Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 8,1978

Games on 1978-08-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	7	Boston Red Sox	9	Box	Bob Stanley	Dave Freisleben	(none)
Texas Rangers	9	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Paul Mirabella	Dave Rozema	Doc Medich
Chicago White Sox	4	Kansas City Royals	10	Box	Paul Splittorff	Mike Proly	Marty Pattin
Seattle Mariners	2	Minnesota Twins	10	Box	Gary Serum	Rick Honeycutt	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	0	New York Yankees	3	Box	Dick Tidrow	Mike Caldwell	Rich Gossage
California Angels	2	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Paul Hartzell	Dave Heaverlo	Dave LaRoche
Baltimore Orioles	3	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Tom Underwood	Mike Flanagan	Victor Cruz
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Don Robinson	Rick Reuschel	(none)
Atlanta Braves	6	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	Phil Niekro	Tom Hume	(none)
San Diego Padres	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Don Sutton	Gaylord Perry	(none)
New York Mets	1	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Dan Schatzeder	Tom Hausman	(none)
Houston Astros	2	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	John Montefusco	Tom Dixon	Randy Moffitt
Philadelphia Phillies	0	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Pete Vuckovich	Larry Christenson	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Tom Bruno	Jim Lonborg	(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	Boston Red Sox	110	70	40	.636	--	564	431	133	29-29	41-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	53	29	24	.547
2	2	5	Milwaukee Brewers	108	61	47	.565	8.0	547	451	96	24-27	37-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	54	32	22	.593
3	4	7	New York Yankees	111	62	49	.559	8.5	482	427	55	27-28	35-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	52	38	14	.731
4	5	8	Detroit Tigers	110	60	50	.545	10.0	498	439	59	27-29	33-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	52	26	26	.500
5	6	10	Baltimore Orioles	111	60	51	.541	10.5	444	495	-51	30-31	30-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	50	30	20	.600
6	10	19	Cleveland Indians	109	51	58	.468	18.5	460	467	-7	19-36	32-22	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	50	18	32	.360
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	111	42	69	.378	28.5	434	543	-109	16-39	26-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	50	17	33	.340
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	109	61	48	.560	--	509	431	78	22-30	39-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	53	31	22	.585
2	7	11	California Angels	115	62	53	.539	2.0	476	462	14	26-30	36-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	47	25	22	.532
3	8	12	Oakland Athletics	115	60	55	.522	4.0	397	424	-27	26-30	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	47	9	38	.191
4	9	15	Texas Rangers	109	53	56	.486	8.0	441	440	1	19-33	34-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	53	34	19	.642
5	11	21	Minnesota Twins	110	47	63	.427	14.5	483	497	-14	26-37	21-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	52	26	26	.500
6	12	22	Chicago White Sox	110	46	64	.418	15.5	436	513	-77	18-32	28-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	51	25	26	.490
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	114	41	73	.360	22.5	452	603	-151	18-38	23-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	46	15	31	.326
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	109	59	50	.541	--	460	404	56	21-34	38-16	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	53	31	22	.585
2	5	13	Chicago Cubs	111	57	54	.514	3.0	443	473	-30	25-31	32-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	51	22	29	.431
3	7	16	Montreal Expos	114	54	60	.474	7.5	474	419	55	24-33	30-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	48	22	26	.458
4	9	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	108	51	57	.472	7.5	415	437	-22	22-33	29-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	53	37	16	.698
5	11	23	New York Mets	113	47	66	.416	14.0	437	477	-40	21-35	26-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	49	19	30	.388
6	12	24	St. Louis Cardinals	113	45	68	.398	16.0	383	453	-70	19-38	26-30	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	49	24	25	.490
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	113	67	46	.593	--	458	396	62	29-27	38-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	49	22	27	.449
2	2	3	Cincinnati Reds	112	65	47	.580	1.5	494	465	29	29-24	36-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	49	27	22	.551
3	3	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	113	65	48	.575	2.0	509	406	103	30-31	35-17	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	49	30	19	.612
4	6	14	San Diego Padres	113	57	56	.504	10.0	409	432	-23	22-37	35-19	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	49	27	22	.551
5	8	17	Atlanta Braves	112	53	59	.473	13.5	427	511	-84	21-32	32-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	50	16	34	.320
6	10	20	Houston Astros	111	51	60	.459	15.0	417	453	-36	16-37	35-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	51	23	28	.451

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