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Events of Friday, June 8, 1979

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
Pete Orr
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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