Events of Tuesday, May 23, 1978 (original) (raw)
Events of Tuesday, May 23, 1978
Events of Tuesday, May 23, 1978
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DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 BAL A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 x - 2 4 0
BOX+PBP WP: Flanagan (5-3) LP: Billingham (4-2) HR: Dempsey (1)
CHI A 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 CAL A 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 x - 5 10 1
BOX+PBP WP: Ryan (3-3) LP: Willoughby (0-3) HR: Baylor (11)
TEX A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 6 0 MIN A 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 x - 5 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Erickson (4-3) LP: Umbarger (2-3) HR: Ford (5), Borgmann (1)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 0 NY A 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 0 x - 10 14 0
BOX+PBP WP: Guidry (6-0) LP: Hood (3-2) HR: Chambliss (3), Nettles (7)
MIL A 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 2 OAK A 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
BOX+PBP WP: Augustine (5-6) LP: Keough (2-3) HR: Burke (1)
KC A 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 (1) SEA A 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 x - 4 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Pole (4-4) LP: Hassler (0-1) SV: Todd (1) HR: Brett (2)
KC A 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 - 5 7 1 (2) SEA A 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 5 1
BOX+PBP WP: Bird (3-2) LP: Rawley (1-5) SV: Hrabosky (6)
BOS A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 TOR A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 11 0
BOX+PBP WP: Jefferson (3-5) LP: Campbell (2-4) HR: Hobson (8)
ATL N 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 - 6 6 0 CIN N 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 - 4 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Hanna (3-0) LP: Norman (5-1) SV: Devine (3) HR: Lum (1), Bench (8)
NY N 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 - 7 13 1 PIT N 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 2
BOX+PBP WP: Espinosa (4-2) LP: Jackson (0-1) SV: Lockwood (7)
LA N 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 5 SD N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 x - 3 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Fingers (2-6) LP: John (6-2)
HOU N 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 SF N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Moffitt (3-1) LP: Sambito (2-2)
MON N 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 9 1 STL N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 2
BOX+PBP WP: May (3-5) LP: Forsch (6-3) SV: Garman (1)
Standings At Close of Play of May 23, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 35 19 16 0 .543 - 174 133 Chicago Cubs 36 19 17 0 .528 0.5 143 152 Montreal Expos 39 20 19 0 .513 1.0 157 152 New York Mets 41 19 22 0 .463 3.0 153 170 Pittsburgh Pirates 38 17 21 0 .447 3.5 153 169 St. Louis Cardinals 40 14 26 0 .350 7.5 148 168
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA San Francisco Giants 38 24 14 0 .632 - 146 132 Los Angeles Dodgers 40 24 16 0 .600 1.0 213 151 Cincinnati Reds 42 25 17 0 .595 1.0 214 188 Houston Astros 37 18 19 0 .486 5.5 148 144 San Diego Padres 40 18 22 0 .450 7.0 136 162 Atlanta Braves 38 15 23 0 .395 9.0 113 177
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 36 23 13 0 .639 0.5 188 143 Boston Red Sox 41 26 15 0 .634 - 219 168 New York Yankees 38 24 14 0 .632 0.5 176 134 Milwaukee Brewers 38 19 19 0 .500 5.5 194 178 Cleveland Indians 38 18 20 0 .474 6.5 150 162 Baltimore Orioles 38 17 21 0 .447 7.5 152 196 Toronto Blue Jays 39 15 24 0 .385 10.0 154 204
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Oakland Athletics 40 24 16 0 .600 - 135 127 California Angels 38 22 16 0 .579 1.0 171 142 Kansas City Royals 39 20 19 0 .513 3.5 164 169 Texas Rangers 38 19 19 0 .500 4.0 145 155 Minnesota Twins 41 17 24 0 .415 7.5 188 190 Seattle Mariners 44 16 28 0 .364 10.0 171 206 Chicago White Sox 36 12 24 0 .333 10.0 139 172
Births on This Date
Scott Dunn Mike Gonzalez Chris Sampson
Transactions
Atlanta Braves released Tom Paciorek.