Baseball on this Date - Friday May 8,1981

Games on 1981-05-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	6	California Angels	1	Box	Jack Morris	Steve Renko	(none)
Kansas City Royals	5	Chicago White Sox	9	Box	Dennis Lamp	Paul Splittorff	LaMarr Hoyt
Cleveland Indians	7	Minnesota Twins	8	Box	Jack O'Connor	Sid Monge	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	0	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Steve McCatty	Mike Caldwell	(none)
New York Yankees	2	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Bryan Clark	Rudy May	(none)
Boston Red Sox	4	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Mike Torrez	Mark Bomback	Tom Burgmeier
Chicago Cubs	3	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Rick Mahler	Dick Tidrow	(none)
Houston Astros	0	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Tom Seaver	Don Sutton	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Allen Ripley	Bill Gullickson	Al Holland
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	New York Mets	0	Box	Fernando Valenzuela	Mike Scott	(none)
San Diego Padres	7	Philadelphia Phillies	11	Box	Sparky Lyle	Gary Lucas	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Bob Shirley	Jim Bibby	Jim Kaat

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1981 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	6	Cleveland Indians	18	11	7	.611	--	66	60	6	7-3	4-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	85	41	44	.482
2	4	8	New York Yankees	26	15	11	.577	--	92	79	13	9-8	6-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gene Michael	Yankee Stadium I	81	44	37	.543
3	5	9	Baltimore Orioles	21	12	9	.571	0.5	84	83	1	2-5	10-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	84	47	37	.560
4	7	11	Milwaukee Brewers	24	13	11	.542	1.0	105	92	13	10-6	3-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	85	49	36	.576
5	8	15	Detroit Tigers	26	12	14	.462	3.0	85	94	-9	10-7	2-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	83	48	35	.578
6	10	19	Boston Red Sox	23	10	13	.435	3.5	89	125	-36	6-6	4-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	85	49	36	.576
7	12	21	Toronto Blue Jays	25	9	16	.360	5.5	86	96	-10	6-7	3-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	81	28	53	.346
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1981 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Oakland Athletics	29	23	6	.793	--	136	63	73	11-0	12-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Billy Martin	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	80	41	39	.513
2	3	7	Texas Rangers	23	14	9	.609	6.0	124	88	36	3-5	11-4	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	82	43	39	.524
3	6	12	Chicago White Sox	24	13	11	.542	7.5	108	102	6	6-9	7-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	82	41	41	.500
4	9	17	California Angels	29	13	16	.448	10.0	112	125	-13	7-4	6-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	81	38	43	.469
5	11	20	Minnesota Twins	26	11	15	.423	10.5	100	105	-5	6-8	4-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	83	30	53	.361
6	13	23	Seattle Mariners	28	9	19	.321	13.5	106	149	-43	3-7	6-12	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan O'Brien	The Kingdome	81	35	46	.432
7	14	25	Kansas City Royals	20	6	14	.300	12.5	60	92	-32	4-6	2-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	83	44	39	.530
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1981 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
2	2	3	St. Louis Cardinals	21	14	7	.667	0.5	103	76	27	5-3	9-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II	81	45	36	.556
1	3	4	Montreal Expos	24	16	8	.667	--	110	105	5	4-4	12-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	84	44	40	.524
3	4	5	Philadelphia Phillies	26	17	9	.654	--	125	104	21	4-5	13-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	81	42	39	.519
4	6	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	21	11	10	.524	3.5	88	70	18	8-5	2-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	81	35	46	.432
5	11	24	New York Mets	23	7	16	.304	8.5	72	101	-29	2-5	5-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	80	34	46	.425
6	12	26	Chicago Cubs	24	5	19	.208	11.0	61	106	-45	0-9	4-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	79	33	46	.418
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1981 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	27	19	8	.704	--	97	62	35	12-5	7-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	83	44	39	.530
2	5	10	Atlanta Braves	27	15	12	.556	4.0	109	94	15	11-6	4-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Mullen	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	79	35	44	.443
3	7	14	Cincinnati Reds	25	13	12	.520	5.0	106	103	3	7-6	6-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	83	53	30	.639
4	8	16	San Francisco Giants	29	13	16	.448	7.0	102	110	-8	9-8	4-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Frank Robinson	Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	82	43	39	.524
5	9	18	Houston Astros	27	12	15	.444	7.0	72	72	0	8-6	4-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Rosen	Astrodome	83	49	34	.590
6	10	22	San Diego Padres	28	9	19	.321	10.5	85	127	-42	6-13	3-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	82	32	50	.390

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