Baseball on this Date - Sunday May 6,1979

Games on 1979-05-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	0	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Dennis Martinez	Mike Barlow	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	John Montague	Bill Campbell	(none)
Kansas City Royals	4	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Mike Paxton	Al Hrabosky	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	0	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Lary Sorensen	Mark Lemongello	(none)
Detroit Tigers	6	Minnesota Twins	9	Box	Mike Marshall	John Hiller	(none)
Oakland Athletics	5	New York Yankees	6	Box	Ron Guidry	Dave Heaverlo	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	Texas Rangers	0	Box	Ken Kravec	Jon Matlack	(none)
Atlanta Braves	13	Chicago Cubs	14	Box	Bruce Sutter	Gene Garber	(none)
Houston Astros	5	Cincinnati Reds	17	Box	Pedro Borbon	J.R. Richard	(none)
Houston Astros	8	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Frank Riccelli	Fred Norman	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Box	Nino Espinosa	Doug Rau	(none)
Montreal Expos	7	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Bill Lee	Gaylord Perry	Woodie Fryman
New York Mets	5	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Dale Murray	Randy Moffitt	Skip Lockwood
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Silvio Martinez	Bruce Kison	Darold Knowles

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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	2	4	Baltimore Orioles	27	18	9	.667	--	146	101	45	9-6	9-3	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	132	84	48	.636
2	3	5	Boston Red Sox	25	16	9	.640	1.0	127	89	38	7-6	9-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	135	75	60	.556
3	4	6	Milwaukee Brewers	28	17	11	.607	1.5	140	106	34	8-9	9-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	133	78	55	.586
4	8	14	New York Yankees	26	13	13	.500	4.5	104	109	-5	6-8	7-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	134	76	58	.567
5	10	18	Detroit Tigers	21	9	12	.429	6.0	111	108	3	4-8	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	140	76	64	.543
6	13	24	Cleveland Indians	25	8	17	.320	9.0	86	134	-48	2-8	6-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	136	73	63	.537
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	28	8	20	.286	10.5	111	164	-53	5-10	3-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	134	45	89	.336
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	2	Minnesota Twins	26	18	8	.692	--	135	122	13	13-4	5-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	136	64	72	.471
2	5	8	California Angels	27	16	11	.593	2.5	148	118	30	8-4	8-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	135	72	63	.533
3	6	9	Texas Rangers	25	14	11	.560	3.5	112	103	9	6-6	8-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	137	69	68	.504
4	7	12	Kansas City Royals	26	14	12	.538	4.0	148	134	14	3-8	11-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	136	71	65	.522
5	9	15	Chicago White Sox	25	12	13	.480	5.5	131	123	8	9-7	3-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	135	61	74	.452
6	11	22	Oakland Athletics	27	10	17	.370	8.5	102	148	-46	3-7	7-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	135	44	91	.326
7	12	23	Seattle Mariners	28	9	19	.321	10.0	116	158	-42	1-7	8-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	134	58	76	.433
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
1	1	1	Montreal Expos	24	17	7	.708	--	125	100	25	6-6	11-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	136	78	58	.574
2	2	3	Philadelphia Phillies	25	17	8	.680	0.5	105	72	33	7-5	10-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	137	67	70	.489
3	5	11	Chicago Cubs	22	12	10	.545	4.0	92	92	0	3-6	9-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	140	68	72	.486
4	6	13	St. Louis Cardinals	26	14	12	.538	4.0	112	99	13	5-7	8-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	136	72	64	.529
5	10	20	New York Mets	23	9	14	.391	7.5	92	102	-10	4-7	5-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	139	54	85	.388
6	9	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	23	9	14	.391	7.5	108	113	-5	3-7	6-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	139	89	50	.640
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	3	7	Houston Astros	28	17	11	.607	--	129	114	15	9-10	8-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	134	72	62	.537
2	4	10	Cincinnati Reds	27	15	12	.556	1.5	130	125	5	6-4	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	134	75	59	.560
3	7	16	San Francisco Giants	28	13	15	.464	4.0	129	140	-11	5-9	8-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	134	58	76	.433
4	8	17	San Diego Padres	28	12	16	.429	5.0	131	142	-11	6-11	6-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	133	56	77	.421
5	11	21	Los Angeles Dodgers	29	11	18	.379	6.5	107	136	-29	5-9	6-9	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	133	68	65	.511
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	25	8	17	.320	7.5	112	137	-25	4-10	4-7	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	135	58	77	.430

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