Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 5,1978

Games on 1978-08-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	4	California Angels	3	Box	Roger Erickson	Frank Tanana	(none)
Minnesota Twins	3	California Angels	4	Box	Chris Knapp	Stan Perzanowski	Dave LaRoche
Chicago White Sox	0	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Jack Billingham	Britt Burns	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Larry Gura	Dave Lemanczyk	Steve Mingori
Boston Red Sox	8	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Eduardo Rodriguez	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	New York Yankees	3	Box	Sparky Lyle	Tippy Martinez	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Jim Todd	Matt Keough	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Texas Rangers	4	Box	Steve Comer	Jim Kern	(none)
Houston Astros	5	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Joe Niekro	Preston Hanna	Ken Forsch
Houston Astros	7	Atlanta Braves	0	Box	Vern Ruhle	Tommy Boggs	(none)
Montreal Expos	7	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Ross Grimsley	Dave Roberts	Stan Bahnsen
San Diego Padres	1	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Mike LaCoss	Eric Rasmussen	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	San Francisco Giants	0	Box	Bob Welch	Ed Halicki	(none)
New York Mets	3	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Tom Bruno	Nino Espinosa	Mark Littell

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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	108	68	40	.630	--	551	424	127	28-29	40-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	55	31	24	.564
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	106	61	45	.575	6.0	547	444	103	24-26	37-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	56	32	24	.571
3	4	7	Baltimore Orioles	108	60	48	.556	8.0	440	485	-45	30-28	30-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	53	30	23	.566
4	5	8	New York Yankees	109	60	49	.550	8.5	476	427	49	27-28	33-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	54	40	14	.741
5	6	10	Detroit Tigers	108	59	49	.546	9.0	486	430	56	27-29	32-20	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	54	27	27	.500
6	9	16	Cleveland Indians	107	51	56	.477	16.5	451	455	-4	19-34	32-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	52	18	34	.346
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	108	40	68	.370	28.0	422	527	-105	16-38	24-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	53	19	34	.358
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	106	59	47	.557	--	484	417	67	22-30	37-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	56	33	23	.589
2	7	11	California Angels	112	60	52	.536	2.0	470	457	13	25-29	35-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	50	27	23	.540
3	8	14	Oakland Athletics	111	57	54	.514	4.5	387	416	-29	26-30	31-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51	12	39	.235
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	107	51	56	.477	8.5	429	434	-5	18-33	33-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	55	36	19	.655
5	11	21	Minnesota Twins	107	46	61	.430	13.5	465	485	-20	26-36	20-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	55	27	28	.491
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	107	45	62	.421	14.5	427	492	-65	17-30	28-32	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	54	26	28	.481
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	110	40	70	.364	21.0	438	580	-142	17-35	23-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	50	16	34	.320
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	104	57	47	.548	--	447	388	59	19-31	38-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	58	33	25	.569
2	6	13	Chicago Cubs	107	55	52	.514	3.5	428	455	-27	25-31	30-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	55	24	31	.436
3	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	104	50	54	.481	7.0	400	419	-19	21-32	29-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	57	38	19	.667
4	8	18	Montreal Expos	111	52	59	.468	8.5	463	413	50	23-32	29-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	51	24	27	.471
5	11	22	New York Mets	111	47	64	.423	13.5	435	468	-33	21-33	26-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	51	19	32	.373
6	12	24	St. Louis Cardinals	109	41	68	.376	18.5	366	447	-81	19-38	22-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	53	28	25	.528
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	111	66	45	.595	--	454	389	65	29-27	37-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	51	23	28	.451
2	2	3	Cincinnati Reds	109	64	45	.587	1.0	483	453	30	29-24	35-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	52	28	24	.538
3	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	110	62	48	.564	3.5	498	402	96	29-31	33-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	52	33	19	.635
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	110	57	53	.518	8.5	405	423	-18	22-34	35-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	52	27	25	.519
5	9	19	Houston Astros	109	51	58	.468	14.0	413	447	-34	16-35	35-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	53	23	30	.434
6	10	20	Atlanta Braves	109	50	59	.459	15.0	413	501	-88	19-32	31-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	53	19	34	.358

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