MLB standings through games of May 5, 1979

MLB standings at the end of May 5, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	24	16	8	0	.667		125	86	9-2	7-6	6-4	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	26	17	9	0	.654		140	101	8-3	9-6	9-1	Won 5
Milwaukee Brewers	27	16	11	0	.593	1.5	136	106	8-2	8-9	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	25	12	13	0	.480	4.5	98	104	6-5	6-8	3-7	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	20	9	11	0	.450	5.0	105	99	5-4	4-7	4-6	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	27	8	19	0	.296	9.5	111	160	3-10	5-9	2-8	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	24	7	17	0	.292	9.0	81	130	5-9	2-8	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	25	17	8	0	.680		126	116	4-4	13-4	8-2	Lost 1
California Angels	26	16	10	0	.615	1.5	148	112	8-7	8-3	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	24	14	10	0	.583	2.5	112	100	8-4	6-6	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	25	14	11	0	.560	3.0	144	129	11-4	3-7	7-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	24	11	13	0	.458	5.5	128	123	3-6	8-7	4-6	Won 1
Oakland A's	26	10	16	0	.385	7.5	97	142	7-10	3-6	5-5	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	27	8	19	0	.296	10.0	113	156	8-12	0-7	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	23	16	7	0	.696		118	95	11-1	5-6	8-2	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	24	16	7	1	.696		101	72	10-3	6-4	7-3	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	21	11	10	0	.524	4.0	78	79	8-4	3-6	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	25	12	12	1	.500	4.5	108	97	7-5	5-7	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	22	9	13	0	.409	6.5	106	109	6-7	3-6	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	22	8	14	0	.364	7.5	87	98	5-7	3-7	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	26	16	10	0	.615		116	95	8-1	8-9	4-6	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	25	14	11	0	.560	1.5	111	112	8-7	6-4	5-5	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	27	13	14	0	.481	3.5	125	135	8-5	5-9	4-6	Won 4
San Diego Padres	27	12	15	0	.444	4.5	126	135	6-4	6-11	4-6	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	28	11	17	0	.393	6.0	107	132	6-8	5-9	3-7	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	24	8	16	0	.333	7.0	99	123	4-7	4-9	4-6	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 9, Angels 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Lee May hit the 10th grand-slam homer of his major league career as the red-hot Orioles beat the Angels, 9-1, for their fourth straight victory and 14th in the last 15 games. Gary Roenicke also homered for the Orioles, connecting with a man on base, and Eddie Murray drove in two runs with a pair of singles. Jim Palmer, who pitched eight innings and allowed only four hits, brought his career record against the Angels to 21-8.

Red Sox 11, Mariners 4 at Boston (day game):
Fred Lynn, who leads the major leagues in homers, cracked his 10th of the season and Jim Rice drove in four runs to lead the attack of the Red Sox in an 11-4 victory over the Mariners. Lynn's drive opened the scoring in the first inning. Rice singled for one of four runs in the third and smashed a homer with two men on base in the eighth. Carl Yastrzemski and Dwight Evans each contributed two RBIs. Mario Mendoza drove in three runs for the Mariners with a single and a sacrifice fly.

Royals 3, Indians 2 at Cleveland (day game):
Although held to four hits, the Royals used a homer by Hal McRae in the fifth inning and two unearned runs in the seventh to defeat the Indians, 3-2. Both of the Indians' runs were unearned in the eighth when the clutch relief pitching of Al Hrabosky saved the victory for Rich Gale. After an error by George Brett, two walks and a single by Toby Harrah produced the Indians' first run, Hrabosky took over and retired the side with another run scoring on a wild throw by Darrell Porter. Then, in the ninth, Hrabosky struck out Bobby Bonds with the bases loaded to end the game.

Brewers 6, Blue Jays 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
A two-run triple by Charlie Moore in the second inning and a homer by Ben Oglivie in the sixth paced the Brewers a to 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays. Robin Yount drove in the Brewers' first run with a single in the second before Moore's triple and an infield out by Jim Gantner made it 4-0. The Blue Jays averted a shutout when Rico Carty hit for the circuit in the eighth.

Tigers 8, Twins 4 at Minnesota (day game):
Starting his comeback, Mark Fidrych made his first appearance since April 17, 1978, and pitched four innings for the Tigers in an 8-4 victory over the Twins. The Bird allowed four hits and two runs while throwing 50 pitches. Ron Jackson singled with two out in the second for the Twins' first hit. In the third, Rick Sofield walked and Roy Smalley tripled, and in the fourth Glenn Adams and Rob Wilfong hit doubles to account for the Twins' runs off Fidrych. By that time, the Tigers already had the game in hand with six runs. Rusty Staub batted in three with a pair of doubles.

