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Events of Wednesday, May 9, 1979
Events of Wednesday, May 9, 1979
5-8-1979 5-10-1979 5-9-1978 5-9-1980
PIT N 3 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 7 - 17 14 2
ATL N 0 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 - 9 12 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Bibby (2-1)
LP: Garber (1-5)
SV: Tekulve (2)
HR: Milner (5), B. Robinson 2 (7), Matthews (8)
CIN N 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 7 9 1
CHI N 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 9 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Moskau (2-0)
LP: McGlothen (3-3)
SV: Bair (5)
HR: Kingman (8)
STL N 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 12 1
HOU N 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 14 0
BOX+PBP
WP: McLaughlin (1-0)
LP: Bruno (1-2)
HR: Reitz (2)
NY N 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 0
LA N 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 x - 7 11 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Sutton (4-3)
LP: Allen (0-4)
HR: Garvey (5), Cey (5)
PHI N 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 1
SD N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Ruthven (6-0)
LP: Rasmussen (0-3)
MON N 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 3
SF N 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 x - 9 10 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Blue (6-2)
LP: Grimsley (3-1)
OAK A 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 5 2
BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 1 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Norris (3-1)
LP: Palmer (4-2)
HR: Gross (7)
CAL A 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 - 8 17 1
BOS A 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 - 9 11 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Campbell (1-1)
LP: LaRoche (2-4)
HR: Downing (3), Lynn 2 (13), Yastrzemski (6), Hobson (1)
CHI A 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 7 0
DET A 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 13 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Baumgarten (3-0)
LP: Wilcox (2-2)
SV: Kravec (1)
HR: Garr (3), Rodriguez (1)
CLE A 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 8 14 1
MIL A 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 7 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Waits (3-3)
LP: Caldwell (4-3)
SV: Monge (4)
HR: Bonds (5), Harrah (2), Thomas (9)
SEA A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
NY A 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 x - 5 9 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Figueroa (3-3)
LP: Abbott (1-4)
HR: Jackson (6)
KC A 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 7 0
TEX A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 13 4
BOX+PBP
WP: Gale (2-2)
LP: Jenkins (4-1)
SV: Martin (1)
HR: Braun (1)
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Standings At Close of Play of May 9, 1979
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Philadelphia Phillies 28 20 7 1 .741 - 127 86
Montreal Expos 26 18 8 0 .692 1.5 131 109
St. Louis Cardinals 28 14 13 1 .519 6.0 120 105
Chicago Cubs 24 12 12 0 .500 6.5 103 107
Pittsburgh Pirates 26 11 15 0 .423 8.5 130 128
New York Mets 26 9 17 0 .346 10.5 98 117
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Houston Astros 30 18 12 0 .600 - 135 122
Cincinnati Reds 29 17 12 0 .586 0.5 145 136
San Francisco Giants 30 14 16 0 .467 4.0 138 146
Los Angeles Dodgers 32 14 18 0 .438 5.0 122 142
San Diego Padres 31 12 19 0 .387 6.5 145 164
Atlanta Braves 28 9 19 0 .321 8.0 127 159
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Boston Red Sox 28 18 10 0 .643 - 147 111
Baltimore Orioles 30 19 11 0 .633 - 159 112
Milwaukee Brewers 30 18 12 0 .600 1.0 156 119
New York Yankees 29 15 14 0 .517 3.5 118 124
Detroit Tigers 24 11 13 0 .458 5.0 130 125
Cleveland Indians 27 9 18 0 .333 8.5 99 150
Toronto Blue Jays 30 8 22 0 .267 11.0 118 186
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Minnesota Twins 28 20 8 0 .714 - 157 129
California Angels 30 17 13 0 .567 4.0 170 138
Kansas City Royals 29 16 13 0 .552 4.5 169 151
Texas Rangers 28 15 13 0 .536 5.0 129 124
Chicago White Sox 28 13 15 0 .464 7.0 148 142
Oakland Athletics 30 12 18 0 .400 9.0 113 161
Seattle Mariners 31 10 21 0 .323 11.5 131 172
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Brandon Webb
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
KC A Renie Martin (23)
Deaths on This Date
Charlie Hargreaves (82)
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Transactions
St. Louis Cardinals released Tom Grieve.
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