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AUGUST
1979

Wednesday, August 1st

IN THE NEWS: Following the Yankees 9-1 win over the White Sox, members of the New York club create a minor scandal by autographing the bare behind of a young woman who boards the team bus outside Comiskey Park.

In an 8-player deal, the Rangers send OF Oscar Gamble, minor leaguer Amos Lewis, a former 1st pick in the 1978 draft, and two players to be named to the Yankees and finally acquire OF Mickey Rivers and three players to be named. Rivers had been traded to the Rangers in June but the deal fell through. Both of the players to be named with Gamble will make the majors: Gene Nelson and Ray Fontenot, something that can't be said for the three unnamed to Texas.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 1, 1979
Atlanta Braves 5, San Diego Padres 4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 5,062)
W: Joey McLaughlin L: Rollie Fingers S: Gene Garber
Cincinnati Reds 10, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 28,409)
W: Mike LaCoss L: Charlie Hough S: Tom Hume
Houston Astros 5, San Francisco Giants 4 at Astrodome (att. 21,207)
W: Ken Forsch L: Vida Blue S: Bert Roberge
Montreal Expos 7, Chicago Cubs 5 (12 inn.) at Stade Olympique (att. 20,922)
W: Scott Sanderson L: Willie Hernandez
Philadelphia Phillies 9, New York Mets 6 at Shea Stadium (att. 12,295)
W: Dickie Noles L: Dock Ellis S: Rawly Eastwick
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 16,124)
W: Enrique Romo L: Bob Forsch S: Kent Tekulve
Seattle Mariners 7, California Angels 6 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 29,446)
W: Randy Stein L: Dave LaRoche
New York Yankees 9, Chicago White Sox 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 21,109)
W: Don Hood L: Ken Kravec
Boston Red Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 4 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 17,565)
W: Dennis Eckersley L: David Clyde
Kansas City Royals 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 24,077)
W: Rich Gale L: Phil Huffman S: Al Hrabosky
Baltimore Orioles 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at County Stadium (att. 30,383)
W: Dennis Martinez L: Lary Sorensen
Oakland Athletics 7, Minnesota Twins 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 5,711)
W: Rick Langford L: Paul Hartzell
Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 3 at Arlington Stadium (att. 13,803)
W: Steve Comer L: Milt Wilcox S: Jim Kern
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, August 2nd

IN THE NEWS: Yankees C Thurman Munson, 32, perishes at Canton, Ohio, in a crash of the plane he was piloting. A crowd of 51,151 will attend the memorial tribute at Yankee Stadium tomorrow.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 2, 1979
Atlanta Braves 7, San Diego Padres 2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 7,916)
W: Tony Brizzolara L: Gaylord Perry
Montreal Expos 6, Chicago Cubs 4 at Stade Olympique (att. 27,287)
W: Dan Schatzeder L: Bill Caudill S: Elias Sosa
Philadelphia Phillies 7, New York Mets 4 at Shea Stadium
W: Ron Reed L: Andy Hassler
New York Mets 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 15,319)
W: Pete Falcone L: Kevin Saucier S: Neil Allen
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 25,163)
W: George Frazier L: Grant Jackson S: Darold Knowles
Boston Red Sox 10, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at County Stadium (att. 27,101)
W: Mike Torrez L: Bill Travers
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, August 3rd

IN THE NEWS: Tony LaRussa takes over as manager of the White Sox, a day after the resignation of Don Kessinger.

At Seattle, the Mariners edge the A's, 1–0 behind Floyd Bannister. During the game a foul ball hits a speaker and is caught by the A's pitcher for an out. On sept three another richochet off a speaker will be caught by the M's 1B. In tomorrow's 5–3 loss to the A's, Rupert Jones hits a foul that sticks in speaker above the 1B dugout.

