Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 4,1979

Games on 1979-08-04

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	8	Cleveland Indians	12	Box	Rick Waits	John Henry Johnson	Dan Spillner
Kansas City Royals	2	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Mike Chris	Larry Gura	John Hiller
Boston Red Sox	8	Milwaukee Brewers	6	Box	Allen Ripley	Reggie Cleveland	Dick Drago
California Angels	7	Minnesota Twins	1	Box	Dave Frost	Dave Goltz	Mark Clear
Baltimore Orioles	5	New York Yankees	4	Box	Dave Ford	Jim Kaat	Tippy Martinez
Oakland Athletics	5	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Mike Morgan	Mike Parrott	Dave Hamilton
Chicago White Sox	2	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Tom Buskey	Rich Wortham	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	6	Chicago Cubs	8	Box	Mike Krukow	John Denny	Bruce Sutter
San Diego Padres	1	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Fred Norman	John D'Acquisto	(none)
Atlanta Braves	3	Houston Astros	4	Box	Joe Sambito	Gene Garber	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	Houston Astros	6	Box	Frank LaCorte	Phil Niekro	Joe Sambito
San Francisco Giants	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Dave Patterson	Gary Lavelle	(none)
New York Mets	3	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Craig Swan	Bill Lee	Neil Allen
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	John Candelaria	Nino Espinosa	(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	108	74	34	.685	--	529	395	134	35-23	39-11	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	51	28	23	.549
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	106	65	41	.613	8.0	571	455	116	29-27	36-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	54	26	28	.481
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	110	64	46	.582	11.0	539	472	67	28-26	36-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	51	31	20	.608
4	5	9	New York Yankees	108	58	50	.537	16.0	486	437	49	26-29	32-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	52	31	21	.596
5	8	13	Detroit Tigers	106	54	52	.509	19.0	516	509	7	26-30	28-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	55	31	24	.564
6	9	16	Cleveland Indians	108	54	54	.500	20.0	497	543	-46	24-29	30-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	53	27	26	.509
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	109	33	76	.303	41.5	391	561	-170	15-41	18-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	53	20	33	.377
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	7	California Angels	110	62	48	.564	--	595	484	111	28-26	34-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	52	26	26	.500
2	6	11	Texas Rangers	107	57	50	.533	3.5	498	452	46	23-25	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	55	26	29	.473
3	7	12	Minnesota Twins	106	56	50	.528	4.0	526	481	45	29-24	27-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	56	26	30	.464
4	10	17	Kansas City Royals	108	54	54	.500	7.0	551	565	-14	25-29	29-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	54	31	23	.574
5	11	21	Chicago White Sox	107	47	60	.439	13.5	491	528	-37	27-25	20-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	53	26	27	.491
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	111	47	64	.423	15.5	487	565	-78	21-34	26-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	51	20	31	.392
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	110	32	78	.291	30.0	380	610	-230	12-41	20-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52	22	30	.423
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	5	Montreal Expos	104	60	44	.577	--	476	396	80	23-27	37-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	56	35	21	.625
2	3	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	108	61	47	.565	1.0	497	431	66	30-22	31-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	54	37	17	.685
3	4	8	Chicago Cubs	104	56	48	.538	4.0	473	475	-2	24-27	32-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	58	24	34	.414
4	6	14	Philadelphia Phillies	110	56	54	.509	7.0	479	492	-13	25-34	31-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	52	28	24	.538
5	7	15	St. Louis Cardinals	105	53	52	.505	7.5	479	466	13	22-29	30-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	57	33	24	.579
6	10	20	New York Mets	106	47	59	.443	14.0	404	461	-57	21-34	25-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	56	16	40	.286
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	4	Houston Astros	112	65	47	.580	--	415	421	-6	25-28	40-19	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	50	24	26	.480
2	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	112	60	52	.536	5.0	524	470	54	29-28	31-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	49	30	19	.612
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	110	52	58	.473	12.0	509	512	-3	26-33	26-25	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	52	19	33	.365
4	9	19	San Diego Padres	112	50	62	.446	15.0	429	475	-46	20-34	30-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	49	18	31	.367
5	11	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	109	47	62	.431	16.5	510	535	-25	17-39	30-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	53	32	21	.604
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	112	45	67	.402	20.0	503	564	-61	18-37	27-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	48	21	27	.438

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