MLB standings through games of June 3, 1978

MLB standings at the end of June 3, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	52	36	16	0	.692		273	199	22-4	14-12	9-1	Won 2
New York Yankees	49	30	19	0	.612	4.5	210	167	16-7	14-12	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	49	27	22	0	.551	7.5	220	187	13-10	14-12	3-7	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	51	26	25	0	.510	9.5	193	233	12-12	14-13	7-3	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	47	23	24	0	.489	10.5	184	196	12-8	11-16	5-5	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	48	23	25	0	.479	11.0	233	217	13-10	10-15	4-6	Lost 4
Toronto Blue Jays	50	19	31	0	.380	16.0	193	252	13-14	6-17	4-6	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	49	28	21	0	.571		158	153	16-10	12-11	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	47	26	21	0	.553	1.0	219	204	15-9	11-12	7-3	Lost 2
California Angels	48	25	23	0	.521	2.5	201	199	16-11	9-12	3-7	Lost 7
Texas Rangers	48	24	24	0	.500	3.5	185	190	15-10	9-14	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	50	21	29	0	.420	7.5	228	231	7-13	14-16	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	47	19	28	0	.404	8.0	195	201	13-13	6-15	7-3	Won 7
Seattle Mariners	53	17	36	0	.321	13.0	203	266	11-19	6-17	1-9	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	46	26	20	0	.565		182	186	13-7	13-13	7-3	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	45	24	21	0	.533	1.5	210	167	17-7	7-14	5-5	Won 2
Montreal Expos	49	26	23	0	.531	1.5	216	180	15-12	11-11	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	52	24	28	0	.462	5.0	200	219	11-16	13-12	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	48	21	27	0	.438	6.0	180	213	11-10	10-17	4-6	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	52	19	33	0	.365	10.0	180	213	10-14	9-19	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	48	31	17	0	.646		188	154	17-7	14-10	7-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	51	32	19	0	.627	0.5	255	216	17-9	15-10	7-3	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	49	27	22	0	.551	4.5	248	193	15-9	12-13	3-7	Lost 3
Houston Astros	48	22	26	0	.458	9.0	172	186	16-12	6-14	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	49	22	27	0	.449	9.5	169	201	13-10	9-17	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	47	18	29	0	.383	12.5	151	223	12-12	6-17	4-6	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 5, Angels 4 at California (night game):
Leading off the ninth inning, Fred Lynn smashed a homer to give the Red Sox a 5-4 victory and hand the Angels their seventh straight defeat. The Red Sox won with only six hits against 12 for the Angels. In the fourth inning, when the Red Sox posted three runs, Carlton Fisk scored on the front end of a double steal with Lynn. After the Angels picked up a pair of singletons, Butch Hobson made it 4-2 with a homer in the seventh, but Don Baylor tied the score in the eighth, hitting for the circuit with a man on base.

Twins 9, Tigers 2 at Detroit (day game):
Rookie third baseman Larry Wolfe hit the first two homers of his major league career, plus a single, and drove in five runs as the Twins defeated the Tigers, 9-2. Wolfe singled home the Twins' initial run in the second inning and scored himself on a double by Roy Smalley. Wolfe then broke a 2-2 tie with a homer in the fourth and added his other round-tripper with a man on base in the eighth. Dave Goltz, starting for only the second time since April 21 after suffering a cracked rib and a blister on his pitching hand, hurled the route and limited the Tigers to five hits.

White Sox 9, Royals 5 at Kansas City (night game):
A six-run outburst in the fourth inning carried the White Sox past the Royals, 9-5, for their seventh straight victory. Greg Pryor and Thad Bosley opened the big stanza with singles and Ralph Garr sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Jorge Orta, Jim Breazeale knocked in two runs with a single and Chet Lemon plated another pair with a double. Lamar Johnson then walked and Don Kessinger tripled for two more runs.

Indians 6, Brewers 4 at Milwaukee (day game):
Homers by Rick Manning and Andre Thornton in the third inning enabled the Indians to defeat the Brewers, 6-4. The Indians were leading, 2-1, going into the third and clinched the outcome when Manning homered and, after Buddy Bell was safe on an error by Robin Yount, Thornton also hit for the circuit. Gorman Thomas had a homer for the Brewers.

A's 5, Yankees 1 at Oakland (day game):
Backed by three homers, Matt Keough was able to pitch the A's to a 5-1 victory over the Yankees. Gary Thomasson started the A's barrage with a two-run blow off Andy Messersmith in the fifth inning. Mitchell Page and Dave Revering then hit back-to-back homers in the sixth. Keough allowed only four hits and did not issue a pass in pitching the first complete game of his major league career. The Yankees scored their run in the eighth on a single by Graig Nettles and double by Jim Spencer.

Orioles 2, Mariners 1 at Seattle (night game):
Scott McGregor fell one out short of a complete game but was able to record his sixth straight victory when the Orioles used homers by Eddie Murray and Doug DeCinces to edge the Mariners, 2-1. Murray broke up McGregor's scoreless duel with Paul Mitchell by hitting for the circuit in the sixth inning. DeCinces connected in the ninth. With two out in the Mariners' half, Leroy Stanton homered and Ruppert Jones followed with a single. Don Stanhouse replaced McGregor and yielded a pinch-hit by John Hale. Tippy Martinez then took over and retired Bruce Bochte for his first save of the season. The defeat was the Mariners' sixth in succession.