Yankees 5, A's 4 at New York (day game):
Despite giving up 11 hits, Tommy John was able to gain his sixth straight victory when the Yankees scored on a sacrifice fly by Lou Piniella in the ninth inning to edge the A's 5-4. John fell behind, 3-0, before Reggie Jackson knocked in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the sixth. The A's picked up another tally in the eighth, but Mickey Rivers batted for Juan Beniquez in the Yankees' half and tied the score with a two-run homer. Bucky Dent led off the ninth with a double. Following an intentional pass to Willie Randolph, Thurman Munson bunted and reached first, loading the bases. Piniella then came up and hit his game-winning fly to center field.

White Sox 7, Rangers 6 at Texas (night game):
Soderholm batted in four runs, including three with his first homer of the season, to help the White Sox defeat the Rangers, 7-6. The White Sox scored four runs in the fourth inning on a double by Claudell Washington and consecutive two-out singles by Soderholm, Alan Bannister, Jorge Orta, Lamar Johnson and Greg Pryor before Washington and Chet Lemon singled in the fifth and Soderholm homered to decide the outcome. John Ellis and Bump Wills homered for the Rangers.

Cubs 9, Braves 3 at Chicago (day game):
Four homers carried the Cubs to a 9-3 victory over the Braves. Ivan DeJesus, who broke a 1-for-15 slump with three hits, led off the Cubs' first inning with a circuit clout. Bobby Murcer was safe on an error, Steve Ontiveros singled and Jerry Martin made it 4-0 with a homer. Barry Foote rapped a round-tripper in the third and Murcer accounted for the Cubs' fourth homer of the game with a two-run blast in the fifth. A homer by Glenn Hubbard in the seventh produced the Braves' runs off Dennis Lamp.

Reds 6, Astros 2 at Cincinnati (day game):
Building up a six-run lead in the first two innings, the Reds were able to defeat the Astros, 6-2. After counting twice in the first, the Reds racked up four runs in the second, two scoring on a double by Joe Morgan and two on a bases-loaded single by Johnny Bench. Cesar Cedeno hit a homer for the Astros.

Phillies 11, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Mike Schmidt and Greg Luzinski drove in nine runs between them to power the Phillies to an 11-0 trouncing of the Dodgers. Schmidt accounted for five RBIs with two homers and a double, while Luzinski produced four runs with a double, a bases-loaded walk and a single. Dick Ruthven, who pitched the first seven innings for the Phillies, gained his fifth straight victory and ended a string of seven losses to the Dodgers since 1976.

Padres 6, Expos 3 at San Diego (night game):
A pair of two-run homers by Dave Winfield enabled the Padres to defeat the Expos, 6-3. An error by Rodney Scott led to the Padres' initial run on a single by Barry Evans in the first inning before Winfield hit his first homer of the game. After the Expos tied the score with a solo shot by Chris Speier and a two-run blow by Andre Dawson in the fifth, Jerry Turner broke the deadlock with a run-scoring single in the seventh and Winfield iced the decision with his second homer.

Giants 6, Mets 4 at San Francisco (day game):
The Giants extended their winning streak to four games when Jack Clark hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to beat the Mets, 6-4. Clark also drove in an earlier run with a double in the first inning. The Mets' rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh, two scoring on a homer by Lee Mazzilli to tie the game at 4-4. In the Giants' half, Terry Whitfield was hit by a pitch and Clark followed with his winning homer.

Pirates 6, Cardinals 5 at St. Louis (night game):
A bruised hip kept Willie Stargell from playing, but the Pirates' veteran star came off the bench as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning and delivered a bases-loaded single in a three-run rally that beat the Cardinals, 6-5. The Cards, who had a homer by Ted Simmons and a two-run triple by starting pitcher Bob Forsch, went into the ninth with a 5-3 lead. Pete Vuckovich, on the mound in relief, was tagged for leadoff singles by Rennie Stennett and Lee Lacy. Omar Moreno grounded to Garry Templeton, but Mike Phillips dropped the throw to second, Stennett scoring. Tim Foli sacrificed. Vuckovich passed Dave Parker intentionally before yielding the pitching duties to Buddy Schultz. John Milner forced Lacy at the plate for the second out. Stargell then batted for Bill Robinson and singled on a 3-and-2 pitch to drive in two runs.