Events of Saturday, August 26, 1978 (original) (raw)
Events of Saturday, August 26, 1978
Events of Saturday, August 26, 1978
8-25-1978 8-27-1978 8-26-1977 8-26-1979
SEA A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 9 2 BAL A 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 x - 9 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Flanagan (17-11) LP: Colborn (4-9) SV: Kerrigan (2)
CAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 2 BOS A 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 7 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Wright (8-2) LP: Hartzell (5-8) HR: Rice (33), Scott (10)
CLE A 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 - 7 11 0 CHI A 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 x - 8 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Stone (10-10) LP: Clyde (5-9) SV: Willoughby (13)
MIL A 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 - 9 14 0 DET A 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 5 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Travers (9-7) LP: Billingham (14-6) SV: McClure (9) HR: Money (9), Thomas (28), Staub (20), Parrish (13)
OAK A 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 - 4 8 0 NY A 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 x - 5 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lyle (9-2) LP: Lacey (8-8) HR: Nettles (21)
KC A 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 - 4 6 3 TEX A 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 x - 8 10 2
BOX+PBP WP: D. Ellis (9-5) LP: Gura (11-4) SV: Barker (3) HR: Bevacqua (6)
MIN A 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 0 TOR A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 4 15 2
BOX+PBP WP: Cruz (5-1) LP: Zahn (9-13) HR: McKay (5)
STL N 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 - 9 10 0 ATL N 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 9 1
BOX+PBP WP: Martinez (8-6) LP: Hanna (7-13) HR: Hendrick (18), Beall (1)
CHI N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 - 8 12 0 CIN N 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 - 6 7 2
BOX+PBP WP: Roberts (6-8) LP: Bair (6-5) SV: Sutter (23) HR: Griffey (9), Lum (6)
PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 6 4 HOU N 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 7 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Richard (14-11) LP: Kison (4-5)
PHI N 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 LA N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1
BOX+PBP WP: Lerch (8-7) LP: Rau (12-8)
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 2 SD N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 2 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lolich (2-0) LP: Koosman (3-14) SV: Fingers (30) HR: Winfield (21)
MON N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 SF N 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 x - 4 10 1
BOX+PBP WP: Barr (7-10) LP: Fryman (7-8) HR: Carter (16), Cruz (6)
Standings At Close of Play of August 26, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 126 67 59 0 .532 - 543 472 Chicago Cubs 127 65 62 0 .512 2.5 509 546 Pittsburgh Pirates 127 63 64 0 .496 4.5 502 517 Montreal Expos 128 60 68 0 .469 8.0 511 466 St. Louis Cardinals 129 56 73 0 .434 12.5 471 519 New York Mets 129 52 77 0 .403 16.5 487 542
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Los Angeles Dodgers 129 76 53 0 .589 - 585 462 San Francisco Giants 129 75 54 0 .581 1.0 515 460 Cincinnati Reds 129 71 58 0 .550 5.0 566 559 San Diego Padres 130 68 62 0 .523 8.5 476 480 Houston Astros 129 61 68 0 .473 15.0 488 513 Atlanta Braves 128 56 72 0 .438 19.5 484 601
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Sox 127 80 47 0 .630 - 643 500 New York Yankees 126 72 54 0 .571 7.5 552 471 Milwaukee Brewers 128 73 55 0 .570 7.5 647 535 Detroit Tigers 128 71 57 0 .555 9.5 593 503 Baltimore Orioles 127 69 58 0 .543 11.0 509 536 Cleveland Indians 128 56 72 0 .438 24.5 537 564 Toronto Blue Jays 130 53 77 0 .408 28.5 511 621
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA California Angels 130 70 60 0 .538 - 536 523 Kansas City Royals 127 68 59 0 .535 0.5 570 511 Texas Rangers 127 64 63 0 .504 4.5 508 494 Oakland Athletics 131 62 69 0 .473 8.5 438 511 Minnesota Twins 130 56 74 0 .431 14.0 555 581 Chicago White Sox 127 54 73 0 .425 14.5 492 585 Seattle Mariners 128 49 79 0 .383 20.0 504 660
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) DET A Dave Tobik (25)
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) CHI A Tom Spencer (27)
Transactions
Detroit Tigers signed Howard Bailey as a non-drafted free agent.