MLB standings through games of April 25, 1978

MLB standings at the end of April 25, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	14	11	3	0	.786		82	59	5-2	6-1	8-2	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	16	11	5	0	.688	1.0	106	82	8-2	3-3	8-2	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	14	7	7	0	.500	4.0	76	64	3-2	4-5	5-5	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	16	8	8	0	.500	4.0	103	80	5-1	3-7	3-7	Lost 1
New York Yankees	16	8	8	0	.500	4.0	57	59	5-3	3-5	6-4	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	16	5	11	0	.312	7.0	61	97	4-5	1-6	4-6	Lost 4
Toronto Blue Jays	16	5	11	0	.312	7.0	58	82	4-7	1-4	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	16	13	3	0	.812		54	29	7-1	6-2	9-1	Won 7
Kansas City Royals	14	11	3	0	.786	1.0	59	44	5-0	6-3	8-2	Lost 1
California Angels	16	11	5	0	.688	2.0	58	44	6-3	5-2	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	14	5	9	0	.357	7.0	57	66	4-3	1-6	2-8	Lost 4
Minnesota Twins	19	6	13	0	.316	8.5	84	90	2-6	4-7	2-8	Lost 8
Texas Rangers	14	4	10	0	.286	8.0	50	76	3-4	1-6	2-8	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	21	6	15	0	.286	9.5	70	103	3-8	3-7	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	15	9	6	0	.600		67	55	6-2	3-4	7-3	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	13	7	6	0	.538	1.0	67	47	4-2	3-4	5-5	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	16	8	8	0	.500	1.5	55	69	5-3	3-5	5-5	Lost 2
New York Mets	18	9	9	0	.500	1.5	51	54	4-5	5-4	4-6	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	14	7	7	0	.500	1.5	64	72	4-2	3-5	5-5	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	16	6	10	0	.375	3.5	68	75	4-5	2-5	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	16	11	5	0	.688		91	63	6-3	5-2	7-3	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	17	11	6	0	.647	0.5	92	65	6-2	5-4	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	18	9	9	0	.500	3.0	73	85	6-2	3-7	7-3	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	15	7	8	0	.467	3.5	52	49	4-5	3-3	4-6	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	15	6	9	0	.400	4.5	50	58	4-4	2-5	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	15	4	11	0	.267	6.5	35	73	2-4	2-7	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 4, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
After Jim Spencer hit his 100th career homer in the ninth inning, the Yankees survived a rally by the Orioles to gain a 4-3 victory. Trailing, 4-1, the Orioles got two runs on singles by Lee May and Doug DeCinces, a double by Billy Smith and Rick Dempsey's sacrifice fly. But reliever Sparky Lyle retired Carlos Lopez on an infield out and pinch-hitter Rich Dauer on a fly to center to end the game. Jim Beattie, making his first major league start, got credit for the victory.

Angels 3, Mariners 0 at California (night game):
Chris Knapp and Dave LaRoche combined on a shutout as the Angels topped the Mariners, 3-0. The Angels got their first run in the second inning when Brian Downing was hit by a pitch, moved to third on Carney Lansford's double and scored on Rance Mulliniks' sacrifice fly. Lansford drove in two more tallies with a sixth-inning double.

Tigers 8, White Sox 4 at Chicago (night game):
A homer by Rusty Staub with two men on base in the 10th inning capped a four-run uprising that gave the Tigers an 8-4 triumph over the White Sox. Milt May singled to open the 10th and after Phil Mankowski struck out, Lerrin LaGrow replaced Pablo Torrealba on the mound for the Chisox and gave up a single to Mark Wagner, sending May to third. Ron LeFlore forced Wagner as May scored the tie-breaking run. After Lou Whitaker singled, Rich Hinton replaced LaGrow and was greeted by Staub's blast. The Tigers had rallied for three runs in the ninth to tie the game at 4-4. LeFlore started the rally by drawing a walk and stealing second. With one out, Staub doubled LeFlore home and Torrealba replaced Francisco Barrios on the slab. The reliever got the second out, but Steve Kemp tripled home Staub and then scored the tying run on a passed ball.

Red Sox 4, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
The Red Sox scored a pair of runs in each of the first two innings and held on to beat the Brewers, 4-3. Jerry Remy singled to start the game, advanced to second when shortstop Paul Molitor booted Rick Burleson's grounder and scored on Jim Rice's single. Burleson then scored on single by Carl Yastrzemski. In the second frame, Remy singled, Burleson walked and Rice delivered a run-scoring single before Burleson tallied on Yastrzemski's groundout. The Brewer runs came on Gorman Thomas' homer in the fourth, on a throwing error by Bosox starter Bill Lee in the fifth and a homer by Larry Hisle in the sixth. Dick Drago relieved Lee with two out and one on base in the seventh and blanked the Brewers the rest of the way.

