Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 9,1978

Games on 1978-05-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	3	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Jim Colborn	(none)
Seattle Mariners	4	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Jim Kern	Shane Rawley	(none)
California Angels	7	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Dave LaRoche	Steve Foucault	(none)
Texas Rangers	7	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Mike Caldwell	(none)
Minnesota Twins	1	New York Yankees	3	Box	Catfish Hunter	Paul Thormodsgard	Sparky Lyle
Oakland Athletics	0	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Box	Tom Underwood	Pete Broberg	(none)
Montreal Expos	2	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Dave Campbell	Bill Atkinson	(none)
Montreal Expos	7	Atlanta Braves	6	Box	Bill Atkinson	Eddie Solomon	(none)
New York Mets	6	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Doug Bair	Skip Lockwood	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Doug Rau	Eric Rasmussen	Terry Forster
Houston Astros	5	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	J.R. Richard	Larry Christenson	(none)
Chicago Cubs	8	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Woodie Fryman	Bob Shirley	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	John Curtis	Kent Tekulve	(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	1	1	Detroit Tigers	24	17	7	.708	--	130	92	38	12-4	5-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	138	69	69	.500
2	4	4	Boston Red Sox	29	19	10	.655	0.5	171	129	42	3-7	16-3	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	134	80	54	.597
3	5	6	New York Yankees	26	16	10	.615	2.0	98	90	8	5-6	11-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	137	84	53	.613
4	8	15	Milwaukee Brewers	26	12	14	.462	6.0	144	128	16	3-10	9-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	136	81	55	.596
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	25	11	14	.440	6.5	110	117	-7	7-12	4-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	134	58	76	.433
6	10	20	Baltimore Orioles	25	10	15	.400	7.5	108	146	-38	5-7	5-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	136	80	56	.588
7	12	25	Toronto Blue Jays	27	9	18	.333	9.5	98	140	-42	4-11	5-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	134	50	84	.373
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	2	2	Oakland Athletics	27	19	8	.704	--	91	70	21	6-3	13-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	135	50	85	.370
2	3	3	California Angels	27	18	9	.667	1.0	121	91	30	6-2	12-7	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	135	69	66	.511
3	6	11	Kansas City Royals	27	15	12	.556	4.0	117	112	5	7-10	8-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	135	77	58	.570
4	7	12	Texas Rangers	24	12	12	.500	5.5	89	98	-9	4-8	8-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	138	75	63	.543
5	11	23	Seattle Mariners	32	11	21	.344	10.5	118	152	-34	4-9	7-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	128	45	83	.352
6	13	24	Minnesota Twins	30	10	20	.333	10.5	139	147	-8	7-12	3-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	132	63	69	.477
7	14	26	Chicago White Sox	23	7	16	.304	10.0	86	108	-22	2-10	5-6	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	138	64	74	.464
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	7	Philadelphia Phillies	23	14	9	.609	--	130	88	42	4-5	10-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	139	76	63	.547
2	4	10	Montreal Expos	26	15	11	.577	0.5	124	104	20	8-8	7-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	136	61	75	.449
4	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	26	13	13	.500	2.5	109	119	-10	4-6	9-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	135	75	60	.556
3	6	14	Chicago Cubs	26	13	13	.500	2.5	91	110	-19	7-6	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	136	66	70	.485
5	8	17	St. Louis Cardinals	28	12	16	.429	4.5	111	104	7	3-7	9-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	134	57	77	.425
6	11	21	New York Mets	30	12	18	.400	5.5	102	124	-22	7-10	5-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	132	54	78	.409
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	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	27	17	10	.630	--	145	96	49	10-7	7-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	135	78	57	.578
2	3	8	Cincinnati Reds	29	17	12	.586	1.0	159	144	15	7-5	10-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	132	75	57	.568
3	5	9	San Francisco Giants	26	15	11	.577	1.5	85	85	0	10-6	5-5	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	136	74	62	.544
4	9	18	Houston Astros	26	11	15	.423	5.5	92	114	-22	4-10	7-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	136	63	73	.463
5	10	19	Atlanta Braves	27	11	16	.407	6.0	86	119	-33	2-7	9-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	135	58	77	.430
6	12	22	San Diego Padres	26	10	16	.385	6.5	84	111	-27	6-11	4-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	136	74	62	.544

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