Baseball on this Date - Tuesday June 5,1979

Games on 1979-06-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	3	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Paul Hartzell	Steve Stone	Mike Marshall
Texas Rangers	3	Boston Red Sox	9	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Jon Matlack	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	0	California Angels	3	Box	Frank Tanana	Tom Underwood	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	5	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Jim Slaton	Fred Howard	Jerry Augustine
Kansas City Royals	3	New York Yankees	1	Box	Larry Gura	Luis Tiant	(none)
Cleveland Indians	12	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Rick Waits	Rick Langford	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Seattle Mariners	1	Box	Jack Billingham	Glenn Abbott	John Hiller
Montreal Expos	1	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Rick Matula	Scott Sanderson	Gene Garber
San Diego Padres	11	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Eric Rasmussen	Dennis Lamp	(none)
New York Mets	1	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Fred Norman	Kevin Kobel	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	8	Houston Astros	0	Box	Steve Carlton	Rick Williams	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Bert Blyleven	Don Sutton	Kent Tekulve
San Francisco Giants	4	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Mark Littell	Randy Moffitt	(none)

Standings as of 1979-06-05

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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	2	Boston Red Sox	51	31	20	.608	--	259	203	56	12-12	19-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	109	60	49	.550
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	53	32	21	.604	--	257	201	56	16-14	16-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	106	70	36	.660
3	7	10	Milwaukee Brewers	56	31	25	.554	2.5	259	217	42	14-18	17-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	105	64	41	.610
4	8	12	New York Yankees	54	29	25	.537	3.5	233	218	15	12-15	17-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	106	60	46	.566
5	9	14	Detroit Tigers	48	25	23	.521	4.5	236	228	8	13-14	12-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	113	60	53	.531
6	10	16	Cleveland Indians	52	25	27	.481	6.5	218	242	-24	12-15	13-12	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	109	56	53	.514
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	55	13	42	.236	20.0	200	304	-104	7-19	6-23	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	107	40	67	.374
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	3	4	California Angels	55	33	22	.600	--	296	242	54	16-13	17-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	107	55	52	.514
2	4	7	Kansas City Royals	54	31	23	.574	1.5	288	268	20	14-13	17-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	108	54	54	.500
3	5	8	Minnesota Twins	51	29	22	.569	2.0	266	239	27	17-8	12-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	111	53	58	.477
4	6	9	Texas Rangers	53	30	23	.566	2.0	239	234	5	13-11	17-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	109	53	56	.486
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	53	25	28	.472	7.0	246	245	1	14-14	11-14	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	107	48	59	.449
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	56	21	35	.375	12.5	260	291	-31	6-15	15-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	106	46	60	.434
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	55	18	37	.327	15.0	185	310	-125	7-19	11-18	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	107	36	71	.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	1	Montreal Expos	49	30	19	.612	--	217	183	34	13-16	17-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	111	65	46	.586
2	2	5	St. Louis Cardinals	49	29	20	.592	1.0	228	188	40	10-12	18-9	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	113	57	56	.504
3	5	13	Philadelphia Phillies	54	29	25	.537	3.5	232	212	20	16-15	13-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	108	55	53	.509
4	6	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	50	26	24	.520	4.5	237	213	24	11-12	15-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	112	72	40	.643
5	10	21	Chicago Cubs	49	22	27	.449	8.0	213	253	-40	9-14	13-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	113	58	55	.513
6	11	22	New York Mets	50	20	30	.400	10.5	203	237	-34	10-19	9-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	112	43	69	.384
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	6	Houston Astros	57	33	24	.579	--	226	205	21	12-14	21-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	105	56	49	.533
2	4	11	Cincinnati Reds	55	30	25	.545	2.0	264	249	15	13-13	17-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	106	60	46	.566
3	7	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	57	27	30	.474	6.0	266	259	7	9-19	18-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	105	52	53	.495
4	8	18	San Francisco Giants	55	26	29	.473	6.0	257	259	-2	12-16	14-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	107	45	62	.421
5	9	20	San Diego Padres	57	26	31	.456	7.0	234	261	-27	10-18	16-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	104	42	62	.404
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	54	20	34	.370	11.5	232	290	-58	8-17	12-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	106	46	60	.434

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Larry Harlow	OF	27.205	Traded by Orioles to Angels for Floyd Rayford and Cash.
Floyd Rayford	3B-C	21.313	Traded by Angels with Cash to Orioles for Larry Harlow.

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