Events of Wednesday, April 18, 1979 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, April 18, 1979
Events of Wednesday, April 18, 1979
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STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 13 0 CHI N 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Bruno (1-0) LP: Moore (0-1) SV: Knowles (1)
HOU N 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 8 2 LA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Ruhle (1-2) LP: Rau (0-2)
NY N 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 - 5 9 0 MON N 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 6 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Palmer (2-0) LP: Murray (0-2) HR: Perez (2)
PHI N 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lerch (1-1) LP: D. Robinson (1-1) HR: McBride (3), Luzinski (2), Stargell (2)
SF N 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 - 6 7 1 SD N 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Mura (1-0) LP: Griffin (1-2)
MIL A 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 4 8 0 BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Sorensen (2-1) LP: Renko (0-1) HR: Molitor (2), Bando (2), Burleson (1)
TEX A 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 8 1 CLE A 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 x - 6 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Monge (1-0) LP: Medich (0-1) HR: Gary Alexander (1)
CAL A 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 11 13 2 MIN A 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 6 15 3
BOX+PBP WP: D. Miller (1-0) LP: Erickson (0-2) SV: Clear (1) HR: Smalley (2)
BAL A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 1 NY A 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 x - 3 5 0
BOX+PBP WP: John (3-0) LP: D. Martinez (0-2) SV: Gossage (3) HR: Jackson (3), Spencer (2)
SEA A 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 2 OAK A 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 x - 5 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Wirth (1-0) LP: Honeycutt (0-3) SV: Heaverlo (1)
CHI A 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 - 12 18 1 TOR A 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 5 9 1
BOX+PBP WP: Wortham (3-0) LP: Clancy (1-2)
Standings At Close of Play of April 18, 1979
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Montreal Expos 10 8 2 0 .800 - 36 31 Philadelphia Phillies 10 6 3 1 .667 1.5 44 32 St. Louis Cardinals 10 5 4 1 .556 2.5 46 33 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 4 7 0 .364 4.5 45 62 New York Mets 9 3 6 0 .333 4.5 40 38 Chicago Cubs 8 2 6 0 .250 5.0 22 37
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Houston Astros 13 9 4 0 .692 - 58 31 San Francisco Giants 13 7 6 0 .538 2.0 60 57 Cincinnati Reds 12 6 6 0 .500 2.5 61 63 San Diego Padres 13 6 7 0 .462 3.0 48 58 Los Angeles Dodgers 14 6 8 0 .429 3.5 53 67 Atlanta Braves 11 4 7 0 .364 4.0 48 52
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Milwaukee Brewers 10 7 3 0 .700 - 56 40 New York Yankees 11 7 4 0 .636 0.5 47 46 Boston Red Sox 9 5 4 0 .556 1.5 50 40 Detroit Tigers 8 4 4 0 .500 2.0 48 46 Toronto Blue Jays 11 4 7 0 .364 3.5 60 80 Cleveland Indians 10 3 7 0 .300 4.0 29 55 Baltimore Orioles 11 3 8 0 .273 4.5 41 60
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Texas Rangers 9 7 2 0 .778 0.5 50 33 California Angels 12 9 3 0 .750 - 85 50 Minnesota Twins 11 7 4 0 .636 1.5 60 54 Kansas City Royals 10 5 5 0 .500 3.0 65 57 Chicago White Sox 11 5 6 0 .455 3.5 68 57 Seattle Mariners 14 5 9 0 .357 5.0 70 89 Oakland Athletics 13 4 9 0 .308 5.5 45 67
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) NY N Mike Scott (23)
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) STL N Mike Dimmel (24)
Deaths on This Date
Lindsay Deal (67)