paul Mitchell	Dave Lemanczyk	(none)
Houston Astros	1	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Dave Campbell	Ken Forsch	(none)
San Francisco Giants	2	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Randy Moffitt	Guillermo Hernandez	Gary Lavelle
Montreal Expos	2	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Tom Seaver	Rudy May	Pedro Borbon
New York Mets	2	Philadelphia Phillies	7	Box	Steve Carlton	Pat Zachry	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	John Candelaria	Don Sutton	Grant Jackson
San Diego Padres	0	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Box	John Denny	Gaylord Perry	(none)

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Detroit Tigers	22	16	6	.727	--	121	85	36	11-4	5-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	140	70	70	.500
2	4	6	Boston Red Sox	26	16	10	.615	2.0	154	122	32	3-7	13-3	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	137	83	54	.606
3	6	10	New York Yankees	24	14	10	.583	3.0	92	87	5	5-6	9-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	139	86	53	.619
4	8	12	Milwaukee Brewers	24	12	12	.500	5.0	137	113	24	3-10	9-2	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	138	81	57	.587
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	23	10	13	.435	6.5	102	97	5	7-11	3-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	136	59	77	.434
6	10	18	Baltimore Orioles	24	10	14	.417	7.0	99	131	-32	5-7	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	137	80	57	.584
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	25	8	17	.320	9.5	87	131	-44	4-10	4-7	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	136	51	85	.375
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Oakland Athletics	25	19	6	.760	--	91	62	29	6-2	13-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	137	50	87	.365
2	3	3	California Angels	25	16	9	.640	3.0	98	83	15	5-2	11-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	137	71	66	.518
3	5	9	Kansas City Royals	24	14	10	.583	4.5	102	94	8	6-8	8-2	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	138	78	60	.565
4	7	13	Texas Rangers	22	11	11	.500	6.5	80	94	-14	3-7	8-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	140	76	64	.543
5	11	23	Seattle Mariners	30	10	20	.333	11.5	105	140	-35	4-8	6-12	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	130	46	84	.354
6	12	24	Minnesota Twins	28	9	19	.321	11.5	123	135	-12	6-11	3-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	134	64	70	.478
7	14	26	Chicago White Sox	22	7	15	.318	10.5	86	103	-17	2-9	5-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	139	64	75	.460
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	5	Philadelphia Phillies	21	13	8	.619	--	121	78	43	4-5	9-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	141	77	64	.546
2	4	8	Montreal Expos	22	13	9	.591	0.5	94	86	8	6-6	7-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	140	63	77	.450
4	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	24	12	12	.500	2.5	101	112	-11	4-5	8-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	137	76	61	.555
3	6	14	Chicago Cubs	24	12	12	.500	2.5	82	103	-21	6-6	6-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	138	67	71	.486
5	8	17	St. Louis Cardinals	26	11	15	.423	4.5	102	97	5	3-6	8-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	136	58	78	.426
6	10	20	New York Mets	27	11	16	.407	5.0	88	107	-19	6-8	5-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	135	55	80	.407
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1978 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	25	16	9	.640	--	138	89	49	10-6	6-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	137	79	58	.577
2	3	7	Cincinnati Reds	25	15	10	.600	1.0	141	114	27	7-5	8-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	136	77	59	.566
3	5	11	San Francisco Giants	24	13	11	.542	2.5	80	82	-2	9-6	4-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	138	76	62	.551
4	9	19	San Diego Padres	24	10	14	.417	5.5	75	95	-20	6-10	4-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	138	74	64	.536
6	11	21	Houston Astros	25	10	15	.400	6.0	87	113	-26	3-10	7-5	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	137	64	73	.467
5	12	22	Atlanta Braves	25	10	15	.400	6.0	77	110	-33	2-7	8-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	137	59	78	.431

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Steve Crawford	P	20.007	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Red Sox.

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