Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 2,1978

Games on 1978-08-02

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Milwaukee Brewers	5	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Mike Caldwell	Jim Palmer	Lary Sorensen
Oakland Athletics	2	California Angels	8	Box	Don Aase	Pete Broberg	(none)
Kansas City Royals	2	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Paul Reuschel	Dennis Leonard	(none)
Boston Red Sox	7	New York Yankees	5	Box	Bob Stanley	Ken Clay	(none)
Minnesota Twins	1	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Jim Colborn	Geoff Zahn	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	6	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Tom Seaver	Preston Hanna	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Mike Krukow	Aurelio Lopez	Bruce Sutter
San Francisco Giants	4	Houston Astros	2	Box	John Montefusco	Tom Dixon	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Montreal Expos	0	Box	Bruce Kison	Dan Schatzeder	Kent Tekulve
New York Mets	6	Philadelphia Phillies	8	Box	Randy Lerch	Jerry Koosman	Tug McGraw
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Bob Owchinko	Tommy John	Rollie Fingers

Standings as of 1978-08-02

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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	Boston Red Sox	105	66	39	.629	--	533	416	117	26-28	40-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	58	33	25	.569
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	103	60	43	.583	5.0	538	431	107	24-25	36-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	59	33	26	.559
3	4	7	New York Yankees	106	59	47	.557	7.5	471	415	56	27-28	32-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	57	41	16	.719
4	5	8	Baltimore Orioles	105	58	47	.552	8.0	433	479	-46	29-27	29-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	56	32	24	.571
5	6	10	Detroit Tigers	105	56	49	.533	10.0	467	425	42	27-29	29-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	57	30	27	.526
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	105	51	54	.486	15.0	448	443	5	19-32	32-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	54	18	36	.333
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	106	39	67	.368	27.5	414	518	-104	15-37	24-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	55	20	35	.364
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	3	6	Kansas City Royals	104	58	46	.558	--	475	409	66	22-30	36-16	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	58	34	24	.586
2	7	11	California Angels	108	57	51	.528	3.0	443	446	-3	25-29	32-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	54	30	24	.556
3	8	12	Oakland Athletics	108	56	52	.519	4.0	378	404	-26	26-29	30-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54	13	41	.241
4	10	18	Texas Rangers	105	49	56	.467	9.5	417	431	-14	18-33	31-23	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	57	38	19	.667
5	11	21	Minnesota Twins	103	45	58	.437	12.5	450	460	-10	25-33	20-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	59	28	31	.475
6	12	22	Chicago White Sox	104	45	59	.433	13.0	422	473	-51	17-27	28-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	57	26	31	.456
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	107	38	69	.355	21.5	428	567	-139	16-34	22-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	53	18	35	.340
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	4	9	Philadelphia Phillies	102	56	46	.549	--	443	383	60	18-30	38-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	60	34	26	.567
2	6	14	Chicago Cubs	104	53	51	.510	4.0	415	442	-27	25-31	28-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	58	26	32	.448
3	7	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	102	49	53	.480	7.0	395	415	-20	21-32	28-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	59	39	20	.661
4	8	17	Montreal Expos	109	51	58	.468	8.5	452	403	49	22-31	29-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	53	25	28	.472
5	11	23	New York Mets	109	46	63	.422	13.5	424	460	-36	20-32	26-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	53	20	33	.377
6	12	24	St. Louis Cardinals	106	40	66	.377	18.0	356	433	-77	19-37	21-29	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	56	29	27	.518
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	2	San Francisco Giants	108	64	44	.593	--	447	382	65	29-27	35-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	54	25	29	.463
2	2	3	Cincinnati Reds	107	63	44	.589	0.5	474	449	25	29-24	34-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	54	29	25	.537
3	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	107	61	46	.570	2.5	491	395	96	28-29	33-17	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	55	34	21	.618
4	5	13	San Diego Padres	108	56	52	.519	8.0	401	414	-13	21-33	35-19	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	54	28	26	.519
6	9	20	Houston Astros	106	49	57	.462	14.0	399	437	-38	14-34	35-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	56	25	31	.446
5	10	19	Atlanta Braves	106	49	57	.462	14.0	403	487	-84	19-32	30-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56	20	36	.357

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