Baseball on this Date - Friday July 27,1979

Games on 1979-07-27

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	3	California Angels	1	Box	Geoff Zahn	Dave Frost	Mike Marshall
Cleveland Indians	7	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	David Clyde	Randy Scarbery	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	8	Kansas City Royals	0	Box	Mike Flanagan	Dennis Leonard	(none)
New York Yankees	5	Milwaukee Brewers	6	Box	Bob McClure	Rich Gossage	(none)
Seattle Mariners	1	Oakland Athletics	0	Box	Rick Honeycutt	Rick Langford	Byron McLaughlin
Boston Red Sox	2	Texas Rangers	11	Box	Steve Comer	Bob Stanley	(none)
Detroit Tigers	4	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Aurelio Lopez	Tom Buskey	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	Atlanta Braves	0	Box	Mike LaCoss	Phil Niekro	Doug Bair
Los Angeles Dodgers	11	Houston Astros	7	Box	Charlie Hough	Joe Niekro	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Kent Tekulve	Elias Sosa	Enrique Romo
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Bert Blyleven	Scott Sanderson	(none)
Chicago Cubs	4	New York Mets	2	Box	Dick Tidrow	Dock Ellis	Bruce Sutter
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Philadelphia Phillies	0	Box	Bob Forsch	Nino Espinosa	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Pedro Borbon	Mark Lee	(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	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	101	68	33	.673	--	498	373	125	29-22	39-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	58	34	24	.586
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	97	60	37	.619	6.0	524	417	107	24-23	36-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	63	31	32	.492
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	102	61	41	.598	7.5	505	430	75	28-26	33-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	59	34	25	.576
4	6	10	New York Yankees	101	55	46	.545	13.0	454	411	43	23-27	32-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	59	34	25	.576
5	8	15	Detroit Tigers	98	50	48	.510	16.5	487	473	14	24-27	26-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	63	35	28	.556
6	10	18	Cleveland Indians	100	48	52	.480	19.5	439	494	-55	22-29	26-23	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	61	33	28	.541
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	102	31	71	.304	37.5	366	527	-161	15-38	16-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	60	22	38	.367
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	4	5	California Angels	103	58	45	.563	--	559	460	99	27-25	31-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	59	30	29	.508
2	5	9	Minnesota Twins	99	54	45	.545	2.0	513	450	63	28-20	26-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	63	28	35	.444
3	7	11	Texas Rangers	100	54	46	.540	2.5	461	421	40	22-24	32-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	62	29	33	.468
4	9	16	Kansas City Royals	100	49	51	.490	7.5	512	536	-24	24-27	25-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	62	36	26	.581
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	100	46	54	.460	10.5	464	476	-12	26-24	20-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	60	27	33	.450
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	104	44	60	.423	14.5	461	538	-77	19-31	25-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	58	23	35	.397
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	103	27	76	.262	31.0	358	595	-237	11-40	16-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	59	27	32	.458
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	4	Montreal Expos	95	54	41	.568	--	431	362	69	23-27	31-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	65	41	24	.631
2	2	6	Chicago Cubs	96	54	42	.563	0.5	443	435	8	24-21	30-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	66	26	40	.394
3	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	99	55	44	.556	1.0	457	404	53	29-21	26-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	63	43	20	.683
4	6	13	Philadelphia Phillies	100	52	48	.520	4.5	440	449	-9	23-30	29-18	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	62	32	30	.516
5	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	96	49	47	.510	5.5	444	425	19	18-24	30-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	66	37	29	.561
6	10	21	New York Mets	97	42	55	.433	13.0	366	419	-53	19-32	22-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	65	21	44	.323
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	7	Houston Astros	104	58	46	.558	--	381	394	-13	25-28	33-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	58	31	27	.534
2	5	12	Cincinnati Reds	104	55	49	.529	3.0	466	429	37	27-27	28-22	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	57	35	22	.614
3	8	17	San Francisco Giants	103	50	53	.485	7.5	480	480	0	24-28	26-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	59	21	38	.356
4	9	20	San Diego Padres	105	47	58	.448	11.5	400	442	-42	18-31	29-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	56	21	35	.375
5	11	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	102	44	58	.431	13.0	474	495	-21	16-35	28-23	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	60	35	25	.583
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	103	42	61	.408	15.5	464	512	-48	18-34	24-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57	24	33	.421

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