MLB standings through games of July 28, 1978

MLB standings at the end of July 28, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	100	63	37	0	.630		513	402	38-9	25-28	1-9	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	99	58	41	0	.586	4.5	515	413	36-18	22-23	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	101	57	44	0	.564	6.5	421	463	28-17	29-27	8-2	Won 2
New York Yankees	100	55	45	0	.550	8.0	441	398	28-17	27-28	7-3	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	101	53	48	0	.525	10.5	443	410	27-20	26-28	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	100	48	52	0	.480	15.0	428	426	29-20	19-32	6-4	Won 2
Toronto Blue Jays	102	37	65	0	.363	27.0	395	495	22-28	15-37	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	99	57	42	0	.576		467	396	36-16	21-26	9-1	Won 3
California Angels	103	54	49	0	.524	5.0	429	438	31-20	23-29	4-6	Lost 2
Oakland A's	103	52	51	0	.505	7.0	362	387	30-23	22-28	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	100	49	51	0	.490	8.5	407	402	31-23	18-28	3-7	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	98	44	54	0	.449	12.5	435	433	20-25	24-29	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	99	41	58	0	.414	16.0	400	454	25-32	16-26	2-8	Lost 3
Seattle Mariners	103	36	67	0	.350	23.0	407	546	20-35	16-32	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	97	54	43	0	.557		423	360	36-15	18-28	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	99	50	49	0	.505	5.0	401	430	26-20	24-29	4-6	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	97	47	50	0	.485	7.0	381	403	28-21	19-29	3-7	Lost 6
Montreal Expos	104	48	56	0	.462	9.5	420	386	27-26	21-30	2-8	Won 1
New York Mets	105	45	60	0	.429	13.0	409	441	26-31	19-29	6-4	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	102	40	62	0	.392	16.5	347	416	21-29	19-33	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	102	61	41	0	.598		432	365	33-16	28-25	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	102	60	42	0	.588	1.0	482	382	32-16	28-26	7-3	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	102	59	43	0	.578	2.0	450	424	32-20	27-23	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	103	51	52	0	.495	10.5	384	405	30-19	21-33	7-3	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	101	47	54	0	.465	13.5	374	449	28-22	19-32	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	102	46	56	0	.451	15.0	385	427	32-22	14-34	5-5	Won 5

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Angels 4 at Baltimore (night game):
A bases-loaded double by Rich Dauer produced two of the Orioles' four runs in the seventh inning and enabled Jim Palmer to defeat the Angels, 5-4, for his 13th victory. Eddie Murray homered in the first for the Orioles, but the Angels rebounded with four runs in the fourth, three scoring on a double by Brian Downing. In the Orioles' seventh, an error, a walk and a single by Lee May resulted in one run. After a pass to Terry Crowley loaded the bases, Mike Anderson also walked to force in the second run of the rally before Dauer capped it with his double.

Royals 4, Red Sox 0 at Boston (night game):
Boston ran into a Gale -- that is, rookie righthander Rich Gale, who pitched the Royals to a 4-0 victory, pinning the Red Sox with their first shutout in Fenway Park since August 24, 1977, when Gaylord Perry of the Rangers threw a 3-0 whitewash. The Royals scored their first run off Mike Torrez on an infield out by Pete LaCock with the bases loaded in the third ining and iced the decision when Clint Hurdle and Freddie Patek singled and Frank White homered in the sixth.

Rangers 9, White Sox 5 at Chicago (night game):
Owner Bill Veeck staged a second "opening day" in Chicago with A.L. President Lee MacPhail on hand to throw out the first ball, but the Rangers spoiled the festive occasion by defeating the White Sox, 9-5. Bobby Bonds, who had gone hitless in his previous 15 trips in Comiskey Park since becoming a member of the Rangers, broke his batting jinx by smashing two homers, each with a man on base. One of his round-trippers came in the first inning when the Rangers kayoed Ron Schueler wihle scoring five runs. Paul Mirabella, a 24-year-old lefthander from Tucson (Pacific Coast), made his major league debut and was the winner, pitching 7 2/3 innings. Paul Lindblad relieved after a bases-loaded double by Lamar Johnson highlighted a four-run White Sox rally.

Indians 4, A's 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Jim Kern pitched 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief and was rewarded with a victory when the Indians defeated the A's, 4-2. With the score tied 2-2, Duane Kuiper bunted safely in the seventh inning, moved to second on a sacrifice by Ted Cox and scored the Indians' go-ahead run on a single by Rick Manning. The Indians added an insurance run in the eighth on a triple by Andre Thornton and single by Tom Veryzer for his second RBI of the game. Later in the eighth, Kern became the first A.L. pitcher to bat for himself this season. He struck out.

Tigers 4, Mariners 3 at Detroit (night game):
With two out in the ninth inning, Ron LeFlore singled and Lou Whitaker followed with his first major league homer to lift the Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Mariners. The Tigers also had an earlier homer by Jason Thompson and a run-scoring single by Rusty Staub for his 84th RBI of the season. The Mariners loaded the bases in the seventh and scored their runs when Leon Roberts smashed a hard grounder that bounced off the glove of third baseman Aurelio Rodriguez and rolled into the bullpen area in left field.

