Events of Thursday, May 18, 1978 (original) (raw)
Events of Thursday, May 18, 1978
Events of Thursday, May 18, 1978
5-17-1978 5-19-1978 5-18-1977 5-18-1979
TOR A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 7 1 BAL A 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 x - 5 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Flanagan (4-3) LP: Clancy (2-3) HR: DeCinces 2 (5)
CAL A 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 9 11 1 CHI A 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 5 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Knapp (5-3) LP: Barrios (1-4) SV: LaRoche (6) HR: Baylor (10)
NY A 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 - 5 9 0 CLE A 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Guidry (5-0) LP: Kinney (0-2) SV: Gossage (5) HR: Thornton (6)
MIN A 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 8 9 1 KC A 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 - 6 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Zahn (3-2) LP: Leonard (3-7) SV: Marshall (1) HR: Norwood (3), Carew (3), McRae (7)
DET A 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 7 12 2 MIL A 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 x - 8 12 1
BOX+PBP WP: Castro (1-0) LP: Foucault (1-3) HR: Thompson (10), Kemp (2), Thomas (8)
OAK A 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 9 0 TEX A 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 x - 6 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Umbarger (2-2) LP: Keough (2-2) SV: Cleveland (3)
PHI N 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 8 16 1 HOU N 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 5 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Garber (2-0) LP: Sambito (2-1) HR: Martin (2)
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 7 1 MON N 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 1
BOX+PBP WP: Norman (5-0) LP: Rogers (4-4) SV: Borbon (3) HR: Valentine (4)
ATL N 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 7 10 0 NY N 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 - 8 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lockwood (2-3) LP: Solomon (1-3)
Standings At Close of Play of May 18, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 32 18 14 0 .563 - 157 119 Montreal Expos 34 18 16 0 .529 1.0 145 131 Chicago Cubs 33 16 17 0 .485 2.5 124 146 New York Mets 37 16 21 0 .432 4.5 132 150 Pittsburgh Pirates 33 14 19 0 .424 4.5 130 154 St. Louis Cardinals 36 14 22 0 .389 6.0 141 145
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 36 21 15 0 .583 2.0 183 166 Houston Astros 33 16 17 0 .485 5.5 123 135 San Diego Padres 34 16 18 0 .471 6.0 116 135 Atlanta Braves 33 13 20 0 .394 8.5 101 140
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 31 21 10 0 .677 - 171 120 Boston Red Sox 35 23 12 0 .657 - 192 145 New York Yankees 33 20 13 0 .606 2.0 136 118 Cleveland Indians 33 16 17 0 .485 6.0 138 140 Milwaukee Brewers 34 16 18 0 .471 6.5 182 164 Baltimore Orioles 33 14 19 0 .424 8.0 138 185 Toronto Blue Jays 33 13 20 0 .394 9.0 133 168
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Oakland Athletics 35 22 13 0 .629 - 117 109 California Angels 34 20 14 0 .588 1.5 154 129 Kansas City Royals 33 18 15 0 .545 3.0 144 141 Texas Rangers 32 17 15 0 .531 3.5 126 129 Minnesota Twins 36 13 23 0 .361 9.5 170 177 Seattle Mariners 37 12 25 0 .324 11.0 135 180 Chicago White Sox 31 10 21 0 .323 10.0 120 151
Births on This Date
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) NY N Bob Myrick (25)
Transactions
Cleveland Indians signed Larry Lintz as a free agent.
Chicago Cubs released Gerry Pirtle.