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Sunday August 5, 1979
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Sports headlines for Sunday August 5, 1979:




Today's baseball transactions:

   • Blue Jays placed Jim Clancy on the disabled list




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   1979 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

   American League Batting / American League Pitching            MLB standings as of this date
   National League Batting / National League Pitching

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Texas Rangers (57-51) 2 9 0 8
Cleveland Indians (55-54) 6 9 0 6
Win: Len Barker (2-4)   Loss: Doc Medich (5-5)
1st game of doubleheader T: 2:47 Boxscore

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Texas Rangers (58-51) 14 17 0 5
Cleveland Indians (55-55) 3 4 1 4
Win: Danny Darwin (3-2)   Loss: Mike Paxton (7-6)
2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:22   Att: 45,534 at Municipal Stadium Boxscore

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Kansas City Royals (55-54) 3 7 0 9
Detroit Tigers (55-53) 2 6 1 5
Win: Dennis Leonard (7-8)   Loss: Dan Petry (3-3)   Save: Dan Quisenberry (2)
T: 3:09   Att: 28,703 at Tiger Stadium Boxscore

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Boston Red Sox (66-41) 7 10 1 4
Milwaukee Brewers (64-47) 2 7 1 5
Win: Dennis Eckersley (14-5)   Loss: Lary Sorensen (12-12)
1st game of doubleheader T: 2:36 Boxscore

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Boston Red Sox (67-41) 19 27 1 13
Milwaukee Brewers (64-48) 5 11 5 5
Win: Win Remmerswaal (1-0)   Loss: Jerry Augustine (3-4)
2nd game of doubleheader T: 3:13   Att: 49,054 at County Stadium Boxscore

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California Angels (63-48) 11 15 0 4
Minnesota Twins (56-51) 7 14 2 8
Win: Dave LaRoche (4-9)   Loss: Roger Erickson (0-7)   Save: Mark Clear (11)
1st game of doubleheader T: 2:58 Boxscore

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California Angels (63-49) 1 6 1 12
Minnesota Twins (57-51) 7 6 0 12
Win: Pete Redfern (6-1)   Loss: Steve Eddy (1-1)   Save: Mike Marshall (22)
2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:49   Att: 41,182 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore

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Baltimore Orioles (74-35) 2 7 1 6
New York Yankees (59-50) 3 8 0 5
Win: Tommy John (15-6)   Loss: Mike Flanagan (14-7)
T: 2:20   Att: 54,478 at Yankee Stadium Boxscore

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Oakland A's (33-78) 9 12 1 7
Seattle Mariners (47-65) 8 13 1 7
Win: Brian Kingman (2-4)   Loss: John Montague (5-4)   Save: Dave Hamilton (3)
T: 2:41   Att: 6,048 at The Kingdome Boxscore

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Chicago White Sox (48-61) 5 9 0 6
Toronto Blue Jays (33-77) 4 9 1 6
Win: Ken Kravec (10-10)   Loss: Dave Lemanczyk (8-9)   Save: Ed Farmer (6)
T: 2:35   Att: 21,203 at Exhibition Stadium Boxscore

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St. Louis Cardinals (52-53) 2 8 0 7
Chicago Cubs (57-48) 3 5 0 5
Win: Willie Hernandez (3-1)   Loss: Silvio Martinez (9-5)   Save: Bruce Sutter (26)
1st game of doubleheader T: 2:20 Boxscore

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St. Louis Cardinals (53-53) 5 9 1 6
Chicago Cubs (57-49) 4 9 1 5
Win: Bob Forsch (5-10)   Loss: Ken Holtzman (6-9)   Save: Mark Littell (6)
2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:10   Att: 35,769 at Wrigley Field Boxscore

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San Diego Padres (50-63) 1 7 1 7
Cincinnati Reds (61-52) 9 9 0 1
Win: Frank Pastore (2-5)   Loss: Randy Jones (8-7)
T: 2:00   Att: 42,812 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore

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Atlanta Braves (45-68) 2 7 1 8
Houston Astros (66-47) 3 8 0 6
Win: Bert Roberge (3-0)   Loss: Gene Garber (5-13)   Save: Joe Sambito (14)
T: 2:53   Att: 35,399 at The Astrodome Boxscore

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San Francisco Giants (52-59) 1 7 1 10
Los Angeles Dodgers (48-62) 8 12 0 7
Win: Don Sutton (9-12)   Loss: Bob Knepper (8-6)
T: 2:37   Att: 38,962 at Dodger Stadium Boxscore

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New York Mets (47-59) 4 11 0 7
Montreal Expos (60-45) 2 7 1 7
Win: Dock Ellis (2-4)   Loss: Ross Grimsley (8-7)   Save: Ed Glynn (7)
1st game of doubleheader T: 2:39 Boxscore

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New York Mets (47-60) 3 9 1 12
Montreal Expos (61-45) 7 10 0 11
Win: Rudy May (7-0)   Loss: Wayne Twitchell (5-3)
2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:58   Att: 46,613 at Olympic Stadium Boxscore

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Philadelphia Phillies (56-54) 8 9 4 5
Pittsburgh Pirates (62-46) 12 13 1 6
Win: Kent Tekulve (5-6)   Loss: Rawly Eastwick (1-2)
1st game of doubleheader T: 3:00 Boxscore

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Philadelphia Phillies (56-55) 2 9 1 5
Pittsburgh Pirates (63-46) 5 5 0 7
Win: Enrique Romo (8-3)   Loss: Dickie Noles (3-3)   Save: Kent Tekulve (20)
2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:15   Att: 46,006 at Three Rivers Stadium Boxscore

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