MLB standings through games of May 4, 1979

MLB standings at the end of May 4, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	23	15	8	0	.652		114	82	8-2	7-6	6-4	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	25	16	9	0	.640		131	100	7-3	9-6	9-1	Won 4
Milwaukee Brewers	26	15	11	0	.577	1.5	130	105	7-2	8-9	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	24	11	13	0	.458	4.5	93	100	5-5	6-8	3-7	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	19	8	11	0	.421	5.0	97	95	5-4	3-7	3-7	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	26	8	18	0	.308	8.5	110	154	3-10	5-8	2-8	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	23	7	16	0	.304	8.0	79	127	5-8	2-8	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	24	17	7	0	.708		122	108	4-3	13-4	8-2	Won 6
California Angels	25	16	9	0	.640	1.5	147	103	8-7	8-2	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	23	14	9	0	.609	2.5	106	93	8-3	6-6	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	24	13	11	0	.542	4.0	141	127	11-4	2-7	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	23	10	13	0	.435	6.5	121	117	3-6	7-7	3-7	Lost 1
Oakland A's	25	10	15	0	.400	7.5	93	137	7-10	3-5	6-4	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	26	8	18	0	.308	10.0	109	145	8-12	0-6	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	22	16	6	0	.727		115	89	11-1	5-5	8-2	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	23	15	7	1	.682	1.0	90	72	10-3	5-4	7-3	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	24	12	11	1	.522	4.5	103	91	7-4	5-7	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	20	10	10	0	.500	5.0	69	76	7-4	3-6	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	21	8	13	0	.381	7.5	83	92	5-7	3-6	5-5	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	21	8	13	0	.381	7.5	100	104	6-7	2-6	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	25	16	9	0	.640		114	89	8-1	8-8	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	24	13	11	0	.542	2.5	105	110	7-7	6-4	5-5	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	26	12	14	0	.462	4.5	119	131	7-5	5-9	3-7	Won 3
San Diego Padres	26	11	15	0	.423	5.5	120	132	5-4	6-11	3-7	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	27	11	16	0	.407	6.0	107	121	6-7	5-9	3-7	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	23	8	15	0	.348	7.0	96	114	4-7	4-8	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 5, Mariners 3 at Boston (night game):
Fred Lynn drove in two runs with a homer and another with a sacrifice fly and Carl Yastrzemski added a homer as the Red Sox defeated the Mariners, 5-3. Lynn's round-tripper followed a single by Rick Burleson in first inning. The Mariners came back to tie the score with consecutive homers by Willie Horton and Ruppert Jones in the second, but a double by Jerry Remy, single by Burleson and Lynn's sacrifice fly put the Red Sox ahead again in the third. The Mariners reknotted the count in the sixth, but Yastrzemski decided the outcome with his homer in the Red Sox half.

Royals 5, Indians 4 at Cleveland (night game):
A sacrifice fly by Hal McRae scored Al Cowens with an unearned run in the 10th inning and gave the Royals a 5-4 victory over the Indians. After Sid Monge, pitching in relief for the Indians, had retired six straight batters, including four on strikeouts, Cowens led off the Royals' 10th with a single, stole second, continued to third on a wild throw by catcher Bo Diaz and scored on McRae's fly.

Blue Jays 5, Brewers 4 at Milwaukee (night game):
Errors by Robin Yount and Cecil Cooper in the eighth inning enabled the Blue Jays to score two unearned runs and defeat the Brewers, 5-4. Rick Bosetti grounded to Yount and was safe on the shortstop's wild throw. After a sacrifice by Ted Wilborn and an intentional pass to Otto Velez, John Mayberry hit a grounder that went through Cooper's legs at first base, Bosetti scoring. Roy Howell then singled to plate Velez with what proved to be the deciding run.

Twins 7, Tigers 6 at Minnesota (night game):
The Twins extended their winning streak to six games when Glenn Adams homered in the seventh inning for the run that beat the Tigers, 7-6. Ron Jackson also homered for the Twins and Mike Cubbage knocked in three runs with a single and double. Rusty Staub and Steve Kemp each batted in a pair for the Tigers. Mike Marshall, making his 15th appearance of the season, worked the last 2 2/3 innings and gained his fourth victory in five decisions to go along with nine saves.