The Yankees purchase Lenny Randle from the Pirates and bring up C Brad Gulden and Bobby Brown from Columbus.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 3, 1979
Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 31,409)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Pete Vuckovich S: Bruce Sutter
San Diego Padres 6, Cincinnati Reds 4 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 35,311)
W: Bob Shirley L: Bill Bonham S: Mark Lee
Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 1 at Astrodome (att. 20,716)
W: J.R. Richard L: Rick Matula
Los Angeles Dodgers 11, San Francisco Giants 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 44,275)
W: Burt Hooton L: John Curtis
Montreal Expos 10, New York Mets 6 at Stade Olympique (att. 28,734)
W: Stan Bahnsen L: Dale Murray
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Three Rivers Stadium
W: Enrique Romo L: Tug McGraw
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 45,309)
W: Jim Bibby L: Larry Christenson
Texas Rangers 8, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 21,920)
W: Fergie Jenkins L: Rick Wise
Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 3 at Tiger Stadium
W: Steve Busby L: Pat Underwood S: Al Hrabosky
Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 3 at Tiger Stadium (att. 43,047)
W: Aurelio Lopez L: Steve Mingori
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Boston Red Sox 3 at County Stadium (att. 37,358)
W: Jim Slaton L: Steve Renko S: Bill Castro
Minnesota Twins 4, California Angels 1 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 30,653)
W: Jerry Koosman L: Jim Barr S: Mike Marshall
Baltimore Orioles 1, New York Yankees 0 at Yankee Stadium (att. 51,151)
W: Scott McGregor L: Luis Tiant S: Tippy Martinez
Seattle Mariners 1, Oakland Athletics 0 at Kingdome (att. 8,111)
W: Floyd Bannister L: Matt Keough
Chicago White Sox 8, Toronto Blue Jays 5 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 14,232)
W: Steve Trout L: Balor Moore S: Ed Farmer
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, August 4th

IN THE NEWS: During a 6–2 loss to the Astros, Braves knuckleballer Phil Niekro sets modern ML records with four wild pitches in one inning (5th) and six in one game.

At the Kingdome, the Mariner's Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in the speaker above the 1B dugout. But the Athletics amass 11 hits fair to beat the Mariners, 5–3. Dwayne Murphy is 3-for-3 with a triple and a homer.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 4, 1979
Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Wrigley Field (att. 29,720)
W: Mike Krukow L: John Denny S: Bruce Sutter
Cincinnati Reds 7, San Diego Padres 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 37,453)
W: Fred Norman L: John D'Acquisto
Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 3 at Astrodome
W: Joe Sambito L: Gene Garber
Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 2 at Astrodome (att. 45,110)
W: Frank LaCorte L: Phil Niekro S: Joe Sambito
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 3 (11 inn.) at Dodger Stadium (att. 44,818)
W: Dave Patterson L: Gary Lavelle
New York Mets 3, Montreal Expos 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 32,108)
W: Craig Swan L: Bill Lee S: Neil Allen
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 34,754)
W: John Candelaria L: Nino Espinosa
Cleveland Indians 12, Texas Rangers 8 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 12,693)
W: Rick Waits L: John Henry Johnson S: Dan Spillner
Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 39,402)
W: Mike Chris L: Larry Gura S: John Hiller
Boston Red Sox 8, Milwaukee Brewers 6 at County Stadium (att. 48,664)
W: Allen Ripley L: Reggie Cleveland S: Dick Drago
California Angels 7, Minnesota Twins 1 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 26,084)
W: Dave Frost L: Dave Goltz S: Mark Clear
Baltimore Orioles 5, New York Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 46,407)
W: Dave Ford L: Jim Kaat S: Tippy Martinez
Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 10,009)
W: Mike Morgan L: Mike Parrott S: Dave Hamilton
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Chicago White Sox 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 15,130)
W: Tom Buskey L: Rich Wortham
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, August 5th

IN THE NEWS: The Phillies beat the Pirates 12–8 in the first game of a doubleheader. Philadelphia's Greg Luzinski and Pittsburgh's John Milner each hit a grand slam, and Rose collects his 2,427th career single to break Honus Wagner's NL record.

The Red Sox demolish the Brewers in a doubleheader 7–2 and 19–5. The Sox amass 27 hits in the 2nd game, and are the first team in 30 years to score in eight innings. The only inning in which they fail to score is the 4th, when the first two batters reach base. The scoring deluge makes it easy for manager Zimmer, who uses three relief pitchers, each tossing three innings. Dutch-born Win Remmerswaal, the middle pitcher, picks up his first ML win.

Willie Mays, Warren Giles, and Hack Wilson are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

