Events of Thursday, August 17, 1978 (original) (raw)

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Events of Thursday, August 17, 1978

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Events of Thursday, August 17, 1978

8-16-1978 8-18-1978 8-17-1977 8-17-1979

BOS A 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 - 8 11 1 CAL A 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 6 13 2

BOX+PBP WP: Stanley (10-1) LP: Griffin (2-4) HR: Rudi (11)

CLE A 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 2 DET A 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 x - 9 12 0

BOX+PBP WP: Morris (3-4) LP: Hood (5-5) HR: Thornton (24), Kemp (10), May (10)

TOR A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2 MIL A 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 x - 6 13 0

BOX+PBP WP: Travers (8-7) LP: Clancy (9-10)

KC A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 8 0 MIN A 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Erickson (13-7) LP: Gura (10-3)

CHI A 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 0 TEX A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 4 1

BOX+PBP WP: Kravec (9-11) LP: Mirabella (2-1) SV: LaGrow (12) HR: Harrah (5)

CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 CHI N 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 2 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: R. Reuschel (12-10) LP: Seaver (11-12) HR: Kingman (20)

SF N 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 MON N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0

BOX+PBP WP: Halicki (6-6) LP: Grimsley (14-9) HR: Clark (20)

SD N 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 - 9 12 1 NY N 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: Perry (14-5) LP: Berenguer (0-1) SV: Lolich (1) HR: Winfield (19), Ashford (3)

LA N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 - 5 4 0 PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 7 1

BOX+PBP WP: Hooton (13-8) LP: McGraw (8-4) SV: Forster (15)

HOU N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 (1) PIT N 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 x - 5 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: D. Robinson (9-5) LP: Richard (12-11)

HOU N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1 (2) PIT N 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 3 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Kison (4-4) LP: Lemongello (8-11) SV: Tekulve (20)

ATL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 6 0 STL N 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 x - 4 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Denny (10-8) LP: Mahler (4-7) SV: Littell (7) HR: Matthews (13)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 17, 1978

NL East

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 117 63 54 0 .538 - 505 435 Chicago Cubs 119 62 57 0 .521 2.0 480 507 Montreal Expos 121 58 63 0 .479 7.0 488 440 Pittsburgh Pirates 118 56 62 0 .475 7.5 463 486 St. Louis Cardinals 121 50 71 0 .413 15.0 418 480 New York Mets 120 49 71 0 .408 15.5 456 507

NL West

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Los Angeles Dodgers 121 71 50 0 .587 - 551 429 San Francisco Giants 121 70 51 0 .579 1.0 484 431 Cincinnati Reds 121 68 53 0 .562 3.0 523 512 San Diego Padres 121 62 59 0 .512 9.0 443 450 Houston Astros 120 56 64 0 .467 14.5 449 482 Atlanta Braves 120 55 65 0 .458 15.5 457 558

AL East

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Sox 120 76 44 0 .633 - 611 476 New York Yankees 119 68 51 0 .571 7.5 520 448 Milwaukee Brewers 119 67 52 0 .563 8.5 602 498 Detroit Tigers 118 66 52 0 .559 9.0 547 463 Baltimore Orioles 119 64 55 0 .538 11.5 470 520 Cleveland Indians 119 53 66 0 .445 22.5 497 520 Toronto Blue Jays 120 46 74 0 .383 30.0 469 585

AL West

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Kansas City Royals 119 65 54 0 .546 - 549 481 California Angels 123 66 57 0 .537 1.0 519 496 Texas Rangers 118 59 59 0 .500 5.5 475 468 Oakland Athletics 123 61 62 0 .496 6.0 414 465 Minnesota Twins 121 54 67 0 .446 12.0 528 539 Chicago White Sox 119 49 70 0 .412 16.0 463 557 Seattle Mariners 121 45 76 0 .372 21.0 482 630

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Chad Qualls

Debuts on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) NY N Juan Berenguer (23)

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