Blue Jays 4, Rangers 3 at Toronto (night game):
A double by Rico Carty, who drove in two runs in the first inning, started the Blue Jays off to a 4-3 victory over the Rangers. The Blue Jays added a tainted tally on a double by Bob Bailor and wild throw by Toby Harrah in the third before scoring what proved to be their winning run in the eighth when Otto Velez walked and crossed the plate with two out on a single by Rick Cerone. Al Oliver batted in two of the Rangers' runs with a triple and homer.

Cubs 8, Braves 6 at Chicago (day game):
Fourteen pitchers paraded to the mound for a record-tying total in a game that saw the Cubs prevail over the Braves, 8-6. Each club used seven hurlers. Dave Kingman homered for the Cubs, who rallied for four runs in the seventh inning to gain their victory. Ivan DeJesus singled to start the stanza. Greg Gross hit a fly to center fielder Barry Bonnell, who dropped the ball for a two-base error. DeJesus scored on a single by Larry Biittner and Gre Gross came home on a wild pitch by Jamie Easterly to tie the score at 6-6. Following an intentional pass to Kingman, Bobby Murcer bunted safely to load the bases. Steve Ontiveros hit a sacrifice fly to put the Cubs ahead and Dave Rader singled to add an insurance run.

Reds 4, Pirates 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Playing before a capacity crowd of 50,152, the Reds got a decisive two-run double by Dave Concepcion in the sixth inning to defeat the Pirates, 4-3. Fred Norman, who started for the Reds, hit both Rennie Stennett and Manny Sanguillen with pitches in the second and yielded a run on a single by Steve Brye. George Foster homered in the Reds' half. Don Werner tripled in the fifth and Norman put himself ahead with a squeeze bunt. Concepcion's double in the sixth followed a single by Foster and pass to Dan Driessen. Norman was lifted in the eighth after Brye and Duffy Dyer singled. Frank Taveras drove them home with a two-out double off Dave Tomlin before Manny Sarmiento relieved and retired the last four straight batters.

[DH] Astros 5, Cardinals 2 (night game) / Cardinals 2, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
Making his first N. L. start, Pete Vuckovich pitched a five-hitter and posted a 2-1 victory to give the Cardinals a split of a twi-night doubleheader with the Astros, who won the first game, 5-2. Three unearned runs in the first inning enabled the Astros to gain their decision in the opener. With one out, Jimmy Sexton and Enos Cabell singled. Roger Freed, playing first base, dropped a foul by Bob Watson for an error. Getting new life at the plate, Watson walked. Sexton scored on a passed ball by Steve Swisher. After Jesus Alou flied out, Art Howe singled, driving in Cabell and Watson. In the nightcap, Ted Simmons homered for the Cards in the fourth and their other run followed in the fifth on a double by Jerry Morales, single by Ken Reitz and sacrifice fly by Mike Phillips. Ed Herrmann doubled for the Astros in the sixth and scored their run on an infield out and a sacrifice by Terry Puhl.

Expos 5, Giants 3 at Montreal (night game):
Helping himself by driving in two runs, Ross Grimsley became a nine-game winner, pitching the Expos to a 5-3 victory over the Giants. Grimsley got off to a shaky start in the first inning, giving up a two-run homer by Jack Clark, but Chris Speier got one run back with a round-tripper in the Expos' half. The Expos then forged ahead with three runs, two unearned, off Ed Halicki in the second. Singles by Gary Carter and Larry Parrish around a pass to Andre Dawson loaded the bases. Grimsley hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Carter, and when Clark's throw from the outfield went wild, Dawson also crossed the plate. Dave Cash hit a sacrifice fly to score Parrish. The Giants narrowed the gap to 4-3 with a run in the sixth, but in the Expos' half, Grimsley clinched his victory with a squeeze bunt that scored Carter, who had singled and gone to third on a single by Dawson.

Mets 3, Padres 2 at New York (night game):
Pat Zachry scored the deciding run on a balk in the Mets' 3-2 victory and gained his sixth career decision over the Padres without a defeat. With the score tied at 2-2, Zachry singled in the seventh inning, stopped at third on a double by Lee Mazzilli and trotted home when Bob Owchinko was called for a balk. Zachry, who struck out 10 for his career high, gave way in the eighth inning to Skip Lockwood, who received credit for his eighth save.

Phillies 5, Dodgers 1 at Philadelphia (day game):
Davey Johnson became the first pinch-hitter in major league history to deliver two grand slams in one season when he came off the bench in the ninth inning and hit a bases-loaded homer to lift the Phillies to a 5-1 victory over the Dodgers. Bob Boone homered for the Phils' initial run in the fifth and the Dodgers tied the score with a walk to Bill North, a wild pickoff throw by Larry Christenson, bunt by Bill Russell and sacrifice fly by Reggie Smith in the sixth. Don Sutton, who started for the Dodgers, became the club's all-time leader in innings pitched with a total of 3,119 before going out for a pinch-hitter in the eighth. With Terry Forster on the mound for the Dodgers, Garry Maddox opened the Phillies' ninth with a single and reached third on a wild pickoff throw. The Dodgers then passed both Greg Luzinski and Jerry Martin intentionally to load the bases and set the stage for Johnson's homer. He had hit his first slam as a pinch-hitter against the Padres April 30.