In pre-game ceremonies at Wrigley Field, announcer Jack Brickhouse is honored. Today's broadcast is his 5,000th television broadcast of a game.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 5, 1979
Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Wrigley Field
W: Willie Hernandez L: Silvio Martinez S: Bruce Sutter
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 4 at Wrigley Field (att. 35,769)
W: Bob Forsch L: Ken Holtzman S: Mark Littell
Cincinnati Reds 9, San Diego Padres 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 42,812)
W: Frank Pastore L: Randy Jones
Houston Astros 3, Atlanta Braves 2 at Astrodome (att. 35,399)
W: Bert Roberge L: Gene Garber S: Joe Sambito
Los Angeles Dodgers 8, San Francisco Giants 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 38,962)
W: Don Sutton L: Bob Knepper
New York Mets 4, Montreal Expos 2 at Stade Olympique
W: Dock Ellis L: Ross Grimsley S: Ed Glynn
Montreal Expos 7, New York Mets 3 at Stade Olympique (att. 46,613)
W: Rudy May L: Wayne Twitchell
Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Philadelphia Phillies 8 at Three Rivers Stadium
W: Kent Tekulve L: Rawly Eastwick
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 46,006)
W: Enrique Romo L: Dickie Noles S: Kent Tekulve
Cleveland Indians 6, Texas Rangers 2 at Cleveland Stadium
W: Len Barker L: Doc Medich
Texas Rangers 14, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 45,534)
W: Danny Darwin L: Mike Paxton
Kansas City Royals 3, Detroit Tigers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 28,703)
W: Dennis Leonard L: Dan Petry S: Dan Quisenberry
Boston Red Sox 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at County Stadium
W: Dennis Eckersley L: Lary Sorensen
Boston Red Sox 19, Milwaukee Brewers 5 at County Stadium (att. 49,054)
W: Win Remmerswaal L: Jerry Augustine
California Angels 11, Minnesota Twins 7 at Metropolitan Stadium
W: Dave LaRoche L: Roger Erickson S: Mark Clear
Minnesota Twins 7, California Angels 1 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 41,182)
W: Pete Redfern L: Steve Eddy S: Mike Marshall
New York Yankees 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 54,478)
W: Tommy John L: Mike Flanagan
Oakland Athletics 9, Seattle Mariners 8 at Kingdome (att. 6,048)
W: Brian Kingman L: John Montague S: Dave Hamilton
Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 21,203)
W: Ken Kravec L: Dave Lemanczyk S: Ed Farmer
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, August 6th

IN THE NEWS: The Rangers blast the Padres 12–5 in the Hall of Fame game featuring a record nine home runs.

In a night game following the funeral of Thurman Munson, Bobby Murcer drives in all five runs as the Yankees top Baltimore 5–4. Murcer has a 3-run home run and a 9th inning 2-run single.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 6, 1979
Cincinnati Reds 3, Atlanta Braves 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 23,891)
W: Mike LaCoss L: Mickey Mahler
San Francisco Giants 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 30,453)
W: Ed Whitson L: Charlie Hough
New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 36,314)
W: Ron Guidry L: Tippy Martinez
California Angels 5, Oakland Athletics 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 8,160)
W: Ralph Botting L: Steve McCatty S: Mark Clear
Seattle Mariners 7, Minnesota Twins 4 at Kingdome (att. 7,193)
W: Rick Honeycutt L: Darrell Jackson S: Byron McLaughlin
Kansas City Royals 16, Toronto Blue Jays 12 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 15,108)
W: Steve Mingori L: Dave Stieb
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, August 7th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 7, 1979
Chicago Cubs 15, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 34,641)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Jim Rooker
Atlanta Braves 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 (11 inn.) at Riverfront Stadium (att. 25,079)
W: Gene Garber L: Doug Bair
Los Angeles Dodgers 10, Houston Astros 8 at Dodger Stadium (att. 34,538)
W: Ken Brett L: Joe Sambito S: Dave Patterson
St. Louis Cardinals 9, New York Mets 2 at Shea Stadium
W: John Fulgham L: Kevin Kobel
St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Mets 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 10,651)
W: Roy Thomas L: Pete Falcone S: Will McEnaney
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Montreal Expos 2 at Veteran's Stadium
W: Larry Christenson L: Scott Sanderson
San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 24,473)
W: Vida Blue L: Gaylord Perry S: Gary Lavelle
Milwaukee Brewers 7, Baltimore Orioles 5 at Memorial Stadium (att. 39,524)
W: Jerry Augustine L: Sammy Stewart
Boston Red Sox 12, Cleveland Indians 3 at Fenway Park (att. 31,204)
W: Mike Torrez L: David Clyde
Detroit Tigers 3, Texas Rangers 1 at Tiger Stadium
W: Milt Wilcox L: Jim Kern
Detroit Tigers 8, Texas Rangers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 27,009)
W: Jack Billingham L: Dave Rajsich S: Aurelio Lopez
Chicago White Sox 9, New York Yankees 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 33,513)
W: Randy Scarbery L: Ken Clay S: Ed Farmer
Oakland Athletics 9, California Angels 5 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 2,905)
W: Rick Langford L: Jim Barr
Minnesota Twins 5, Seattle Mariners 2 at Kingdome (att. 8,288)
W: Jerry Koosman L: Rich Hinton S: Mike Marshall
Toronto Blue Jays 3, Kansas City Royals 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 23,779)
W: Tom Underwood L: Paul Splittorff
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, August 8th

IN THE NEWS: Oakland's Matt Keough loses to California 8–1, running his season record to 0-14, and tying a dubious ML record. His 14 straight loses ties him for the 4th spot in the AL.

