MLB standings through games of June 30, 1978

MLB standings at the end of June 30, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	75	52	23	0	.693		402	282	33-6	19-17	7-3	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	75	44	31	0	.587	8.0	389	315	26-15	18-16	7-3	Won 5
New York Yankees	75	43	32	0	.573	9.0	335	282	23-10	20-22	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	76	41	35	0	.539	11.5	302	341	19-14	22-21	2-8	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	74	36	38	0	.486	15.5	307	312	17-16	19-22	3-7	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	74	35	39	0	.473	16.5	287	303	22-16	13-23	7-3	Won 3
Toronto Blue Jays	74	26	48	0	.351	25.5	292	381	17-22	9-26	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Texas Rangers	74	39	35	0	.527		293	272	27-15	12-20	7-3	Lost 3
California Angels	76	40	36	0	.526		314	320	23-15	17-21	5-5	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	74	38	36	0	.514	1.0	324	305	23-13	15-23	3-7	Lost 4
Oakland A's	76	38	38	0	.500	2.0	243	269	23-16	15-22	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	74	34	40	0	.459	5.0	314	310	20-21	14-19	3-7	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	71	30	41	0	.423	7.5	316	330	11-18	19-23	4-6	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	78	27	51	0	.346	14.0	309	405	15-27	12-24	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	71	40	31	0	.563		313	252	28-9	12-22	8-2	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	73	38	35	0	.521	3.0	296	312	22-12	16-23	3-7	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	75	37	38	0	.493	5.0	299	273	21-18	16-20	4-6	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	35	38	0	.479	6.0	299	318	19-17	16-21	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	78	33	45	0	.423	10.5	289	331	16-24	17-21	3-7	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	77	30	47	0	.390	13.0	267	323	15-19	15-28	6-4	Won 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	76	47	29	0	.618		310	252	28-11	19-18	5-5	Lost 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	44	32	0	.579	3.0	370	292	24-13	20-19	7-3	Won 5
Cincinnati Reds	77	44	33	0	.571	3.5	337	313	22-13	22-20	3-7	Lost 5
San Diego Padres	76	37	39	0	.487	10.0	259	289	25-17	12-22	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	72	33	39	0	.458	12.0	274	288	23-17	10-22	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	74	31	43	0	.419	15.0	263	333	19-17	12-26	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 3, Red Sox 2 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles snapped out of their eight-game losing streak when Pat Kelly drove in a run with a single in the 11th inning to beat the Red Sox, 3-2. Luis Tiant, wthe inner of seven games, suffered his first loss. Fred Lynn homered for the Red Sox in the second, but the Orioles took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Rich Dauer walked and Eddie Murray hit for the circuit. Lynn singled in the sixth and, after a wild pitch, scored the tying run on a single by Dwight Evans. Mike Flanagan, who started for the Orioles, struck out 13 in nine innings, his career high, before yielding the mound to Don Stanhouse, who was the winner in the 11th when Dauer hit his second double in the game and scored on Kelly's single.

Angels 4, Rangers 2 at California (night game):
Taking over with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, Dave LaRoche struck out Mike Hargrove to save the Angels' 4-2 victory over the Rangers. Lyman Bostock drove in the Angels' first two runs with a pair of singles. The Angels then put over the deciding pair in the eighth on a single by Ron Jackson, pass to Merv Rettenmund, single by Rick Miller and sacrifice fly by Bobby Grich. In the Rangers' ninth, Don Aase departed with the bases loaded and Dyar Miller gave up a run-scoring single by John Ellis before LaRoche came in to strike out Mike Hargrove.

Yankees 10, Tigers 2 at New York (night game):
Reggie Jackson, who had been criticized by owner George Steinbrenner for his failure to hit in the clutch during the Yankee slump, smacked a grand-slam homer to lead the attack in a 10-2 victory over the Tigers. Jackson also drove in a run with a single in the second inning before connecting for his slam in the third after the Yankees loaded the bases on a walk to Graig Nettles, single by Chris Chambliss and error by Tigers' loser Steve Baker that permitted Lou Piniella to reach first.

A's 2, Royals 1 at Oakland (night game):
A homer by Mitchell Page in the seventh inning gave the A's a 2-1 victory over the Royals in a pitching duel between Matt Keough and Rich Gale. Keough scattered seven hits and could have posted a shutout except that his own error on a pickoff attempt and a wild pitch allowed the Royals to score an unearned run after Freddie Patek doubled in the second inning. The A's collected only five hits off Gale but tied the score with a double by Dave Revering and a single by Jeff Newman in the fifth before Page decided the outcome with his homer in the seventh.

Brewers 13, Mariners 3 at Seattle (night game):
Led by Larry Hisle, who collected four hits including two homers, and drove in five runs, the Brewers defeated the Mariners, 13-3, for their club record 21st victory in the month of June. A single by Hisle produced one of the Brewers' early runs as they built up a 5-1 lead before Leon Roberts homered for the Mariners in the fourth inning. The Brewers tacked on two runs in the fifth. Charlie Moore doubled and scored on a double by Paul Molitor, who then stole third and continued home on a wild throw by catcher Bob Stinson. Hisle hit his first homer of the game in the eighth and connected against Tom House with two men on base when the Brewers capped their scoring with five runs in the ninth.

