Baseball on this Date - Friday June 8,1979

Games on 1979-06-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	0	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Mike Flanagan	Doyle Alexander	(none)
Minnesota Twins	1	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Bob Stanley	Dave Goltz	(none)
Detroit Tigers	4	California Angels	6	Box	Don Aase	Milt Wilcox	Mark Clear
New York Yankees	11	Kansas City Royals	10	Box	Ken Clay	Eduardo Rodriguez	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	2	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Tom Buskey	Dave Heaverlo	(none)
Cleveland Indians	2	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	Mike Parrott	Wayne Garland	Byron McLaughlin
Los Angeles Dodgers	11	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Burt Hooton	Mike Krukow	(none)
Montreal Expos	2	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Mike LaCoss	Dan Schatzeder	(none)
Houston Astros	5	New York Mets	0	Box	Joe Niekro	Pat Zachry	(none)
Atlanta Braves	11	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Gene Garber	Ron Reed	(none)
San Francisco Giants	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Enrique Romo	John Curtis	Grant Jackson
San Diego Padres	8	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Rollie Fingers	Darold Knowles	John D'Acquisto

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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	56	35	21	.625	--	266	202	64	16-14	19-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	103	67	36	.650
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	54	33	21	.611	1.0	275	214	61	12-12	21-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	106	58	48	.547
3	6	9	Milwaukee Brewers	58	32	26	.552	4.0	264	227	37	14-18	18-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	103	63	40	.612
4	7	10	New York Yankees	57	31	26	.544	4.5	248	234	14	13-15	18-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	103	58	45	.563
5	9	15	Detroit Tigers	50	25	25	.500	7.0	243	238	5	13-16	12-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	111	60	51	.541
6	10	16	Cleveland Indians	54	26	28	.481	8.0	226	252	-26	13-16	13-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	107	55	52	.514
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	57	15	42	.263	20.5	207	309	-102	9-19	6-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	105	38	67	.362
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	57	34	23	.596	--	306	251	55	16-13	18-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	105	54	51	.514
2	4	7	Minnesota Twins	54	30	24	.556	2.5	273	245	28	18-10	12-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	108	52	56	.481
3	5	8	Texas Rangers	56	31	25	.554	2.5	249	242	7	14-13	17-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	106	52	54	.491
4	8	12	Kansas City Royals	57	31	26	.544	3.0	299	285	14	14-15	17-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	105	54	51	.514
5	11	18	Chicago White Sox	55	26	29	.473	7.0	256	259	-3	15-15	11-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	105	47	58	.448
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	58	23	35	.397	11.5	270	296	-26	6-15	17-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	104	44	60	.423
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	57	18	39	.316	16.0	190	318	-128	7-19	11-20	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	105	36	69	.343
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	3	Montreal Expos	51	31	20	.608	--	231	188	43	14-17	17-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	109	64	45	.587
2	3	6	St. Louis Cardinals	52	30	22	.577	1.5	251	213	38	10-12	19-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	110	56	54	.509
3	5	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	52	28	24	.538	3.5	245	219	26	11-12	17-12	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	110	70	40	.636
4	6	14	Philadelphia Phillies	56	29	27	.518	4.5	240	227	13	16-16	13-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	106	55	51	.519
5	9	20	Chicago Cubs	52	24	28	.462	7.5	224	267	-43	9-14	15-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	110	56	54	.509
6	11	22	New York Mets	52	21	31	.404	10.5	208	245	-37	11-19	9-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	110	42	68	.382
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	2	5	Houston Astros	59	35	24	.593	--	235	208	27	13-14	22-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	103	54	49	.524
2	4	11	Cincinnati Reds	57	31	26	.544	3.0	270	256	14	13-13	18-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	104	59	45	.567
3	7	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	59	28	31	.475	7.0	281	268	13	10-20	18-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	103	51	52	.495
4	8	19	San Francisco Giants	58	27	31	.466	7.5	276	278	-2	13-18	14-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	104	44	60	.423
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	60	27	33	.450	8.5	245	275	-30	11-20	16-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	101	41	60	.406
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	56	21	35	.375	12.5	245	307	-62	9-17	12-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	104	45	59	.433

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