At Riverfront, Reds P Bill Bonham surrenders just two hits in beating the Braves, 3–1.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 8, 1979
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 2 (10 inn.) at Wrigley Field (att. 34,255)
W: Kent Tekulve L: Dick Tidrow
Cincinnati Reds 3, Atlanta Braves 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 24,022)
W: Bill Bonham L: Phil Niekro
Houston Astros 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 41,584)
W: J.R. Richard L: Burt Hooton
St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Mets 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 10,024)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Andy Hassler
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Montreal Expos 3 at Veteran's Stadium
W: Ron Reed L: Elias Sosa
San Francisco Giants 10, San Diego Padres 7 at Candlestick Park (att. 8,894)
W: John Curtis L: Bob Shirley S: Gary Lavelle
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Memorial Stadium (att. 25,260)
W: Bill Travers L: Don Stanhouse
Cleveland Indians 6, Boston Red Sox 4 at Fenway Park (att. 31,756)
W: Rick Wise L: Bob Stanley S: Sid Monge
Cleveland Indians 8, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park (att. 30,141)
W: Dan Spillner L: Steve Renko
Texas Rangers 16, Detroit Tigers 9 at Tiger Stadium
W: Fergie Jenkins L: Pat Underwood
Detroit Tigers 10, Texas Rangers 4 at Tiger Stadium (att. 28,619)
W: Bruce Robbins L: John Henry Johnson
New York Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 20,048)
W: Luis Tiant L: Steve Trout S: Ron Davis
California Angels 8, Oakland Athletics 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 3,463)
W: Dave Frost L: Matt Keough
Minnesota Twins 3, Seattle Mariners 1 at Kingdome (att. 8,222)
W: Dave Goltz L: Floyd Bannister S: Mike Marshall
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, August 9th

IN THE NEWS: Longtime Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley dies at age 75.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 9, 1979
Chicago Cubs 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Wrigley Field
W: Dennis Lamp L: John Candelaria
Cincinnati Reds 5, Atlanta Braves 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 28,950)
W: Fred Norman L: Gene Garber S: Tom Hume
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 30,973)
W: Rick Sutcliffe L: Joaquin Andujar S: Joe Beckwith
St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 8,327)
W: John Denny L: Dock Ellis
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Montreal Expos 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 46,233)
W: Nino Espinosa L: Bill Lee S: Rawly Eastwick
San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 0 at Candlestick Park (att. 8,556)
W: John D'Acquisto L: Greg Minton
Baltimore Orioles 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 23,504)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Jerry Augustine
Boston Red Sox 3, Cleveland Indians 2 at Fenway Park (att. 31,835)
W: Dennis Eckersley L: Rick Waits
Detroit Tigers 3, Texas Rangers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 23,663)
W: Mike Chris L: Doc Medich S: Aurelio Lopez
Chicago White Sox 5, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 21,535)
W: Rich Wortham L: Catfish Hunter
Kansas City Royals 10, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 20,102)
W: Larry Gura L: Phil Huffman
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, August 10th

