MLB standings through games of April 29, 1978

MLB standings at the end of April 29, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	17	13	4	0	.765		94	70	5-2	8-2	8-2	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	19	11	8	0	.579	3.0	115	97	8-2	3-6	5-5	Lost 3
New York Yankees	18	9	9	0	.500	4.5	61	63	5-3	4-6	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	19	9	10	0	.474	5.0	117	102	6-1	3-9	3-7	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	18	8	10	0	.444	5.5	84	77	3-2	5-8	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	18	7	11	0	.389	6.5	72	103	4-5	3-6	4-6	Won 2
Toronto Blue Jays	20	7	13	0	.350	7.5	73	100	4-7	3-6	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	20	15	5	0	.750		71	50	9-3	6-2	8-2	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	18	13	5	0	.722	1.0	85	63	7-2	6-3	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	20	14	6	0	.700	1.0	77	54	9-4	5-2	7-3	Won 3
Texas Rangers	18	8	10	0	.444	6.0	65	82	7-4	1-6	6-4	Won 5
Chicago White Sox	17	6	11	0	.353	7.5	70	79	5-5	1-6	2-8	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	23	8	15	0	.348	8.5	102	104	3-7	5-8	2-8	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	25	7	18	0	.280	10.5	80	122	3-10	4-8	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	16	9	7	0	.562		79	55	6-3	3-4	5-5	Won 2
Montreal Expos	18	10	8	0	.556		76	73	6-3	4-5	6-4	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	17	9	8	0	.529	0.5	75	79	5-3	4-5	7-3	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	19	10	9	0	.526	0.5	63	79	5-3	5-6	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	21	9	12	0	.429	2.5	59	74	4-8	5-4	3-7	Lost 6
St. Louis Cardinals	19	8	11	0	.421	2.5	82	84	5-6	3-5	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	19	13	6	0	.684		112	69	6-3	7-3	7-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	20	13	7	0	.650	0.5	115	87	6-3	7-4	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	21	10	11	0	.476	4.0	80	94	7-4	3-7	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	19	9	10	0	.474	4.0	65	68	4-5	5-5	3-7	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	18	7	11	0	.389	5.5	56	69	4-4	3-7	5-5	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	19	6	13	0	.316	7.0	52	83	4-6	2-7	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 5, Blue Jays 0 at California (night game):
After failing to win in his four previous starts, Nolan Ryan fired a two-hitter, struck out 11 and pitched the Angels to a 5-0 victory over the Blue Jays. The shutout was the 35th of Ryan's career and the two-hitter was his 12th to go along with four no-hitters and five one-hitters. The Angels decided the outcome quickly when Rick Miller walked and Ron Fairly homered in the first inning.

Orioles 5, White Sox 2 at Chicago (night game):
A homer by Lee May for the 1,700th hit of his major league career broke a 2-2 tie and led the Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the White Sox. After May's blow in the sixth inning, the Orioles went on to clinch their decision in the same stanza with two more runs on singles by Carlos Lopez and Doug DeCinces, an infield out by Rick Dempsey and single by Billy Smith.

Royals 11, Brewers 2 at Kansas City (night game):
With three hits apiece, Willie Wilson and Hal McRae led the Royals' attack in an 11-2 victory over the Brewers. McRae, who rapped a triple and two singles, drove in three runs. Wilson scored four times after reaching base on three singles and a walk.

Twins 3, Yankees 1 at Minnesota (day game):
Allowing only five singles, Geoff Zahn pitched the Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Yankees. After Reggie Jackson bunted safely and Lou Piniella beat out infield hit in the second inning, Zahn retired 19 straight batters before the Yanks scored in the eighth on singles by Cliff Johnson and Paul Blair and a double by Bucky Dent.

A's 5, Indians 1 at Oakland (day game):
A .259 career batter, Mario Guerrero rapped two singles in five trips, raising his current average to .349, as the A's defeated the Indians, 5-1. Guerrero drove in four runs. Buddy Bell hit a single, double and triple to account for half of the Indians' hits off Pete Broberg.

