MLB standings through games of September 20, 1978

MLB standings at the end of September 20, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	152	92	60	0	.605		687	546	50-25	42-35	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	152	90	62	0	.592	2.0	740	636	53-22	37-40	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	153	87	66	0	.569	5.5	755	622	51-27	36-39	5-5	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	151	85	66	0	.563	6.5	624	603	47-27	38-39	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	151	81	70	0	.536	10.5	685	610	45-32	36-38	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	150	66	84	0	.440	25.0	607	661	40-35	26-49	6-4	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	151	58	93	0	.384	33.5	573	721	36-41	22-52	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	151	85	66	0	.563		703	603	51-23	34-43	8-2	Lost 1
California Angels	153	81	72	0	.529	5.0	642	626	46-29	35-43	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	149	75	74	0	.503	9.0	616	594	45-29	30-45	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	151	69	82	0	.457	16.0	630	638	36-40	33-42	7-3	Won 1
Oakland A's	154	68	86	0	.442	18.5	508	640	38-39	30-47	2-8	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	152	67	85	0	.441	18.5	589	678	36-39	31-46	7-3	Won 2
Seattle Mariners	148	55	93	0	.372	28.5	585	766	32-45	23-48	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	151	83	68	0	.550		662	549	51-27	32-41	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	151	81	70	0	.536	2.0	639	601	49-25	32-45	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	151	75	76	0	.497	8.0	625	672	42-35	33-41	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	153	71	82	0	.464	13.0	601	584	39-39	32-43	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	153	65	88	0	.425	19.0	566	628	34-40	31-48	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	152	63	89	0	.414	20.5	580	648	32-43	31-46	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	153	92	61	0	.601		690	532	52-26	40-35	7-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	152	84	68	0	.553	7.5	661	651	43-31	41-37	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	152	83	69	0	.546	8.5	586	568	45-30	38-39	2-8	Won 1
San Diego Padres	153	79	74	0	.516	13.0	560	572	47-30	32-44	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	151	68	83	0	.450	23.0	576	607	47-30	21-53	2-8	Lost 4
Atlanta Braves	152	68	84	0	.447	23.5	574	708	38-37	30-47	6-4	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 12, Red Sox 2 at Detroit (night game):
Preventing Boston from gaining on New York in the East division race, the Tigers fired a 15-hit barrage in clobbering the Red Sox, 12-2. Rusty Staub drove in four runs, one with a single in the first inning and three with a home run in the seventh. Lou Whitaker clouted a three-run round-tripper in sixth frame, the blast coming off reliever John LaRose, making his major league debut. Dave Rozema won his third consecutive complete game, while Mike Torrez dropped his sixth straight decision.

Brewers 5, Royals 4 at Kansas City (night game):
Coming from behind with two runs in the eighth inning, the Brewers edged the Royals, 5-4, reducing the K. C. first-place lead in the West division to five games over the Angels. The Brewers trailed, 4-3, entering the eighth but tied the contest on a leadoff single by Larry Hisle and a two-out triple by Sal Bando. Paul Molitor then doubled to left to plate Bando with the game-winning run to spoil the major league debut of loser Bill Paschall.

Twins 5, Rangers 3 at Minnesota (night game):
Paced by Dan Ford, who had three hits and drove in two runs, the Twins posted a 5-3 triumph over the Rangers. The Twins scored four times in the fourth inning on four walks, a hit batsman and infield singles by Rod Carew and Ford. A sacrifice fly by Ford plated another marker in the sixth.

[DH] Blue Jays 8, Yankees 1 (night game) / Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2 at Toronto (night game):
After the Blue Jays won the opening game of the twin bill, 8-1, the Yankees came back to capture the nightcap, 3-2, and increase their lead in the East division to two full games over the Red Sox. In the lidlifter, Yankee ace Ron Guidry was shelled from the parapet, lasting only 1 2/3 innings, during which time he was thumped for five runs and six hits. The Jays' attack was climaxed by back-to-back triples by Rick Bosetti and Bob Bailor in the second inning. The Yankees trailed in the second contest 2-0, going into the ninth inning, but scored three times to escape with a victory. A single by Willie Randolph began the rally and after Reggie Jackson drew walk, Blue Jay starter Tom Underwood was replaced by Victor Cruz. The reliever was ineffective, yielding consecutive RBI singles by Lou Piniella, Chris Chambliss and Graig Nettles.

Cubs 5, Pirates 1 at Chicago (day game):
A five-hitter by Mike Krukow snapped the seven-game Pittsburgh winning streak as the Cubs prevailed, 5-1, dropping the Pirates two games behind the leading Phillies in the East division. The first Cub run came in the opening inning as Ivan DeJesus walked, advanced to third on a single by Manny Trillo and scored on a single by Bill Buckner. A single by Mick Kelleher, double by Krukow and single by DeJesus made it 2-0 in the second. Pirate starter Jim Rooker was kayoed in the fourth. DeJesus drew a leadoff walk, moved to third on a single by Trillo and tallied on a sacrifice fly by Buckner. A double by Dave Kingman then plated Trillo. The final Cub run came in the eighth on a double by Mike Vail.

Braves 3, Astros 2 at Houston (night game):
A single by Glenn Hubbard in the ninth inning scored pinch-runner Eddie Miller and gave the Braves a 3-2 victory over the Astros. The score was 2-2 going into the ninth when Joe Nolan began the winning surge with a one-out single. Miller ran for Nolan, stole second and scored one out later on the hit by Hubbard.

Reds 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
With George Foster and Tom Seaver getting the key blows, the Reds prevailed over the Dodgers, 4-3. Foster hit a home run in the fourth inning following a double by Joe Morgan. Seaver singled in two runs in the seventh after the Reds loaded the bases on a triple by Dan Driessen and intentional walks to Dave Concepcion and Champ Summers. Seaver recorded his 200th strikeout of the year in the third inning to become the first pitcher to strike out 200 or more batters in 10 different seasons.

Phillies 4, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
Increasing their first-place margin in the East division to two games, the Phillies downed the Expos, 4-2. The Phils got on the board in the fifth inning when Jose Cardenal doubled, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Ted Sizemore. In the sixth, Garry Maddox drilled a one-out double and Greg Luzinski followed with a home run. The next batter, Mike Schmidt, also clouted a round-tripper. Tony Perez had a two-run homer for the Expos in the bottom of the sixth.

Giants 6, Padres 3 at San Diego (night game):
The Giants beat the Padres, 6-3, as Vida Blue got credit for his first victory since August 4. The Giants scored two runs in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Jack Clark and RBI single by Mike Ivie and added another in the third on a single by Clark and double by Darrell Evans. A triple by Marc Hill produced another tally in the fourth and the final pair came in the seventh on RBI singles by Hector Cruz and Roger Metzger.

Mets 7, Cardinals 6 at St. Louis (night game):
A four-run uprising in the seventh inning enabled the Mets to defeat the Cardinals, 7-6, in the clubs' continuing battle to determine the worst team in the league. The score was 3-3 going into the seventh when Lee Mazzilli drew a leadoff walk and reached second safely when Redbird shortstop Garry Templeton errored on an attempted forceout at second on a bunt by Tim Foli. Steve Henderson then walked to load the sacks and bring on Aurelio Lopez in relief of George Frazier. Willie Montanez grounded a ball into center for a two-run single. John Stearns followed with a sacrifice fly and when Dan Norman stroked a single, Lopez departed in favor of Roy Thomas. Elliott Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to complete the scoring.