IN THE NEWS: Dan Ford hits for the cycle but his Angels lose 8–6 to the Mariners.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 10, 1979
Houston Astros 2, Atlanta Braves 1 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 10,394)
W: Joe Niekro L: Eddie Solomon S: Joe Sambito
New York Mets 7, Montreal Expos 1 at Shea Stadium
W: Craig Swan L: Ross Grimsley
Montreal Expos 6, New York Mets 5 at Shea Stadium (att. 9,161)
W: David Palmer L: Dwight Bernard S: Elias Sosa
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 (12 inn.) at Veteran's Stadium
W: Rawly Eastwick L: Grant Jackson
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 63,346)
W: Bruce Kison L: Randy Lerch S: Kent Tekulve
San Diego Padres 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 25,261)
W: Randy Jones L: Frank Pastore
Los Angeles Dodgers 9, San Francisco Giants 0 at Candlestick Park (att. 31,530)
W: Don Sutton L: Bob Knepper
St. Louis Cardinals 13, Chicago Cubs 8 at Busch Stadium II
W: Silvio Martinez L: Mike Krukow
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 49,467)
W: Bob Forsch L: Bill Caudill S: Mark Littell
Baltimore Orioles 8, New York Yankees 6 at Memorial Stadium (att. 44,646)
W: Tippy Martinez L: Ron Davis
Boston Red Sox 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4 at Fenway Park (att. 32,914)
W: Dick Drago L: Bob McClure
Seattle Mariners 8, California Angels 6 (14 inn.) at Anaheim Stadium (att. 28,969)
W: Randy Stein L: Dave LaRoche
Kansas City Royals 7, Detroit Tigers 6 at Royals Stadium
W: Dan Quisenberry L: Aurelio Lopez
Kansas City Royals 7, Detroit Tigers 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 37,012)
W: Dennis Leonard L: Pat Underwood S: Dan Quisenberry
Oakland Athletics 6, Minnesota Twins 5 (11 inn.) at Metropolitan Stadium
W: Dave Heaverlo L: Mike Marshall
Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 2 (12 inn.) at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 13,742)
W: Darrell Jackson L: Dave Heaverlo
Cleveland Indians 6, Texas Rangers 1 at Arlington Stadium (att. 17,832)
W: Len Barker L: Danny Darwin
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, August 11th

IN THE NEWS: The Pirates Ed Ott hits a grand slam off Phillie reliever Tug McGraw in the 8th inning as the Bucs win 14–11. It is the 4th grand slam that McGraw has yielded this year, setting a new NL mark and tying him for this questionable honor with Detroit's Ray Narleski (1959).

Against the Brewers at Fenway, Jim Rice belts his 30th homer, giving him three straight seasons with 30 or more homers. Only three Red Sox, Jimmy Foxx (5 straight years) and Williams (4 straight), have done it. But Milwaukee wins, 9–6.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 11, 1979
Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 9,764)
W: Dan Schatzeder L: Pete Falcone
Pittsburgh Pirates 14, Philadelphia Phillies 11 at Veteran's Stadium
W: Enrique Romo L: Rawly Eastwick S: Kent Tekulve
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 4 at Candlestick Park (att. 42,477)
W: Charlie Hough L: Ed Whitson S: Dave Patterson
Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 47,354)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Roy Thomas S: Bruce Sutter
Milwaukee Brewers 9, Boston Red Sox 6 (10 inn.) at Fenway Park (att. 33,343)
W: Bob Galasso L: Mike Torrez
California Angels 8, Seattle Mariners 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 41,940)
W: Jim Barr L: Rick Honeycutt
Chicago White Sox 6, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Comiskey Park I
W: Ken Kravec L: Jackson Todd S: Ed Farmer
Toronto Blue Jays 6, Chicago White Sox 0 at Comiskey Park I (att. 19,420)
W: Dave Stieb L: Randy Scarbery
Kansas City Royals 11, Detroit Tigers 5 at Royals Stadium (att. 40,255)
W: Paul Splittorff L: Jack Billingham
Minnesota Twins 9, Oakland Athletics 7 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 9,535)
W: Mike Bacsik L: Steve McCatty S: Mike Marshall
Texas Rangers 5, Cleveland Indians 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 21,902)
W: Brian Allard L: Mike Paxton S: Jim Kern
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, August 12th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 12, 1979
Atlanta Braves 3, Houston Astros 2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 7,557)
W: Phil Niekro L: Rick Williams
Cincinnati Reds 9, San Diego Padres 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium
W: Tom Seaver L: Gaylord Perry
San Diego Padres 5, Cincinnati Reds 4 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 25,049)
W: Mark Lee L: Mike LaCoss S: Eric Rasmussen
San Francisco Giants 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 39,914)
W: Vida Blue L: Jerry Reuss
Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 40,995)
W: Willie Hernandez L: John Fulgham S: Bruce Sutter
California Angels 4, Seattle Mariners 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 27,345)
W: Dave Frost L: Randy Stein
Chicago White Sox 7, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Comiskey Park I
W: Ross Baumgarten L: Tom Underwood
Toronto Blue Jays 7, Chicago White Sox 5 at Comiskey Park I (att. 14,712)
W: Balor Moore L: Mike Proly S: Tom Buskey
Kansas City Royals 7, Detroit Tigers 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 32,671)
W: Craig Chamberlain L: Milt Wilcox
Minnesota Twins 1, Oakland Athletics 0 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 14,500)
W: Jerry Koosman L: Rick Langford
Cleveland Indians 6, Texas Rangers 3 at Arlington Stadium (att. 14,346)
W: Dan Spillner L: Steve Comer S: Sid Monge
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, August 13th

IN THE NEWS: Lou Brock, 40, collects his 3,000th career hit, a single off Dennis Lamp, as the Cardinals top the Cubs, 3–2.

