MLB standings through games of May 28, 1978

MLB standings at the end of May 28, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	47	32	15	0	.681		251	184	20-3	12-12	8-2	Won 6
New York Yankees	43	28	15	0	.651	2.0	201	152	16-5	12-10	8-2	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	43	24	19	0	.558	6.0	201	163	10-7	14-12	2-8	Lost 6
Milwaukee Brewers	42	22	20	0	.524	7.5	216	190	12-7	10-13	7-3	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	45	21	24	0	.467	10.0	169	213	12-12	9-12	6-4	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	43	20	23	0	.465	10.0	166	183	11-7	9-16	4-6	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	45	16	29	0	.356	15.0	176	237	11-14	5-15	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	43	25	18	0	.581		192	158	16-9	9-9	6-4	Lost 2
Oakland A's	45	26	19	0	.578		145	145	15-9	11-10	4-6	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	42	23	19	0	.548	1.5	187	185	12-7	11-12	5-5	Won 4
Texas Rangers	42	22	20	0	.524	2.5	162	166	13-8	9-12	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	44	17	27	0	.386	8.5	198	208	7-13	10-14	6-4	Lost 3
Seattle Mariners	48	17	31	0	.354	10.5	188	228	11-17	6-14	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	42	14	28	0	.333	10.5	151	191	10-13	4-15	3-7	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	41	24	17	0	.585		165	159	11-7	13-10	8-2	Won 8
Montreal Expos	44	22	22	0	.500	3.5	186	164	11-11	11-11	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	40	20	20	0	.500	3.5	190	158	13-6	7-14	3-7	Lost 1
New York Mets	46	22	24	0	.478	4.5	178	191	9-12	13-12	7-3	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	43	20	23	0	.465	5.0	169	195	11-10	9-13	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	45	15	30	0	.333	11.0	154	190	10-14	5-16	1-9	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	43	28	15	0	.651		170	142	17-7	11-8	7-3	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	46	28	18	0	.609	1.5	228	198	15-9	13-9	7-3	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	44	25	19	0	.568	3.5	225	173	13-8	12-11	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	44	20	24	0	.455	8.5	151	174	13-10	7-14	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	42	19	23	0	.452	8.5	162	172	13-9	6-14	3-7	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	42	17	25	0	.405	10.5	131	193	11-10	6-15	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Indians 4, Orioles 3 (day game) / Orioles 3, Indians 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Jim Palmer won the 200th game of his career, pitching the Orioles to a 3-0 victory in the nightcap of a doubleheader, after the Indians took the opener, 4-3, in 10 innings. Carlos Lopez hit a two-run homer for the Orioles in the third inning of the lidlifter, but the Indians were leading, 3-2, before the Orioles tied the score in the sixth on a single by Ken Singleton and double by Lee May. In the 10th, Jim Norris drew a walk, raced to second on Buddy Bell's third single of the game and scored the Indians' winning run on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Grubb. Palmer's shutout in the nightcap was his second straight and third of the season. The Orioles put Palmer ahead in the fourth inning when Singleton and Eddie Murray singled and both scored on a double by Doug DeCinces. Billy Smith drove in an extra counter with a double in the seventh.

[DH] Red Sox 4, Tigers 3 (day game) / Red Sox 4, Tigers 3 at Boston (day game):
The Red Sox, who have been almost invincible at Fenway Park this season, swept a doubleheader with the Tigers by identical scores of 4-3 to bring their home record to 20 victories in 23 games. The opener was decided in 10 innings on a homer by Jim Rice. Ron LeFlore and Jason Thompson rapped round-trippers to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead, but the Red Sox tied the score in the eighth on a single by Carl Yastrzemski, double by Carlton Fisk and infield hit for Fred Lynn before Rice smashed his 18th homer of the season in the 10th. In the nightcap, the Red Sox took a 3-1 lead in the fourth on a two-run drive by Dwight Evans. The Tigers came back with the tying pair in the seventh when Thompson singled, Steve Kemp tripled and Tim Corcoran singled. The Red Sox then posted their deciding tally in the home half on a triple by Jerry Remy and sacrifice fly by Lynn.

Brewers 6, Angels 3 at California (day game):
Although tagged for three homers in one inning, Andy Replogle survived and gained credit for his third straight victory when the Brewers defeated the Angels, 6-3. With one out in the second, Don Baylor homered to start the Angels' barrage and, after two out, Carney Lansford and Rance Mulliniks connected for the circuit on consecutive pitches. Nolan Ryan, pitching for the Angels, allowed only one hit and held a 3-1 lead before the fireballer gave up two walks and a single by Charlie Moore for a run in the seventh. With a count of two balls on Paul Molitor, Ryan was lifted in favor of Paul Hartzell. Molitor welcomed the change with a single, driving in the tying run. Robin Yount followed with a single, scoring Moore, and when Lyman Bostock misplayed the ball in center field, Molitor also crossed the plate.

