Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 15,1979

Games on 1979-05-15

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	2	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Don Stanhouse	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	1	California Angels	2	Box	Mark Clear	Mike Caldwell	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Sid Monge	Jerry Garvin	(none)
Texas Rangers	9	Minnesota Twins	8	Box	Sparky Lyle	Mike Marshall	Jim Kern
Detroit Tigers	3	New York Yankees	11	Box	Tommy John	Steve Baker	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Ross Baumgarten	John Henry Johnson	Mike Proly
Kansas City Royals	7	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Paul Splittorff	Glenn Abbott	Renie Martin
Kansas City Royals	2	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	Byron McLaughlin	Larry Gura	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Bob Welch	Adrian Devine	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Lynn McGlothen	Nino Espinosa	(none)
San Diego Padres	2	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Rollie Fingers	Frank Pastore	(none)
San Francisco Giants	8	Houston Astros	1	Box	Phil Nastu	J.R. Richard	(none)
New York Mets	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Box	Craig Swan	Don Robinson	Skip Lockwood
Montreal Expos	0	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Box	John Denny	Steve Rogers	(none)

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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	1	Boston Red Sox	33	22	11	.667	--	180	124	56	7-6	15-5	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	127	69	58	.543
2	3	4	Baltimore Orioles	34	22	12	.647	0.5	176	121	55	9-7	13-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	125	80	45	.640
3	6	9	Milwaukee Brewers	35	20	15	.571	3.0	168	138	30	10-11	10-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	126	75	51	.595
4	8	13	New York Yankees	35	19	16	.543	4.0	157	150	7	6-8	13-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	125	70	55	.560
5	10	18	Detroit Tigers	29	13	16	.448	7.0	145	147	-2	5-9	8-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	132	72	60	.545
6	11	21	Cleveland Indians	33	13	20	.394	9.0	119	164	-45	5-11	8-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	128	68	60	.531
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	36	9	27	.250	14.5	131	206	-75	5-14	4-13	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	126	44	82	.349
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	3	Minnesota Twins	33	22	11	.667	--	180	151	29	13-4	9-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	129	60	69	.465
2	4	6	Texas Rangers	34	20	14	.588	2.5	159	147	12	11-7	9-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	128	63	65	.492
3	5	8	California Angels	35	20	15	.571	3.0	196	161	35	11-8	9-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	127	68	59	.535
4	7	11	Kansas City Royals	36	20	16	.556	3.5	203	180	23	9-12	11-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	126	65	61	.516
5	9	17	Chicago White Sox	33	16	17	.485	6.0	169	167	2	11-9	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	127	57	70	.449
6	12	23	Oakland Athletics	35	12	23	.343	11.0	121	193	-72	5-12	7-11	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	127	42	85	.331
7	13	25	Seattle Mariners	37	11	26	.297	13.0	147	202	-55	2-12	9-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	125	56	69	.448
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	33	22	11	.667	--	145	104	41	12-8	10-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	129	62	67	.481
2	2	5	Montreal Expos	31	19	12	.613	2.0	139	129	10	8-11	11-1	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	129	76	53	.589
3	3	7	St. Louis Cardinals	33	19	14	.576	3.0	138	118	20	7-8	11-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	129	67	62	.519
4	6	14	Chicago Cubs	30	16	14	.533	4.5	129	133	-4	5-8	11-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	132	64	68	.485
5	10	20	Pittsburgh Pirates	30	12	18	.400	8.5	140	148	-8	5-8	7-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	132	86	46	.652
6	11	22	New York Mets	31	11	20	.355	10.0	111	138	-27	6-13	5-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	131	52	79	.397
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	4	10	Cincinnati Reds	35	20	15	.571	--	178	161	17	10-6	10-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	126	70	56	.556
2	5	12	Houston Astros	36	20	16	.556	0.5	154	143	11	9-10	11-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	126	69	57	.548
3	7	15	Los Angeles Dodgers	37	19	18	.514	2.0	160	152	8	6-9	13-9	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	125	60	65	.480
4	8	16	San Francisco Giants	35	17	18	.486	3.0	155	164	-9	6-9	11-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	127	54	73	.425
5	9	19	San Diego Padres	37	15	22	.405	6.0	160	184	-24	7-12	8-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	124	53	71	.427
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	32	10	22	.313	8.5	143	178	-35	5-12	5-10	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	128	56	72	.438

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