PLAYERS BORN ON AUGUST 13, 1979
» Corey Patterson in Atlanta, GA

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 13, 1979
Houston Astros 4, Montreal Expos 1 at Astrodome (att. 21,011)
W: J.R. Richard L: Steve Rogers
Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 43,111)
W: Jim Bibby L: Larry Christenson
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 44,457)
W: Mark Littell L: Willie Hernandez
Chicago White Sox 7, Baltimore Orioles 0 at Memorial Stadium (att. 15,252)
W: Steve Trout L: Scott McGregor
Boston Red Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 5 at Fenway Park (att. 32,359)
W: Tom Burgmeier L: Mike Marshall S: Dick Drago
Detroit Tigers 5, California Angels 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 34,032)
W: Jack Morris L: Nolan Ryan S: Aurelio Lopez
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Kansas City Royals 4 at County Stadium (att. 12,578)
W: Jim Slaton L: Dan Quisenberry
New York Yankees 3, Texas Rangers 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 24,977)
W: Ron Guidry L: Fergie Jenkins
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Oakland Athletics 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 3,183)
W: Butch Edge L: Mike Norris S: Tom Buskey
Cleveland Indians 6, Seattle Mariners 0 at Kingdome (att. 6,226)
W: Rick Wise L: Floyd Bannister
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, August 14th

IN THE NEWS: The Astros Joaquin Andujar hurls a 4-hitter, and hits a 2-run inside-the-park homer, to defeat the Expos 2–1.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 14, 1979
New York Mets 18, Atlanta Braves 5 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 5,770)
W: Andy Hassler L: Tony Brizzolara
San Francisco Giants 8, Chicago Cubs 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 21,742)
W: John Curtis L: Mike Krukow
Cincinnati Reds 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1 (10 inn.) at Riverfront Stadium (att. 38,442)
W: Tom Hume L: Steve Carlton
Houston Astros 2, Montreal Expos 1 at Astrodome (att. 21,871)
W: Joaquin Andujar L: Bill Lee
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, San Diego Padres 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 23,210)
W: John Candelaria L: John D'Acquisto
Los Angeles Dodgers 9, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 21,126)
W: Burt Hooton L: John Denny
Baltimore Orioles 2, Chicago White Sox 1 (12 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 15,518)
W: Tippy Martinez L: Ed Farmer
Boston Red Sox 12, Minnesota Twins 1 at Fenway Park (att. 32,962)
W: Dennis Eckersley L: Pete Redfern
Detroit Tigers 6, California Angels 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 29,465)
W: Bruce Robbins L: Don Aase S: Jack Billingham
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Kansas City Royals 2 at County Stadium (att. 21,657)
W: Mike Caldwell L: Dennis Leonard S: Bill Castro
New York Yankees 6, Texas Rangers 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 24,125)
W: Luis Tiant L: Jim Kern S: Rich Gossage
Toronto Blue Jays 6, Oakland Athletics 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 1,289)
W: Phil Huffman L: Craig Minetto
Cleveland Indians 7, Seattle Mariners 4 at Kingdome (att. 7,302)
W: Rick Waits L: Odell Jones S: Sid Monge
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Wednesday, August 15th

