Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 23,1978

Games on 1978-08-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	3	California Angels	6	Box	Chris Knapp	Ed Figueroa	Dave LaRoche
Kansas City Royals	0	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Ken Kravec	Dennis Leonard	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	4	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Victor Cruz	Dave Rozema	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Jerry Garvin	Bob Sykes	Mike Willis
Cleveland Indians	4	Milwaukee Brewers	9	Box	Andy Replogle	Sid Monge	(none)
Texas Rangers	2	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	Steve Comer	Roger Erickson	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	11	Oakland Athletics	0	Box	Jim Palmer	Steve Renko	(none)
Boston Red Sox	3	Seattle Mariners	5	Box	Byron McLaughlin	Mike Torrez	Enrique Romo
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Grant Jackson	Dave Campbell	(none)
Chicago Cubs	0	Houston Astros	3	Box	Ken Forsch	Dennis Lamp	Joe Sambito
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Burt Hooton	Steve Rogers	Charlie Hough
San Francisco Giants	2	New York Mets	1	Box	Bob Knepper	Skip Lockwood	Gary Lavelle
San Diego Padres	6	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Rollie Fingers	Ron Reed	(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	125	78	47	.624	--	630	499	131	33-33	45-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	38	21	17	.553
2	2	4	Milwaukee Brewers	125	72	53	.576	6.0	627	515	112	26-32	46-21	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	37	21	16	.568
3	3	5	New York Yankees	124	70	54	.565	7.5	540	466	74	33-33	37-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	39	30	9	.769
4	4	7	Detroit Tigers	125	69	56	.552	9.0	577	489	88	32-32	37-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	37	17	20	.459
5	7	11	Baltimore Orioles	125	67	58	.536	11.0	495	534	-39	34-35	33-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	36	23	13	.639
6	11	21	Cleveland Indians	125	54	71	.432	24.0	519	547	-28	20-42	34-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	34	15	19	.441
7	13	24	Toronto Blue Jays	127	51	76	.402	28.0	498	610	-112	19-45	32-31	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	34	8	26	.235
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	124	68	56	.548	--	563	492	71	27-37	41-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	38	24	14	.632
2	6	9	California Angels	128	70	58	.547	--	535	510	25	29-32	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	34	17	17	.500
3	8	15	Texas Rangers	124	61	63	.492	7.0	489	487	2	25-38	36-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	38	26	12	.684
4	9	16	Oakland Athletics	129	62	67	.481	8.5	433	499	-66	27-34	35-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	33	7	26	.212
5	10	20	Minnesota Twins	127	56	71	.441	13.5	548	566	-18	27-38	29-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	35	17	18	.486
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	124	52	72	.419	16.0	479	575	-96	22-37	30-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	37	19	18	.514
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	126	49	77	.389	20.0	502	646	-144	19-38	30-39	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	34	7	27	.206
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	123	66	57	.537	--	531	460	71	22-34	44-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	39	24	15	.615
2	6	13	Chicago Cubs	125	63	62	.504	4.0	496	538	-42	26-36	37-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	37	16	21	.432
3	7	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	124	62	62	.500	4.5	490	502	-12	25-37	37-25	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	37	26	11	.703
4	8	17	Montreal Expos	126	59	67	.468	8.5	502	457	45	24-33	35-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	36	17	19	.472
5	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	126	53	73	.421	14.5	447	502	-55	23-39	30-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	36	16	20	.444
6	12	25	New York Mets	126	50	76	.397	17.5	478	536	-58	22-35	28-41	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	36	16	20	.444
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	126	74	52	.587	--	573	450	123	36-33	38-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	36	21	15	.583
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	127	74	53	.583	0.5	506	451	55	36-33	38-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	35	15	20	.429
3	3	6	Cincinnati Reds	126	71	55	.563	3.0	555	542	13	33-31	38-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	35	21	14	.600
4	5	12	San Diego Padres	127	67	60	.528	7.5	470	471	-1	29-40	38-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	35	17	18	.486
5	9	18	Houston Astros	127	59	68	.465	15.5	474	506	-32	19-44	40-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	35	15	20	.429
6	10	19	Atlanta Braves	125	56	69	.448	17.5	469	576	-107	24-40	32-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	37	13	24	.351

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