Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 22,1979

Games on 1979-08-22

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	13	California Angels	3	Box	Dan Spillner	Nolan Ryan	(none)
New York Yankees	1	Kansas City Royals	3	Box	Larry Gura	Jim Beattie	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Ed Farmer	Moose Haas	(none)
Boston Red Sox	9	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Bob Stanley	Dave Goltz	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Milt Wilcox	Steve McCatty	Aurelio Lopez
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	Rick Honeycutt	Dave Stieb	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Charlie Hough	Mike Krukow	Bobby Castillo
Montreal Expos	2	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Mike LaCoss	Steve Rogers	(none)
Houston Astros	3	New York Mets	1	Box	J.R. Richard	Kevin Kobel	(none)
Atlanta Braves	4	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Eddie Solomon	Larry Christenson	Gene Garber
San Francisco Giants	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Box	Kent Tekulve	Gary Lavelle	(none)
San Diego Padres	5	St. Louis Cardinals	8	Box	John Fulgham	Bob Owchinko	(none)

Standings as of 1979-08-22

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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	124	76	48	.613	4.5	690	540	150	32-29	44-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	36	15	21	.417
3	3	3	Milwaukee Brewers	128	76	52	.594	6.5	628	558	70	31-28	45-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	33	19	14	.576
4	5	9	New York Yankees	124	68	56	.548	12.5	559	503	56	28-31	40-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	36	21	15	.583
5	7	13	Detroit Tigers	125	65	60	.520	16.0	614	602	12	33-36	32-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	36	20	16	.556
6	9	16	Cleveland Indians	126	63	63	.500	18.5	590	624	-34	32-37	31-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	35	18	17	.514
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	126	39	87	.310	42.5	462	656	-194	20-49	19-38	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	36	14	22	.389
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	8	California Angels	127	70	57	.551	--	682	582	100	31-28	39-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	35	18	17	.514
2	6	12	Minnesota Twins	125	66	59	.528	3.0	618	573	45	33-30	33-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	37	16	21	.432
3	8	14	Kansas City Royals	126	65	61	.516	4.5	658	659	-1	31-34	34-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	36	20	16	.556
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	126	62	64	.492	7.5	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	126	56	70	.444	13.5	568	598	-30	34-33	22-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	34	17	17	.500
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	127	54	73	.425	16.0	559	650	-91	22-36	32-37	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	35	13	22	.371
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	127	40	87	.315	30.0	447	682	-235	14-44	26-43	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	35	14	21	.400
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	126	73	53	.579	--	594	522	72	34-25	39-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	36	25	11	.694
2	3	6	Montreal Expos	121	68	53	.562	2.5	528	451	77	27-35	41-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	39	27	12	.692
3	5	10	Chicago Cubs	123	67	56	.545	4.5	576	557	19	26-30	41-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	39	13	26	.333
4	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	125	66	59	.528	6.5	571	539	32	27-30	38-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	37	20	17	.541
5	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	127	64	63	.504	9.5	543	569	-26	29-37	35-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	35	20	15	.571
6	10	21	New York Mets	124	53	71	.427	19.0	480	541	-61	25-38	27-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	38	10	28	.263
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	2	5	Houston Astros	127	72	55	.567	--	458	463	-5	29-32	43-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	35	17	18	.486
2	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	128	71	57	.555	1.5	591	512	79	30-30	41-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	33	19	14	.576
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	126	59	67	.468	12.5	594	588	6	26-42	33-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	36	20	16	.556
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	127	58	69	.457	14.0	576	600	-24	29-41	29-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	35	13	22	.371
5	11	23	San Diego Padres	128	54	74	.422	18.5	479	560	-81	22-45	32-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	33	14	19	.424
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	128	50	78	.391	22.5	543	631	-88	22-44	28-34	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	32	16	16	.500

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