MLB standings at the end of April 6, 1978
| A.L. East | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baltimore Orioles |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Boston Red Sox |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Cleveland Indians |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Detroit Tigers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Milwaukee Brewers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 New York Yankees |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Toronto Blue Jays |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
| A.L. West | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota Twins |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 7 | 7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Seattle Mariners |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 7 | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | Lost 1 | ||||||||
 California Angels |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Chicago White Sox |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Kansas City Royals |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Oakland A's |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Texas Rangers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
| N.L. East | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Cubs |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Montreal Expos |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 New York Mets |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Philadelphia Phillies |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Pittsburgh Pirates |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 St. Louis Cardinals |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
| N.L. West | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cincinnati Reds |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | 9 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Houston Astros |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 9 | 11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 Atlanta Braves |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Los Angeles Dodgers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 San Diego Padres |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 San Francisco Giants |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
Today's scores and summaries:
Twins 5, Mariners 4 at Seattle (night game):
Rookie righthander Roger Erickson won his first major league start as the Twins edged the Mariners, 5-4. Roy Smalley hit a first-inning homer for the Twins, who tallied three times in the second on a single by Mike Cubbage, doubles by Dan Ford and Willie Norwood and a single by Smalley. The winning margin came in the ninth on successive singles by Bombo Rivera, Smalley and Rod Carew. Two of the Mariners' runs scored on wild pitches. Ruppert Jones hit a leadoff homer in the ninth for the final Seattle tally.
Reds 11, Astros 9 at Cincinnati (day game):
The Reds overcame a triple play, three rain delays and the pounding of Tom Seaver to post an 11-9 victory over the Astros before an opening-day crowd of 52,378. The Astros scored four runs in the ninth inning and had two men on before reliever Dave Tomlin got Bob Watson on a grounder to end the game. The triple play came in the seventh. With Joe Morgan at third, George Foster at first and Dan Driessen at the plate, relief pitcher Joe Sambito struck out Driessen as Foster tried to steal second. Catcher Joe Ferguson threw to shortstop Roger Metzger at second to trap Foster, but then Metzger saw Morgan leading too far off third and threw to third baseman Enos Cabell, who tagged out Morgan. Cabell then threw back to Metzger at second to nab Foster and complete the triple play. Seaver was tagged for homers by Terry Puhl, Cesar Cedeno and Ferguson before departing in the fourth inning with the Astros leading, 5-1. Morgan, who hit a homer in the first, keyed the Reds' comeback, driving in a total of five runs.