Events of Wednesday, August 16, 1978 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, August 16, 1978
Events of Wednesday, August 16, 1978
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BOS A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 4 2 CAL A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 4
BOX+PBP WP: Tiant (9-5) LP: Ryan (6-11) HR: Rice (29)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 DET A 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Billingham (13-5) LP: Clyde (5-8)
TOR A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 1 (1) MIL A 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 x - 8 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Caldwell (15-7) LP: Jefferson (7-10) HR: Yount (3), Hisle (28), Moore (5)
TOR A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 6 3 (2) MIL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 3 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Rodriguez (4-5) LP: Moore (5-4) SV: McClure (8) HR: McKay (3)
KC A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 3 (1) MIN A 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Zahn (9-11) LP: Bird (4-6) HR: McRae (13), Adams (6)
KC A 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 - 11 15 0 (2) MIN A 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 - 7 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Splittorff (14-10) LP: Perzanowski (2-4) SV: Mingori (7) HR: Brett (5), Kusick (4)
NY A 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 5 7 2 OAK A 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
BOX+PBP WP: Hunter (7-4) LP: Lacey (8-6) SV: Gossage (17) HR: Rivers (8), Dent (4), Carty (21)
BAL A 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 5 7 0 SEA A 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 x - 7 11 0
BOX+PBP WP: McLaughlin (1-4) LP: Flanagan (15-11) SV: Todd (3) HR: Kelly 2 (6), Roberts 2 (20)
CHI A 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 - 6 14 0 TEX A 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Baumgarten (1-0) LP: Alexander (7-9) SV: LaGrow (11)
ATL N 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 - 9 9 0 CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1
BOX+PBP WP: Niekro (15-12) LP: Krukow (5-1) HR: Burroughs (18), Horner (14), Nolan (3), Murphy (19)
SF N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 MON N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 1 3 0
BOX+PBP WP: Fryman (7-7) LP: Blue (16-6)
SD N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 9 0 NY N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0
BOX+PBP WP: D'Acquisto (3-3) LP: Lockwood (7-10) HR: Thomas (2)
LA N 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 6 0 PHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Welch (5-0) LP: Kaat (6-5) HR: Smith (27), Hebner (15)
CIN N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1 PIT N 2 0 0 0 4 1 4 2 x - 13 16 0
BOX+PBP WP: Candelaria (9-11) LP: Bonham (9-3) SV: Jackson (4) HR: Parker 2 (23), B. Robinson (9)
HOU N 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 9 0 STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Niekro (10-9) LP: Martinez (6-6) HR: Hendrick (14)
Standings At Close of Play of August 16, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 116 63 53 0 .543 - 503 430 Chicago Cubs 118 61 57 0 .517 3.0 478 507 Montreal Expos 120 58 62 0 .483 7.0 488 437 Pittsburgh Pirates 116 54 62 0 .466 9.0 455 483 New York Mets 119 49 70 0 .412 15.5 454 498 St. Louis Cardinals 120 49 71 0 .408 16.0 414 477
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Los Angeles Dodgers 120 70 50 0 .583 - 546 427 San Francisco Giants 120 69 51 0 .575 1.0 481 431 Cincinnati Reds 120 68 52 0 .567 2.0 523 510 San Diego Padres 120 61 59 0 .508 9.0 434 448 Houston Astros 118 56 62 0 .475 13.0 446 474 Atlanta Braves 119 55 64 0 .462 14.5 454 554
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Sox 119 75 44 0 .630 - 603 470 New York Yankees 119 68 51 0 .571 7.0 520 448 Milwaukee Brewers 118 66 52 0 .559 8.5 596 498 Detroit Tigers 117 65 52 0 .556 9.0 538 458 Baltimore Orioles 119 64 55 0 .538 11.0 470 520 Cleveland Indians 118 53 65 0 .449 21.5 492 511 Toronto Blue Jays 119 46 73 0 .387 29.0 469 579
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Kansas City Royals 118 65 53 0 .551 - 544 475 California Angels 122 66 56 0 .541 1.0 513 488 Texas Rangers 117 59 58 0 .504 5.5 473 464 Oakland Athletics 123 61 62 0 .496 6.5 414 465 Minnesota Twins 120 53 67 0 .442 13.0 522 534 Chicago White Sox 118 48 70 0 .407 17.0 459 555 Seattle Mariners 121 45 76 0 .372 21.5 482 630
Births on This Date
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) CHI A Ross Baumgarten (23)
Transactions
Kansas City Royals claimed Steve Foucault from Detroit Tigers on waivers.