Events of Wednesday, May 17, 1978 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, May 17, 1978
Events of Wednesday, May 17, 1978
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CAL A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 - 6 9 1 CHI A 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 x - 9 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Stone (2-2) LP: Ryan (2-3) HR: Orta (5), Nahorodny (3)
NY A 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 1 CLE A 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 5 12 2
BOX+PBP WP: Monge (1-0) LP: Lyle (2-1)
DET A 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 5 16 0 MIL A 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Billingham (4-1) LP: Augustine (4-6) SV: Hiller (3) HR: LeFlore (4), Thompson (9), Parrish (4), Lezcano (7), Thomas (7)
OAK A 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 TEX A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Matlack (4-4) LP: Johnson (3-2) HR: Gross (3)
PHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 HOU N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 5 1
BOX+PBP WP: Andujar (3-2) LP: Lerch (3-3) SV: Dixon (1)
PIT N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 LA N 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 1 x - 10 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: John (6-1) LP: Rooker (2-2) HR: Lopes (4), Lacy (3), Cey (3)
CIN N 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 1 MON N 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 - 5 15 1
BOX+PBP WP: Knowles (2-0) LP: Murray (1-1) HR: Bench (7), Cromartie (1)
ATL N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1 (1) NY N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2
BOX+PBP WP: Niekro (3-6) LP: Koosman (2-4)
ATL N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 (2) NY N 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 5 0
BOX+PBP WP: Espinosa (3-2) LP: Boggs (1-4)
STL N 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 2 SD N 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 x - 5 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Shirley (1-4) LP: Rasmussen (2-5) SV: Fingers (9) HR: Tyson (2)
CHI N 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 5 13 0 SF N 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 x - 9 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Blue (6-1) LP: Burris (2-3) HR: Clark (4), Ivie (2)
Standings At Close of Play of May 17, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 31 17 14 0 .548 - 149 114 Montreal Expos 33 18 15 0 .545 - 143 128 Chicago Cubs 33 16 17 0 .485 2.0 124 146 Pittsburgh Pirates 33 14 19 0 .424 4.0 130 154 New York Mets 36 15 21 0 .417 4.5 124 143 St. Louis Cardinals 36 14 22 0 .389 5.5 141 145
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA San Francisco Giants 34 22 12 0 .647 - 130 116 Los Angeles Dodgers 35 21 14 0 .600 1.5 189 134 Cincinnati Reds 35 20 15 0 .571 2.5 180 164 Houston Astros 32 16 16 0 .500 5.0 118 127 San Diego Padres 34 16 18 0 .471 6.0 116 135 Atlanta Braves 32 13 19 0 .406 8.0 94 132
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 30 21 9 0 .700 - 164 112 Boston Red Sox 35 23 12 0 .657 0.5 192 145 New York Yankees 32 19 13 0 .594 3.0 131 115 Cleveland Indians 32 16 16 0 .500 6.0 135 135 Milwaukee Brewers 33 15 18 0 .455 7.5 174 157 Baltimore Orioles 32 13 19 0 .406 9.0 133 182 Toronto Blue Jays 32 13 19 0 .406 9.0 130 163
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Oakland Athletics 34 22 12 0 .647 - 113 103 California Angels 33 19 14 0 .576 2.5 145 124 Kansas City Royals 32 18 14 0 .563 3.0 138 133 Texas Rangers 31 16 15 0 .516 4.5 120 125 Minnesota Twins 35 12 23 0 .343 10.5 162 171 Chicago White Sox 30 10 20 0 .333 10.0 115 142 Seattle Mariners 37 12 25 0 .324 11.5 135 180
Births on This Date
Transactions
Cincinnati Reds signed Ben Hayes as a non-drafted free agent.
Texas Rangers sold Dave May to Milwaukee Brewers.
Oakland Athletics released Marty Perez.
Oakland Athletics released Earl Williams.
Oakland Athletics traded Bill North to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Glenn Burke.