A's 11, Yankees 5 at New York (night game):
Led by Wayne Gross, who batted in five runs with two homers, the A's piled up 13 hits and walloped the Yankees, 11-5. Gross hit his first homer of the game with a man on base in the second inning. Jim Spencer then donned the slugging togs for the Yankees, rapping a solo shot in the home half of the second and another homer with two aboard in the third when the Yankees scored four runs to take a 5-2 lead. The A's rebounded to tie the score in the sixth and then pinned the defeat on Jim Beattie in the seventh. Beattie, who had been recalled from the minors, relieved and gave up two runs on a single by Miguel Dilone, pass to Larry Murray, single by Mitchell Page and double by Dave Revering. The A's then iced the decision with four runs in the ninth, three scoring on Gross' second homer.

[DH] White Sox 7, Rangers 5 (day game) / Rangers 7, White Sox 6 at Texas (night game):
Ninth-inning rallies that included two-run doubles marked the split of a twi-night doubleheader with the White Sox winning the first game, 7-5, and the Rangers coming back to take the second game, 7-6. In the opener, the White Sox, who were trailing, 5-4, began their ninth with a single by Greg Pryor and a forceout of pinch-runner Thad Bosley by Marv Foley. Sparky Lyle took over for the Rangers and retired Wayne Nordhagen on a fly, but Chet Lemon singled to drive in pinch-runner Rusty Torres, tying the score. Eric Soderholm then doubled home two runs to give the White Sox their winning margin. In the nightcap, the White Sox built up a 6-0 lead before the Rangers rallied in the seventh and eighth innings to pull within one run. Then, in the ninth, Gary Gray singled, Jim Sundberg walked and Mike Jorgensen, batting for Bump Wills, doubled to drive in the tying and winning runs.

Cubs 6, Braves 2 at Chicago (day game):
A pair of three-run innings carried the Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the Braves. Barry Foote and Bill Buckner hit doubles in the fifth when the Cubs opened their scoring, and a single by Jerry Martin produced two of the three other runs in the seventh.

Reds 6, Astros 5 at Cincinnati (night game):
George Foster greeted reliever Rick Williams with a single in the 10th inning, scoring Ken Griffey, to give the Reds a 6-5 victory over the Astros. Bo McLaughlin, who was pitching for the Astros to start the stanza, gave up a single to Griffey and passes to Dave Concepcion and Joe Morgan to load the bases before Foster delivered his hit off Williams. The recurrence of a back ailment forced Tom Seaver off the mound after one inning and the Reds called on four relievers during the course of the game with the decision going to Doug Bair.

Phillies 5, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Rookie infielder Ramon Aviles, called up from the minors to replace the injured Manny Trillo, singled for his first major league hit and drove in two runs in the ninth inning to clinch the Phillies' 5-2 victory over the Dodgers. Before Aviles iced the decision, the Phillies overcame the Dodgers' 2-1 lead with two runs in the seventh on a double by Pete Rose, single by Greg Luzinski, pass to Mike Schmidt, sacrifice fly by Bob Boone and error by Steve Garvey on a grounder by Del Unser.

Expos 12, Padres 1 at San Diego (night game):
Handed a six-run lead in the first inning. Ross Grimsley had an easy time pitching the Expos to a 12-1 victory over the Padres. Grimsley yielded only three hits with the Padres' run coming on a homer by Dave Winfield in the seventh. Andre Dawson ignited the Expos' opening outburst with a round-tripper. After two walks and a single by Tony Perez delivered another counter, Gary Carter smashed a three-run homer to kayo John D'Acquisto before the Padres' starter was able to retire any batters.

Giants 4, Mets 3 at San Francisco (night game):
Roger Metzger tripled in the eighth inning and continued home when Skip Lockwood was charged with an error on the relay from the outfield, bringing the Giants a 4-3 victory over the Mets. Vida Blue made the run earned by following with a single that would have scored Metzger. The victory was Blue's fifth after the Giants' ace had lost two games since opening the season by winning his first four starts.

Cardinals 4, Pirates 3 at St. Louis (night game):
Tony Scott had his seventh three-hit game of the season and Lou Brock also collected three hits to bring his career total to 2,923 as the Cardinals defeated the Pirates, 4-3. Scott and Ken Reitz each batted in two of the Cardinals' runs. Singles by Brock, George Hendrick and Scott produced the deciding tally in the fifth inning.