Baseball on this Date - Friday August 31,1979

Games on 1979-08-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	3	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Dave Goltz	Dennis Martinez	Mike Marshall
Texas Rangers	6	Boston Red Sox	9	Box	Mike Torrez	Steve Comer	Tom Burgmeier
Milwaukee Brewers	1	Chicago White Sox	6	Box	Steve Trout	Bill Travers	(none)
California Angels	9	Cleveland Indians	8	Box	Mark Clear	Paul Reuschel	John Montague
Oakland Athletics	5	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Brian Kingman	Dave Tobik	Dave Hamilton
Kansas City Royals	3	New York Yankees	7	Box	Tommy John	Paul Splittorff	(none)
Seattle Mariners	4	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	Tom Buskey	Byron McLaughlin	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	6	Atlanta Braves	2	Box	Doug Bird	Tony Brizzolara	(none)
New York Mets	0	Houston Astros	2	Box	Ken Forsch	Craig Swan	Joe Sambito
Chicago Cubs	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Rick Sutcliffe	Bill Caudill	Bobby Castillo
Cincinnati Reds	7	Montreal Expos	8	Box	Woodie Fryman	Tom Hume	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	8	San Diego Padres	7	Box	Dan O'Brien	Bob Owchinko	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Don Robinson	John Curtis	Grant Jackson

Standings as of 1979-08-31

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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	132	87	45	.659	--	629	492	137	40-26	47-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	27	15	12	.556
2	2	2	Milwaukee Brewers	136	81	55	.596	8.0	681	611	70	36-31	45-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	25	14	11	.560
3	3	3	Boston Red Sox	131	77	54	.588	9.5	711	573	138	33-33	45-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	29	14	15	.483
4	4	8	New York Yankees	131	72	59	.550	14.5	593	542	51	31-33	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	29	17	12	.586
5	5	11	Detroit Tigers	134	72	62	.537	16.0	664	640	24	33-36	39-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	27	13	14	.481
6	9	15	Cleveland Indians	135	69	66	.511	19.5	640	663	-23	32-37	37-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	26	12	14	.462
7	14	26	Toronto Blue Jays	134	43	91	.321	45.0	500	711	-211	20-49	23-42	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	28	10	18	.357
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	6	12	California Angels	135	72	63	.533	--	728	631	97	33-34	39-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	27	16	11	.593
2	7	13	Kansas City Royals	134	71	63	.530	0.5	714	702	12	32-35	39-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	28	14	14	.500
3	8	14	Minnesota Twins	133	69	64	.519	2.0	643	606	37	34-31	35-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	29	13	16	.448
4	10	17	Texas Rangers	135	64	71	.474	8.0	618	592	26	28-39	36-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	27	19	8	.704
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	132	59	73	.447	11.5	597	626	-29	34-33	24-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	28	14	14	.500
6	12	22	Seattle Mariners	136	57	79	.419	15.5	603	691	-88	25-42	32-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	26	10	16	.385
7	13	25	Oakland Athletics	136	44	92	.324	28.5	489	730	-241	18-49	26-43	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	26	10	16	.385
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	133	78	55	.586	--	625	540	85	39-27	39-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	29	20	9	.690
2	2	5	Montreal Expos	126	72	54	.571	2.5	550	470	80	28-35	44-19	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	34	23	11	.676
3	5	9	Chicago Cubs	131	71	60	.542	6.0	602	580	22	30-34	41-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	31	9	22	.290
4	6	10	St. Louis Cardinals	132	71	61	.538	6.5	606	564	42	32-32	38-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	30	15	15	.500
5	7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	134	66	68	.493	12.5	566	597	-31	30-37	36-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	28	18	10	.643
6	11	23	New York Mets	131	53	78	.405	24.0	493	576	-83	25-39	27-40	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	31	10	21	.323
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	Cincinnati Reds	135	77	58	.570	--	631	534	97	36-31	41-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	26	13	13	.500
2	4	7	Houston Astros	134	76	58	.567	0.5	482	482	0	32-35	44-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	28	13	15	.464
3	8	18	Los Angeles Dodgers	134	62	72	.463	14.5	620	624	-4	26-42	36-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	28	17	11	.607
4	9	19	San Francisco Giants	134	60	74	.448	16.5	592	625	-33	29-41	31-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	28	11	17	.393
5	10	21	San Diego Padres	135	57	78	.422	20.0	503	591	-88	22-45	35-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	26	11	15	.423
6	12	24	Atlanta Braves	133	53	80	.398	23.0	561	648	-87	25-44	28-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	27	13	14	.481

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