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Events of Tuesday, September 5, 1978
Events of Tuesday, September 5, 1978
9-4-1978 9-6-1978 9-5-1977 9-5-1979
BOS A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 3
BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 x - 4 6 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Palmer (18-12)
LP: Sprowl (0-1)
SV: Stanhouse (21)
HR: May (22)
CHI A 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 6 1
MIN A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Trout (1-0)
LP: Erickson (13-10)
SV: LaGrow (15)
HR: Washington (4)
DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 9 0
NY A 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 x - 4 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Tidrow (7-9)
LP: Young (5-5)
SV: Gossage (22)
HR: Mankowski (4), White (8)
KC A 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 6 0
OAK A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Leonard (16-16)
LP: Renko (6-10)
CLE A 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 12 1
TOR A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 5 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Waits (11-13)
LP: Kirkwood (3-3)
HR: Thornton (29), Velez (8)
SD N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0
ATL N 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 x - 8 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Niekro (17-15)
LP: Rasmussen (14-11)
HR: Burroughs (21), Murphy (22), Gilbreath (3)
MON N 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 0 - 10 13 4
CHI N 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 8 12 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Twitchell (4-12)
LP: Sutter (7-7)
SV: Garman (11)
HR: Parrish (15), Valentine (22), Kingman (25)
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 3 0
HOU N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Richard (15-11)
LP: Seaver (12-14)
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
PIT N 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 x - 8 11 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Reuss (2-2)
LP: Koosman (3-15)
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Standings At Close of Play of September 5, 1978
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Philadelphia Phillies 136 73 63 0 .537 - 594 503
Pittsburgh Pirates 137 73 64 0 .533 0.5 561 536
Chicago Cubs 138 69 69 0 .500 5.0 566 605
Montreal Expos 139 66 73 0 .475 8.5 547 516
St. Louis Cardinals 138 60 78 0 .435 14.0 518 566
New York Mets 139 55 84 0 .396 19.5 519 588
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Los Angeles Dodgers 138 82 56 0 .594 - 620 497
San Francisco Giants 138 80 58 0 .580 2.0 549 488
Cincinnati Reds 138 75 63 0 .543 7.0 600 601
San Diego Padres 139 71 68 0 .511 11.5 509 520
Houston Astros 138 64 74 0 .464 18.0 530 562
Atlanta Braves 138 60 78 0 .435 22.0 522 653
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Boston Red Sox 137 85 52 0 .620 - 694 549
New York Yankees 137 81 56 0 .591 4.0 604 499
Milwaukee Brewers 138 79 59 0 .572 6.5 698 570
Baltimore Orioles 139 78 61 0 .561 8.0 565 570
Detroit Tigers 138 75 63 0 .543 10.5 622 554
Cleveland Indians 138 60 78 0 .435 25.5 571 608
Toronto Blue Jays 140 55 85 0 .393 31.5 539 666
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Kansas City Royals 136 75 61 0 .551 - 616 538
California Angels 137 74 63 0 .540 1.5 562 547
Texas Rangers 134 66 68 0 .493 8.0 543 531
Oakland Athletics 139 64 75 0 .460 12.5 463 553
Minnesota Twins 139 62 77 0 .446 14.5 588 604
Chicago White Sox 138 58 80 0 .420 18.0 525 632
Seattle Mariners 136 51 85 0 .375 24.0 533 702
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Matt Watson
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
SD N Steve Mura (23)
BOS A Bobby Sprowl (22)
Deaths on This Date
Lonny Baker (73)
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Transactions
Kansas City Royals released Steve Foucault.
Philadelphia Phillies claimed Pete Mackanin from Montreal Expos on waivers.
Houston Astros released Gene Pentz.
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