MLB standings through games of July 29, 1978

MLB standings at the end of July 29, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	101	64	37	0	.634		514	402	39-9	25-28	2-8	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	100	58	42	0	.580	5.5	518	417	36-18	22-24	5-5	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	102	57	45	0	.559	7.5	422	465	28-18	29-27	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	101	56	45	0	.554	8.0	448	401	29-17	27-28	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	102	54	48	0	.529	10.5	452	411	28-20	26-28	8-2	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	101	48	53	0	.475	16.0	433	432	29-21	19-32	5-5	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	103	38	65	0	.369	27.0	399	498	23-28	15-37	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	100	57	43	0	.570		467	397	36-16	21-27	8-2	Lost 1
California Angels	104	55	49	0	.529	4.0	431	439	31-20	24-29	4-6	Won 1
Oakland A's	104	53	51	0	.510	6.0	368	392	30-23	23-28	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	101	49	52	0	.485	8.5	409	408	31-23	18-29	3-7	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	99	44	55	0	.444	12.5	438	440	20-25	24-30	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	100	42	58	0	.420	15.0	406	456	26-32	16-26	3-7	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	104	36	68	0	.346	23.0	408	555	20-35	16-33	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	98	54	44	0	.551		425	366	36-15	18-29	5-5	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	100	51	49	0	.510	4.0	406	433	26-20	25-29	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	47	51	0	.480	7.0	382	405	28-21	19-30	3-7	Lost 7
Montreal Expos	105	48	57	0	.457	9.5	426	395	27-26	21-31	2-8	Lost 1
New York Mets	105	45	60	0	.429	12.5	409	441	26-31	19-29	6-4	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	103	40	63	0	.388	16.5	350	423	21-29	19-34	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	103	61	42	0	.592		484	383	33-16	28-26	7-3	Won 5
San Francisco Giants	103	61	42	0	.592		435	370	33-17	28-25	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	103	60	43	0	.583	1.0	456	426	33-20	27-23	6-4	Won 2
San Diego Padres	104	52	52	0	.500	9.5	391	408	31-19	21-33	7-3	Won 5
Atlanta Braves	102	48	54	0	.471	12.5	383	455	29-22	19-32	6-4	Won 1
Houston Astros	102	46	56	0	.451	14.5	385	427	32-22	14-34	5-5	Won 5

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 2, Orioles 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Making only his third start of the season, Paul Hartzell was able to pitch the Angels to a 2-1 victory over the Orioles when Joe Rudi drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth inning for his 47th RBI of the season and 41st since June 1. The Orioles counted their run in the third on a double by Elrod Hendricks and a single by Rich Dauer. Rudi and Brian Downing singled in the eighth and, after a bunt by Bobby Grich, Rudi scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly by Rick Miller. Ron Jackson singled with one away in the ninth and was forced by Don Baylor. But Baylor then stole second and continued to third on a throwing error by Hendricks before Rudi came through with his game-winning hit.

Red Sox 1, Royals 0 at Boston (day game):
In his third shutout of the season, Jim Wright outdueled Dennis Leonard, 1-0. A spell of wildness proved costly to Leonard, who walked both Jim Rice and Carlton Fisk with one out in the fourth. Fred Lynn then rapped a grounder off the glove of Freddie Patek and Rice raced home as the ball rolled into center field.

White Sox 6, Rangers 2 at Chicago (day game):
Jorge Orta hit a two-run homer and Lamar Johnson batted in three runs with a sacrifice fly and a double to pace the White Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Rangers. After his double in the fourth inning, Johnson advanced to third after a fly out and scored the White Sox' last run on an infield hit by Thad Bosley. Al Oliver homered for the Rangers' pair.

A's 6, Indians 5 at Cleveland (night game):
Mike Edwards drove in two runs with his first major league triple and Willie Horton accounted for two more with a double to highlight the A's 6-5 victory over the Indians. Mitchell Page homered for the A's in the second before Edwards and Horton made it 5-0 with their extra-base hits in the third. Homers by Gary Alexander and Andre Thornton helped the Indians pull within one run, but the A's then pushed over their deciding tally in the ninth with a single by Rob Picciolo, sacrifice by Edwards and single by Jim Essian. The Indians loaded the bases with one out in their half but fell short with one run on a forceout by Buddy Bell.

Tigers 9, Mariners 1 at Detroit (day game):
Winning for the second time with his second complete game in two starts, Kip Young pitched the Tigers to a 9-1 victory over the Mariners. After the Mariners nicked Young for their lone run in the first inning, the Tigers put the rookie on easy street, scoring four runs in their half of the first, two in the second and two more in the third. Aurelio Rodriguez accounted for three RBIs with a single and a double.

