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Events of Tuesday, May 17, 1977

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Events of Tuesday, May 17, 1977

5-16-1977 5-18-1977   5-17-1976 5-17-1978 

MON N    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  4  1  -   6  9  1
ATL N    0  0  3    0  0  1    0  1  4  -   9 10  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Niekro (1-7)
LP: Atkinson (2-1)
HR: Burroughs (9), Matthews (4), Pocoroba (2)

SD  N    1  1  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   6  9  5
CHI N    0  0  8    3  3  8    0  1  x  -  23 24  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Bonham (5-2)
LP: Griffin (3-2)
SV: R. Hernandez (1)
HR: Valentine (1), Rosello (1), Clines (2), Biittner 2 (2), Murcer (6), Morales (3), Ontiveros (2)

PIT N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  2  -   3  7  0
CIN N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Candelaria (5-0)
LP: Billingham (4-3)
SV: Gossage (8)
HR: Stargell (7)

STL N    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   2  7  1
HOU N    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  x  -   5  7  3
BOX+PBP
WP: Forsch (4-2)
LP: Rasmussen (2-5)
HR: Cabell (2), Johnson 2 (8)

SF  N    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  4  1
NY  N    0  0  0    0  0  2    6  0  x  -   8 12  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Koosman (3-4)
LP: Montefusco (2-6)
HR: Kranepool (3), Koosman (1)

LA  N    2  1  0    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   6 12  1
PHI N    1  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  6  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Sutton (6-0)
LP: Christenson (3-4)
SV: Hough (10)
HR: Cey (13), Garvey (7), Johnstone (1)

BOS A    0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  9  0
CAL A    0  0  3    2  1  0    0  0  x  -   6 10  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Simpson (3-3)
LP: Jenkins (4-3)
SV: Hartzell (3)
HR: Remy (1)

TOR A    0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  0
MIL A    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Jefferson (1-3)
LP: Haas (3-2)
SV: Johnson (1)

CLE A    2  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  0
MIN A    0  2  1    1  3  2    0  1  x  -  10 14  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Burgmeier (5-1)
LP: Dobson (0-4)
HR: Carew (3)

NY  A    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   5 10  0
OAK A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 11  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Lyle (2-1)
LP: Giusti (0-2)
HR: Sanguillen (2), Allen (5)

BAL A    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  0
SEA A    3  0  5    0  2  0    0  0  x  -  10 10  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Romo (1-2)
LP: R. May (4-4)
HR: DeCinces (6), Lopez (2), Stein (4), Jutze (2)

DET A    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1
TEX A    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   3  6  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Alexander (5-1)
LP: Rozema (3-1)

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Standings At Close of Play of May 17, 1977

NL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Pittsburgh Pirates              32   23    9    0  .719     -   156  116
Chicago Cubs                    32   21   11    0  .656   2.0   175  136
St. Louis Cardinals             33   20   13    0  .606   3.5   166  124
Philadelphia Phillies           31   17   14    0  .548   5.5   146  133
Montreal Expos                  30   13   17    0  .433   9.0   109  130
New York Mets                   33   12   21    0  .364  11.5   119  122

NL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Los Angeles Dodgers             35   27    8    0  .771     -   201  129
Cincinnati Reds                 33   14   19    0  .424  12.0   149  151
Houston Astros                  34   14   20    0  .412  12.5   120  153
San Francisco Giants            34   14   20    0  .412  12.5   112  140
San Diego Padres                38   14   24    0  .368  14.5   177  218
Atlanta Braves                  35   11   24    0  .314  16.0   141  219

AL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees                33   19   14    0  .576     -   158  120
Baltimore Orioles               30   17   13    0  .567   0.5   104   97
Boston Red Sox                  32   18   14    0  .563   0.5   158  150
Milwaukee Brewers               35   17   18    0  .486   3.0   128  135
Toronto Blue Jays               35   15   20    0  .429   5.0   148  168
Detroit Tigers                  33   14   19    0  .424   5.0   143  174
Cleveland Indians               32   12   20    0  .375   6.5   132  186

AL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Minnesota Twins                 35   24   11    0  .686     -   199  133
Chicago White Sox               32   20   12    0  .625   2.5   180  143
Texas Rangers                   31   17   14    0  .548   5.0   122  118
Kansas City Royals              33   17   16    0  .515   6.0   164  132
Oakland Athletics               35   17   18    0  .486   7.0   145  176
California Angels               36   16   20    0  .444   8.5   177  157
Seattle Mariners                40   13   27    0  .325  13.5   157  226
ML League Leaders 

Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
CAL A  Willie Aikens (22)
NY  A  Dell Alston (24)

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
SD  N  Victor Bernal (23)
SD  N  Brent Strom (28)
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Transactions

San Diego Padres traded Butch Metzger to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for John
D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon.
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