Baseball on this Date - Thursday April 12,1979

Games on 1979-04-12

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	5	Baltimore Orioles	0	Box	Tommy John	Mike Flanagan	(none)
Minnesota Twins	1	California Angels	7	Box	Chris Knapp	Roger Erickson	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	9	Chicago White Sox	7	Box	Tom Murphy	Lerrin LaGrow	(none)
Boston Red Sox	12	Milwaukee Brewers	10	Box	Dick Drago	Reggie Cleveland	Bob Stanley
Oakland Athletics	3	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	John Montague	Bob Lacey	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Rick Waits	Sparky Lyle
Atlanta Braves	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Larry McWilliams	Andy Messersmith	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	New York Mets	3	Box	Pat Zachry	Randy Lerch	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Don Robinson	John Denny	(none)
San Diego Padres	3	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Bob Knepper	Eric Rasmussen	Dave Roberts

Standings as of 1979-04-12

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	10	Boston Red Sox	5	3	2	.600	--	26	23	3	2-2	1-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	155	88	67	.568
2	6	11	Milwaukee Brewers	5	3	2	.600	--	23	18	5	2-1	1-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	156	92	64	.590
4	8	14	New York Yankees	6	3	3	.500	0.5	23	22	1	2-1	1-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	154	86	68	.558
3	9	15	Baltimore Orioles	6	3	3	.500	0.5	24	28	-4	0-0	3-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	153	99	54	.647
5	10	17	Toronto Blue Jays	5	2	3	.400	1.0	28	35	-7	2-3	0-0	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	157	51	106	.325
6	11	18	Detroit Tigers	3	1	2	.333	1.0	12	21	-9	1-1	0-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	158	84	74	.532
7	13	24	Cleveland Indians	6	1	5	.167	2.5	13	28	-15	0-4	1-1	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	155	80	75	.516
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Texas Rangers	4	4	0	1.000	--	22	5	17	1-0	3-0	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	158	79	79	.500
2	2	5	Kansas City Royals	5	4	1	.800	0.5	39	19	20	0-0	4-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	157	81	76	.516
3	3	7	Minnesota Twins	6	4	2	.667	1.0	22	24	-2	4-2	0-0	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	156	78	78	.500
4	4	8	Seattle Mariners	8	5	3	.625	1.0	48	42	6	0-0	5-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	154	62	92	.403
5	7	12	California Angels	7	4	3	.571	1.5	41	39	2	2-2	2-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	155	84	71	.542
6	12	23	Chicago White Sox	5	1	4	.200	3.5	20	31	-11	1-2	0-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	155	72	83	.465
7	14	25	Oakland Athletics	7	1	6	.143	4.5	25	31	-6	1-3	0-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	155	53	102	.342
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
2	2	4	St. Louis Cardinals	5	4	1	.800	--	21	8	13	0-1	3-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	157	82	75	.522
1	3	3	Montreal Expos	5	4	1	.800	--	20	17	3	4-1	0-0	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	155	91	64	.587
3	5	9	New York Mets	5	3	2	.600	1.0	26	18	8	2-0	1-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	157	60	97	.382
4	8	19	Philadelphia Phillies	6	2	4	.333	2.5	19	23	-4	0-4	2-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	156	82	74	.526
5	9	20	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	2	4	.333	2.5	23	27	-4	0-2	2-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	156	96	60	.615
6	12	26	Chicago Cubs	3	0	3	.000	3.0	10	26	-16	0-1	0-2	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	159	80	79	.503
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Houston Astros	6	5	1	.833	--	23	7	16	0-0	5-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	156	84	72	.538
2	4	6	San Francisco Giants	7	5	2	.714	0.5	37	25	12	3-1	2-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	155	66	89	.426
3	6	13	Los Angeles Dodgers	8	4	4	.500	2.0	32	35	-3	1-2	3-2	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	154	75	79	.487
4	7	16	Cincinnati Reds	7	3	4	.429	2.5	38	43	-5	2-1	1-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	154	87	67	.565
6	10	21	San Diego Padres	7	2	5	.286	3.5	21	33	-12	2-5	0-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	154	66	88	.429
5	11	22	Atlanta Braves	7	2	5	.286	3.5	26	34	-8	1-3	1-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	153	64	89	.418

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Paul Blair	OF	35.071	Released by Yankees.

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