Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 21,1979

Games on 1979-08-21

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	2	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Steve Comer	Dennis Martinez	Jim Kern
Cleveland Indians	12	California Angels	7	Box	Paul Reuschel	Dave Frost	(none)
New York Yankees	6	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Rich Gossage	Paul Splittorff	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Lary Sorensen	Mike Proly	Bill Castro
Chicago White Sox	5	Milwaukee Brewers	9	Box	Paul Mitchell	Fred Howard	(none)
Boston Red Sox	2	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Jerry Koosman	John Tudor	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Oakland Athletics	8	Box	Brian Kingman	Mike Chris	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	4	Seattle Mariners	8	Box	John Montague	Phil Huffman	Byron McLaughlin
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Don Sutton	Bill Caudill	Bobby Castillo
Montreal Expos	2	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Tom Seaver	Rudy May	Tom Hume
Houston Astros	0	New York Mets	5	Box	Pete Falcone	Frank LaCorte	(none)
Atlanta Braves	5	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Larry Bradford	Rawly Eastwick	Gene Garber
San Francisco Giants	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Box	Bob Knepper	Bruce Kison	(none)
San Diego Padres	3	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Bob Shirley	Will McEnaney	Rollie Fingers

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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	123	80	43	.650	--	582	461	121	35-25	45-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	36	22	14	.611
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	123	75	48	.610	5.0	681	536	145	31-29	44-19	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	37	16	21	.432
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	127	76	51	.598	6.0	625	554	71	31-28	45-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	34	19	15	.559
4	5	8	New York Yankees	123	68	55	.553	12.0	558	500	58	28-30	40-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	37	21	16	.568
5	7	13	Detroit Tigers	124	64	60	.516	16.5	611	601	10	32-36	32-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	37	21	16	.568
6	9	16	Cleveland Indians	125	62	63	.496	19.0	577	621	-44	31-37	31-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	36	19	17	.528
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	125	39	86	.312	42.0	459	650	-191	20-48	19-38	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	37	14	23	.378
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	126	70	56	.556	--	679	569	110	31-28	39-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	36	18	18	.500
2	6	11	Minnesota Twins	124	66	58	.532	3.0	614	564	50	33-30	33-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	38	16	22	.421
3	8	14	Kansas City Royals	125	64	61	.512	5.5	655	658	-3	31-34	33-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	37	21	16	.568
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	126	62	64	.492	8.0	572	541	31	27-37	35-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	36	21	15	.583
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	125	55	70	.440	14.5	564	595	-31	33-33	22-37	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	35	18	17	.514
6	12	23	Seattle Mariners	126	53	73	.421	17.0	553	647	-94	22-36	31-37	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	36	14	22	.389
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	126	40	86	.317	30.0	446	679	-233	14-44	26-42	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	36	14	22	.389
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	Pittsburgh Pirates	125	72	53	.576	--	586	516	70	34-25	38-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	37	26	11	.703
2	2	5	Montreal Expos	120	68	52	.567	1.5	526	444	82	27-34	41-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	40	27	13	.675
3	5	10	Chicago Cubs	122	67	55	.549	3.5	574	550	24	26-30	41-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	40	13	27	.325
4	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	124	65	59	.524	6.5	563	534	29	27-30	37-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	38	21	17	.553
5	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	126	64	62	.508	8.5	540	565	-25	29-37	35-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	36	20	16	.556
6	10	21	New York Mets	123	53	70	.431	18.0	479	538	-59	25-38	27-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	39	10	29	.256
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	6	Houston Astros	126	71	55	.563	--	455	462	-7	28-32	43-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	36	18	18	.500
2	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	127	70	57	.551	1.5	584	510	74	30-30	40-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	34	20	14	.588
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	125	58	67	.464	12.5	587	586	1	25-42	33-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	37	21	16	.568
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	126	58	68	.460	13.0	570	592	-22	29-40	29-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	36	13	23	.361
5	11	22	San Diego Padres	127	54	73	.425	17.5	474	552	-78	22-44	32-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	34	14	20	.412
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	127	49	78	.386	22.5	539	628	-89	21-44	28-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	33	17	16	.515

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