Baseball on this Date - Friday July 6,1979

Games on 1979-07-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	3	California Angels	7	Box	Jim Barr	Steve Stone	(none)
Minnesota Twins	5	Cleveland Indians	6	Box	Dan Spillner	Paul Hartzell	Sid Monge
Chicago White Sox	4	Kansas City Royals	1	Box	Steve Trout	Paul Splittorff	(none)
Detroit Tigers	7	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Jack Morris	Moose Haas	Aurelio Lopez
Detroit Tigers	5	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Milt Wilcox	Jim Slaton	Dave Tobik
New York Yankees	4	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Ron Davis	Steve McCatty	(none)
New York Yankees	3	Oakland Athletics	0	Box	Tommy John	Dave Hamilton	(none)
Boston Red Sox	3	Seattle Mariners	5	Box	Floyd Bannister	Dennis Eckersley	Byron McLaughlin
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Texas Rangers	1	Box	Tom Underwood	John Henry Johnson	Tom Buskey
St. Louis Cardinals	9	Atlanta Braves	5	Box	John Denny	Eddie Solomon	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	George Frazier	Craig Skok	(none)
Houston Astros	4	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Joe Niekro	Lynn McGlothen	Joe Sambito
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Doug Bair	Grant Jackson	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Dan Schatzeder	Jerry Reuss	Elias Sosa
San Diego Padres	6	New York Mets	5	Box	Mark Lee	Tom Hausman	(none)
San Francisco Giants	1	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Nino Espinosa	John Curtis	(none)

Standings as of 1979-07-06

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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	82	54	28	.659	--	393	316	77	23-19	31-9	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	77	48	29	.623
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	80	50	30	.625	3.0	430	323	107	18-20	32-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	80	41	39	.513
3	5	7	Milwaukee Brewers	83	47	36	.566	7.5	414	358	56	22-22	25-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	78	48	30	.615
4	6	8	New York Yankees	84	46	38	.548	9.0	365	333	32	20-21	26-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	76	43	33	.566
5	9	16	Detroit Tigers	79	39	40	.494	13.5	396	388	8	18-23	21-17	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	82	46	36	.561
6	10	18	Cleveland Indians	81	37	44	.457	16.5	353	398	-45	17-25	20-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	80	44	36	.550
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	85	27	58	.318	28.5	305	450	-145	15-30	12-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	77	26	51	.338
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	5	California Angels	85	49	36	.576	--	479	390	89	24-19	25-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	77	39	38	.506
2	4	6	Texas Rangers	82	47	35	.573	0.5	377	342	35	19-18	28-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	80	36	44	.450
3	7	9	Minnesota Twins	80	43	37	.538	3.5	415	371	44	22-16	21-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	82	39	43	.476
4	8	14	Kansas City Royals	82	42	40	.512	5.5	437	442	-5	20-22	22-18	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	80	43	37	.538
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	81	36	45	.444	11.0	378	390	-12	21-21	15-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	79	37	42	.468
6	12	21	Seattle Mariners	86	37	49	.430	12.5	381	434	-53	15-25	22-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	76	30	46	.395
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	86	24	62	.279	25.5	304	492	-188	9-34	15-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	76	30	46	.395
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	2	4	Montreal Expos	75	46	29	.613	--	332	263	69	19-23	27-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	85	49	36	.576
2	3	10	St. Louis Cardinals	79	42	37	.532	6.0	376	342	34	14-19	27-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	83	44	39	.530
3	4	11	Chicago Cubs	76	40	36	.526	6.5	341	358	-17	17-17	23-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	86	40	46	.465
4	5	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	77	40	37	.519	7.0	347	313	34	21-18	19-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	85	58	27	.682
5	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	83	43	40	.518	7.0	361	356	5	21-25	22-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	79	41	38	.519
6	10	22	New York Mets	78	33	45	.423	14.5	300	342	-42	16-28	16-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	84	30	54	.357
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	1	3	Houston Astros	85	53	32	.624	--	318	292	26	23-21	30-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	77	36	41	.468
2	7	15	Cincinnati Reds	84	43	41	.512	9.5	364	355	9	20-24	23-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	77	47	30	.610
3	8	17	San Francisco Giants	83	40	43	.482	12.0	396	390	6	17-23	23-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	79	31	48	.392
4	9	20	San Diego Padres	86	38	48	.442	15.5	321	366	-45	13-26	25-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	75	30	45	.400
5	11	23	Atlanta Braves	84	35	49	.417	17.5	373	421	-48	15-27	20-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	76	31	45	.408
6	12	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	84	34	50	.405	18.5	368	399	-31	12-28	22-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	78	45	33	.577

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Juan Bernhardt	3B-1B	25.309	Traded by Mariners to White Sox for Rich Hinton.
Keith Comstock	P	23.196	Released by Angels.
Rich Hinton	P	32.045	Traded by White Sox to Mariners for Juan Bernhardt.
Fernando Valenzuela	P	18.247	Purchased by Dodgers from Yucatan (Mexican).

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