[DH] White Sox 3, A's 2 (day game) / White Sox 4, A's 0 at Chicago (day game):
The White Sox snapped out of their six-game losing streak by sweeping a doubleheader with the A's, 3-2 and 4-0. The A's, who were held to four hits in the opener, managed only two more while being shut out by Francisco Barrios in the nightcap. Jorge Orta produced the deciding run for the White Sox in the first game by hitting a homer in the eighth inning. The A's, scoreless on two hits through the first eight frames, rallied in the ninth, putting their first two men on base against Ken Kravec when Jim Essian walked and Steve Staggs singled. Lerrin LaGrow, in relief, allowed two runs to score on a single by Jeff Newman and infield out by Mitchell Page. After Glenn Burke walked, Jim Willoughby took over and saved the game by inducing Mario Guerrero to ground into a double play.

Royals 8, Twins 7 at Minnesota (day game):
After failing to hold a 7-2 lead, the Royals finally gained victory in 12 innings when Al Cowens singled with one out and Frank White doubled with two away to defeat the Twins, 8-7. Amos Otis drove in three runs with a pair of doubles.

[DH] Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3 (day game) / Yankees 6, Blue Jays 5 at New York (day game):
After Ron Guidry won the opening game, 5-3, for his seventh straight victory, the Yankees were extended to 13 innings before beating the Blue Jays, 6-5, to complete the sweep of a doubleheader. The Blue Jays held a 3-2 lead against Guidry before the Yankees rallied for two runs in the seventh inning. Mickey Rivers continued his productive batting with a two-run homer in the third inning of the nightcap. The game was forced into overtime when Willie Upshaw tied the score at 5-5 with his first homer of the season for the Blue Jays in the ninth. In the 13th, Mickey Stanley walked, took third on a single by Rivers and scored the Yankees' winning run on a single by Willie Randolph.

Braves 5, Phillies 3 at Atlanta (day game):
The Braves bunched four singles with a walk for three runs in the second inning and defeated the Phillies, 5-3. Dale Murphy, leading off the stanza, beat out a chopper to Mike Schmidt and continued to second on the third baseman's wild throw. Barry Bonnell singled, scoring Murphy. After a two-out walk to Darrel Chaney, successive singles by Jerry Royster and Brian Asselstine added two runs. Jeff Burroughs homered in the fifth. Garry Maddox scored for the Phillies in the second and drove in two runs with a single in the ninth before the Phillies' rally died.

Mets 4, Astros 1 at Houston (day game):
The five-hit pitching of Nino Espinosa enabled the Mets to defeat the Astros, 4-1. Doug Flynn drove in the Mets' first run and their last with a pair of singles. In between, the Mets counted twice in the fifth inning. Espinosa doubled, stopped at third on a single by Lee Mazzilli and scored on a single by Elliott Maddox. Mazzilli took third and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Bruce Boisclair. Cesar Cedeno homered for the Astros' run. Terry Puhl, who had hit safely in 18 games, was stopped in four trips.

Pirates 5, Expos 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Coming out of the bullpen, Jim Bibby made his first start of the season and pitched the Pirates to a 5-2 victory over the Expos. Bibby gave up the Expos' pair in the first inning, but the Pirates came right back to tie the score in their half, one run coming on John Milner's first homer of the season. Frank Taveras beat out a bunt in the third and stole second. Milner walked. Rennie Stennett singled, driving in Taveras, and when the ball went through Andre Dawson in center field, Milner also crossed the plate. Taveras batted in the final marker with a sacrifice fly in the fourth.

Padres 3, Reds 1 at San Diego (day game):
With a helping hand from Rollie Fingers, who retired the last two batters, Randy Jones pitched the Padres to a 3-1 victory over the Reds. The Padres started the scoring with a run in the first inning on a double by Ozzie Smith, sacrifice by Derrel Thomas and infield hit by Oscar Gamble. Their winning margin went up on the scoreboard in the fourth. Gamble doubled and scored when Junior Kennedy muffed a grounder by Dave Winfield. Winfield took second on the error and came around on a single by Bill Almon. Jones was lifted in the ninth after Kennedy singled and George Foster doubled for the Reds' run.

Giants 6, Dodgers 5 at San Francisco (day game):
The largest crowd in San Francisco history. 56,103, turned out on Jacket Day and watched the Giants defeat the Dodgers, 6-5, with the aid of a grand slam by pinch-hitter Mike Ivie. The Dodgers took a 3-0 lead before the Giants rallied for five runs in the sixth inning. After Darrell Evans drove in one run with a single, Ivie came up as a pinch-hitter for Vic Harris and hit his bases-loaded homer off Don Sutton. The Dodgers pulled even with a two-run drive by Reggie Smith in the seventh, but Terry Whitfield rapped his third double and fourth hit of the game in the Giants' half and scored the winning run on a single by Evans.

Cubs 2, Cardinals 0 at St. Louis (day game):
Dave Kingman drove in two runs with a single and Ray Burris allowed just two hits as the Cubs defeated the Cardinals, 2-0, in a game stopped by rain after one out in the top half of the sixth inning. The Cubs struck for their runs in the first. Greg Gross was credited with a hit on a grounder off the glove of Garry Templeton. Bill Buckner bounced to Keith Hernandez, who threw to second in an attempt to force Gross, but Templeton muffed the ball for his 17th error of the season. The runners advanced an extra base and both scored on Kingman's single.