MLB standings through games of August 31, 1978

MLB standings at the end of August 31, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	132	84	48	0	.636		675	525	51-15	33-33	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	131	77	54	0	.588	6.5	577	483	42-21	35-33	8-2	Won 7
Milwaukee Brewers	133	76	57	0	.571	8.5	672	552	46-22	30-35	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	132	73	59	0	.553	11.0	603	521	41-27	32-32	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	132	72	60	0	.545	12.0	532	555	38-25	34-35	8-2	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	132	57	75	0	.432	27.0	549	583	35-31	22-44	3-7	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	135	55	80	0	.407	30.5	528	644	34-32	21-48	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	131	71	60	0	.542		592	524	43-20	28-40	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	133	70	63	0	.526	2.0	543	535	41-26	29-37	4-6	Lost 5
Texas Rangers	130	65	65	0	.500	5.5	522	505	39-27	26-38	5-5	Lost 1
Oakland A's	134	62	72	0	.463	10.5	445	530	35-33	27-39	1-9	Lost 9
Minnesota Twins	133	58	75	0	.436	14.0	564	588	29-34	29-41	2-8	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	131	56	75	0	.427	15.0	509	603	33-36	23-39	5-5	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	131	49	82	0	.374	22.0	521	684	30-39	19-43	4-6	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	130	71	59	0	.546		573	486	44-23	27-36	6-4	Won 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	130	66	64	0	.508	5.0	518	523	37-25	29-39	8-2	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	131	66	65	0	.504	5.5	524	561	37-26	29-39	4-6	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	134	61	73	0	.455	12.0	520	496	35-34	26-39	3-7	Lost 5
St. Louis Cardinals	133	58	75	0	.436	14.5	498	541	30-35	28-40	7-3	Lost 1
New York Mets	132	53	79	0	.402	19.0	497	551	28-41	25-38	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	133	79	54	0	.594		600	475	43-21	36-33	7-3	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	133	77	56	0	.579	2.0	533	474	41-23	36-33	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	133	72	61	0	.541	7.0	579	580	38-30	34-31	2-8	Won 1
San Diego Padres	135	70	65	0	.519	10.0	496	502	41-25	29-40	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	132	62	70	0	.470	16.5	501	528	43-26	19-44	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	132	59	73	0	.447	19.5	501	623	35-33	24-40	3-7	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 6, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (night game):
The Yankees extended their winning streak to seven games with a 6-2 victory over the Orioles. Trailing, 2-0, going into the sixth inning, the Yankees rallied for three runs. A single by Cliff Johnson and double by Bucky Dent produced one tally. Dent reached third when pitcher Scott McGregor missed the cutoff throw from the outfield and scored on a double by Mickey Rivers. After advancing to third on a sacrifice bunt, Rivers scored the go-ahead run when third baseman Doug DeCinces kicked away a pickoff throw. Lou Piniella led off the seventh with a home run and the Yanks added a pair of tallies in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Jim Spencer and single by Dent.

[DH] Brewers 1, Indians 0 (night game) / Indians 12, Brewers 6 at Cleveland (night game):
A winner for the 17th time this season, Mike Caldwell hurled the Brewers to a 1-0 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Indians came back to capture the second game, 12-6. The only run of the lidlifter came on a homer by Ben Oglivie in the second inning. A three-run homer by Andre Thornton started the Indians off to their second-game triumph. The blast came in the first frame and followed a single by Paul Dade and walk to Buddy Bell. A leadoff homer by Ron Pruitt and consecutive doubles by Larvell Blanks and Rick Manning chased Brewer starter Bill Travers in the fourth. A double by Tom Veryzer and single by Bell then capped the five-run inning.

Twins 4, Tigers 1 at Detroit (night game):
Home runs by Rich Chiles and Glenn Adams powered the Twins to a 4-1 victory over the Tigers. Chiles broke the scoreless tie with his first round-tripper of the season in the fifth inning. In the seventh, Roy Smalley smacked a leadoff double and, two outs later, Adams connected for the circuit. The Twins' final run came in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Bombo Rivera.

Padres 6, Expos 1 at San Diego (night game):
Although needing relief help from Mark Lee, Eric Rasmussen got credit for his 14th win of the season as the Padres bested the Expos, 6-1. In the first inning, Gene Richards singled, moved to second on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Jerry Turner. In the third frame, Ozzie Smith walked and scored on a double by Turner. The Padres picked up three runs in the seventh on RBI singles by Tucker Ashford, Dave Winfield and Gene Tenace.

Reds 11, Cardinals 6 at St. Louis (night game):
Ending a six-game losing streak, the Reds thumped the Cardinals, 11-6. Victory was assured with a seven-run second inning. The bombardment was ignited by a leadoff homer by George Foster. Singles by Dan Driessen and Johnny Bench and a hit batsman loaded the bases. Ray Knight and Dave Concepcion stroked RBI singles and Joe Morgan clouted a three-run homer. The final tally of the frame came when Ken Griffey singled, moved to second on a balk by reliever Tom Bruno and scored on a single by Foster. Wayne Garrett hit a pinch grand slam for the Cardinals in the ninth.