Baseball on this Date - Saturday May 26,1979

Games on 1979-05-26

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
California Angels	8	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Frank Tanana	Fred Howard	Mark Clear
New York Yankees	4	Cleveland Indians	8	Box	Rick Waits	Tommy John	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	7	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Sammy Stewart	John Hiller	(none)
Oakland Athletics	4	Milwaukee Brewers	8	Box	Jim Slaton	Rick Langford	(none)
Kansas City Royals	7	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Rich Gale	Paul Hartzell	Al Hrabosky
Seattle Mariners	1	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Jon Matlack	Glenn Abbott	(none)
Boston Red Sox	6	Toronto Blue Jays	7	Box	Tom Buskey	Bill Campbell	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Fred Norman	Don Sutton	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	8	New York Mets	10	Box	Skip Lockwood	Kent Tekulve	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Dennis Lamp	Larry Christenson	Dick Tidrow
Houston Astros	9	San Diego Padres	0	Box	Joe Niekro	Mickey Lolich	(none)
Atlanta Braves	5	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Gene Garber	Dave Roberts	Craig Skok

Standings as of 1979-05-26

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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	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	43	29	14	.674	--	227	161	66	14-8	15-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	116	73	43	.629
2	3	4	Boston Red Sox	42	25	17	.595	3.5	214	173	41	8-9	17-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	118	66	52	.559
3	6	9	Milwaukee Brewers	46	26	20	.565	4.5	223	184	39	11-16	15-4	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	115	69	46	.600
4	8	13	New York Yankees	43	23	20	.535	6.0	198	179	19	9-12	14-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	117	66	51	.564
5	10	18	Cleveland Indians	42	19	23	.452	9.5	169	204	-35	7-12	12-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	119	62	57	.521
6	11	20	Detroit Tigers	37	16	21	.432	10.0	179	194	-15	6-12	10-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	124	69	55	.556
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	45	12	33	.267	18.0	173	253	-80	6-15	6-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	117	41	76	.350
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	2	5	Minnesota Twins	42	25	17	.595	--	221	204	17	16-7	9-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	120	57	63	.475
2	4	6	California Angels	45	26	19	.578	0.5	245	205	40	12-12	14-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	117	62	55	.530
3	5	7	Texas Rangers	44	25	19	.568	1.0	202	193	9	13-9	12-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	118	58	60	.492
4	7	10	Kansas City Royals	45	25	20	.556	1.5	258	236	22	12-12	13-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	117	60	57	.513
5	9	15	Chicago White Sox	43	22	21	.512	3.5	217	205	12	13-12	9-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	117	51	66	.436
6	12	24	Seattle Mariners	47	17	30	.362	10.5	208	247	-39	6-14	11-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	115	50	65	.435
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	46	15	31	.326	12.0	156	252	-96	5-17	10-14	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	116	39	77	.336
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	Montreal Expos	39	25	14	.641	--	178	154	24	12-12	13-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	121	70	51	.579
2	2	3	Philadelphia Phillies	43	26	17	.605	1.0	205	165	40	14-8	12-9	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	119	58	61	.487
3	4	11	St. Louis Cardinals	40	22	18	.550	3.5	165	142	23	9-11	12-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	122	64	58	.525
4	7	16	Chicago Cubs	40	19	21	.475	6.5	181	203	-22	8-10	11-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	122	61	61	.500
5	9	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	40	18	22	.450	7.5	186	190	-4	9-12	9-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	122	80	42	.656
6	11	22	New York Mets	40	16	24	.400	9.5	159	188	-29	6-15	9-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	122	47	75	.385
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	8	Cincinnati Reds	44	25	19	.568	--	218	209	9	12-9	13-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	117	65	52	.556
2	5	12	San Francisco Giants	46	25	21	.543	1.0	213	200	13	11-10	14-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	116	46	70	.397
3	6	14	Houston Astros	47	25	22	.532	1.5	194	179	15	11-13	14-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	115	64	51	.557
4	8	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	47	22	25	.468	4.5	211	198	13	8-15	14-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	115	57	58	.496
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	47	19	28	.404	7.5	183	225	-42	8-16	11-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	114	49	65	.430
6	12	23	Atlanta Braves	43	16	27	.372	8.5	190	230	-40	6-13	10-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	117	50	67	.427

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