Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 8,1979

Games on 1979-08-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Milwaukee Brewers	8	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Bill Travers	Don Stanhouse	(none)
Cleveland Indians	6	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Rick Wise	Bob Stanley	Sid Monge
Cleveland Indians	8	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Dan Spillner	Steve Renko	(none)
Texas Rangers	16	Detroit Tigers	9	Box	Fergie Jenkins	Pat Underwood	(none)
Texas Rangers	4	Detroit Tigers	10	Box	Bruce Robbins	John Henry Johnson	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	New York Yankees	4	Box	Luis Tiant	Steve Trout	Ron Davis
California Angels	8	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Dave Frost	Matt Keough	(none)
Minnesota Twins	3	Seattle Mariners	1	Box	Dave Goltz	Floyd Bannister	Mike Marshall
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Kent Tekulve	Dick Tidrow	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Bill Bonham	Phil Niekro	(none)
Houston Astros	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	J.R. Richard	Burt Hooton	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	8	New York Mets	4	Box	Pete Vuckovich	Andy Hassler	(none)
Montreal Expos	3	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Ron Reed	Elias Sosa	(none)
San Diego Padres	7	San Francisco Giants	10	Box	John Curtis	Bob Shirley	Gary Lavelle

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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	112	74	38	.661	--	544	418	126	35-25	39-13	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	47	28	19	.596
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	111	68	43	.613	5.5	615	479	136	31-27	37-16	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	49	23	26	.469
3	3	4	Milwaukee Brewers	114	66	48	.579	9.0	561	507	54	30-26	36-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	47	29	18	.617
4	5	8	New York Yankees	112	61	51	.545	13.0	503	455	48	26-29	35-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	48	28	20	.583
5	8	14	Detroit Tigers	111	57	54	.514	16.5	548	535	13	26-30	31-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	50	28	22	.560
6	10	17	Cleveland Indians	113	57	56	.504	17.5	523	577	-54	26-30	31-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	48	24	24	.500
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	112	34	78	.304	40.0	410	584	-174	15-41	19-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	50	19	31	.380
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	6	California Angels	115	65	50	.565	--	625	510	115	31-28	34-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	47	23	24	.489
2	6	11	Minnesota Twins	111	59	52	.532	4.0	552	503	49	31-25	28-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	51	23	28	.451
3	7	12	Texas Rangers	113	59	54	.522	5.0	537	491	46	25-29	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	49	24	25	.490
4	9	16	Kansas City Royals	111	56	55	.505	7.0	572	582	-10	27-30	29-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	51	29	22	.569
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	110	49	61	.445	13.5	508	541	-33	29-26	20-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	50	24	26	.480
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	115	48	67	.417	17.0	505	586	-81	21-34	27-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	47	19	28	.404
7	14	26	Oakland Athletics	114	34	80	.298	30.5	401	636	-235	13-41	21-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	48	20	28	.417
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	Pittsburgh Pirates	112	64	48	.571	--	521	458	63	31-23	33-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	50	34	16	.680
2	3	7	Montreal Expos	108	61	47	.565	1.0	490	411	79	23-29	38-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	52	34	18	.654
3	5	10	Chicago Cubs	108	58	50	.537	4.0	497	489	8	24-27	34-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	54	22	32	.407
4	6	13	St. Louis Cardinals	110	57	53	.518	6.0	505	480	25	26-30	30-24	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	52	29	23	.558
5	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	114	58	56	.509	7.0	497	514	-17	25-36	33-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	48	26	22	.542
6	11	22	New York Mets	111	48	63	.432	15.5	418	489	-71	22-35	25-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	51	15	36	.294
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	115	67	48	.583	--	430	434	-4	26-29	41-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	47	22	25	.468
2	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	116	63	53	.543	4.5	541	476	65	29-28	34-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	45	27	18	.600
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	114	55	59	.482	11.5	530	530	0	27-34	28-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	48	16	32	.333
4	9	20	San Diego Padres	115	50	65	.435	17.0	439	497	-58	20-37	30-28	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	46	18	28	.391
5	10	21	Los Angeles Dodgers	113	49	64	.434	17.0	530	555	-25	17-39	32-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	49	30	19	.612
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	116	46	70	.397	21.5	510	575	-65	19-40	27-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	44	20	24	.455

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