Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 9,1979

Games on 1979-08-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Milwaukee Brewers	2	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Mike Flanagan	Jerry Augustine	(none)
Cleveland Indians	2	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Dennis Eckersley	Rick Waits	(none)
Texas Rangers	2	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Mike Chris	Doc Medich	Aurelio Lopez
Chicago White Sox	5	New York Yankees	1	Box	Rich Wortham	Catfish Hunter	(none)
Kansas City Royals	10	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Larry Gura	Phil Huffman	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Chicago Cubs	11	Box	Dennis Lamp	John Candelaria	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	Fred Norman	Gene Garber	Tom Hume
Houston Astros	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Box	Rick Sutcliffe	Joaquin Andujar	Joe Beckwith
St. Louis Cardinals	4	New York Mets	0	Box	John Denny	Dock Ellis	(none)
Montreal Expos	4	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Nino Espinosa	Bill Lee	Rawly Eastwick
San Diego Padres	4	San Francisco Giants	0	Box	John D'Acquisto	Greg Minton	(none)

Standings as of 1979-08-09

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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	113	75	38	.664	--	547	420	127	35-25	40-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	46	27	19	.587
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	112	69	43	.616	5.5	618	481	137	31-27	38-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	48	22	26	.458
3	3	4	Milwaukee Brewers	115	66	49	.574	10.0	563	510	53	30-27	36-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	46	29	17	.630
4	5	10	New York Yankees	113	61	52	.540	14.0	504	460	44	26-29	35-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	47	28	19	.596
5	7	13	Detroit Tigers	112	58	54	.518	16.5	551	537	14	26-30	32-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	49	27	22	.551
6	10	17	Cleveland Indians	114	57	57	.500	18.5	525	580	-55	26-31	31-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	47	24	23	.511
7	13	25	Toronto Blue Jays	113	34	79	.301	41.0	413	594	-181	15-41	19-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	49	19	30	.388
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	8	14	Texas Rangers	114	59	55	.518	5.5	539	494	45	25-30	34-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	48	24	24	.500
4	9	16	Kansas City Royals	112	57	55	.509	6.5	582	585	-3	28-30	29-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	50	28	22	.560
5	11	19	Chicago White Sox	111	50	61	.450	13.0	513	542	-29	30-26	20-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	49	23	26	.469
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	113	64	49	.566	--	524	469	55	31-24	33-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	49	34	15	.694
2	3	7	Montreal Expos	109	61	48	.560	1.0	494	417	77	23-30	38-18	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	51	34	17	.667
3	5	9	Chicago Cubs	109	59	50	.541	3.0	508	492	16	24-27	35-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	53	21	32	.396
4	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	111	58	53	.523	5.0	509	480	29	27-30	30-24	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	51	28	23	.549
5	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	115	59	56	.513	6.0	503	518	-15	25-36	34-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	47	25	22	.532
6	11	22	New York Mets	112	48	64	.429	15.5	418	493	-75	22-35	25-30	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	50	15	35	.300
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	116	67	49	.578	--	433	438	-5	26-30	41-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	46	22	24	.478
2	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	117	64	53	.547	3.5	546	478	68	29-28	35-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	44	26	18	.591
3	8	18	San Francisco Giants	115	55	60	.478	11.5	530	534	-4	27-34	28-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	47	16	31	.340
4	9	20	San Diego Padres	116	51	65	.440	16.0	443	497	-54	21-37	30-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	45	17	28	.378
5	10	21	Los Angeles Dodgers	114	50	64	.439	16.0	534	558	-24	17-39	33-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	48	29	19	.604
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	117	46	71	.393	21.5	512	580	-68	19-41	27-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	43	20	23	.465

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