MLB standings through games of July 3, 1978

MLB standings at the end of July 3, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	77	53	24	0	.688		413	290	34-6	19-18	7-3	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	78	45	33	0	.577	8.5	398	326	26-15	19-18	7-3	Lost 2
New York Yankees	79	45	34	0	.570	9.0	352	304	25-11	20-23	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	78	42	36	0	.538	11.5	305	352	20-14	22-22	2-8	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	78	38	40	0	.487	15.5	326	329	18-16	20-24	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	78	37	41	0	.474	16.5	302	315	23-16	14-25	6-4	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	78	28	50	0	.359	25.5	309	393	19-23	9-27	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	79	42	37	0	.532		328	333	24-16	18-21	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	77	40	37	0	.519	1.0	308	286	27-15	13-22	5-5	Lost 2
Oakland A's	80	41	39	0	.512	1.5	263	281	25-17	16-22	7-3	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	78	39	39	0	.500	2.5	337	327	23-14	16-25	2-8	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	78	36	42	0	.462	5.5	334	340	21-21	15-21	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	75	33	42	0	.440	7.0	347	345	14-19	19-23	6-4	Won 2
Seattle Mariners	81	28	53	0	.346	15.0	316	417	16-29	12-24	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	73	42	31	0	.575		321	258	28-9	14-22	8-2	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	76	39	37	0	.513	4.5	308	322	22-14	17-23	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	79	39	40	0	.494	6.0	310	284	22-20	17-20	4-6	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	36	39	0	.480	7.0	300	320	20-18	16-21	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	79	33	46	0	.418	12.0	289	332	16-24	17-22	3-7	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	81	32	49	0	.395	14.0	280	338	15-20	17-29	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	79	48	31	0	.608		335	269	28-12	20-19	3-7	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	80	46	34	0	.575	2.5	352	328	24-14	22-20	4-6	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	45	34	0	.570	3.0	380	303	24-14	21-20	6-4	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	80	40	40	0	.500	8.5	280	306	25-17	15-23	7-3	Won 3
Houston Astros	76	34	42	0	.447	12.5	295	313	24-19	10-23	4-6	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	77	33	44	0	.429	14.0	280	357	20-18	13-26	6-4	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 9, Yankees 5 at Boston (night game):
The Red Sox slammed a triple and seven doubles among their 12 hits in a 9-5 victory as Dennis Eckersley beat the Yankees for the third time in 12 days. Carl Yastrzemski batted in three runs, including one in the third inning with the 530th double and 2,800th hit of his major league career. Carlton Fisk also accounted for three RBIs. The Yankees had three homers -- solo swats by Graig Nettles and Gary Thomasson and a two-run blow by Bucky Dent -- among their 10 hits off Eckersley. Tom Burgmeier relieved in the ninth inning and set the Yankees down in order to wrap up the Red Sox' 34th victory in 40 games at Fenway Park this season.

White Sox 7, Rangers 6 at Chicago (night game):
After driving in two runs earlier in the game, Chet Lemon homered in the ninth inning and Jorge Orta followed with a two-run blow to bring the White Sox a 7-6 victory over the Rangers. Mike Hargrove and John Ellis homered for the Rangers, who broke a 4-4 tie with a run on a double by Toby Harrah in the seventh and made it 6-4 in the eighth when Bobby Bonds walked, stole second and scored on a throwing error by Eric Soderholm. After Lemon homered in the ninth, Lamar Johnson beat out an infield hit before Orta ended the game with his clout off Reggie Cleveland.

Indians 9, Orioles 0 at Cleveland (night game):
Backing up the shutout pitching of Mike Paxton, the Indians pounded out 16 hits and defeated the Orioles, 9-0. Paul Dade and Andre Thornton singled in the first inning and Gary Alexander tripled to start the scoring. The Indians then exploded for six runs in the third. Larvell Blanks, batting twice, homered on his first trip and drove in two runs with a single his next time at bat. Thornton capped the Indians' attack with a homer in the fourth.

Tigers 6, Blue Jays 5 at Detroit (night game):
Lou Whitaker greeted reliever Mike Willis with a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning, driving in two runs to give the Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Blue Jays. Steve Kemp batted in two early runs for the Tigers, but Alan Ashby and Rick Bosetti homered for the Blue Jays, who took a 5-4 lead with a run-scoring single by John Mayberry in the eighth. In the Tigers' ninth, Tim Corcoran walked with one out. Tom Murphy, relieving Jim Clancy, was rapped for a pinch-double by John Wockenfuss. After Ron LeFlore was passed intentionally to load the bases, southpaw Willis came in to face Whitaker, who bats lefthanded, but the percentage theory failed with Whitaker's game-winning single.

