Baseball on this Date - Friday September 8,1978

Games on 1978-09-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	13	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Jim Beattie	Jim Wright	(none)
Kansas City Royals	9	California Angels	7	Box	Doug Bird	Dave LaRoche	(none)
Seattle Mariners	2	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Rich Wortham	Jim Colborn	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Jim Slaton	David Clyde	John Hiller
Milwaukee Brewers	3	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	Andy Replogle	Gary Serum	(none)
Texas Rangers	4	Oakland Athletics	11	Box	Alan Wirth	Jon Matlack	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	5	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Box	Nelson Briles	Tom Underwood	Don Stanhouse
San Francisco Giants	8	Atlanta Braves	5	Box	John Montefusco	Eddie Solomon	Jim Barr
San Diego Padres	3	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Gaylord Perry	Mike LaCoss	Rollie Fingers
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Houston Astros	5	Box	Ken Forsch	Bob Welch	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Bruce Sutter	Mike Garman	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	New York Mets	3	Box	Dale Murray	Bert Blyleven	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	0	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Dick Ruthven	Tom Bruno	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Ron Reed	Dan O'Brien	(none)

Standings as of 1978-09-08

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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	140	86	54	.614	--	701	577	124	34-35	52-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	23	13	10	.565
2	2	2	New York Yankees	140	84	56	.600	2.0	640	506	134	37-33	47-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	23	16	7	.696
3	3	4	Milwaukee Brewers	141	81	60	.574	5.5	712	575	137	32-36	49-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	21	12	9	.571
4	4	6	Baltimore Orioles	141	79	62	.560	7.5	570	576	-6	35-35	44-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	20	11	9	.550
5	6	9	Detroit Tigers	140	76	64	.543	10.0	630	565	65	34-37	42-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	22	10	12	.455
6	11	21	Cleveland Indians	139	60	79	.432	25.5	574	614	-40	25-48	35-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	20	9	11	.450
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	143	56	87	.392	31.5	548	682	-134	21-48	35-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	18	3	15	.167
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	7	Kansas City Royals	138	77	61	.558	--	636	553	83	32-40	45-21	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	24	15	9	.625
2	7	11	California Angels	141	75	66	.532	3.5	583	582	1	32-37	43-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	21	12	9	.571
3	8	15	Texas Rangers	138	68	70	.493	9.0	573	556	17	29-43	39-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	24	19	5	.792
4	9	18	Oakland Athletics	141	65	76	.461	13.5	482	568	-86	29-40	36-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	21	4	17	.190
5	10	19	Minnesota Twins	141	62	79	.440	16.5	588	608	-20	29-41	33-38	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	21	11	10	.524
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	141	60	81	.426	18.5	532	639	-107	26-44	34-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	20	11	9	.550
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	138	52	86	.377	25.0	540	708	-168	22-47	30-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	22	4	18	.182
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	3	8	Philadelphia Phillies	140	77	63	.550	--	610	508	102	31-40	46-23	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	22	13	9	.591
2	5	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	140	74	66	.529	3.0	571	545	26	30-41	44-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joseph O'Toole	Three Rivers Stadium	21	14	7	.667
3	7	14	Chicago Cubs	141	70	71	.496	7.5	574	620	-46	30-39	40-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	21	9	12	.429
4	8	16	Montreal Expos	142	67	75	.472	11.0	561	531	30	31-39	36-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Fox	Olympic Stadium	20	9	11	.450
5	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	142	61	81	.430	17.0	525	577	-52	28-42	33-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	20	8	12	.400
6	12	24	New York Mets	142	57	85	.401	21.0	533	602	-69	28-44	29-41	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	20	9	11	.450
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	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	141	84	57	.596	--	632	506	126	37-34	47-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	21	11	10	.524
2	2	5	San Francisco Giants	141	81	60	.574	3.0	564	508	56	37-36	44-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	21	8	13	.381
3	4	10	Cincinnati Reds	140	76	64	.543	7.5	608	606	2	37-33	39-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	21	16	5	.762
4	6	13	San Diego Padres	142	73	69	.514	11.5	519	531	-12	32-42	41-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	20	11	9	.550
5	9	17	Houston Astros	140	65	75	.464	18.5	537	565	-28	20-47	45-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	22	9	13	.409
6	10	20	Atlanta Braves	141	61	80	.433	23.0	536	671	-135	24-44	37-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	21	8	13	.381

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