MLB standings through games of April 23, 1979

MLB standings at the end of April 23, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	13	9	4	0	.692		80	49	7-2	2-2	7-3	Won 4
New York Yankees	15	9	6	0	.600	1.0	60	61	5-4	4-2	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	11	6	5	0	.545	2.0	63	54	4-2	2-3	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	16	8	8	0	.500	2.5	70	73	7-3	1-5	5-5	Won 5
Milwaukee Brewers	15	7	8	0	.467	3.0	69	68	4-1	3-7	4-6	Lost 5
Toronto Blue Jays	15	5	10	0	.333	5.0	68	100	2-4	3-6	3-7	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	13	4	9	0	.308	5.0	44	70	3-4	1-5	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	16	12	4	0	.750		117	66	4-2	8-2	9-1	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	13	9	4	0	.692	1.5	64	43	6-1	3-3	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	14	9	5	0	.643	2.0	73	66	2-3	7-2	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	15	7	8	0	.467	4.5	86	76	1-4	6-4	6-4	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	14	6	8	0	.429	5.0	75	85	5-1	1-7	3-7	Won 1
Oakland A's	16	5	11	0	.312	7.0	57	93	3-6	2-5	4-6	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	16	5	11	0	.312	7.0	76	98	5-6	0-5	1-9	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	14	9	4	1	.692		61	39	5-1	4-3	8-2	Won 1
Montreal Expos	13	8	5	0	.615	1.0	45	47	4-1	4-4	6-4	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	12	6	6	0	.500	2.5	41	48	5-3	1-3	6-4	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	15	7	7	1	.500	2.5	59	55	4-2	3-5	4-6	Won 2
New York Mets	12	4	8	0	.333	4.5	44	51	1-4	3-4	2-8	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	14	4	10	0	.286	5.5	55	75	4-5	0-5	3-7	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	16	12	4	0	.750		71	41	8-1	4-3	7-3	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	16	9	7	0	.562	3.0	80	71	3-3	6-4	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	17	9	8	0	.529	3.5	80	80	5-5	4-3	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	17	8	9	0	.471	4.5	81	89	4-3	4-6	6-4	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	18	8	10	0	.444	5.0	69	77	5-6	3-4	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	16	5	11	0	.312	7.0	67	80	2-5	3-6	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 4, White Sox 3 at Kansas City (night game):
Two doubles and two RBIs by Frank White sparked the Royals to a 4-3 victory over the White Sox, ending the K. C. five-game losing streak. The Royals scored in the first inning when White doubled on a ball misplayed by left fielder Junior Moore, took third on a single by John Wathan and scored on a fielder's choice grounder by Al Cowens. The Royals added three more runs in the fifth frame. Joe Zdeb singled and scored on a double by Freddie Patek. Willie Wilson followed with a bunt single and George Brett walked to load the bases. White then hit a two-run double.

Rangers 5, Blue Jays 0 at Texas (night game):
Combining on a three-hitter, Doyle Alexander and Jim Kern hurled the Rangers to a 5-0 blanking of the Blue Jays. Texas got three runs in their first turn at bat. Billy Sample walked with one out and Al Oliver stroked a single. Blue Jay second baseman Dave McKay booted a potential double-play grounder by Buddy Bell, allowing Sample to score from third. A single by Richie Zisk plated Oliver and a sacrifice fly by Oscar Gamble drove home Bell.

Cardinals 3, Braves 2 at Atlanta (night game):
A single by Jerry Mumphrey -- his first hit of the season -- lifted the Cardinals to a 3-2, 10-inning victory over the Braves. The score was 2-2 in the 10th when Tony Scott began the winning rally with a single. He stole second, continued to third when catcher Dale Murphy threw the ball into center field and scored on Mumphrey's blow. Phil Niekro had the Cards shut out, 2-0, going into the ninth inning but they tied the game on two-out RBI singles by Bernie Carbo and Garry Templeton.

Phillies 4, Dodgers 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
With Mike Schmidt driving home the tying and winning runs, the Phillies edged the Dodgers, 4-3, in 10 innings. The Dodgers led, 3-2, going into the bottom of the eighth inning, but the Phillies tied the score on a single by Schmidt following walks to Larry Bowa and Greg Luzinski. Bowa opened the bottom of the 10th with a base on balls and advanced to second on a wild pitch. After Pete Rose was given an intentional walk, Schmidt delivered the game-winning hit off Lance Rautzhan.