MLB standings through games of April 17, 1978

MLB standings at the end of April 17, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	9	7	2	0	.778		53	40	3-1	4-1	7-2	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	9	6	3	0	.667	1.0	59	36	4-0	2-3	6-3	Won 5
Milwaukee Brewers	10	6	4	0	.600	1.5	75	51	5-0	1-4	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	9	4	5	0	.444	3.0	30	32	3-1	1-4	4-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	10	4	6	0	.400	3.5	43	69	3-1	1-5	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	8	3	5	0	.375	3.5	33	31	3-2	0-3	3-5	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	9	2	7	0	.222	5.0	37	51	1-3	1-4	2-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	8	7	1	0	.875		33	24	5-0	2-1	7-1	Won 7
California Angels	10	7	3	0	.700	1.0	30	25	5-2	2-1	7-3	Won 2
Oakland A's	10	7	3	0	.700	1.0	26	15	5-1	2-2	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	9	4	5	0	.444	3.5	39	44	4-1	0-4	4-5	Lost 4
Minnesota Twins	14	6	8	0	.429	4.0	68	67	2-3	4-5	4-6	Lost 3
Seattle Mariners	14	4	10	0	.286	6.0	53	70	2-4	2-6	2-8	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	9	2	7	0	.222	5.5	26	50	2-3	0-4	2-7	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	8	5	3	0	.625		40	28	2-2	3-1	5-3	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	9	5	4	0	.556	0.5	35	36	2-1	3-3	5-4	Won 1
New York Mets	11	6	5	0	.545	0.5	38	36	4-3	2-2	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	8	4	4	0	.500	1.0	34	29	2-1	2-3	4-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	10	5	5	0	.500	1.0	42	41	4-3	1-2	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	10	3	7	0	.300	3.0	36	55	2-2	1-5	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	11	8	3	0	.727		68	45	6-1	2-2	7-3	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	9	6	3	0	.667	1.0	56	33	2-1	4-2	6-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	9	6	3	0	.667	1.0	43	36	3-1	3-2	6-3	Won 3
Houston Astros	10	4	6	0	.400	3.5	45	54	4-2	0-4	4-6	Won 2
San Diego Padres	7	2	5	0	.286	4.0	24	36	0-2	2-3	2-5	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	8	1	7	0	.125	5.5	22	54	1-4	0-3	1-7	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 9, Brewers 2 at Boston (day game):
The Red Sox gained their fifth consecutive victory, a 9-2 rout of the Brewers, as Butch Hobson cracked his third homer of the season and added a two-run double. The Bosox got six tallies in the opening inning to spoil pitcher Randy Stein's major league debut. Jerry Remy started with a single, Rick Burleson walked and Jim Rice tripled for two runs. Carl Yastrzemski's single scored Rice and, after two outs, George Scott walked and Dwight Evans reached first on an error to set up Hobson's two-run double. Hobson added a homer in the fifth off reliever Mike Caldwell.

Indians 6, Rangers 0 at Cleveland (night game):
The Indians blanked the Rangers, 6-0, as Rick Waits, who hurled only one complete game in 16 starts in 1977, tossed a two-hitter. All the Tribe runs came in the sixth inning. With one out, Paul Dade was safe on Bump Wills' error then stole second. Larvell Blanks doubled home Dade and scored on Buddy Bell's single to right. Bell moved to second on a wild pitch and Andre Thornton was given an intentional walk. After Willie Horton struck out, Ted Cox lined a single to left to score Bell and Ron Pruitt followed with a three-run homer.

Tigers 10, White Sox 9 at Detroit (day game):
The Tigers staged an exciting rally, getting four runs in the bottom of the ninth to edge the White Sox, 10-9. Successive singles by Lance Parrish, Aurelio Rodriguez and pinch-hitter Phil Mankowski ignited the rally. Ron LeFlore doubled to score two runs and Lou Whitaker greeted reliever Ron Schueler with a single to tie the game. Right fielder Bobby Bonds threw wildly to the plate and LeFlore, who had stopped after rounding third, trotted in with the winning tally. The Sox had built their lead on the hitting of Lamar Johnson, who drove in four runs with a double and single. Rusty Staub hit the eighth grand slam of his career for the Tigers and Rodriguez knocked in two other runs with a triple and single.