IN THE NEWS: Eddie Murray, no gazelle, surprises the White Sox with a 12th-inning steal of home to give the Mike Flanagan and the Orioles a 2–1 win.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 15, 1979
New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 5,120)
W: Craig Swan L: Mickey Mahler S: Neil Allen
Chicago Cubs 6, San Francisco Giants 5 at Wrigley Field (att. 31,358)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Pedro Borbon S: Bruce Sutter
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 36,678)
W: Nino Espinosa L: Fred Norman
Montreal Expos 3, Houston Astros 0 at Astrodome (att. 24,885)
W: Dan Schatzeder L: Joe Niekro S: Scott Sanderson
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, San Diego Padres 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 14,219)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Randy Jones
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Busch Stadium II (att. 29,369)
W: Rick Sutcliffe L: Silvio Martinez S: Ken Brett
Baltimore Orioles 2, Chicago White Sox 1 (12 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 14,170)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Guy Hoffman
Boston Red Sox 9, Minnesota Twins 5 at Fenway Park (att. 33,539)
W: Dick Drago L: Mike Bacsik
Detroit Tigers 6, California Angels 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 31,885)
W: Dan Petry L: Jim Barr
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Kansas City Royals 5 at County Stadium (att. 17,175)
W: Jerry Augustine L: Dan Quisenberry
New York Yankees 4, Texas Rangers 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 25,905)
W: Tommy John L: Jerry Don Gleaton S: Rich Gossage
Oakland Athletics 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 2,151)
W: Brian Kingman L: Jesse Jefferson S: Dave Heaverlo
Seattle Mariners 3, Cleveland Indians 2 at Kingdome (att. 6,723)
W: Mike Parrott L: Sid Monge
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Thursday, August 16th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 16, 1979
New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 7,397)
W: Pete Falcone L: Phil Niekro S: Neil Allen
Chicago Cubs 14, San Francisco Giants 4 at Wrigley Field (att. 19,730)
W: Lynn McGlothen L: Bob Knepper
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, San Diego Padres 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 14,201)
W: Bruce Kison L: Gaylord Perry S: Enrique Romo
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2 (15 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 19,551)
W: Bobby Castillo L: George Frazier
Kansas City Royals 4, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 18,932)
W: Paul Splittorff L: Dennis Martinez
Boston Red Sox 7, Chicago White Sox 5 at Fenway Park (att. 33,806)
W: Allen Ripley L: Mike Proly
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Texas Rangers 1 at County Stadium (att. 14,559)
W: Lary Sorensen L: Brian Allard
Minnesota Twins 5, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 22,036)
W: Geoff Zahn L: Catfish Hunter
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Friday, August 17th

IN THE NEWS: The Cubs sell vet Ted Sizemore to the Red Sox for a player (C Mike O'Berry) to be named later.

The Royals release George Scott, who will sign with the Yankees on the 26th.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 17, 1979
Chicago Cubs 9, San Diego Padres 6 at Wrigley Field (att. 19,099)
W: Dick Tidrow L: John D'Acquisto S: Bruce Sutter
Cincinnati Reds 4, New York Mets 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 32,854)
W: Tom Hume L: Dale Murray
Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 2 at Astrodome (att. 33,782)
W: Randy Lerch L: Frank LaCorte
Montreal Expos 1, Atlanta Braves 0 at Stade Olympique (att. 31,503)
W: David Palmer L: Eddie Solomon
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 22,416)
W: Dave Patterson L: Jim Bibby S: Bobby Castillo
St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 22,327)
W: John Fulgham L: Ed Whitson
Kansas City Royals 7, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 29,348)
W: Craig Chamberlain L: Jim Palmer
Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 1 at Fenway Park (att. 35,114)
W: Ross Baumgarten L: Bob Stanley S: Ed Farmer
Toronto Blue Jays 6, California Angels 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 25,050)
W: Dave Stieb L: Mark Clear
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Texas Rangers 1 at County Stadium (att. 24,074)
W: Moose Haas L: Steve Comer
Minnesota Twins 5, New York Yankees 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 30,372)
W: Jerry Koosman L: Jim Beattie
Oakland Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 2,059)
W: Steve McCatty L: Dan Spillner
Detroit Tigers 9, Seattle Mariners 2 at Kingdome (att. 11,074)
W: Milt Wilcox L: Rick Honeycutt S: John Hiller
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Saturday, August 18th

IN THE NEWS: After six straight wins, the 3rd place Brewers lose to Texas 7–3. But the 49,172 fans give Milwaukee a new season record. They'll finish in 2nd place with a team record 1,918, 343 in attendance.

