Events of Tuesday, August 15, 1978 (original) (raw)
Events of Tuesday, August 15, 1978
Events of Tuesday, August 15, 1978
8-14-1978 8-16-1978 8-15-1977 8-15-1979
BOS A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 1 CAL A 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 x - 5 5 1
BOX+PBP WP: Tanana (16-7) LP: Eckersley (13-5) HR: Rudi (10)
MIN A 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 - 9 12 0 CLE A 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 15 1
BOX+PBP WP: Marshall (6-11) LP: Monge (3-2) SV: Serum (1) HR: Morales (2), Grubb (14), Alexander (22)
KC A 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 - 4 11 0 DET A 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Leonard (13-14) LP: Young (4-2) SV: Hrabosky (15) HR: McRae (12), Porter (9)
TOR A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 MIL A 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 x - 9 14 1
BOX+PBP WP: Augustine (11-11) LP: Lemanczyk (4-14) HR: Hisle (27)
NY A 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 OAK A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
BOX+PBP WP: Guidry (17-2) LP: Langford (6-8) HR: Jackson (17)
BAL A 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 - 7 17 1 SEA A 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: D. Martinez (9-10) LP: Abbott (5-10) SV: Stanhouse (18)
CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 TEX A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 1 2 0
BOX+PBP WP: Matlack (11-9) LP: Stone (9-9) HR: Zisk (14)
ATL N 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 8 12 3 CHI N 0 5 0 3 1 3 0 0 x - 12 14 4
BOX+PBP WP: Moore (8-5) LP: Camp (2-3) HR: Horner (13), Murcer (7), Kingman (19)
SF N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 5 2 MON N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 - 4 11 2
BOX+PBP WP: Dues (5-4) LP: Williams (1-3) HR: Evans (11), Valentine (20), Carter (14)
SD N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 NY N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 x - 3 8 2
BOX+PBP WP: Swan (6-5) LP: Jones (10-11) SV: Lockwood (14)
LA N 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 5 10 2 PHI N 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 0
BOX+PBP WP: Rau (12-7) LP: Ruthven (10-9) SV: Rautzhan (4) HR: Smith (26), Monday (14)
CIN N 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 4 5 1 PIT N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 3
BOX+PBP WP: Bair (6-4) LP: Whitson (3-6) HR: Driessen (15)
HOU N 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 - 5 9 1 STL N 3 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 x - 11 17 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lopez (3-1) LP: Bannister (3-7) HR: Hendrick (13)
Standings At Close of Play of August 15, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 115 63 52 0 .548 - 501 425 Chicago Cubs 117 61 56 0 .521 3.0 478 498 Montreal Expos 119 57 62 0 .479 8.0 487 437 Pittsburgh Pirates 115 53 62 0 .461 10.0 442 481 New York Mets 118 49 69 0 .415 15.5 453 496 St. Louis Cardinals 119 49 70 0 .412 16.0 412 473
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Los Angeles Dodgers 119 69 50 0 .580 - 541 425 San Francisco Giants 119 69 50 0 .580 - 481 430 Cincinnati Reds 119 68 51 0 .571 1.0 521 497 San Diego Padres 119 60 59 0 .504 9.0 432 447 Houston Astros 117 55 62 0 .470 13.0 442 472 Atlanta Braves 118 54 64 0 .458 14.5 445 554
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Sox 118 74 44 0 .627 - 599 468 New York Yankees 118 67 51 0 .568 7.0 515 445 Detroit Tigers 116 64 52 0 .552 9.0 536 458 Milwaukee Brewers 116 64 52 0 .552 9.0 585 495 Baltimore Orioles 118 64 54 0 .542 10.0 465 513 Cleveland Indians 117 53 64 0 .453 20.5 492 509 Toronto Blue Jays 117 46 71 0 .393 27.5 466 568
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Kansas City Royals 116 64 52 0 .552 - 532 463 California Angels 121 66 55 0 .545 0.5 511 484 Texas Rangers 116 59 57 0 .509 5.0 471 458 Oakland Athletics 122 61 61 0 .500 6.0 411 460 Minnesota Twins 118 52 66 0 .441 13.0 510 522 Chicago White Sox 117 47 70 0 .402 17.5 453 553 Seattle Mariners 120 44 76 0 .367 22.0 475 625
Births on This Date
Deaths on This Date
Ed Chaplin (84)
Transactions
Toronto Blue Jays traded Rico Carty to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Willie Horton and Phil Huffman.