Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 17,1978

Games on 1978-08-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	8	California Angels	6	Box	Bob Stanley	Tom Griffin	(none)
Cleveland Indians	5	Detroit Tigers	9	Box	Jack Morris	Don Hood	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	0	Milwaukee Brewers	6	Box	Bill Travers	Jim Clancy	(none)
Kansas City Royals	5	Minnesota Twins	6	Box	Roger Erickson	Larry Gura	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Ken Kravec	Paul Mirabella	Lerrin LaGrow
Cincinnati Reds	0	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Rick Reuschel	Tom Seaver	(none)
San Francisco Giants	3	Montreal Expos	0	Box	Ed Halicki	Ross Grimsley	(none)
San Diego Padres	9	New York Mets	2	Box	Gaylord Perry	Juan Berenguer	Mickey Lolich
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Burt Hooton	Tug McGraw	Terry Forster
Houston Astros	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Don Robinson	J.R. Richard	(none)
Houston Astros	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Bruce Kison	Mark Lemongello	Kent Tekulve
Atlanta Braves	3	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	John Denny	Mickey Mahler	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	120	76	44	.633	--	611	476	135	31-30	45-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	43	23	20	.535
2	2	4	New York Yankees	119	68	51	.571	7.5	520	448	72	31-30	37-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	44	32	12	.727
3	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	119	67	52	.563	8.5	602	498	104	26-32	41-20	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	43	26	17	.605
4	4	7	Detroit Tigers	118	66	52	.559	9.0	547	463	84	29-30	37-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	44	20	24	.455
5	6	10	Baltimore Orioles	119	64	55	.538	11.5	470	520	-50	31-32	33-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	42	26	16	.619
6	11	21	Cleveland Indians	119	53	66	.445	22.5	497	520	-23	20-39	33-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	40	16	24	.400
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	120	46	74	.383	30.0	469	585	-116	16-43	30-31	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	41	13	28	.317
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	5	8	Kansas City Royals	119	65	54	.546	--	549	481	68	26-36	39-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	43	27	16	.628
2	7	11	California Angels	123	66	57	.537	1.0	519	496	23	29-32	37-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	39	21	18	.538
3	8	14	Texas Rangers	118	59	59	.500	5.5	475	468	7	23-34	36-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	44	28	16	.636
4	9	15	Oakland Athletics	123	61	62	.496	6.0	414	465	-51	27-34	34-28	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	39	8	31	.205
5	10	20	Minnesota Twins	121	54	67	.446	12.0	528	539	-11	27-38	27-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	41	19	22	.463
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	119	49	70	.412	16.0	463	557	-94	20-36	29-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	42	22	20	.524
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	121	45	76	.372	21.0	482	630	-148	19-38	26-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	39	11	28	.282
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	117	63	54	.538	--	505	435	70	22-34	41-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	45	27	18	.600
2	5	12	Chicago Cubs	119	62	57	.521	2.0	480	507	-27	26-33	36-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	43	17	26	.395
3	7	16	Montreal Expos	121	58	63	.479	7.0	488	440	48	24-33	34-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	41	18	23	.439
4	8	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	118	56	62	.475	7.5	463	486	-23	23-37	33-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	43	32	11	.744
5	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	121	50	71	.413	15.0	418	480	-62	22-38	28-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	41	19	22	.463
6	12	24	New York Mets	120	49	71	.408	15.5	456	507	-51	22-35	27-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	42	17	25	.405
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	Los Angeles Dodgers	121	71	50	.587	--	551	429	122	33-31	38-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	41	24	17	.585
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	121	70	51	.579	1.0	484	431	53	32-31	38-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	41	19	22	.463
3	3	6	Cincinnati Reds	121	68	53	.562	3.0	523	512	11	31-30	37-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	40	24	16	.600
4	6	13	San Diego Padres	121	62	59	.512	9.0	443	450	-7	24-39	38-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	41	22	19	.537
5	9	18	Houston Astros	120	56	64	.467	14.5	449	482	-33	19-40	37-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	42	18	24	.429
6	10	19	Atlanta Braves	120	55	65	.458	15.5	457	558	-101	23-38	32-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	42	14	28	.333

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