MLB standings through games of September 22, 1978

MLB standings at the end of September 22, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	154	93	61	0	.604		701	555	50-25	43-36	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	154	91	63	0	.591	2.0	749	642	53-22	38-41	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	155	88	67	0	.568	5.5	762	630	52-27	36-40	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	152	85	67	0	.559	7.0	629	610	47-28	38-39	5-5	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	153	82	71	0	.536	10.5	693	620	45-33	37-38	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	151	67	84	0	.444	24.5	615	668	41-35	26-49	6-4	Won 2
Toronto Blue Jays	153	59	94	0	.386	33.5	579	732	37-42	22-52	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	154	87	67	0	.565		715	613	52-23	35-44	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	154	82	72	0	.532	5.0	645	628	46-29	36-43	4-6	Won 2
Texas Rangers	152	78	74	0	.513	8.0	633	599	47-29	31-45	7-3	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	154	70	84	0	.455	17.0	639	648	37-42	33-42	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	155	68	87	0	.439	19.5	508	643	38-39	30-48	2-8	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	153	67	86	0	.438	19.5	591	681	36-40	31-46	6-4	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	150	55	95	0	.367	30.0	587	777	32-45	23-50	2-8	Lost 4

	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	152	82	70	0	.539	1.5	642	603	49-25	33-45	8-2	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	153	76	77	0	.497	8.0	632	678	42-36	34-41	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	153	71	82	0	.464	13.0	601	584	39-39	32-43	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	155	66	89	0	.426	19.0	575	635	35-41	31-48	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	153	63	90	0	.412	21.0	582	654	32-43	31-47	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	154	92	62	0	.597		693	544	52-27	40-35	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	153	85	68	0	.556	6.5	667	655	43-31	42-37	6-4	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	154	84	70	0	.545	8.0	589	573	46-30	38-40	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	155	81	74	0	.523	11.5	577	576	48-30	33-44	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	153	69	84	0	.451	22.5	578	609	48-30	21-54	2-8	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	154	68	86	0	.442	24.0	578	716	38-38	30-48	5-5	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 7, Orioles 5 at Baltimore (night game):
Two doubles by Rusty Staub and two triples by Alan Trammell helped lift the Tigers to a 7-5 victory over the Orioles in 10 innings. Staub drove in four runs. After his first double accounted for a pair in the third, the Tigers fell behind, 5-2, but then rallied to tie the score in the seventh on a triple by Alan Trammell, singles by Steve Dillard and Ron LeFiore and Staub's second double. In the 10th, Jason Thompson doubled, took third on a bunt by Steve Kemp and scored the tie-breaking run on a sacrifice fly by Lance Parrish. Aurelio Rodriguez kept the inning going with a single and counted an insurance run on Trammell's second triple.

Angels 3, White Sox 2 at Chicago (night game):
With a helping hand from Dave LaRoche, who earned his 24th save, Frank Tanana gained his 18th victory when the Angels defeated the White Sox, 3-2. the White Sox nicked Tanana for their pair in the first inning when Harry Chappas singled and Chet Lemon homered. The Angels then erupted for all their runs off Rich Hinton in the third. Brian Downing, Dave Chalk and Rick Miller hit consecutive singles to account for the first tally. Two outs later, after a walk to Lyman Bostock, Don Baylor singled to drive in the tying and winning runs.

Indians 8, Yankees 7 at Cleveland (night game):
Although losing to the Indians, 8-7, in 10 innings, the Yankees retained their two-game lead in the East division race when the Red Sox were defeated by the Blue Jays. After the Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, the Indians blasted ahead in their half when Andre Thornton homered with two men on base and Wayne Cage added a solo shot. Dan Briggs homered in the fourth. The Yankees had a round-tripper by Chris Chambliss but trailed, 7-4, going into the ninth when they rallied to tie the score on only one hit. Jay Johnstone was hit by a pitch and both Mickey Rivers and Willie Randolph walked to load the bases. Jim Kern struck out Thurman Munson before the Indians called on Sid Monge to face Reggie Jackson. Unequal to the task, Monge walked Jackson, forcing in one run, and then yielded a single by Lou Piniella, driving in the Yankees' tying pair. However, in the 10th, the Indians came back to win, scoring off Rich Gossage on a walk to Duane Kuiper, a passed ball, a wild pitch and a single by Rick Manning.

Brewers 3, A's 0 at Milwaukee (night game):
Two relief pitchers staved off a threat in the ninth inning and enabled the Brewers to emerge with a 3-0 victory over the A's. Eduardo Rodriguez, who started for the Brewers, gave up a single by Mario Guerrero in the fourth for the only hit off his deliveries unti lthe ninth when Bruce Robinson and Jeff Newman singled and Tim Hosley was hit by a pitch to load the bases with none out. Jerry Augustine relieved and retired Dave Revering. Bill Castro then took over and induced Guerrero to bounce into a game-ending double play. The Brewers scored all their runs in the second inning. Robin Yount batted in a pair with a bases-loaded single and the third run counted on a wild pitch by Matt Keough.

