MLB standings through games of May 15, 1978

MLB standings at the end of May 15, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	28	19	9	0	.679		155	107	7-5	12-4	6-4	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	34	22	12	0	.647		189	143	16-3	6-9	8-2	Lost 1
New York Yankees	30	18	12	0	.600	2.0	119	107	11-4	7-8	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	30	14	16	0	.467	6.0	127	129	7-4	7-12	5-5	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	31	14	17	0	.452	6.5	167	149	9-5	5-12	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	31	13	18	0	.419	7.5	132	174	6-9	7-9	4-6	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	31	12	19	0	.387	8.5	125	159	8-8	4-11	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	32	22	10	0	.688		108	96	13-5	9-5	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	31	19	12	0	.613	2.5	135	110	12-7	7-5	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	31	18	13	0	.581	3.5	136	130	11-3	7-10	4-6	Won 2
Texas Rangers	29	15	14	0	.517	5.5	113	118	10-6	5-8	6-4	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	36	12	24	0	.333	12.0	133	176	7-12	5-12	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	34	11	23	0	.324	12.0	154	170	4-10	7-13	3-7	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	28	9	19	0	.321	11.0	103	128	7-9	2-10	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	29	17	12	0	.586		147	106	13-6	4-6	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	31	17	14	0	.548	1.0	137	119	9-6	8-8	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	31	16	15	0	.516	2.0	116	133	6-7	10-8	4-6	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	31	14	17	0	.452	4.0	127	141	8-7	6-10	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	34	14	20	0	.412	5.5	120	140	5-10	9-10	4-6	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	34	14	20	0	.412	5.5	134	133	9-9	5-11	4-6	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	32	20	12	0	.625		117	108	10-6	10-6	9-1	Won 5
Cincinnati Reds	33	19	14	0	.576	1.5	171	158	10-7	9-7	5-5	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	33	19	14	0	.576	1.5	176	131	9-7	10-7	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	30	14	16	0	.467	5.0	110	125	8-5	6-11	5-5	Won 3
San Diego Padres	32	14	18	0	.438	6.0	104	128	8-7	6-11	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	30	12	18	0	.400	7.0	91	128	9-9	3-9	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 4, White Sox 1 at Chicago (night game):
Airtight relief pitching by Sparky Lyle highlighted the Yankees' 4-1 victory over the White Sox. Lyle took over from starter Jim Beattie with one out in the sixth after Bob Molinaro singled, Don Kessinger walked and Jorge Orta singled to drive in Molinaro with the Sox run. The ace lefty faced only 11 batters in giving up just two hits in 3 2/3 innings. The Yankees scored three runs in the fourth frame. Singles by Reggie Jackson, Lou Piniella, Chris Chambliss and Graig Nettles brought in one tally and a bases-loaded single by Bucky Dent produced two more. The final Yank run came in the fifth on Jackson's double and Piniella's RBI single.

A's 3, Indians 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Overcoming a 2-1 deficit, the A's pushed across two runs in the sixth inning and held on for a 3-2 decision over the Indians. The winning rally was triggered by a leadoff double by Wayne Gross. Gary Alexander followed with a single, moving Gross to third, and Alexander took second when the throw from the outfield went to the plate. Mike Edwards ran for Alexander and Jim Essian, who singled home the A's first run in the fourth frame, fouled out. Dennis Kinney replaced Rick Wise on the mound for the Tribe and Gary Thomasson, hitting .143, singled home Gross. Rookie Dwayne Murphy, hitting .059, then lifted a sacrifice fly to plate Edwards. Elias Sosa pitched the last inning for the A's to record his sixth save of the season.

Tigers 4, Mariners 2 at Detroit (night game):
Pitching his first complete game of the season and backed by Milt May's three-run homer, Jim Slaton hurled the Tigers to a 4-2 verdict over the Mariners. May's circuit clout came in the bottom of the fourth with the Tigers trailing, 2-1, and Rusty Staub and Jason Thompson on base. Thompson gave the Tigers their initial tally with an RBI single in the first. A pair of sacrifice flies sandwiched around two walks and a double by Bruce Bochte produced two Mariner runs in the fourth frame.

Royals 3, Red Sox 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Powerful pitching by rookie Rich Gale stopped the hard-hitting Red Sox and enabled the Royals to come away with a 3-1 triumph. The rookie righthander allowed only a single by Rick Burleson in the third and a single by Jerry Remy in the eighth. He set down 13 straight batters at one stage and ended hitting streaks of 11 games by Carl Yastrzemski and six games by Fred Lynn. Sox slugger Jim Rice failed to get the ball out of the infield in four appearances and struck out twice. The Sox run scored on a bases-loaded double-play ball. Clint Hurdle knocked in two K. C. runs with a double in the fourth inning and the Royals got another tally in the seventh on Burleson's error.

