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Events of Monday, May 7, 1979

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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