MLB standings at the end of May 8, 1978

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Detroit Tigers	23	17	6	0	.739		125	85	5-2	12-4	7-3	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	28	18	10	0	.643	1.5	167	126	15-3	3-7	7-3	Won 6
New York Yankees	25	15	10	0	.600	3.0	95	89	10-4	5-6	8-2	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	25	12	13	0	.480	6.0	143	121	9-3	3-10	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	24	10	14	0	.417	7.5	105	113	3-2	7-12	3-7	Lost 3
Baltimore Orioles	25	10	15	0	.400	8.0	108	146	5-8	5-7	5-5	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	26	8	18	0	.308	10.5	94	140	4-7	4-11	3-7	Lost 5

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Oakland A's	26	19	7	0	.731		91	66	13-5	6-2	6-4	Lost 2
California Angels	26	17	9	0	.654	2.0	114	86	12-7	5-2	6-4	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	26	15	11	0	.577	4.0	114	108	8-2	7-9	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	23	11	12	0	.478	6.5	82	97	8-4	3-8	8-2	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	31	11	20	0	.355	10.5	114	147	7-12	4-8	5-5	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	29	10	19	0	.345	10.5	138	144	3-8	7-11	4-6	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	23	7	16	0	.304	10.5	86	108	5-6	2-10	2-8	Lost 4

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Philadelphia Phillies	22	14	8	0	.636		129	83	10-3	4-5	8-2	Won 3
Montreal Expos	24	14	10	0	.583	1.0	115	95	7-3	7-7	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	24	12	12	0	.500	3.0	102	112	8-7	4-5	5-5	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	25	12	13	0	.480	3.5	83	105	6-7	6-6	4-6	Lost 4
St. Louis Cardinals	26	12	14	0	.462	4.0	106	96	9-9	3-5	6-4	Won 2
New York Mets	29	12	17	0	.414	5.5	96	117	5-8	7-9	3-7	Won 1

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Los Angeles Dodgers	26	16	10	0	.615		142	95	6-3	10-7	5-5	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	28	16	12	0	.571	1.0	152	138	9-7	7-5	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	25	14	11	0	.560	1.5	82	83	4-5	10-6	7-3	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	25	10	15	0	.400	5.5	77	110	8-8	2-7	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	25	10	15	0	.400	5.5	87	113	7-5	3-10	3-7	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	25	10	15	0	.400	5.5	79	103	4-4	6-11	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 8, Royals 4 at Boston (night game):
Posting their sixth straight victory, the Red Sox thumped the Royals, 8-4. The Sox jumped to a four-run first-inning lead on a single by Jerry Remy, double by Jim Rice, Carl Yastrzemski's sacrifice fly, an error by Freddie Patek that scored Rice, and a two-run single by Dwight Evans. The Royals came back with three in the third but the Sox added a fourth-inning run on Fred Lynn's homer The Bosox iced the game in the seventh when Bernie Carbo drew a leadoff walk and, with two out, Rice was walked intentionally. Al Hrabosky replaced Dennis Leonard and Yastrzemski hit the reliever's second pitch into the right field bullpen for a home run. Bob Stanley, who came on for Bosox starter Luis Tiant after the latter pulled a hamstring in his right leg, hurled the final seven frames to get the win. The Royals twice employed a four-outfielder shift against Rice. In the third inning, Rice flied out to center field against the shift and in the fifth he hit a pop fly that fell for a single behind confused shortstop Patek.

Mets 3, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Pinch-hitter Bruce Boisclair's single off shortstop Dave Concepcion's glove scored Lenny Randle from second base in the 10th inning to give the Mets a 3-2 triumph over the Reds. Randle opened the 10th by drawing a walk and moved to second on Lee Mazzilli's sacrifice bunt. Boisclair, batting for winning pitcher Skip Lockwood, followed with the game-winning hit. The Mets had tied the score in the 9th on singles by Elliott Maddox, Steve Henderson and John Stearns. The Reds' two runs came in the fifth on a solo homer by Dan Driessen and infield out by Don Werner. Singles by Doug Flynn, Mike Bruhert and Mazzilli gave the Mets a run in the third inning.