Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 6,1978

Games on 1978-08-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	3	California Angels	4	Box	Dave LaRoche	Mike Marshall	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	Detroit Tigers	8	Box	Jim Slaton	Ken Kravec	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Kansas City Royals	12	Box	Rich Gale	Balor Moore	(none)
Boston Red Sox	4	Milwaukee Brewers	0	Box	Luis Tiant	Bill Travers	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	0	New York Yankees	3	Box	Catfish Hunter	Jim Palmer	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Oakland Athletics	4	Box	Rick Langford	Shane Rawley	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Oakland Athletics	4	Box	Bob Lacey	Enrique Romo	(none)
Cleveland Indians	2	Texas Rangers	3	Box	Jon Matlack	Rick Waits	(none)
Houston Astros	2	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Larry McWilliams	J.R. Richard	Gene Garber
Montreal Expos	2	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Steve Rogers	Dennis Lamp	Darold Knowles
Montreal Expos	3	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Lynn McGlothen	Mike Garman	Bruce Sutter
San Diego Padres	1	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Fred Norman	Randy Jones	Doug Bair
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	Dick Ruthven	Bert Blyleven	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	Steve Carlton	Jim Bibby	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	San Francisco Giants	1	Box	Burt Hooton	Bob Knepper	(none)
New York Mets	1	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Silvio Martinez	Jerry Koosman	Roy Thomas

Standings as of 1978-08-06

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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	109	69	40	.633	--	555	424	131	29-29	40-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	54	30	24	.556
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	107	61	46	.570	7.0	547	448	99	24-26	37-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	55	32	23	.582
3	4	8	New York Yankees	110	61	49	.555	8.5	479	427	52	27-28	34-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	53	39	14	.736
4	5	9	Baltimore Orioles	109	60	49	.550	9.0	440	488	-48	30-29	30-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	52	30	22	.577
5	6	10	Detroit Tigers	109	60	49	.550	9.0	494	430	64	27-29	33-20	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	53	26	27	.491
6	10	16	Cleveland Indians	108	51	57	.472	17.5	453	458	-5	19-35	32-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	51	18	33	.353
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	109	40	69	.367	29.0	427	539	-112	16-39	24-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	52	19	33	.365
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	107	60	47	.561	--	496	422	74	22-30	38-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	55	32	23	.582
2	7	11	California Angels	113	61	52	.540	2.0	474	460	14	25-29	36-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	49	26	23	.531
3	8	12	Oakland Athletics	113	59	54	.522	4.0	395	422	-27	26-30	33-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49	10	39	.204
4	9	15	Texas Rangers	108	52	56	.481	8.5	432	436	-4	18-33	34-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	54	35	19	.648
5	11	21	Minnesota Twins	108	46	62	.426	14.5	468	489	-21	26-37	20-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	54	27	27	.500
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	108	45	63	.417	15.5	427	500	-73	17-31	28-32	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	53	26	27	.491
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	112	40	72	.357	22.5	444	588	-144	17-37	23-35	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	48	16	32	.333
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	7	Philadelphia Phillies	106	59	47	.557	--	455	390	65	21-31	38-16	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	56	31	25	.554
2	5	13	Chicago Cubs	109	56	53	.514	4.5	433	460	-27	25-31	31-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	53	23	30	.434
3	7	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	106	50	56	.472	9.0	402	427	-25	21-32	29-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	55	38	17	.691
4	8	18	Montreal Expos	113	53	60	.469	9.5	468	418	50	24-33	29-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	49	23	26	.469
5	11	22	New York Mets	112	47	65	.420	15.0	436	471	-35	21-34	26-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	50	19	31	.380
6	12	24	St. Louis Cardinals	110	42	68	.382	19.0	369	448	-79	19-38	23-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	52	27	25	.519
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	Cincinnati Reds	110	65	45	.591	--	486	454	32	29-24	36-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	51	27	24	.529
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	112	66	46	.589	--	455	394	61	29-27	37-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	50	23	27	.460
3	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	111	63	48	.568	2.5	503	403	100	30-31	33-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	51	32	19	.627
4	6	14	San Diego Padres	111	57	54	.514	8.5	406	426	-20	22-35	35-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	51	27	24	.529
6	9	19	Houston Astros	110	51	59	.464	14.0	415	450	-35	16-36	35-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	52	23	29	.442
5	10	20	Atlanta Braves	110	51	59	.464	14.0	416	503	-87	19-32	32-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	52	18	34	.346

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Larry Anderson	P	25.246	Traded by Cubs to Phillies for Davey Johnson.
Davey Johnson	2B	35.188	Traded by Phillies to Cubs for Larry Anderson.

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