MLB standings through games of July 1, 1978

MLB standings at the end of July 1, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	76	52	24	0	.684		404	285	33-6	19-18	6-4	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	76	45	31	0	.592	7.0	393	315	26-15	19-16	7-3	Won 6
New York Yankees	76	43	33	0	.566	9.0	339	290	23-11	20-22	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	77	42	35	0	.545	10.5	305	343	20-14	22-21	2-8	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	75	37	38	0	.493	14.5	315	316	17-16	20-22	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	75	35	40	0	.467	16.5	290	312	22-16	13-24	6-4	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	75	27	48	0	.360	24.5	301	384	18-22	9-26	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Texas Rangers	75	40	35	0	.533		299	275	27-15	13-20	7-3	Won 1
California Angels	77	40	37	0	.519	1.0	317	326	23-16	17-21	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	75	38	37	0	.507	2.0	326	309	23-13	15-24	3-7	Lost 5
Oakland A's	77	39	38	0	.506	2.0	247	271	24-16	15-22	6-4	Won 4
Chicago White Sox	75	34	41	0	.453	6.0	314	320	20-21	14-20	3-7	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	72	31	41	0	.431	7.5	326	330	12-18	19-23	4-6	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	79	27	52	0	.342	15.0	309	409	15-28	12-24	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	72	41	31	0	.569		315	253	28-9	13-22	8-2	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	74	38	36	0	.514	4.0	297	314	22-13	16-23	3-7	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	76	38	38	0	.500	5.0	302	275	22-18	16-20	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	36	38	0	.486	6.0	300	318	20-17	16-21	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	79	33	46	0	.418	11.5	289	332	16-24	17-22	3-7	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	78	30	48	0	.385	14.0	269	326	15-19	15-29	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	77	48	29	0	.623		325	256	28-11	20-18	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	77	45	32	0	.584	3.0	372	292	24-13	21-19	8-2	Won 6
Cincinnati Reds	78	44	34	0	.564	4.5	337	315	22-14	22-20	2-8	Lost 6
San Diego Padres	78	38	40	0	.487	10.5	270	301	25-17	13-23	7-3	Won 1
Houston Astros	74	34	40	0	.459	12.5	286	299	24-18	10-22	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	75	31	44	0	.413	16.0	267	348	19-18	12-26	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 3, Red Sox 2 at Baltimore (night game):
For the second straight night, the Orioles edged the Red Sox in an 11-inning game when a single by Larry Harlow scored Terry Crowley to produce a 3-2 victory. The Red Sox entered the scoring column first with a run in the fifth on singles by Dwight Evans and Jack Brohamer, together with a forceout by Rick Burleson. Andres Mora singled and Doug DeCinces homered to put the Orioles ahead in the fifth. The Red Sox rallied to tie the score in the ninth when Evans walked and Brohamer and Burleson singled. In the 11th, DeCinces walked and Crowley singled. After an intentional pass to Elrod Hendricks, Lee May was retired, but Harlow ended the game with his winning single.

Rangers 6, Angels 3 at California (night game):
Batting only .207 going into the game, Toby Harrah drove in three runs with a pair of singles as the Rangers posted a 6-3 victory to disappoint the Angels' largest crowd of the season, 41,632. Harrah also starred defensively at second base, starting three double plays. Harrah batted in one of the Rangers' two runs in the first inning and then broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run single in the fifth. Richie Zisk homered in the seventh.

Twins 10, White Sox 0 at Minnesota (day game):
Dave Goltz pitched a six-hitter as the Twins romped to a 10-0 victory to ruin the debut of Larry Doby as manager of the White Sox, succeeding Bob Lemon. The Twins piled up 15 hits, with every batter in the lineup participating.

Tigers 8, Yankees 4 at New York (day game):
Capitalizing on the wildness of Andy Messersmith and Ken Clay, who walked eight batters between them in the first 2 2/3 innings, the Tigers defeated the Yankees, 8-4. Lou Whitaker drove in three runs with two singles and Rusty Staub accounted for two with a pair of doubles as the Tigers built up a 6-0 lead. Staub added his third RBI of the game with a single in the seventh. Gary Thomasson hit his first homer for the Yankees with two men on base in the eighth.

