MLB standings through games of August 4, 1978

MLB standings at the end of August 4, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	107	67	40	0	.626		543	423	40-11	27-29	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	105	61	44	0	.581	5.0	546	436	37-18	24-26	4-6	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	107	60	47	0	.561	7.0	438	482	30-20	30-27	6-4	Won 3
New York Yankees	108	59	49	0	.546	8.5	473	425	32-21	27-28	4-6	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	107	58	49	0	.542	9.0	479	430	31-20	27-29	8-2	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	106	51	55	0	.481	15.5	448	451	32-22	19-33	5-5	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	107	40	67	0	.374	27.0	419	522	24-30	16-37	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	105	58	47	0	.552		479	414	36-17	22-30	4-6	Lost 4
California Angels	110	59	51	0	.536	1.5	463	450	34-22	25-29	6-4	Won 3
Oakland A's	110	57	53	0	.518	3.5	385	413	31-23	26-30	7-3	Won 1
Texas Rangers	106	50	56	0	.472	8.5	425	431	32-23	18-33	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	105	45	60	0	.429	13.0	458	478	20-25	25-35	3-7	Lost 4
Chicago White Sox	106	45	61	0	.425	13.5	427	485	28-32	17-29	4-6	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	109	39	70	0	.358	21.0	435	578	23-35	16-35	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	104	57	47	0	.548		447	388	38-16	19-31	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	106	55	51	0	.519	3.0	424	448	30-20	25-31	6-4	Won 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	104	50	54	0	.481	7.0	400	419	29-22	21-32	3-7	Won 1
Montreal Expos	110	51	59	0	.464	9.0	456	409	29-27	22-32	4-6	Lost 2
New York Mets	110	47	63	0	.427	13.0	432	463	26-31	21-32	4-6	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	108	40	68	0	.370	19.0	361	444	21-30	19-38	2-8	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	110	66	44	0	.600		454	387	37-17	29-27	6-4	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	108	63	45	0	.583	2.0	476	452	34-21	29-24	5-5	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	109	61	48	0	.560	4.5	496	402	33-17	28-31	4-6	Lost 6
San Diego Padres	109	57	52	0	.523	8.5	404	416	35-19	22-33	10-0	Won 10
Atlanta Braves	107	50	57	0	.467	14.5	410	489	31-25	19-32	6-4	Won 1
Houston Astros	107	49	58	0	.458	15.5	401	444	35-23	14-35	8-2	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 12, Twins 3 at California (night game):
Pressed into service as a starter, Al Fitzmorris gained his first victory in nearly one year when the Angels routed the Twins, 12-3. Dave Frost, who was scheduled to start, had to be scratched because of back problems. Fitzmorris last was a winner on August 24, 1977, when the righthander was with the Indians and beat his present Angel teammates. The Angels, who piled up 16 hits, broke the game wide open by sending 13 men to bat and scoring seven runs in the third inning. Brian Downing drove in two runs with a double and Joe Rudi accounted for two with a double and bases-loaded walk.

Tigers 7, White Sox 1 at Detroit (night game):
Making it 3-3-3, Kip Young made his third major league start, pitched his third complete game and gained his third straight victory when the Tigers defeated the White Sox, 7-1. Lance Parrish homered for the Tigers and also scored two other times after hitting a double and single. Aurelio Rodriguez added a round-tripper to the attack.

Blue Jays 5, Royals 4 at Kansas City (night game):
Rallying for two runs in the ninth inning, the Blue Jays gained a 5-4 victory over the Royals, who lost their fourth straight game. Dave McKay and Al Woods sparked the rally with singles. After Rick Cerone sacrificed, McKay scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly by Otto Velez. Rick Bosetti then singled to drive in Woods with the winning run.

Brewers 6, Red Sox 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Playing before a crowd of 52,562, the Brewers struck for three runs in the first inning on two consecutive homers and went on to defeat the Red Sox, 6-2. With one out in the first, Don Money singled and Sal Bando and Larry Hisle followed with successive shots off Bill Lee, who was knocked out before the inning ended. The Brewers continued their slugging with two more homers. Gorman Thomas connected for a two-run drive in the fourth and Cecil Cooper added a solo smash in the sixth, both off Jim Wright. Meanwhile, Lary Sorensen held the Red Sox to six scattered hits in gaining his 13th victory.