Indians 3, Blue Jays 0 at Toronto (night game):
The Blue Jays' four-game winning streak, longest in club's two-year history, was stopped by Rick Wise, who yielded only four hits in pitching the Indians to a 3-0 victory. Horace Speed had a hand in all three runs, driving in two with a single and a triple and scoring the third after his triple on a groundout by Ted Cox.

[DH] Braves 10, Giants 9 (night game) / Braves 10, Giants 5 at Atlanta (night game):
Willie McCovey became the 12th player in major league history to reach a career total of 500 homers, but the Giants came out on the short end of slugfests and lost both games of a twi-night doubleheader to the Braves, 10-9 and 10-5. There were 10 homers in the twin bill, including five by the Giants in the opener. In addition to McCovey's milestone smash, Mike Ivie hit his second pinch-grand slam of the season, Jack Clark homered twice and Bill Madlock once. The Braves, who were trailing, 6-1, started their comeback with a homer by Jeff Burroughs in the sixth and rallied for four runs in the seventh, three scoring on a circuit clout by Darrel Chaney. Then, in the eighth, Rod Gilbreath and Gary Matthews drove in two runs apiece with bases-loaded singles, enabling the Braves to survive homers by Madlock and Clark in the ninth. In the nightcap, after Biff Pocoroba homered with two men on base in the first inning, the Braves clinched the decision in the fourth, sending 11 men to bat and scoring six runs, including three on a triple by Burroughs. Dale Murphy homered for the Braves in the eighth, while Clark hit his third of the night for the Giants.

[DH] Cubs 2, Phillies 0 (day game) / Phillies 6, Cubs 5 at Chicago (day game):
Making his first start since being recalled from Wichita (American Association), Mike Krukow pitched a three-hitter and Dave Kingman hit a two-run homer to carry the Cubs to a 2-0 victory in the first game of a doubleheader. The Phillies came back to win the second game, 6-5, with the help of a wild pitch by Bruce Sutter and an error by catcher Dave Rader on the same play in the ninth inning. Kingman's homer in the opener came in the first inning, following a single by Bobby Murcer. In the nightcap, the Phillies, who were trailing, 4-3, loaded the bases with one out in the ninth on a walk to Bob Boone, double by Bake McBride and intentional pass to Larry Bowa. Garry Maddox hit a score-tying sacrifice fly. Facing Greg Luzinski, Sutter uncorked his wild pitch, McBride scoring, and when Rader's throw to Sutter, covering the plate, went wild, Bowa counted what proved to be the winning run, offsetting a counter-rally that produced one run in the Cubs' half of the ninth inning.

[DH] Dodgers 5, Reds 3 (night game) / Dodgers 5, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
The slumping Reds dropped their fifth and sixth games in succession, losing to the Dodgers in a twi-night doubleheader, 5-3 and 5-2. The Reds jumped on Tommy John for three runs in the first inning of the opener on a walk to Pete Rose, doubles by Ken Griffey and Dave Concepcion and a single by George Foster, but their attack died for the rest of the game. The Dodgers were held in check by Paul Moskau until the seventh when they began turning on the power with a double by Reggie Smith and a homer by Steve Garvey. Then, in the eighth, Bill North walked and Davey Lopes and Ron Cey followed with homers. In the nightcap, Dusty Baker homered with a man on base and Cey accounted for two runs with a pair of sacrifice flies as the Dodgers completed the sweep. Rookie Bob Welch, who pitched six scoreless innings, was the winner. The Reds counted their runs off Terry Forster in the eighth, but both were unearned on an error by North.

Padres 5, Astros 2 at Houston (night game):
Capping a productive month, Dave Winfield drove in three runs, giving him 31 RBIs for June, to lead the Padres to a 5-2 victory over the Astros. Ozzie Smith went 4-for-4 and scored three of the Padres' runs. Winfield knocked in a pair with a single in the first inning. Fernando Gonzalez sent a run across with a double in the third and scored when Winfield singled again for his third RBI.

Cardinals 2, Expos 1 at Montreal (night game):
Although held to only three hits, all doubles, by Ross Grimsley, the Cardinals were able to defeat the Expos, 2-1, in 10 innings for their fourth straight victory. After Keith Hernandez walked with one out in seventh inning, Ted Simmons doubled for the first hit off Grimsley. Following an intentional pass to George Hendrick, Ken Reitz hit a sacrifice fly. Ellis Valentine tied the score with a homer off Bob Forsch in the seventh. Mike Tyson doubled in the eighth and was stranded, but his second two-bagger won the game in the 10th. It came on a hit-and-run after Steve Swisher walked and drove in Jerry Mumphrey, who ran for the slower-footed catcher.

Mets 6, Pirates 5 at Pittsburgh (night game):
After the Mets rallied for four runs in the ninth inning, right fielder Joel Youngblood saved the 6-5 victory by throwing out Dave Parker at the plate to cut off the Pirate comeback. The Mets began their uprising in the ninth with a double by John Stearns and a single by pinch-hitter Ed Kranepool, tying the score at 3-3. Lenny Randle tripled, driving in the go-ahead marker. Youngblood delivered a pinch-single, scoring Randle. Youngblood moved to second on an infield out by Lee Mazzilli and counted on a single by Steve Henderson. In the Pirates' half, Parker tripled home two runs, but Youngblood, who went to right field after his pinch-hitting chore, nailed Parker at the plate when he attempted to score after a fly by Bill Robinson.