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Events of Friday, June 8, 1979

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Events of Friday, June 8, 1979

6-7-1979 6-9-1979   6-8-1978 6-8-1980 

LA  N    2  0  3    0  4  0    2  -  11 10  1
CHI N    2  2  0    0  0  0    x  -   4  8  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Hooton (5-3)
LP: Krukow (2-5)
HR: Lopes (15), Garvey (11), Cey (10)

MON N    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  7  0
CIN N    0  0  0    1  0  0    1  1  x  -   3  8  1
BOX+PBP
WP: LaCoss (7-0)
LP: Schatzeder (1-1)
HR: Parrish (3), Driessen (11)

HOU N    0  1  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   5  8  0
NY  N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Niekro (9-2)
LP: Zachry (5-1)

ATL N    1  0  0    1  1  1    1  0  0    6  -  11 15  2
PHI N    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  4    0  -   5 10  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Garber (3-7)
LP: Reed (5-3)
HR: Horner (7)

SF  N    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  6  1
PIT N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  7  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Romo (3-2)
LP: Curtis (1-3)
SV: Jackson (7)
HR: Stargell (11), Parker (12)

SD  N    0  1  5    0  0  0    0  1  0    1  -   8 12  2
STL N    1  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  3    0  -   7 16  3
BOX+PBP
WP: Fingers (6-3)
LP: Knowles (2-2)
SV: D'Acquisto (2)
HR: Briggs (4), Reitz (3)

TEX A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
BAL A    0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   3  4  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Flanagan (7-4)
LP: Alexander (3-4)

MIN A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  6  0
BOS A    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  x  -   2  9  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Stanley (6-4)
LP: Goltz (5-6)

DET A    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  3  -   4  4  0
CAL A    0  0  0    0  2  0    4  0  x  -   6 10  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Aase (5-4)
LP: Wilcox (4-4)
SV: Clear (6)
HR: Ford (7)

NY  A    1  0  3    0  0  0    6  0  0    1  -  11 14  1
KC  A    1  1  0    3  0  0    2  0  3    0  -  10 18  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Clay (1-1)
LP: Rodriguez (4-1)
HR: Nettles (10), Otis (5)

TOR A    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2 10  0
OAK A    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Buskey (2-1)
LP: Heaverlo (2-6)
HR: Mayberry (6), Bosetti (4)

CLE A    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  0
SEA A    0  1  0    2  2  1    0  0  x  -   6 11  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Parrott (4-1)
LP: Garland (2-7)
SV: McLaughlin (2)
HR: R. Jones (13), Hale (2)

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Standings At Close of Play of June 8, 1979

NL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Montreal Expos                  50   30   20    0  .600     -   228  186
St. Louis Cardinals             51   29   21    1  .580   1.0   249  210
Pittsburgh Pirates              52   28   23    1  .549   2.5   245  219
Philadelphia Phillies           56   29   26    1  .527   3.5   240  227
Chicago Cubs                    51   23   28    0  .451   7.5   215  259
New York Mets                   52   20   31    1  .392  10.5   208  245

NL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Houston Astros                  59   35   24    0  .593     -   235  208
Cincinnati Reds                 56   31   25    0  .554   2.5   262  247
Los Angeles Dodgers             59   28   31    0  .475   7.0   281  268
San Francisco Giants            58   27   31    0  .466   7.5   276  278
San Diego Padres                60   27   33    0  .450   8.5   245  275
Atlanta Braves                  56   21   35    0  .375  12.5   245  307

AL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Baltimore Orioles               56   35   21    0  .625     -   266  202
Boston Red Sox                  54   33   21    0  .611   1.0   275  214
Milwaukee Brewers               58   32   26    0  .552   4.0   264  227
New York Yankees                57   31   26    0  .544   4.5   248  234
Detroit Tigers                  50   25   25    0  .500   7.0   243  238
Cleveland Indians               54   26   28    0  .481   8.0   226  252
Toronto Blue Jays               57   15   42    0  .263  20.5   207  309

AL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
California Angels               57   34   23    0  .596     -   306  251
Minnesota Twins                 54   30   24    0  .556   2.5   273  245
Texas Rangers                   56   31   25    0  .554   2.5   249  242
Kansas City Royals              57   31   26    0  .544   3.0   299  285
Chicago White Sox               55   26   29    0  .473   7.0   256  259
Seattle Mariners                58   23   35    0  .397  11.5   270  296
Oakland Athletics               57   18   39    0  .316  16.0   190  318
ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

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Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
MIN A  Dan Graham (24)

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
PHI N  Rudy Meoli (28)
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