Angels 7, Royals 4 at Kansas City (night game):
Breaking out of a 1-for-32 slump, Ron Fairly rapped two hits, including the 1,900th of his major league career, to help the Angels defeat the Royals, 7-4. The Royals took a 2-1 lead in the second inning, but Chris Knapp then retired 16 batters in a row while the Angels batted their way into command with three runs in the fourth on singles by Fairly, Joe Rudi and Brian Downing, a double by Jim Anderson and sacrifice fly by Rick Miller. Fairly drove in another run with his second single of the game in the seventh. The Royals chased Knapp in the eighth, scoring twice, but Dave LaRoche came in to gain his 11th save. The Angels then iced the decision with a final pair in the ninth on a walk to Don Baylor, a triple by Ron Jackson and a sacrifice fly by Fairly.

Twins 7, Brewers 2 at Minnesota (night game):
While Roger Erickson scattered nine hits in his winning performance, Roy Smalley homered with a man on base and Jose Morales accounted for two RBIs as the Twins defeated the Brewers, 7-2. The Twins took command with four runs in the sixth inning. Rod Carew singled, advanced to third on a wild pitch and a flyout and scored on a single by Morales. Willie Norwood doubled, Morales stopping at third. Larry Wolfe hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Morales, before Smalley capped the inning with his homer. Morales accounted for his second RBI with a single in the seventh when the Twins wrapped up their attack with the final three runs.

A's 5, Mariners 3 at Seattle (night game):
Homers by Joe Wallis and Dave Revering sparked the A's to a 5-3 victory over the Mariners. The A's nicked Glenn Abbott for their first two runs in the third inning. Glenn Burke walked, stole second and scored on a single by Mike Edwards. After Edwards was thrown out on an attempted steal, Wallis hit his homer. Jeff Newman doubled and Burke singled for another run in the fourth. Tom Paciorek hit a two-run homer in the Mariners' half, but Revering then put the game out of Seattle's reach with his circuit clout in the sixth. Wallis and Revering singled for their second hits of the game in the eighth and Taylor Duncan accounted for the A's final run with a sacrifice fly.

Reds 8, Astros 7 at Cincinnati (night game):
Catching in his second game after month-long troubles with a bad back, Johnny Bench doubled in the 11th inning to pave the way for the run that gave the Reds an 8-7 victory over the Astros. After Bench's two-bagger, Rick Auerbach took over as a pinch-runner and scored the winning marker on a single by Junior Kennedy. The Astros had a leadoff homer by Terry Puhl in taking a 2-0 lead, but George Foster hit for the circuit with two men on base in the Reds' half of the first inning. The Astros regained the lead with three runs in the third, but Dan Driessen tied the score with a two-run smash in the Reds' half. After the Reds took a 7-5 lead in the sixth, the Astros rallied to knot the count in the ninth. Puhl was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in one run and Wilbur Howard sent the game into overtime with a sacrifice fly.

Braves 4, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
A homer by Rowland Office with two men on base in the sixth inning lifted the Braves to a 4-2 victory over the Dodgers. Both Dodger runs off Rick Camp were unearned on an error by Pat Rockett in the third. Camp helped overcome that deficit by drawing a pass from Burt Hooton in the sixth. Rod Gilbreath then singled and Office followed with his homer. The Braves went on to add an insurance run on singles by Gary Matthews and Bob Horner around a pair of outs.

Expos 2, Pirates 0 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Making only the second relief appearance of his career, Steve Rogers took over for Hal Dues and pitched the last two innings to save the Expos' 2-0 victory over the Pirates. Dues gave up three hits and two walks in his seven innings on the mound. Rogers yielded one hit. The shutout was only the second suffered by the Pirates this season with John Candelaria the victim on both occasions. The Expos nicked the lefthander for a run in the third inning on doubles by Chris Speier and Dave Cash. Their other tally followed in the fourth on a triple by Tony Perez and a sacrifice fly by Ellis Valentine.

Padres 4, Giants 3 at San Francisco (night game):
A throwing error by Barry Evans in the sixth inning allowed the Padres to cap a four-run rally and gain a 4-3 victory over the Giants. Randy Jones, who won for the first time since June 2, ending his personal four-game losing streak, doubled off Jim Barr to start the Padres' rally and scored on a triple by Gene Richards. Ozzie Smith singled to drive in Richards. Barr retired the next two batters before giving an intentional pass to Oscar Gamble. Rick Sweet upset the move with a single, scoring Smith. Gene Tenace then grounded to Evans and when the third baseman made a wild throw, Gamble scored what proved to be the winning run. Jack Clark hit his 15th homer for the Giants and his sixth over a stretch of five consecutive games. Rollie Fingers pitched the last two innings in relief of Jones and gained his 19th save.

Cubs 6, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cubs posted their seventh consecutive victory over the Cardinals this season with a 6-2 decision going to the credit of Dave Roberts, who not only beat the Redbirds for the third time but also hit his first homer of the year. After Roberts left with a tender arm, Donnie Moore and Bruce Sutter pitched the last four frames in relief. Sutter retired the final five batters and gained his 10th save.