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Events of Sunday, July 2, 1978

Events of Sunday, July 2, 1978
7-1-1978 7-3-1978 7-2-1977 7-2-1979
TEX A 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
CAL A 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 4 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: D. Miller (3-0)
LP: Comer (3-2)
HR: Zisk (13), Thompson (2)
CHI A 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 8 13 0 (1)
MIN A 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 7 5
BOX+PBP
WP: Wood (9-5)
LP: Zahn (7-6)
SV: Willoughby (10)
HR: Nahorodny (7), Rivera (2), Smalley (8)
CHI A 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 2 (2)
MIN A 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 x - 9 13 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Marshall (3-6)
LP: Schueler (3-3)
HR: Soderholm (8), Cubbage (4), Wilfong (1)
DET A 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 (1)
NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 x - 3 8 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Guidry (13-0)
LP: Hiller (6-4)
SV: Gossage (12)
HR: Thompson (18)
DET A 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 12 0 (2)
NY A 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Gossage (4-7)
LP: Slaton (8-5)
HR: Nettles (14), Thomasson (7)
KC A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 11 0 (1)
OAK A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 9 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Gura (6-2)
LP: Lacey (6-4)
SV: Hrabosky (12)
HR: Page (9)
KC A 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 6 5 (2)
OAK A 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 x - 9 12 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Renko (3-3)
LP: Hassler (1-4)
HR: LaCock (2)
MIL A 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1
SEA A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 12 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Rawley (4-5)
LP: Castro (3-1)
HR: May (1), Paciorek (1)
CLE A 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 (1)
TOR A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Waits (6-8)
LP: Lemanczyk (2-10)
SV: Kern (7)
HR: Alexander (16)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 (2)
TOR A 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 x - 3 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Jefferson (6-7)
LP: Freisleben (0-2)
HR: Blanks (1)
SF N 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 - 7 10 1
ATL N 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 x - 9 12 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Niekro (9-9)
LP: Moffitt (6-4)
SV: Garber (7)
HR: Clark (14), LeMaster (1), Murphy (9)
PHI N 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 13 0
CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 - 5 12 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Ruthven (5-7)
LP: Holtzman (0-3)
SV: McGraw (6)
HR: Cardenal (2), Vail (1)
LA N 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 - 6 14 0
CIN N 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 x - 7 11 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Bair (2-3)
LP: Rau (8-4)
HR: Foster (17), Auerbach (2)
SD N 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 - 6 8 2
HOU N 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Perry (9-3)
LP: Dixon (4-4)
SV: Fingers (18)
HR: Ashford (2), Turner (3)
STL N 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 - 5 9 1 (1)
MON N 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 5 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Vuckovich (6-5)
LP: Fryman (3-6)
SV: Schultz (4)
HR: Simmons (9)
STL N 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 11 0 (2)
MON N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Urrea (3-8)
LP: May (6-9)
SV: Thomas (2)
HR: Hendrick (7)
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Standings At Close of Play of July 2, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Philadelphia Phillies 73 42 31 0 .575 - 321 258
Chicago Cubs 75 38 37 0 .507 5.0 302 320
Montreal Expos 78 38 40 0 .487 6.5 308 284
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 36 38 0 .486 6.5 300 318
New York Mets 79 33 46 0 .418 12.0 289 332
St. Louis Cardinals 80 32 48 0 .400 13.5 278 332
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
San Francisco Giants 78 48 30 0 .615 - 332 265
Los Angeles Dodgers 78 45 33 0 .577 3.0 378 299
Cincinnati Reds 79 45 34 0 .570 3.5 344 321
San Diego Padres 79 39 40 0 .494 9.5 276 303
Houston Astros 75 34 41 0 .453 12.5 288 305
Atlanta Braves 76 32 44 0 .421 15.0 276 355
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Boston Red Sox 76 52 24 0 .684 - 404 285
Milwaukee Brewers 77 45 32 0 .584 7.5 396 319
New York Yankees 78 45 33 0 .577 8.0 347 295
Baltimore Orioles 77 42 35 0 .545 10.5 305 343
Detroit Tigers 77 37 40 0 .481 15.5 320 324
Cleveland Indians 77 36 41 0 .468 16.5 293 315
Toronto Blue Jays 77 28 49 0 .364 24.5 304 387
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Texas Rangers 76 40 36 0 .526 - 302 279
California Angels 78 41 37 0 .526 - 321 329
Kansas City Royals 77 39 38 0 .506 1.5 333 320
Oakland Athletics 79 40 39 0 .506 1.5 258 278
Chicago White Sox 77 35 42 0 .455 5.5 327 334
Minnesota Twins 74 32 42 0 .432 7.0 340 343
Seattle Mariners 80 28 52 0 .350 14.0 313 412
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Greg Dobbs
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
CAL A Jim Anderson (21)
MON N Gerry Pirtle (30)
NY A Dave Rajsich (26)
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Transactions
Baltimore Orioles signed Kim Allen as a free agent.
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