Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 20,1978

Games on 1978-08-20

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	0	California Angels	1	Box	Tom Griffin	Don Stanhouse	(none)
Chicago White Sox	1	Cleveland Indians	10	Box	Rick Waits	Steve Stone	(none)
Texas Rangers	1	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Paul Splittorff	Jon Matlack	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Mike Caldwell	Kip Young	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	6	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Don Kirkwood	Stan Perzanowski	Tom Murphy
Boston Red Sox	4	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Matt Keough	(none)
New York Yankees	4	Seattle Mariners	5	Box	Enrique Romo	Rich Gossage	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	1	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Guillermo Hernandez	Mike LaCoss	(none)
San Diego Padres	5	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Mark Lee	Hal Dues	Rollie Fingers
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	New York Mets	4	Box	Charlie Hough	Skip Lockwood	Terry Forster
San Francisco Giants	3	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Dick Ruthven	Jim Barr	Ron Reed
Houston Astros	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Jim Rooker	Tom Dixon	Kent Tekulve
Houston Astros	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Jerry Reuss	Joe Niekro	(none)
Atlanta Braves	4	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Tom Bruno	Phil Niekro	(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	123	78	45	.634	--	625	489	136	33-31	45-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	40	21	19	.525
3	2	4	New York Yankees	122	69	53	.566	8.5	531	458	73	32-32	37-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	41	31	10	.756
2	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	122	69	53	.566	8.5	610	505	105	26-32	43-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	40	24	16	.600
4	4	7	Detroit Tigers	121	67	54	.554	10.0	554	471	83	30-32	37-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	41	19	22	.463
5	7	11	Baltimore Orioles	122	64	58	.525	13.5	475	528	-53	31-35	33-23	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	39	26	13	.667
6	11	21	Cleveland Indians	122	54	68	.443	23.5	509	530	-21	20-39	34-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	37	15	22	.405
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	123	47	76	.382	31.0	478	596	-118	17-45	30-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	38	12	26	.316
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	122	67	55	.549	--	557	486	71	26-36	41-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	40	25	15	.625
2	6	9	California Angels	126	69	57	.548	--	527	501	26	29-32	40-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	36	18	18	.500
3	8	14	Texas Rangers	121	60	61	.496	6.5	480	476	4	24-36	36-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	41	27	14	.659
4	9	15	Oakland Athletics	126	62	64	.492	7.0	427	479	-52	27-34	35-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	36	7	29	.194
5	10	19	Minnesota Twins	124	56	68	.452	12.0	539	548	-9	27-38	29-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	38	17	21	.447
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	122	51	71	.418	16.0	473	569	-96	22-37	29-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	39	20	19	.513
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	124	47	77	.379	21.0	492	641	-149	19-38	28-39	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	36	9	27	.250
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	10	Philadelphia Phillies	120	65	55	.542	--	518	444	74	22-34	43-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	42	25	17	.595
2	6	13	Chicago Cubs	122	63	59	.516	3.0	492	525	-33	26-33	37-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	40	16	24	.400
3	7	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	122	60	62	.492	6.0	483	498	-15	23-37	37-25	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	39	28	11	.718
4	8	17	Montreal Expos	124	58	66	.468	9.0	496	451	45	24-33	34-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	38	18	20	.474
5	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	124	52	72	.419	15.0	429	488	-59	22-38	30-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	38	17	21	.447
6	12	24	New York Mets	123	50	73	.407	16.5	471	523	-52	22-35	28-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	39	16	23	.410
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	124	73	51	.589	--	567	444	123	35-32	38-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	38	22	16	.579
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	124	71	53	.573	2.0	493	444	49	33-33	38-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	38	18	20	.474
3	3	6	Cincinnati Reds	124	70	54	.565	3.0	541	524	17	33-31	37-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	37	22	15	.595
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	124	65	59	.524	8.0	454	458	-4	27-39	38-20	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	38	19	19	.500
5	9	18	Atlanta Braves	123	56	67	.455	16.5	465	569	-104	24-40	32-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	39	13	26	.333
6	10	20	Houston Astros	124	56	68	.452	17.0	461	502	-41	19-44	37-24	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	38	18	20	.474

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