Yankees 7, Twins 3 at New York (day game):
With a crowd of 46,711 on hand for Oldtimers' Day, the Yankees made the dramatic announcement that Billy Martin would return as manager in 1980 as an emotional prelude to a 7-3 victory over the Twins. Martin was cheered wildly by the crowd when he took his place with other former Yankee stars on the field in pregame ceremonies. The Yankees set to work on the Twins with two runs in the first inning on a walk to Willie Randolph and singles by Thurman Munson, Lou Piniella and Chris Chambliss. Fred Stanley beat out a bunt and singled, driving in one run and scoring two, as the Yankees padded their lead to 6-1 before two walks and a single by Reggie Jackson added their final tally. Ken Clay, who was removed after six innings, gained the victory. The Twins roughed up Ron Davis for two runs before Rich Gossage pitched three hitless innings for his 15th save.

Blue Jays 4, Brewers 3 at Toronto (day game):
Victor Cruz was within two-thirds of an inning of breaking the A.L. record for most scoreless innings pitched at the start of a career when the Blue Jays' reliever worked the last 1 1/3 innings to save a 4-3 victory over the Brewers. With his stint, Cruz extended his scoreless streak to 21 1/3 innings in his bid to surpass the 22-inning record of Boo Ferris of the Red Sox in 1945. John Mayberry homered for the Blue Jays, who snapped a 2-2 tie with two runs in the seventh inning on singles by Alan Ashby and Dave McKay, an error by Robin Yount and a single by Rick Bosetti. Bosetti's RBI proved decisive when Dave May homered for the Brewers in the eighth inning.

Braves 9, Expos 6 at Atlanta (night game):
Bob Horner, who hit two homers in the first game of the previous night's doubleheader, smacked two more as the Braves came from behind to defeat the Expos, 9-6. The Expos appeared on their way to an easy victory after erupting for five runs in the second inning, two scoring on a homer by Andre Dawson. Horner got two runs back for the Braves with a homer in their half of the second. After picking up a tally in the fourth, the Braves forged ahead with three runs in the sixth on two walks, a pair of singles and a double by Rowland Office. Horner hit his second homer of the game in the seventh and Jeff Burroughs stepped into the slugging spotlight with a two-run smash in the eighth.

Reds 6, Phillies 2 at Cincinnati (day game):
Pete Rose extended his batting streak to 42 games with three singles as the Reds defeated the Phillies, 6-2. Rose surpassed George Sisler's 41-game streak in 1922 and tied Bill Dahlen's 1894 skein of 42 games. Still ahead of him were Willie Keeler's 44-game streak, set in 1897, and Joe DiMaggio's record of 56 games in 1941. Rose led off with a single against the Phillies and two outs later George Foster smashed a homer. Paul Moskau then helped himself to victory by connecting for a three-run homer in the second inning.

Dodgers 2, Pirates 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Don Sutton yielded only two hits and pitched the Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the Pirates. The Dodgers, who were held to four hits by Don Robinson, scored a run in the first inning on two walks and a single by Ron Cey. Robinson singled in the third for the Pirates' first hit off Sutton and Willie Stargell homered for the other hit to tie the score in the seventh. The Dodgers then took advantage of another walk issued by Robinson to push over the winning run in the eighth. Reggie Smith drew a pass to open the inning and Cey sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Steve Garvey, Dusty Baker singled to bring victory to the Dodgers.

Padres 7, Cardinals 3 at San Diego (night game):
Bob Owchinko extended his mastery of Cardinals to six straight games -- four last season and two this year -- when the young lefthander pitched the Padres to a 7-3 victory. The Cards took a 2-1 lead against Owchinko, but Ozzie Smith singled in the fifth inning, Broderick Perkins tripled and Dave Winfield doubled to send the Padres ahead. Gene Richards homered with a man on base in the sixth and the Padres then wrapped up their scoring with a pair in the seventh on singles by Perkins, Winfield and Gene Tenace, together with a wild throw by Tony Scott.

Cubs 5, Giants 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Collared in six trips since coming up from the minors, Ed Putman knocked in two runs with a single in the eighth inning to give the Cubs a 5-3 victory over the Giants. The Cubs, who had a homer by Bobby Murcer, were losing, 3-2, going into the eighth before starting a rally with singles by Greg Gross, Murcer and Larry Biittner to load the bases. Manny Trillo then flied to right field and when catcher John Tamargo had trouble handling Jack Clark's throw, Gross scored the tying run on what was scored a sacrifice fly. Putman followed with his game-winning hit.