MLB standings through games of September 15, 1978

MLB standings at the end of September 15, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	146	89	57	0	.610		673	522	48-23	41-34	9-1	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	147	87	60	0	.592	2.5	716	608	53-22	34-38	2-8	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	148	85	63	0	.574	5.0	740	605	51-25	34-38	6-4	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	147	82	65	0	.558	7.5	597	597	45-27	37-38	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	146	79	67	0	.541	10.0	652	589	44-30	35-37	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	146	64	82	0	.438	25.0	596	639	38-33	26-49	6-4	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	147	57	90	0	.388	32.5	562	701	35-40	22-50	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	146	82	64	0	.562		675	580	50-21	32-43	7-3	Won 5
California Angels	149	79	70	0	.530	4.5	630	607	46-29	33-41	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	146	73	73	0	.500	9.0	602	587	43-29	30-44	5-5	Won 1
Oakland A's	149	67	82	0	.450	16.5	493	611	37-37	30-45	3-7	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	146	65	81	0	.445	17.0	605	622	34-39	31-42	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	147	64	83	0	.435	18.5	561	661	36-39	28-44	7-3	Won 3
Seattle Mariners	144	54	90	0	.375	27.0	567	740	31-42	23-48	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	147	81	66	0	.551		654	539	50-26	31-40	7-3	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	147	78	69	0	.531	3.0	609	577	47-25	31-44	5-5	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	147	73	74	0	.497	8.0	604	653	40-33	33-41	4-6	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	149	70	79	0	.470	12.0	586	561	38-38	32-41	4-6	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	149	63	86	0	.423	19.0	549	613	33-39	30-47	3-7	Won 1
New York Mets	148	61	87	0	.412	20.5	567	635	32-43	29-44	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	148	90	58	0	.608		675	521	50-23	40-35	8-2	Won 6
Cincinnati Reds	147	81	66	0	.551	8.5	644	636	43-31	38-35	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	148	81	67	0	.547	9.0	575	552	44-29	37-38	1-9	Lost 7
San Diego Padres	149	76	73	0	.510	14.5	548	563	44-29	32-44	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	147	68	79	0	.463	21.5	570	596	47-28	21-51	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	148	65	83	0	.439	25.0	565	700	38-37	27-46	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 8, Blue Jays 3 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles came up with their biggest inning of the season, scoring seven runs in the seventh, to defeat the Blue Jays, 8-3. Willie Horton homered for the Jays' runs in the first. After picking up a run in the fourth, the Orioles began the seventh with a double by Rick Dempsey. Rich Dauer drove in Dempsey with a single. Kiko Garcia also singled and Larry Harlow walked, loading the bases and setting the stage for a two-run double by Gary Roenicke. Ken Singleton knocked in Harlow with a single, but Roenicke was thrown out trying to score. Eddie Murray resumed the attack with a single, driving in Singleton, and Lee May then climaxed the inning with a two-run homer.

Tigers 1, Indians 0 at Cleveland (night game):
A sacrifice fly by Rusty Staub enabled the Tigers to defeat the Indians, 1-0, behind the four-hit pitching of Dave Rozema. Ron LeFlore opened the Tigers' sixth by drawing a walk from Paul Reuschel. After stealing his 63rd base of the season, LeFlore advanced to third on a bunt by Lou Whitaker and scored when Staub hit a sacrifice fly for his 110th RBI.

Royals 3, Angels 2 at Kansas City (night game):
The decision to pitch to Pete LaCock with first base open in the ninth inning backfired on the Angels, who lost to the Royals. 3-2, and fell 4½ games behind the pace-setters in the West division. With two out, pinch-hitter Clint Hurdle tripled off Nolan Ryan. George Brett drew an intentional pass and stole second. LaCock, who was the next batter, and Darrell Porter, who followed LaCock, both swing lefthanded. The Angels chose to pitch to LaCock and lost when the Royals' first baseman singled to drive in the winning run.

Twins 10, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
Three doubles and a single by Dan Ford and two doubles and a single by Hosken Powell led the Twins' 18-hit attack in a 10-3 victory over the Brewers. Ford batted in one run and scored three. Powell drove in three runs and scored one.

Yankees 4, Red Sox 0 at New York (night game):
The Yankees extended their East division lead to 2½ games by defeating the Red Sox, 4-0, behind the pitching of Ron Guidry, who fashioned his second straight two-hit shutout of the Bosox after beating them in Fenway Park, 7-0, September 9. Rick Burleson doubled in the third and Fred Lynn singled in the seventh for the only hits off the lefthander. The Yankees scored all their runs in the fourth inning after the Red Sox missed a possible triple play. Mickey Rivers and Willie Randolph started the stanza with singles off Luis Tiant. Lou Piniella bounced into a double play, erasing Randolph. Carl Yastrzemski, after taking the throw at first, saw Rivers make a wide turn at third. With a chance to nail the runner for the third out, Yastrzemski bounced the ball past Butch Hobson, allowing Rivers to score. Reggie Jackson then walked and Chris Chambliss and Griag Nettles followed with back-to-back homers to seal the Red Sox' 13th defeat in their last 16 games. The victory was the Yankees' 19th in their last 22 outings.

