Events of Wednesday, August 23, 1978 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, August 23, 1978
Events of Wednesday, August 23, 1978
8-22-1978 8-24-1978 8-23-1977 8-23-1979
NY A 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 13 2 CAL A 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 x - 6 13 0
BOX+PBP WP: Knapp (13-7) LP: Figueroa (12-9) SV: LaRoche (18) HR: Nettles (20), Baylor (26)
KC A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 3 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Kravec (10-11) LP: Leonard (14-15)
TOR A 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 13 0 (1) DET A 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Cruz (4-1) LP: Rozema (6-8) HR: A. Woods (2), Wockenfuss (4), Stanley (3)
TOR A 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 (2) DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 4 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Garvin (4-12) LP: Sykes (6-6) SV: Willis (6) HR: Velez (6), McKay (4)
CLE A 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 3 MIL A 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 x - 9 15 0
BOX+PBP WP: Replogle (6-2) LP: Monge (3-3) HR: Carbo (3), Bando (15)
TEX A 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 MIN A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Comer (6-3) LP: Erickson (13-8)
BAL A 4 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 11 15 0 OAK A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 3
BOX+PBP WP: Palmer (15-12) LP: Renko (6-9) HR: Hendricks (1)
BOS A 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 SEA A 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 x - 5 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: McLaughlin (2-4) LP: Torrez (15-7) SV: Romo (10) HR: Rice (31)
PIT N 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 13 3 ATL N 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Jackson (5-3) LP: Campbell (4-3) HR: Royster (2)
CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 4 HOU N 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x - 3 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Forsch (7-4) LP: Lamp (5-13) SV: Sambito (9)
LA N 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 4 8 1 MON N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 4
BOX+PBP WP: Hooton (14-8) LP: Rogers (13-9) SV: Hough (6)
SF N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 1 NY N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Knepper (13-9) LP: Lockwood (7-12) SV: Lavelle (13)
SD N 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 - 6 11 1 PHI N 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 - 5 15 1
BOX+PBP WP: Fingers (5-11) LP: Reed (1-1) HR: Turner (5)
Standings At Close of Play of August 23, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 123 66 57 0 .537 - 531 460 Chicago Cubs 125 63 62 0 .504 4.0 496 538 Pittsburgh Pirates 124 62 62 0 .500 4.5 490 502 Montreal Expos 126 59 67 0 .468 8.5 502 457 St. Louis Cardinals 126 53 73 0 .421 14.5 447 502 New York Mets 126 50 76 0 .397 17.5 478 536
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Los Angeles Dodgers 126 74 52 0 .587 - 573 450 San Francisco Giants 127 74 53 0 .583 0.5 506 451 Cincinnati Reds 126 71 55 0 .563 3.0 555 542 San Diego Padres 127 67 60 0 .528 7.5 470 471 Houston Astros 127 59 68 0 .465 15.5 474 506 Atlanta Braves 125 56 69 0 .448 17.5 469 576
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Sox 125 78 47 0 .624 - 630 499 Milwaukee Brewers 125 72 53 0 .576 6.0 627 515 New York Yankees 124 70 54 0 .565 7.5 540 466 Detroit Tigers 125 69 56 0 .552 9.0 577 489 Baltimore Orioles 125 67 58 0 .536 11.0 495 534 Cleveland Indians 125 54 71 0 .432 24.0 519 547 Toronto Blue Jays 127 51 76 0 .402 28.0 498 610
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Kansas City Royals 124 68 56 0 .548 - 563 492 California Angels 128 70 58 0 .547 - 535 510 Texas Rangers 124 61 63 0 .492 7.0 489 487 Oakland Athletics 129 62 67 0 .481 8.5 433 499 Minnesota Twins 127 56 71 0 .441 13.5 548 566 Chicago White Sox 124 52 72 0 .419 16.0 479 575 Seattle Mariners 126 49 77 0 .389 20.0 502 646
Deaths on This Date
Hal Weafer (78)