Events of Friday, May 26, 1978 (original) (raw)
Events of Friday, May 26, 1978
Events of Friday, May 26, 1978
5-25-1978 5-27-1978 5-26-1977 5-26-1979
CLE A 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1 BAL A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: T. Martinez (1-1) LP: Wise (2-8) HR: Manning (1), Smith (1)
DET A 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 BOS A 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 x - 6 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Lee (7-1) LP: Wilcox (3-2) HR: Staub (5), Thompson (12), Rice (16), Evans 2 (8)
MIL A 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 - 5 9 1 CAL A 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 x - 6 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Hartzell (1-3) LP: Rodriguez (0-3) HR: Bando (5), Oglivie (6), Bostock (1)
OAK A 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 0 CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 2
BOX+PBP WP: Wirth (2-3) LP: Stone (3-3) SV: Lacey (3) HR: Nahorodny (4)
TOR A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 7 0 NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 x - 4 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Lyle (3-1) LP: Garvin (2-3) HR: Mayberry 2 (9), Spencer (5)
SEA A 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 - 6 10 0 TEX A 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Rawley (2-5) LP: Alexander (4-3) SV: Romo (5) HR: Beniquez (2)
PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 6 0 ATL N 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 x - 4 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Niekro (5-6) LP: Lerch (3-4) HR: Martin (3)
NY N 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 12 1 HOU N 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 x - 5 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lemongello (4-5) LP: Koosman (2-5) SV: Forsch (1) HR: Montanez (5), Alou (1), Cruz (2)
MON N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 0 PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 x - 2 4 2
BOX+PBP WP: Candelaria (4-6) LP: Rogers (5-5) SV: Tekulve (4) HR: Parrish (3), Sanguillen (2)
CIN N 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 0 SD N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Seaver (4-4) LP: Shirley (2-5) SV: Bair (7) HR: Bench (9)
LA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0 SF N 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x - 6 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Knepper (6-2) LP: Rau (5-1) HR: Cey (5), McCovey (4)
CHI N 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 - 6 10 0 STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Roberts (2-0) LP: Falcone (0-3)
Standings At Close of Play of May 26, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Chicago Cubs 39 22 17 0 .564 - 160 157 Montreal Expos 42 21 21 0 .500 2.5 169 158 Philadelphia Phillies 38 19 19 0 .500 2.5 181 148 Pittsburgh Pirates 41 19 22 0 .463 4.0 163 178 New York Mets 44 20 24 0 .455 4.5 165 183 St. Louis Cardinals 43 15 28 0 .349 9.0 152 185
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA San Francisco Giants 41 27 14 0 .659 - 163 134 Cincinnati Reds 44 27 17 0 .614 1.5 222 193 Los Angeles Dodgers 42 24 18 0 .571 3.5 217 166 Houston Astros 40 19 21 0 .475 7.5 154 159 San Diego Padres 42 19 23 0 .452 8.5 146 168 Atlanta Braves 40 16 24 0 .400 10.5 121 184
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Sox 44 29 15 0 .659 - 242 178 New York Yankees 40 26 14 0 .650 1.0 189 140 Detroit Tigers 40 24 16 0 .600 3.0 195 154 Milwaukee Brewers 40 20 20 0 .500 7.0 206 185 Baltimore Orioles 42 20 22 0 .476 8.0 161 203 Cleveland Indians 40 18 22 0 .450 9.0 156 175 Toronto Blue Jays 42 15 27 0 .357 13.0 164 225
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA California Angels 41 25 16 0 .610 - 187 148 Oakland Athletics 42 25 17 0 .595 0.5 139 135 Kansas City Royals 41 22 19 0 .537 3.0 179 178 Texas Rangers 41 21 20 0 .512 4.0 159 164 Minnesota Twins 43 17 26 0 .395 9.0 191 200 Seattle Mariners 47 17 30 0 .362 11.0 186 225 Chicago White Sox 39 12 27 0 .308 12.0 141 185
Deaths on This Date
Howard Kimbo (73)
Transactions
St. Louis Cardinals released Gary Sutherland.
San Diego Padres traded George Hendrick to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Eric Rasmussen.