White Sox 8, Mariners 3 at Seattle (night game):
Erupting for five runs in the 10th inning, the White Sox defeated the Mariners, 8-3. The Mariners sent the game into overtime when Bob Robertson tied the score at 3-3 with a homer in the ninth. Starting the 10th, Harry Chappas singled, took second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Claudell Washington. Chet Lemon also singled and Kevin Bell was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Mike Colbern singled, driving in two runs, and the remaining pair then counted on a sacrifice fly by Mike Squires and single by Rusty Torres.

[DH] A's 1, Rangers 0 (night game) / Rangers 5, A's 0 at Texas (night game):
Trading four-hit shutouts, the A's won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 1-0, and the Rangers took the second game, 5-0. Alan Wirth, who pitched the opener for the A's, was the winner in a duel with Doyle Alexander when Dell Alston smashed a homer in the fourth inning. The shutout and complete game both were firsts for Wirth's major league career. Steve Comer pitched his second shutout in the nightcap. The Rangers broke through against Pete Broberg for three runs in the sixth inning. Mike Jorgensen singled and took third on a single by Bump Wills. Bert Campaneris bunted, scoring Jorgensen, and was safe himself at first when Rob Picciolo dropped the throw covering the bag. One out later, Al Oliver singled, driving in Wills and Campaneris. Richie Zisk closed out the scoring with a two-run single in the eighth.

Cardinals 6, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
The Cardinals ended a string of 12 straight losses to the Cubs this season by posting a 6-2 victory with a five-run outburst in the 12th inning. Dave Kingman hit a homer for the Cubs in the seventh to tie the game at 1-1. George Hendrick doubled with one out in the Cards' 12th. After an intentional pass to Ted Simmons and another walk to Keith Hernandez, Ken Reitz singled to drive in Hendrick. Simmons followed across the plate on a wild pitch by Bruce Sutter. After Tony Scott struck out, Mike Phillips sewed up the game with a three-run homer, his first of the season. The Cubs' rally in the home half fell short with one run scoring.

Dodgers 5, Braves 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Dodgers became the first club in major league history to go over 3,000,000 in attendance and Don Sutton marked the occasion by tying the Brooklyn-Los Angeles club record for shutouts in a 5-0 victory over the Braves. The crowd of 47,188 at the game brought the Dodgers' gate to 3,011,368. Sutton, who pitched a six-hitter, racked up his 49th career whitewash, tying Don Drysdale's club mark. The Dodgers begin their scoring against the Braves when Steve Garvey hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the first inning. Lee Lacy homered after a single by Joe Ferguson in the fourth. The final pair counted in the seventh on a walk to Bill North, a triple by Garvey and an error.

Mets 5, Phillies 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
Mets' rookie outfielder Dan Norman, who hit homers in the second and fourth innings, capped his big night with a sacrifice fly in the 10th to beat the Phillies, 5-4. The Mets failed to hold a 4-1 lead but then won out in overtime when Willie Montanez singled, took third on a single by John Stearns and scored on Norman's fly. The defeat cut the Phillies' lead to three games over the Pirates in the East division race.

Pirates 6, Expos 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
After hitting the first grand slam of his major league career in the previous night's game against the Cardinals, Phil Garner smashed another to lead the Pirates to a 6-1 victory over the Expos. The Pirates had Omar Moreno, Bill Robinson and Willie Stargell on base when Garner whacked his homer off Woodie Fryman. The Pirates' second baseman became the only batter in modern N.L. history to hit grand slams in consecutive games since James Sheckard of the Brooklyn Dodgers did it in 1901. The feat had been accomplished five times in the A.L. The Pirates added their other two runs on a double by Dave Parker and a homer by Robinson in the third.

Astros 8, Padres 4 at San Diego (night game):
Seeking to become the first N.L. righthander to strike out 300 batters in one season, J.R. Richard fanned 12 to raise his total to 279 while pitching the Astros to an 8-4 victory over the Padres. The Astros broke a 2-2 tie with a five-run outburst in the sixth inning. After four hits produced two runs off Eric Rasmussen, Mark Lee relieved and served up a three-run homer by Denny Walling.

Reds 6, Giants 1 at San Francisco (night game):
With Tom Seaver pitching a two-hitter, the Reds knocked off the Giants, 6-1, and replaced them in second place in the West division, 8½ games behind the Dodgers. Seaver gave up a leadoff single by Bill Madlock in the first inning and a homer by Darrell Evans in the fourth. Dave Concepcion drove in two runs with a pair of singles and Johnny Bench also accounted for two with a single and sacrifice fly as the Reds beat Vida Blue, who suffered his fifth straight defeat since his last victory on August 4. The loss was the seventh in a row for the Giants and the 10th in their last 11 games.