MLB standings through games of September 18, 1978

MLB standings at the end of September 18, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	149	91	58	0	.611		683	534	50-24	41-34	8-2	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	150	89	61	0	.593	2.5	730	618	53-22	36-39	3-7	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	150	85	65	0	.567	6.5	623	601	47-27	38-38	7-3	Won 4
Milwaukee Brewers	151	85	66	0	.563	7.0	748	618	51-27	34-39	4-6	Lost 4
Detroit Tigers	149	80	69	0	.537	11.0	667	600	44-31	36-38	5-5	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	149	65	84	0	.436	26.0	605	660	39-35	26-49	5-5	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	149	57	92	0	.383	34.0	563	717	35-40	22-52	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	149	84	65	0	.564		690	590	51-22	33-43	7-3	Won 2
California Angels	152	80	72	0	.526	5.5	638	625	46-29	34-43	4-6	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	148	75	73	0	.507	8.5	613	589	45-29	30-44	7-3	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	149	68	81	0	.456	16.0	624	631	35-39	33-42	6-4	Won 4
Oakland A's	152	68	84	0	.447	17.5	501	625	38-37	30-47	3-7	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	150	65	85	0	.433	19.5	574	671	36-39	29-46	6-4	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	147	55	92	0	.374	28.0	577	757	32-44	23-48	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	149	82	67	0	.550		656	542	51-27	31-40	6-4	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	149	80	69	0	.537	2.0	626	585	49-25	31-44	6-4	Won 6
Chicago Cubs	149	74	75	0	.497	8.0	609	659	41-34	33-41	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	151	70	81	0	.464	13.0	594	578	38-38	32-43	3-7	Lost 4
St. Louis Cardinals	151	64	87	0	.424	19.0	555	618	33-39	31-48	3-7	Lost 1
New York Mets	150	62	88	0	.413	20.5	570	637	32-43	30-45	7-3	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	151	91	60	0	.603		679	528	51-25	40-35	7-3	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	150	83	67	0	.553	7.5	657	640	43-31	40-36	7-3	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	150	82	68	0	.547	8.5	579	561	45-30	37-38	2-8	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	151	78	73	0	.517	13.0	553	565	46-29	32-44	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	149	68	81	0	.456	22.0	572	601	47-28	21-53	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	150	66	84	0	.440	24.5	568	704	38-37	28-47	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 10, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
The first major-league grand-slam homer by Gary Roenicke highlighted the Orioles' 10-3 romp over the Indians. The Birds tallied five times in their first turn at bat, Roenicke's blow plating four and a sacrifice fly by Doug DeCinces another. A bases-loaded triple by Billy Smith in the fifth inning gave the Orioles three markers in that frame and put the game on ice.

Red Sox 5, Tigers 4 at Detroit (night game):
The Red Sox outlasted the Tigers, 5-4, in 11 innings to remain 2½ games behind the division-leading Yankees in the A. L. East. With the score 4-4, Butch Hobson drew a leadoff walk to begin the Sox' winning rally. Frank Duffy ran for Hobson and reached third on a pinch-single by Jack Brohamer. John Hiller relieved Steve Baker on the mound for the Tigers and got two outs, including an erasure of Duffy at the plate on a ground ball, but Jerry Remy then lined a single up the middle to drive in the game-winning marker.

Twins 10, Angels 4 at Minnesota (night game):
A seven-run bombardment in the fourth inning carried the Twins to a 10-4 rout of the Angels as Rod Carew raised his league-leading average to .340 with three hits. Hosken Powell and Dan Ford each had two hits. Jose Morales ripped a three-run triple in the big fourth frame. Carew, Mike Cubbage and Rob Wilfong each had an RBI in the fourth.

Yankees 4, Brewers 3 at New York (night game):
A single by Mickey Rivers in the bottom of the eighth inning broke a 3-3 tie and lifted the Yankees to a 4-3 decision over the Brewers. Chris Chambliss was hit by a pitch to lead off the Yankee eighth and moved to second on an infield out by Graig Nettles. Roy White was given an intentional walk and Cliff Johnson then drew a base on balls to load the sacks. Rivers hit a hard smash that bounced off shortstop Robin Yount's glove into left field and Chambliss crossed the plate with the winning run.

A's 6, White Sox 3 at Oakland (night game):
Taking advantage of wildness on the part of Chicago pitcher Ken Kravec, the A's posted a 6-3 victory over the White Sox. Kravec walked Rico Carty and Taylor Duncan in the second inning prior to a two-run single by Miguel Dilone. In the sixth stanza, Kravec walked Dilone, who scored on a double by Mike Edwards. Dilone also stole two bases. Dave Revering hit a solo homer in the fourth.

Royals 7, Mariners 6 at Seattle (night game):
With the winning run resulting from a hit batsman, the Royals picked up a 7-6 triumph over the Mariners in 11 innings. The score was 6-6 entering the 11th frame when George Brett stroked a leadoff single. Amos Otis sacrificed and was safe at first when pitcher Mike Parrott bobbled the ball. A single by Darrell Porter loaded the sacks and brought on Enrique Romo in relief of Parrott. Romo, after throwing a strike, hit John Wathan with his next heave to force in the winning marker. The Royals trailed, 6-5, going into the ninth chukker but tied the contest on a walk to Otis, an infield out and a single by Hal McRae.

Reds 4, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Getting credit for his first major league shutout, Mike LaCoss pitched the Reds to a 4-0 victory over the Dodgers. The Reds took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single by Johnny Bench, double by Dan Driessen and sacrifice fly by Dave Concepcion and got three runs in the seventh on an RBI single by Ken Griffey and two-run hit by Bench.