Baseball on this Date - Saturday May 12,1979

Games on 1979-05-12

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	2	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Mike Flanagan	Rick Honeycutt	(none)
Oakland Athletics	2	Boston Red Sox	8	Box	Mike Torrez	Rick Langford	(none)
Kansas City Royals	5	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Marty Pattin	Rich Hinton	Renie Martin
Milwaukee Brewers	3	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Jerry Augustine	Bruce Taylor	Bob McClure
Cleveland Indians	0	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Jerry Koosman	Mike Paxton	(none)
California Angels	5	New York Yankees	6	Box	Dick Tidrow	Dave Frost	(none)
Texas Rangers	3	Toronto Blue Jays	1	Box	Steve Comer	Dave Lemanczyk	Sparky Lyle
Chicago Cubs	3	Houston Astros	11	Box	Ken Forsch	Lynn McGlothen	(none)
Chicago Cubs	2	Houston Astros	0	Box	Ken Holtzman	Rick Williams	(none)
Montreal Expos	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Bob Welch	Stan Bahnsen	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Jim Bibby	Frank Pastore	Grant Jackson
New York Mets	1	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Bob Owchinko	Neil Allen	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Ed Halicki	Randy Lerch	(none)
Atlanta Braves	6	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Buddy Schultz	Gene Garber	(none)

Standings as of 1979-05-12

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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	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	33	22	11	.667	--	174	118	56	9-6	13-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	126	80	46	.635
2	3	5	Boston Red Sox	31	20	11	.645	1.0	169	120	49	7-6	13-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	129	71	58	.550
3	4	6	Milwaukee Brewers	33	20	13	.606	2.0	165	130	35	10-9	10-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	128	75	53	.586
4	7	14	New York Yankees	32	17	15	.531	4.5	133	134	-1	6-8	11-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	128	72	56	.563
5	10	19	Detroit Tigers	26	11	15	.423	7.5	133	133	0	4-8	7-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	135	74	61	.548
6	12	23	Cleveland Indians	30	10	20	.333	10.5	110	159	-49	4-11	6-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	131	71	60	.542
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	32	8	24	.250	13.5	120	192	-72	5-12	3-12	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	130	45	85	.346
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	Minnesota Twins	30	22	8	.733	--	165	132	33	13-4	9-4	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	132	60	72	.455
2	5	7	California Angels	33	19	14	.576	4.5	184	148	36	11-7	8-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	129	69	60	.535
3	6	8	Texas Rangers	30	17	13	.567	5.0	135	126	9	8-6	9-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	132	66	66	.500
4	8	13	Kansas City Royals	32	17	15	.531	6.0	179	165	14	6-11	11-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	130	68	62	.523
5	9	17	Chicago White Sox	31	15	16	.484	7.5	162	152	10	10-9	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	129	58	71	.450
6	11	21	Oakland Athletics	33	12	21	.364	11.5	118	183	-65	5-11	7-10	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	129	42	87	.326
7	13	25	Seattle Mariners	34	10	24	.294	14.0	137	192	-55	2-12	8-12	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	128	57	71	.445
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	2	Philadelphia Phillies	31	21	10	.677	--	132	94	38	11-7	10-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	131	63	68	.481
2	2	4	Montreal Expos	29	19	10	.655	1.0	137	120	17	8-9	11-1	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	131	76	55	.580
3	5	11	St. Louis Cardinals	31	17	14	.548	4.0	130	115	15	7-8	9-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	131	69	62	.527
4	6	12	Chicago Cubs	28	15	13	.536	4.5	122	129	-7	5-7	10-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	134	65	69	.485
5	9	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	28	12	16	.429	7.5	137	138	-1	5-8	7-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	134	86	48	.642
6	11	22	New York Mets	29	10	19	.345	10.0	104	133	-29	5-12	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	133	53	80	.398
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	9	Cincinnati Reds	32	18	14	.563	--	163	152	11	9-6	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	129	72	57	.558
2	4	10	Houston Astros	34	19	15	.559	--	150	135	15	9-10	10-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	128	70	58	.547
3	7	15	Los Angeles Dodgers	35	17	18	.486	2.5	147	146	1	5-9	12-9	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	127	62	65	.488
4	8	16	San Francisco Giants	33	16	17	.485	2.5	144	151	-7	5-9	11-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	129	55	74	.426
5	10	20	San Diego Padres	34	13	21	.382	6.0	149	172	-23	6-11	7-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	127	55	72	.433
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	30	10	20	.333	7.0	136	166	-30	5-11	5-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	130	56	74	.431

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Tom Murphy	P	33.133	Released by Blue Jays.

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