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Events of Monday, May 7, 1979

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Events of Monday, May 7, 1979

5-6-1979 5-8-1979   5-7-1978 5-7-1980 

PIT N    0  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   4  9  1
ATL N    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Candelaria (2-1)
LP: M. Mahler (0-3)
SV: Tekulve (1)
HR: B. Robinson (5), Matthews (7)

NY  N    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
LA  N    0  0  0    1  4  0    0  0  x  -   5  7  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Hooton (3-2)
LP: Falcone (0-3)
SV: Welch (1)
HR: Kranepool (1), Garvey (4)

PHI N    0  2  0    3  2  0    4  0  0  -  11 13  1
SD  N    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  4  -   6 11  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Carlton (3-4)
LP: Owchinko (0-1)
SV: Eastwick (1)

OAK A    1  2  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   5 12  0
BAL A    2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Langford (1-4)
LP: T. Martinez (1-1)
HR: Newman (3)

CAL A    0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   4  7  2
BOS A    6  1  0    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   9 11  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Torrez (3-1)
LP: Ryan (4-2)
HR: Rudi (4), Downing (2), Rice (4)

CHI A    0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  0
DET A    0  0  0    3  0  0    0  2  x  -   5 11  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Taylor (1-1)
LP: Trout (0-1)
HR: Garr (2), Soderholm (2), Kemp (3)

TOR A    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
MIN A    0  1  4    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   6 10  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Goltz (4-3)
LP: Huffman (2-3)
HR: Wynegar (5)

SEA A    1  0  2    0  4  0    0  4  1  -  12 14  1
NY  A    0  0  3    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 13  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Honeycutt (1-4)
LP: Mirabella (0-3)
HR: Roberts (4), Meyer (3)

KC  A    0  1  0    1  0  5    0  3  0  -  10 16  2
TEX A    3  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   6 13  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Rodriguez (3-0)
LP: Medich (0-2)
SV: Pattin (2)
HR: Cowens (4), Grubb (2), Putnam (1)

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Standings At Close of Play of May 7, 1979

NL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Philadelphia Phillies           26   18    7    1  .720     -   116   78
Montreal Expos                  24   17    7    0  .708   0.5   125  100
Chicago Cubs                    22   12   10    0  .545   4.5    92   92
St. Louis Cardinals             26   13   12    1  .520   5.0   112   99
Pittsburgh Pirates              24   10   14    0  .417   7.5   112  115
New York Mets                   24    9   15    0  .375   8.5    94  107

NL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Houston Astros                  28   17   11    0  .607     -   129  114
Cincinnati Reds                 27   15   12    0  .556   1.5   130  125
San Francisco Giants            28   13   15    0  .464   4.0   129  140
San Diego Padres                29   12   17    0  .414   5.5   137  153
Los Angeles Dodgers             30   12   18    0  .400   6.0   112  138
Atlanta Braves                  26    8   18    0  .308   8.0   114  141

AL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Boston Red Sox                  26   17    9    0  .654     -   136   93
Baltimore Orioles               28   18   10    0  .643     -   149  106
Milwaukee Brewers               28   17   11    0  .607   1.0   140  106
New York Yankees                27   13   14    0  .481   4.5   108  121
Detroit Tigers                  22   10   12    0  .455   5.0   116  112
Cleveland Indians               25    8   17    0  .320   8.5    86  134
Toronto Blue Jays               29    8   21    0  .276  10.5   112  170

AL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Minnesota Twins                 27   19    8    0  .704     -   141  123
California Angels               28   16   12    0  .571   3.5   152  127
Kansas City Royals              27   15   12    0  .556   4.0   158  140
Texas Rangers                   26   14   12    0  .538   4.5   118  113
Chicago White Sox               26   12   14    0  .462   6.5   135  128
Oakland Athletics               28   11   17    0  .393   8.5   107  151
Seattle Mariners                29   10   19    0  .345  10.0   128  162
ML League Leaders 

Deaths on This Date

Johnny Berger (77)
Marty McHale (92)
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