A's 7, Twins 2 at Minnesota (day game):
The third homer of the season by Gary Alexander, a 430-foot shot over the center field fence, touched off a four-run uprising in the second inning as the A's prevailed over the Twins, 7-2. Miguel Dilone added a two-run single in the same frame. Jim Essian slammed a homer in the third to boost the Oakland lead to 6-2. The Twins' two runs came in the first and were driven in by Rod Carew's single and Rich Chiles' double. Elias Sosa relieved starter Pete Broberg in the seventh with two on and one out and retired the next two batters.

Orioles 6, Yankees 1 at New York (day game):
A four-run, fifth-inning outburst keyed the Orioles to a 6-1 triumph over the Yankees. With the Birds leading, 2-1, Ken Singleton led off the big frame by drawing a walk and Eddie Murray followed with a triple over Lou Piniella's head in left field. One out later, Larry Harlow singled in Murray. Rich Gossage relieved Catfish Hunter and was immediately tapped by Doug DeCinces' first homer of the season. The Orioles' previous scores were driven in on a first-inning single by Singleton and in the third on Lee May's sacrifice fly. Yankee manager Billy Martin had to be physically restrained by plate umpire Joe Brinkman from charging at Oriole manager Earl Weaver after latter asked that a warning be issued to the Yankees after Gossage threw a pitch over Rick Dempsey's head.

Angels 7, Mariners 3 at Seattle (night game):
The Angels, with a team batting average of only .204 entering the game, broke loose with a 12-hit barrage against three Seattle pitchers and registered a 7-3 verdict over the Mariners. Don Baylor hit a two-run homer in a four-run third inning and Brian Downing followed with a solo blast. Frank Tanana, though touched for 12 hits, was stingy with men on base and got credit for his third victory of the campaign.

Royals 3, Blue Jays 1 at Toronto (day game):
The Royals notched their seventh consecutive victory, a 3-1 decision over the Blue Jays. The Jays took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Rick Bosetti and Bob Bailor but the Royals got an unearned tally in the seventh on George Brett's double, a passed ball and Al Cowens' sacrifice fly. With two out in the eighth, Hal McRae walked and Brett drilled his first homer of the season.

Reds 8, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
In a nationally televised game, Joe Morgan lashed three doubles and scored four runs as the Reds rolled to an 8-2 triumph over the Dodgers. One of Morgan's runs came on a double steal in the third. Teammate Dan Driessen swiped second and Morgan stole home. Johnny Bench had an 0-2 count with two down. The Reds went on to score four runs in the inning. Bill Bonham received credit for his third straight victory of the season and his first over the Dodgers since June 1, 1975.

Phillies 6, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Phillies thumped the Pirates, 6-2, belting Pittsburgh ace John Candelaria for six runs and nine hits in seven innings. Greg Luzinski smashed a two-run homer, his first of the season, and winning pitcher Jim Lonborg had a two-run double. The righthander scattered seven hits in eight innings.

Giants 5, Braves 1 at San Francisco (day game):
A booming triple by Willie McCovey snapped a 1-1 tie and sent the Giants on their way to a 5-1 victory over the Braves. San Francisco trailed, 1-0, going into the bottom of the fifth when starting and winning pitcher Vida Blue led off with a walk. He moved to second on Larry Herndon's single and both runners advanced on a balk. Darrell Evans was given an intentional pass to load the bases before Bill Madlock scored Blue with a sacrifice fly and McCovey followed with his three-bagger to right center. It was the veteran first baseman's first three-base hit since 1974. Skip James, filling in for McCovey, doubled home two more tallies in the seventh stanza.

Mets 6, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
The Mets took advantage of wildness on the part of Cardinal pitchers to rack up a 6-2 verdict over the Redbirds. Two runs came across in the second inning on a single by Tom Grieve, walk to Willie Montanez, a hit batsman, a bases-loaded walk to Lenny Randle and a double play. Consecutive singles by John Stearns, Randle and Doug Flynn plated the go-ahead run in the fourth and another came in the fifth on Flynn's single following two-out walks to Stearns and Randle. The Card runs came in the first inning when Garry Templeton tripled home Lou Brock, who had singled, and the Card shortstop then scored on a groundout. The game started an hour late because of rain and was delayed 58 minutes in the second inning and 24 minutes in the ninth.