A's 4, Royals 2 at Oakland (day game):
After going without a victory since May 21, John Henry Johnson extended the A's winning streak to four games by pitching a five-hitter and defeating the Royals, 4-2. The loss was the Royals' fifth straight. The A's nicked Leonard for two runs in the fourth inning on singles by Mitchell Page and Dave Revering, a sacrifice, an infield out by Glenn Burke and a single by Jeff Newman. Their other pair counted in the sixth on a single by Taylor Duncan, a sacrifice, a double by Newman and a single by Mike Edwards. A triple by Frank White and single by Freddie Patek produced one run for the Royals in the fifth. Their other tally in the eighth was unearned.

Brewers 4, Mariners 0 at Seattle (night game):
While Lary Sorensen notched his 11th victory with a seven-hit shutout, the Brewers made the most of five hits off Paul Mitchell and defeated the Mariners, 4-0. Singles by Larry Hisle and Sixto Lezcano around a walk to Ben Oglivie produced the Brewers' initial run in the second inning. Lezcano made it 2-0 with a homer in the seventh before the Brewers went on to add two more tallies, both unearned, in the same stanza.

Blue Jays 9, Indians 3 at Toronto (day game):
Rico Carty batted in two runs with a pair of sacrifice flies and knocked in two more with a single to lead the Blue Jays to a 9-3 victory over the Indians. Carty hit his first sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the first inning and Otto Velez followed with a two-run double. Carty lofted another scoring fly in the third. After the Indians cut the deficit to 4-3 in the eighth, the Blue Jays erupted for five runs in their half. Sam Ewing accounted for two with a pinch-homer and Carty drove in two with his single.

Giants 15, Braves 4 at Atlanta (night game):
A three-run double by Terry Whitfield, plus homers by Willie McCovey and Jack Clark, helped power the Giants to a 15-4 trouncing of the Braves. McCovey hit his homer, No. 501 of the veteran's career, with a man on base in the first inning. The Giants then erupted for eight runs in a fifth inning outburst that was capped by Whitfield's bases-loaded double. Piling it on, the Giants scored five additional runs in the eighth, two on a double by Larry Herndon and three on Clark's fourth homer in three games against the Braves.

Phillies 2, Cubs 1 at Chicago (day game):
Three innings of perfect relief work by Ron Reed, who struck out five batters, enabled the Phillies to defeat the Cubs, 2-1. The Phillies scored an unearned run off Dennis Lamp in the second and got their deciding tally when Bob Boone homered in the fifth. The Cubs' run off Randy Lerch counted on singles by Bobby Murcer, Manny Trillo and Mike Vail in the sixth.

Dodgers 2, Reds 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Shackled on six hits by Rick Rhoden, the Reds lost to the Dodgers, 2-0, for their sixth straight defeat. While losing for the eighth time in the last 10 games, the Reds suffered their fourth shutout. The Dodgers, who extended their winning streak to six games, also were held to six hits by Tom Seaver, but they included a homer by Steve Garvey in the seventh inning. The other run counted in the ninth on singles by Reggie Smith, Garvey and Dusty Baker.

[DH] Astros 9, Padres 2 (night game) / Padres 9, Astros 3 at Houston (night game):
Pitching five innings in his first N. L. start, Mark Wiley gained credit for the Padres' 9-3 victory in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader after the Astros won the first game, 9-2. Wilbur Howard, who had driven in only three runs previously this season, equalled that total with three RBIs to pace the Astros' scoring in the opener. Oscar Gamble homered for the Padres, who held a 2-1 lead before the Astros erupted for six runs in the fifth inning, two scoring on a double by Howard. Wiley formerly was in the A. L. with the Twins, posting a 1-3 record in 1975. After the righthander left the nightcap with a 5-2 lead, John D'Acquisto not only finished but batted in two runs with a single in the ninth inning.

Expos 3, Cardinals 2 at Montreal (day game):
With two out in the ninth inning, Del Unser hit his second homer of the season to lift the Expos to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals. An earlier homer by Andre Dawson in the sixth gave the Expos a 2-1 lead, but the Cardinals tied the score in the top half of the ninth on a single by Jerry Mumphrey and triple by Keith Hernandez.

Pirates 1, Mets 0 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A pinch-single by Willie Stargell with two out in the eighth inning drove in the game's only run and enabled the Pirates to edge the Mets, 1-0. Kevin Kobel, who started for the Mets, yielded only three hits in seven scoreless stanzas before going out for a pinch-hitter. With Skip Lockwood on the mound for the Mets in the eighth, Manny Sanguillen beat out an infield hit and advanced on a wild pitch. After Ken Macha struck out and John Milner flied out, Stargell batted for Jim Rooker and delivered the winning hit.