MLB standings through games of September 27, 1978

MLB standings at the end of September 27, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	158	96	62	0	.608		715	567	52-25	44-37	6-4	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	158	95	63	0	.601	1.0	770	651	55-22	40-41	8-2	Won 4
Milwaukee Brewers	159	90	69	0	.566	6.5	784	644	54-27	36-42	5-5	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	157	88	69	0	.561	7.5	646	621	50-30	38-39	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	158	84	74	0	.532	12.0	704	642	45-33	39-41	4-6	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	155	68	87	0	.439	26.5	627	679	42-36	26-51	4-6	Lost 3
Toronto Blue Jays	157	59	98	0	.376	36.5	588	751	37-44	22-54	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	159	90	69	0	.566		735	627	54-24	36-45	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	158	85	73	0	.538	4.5	664	640	48-29	37-44	6-4	Won 3
Texas Rangers	158	83	75	0	.525	6.5	664	620	52-30	31-45	8-2	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	159	72	87	0	.453	18.0	659	670	38-43	34-44	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	157	69	88	0	.439	20.0	608	704	38-42	31-46	5-5	Lost 1
Oakland A's	159	69	90	0	.434	21.0	526	670	38-39	31-51	2-8	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	156	56	100	0	.359	32.5	602	806	32-45	24-55	1-9	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	158	89	69	0	.563		690	566	54-28	35-41	7-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	157	85	72	0	.541	3.5	664	619	52-25	33-47	7-3	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	158	77	81	0	.487	12.0	647	707	42-36	35-45	4-6	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	159	74	85	0	.465	15.5	620	599	41-39	33-46	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	159	68	91	0	.428	21.5	588	644	36-42	32-49	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	158	64	94	0	.405	25.0	590	673	33-47	31-47	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	158	94	64	0	.595		709	558	54-27	40-37	4-6	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	157	88	69	0	.561	5.5	681	671	45-31	43-38	7-3	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	159	88	71	0	.553	6.5	607	583	50-31	38-40	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	159	82	77	0	.516	12.5	584	587	48-30	34-47	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	158	71	87	0	.449	23.0	590	625	48-30	23-57	3-7	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	158	69	89	0	.437	25.0	587	725	39-41	30-48	4-6	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 3, Indians 1 at Baltimore (night game):
With Doug DeCinces extending his hitting streak to 17 games, the Orioles defeated the Indians, 3-1. Gary Roenicke, who doubled in the first inning and scored on a single by DeCinces, had a solo homer in the fifth. Mark Belanger added an RBI single in the eighth for the Birds' final runs.

Red Sox 5, Tigers 2 at Boston (night game):
Winning their fourth straight game and staying in the chase for the East division title, the Red Sox swept past the Tigers, 5-2. The Red Sox tallied three runs in the first inning when Jerry Remy and Carl Yastrzemski drew walks, Carlton Fisk tripled and Fred Lynn singled. George Scott hit a homer in the second and added an RBI single in the eighth.

Angels 4, Brewers 1 at California (night game):
Dave Frost scattered 10 hits before needing last-out help from Dave LaRoche, who picked up his 25th save. Rick Miller's second double knocked in two runs in the fifth, breaking a scoreless tie. Ken Landreaux hit his fifth homer for California in the seventh.

Mariners 4, Royals 2 at Kansas City (night game):
Ruppert Jones slashed a two-run triple, highlighting a three-run ninth inning that rallied Seattle over Kansas City and prevented Paul Splittorff from gaining his 20th victory. Byron McLaughlin, 4-8, pitched a seven-hitter.

Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1 at New York (night game):
Maintaining a one-game lead in the East division, the Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 5-1, as Catfish Hunter picked up his ninth victory in 10 decisions. In his last 79 innings, the righthander had a 1.71 earned run average. With one out in the second inning, Graig Nettles and Chris Chambliss singled and Roy White reached first safely on an error by third baseman Roy Howell. A sacrifice fly by Bucky Dent drove in one run and Willie Randolph followed with a two-run single. Nettles hit a homer in the third and Reggie Jackson added another in the fifth.

Rangers 10, Twins 5 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers exploded for five runs in the seventh inning and went on to subdue the Twins, 10-5.

Astros 4, Braves 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Behind the combined pitching of Vern Ruhle and Joe Sambito, the Astros shut out the Braves, 4-0. All runs came in the eighth inning. After three singles loaded the bases, Bruce Bochy drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly. After a walk reloaded the sacks, Jeff Leonard slashed a three-run double. It was the second straight game the Astros shut out the Braves.

Reds 5, Dodgers 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
A homer by George Foster highlighted a four-run eighth inning that carried the Reds to a 5-3 decision over the Dodgers. The Reds trailed, 3-1, going into the bottom of the eighth when Foster unloaded a two-run shot, scoring Ken Griffey, who had walked. Johnny Bench drew a walk before Dan Driessen and Champ Summers followed with singles to give the decision to reliever Pedro Borbon.

Phillies 5, Expos 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
Four hits by Jerry Martin paced the Phillies to a 5-4 victory over the Expos. A single by Greg Luzinski opened the Phils' second inning and Jose Cardenal then drew a base on balls. A double by Martin scored Luzinski and a sacrifice fly by Ted Sizemore plated Cardenal.

Pirates 8, Cubs 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A six-run explosion in the sixth inning lifted the Pirates to an 8-3 thumping of the Cubs and kept the Bucs mathematically alive in the East division race.

Giants 1, Padres 0 at San Francisco (day game):
Unfurling his second straight shutout and sixth of the season -- tops in the league -- Bob Knepper pitched the Giants to a 1-0 triumph over the Padres. The Giants scored the only run of game in the second inning on singles by Darrell Evans and Larry Herndon and an infield out by Roger Metzger. The Giants completed the home portion of their schedule with a total attendance of 1,740,477, an increase of more than one million over 1977.