[DH] A's 5, Twins 3 (night game) / A's 4, Twins 3 at Oakland (night game):
The rampaging A's streaked to their seventh straight victory and handed the Twins their seventh and eighth straight losses in sweeping a twinbill, 5-3 and 4-3, with the second game going 14 innings. A two-run homer by Gary Alexander in the seventh was the decisive blow in the first game. Miguel Dilone singled to produce the winning tally in the nightcap. Gary Thomasson led off the 14th with a single and went to second on an infield out. After Mitchell Page was walked intentionally and reliever Tom Johnson balked, Dilone rapped a 2-2 pitch into left to score Thomasson. The first Oakland runs had come when Thomasson hit a three-run homer in the second after Tony Armas reached first on an error and Wayne Gross singled.

Rangers 4, Royals 1 at Texas (night game):
Veteran righthander Fergie Jenkins hurled a four-hitter as the Rangers defeated the Royals, 4-1. The Rangers got three runs in the first inning. Mike Hargrove led off the game with a homer and Richie Zisk hit another homer after John Lowenstein singled. Bert Campaneris' sacrifice fly in the second drove in the Rangers' last tally. Willie Wilson doubled and scored on Hal McRae's single in the ninth to spoil Jenkins' shutout bid.

Indians 6, Blue Jays 5 at Toronto (day game):
The first career grand-slam homer by Paul Dade propelled the Indians to a 6-5 decision over the Blue Jays. The big blast came with one out in the fourth and the Tribe trailing, 3-2. Willie Horton and Horace Speed singled and Duane Kuiper beat out an infield hit before Dade lashed a 1-2 pitch into the left field seats.

Braves 3, Giants 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Phil Niekro pitched the Braves to a 3-1 triumph over the Giants, recording his 179th career victory and tying him with Lew Burdette as the Braves' winningest righthander since the turn of the century. The winning runs came in the fourth inning. Brian Asselstine singled and scored on Jeff Burroughs' double. Burroughs then counted on Biff Pocoroba's single. The other Brave run came in the second when Burroughs doubled, moved to third on an infield out and scored on Dale Murphy's sacrifice fly. The Giants' only tally was unearned and was doubled home by Bill Madiock after Darrell Evans walked and went to second on a passed ball.

Dodgers 4, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
A southpaw nemesis of the Reds, Tommy John upped his career record against the Cincy crew to 11-2 by hurling the Dodgers to a 4-2 victory. Bill Russell's sacrifice fly netted a first-inning run, Rick Monday singled home a second-inning run after singles by Ron Cey and Steve Garvey, and Dusty Baker added another in the third. Cey blasted solo a homer in the eighth. The Reds got a run in the first when Joe Morgan walked, stole second and scored on George Foster's single, and another in the eighth on a double by Pete Rose and triple by Ken Griffey.

Astros 4, Padres 3 at Houston (night game):
Mark Lemongello allowed only six hits in going the distance for the second time in four starts as the Astros downed the Padres, 4-3. A walk to Roger Metzger, Lemongello's sacrifice, Terry Puhl's single and Enos Cabell's groundout gave the Astros a run in the third inning. Houston broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth on a solo homer by Joe Ferguson, single by Metzger, a sacrifice and a single by Cabell. Their final tally came in the sixth when Jose Cruz singled, stole second and scored on Art Howe's single.

Cardinals 7, Expos 2 at Montreal (day game):
A four-run outburst in the seventh inning snapped a scoreless tie and enabled the Cardinals to down the Expos, 7-2, snapping the Montreal winning streak at five games. Ted Simmons led off the seventh with a single and Jerry Morales reached first safely when his sacrifice bunt was thrown to second too late to catch Simmons. After Lou Brock walked, Bill Atkinson relieved Hal Dues on the mound. Ken Reitz doubled to score two runs and another pair came home on a single by Mike Tyson. John Urrea got credit for his first victory of the season but lost the shutout in the ninth when the Expos scored twice on singles by Gary Carter and Chris Speier wrapped around an error and two infield outs. The game proved to be the swan song for Cardinal manager Vern Rapp, who was fired that evening.

Pirates 2, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
Notching his first major league victory, Don Robinson pitched the Pirates past the Mets, 2-1. The rookie righthander lost his shutout after failing to cover first on Lenny Randle's bunt in the eighth inning. Bobby Valentine's single moved Randle to third and Bruce Boisclair's sacrifice fly produced a run. The Pirates' runs came in the third when Frank Taveras and Dave Parker walked and Bill Robinson bounced a single over the third baseman's head. Taveras scored on the hit and Parker came around when left fielder Steve Henderson mishandled the ball.

Phillies 7, Cubs 0 at Philadelphia (night game):
The leader in career victories among the major leagues' active pitchers, Jim Kaat gave up only three hits in his first start of the season as the Phillies whitewashed the Cubs, 7-0. The victory was the southpaw's 254th and tied him for 23rd place on the all-time list with Urban Faber. Mike Schmidt's RBI double gave the Phils a run in the first inning and Kaat and Larry Bowa drove in second-inning runs.