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Saturday August 12, 1978
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MLB standings at the end of August 12, 1978

A.L. East
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Boston Red Sox 115 73 42 0 .635 590456 44-1329-297-3Won 2
New York Yankees 115 65 50 0 .5658.0 505441 37-2128-296-4Lost 1
Detroit Tigers 113 62 51 0 .54910.0 513450 34-2128-307-3Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers 113 62 51 0 .54910.0 569487 37-2025-312-8Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles 115 62 53 0 .53911.0 454505 32-2230-314-6Won 1
Cleveland Indians 113 52 61 0 .46020.0 473488 32-2420-373-7Lost 3
Toronto Blue Jays 115 45 70 0 .39128.0 462557 29-3116-396-4Won 1


A.L. West
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Kansas City Royals 113 63 50 0 .558 524447 39-1824-325-5Lost 1
California Angels 119 65 54 0 .5461.0 505478 36-2329-317-3Lost 1
Oakland A's 119 61 58 0 .5135.0 409449 34-2627-325-5Lost 2
Texas Rangers 112 55 57 0 .4917.5 457448 34-2321-346-4Won 2
Minnesota Twins 114 49 65 0 .43014.5 493508 23-2826-374-6Won 2
Chicago White Sox 114 47 67 0 .41216.5 448538 29-3318-342-8Won 1
Seattle Mariners 118 43 75 0 .36422.5 467617 24-3719-384-6Won 1


N.L. East
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Philadelphia Phillies 113 63 50 0 .558 494413 41-1622-346-4Won 4
Chicago Cubs 114 58 56 0 .5095.5 451482 33-2325-335-5Lost 2
Montreal Expos 117 56 61 0 .4799.0 482432 32-2824-336-4Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates 112 51 61 0 .45511.5 425470 29-2422-372-8Lost 4
New York Mets 116 48 68 0 .41416.5 449489 26-3322-353-7Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals 116 47 69 0 .40517.5 395461 26-3121-387-3Won 2


N.L. West
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Los Angeles Dodgers 117 68 49 0 .581 530414 38-1830-317-3Lost 1
San Francisco Giants 117 68 49 0 .581 471420 38-2030-295-5Won 1
Cincinnati Reds 116 67 49 0 .5780.5 511484 37-2330-265-5Lost 1
San Diego Padres 117 59 58 0 .5049.0 428442 37-2022-384-6Won 1
Atlanta Braves 115 54 61 0 .47013.0 430526 32-2722-345-5Lost 1
Houston Astros 114 53 61 0 .46513.5 428461 36-2417-375-5Won 1



Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Yankees 4 at Baltimore (night game):
A three-run homer by Pat Kelly and a pair of RBIs by Eddie Murray on two singles carried the Orioles to a 6-4 victory over the Yankees in a game marked by the first power failures in the history of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. Circuit breakers in two separate light towers malfunctioned in the second inning and once in each half of fourth, causing a total delay of one hour, 16 minutes. Lee May started the Orioles' scoring with a homer in the second inning. After Larry Harlow singled and Mark Belanger was hit by a pitch, Kelly whacked his round-tripper to make it 4-0. Murray then accounted for the Orioles' winning margin with run-scoring singles in fifth and seventh innings.

[DH] Red Sox 3, Brewers 1 (day game) / Red Sox 11, Brewers 4 at Boston (night game):
Playing separate-admission day and night games, the Red Sox swept over the Brewers, 3-1 and 11-4, before two crowds that totaled 61,481. Jim Wright pitched a six-hitter and Carlton Fisk drove in two runs with a single and homer in the day game. Rick Burleson accounted for the other Red Sox run with a single, hitting safely in his 16th straight game. The shortstop then made it 17 in row with two hits in the night contest. Jim Rice drove in three runs with four hits, including his 28th homer, and Burleson and Dwight Evans knocked in two tallies apiece. Gorman Thomas hit his 27th homer for the Brewers.

White Sox 6, Tigers 3 at Chicago (night game):
Newly-arrived Mike Squires collected three hits, as did Mike Colbern, and the pair combined to drive in all of the White Sox' runs in a 6-3 victory over the Tigers. Squires, called up from Iowa (American Association), hit a double and two singles in four trips, drove in two runs and scored two. Colbern accounted for four RBIs with three singles and a sacrifice fly.

Rangers 6, Indians 1 at Cleveland (day game):
Taking Kurt Bevacqua lightly proved costly when the Rangers' third baseman smashed a three-run homer to spark a 6-1 victory over the Indians. In the fourth inning, after Al Oliver singled and advanced on an infield out by Bobby Bonds, the Indians passed Richie Zisk intentionally to get at Bevacqua, who was batting only .211 and had just two homers previously this season. Bevacqua responded to the challenge by smashing a pitch from David Clyde into the left field stands.

