Events of Thursday, April 19, 1979 (original) (raw)
Events of Thursday, April 19, 1979
Events of Thursday, April 19, 1979
4-18-1979 4-20-1979 4-19-1978 4-19-1980
STL N 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 3 CHI N 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Lamp (1-0) LP: Forsch (0-2) SV: Sutter (2) HR: De Jesus (1)
ATL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 CIN N 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x - 2 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Seaver (2-2) LP: Niekro (1-3) HR: Griffey (1), Foster (3)
SF N 0 2 5 0 0 4 3 0 0 - 14 12 4 SD N 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 - 10 12 2
BOX+PBP WP: Blue (4-0) LP: Lolich (0-1) HR: Hill (1), Gonzalez (2)
MIL A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 5 3 BOS A 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 x - 5 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Rainey (1-0) LP: Slaton (0-1) SV: Drago (2) HR: Cooper (4)
CAL A 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 - 6 10 1 MIN A 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Aase (2-0) LP: Marshall (2-1) SV: LaRoche (2) HR: Lansford (1), Rudi (2), Aikens (4), Grich (5), Adams (1)
BAL A 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 6 9 2 NY A 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Palmer (2-1) LP: Mirabella (0-1) HR: DeCinces (2)
Standings At Close of Play of April 19, 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 11 5 5 1 .500 3.0 48 36 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 4 7 0 .364 4.5 45 62 Chicago Cubs 9 3 6 0 .333 4.5 25 39 New York Mets 9 3 6 0 .333 4.5 40 38
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Houston Astros 13 9 4 0 .692 - 58 31 San Francisco Giants 14 8 6 0 .571 1.5 74 67 Cincinnati Reds 13 7 6 0 .538 2.0 63 63 Los Angeles Dodgers 14 6 8 0 .429 3.5 53 67 San Diego Padres 14 6 8 0 .429 3.5 58 72 Atlanta Braves 12 4 8 0 .333 4.5 48 54
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Milwaukee Brewers 11 7 4 0 .636 - 59 45 Boston Red Sox 10 6 4 0 .600 0.5 55 43 New York Yankees 12 7 5 0 .583 0.5 50 52 Detroit Tigers 8 4 4 0 .500 1.5 48 46 Toronto Blue Jays 11 4 7 0 .364 3.0 60 80 Baltimore Orioles 12 4 8 0 .333 3.5 47 63 Cleveland Indians 10 3 7 0 .300 3.5 29 55
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Texas Rangers 9 7 2 0 .778 1.0 50 33 California Angels 13 10 3 0 .769 - 91 54 Minnesota Twins 12 7 5 0 .583 2.5 64 60 Kansas City Royals 10 5 5 0 .500 3.5 65 57 Chicago White Sox 11 5 6 0 .455 4.0 68 57 Seattle Mariners 14 5 9 0 .357 5.5 70 89 Oakland Athletics 13 4 9 0 .308 6.0 45 67
Births on This Date
Transactions
Toronto Blue Jays sold Bobby Brown to New York Yankees.
California Angels signed Curt Brown as a non-drafted free agent.
New York Mets traded Tim Foli and Greg Field to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Frank Taveras.