Twins 9, Orioles 6 at Minnesota (night game):
An intentional base on balls backfired as the Twins picked up a 9-6 triumph over the Orioles in the 10th inning. With the score tied, 6-6, and a runner on second with two out, Oriole reliever John Flinn issued an intentional walk to Rob Wilfong in order to pitch to Willie Norwood. Norwood spoiled the strategy by belting a three-run homer. The Twins had carried a 6-4 margin into the ninth chukker but the Birds tied it with one out when Pat Kelly drew a walk and Doug DeCinces homered into the bullpen for the first hit off rookie reliever Greg Thayer, who had come on in the sixth stanza. Newly-acquired Twin reliever Mike Marshall got credit for the win.

Rangers 8, Brewers 6 at Texas (night game):
Jim Sundberg, hitting in his 14th straight game, singled twice, doubled once, scored twice and drove in a run to spark the Rangers to an 8-6 victory over the Brewers. The Rangers scored in each of the first four innings. Sundberg singled in a tally in the first and Mike Hargrove's double plated two more in the second. A double by Juan Beniquez and sacrifice fly by Toby Harrah produced the Rangers' fourth and fifth runs of the game. The Texans scored two more in the fourth on a single by Sundberg, triple by Beniquez and single by Harrah. John Lowenstein hit a solo homer in the seventh.

Blue Jays 10, Angels 6 at Toronto (night game):
Sending 14 batters to the plate in a club-record nine-run uprising in the seventh inning, the Blue Jays prevailed over the Angels, 10-6. Trailing, 6-1, the Jays loaded the bases in their big inning on a walk to Rico Carty, single by Otto Velez and walk to Rick Cerone. Paul Hartzell, replacing Ken Brett on the mound for the Angels, walked in one run and was touched for a single by Sam Ewing. The rally continued with two errors, an RBI single by Rick Bosetti, RBI double by Bob Bailor, run-scoring single by Roy Howell, fielder's choice RBI by John Mayberry and run-producing single by Cerone. Carty scored two runs in the inning.

Astros 5, Phillies 0 at Houston (night game):
Gaining his second straight complete-game victory over the Phillies, J.R. Richard spun a two-hitter to carry the Astros to a 5-0 triumph. Bob Watson unloaded a two-run homer in the fourth inning after Cesar Cedeno walked. The first Astro run came in the opening frame on a single by Cedeno and double by Jose Cruz. A throwing error by catcher Bob Boone allowed two more runs to score in the fifth after the Astros loaded the bases with singles by Terry Puhl and Enos Cabell and a pass to Cedeno. Richard, who gave up only back-to-back singles by Richie Hebner and Garry Maddox in the fifth, struck out nine to run his league-leading total to 66.

Dodgers 7, Pirates 6 at Los Angeles (night game):
The fourth hit of game by Reggie Smith, a two-run double in the last of the ninth, gave the Dodgers a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Pirates. With one out in the ninth and the Pirates ahead, 6-4, pinch-hitter Manny Mota beat out a bunt and Vic Davalillo and Bill Russell singled for one run. Smith then hit an 0-1 pitch into the right field corner to win the game. The Pirates had built an early lead on the pair of two-run homers by Phil Garner and Willie Stargell. Stargell's blast capped a four-run seventh inning and gave him 1,307 career RBIs, moving him past Roberto Clemente into second place on the all-time Pirate RBI list behind Honus Wagner's 1,475 total.

Padres 4, Cardinals 3 at San Diego (night game):
A bases-loaded pinch-single by Jerry Turner with two out in the 14th inning lifted the Padres to a 4-3 win over the Cardinals, dealing the Cards their fifth straight loss. Reliever Pete Vuckovich entered the game in the last of the 14th and retired the first batter he faced, but then yielded a single to George Hendrick. Bill Almon forced Hendrick at second and advanced on a wild pitch. Gene Tenace and Rick Sweet drew walks to load the bases and Turner followed with the game-winning hit. A two-run homer by Gene Tenace and solo swat by Sweet -- his first major league round-tripper -- gave the Padres a 3-1 lead in the seventh. The Cardinals tied the game in the eighth as Ted Simmons singled home one tally and the tying marker scored on Dave Winfield's throwing error. Card starter Bob Forsch was forced to leave the game after five innings because of a pulled hanstring while in a scoreless duel with Gaylord Perry.