The Yankees sell Ray Burris (1–3) to the Mets.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 18, 1979
Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego Padres 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 24,881)
W: Dick Tidrow L: Rollie Fingers
Cincinnati Reds 4, New York Mets 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 37,694)
W: Mike LaCoss L: Neil Allen
Philadelphia Phillies 1, Houston Astros 0 at Astrodome (att. 37,735)
W: Larry Christenson L: J.R. Richard S: Ron Reed
Montreal Expos 2, Atlanta Braves 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 23,115)
W: Steve Rogers L: Joey McLaughlin
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 40,238)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Don Robinson
St. Louis Cardinals 5, San Francisco Giants 4 at Busch Stadium II (att. 32,848)
W: Roy Thomas L: Vida Blue
Baltimore Orioles 9, Kansas City Royals 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 37,645)
W: Scott McGregor L: Larry Gura S: Dave Ford
Boston Red Sox 8, Chicago White Sox 2 at Fenway Park (att. 33,969)
W: Steve Renko L: Steve Trout
California Angels 7, Toronto Blue Jays 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 30,361)
W: Nolan Ryan L: Tom Underwood S: Mark Clear
Texas Rangers 7, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 49,172)
W: Fergie Jenkins L: Jim Slaton S: Jim Kern
New York Yankees 5, Minnesota Twins 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 38,695)
W: Ron Davis L: Mike Marshall S: Rich Gossage
Oakland Athletics 4, Cleveland Indians 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 2,273)
W: Rick Langford L: Rick Wise
Detroit Tigers 7, Seattle Mariners 4 at Kingdome (att. 14,049)
W: Jack Morris L: Rob Dressler
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Sunday, August 19th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 19, 1979
Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego Padres 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 31,750)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Randy Jones S: Bruce Sutter
Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Mets 5 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 34,765)
W: Doug Bair L: Dale Murray S: Tom Hume
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Houston Astros 2 at Astrodome (att. 30,631)
W: Steve Carlton L: Joaquin Andujar
Montreal Expos 5, Atlanta Braves 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 34,880)
W: Bill Lee L: Tony Brizzolara S: Stan Bahnsen
Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 28,382)
W: Kent Tekulve L: Burt Hooton
St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Francisco Giants 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 42,622)
W: John Denny L: John Curtis S: Mark Littell
Kansas City Royals 11, Baltimore Orioles 7 (10 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 32,058)
W: Steve Busby L: Don Stanhouse
Chicago White Sox 3, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park (att. 33,475)
W: Rich Wortham L: Dennis Eckersley S: Ed Farmer
California Angels 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 23,814)
W: Don Aase L: Balor Moore
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Texas Rangers 3 at County Stadium (att. 37,376)
W: Mike Caldwell L: Sparky Lyle
New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 47,723)
W: Ron Guidry L: Darrell Jackson S: Rich Gossage
Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 2,317)
W: Mike Norris L: Rick Waits
Seattle Mariners 8, Detroit Tigers 4 at Kingdome (att. 7,262)
W: Floyd Bannister L: Bruce Robbins
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Monday, August 20th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 20, 1979
Chicago Cubs 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 25,285)
W: Lynn McGlothen L: Rick Sutcliffe S: Bruce Sutter
Montreal Expos 5, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 25,597)
W: Dan Schatzeder L: Fred Norman S: Woodie Fryman
Houston Astros 8, New York Mets 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 10,922)
W: Joe Niekro L: Craig Swan
Atlanta Braves 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 35,156)
W: Phil Niekro L: Ron Reed S: Gene Garber
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, San Francisco Giants 5 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 18,714)
W: Enrique Romo L: Gary Lavelle S: Kent Tekulve
St. Louis Cardinals 6, San Diego Padres 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 12,372)
W: Silvio Martinez L: Gaylord Perry
Baltimore Orioles 3, Texas Rangers 0 at Memorial Stadium (att. 21,042)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Brian Allard
California Angels 6, Cleveland Indians 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 35,497)
W: Dave LaRoche L: Sid Monge
New York Yankees 17, Kansas City Royals 4 at Royals Stadium (att. 41,305)
W: Luis Tiant L: Rich Gale S: Don Hood
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Chicago White Sox 3 at County Stadium (att. 15,624)
W: Bill Travers L: Ken Kravec S: Bob Galasso
Minnesota Twins 10, Boston Red Sox 5 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 13,895)
W: Roger Erickson L: Mike Torrez
Detroit Tigers 7, Oakland Athletics 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 5,171)
W: Dan Petry L: Dave Heaverlo
Seattle Mariners 7, Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Kingdome (att. 5,642)
W: Mike Parrott L: Butch Edge
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Tuesday, August 21st

IN THE NEWS: The Mets win a protested game against the Astros 5–0. With two outs in the 9th inning, Houston's Jeff Leonard flies to CF to apparently end the game. Umpire Doug Harvey rules that time had been called, and orders Leonard back to the plate. He then singles to left. The Mets were without a 1B, however, so the umps order Leonard to bat once more. He flies to LF to end the game.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 21, 1979
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 34,745)
W: Don Sutton L: Bill Caudill S: Bobby Castillo
Cincinnati Reds 3, Montreal Expos 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 27,065)
W: Tom Seaver L: Rudy May S: Tom Hume
New York Mets 5, Houston Astros 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 9,337)
W: Pete Falcone L: Frank LaCorte
Atlanta Braves 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 30,234)
W: Larry Bradford L: Rawly Eastwick S: Gene Garber
San Francisco Giants 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 20,999)
W: Bob Knepper L: Bruce Kison
San Diego Padres 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 (11 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 14,068)
W: Bob Shirley L: Will McEnaney S: Rollie Fingers