Twins 7, Yankees 5 at New York (night game):
Follwing an announcement earlier in the day that Gene Mauch's contract had been extended for three years through 1981, the Twins presented their manager with a victory when Willie Norwood smashed a two-run homer with two out in the 10th inning to beat the Yankees, 7-5. The Twins had a homer by Roy Smalley in the first inning and held a 5-3 lead until the eighth when Lou Piniella walked, Reggie Jackson singled and Graig Nettles tied the score with a double. In the Twins 10th, Dan Ford led off with a double but was thrown out at third on an attempted sacrifice by Mike Cubbage. Butch Wynegar then went out before Norwood came to the plate and hit his homer off Sparky Lyle.

Blue Jays 3, Brewers 2 at Toronto (night game):
After Dave McKay tied the game with a homer in the ninth inning, the Blue Jays scored on an error by Paul Molitor in the 11th and defeated the Brewers, 3-2. John Mayberry drew a walk and yielded the paths to Willie Upshaw, who took second on a sacrifice by Luis Gomez. Rick Bosetti then hit a grounder to Molitor and when the second baseman threw wildly to first, Upshaw came home with the winning run.

[DH] Braves 6, Expos 4 (night game) / Expos 4, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Turning into a power pair, Bob Horner and Joe Nolan each smashed two solo homers to pace the Braves to a 6-4 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Expos came back behind the combined six-hit hurling of Dan Schatzeder and Darold Knowles to win the second game, 4-1. Horner and Nolan homered on consecutive pitches thrown by Steve Rogers in the second inning. Nolan hit for the circuit again in the fourth. The Expos had a three-run blast by Gary Carter and a solo shot by Ellis Valentine. With the score tied, 4-4, Horner doubled in the sixth, took third on a wild pitch and beat the throw home on a grounder by Dale Murphy. Then, to insure the victory, Horner hit his second homer of the game in the eighth. In the nightcap, Valentine doubled in the first inning and scored the Expos' initial run on a single by Warren Cromartie. Back-to-back doubles by Cromartie and Carter, together with an error, added two runs in the fourth and Valentine made it 4-0 with a homer in the eighth. The Braves avoided a shutout when Gary Matthews hit for the circuit in the ninth.

[DH] Phillies 12, Reds 2 (night game) / Reds 2, Phillies 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
Pete Rose doubled in the opener and beat out a bunt in the nightcap to extend his batting streak to 41 games as the Reds split a twi-night doubleheader with the Phillies before a standing-room-only crowd of 51,779. In the first game, the Phillies exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning and pounded their way to a 12-2 victory. Greg Luzinski hit two homers and Mike Schmidt and Jerry Martin added one apiece in the Phillies' attack. In the second game, Tom Seaver had ninth-inning help from Doug Bair in pitching the Reds to a 2-1 victory. Rose hit the ball hard his first two times at bat but was retired before laying down a safe bunt in the sixth inning. By hitting in both games, Rose passed Ty Cobb's 40-game streak for the Tigers in 1911 and tied George Sisler's 41-game skein for the Browns in 1922. The Reds backed Seaver with a homer by Johnny Bench and a run-scoring single by Dave Concepcion. Seaver yielded a single by Ted Sizemore and double by Garry Maddox before leaving the game with two out in the ninth. Larry Bowa greeted Bair with a single that scored Sizemore, but Cesar Geronimo threw a strike to the plate to nail Maddox for the final out.

Astros 4, Mets 3 at Houston (night game):
A sacrifice fly by Enos Cabell in the 10th inning scored Terry Puhl and brought the Astros a 4-3 victory over the Mets. Jerry Koosman, pitching for the Mets, had a 3-0 lead and was working on a four-hitter until the Astros rallied for five singles to tie score in the ninth. In the 10th, Puhl singled, took third on a single by Rafael Landestoy and scored the winning run on Cabell's fly. Elliott Maddox dropped the ball and was charged with an error, but Cabell was credited with a sacrifice fly and run batted in.

Dodgers 7, Pirates 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Helping his own cause with a three-run double, Tommy John gained credit for the Dodgers' 7-3 victory over the Pirates with the aid of Terry Forster, who relieved in the eighth inning. The Pirates scored two unearned runs on a pair of errors by Davey Lopes in the second. After John hit his double in the fourth, the Pirates added a tainted tally on a throwing error by John in the fifth, but the Dodgers came back and broke the tie in their half with two runs on a double by Bill North and singles by Reggie Smith, Ron Cey and Dusty Baker.

Padres 8, Cardinals 3 at San Diego (night game):
Beaten by the slugging of Gene Tenace, the Cardinals lost to the Padres, 8-3, for their 10th straight defeat in San Diego since July 17, 1976. Tenace hit two homers and a single, driving in five runs. Oscar Gamble accounted for the Padres' three other tallies with a double and single.

Cubs 1, Giants 0 at San Francisco (night game):
Completing the suspended contest of July 20, the Giants posted a 9-8 victory before running afoul of Dennis Lamp's pitching and losing the regularly-scheduled game to the Cubs, 1-0. The suspended game was transferred from Chicago, where it had been halted by darkness with two out in the top half of the eighth inning after the Giants had taken what proved to be the final 9-8 score. While Lamp's victory was only his fourth against 10 defeats, the shutout was the third to the credit of the rookie. The Cubs scored their run off Bob Knepper in the seventh inning when Ivan DeJesus walked, stole second and crossed the plate on a single by Jerry White. It was the second straight game the Giants failed to score for Knepper.