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Events of Saturday, May 12, 1979
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Events of Saturday, May 12, 1979
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CHI N 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 4 (1)
HOU N 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 x - 11 16 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Forsch (4-2)
LP: McGlothen (4-4)
CHI N 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 12 1 (2)
HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Holtzman (3-2)
LP: Williams (0-1)
MON N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 12 0
LA N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 4 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Welch (3-1)
LP: Bahnsen (0-1)
HR: Dawson (9), Lopes (3), Garvey (6), Ferguson (4)
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 3 0
PIT N 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 x - 3 8 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Bibby (3-1)
LP: Pastore (1-3)
SV: Jackson (4)
NY N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0
SD N 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x - 2 6 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Owchinko (1-1)
LP: Allen (0-5)
PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 2 1
SF N 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 x - 4 8 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Halicki (3-3)
LP: Lerch (2-2)
ATL N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 - 6 9 1
STL N 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 - 7 11 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Schultz (2-1)
LP: Garber (1-6)
SEA A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 4 0
BAL A 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 x - 4 6 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Flanagan (6-2)
LP: Honeycutt (1-5)
HR: Singleton (9)
OAK A 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 2
BOS A 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 x - 8 16 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Torrez (4-1)
LP: Langford (1-5)
HR: Newman (4), Hobson (2), Scott (3)
KC A 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 - 5 13 2
CHI A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 4 11 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Pattin (1-0)
LP: Hinton (0-1)
SV: Martin (2)
HR: Brett (2), Nahorodny (4)
MIL A 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 0
DET A 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Augustine (1-0)
LP: Taylor (1-2)
SV: McClure (2)
HR: Lezcano (6)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
MIN A 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 x - 4 9 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Koosman (6-0)
LP: Paxton (2-2)
HR: Adams (3)
CAL A 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 5 11 1
NY A 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 6 16 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Tidrow (2-1)
LP: Frost (2-1)
HR: Chambliss (3)
TEX A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 3 8 0
TOR A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Comer (3-3)
LP: Lemanczyk (2-2)
SV: Lyle (5)
HR: Sundberg (2)
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Standings At Close of Play of May 12, 1979
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Philadelphia Phillies 31 21 9 1 .700 - 132 94
Montreal Expos 29 19 10 0 .655 1.5 137 120
St. Louis Cardinals 31 16 14 1 .533 5.0 130 115
Chicago Cubs 27 14 13 0 .519 5.5 113 121
Pittsburgh Pirates 28 12 16 0 .429 8.0 137 138
New York Mets 29 10 19 0 .345 10.5 104 133
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cincinnati Reds 31 18 13 0 .581 - 155 143
Houston Astros 34 19 15 0 .559 0.5 150 135
Los Angeles Dodgers 35 17 18 0 .486 3.0 147 146
San Francisco Giants 33 16 17 0 .485 3.0 144 151
San Diego Padres 34 13 21 0 .382 6.5 149 172
Atlanta Braves 30 10 20 0 .333 7.5 136 166
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Baltimore Orioles 33 22 11 0 .667 - 174 118
Boston Red Sox 31 20 11 0 .645 1.0 169 120
Milwaukee Brewers 33 20 13 0 .606 2.0 165 130
New York Yankees 32 17 15 0 .531 4.5 133 134
Detroit Tigers 26 11 15 0 .423 7.5 133 133
Cleveland Indians 30 10 20 0 .333 10.5 110 159
Toronto Blue Jays 32 8 24 0 .250 13.5 120 192
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Minnesota Twins 30 22 8 0 .733 - 165 132
California Angels 33 19 14 0 .576 4.5 184 148
Texas Rangers 30 17 13 0 .567 5.0 135 126
Kansas City Royals 32 17 15 0 .531 6.0 179 165
Chicago White Sox 31 15 16 0 .484 7.5 162 152
Oakland Athletics 33 12 21 0 .364 11.5 118 183
Seattle Mariners 34 10 24 0 .294 14.0 137 192
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Travis Dawkins
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
CHI N Bill Caudill (22)
Deaths on This Date
Clyde Kluttz (61)
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Transactions
Toronto Blue Jays released Tom Murphy.
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