Orioles 2, Yankees 1 at New York (night game):
Doug DeCinces, who was the A. L.'s Player of the Month in July as slugging star for Orioles, smashed a two-run homer in the seventh inning to beat the Yankees, 2-1, and hand Ron Guidry his second defeat of the season against 15 victories. The Yankees counted their run off Mike Flanagan in the third on singles by Bucky Dent and Mickey Rivers, a wild pitch and an infield out by Willie Randolph, but an error then helped beat Guidry when Eddie Murray was safe on a wild throw by Dent and DeCinces hit for the circuit.

A's 6, Mariners 1 at Oakland (night game):
While John Henry Johnson pitched a seven-hitter, Willie Horton drove in three runs with as many singles to pace the A's to a 6-1 victory over the Mariners. In the first inning. Mike Edwards walked, stole second and scored on a single by Horton. In the third, Horton's second hit drove in Joe Wallis, who had doubled. Edwards walked in the fourth, stole his second base of the game and counted on Horton's third single.

Rangers 8, Indians 0 at Texas (night game):
Fergie Jenkins moved into 11th place on the major leagues' all-time list of strikeout kings, fanning eight to boost his career total to 2,545 while pitching the Rangers to an 8-0 victory over the Indians. The Rangers, who broke a five-game losing streak, exploded for six of their runs in the second inning on six hits plus two walks, including two-run singles by Kurt Bevacqua and Al Oliver.

Braves 7, Astros 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Phil Niekro turned in his 15th complete game of the season and improved his record to 13-11 by pitching the Braves to a 7-2 victory over the Astros. The Braves decided the outcome in the first inning when Jerry Royster singled, Rowland Office walked and Jeff Burroughs homered.

Cubs 6, Expos 4 at Chicago (day game):
Although three of their runners were thrown out at home trying to score, the Cubs were able to defeat the Expos, 6-4. The Expos jumped ahead with three runs in the third, but the Cubs came right back with a matching trio in their half on a double by Mike Vail, homer by Dave Kingman and singles by Ed Putman, Rick Reuschel and Ivan DeJesus. After the Expos regained the lead with a run in the seventh, the Cubs rallied again. Greg Gross singled to open the home half and Larry Biittner was safe on an error by Dave Cash. After DeJesus sacrified, Bobby Murcer laid down a safe bunt to tie the score and Bill Buckner followed with a single to send the Cubs ahead. The Cubs added an insurance run in the eighth on two walks and a single by Biittner.

Padres 3, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Padres extended their club record winning streak to 10 games, scoring on an error in the eighth inning to defeat the Reds, 3-2. The Padres took a 2-0 lead in the first when Paul Moskau loaded the bases with three walks and Gene Tenace singled. A sacrifice fly by Mike Lum in the fourth and another by Pete Rose in the seventh tied the score before Tenace opened the Padres' eighth by coaxing a walk from reliever Doug Bair. Broderick Perkins then beat out a tap to the left of the mound and when Bair's throw to first hit the runner and bounded away, Tenace came home with the deciding run.

[DH] Phillies 2, Pirates 0 (night game) / Pirates 5, Phillies 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates got three-hit pitching from Jim Rooker but lost the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 2-0, before Don Robinson pitched a five-hitter in the second game and beat the Phillies, 5-2. Larry Christenson allowed six hits in triumphing over Rooker, who was beaten when the Phillies bunched their three hits to score two runs in the fifth inning on a single by Ted Sizemore, triple by Garry Maddox and single by Larry Bowa. In the nightcap, Greg Luzinski homered for the Phillies in the second inning to tie the score at 1-1, but the Pirates broke away with three runs in the third on a single by Frank Taveras, forceout by Phil Garner and singles by Dave Parker, Bill Robinson and Manny Sanguillen.

Giants 2, Dodgers 1 at San Francisco (night game):
With last-out help from Randy Moffitt, Vida Blue became the first 16-game winner of the season when the Giants defeated the Dodgers, 2-1. Blue allowed only two hits, including a homer by Ron Cey in the fifth inning. When Reggie Smith doubled for the other hit with two away in the ninth, Moffitt took over and retired Cey. The Giants' first run off Doug Rau in the second inning was unearned when Larry Herndon tripled and continued home on an error by Smith in right field. After Cey tied the score in the fifth, Bill Madlock provided the Giants' winning run, hitting for the circuit in the home half of the fifth.

Mets 8, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
John Stearns and Joel Youngblood accounted for three RBIs apiece as the Mets gained an 8-3 victory and sent the bedraggled Cardinals down to their seventh straight defeat. Stearns walked with the bases loaded in the first inning and knocked in two tallies with a double in the ninth. Youngblood hit a sacrifice fly and two singles.