[DH] Royals 4, Twins 2 (night game) / Twins 4, Royals 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Losing pitchers each gave up fewer hits than the winners as the Royals split a twi-night doubleheader with the Twins, taking the first game, 4-2, before being shut out in the second game, 4-0. Larry Gura was the Royals' winner on a six-hitter. Darrell Jackson lost although yielding only three hits in seven innings. Mike Marshall gave up one more hit in the last two frames. After an unearned run enabled the Royals to knot the count at 2-2, Frank White broke the tie with a homer in the seventh. The Royals added an insurance run on a wild pickoff throw by Marshall in the eighth. In the nightcap, Geoff Zahn doled out six hits in posting his first shutout of the season and his fifth straight victory. Marty Pattin, the Royals' loser, allowed only five hits. The Twins picked up a tainted tally in the third inning, added a run on a double by Rod Carew and a single by Glenn Adams in the fourth and clinched the decision when Dan Ford tripled with two men on base in the sixth.

[DH] Rangers 10, Mariners 2 (night game) / Rangers 1, Mariners 0 at Texas (night game):
After the Rangers tied their club record for most runs in one inning while defeating the Mariners, 10-2, Fergie Jenkins completed the sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with a 1-0 victory. The Rangers' big explosion occurred in the first inning of the opener when they scored nine runs. The outburst included a three-run homer by John Ellis and two-run singles by Juan Beniquez and Richie Zisk. Bump Wills added a homer for the Rangers' final marker in the third. Jenkins fired a three-hitter in the nightcap for his 17th victory and sixth in a row. The game's only run off Byron McLaughlin scored in the second inning when Zisk singled and scored after two out on a double by Larry Milbourne.

Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 4 at Toronto (night game):
Rallying for two runs in the ninth inning, the Blue Jays posted a 5-4 victory over the Red Sox, who blew a chance to gain on the Yankees in the East division race. Jim Rice batted in his 132nd run of the season for the Red Sox with a double in the first inning, but the Blue Jays came back with three runs in their half. John Mayberry drove in a pair with a double and scored himself on a single by Willie Upshaw. The Red Sox pulled even in the fourth and went ahead in the eighth when Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn singled and Butch Hobson hit a sacrifice fly. Andy Hassler, on the mound in relief of Bob Stanley, failed in the ninth. Pinch-hitter Bob Bailor led off with a single and, after Alan Ashby popped up, Dave McKay and Doug Ault walked to load the bases. The Red Sox then brought in Bill Campbell, who threw only one pitch. Rick Bosetti lined it into center field for single, driving in the Blue Jays' tying and winning runs.

Reds 6, Braves 4 at Atlanta (night game):
Catching in his 100th game of the season, Johnny Bench batted in two runs with a single in the seventh inning to bring the Reds a 6-4 victory over the Braves. This was Bench's 11th straight season of catching in 100 or more games, extending his own N. L. record. Bill Dickey of the Yankees holds the major league mark with 13 consecutive years. Jeff Burroughs hit a two-run homer for the Braves in the first inning and Gary Matthews and Bob Horner added solo shots in the fourth. The Reds had round-trippers by Arturo DeFreites and Joe Morgan but trailed, 4-3, going into the seventh when Pete Rose ignited a rally with a double. After Morgan grounded out, sending Rose to third, Ken Griffey walked and stole second. Bench then drilled his single to send the Reds ahead. Imitating Griffey, Bench stole second and counted an insurance run on a single by Dave Concepcion.

Padres 12, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Padres piled up 20 hits for their season high and trounced the Dodgers, 12-3. The loss spoiled manager Tommy Lasorda's 51st birthday. The Dodgers committed five errors. The Padres combined two of those errors with singles by Barry Evans, Dave Winfield, Jerry Turner and Gene Tenace to score three runs in the first inning. Then getting into the swing of things, the Padres sent 12 men to bat in the fifth inning and rolled up six runs. A momer by Winfield touched off the barrage.

Giants 2, Astros 0 at San Francisco (night game):
The league leader in shutouts, Bob Knepper posted his fifth of the season, pitching the Giants to a 2-0 victory over the Astros. The lefthander allowed only five hits and went the route for the 15th time while bringing his record to 16-11. the Giants' first run off Vern Ruhle was unearned. Jim Dwyer doubled with two out in the fifth inning and scored when a ground ball by Jack Clark went through third baseman Enos Cabell. Knepper then ensured his own victory with a run-scoring single in the sixth after a leadoff walk to Marc Hill and safe bunt by Roger Metzger.

Cubs 5, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
With manager Herman Franks pulling the right strings, the Cubs rallied for three runs in the ninth inning and defeated the Cardinals, 5-3. Cards' rookie catcher Terry Kennedy, son of the Cubs' vice-president, batted in a run with a single in the seventh to give the Redbirds a 3-2 lead. Dave Rader opened the ninth by drawing a walk. Mike Sember ran for Rader. Pinch-hitter Scot Thompson singled and Ivan DeJesus was safe on a bunt to load the bases. Mike Vail came up as a pinch-hitter and popped out, but Bill Buckner singled to center, driving in the Cubs' tying and leading runs. Davey Johnson then made an appearance as another pinch-hitter and singled to account for the final marker.