Twins 6, A's 3 at Minnesota (day game):
Starting with a two-run homer by Butch Wynegar in the fourth inning, the Twins batted their way to a 6-3 victory over the A's. Singles by Rod Carew and Dan Ford, an error by Dell Alston in handling Ford's hit and a single by Jose Morales added a pair in the fifth. Roy Smalley homered for the Twins' final run in the sixth. Mike Marshall relieved Stan Perzanowski in the ninth and picked up his 16th save.

[DH] Angels 7, Mariners 5 (night game) / Mariners 5, Angels 3 at Seattle (night game):
A grand-slam by Dave Roberts powered the Mariners to a 5-3 victory in the second game for a split of a twi-night doubleheader with the Angels, who won the first game, 7-5, in 10 innings on the batting heroics of Danny Goodwin. In the opener, the Angels had two-run homers by Ken Landreaux and Dave Chalk, but the Mariners scored five runs in the sixth inning, including three on a round-tripper by Bob Stinson, before Goodwin hit for the circuit to tie the score in the ninth. Then, in the 10th, Goodwin drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single to provide the Angels with their winning margin. In the nightcap, Bill Plummer singled in the third inning and both Julio Cruz and Craig Reynolds beat out bunts to fill the sacks and set the stage for Roberts' slam, the Mariners' seventh jackpot wallop of the season.

Blue Jays 5, Royals 2 at Toronto (night game):
A homer and triple by Rick Cerone, plus a homer by Otto Velez and triple by Bob Bailor, paced the Blue Jays to a 5-2 victory over the Royals. After the Royals took a 2-0 lead, the Jays jumped on Paul Splittorff for three runs in the second inning on a single by Al Woods, Cerone's triple, a sacrifice fly by Luis Gomez, pass to Rick Bosetti and Bailor's triple. Velez homered in the third and Cerone connected for the circuit in the eighth.

Astros 5, Braves 2 at Houston (night game):
J.R. Richard struck out 13 batters for his season high and raised his major league-leading total to 229 while pitching the Astros to a 5-2 victory over the Braves. Richard, who yielded four hits, got off to a shaky start, giving up two runs on a double by Jerry Royster, single by Gary Matthews and triple by Jeff Burroughs in the first inning. The Astros came back to decide the game with four runs in the third on singles by Terry Puhl, Julio Gonzalez and Enos Cabell, a triple by Bob Watson and single by Art Howe.

Giants 3, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Dodgers' longest winning streak of the season, seven games, came to an end with a 3-2 loss to the Giants, who gained their victory with the aid of homers by Mike Ivie and Bill Madlock. Ivie started the scoring with his swat in the fourth inning. The Giants added another run in that same stanza on a walk to Johnnie LeMaster, a balk by Tommy John and a single by Marc Hill. A homer by Reggie Smith in the Dodgers' half of the fourth and a run-scoring single by Ron Cey in the sixth fashioned a tie, but Madlock then broke the deadlock with his circuit clout in the seventh.

Expos 4, Cubs 3 at Montreal (night game):
With only one hit to show for 17 previous trips with the Expos this season, pinch-hitter Tommy Hutton drove in a run with a single in the 14th inning to beat the Cubs, 4-3. Bobby Murcer gave the Cubs a 3-1 lead with a two-run pinch-double in the 12th, but the Expos rallied to tie the score in their half on a single by Gary Carter, double by Chris Speier and infield outs by Del Unser and Dave Cash. In the 14th, Warren Cromartie and Carter hit singles before Hutton, batting with one out, delivered his game-winning hit to present reliever Stan Bahnsen with his first victory of the season.

Cardinals 5, Mets 1 at New York (day game):
The Mets were held to one disputed infield hit by the pitching of John Denny and Roy Thomas while losing, 5-1, to the Cardinals, who gained their seventh victory in the last eight games. In the seventh inning, John Stearns hit a slow bouncer to Mike Tyson and was safe when umpire Paul Pryor ruled first baseman Roger Freed had pulled his foot off the bag before taking the throw. The Cardinals disputed the decision and also criticized the ruling of the official scorer, who gave Stearns credit for a hit. Garry Templeton hit two doubles for the Cardinals, scoring one run and driving in two. Jerry Morales and Steve Swisher had three hits apiece.

Phillies 10, Pirates 1 at Philadelphia (day game):
Greg Luzinski and Bob Boone belted two-run homers and Richie Hebner also accounted for a pair of RBIs with two of his four singles as the Phillies pounded the Pirates, 10-1. Bill Robinson homered for the Bucs' lone tally.

Padres 4, Reds 2 at San Diego (night game):
Tom Seaver's season record slipped to 11-11 when the Padres gained one of their rare victories over the ace righthander, defeating the Reds, 4-2. Counting this loss, Seaver's career record against the Padres was 23-6, including two victories previously this season. Seaver was the victim of two unearned runs, one resulting from his own error in the first inning and the other was produced on an error by Dan Driessen and a passed ball by Johnny Bench in the seventh. Dave Winfield batted in two runs for the Padres with a pair of singles. Pete Rose scored the Reds' two tallies off Gaylord Perry. Rollie Fingers relieved in the ninth for his 27th save.


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