Tigers 5, Mariners 0 at Seattle (night game):
The Mariners collected seven hits off Dave Rozema but failed to score and suffered their sixth shutout in 25 games this season, losing to the Tigers, 5-0. The Tigers picked up two unearned runs in first the inning, added a pair when Steve Kemp walked and Milt May homered in the fourth and wrapped up their scoring with singles by Ron LeFlore, Rusty Staub and Jason Thompson in the seventh. Craig Reynolds rapped three singles for the Mariners and set a club record with six consecutive hits over a three-game span before ending his streak with a groundout in the eighth inning.

Rangers 4, Red Sox 1 at Texas (night game):
A safe squeeze bunt by Jim Sundberg opened the way for the Rangers to defeat the Red Sox, 4-1, for their fifth straight victory. The Red Sox scored in the sixth inning on a walk to Butch Hobson and singles by Dwight Evans and Rick Burleson. In the Rangers' half, Richie Zisk singled, took second on an infield out by Toby Harrah and stopped at third on a single by Bump Wills. Sundberg then laid down his bunt to score Zisk. Bert Campaneris followed with a single, driving in Wills. The Rangers iced the decision with two more runs on a double by Mike Hargrove in the eighth.

Braves 5, Cubs 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Phil Niekro posted the 180th victory of his career and helped get it by driving in two runs with a single in the third inning when the Braves did all their scoring to defeat the Cubs, 5-0. Jerry Royster singled to touch off the Braves' outburst and Barry Bonnell was safe on an error by Manny Trillo. When the runners worked a double steal, Royster scored on a wild throw by catcher Dave Rader. Singles by Jeff Burroughs, Cito Gaston, Dale Murphy and Niekro followed to kayo Woodie Fryman.

Astros 3, Expos 1 at Houston (night game):
Playing before a Jacket Night crowd of 46,210, Houston's largest turnout since August 7, 1968, the Astros got three-hit pitching from Joaquin Andujar and a two-run homer from Bob Watson to defeat the Expos, 3-1.

Reds 14, Mets 7 at New York (day game):
In a fantastic day at the plate, Pete Rose smashed three homers in one game for the first time in his 16-year career and also singled twice in six trips as the Reds overwhelmed the Mets, 14-7. Rose's splurge raised his career hit total to 2,996. The Mets capitalized on Doug Capilla's wildness to score four runs in the first inning. After Dan Driessen homered for the Reds in the second, the Mets made it 6-1 in the third, but Cincy's big guns began blasting away to pile up 20 hits, including Rose's three homers and one each by Cesar Geronimo and Ken Griffey. Geronimo led off the fourth with his round-tripper and, after Dave Collins was retired as a pinch-hitter for Dale Murray, Rose and Griffey hit for the circuit on consecutive pitches thrown by Nino Espinosa.

Phillies 7, Padres 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
Garry Maddox, Bob Boone and Bake McBride each drove in two runs as the Phillies used a pair of big innings to defeat the Padres, 7-2. Larry Bowa tripled in the first and after two walks loaded the bases, Maddox batted in two runs with a single and Boone added a counter with another single. Boone picked up his second RBI with a double in the fifth, Lonborg walked with the bases loaded and McBride capped the Phillies' scoring with a two-run single.

Pirates 6, Giants 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Rookie Don Robinson scattered five hits and gained his second straight complete-game victory when the Pirates defeated the Giants, 6-2. Dave Parker extended his batting streak to 12 games with a triple and single, driving in two runs, and Mario Mendoza smashed his first major league homer in the Pirates' attack. Bill Madlock batted in the Giants' pair with a double.

Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Although held to two hits, the Cardinals took advantage of a wild pitch by Burt Hooton to defeat the Dodgers, 1-0, and provide Ken Boyer with a victory in his debut as their new manager. Keith Hernandez singled in the seventh inning and took second when a pitch by Hooton skipped past catcher Steve Yeager. After Ted Simmons grounded out, sending Hernandez to third, the Dodgers walked Jerry Morales intentionally, hoping to set up a double play, but Ken Reitz foiled the move with a sacrifice fly. Eric Rasmussen shut out the Dodgers on four hits. The fast game took only one hour, 33 minutes.