MLB standings through games of May 12, 1979

MLB standings at the end of May 12, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	33	22	11	0	.667		174	118	13-5	9-6	8-2	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	31	20	11	0	.645	1.0	169	120	13-5	7-6	7-3	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	33	20	13	0	.606	2.0	165	130	10-4	10-9	7-3	Won 2
New York Yankees	32	17	15	0	.531	4.5	133	134	11-7	6-8	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	26	11	15	0	.423	7.5	133	133	7-7	4-8	4-6	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	30	10	20	0	.333	10.5	110	159	6-9	4-11	4-6	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	32	8	24	0	.250	13.5	120	192	3-12	5-12	1-9	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	30	22	8	0	.733		165	132	9-4	13-4	9-1	Won 5
California Angels	33	19	14	0	.576	4.5	184	148	8-7	11-7	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	30	17	13	0	.567	5.0	135	126	9-7	8-6	5-5	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	32	17	15	0	.531	6.0	179	165	11-4	6-11	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	31	15	16	0	.484	7.5	162	152	5-7	10-9	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	33	12	21	0	.364	11.5	118	183	7-10	5-11	3-7	Lost 3
Seattle Mariners	34	10	24	0	.294	14.0	137	192	8-12	2-12	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	31	21	9	1	.700		132	94	10-3	11-6	7-3	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	29	19	10	0	.655	1.5	137	120	11-1	8-9	5-5	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	31	16	14	1	.533	5.0	130	115	9-6	7-8	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	27	14	13	0	.519	5.5	113	121	9-6	5-7	6-4	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	28	12	16	0	.429	8.0	137	138	7-8	5-8	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	29	10	19	0	.345	10.5	104	133	5-7	5-12	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	31	18	13	0	.581		155	143	9-8	9-5	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	34	19	15	0	.559	0.5	150	135	10-5	9-10	3-7	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	35	17	18	0	.486	3.0	147	146	12-9	5-9	7-3	Won 6
San Francisco Giants	33	16	17	0	.485	3.0	144	151	11-8	5-9	7-3	Won 2
San Diego Padres	34	13	21	0	.382	6.5	149	172	7-10	6-11	3-7	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	30	10	20	0	.333	7.5	136	166	5-9	5-11	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, Mariners 2 at Baltimore (night game):
Ken Singleton drove in three runs with a sacrifice fly and homer to enable the Orioles to defeat the Mariners, 4-2. Mike Flanagan, who doled out four hits, gained his fifth straight victory to bring his record to 6-2. After Singleton's sacrifice fly in the third and matching run for the Mariners in the fifth, the Orioles put the game away in their half when Kiko Garcia singled, Mark Belanger tripled and Singleton smashed his homer.

Red Sox 8, A's 2 at Boston (day game):
Led by Jerry Remy, every Red Sox batter except Jim Rice participated in the 16-hit attack that resulted in an 8-2 victory over the A's. Rice had only two official times at bat. Remy beat out a bunt in the first inning, followed with three singles and capped his 5-for-5 day with a double in the seventh inning when the Red Sox scored four runs to clinch their decision. Butch Hobson and George Scott homered. Mike Torrez gave up five hits to the A's, who got one of their runs on a round-tripper by Jeff Newman.

Royals 5, White Sox 4 at Chicago (night game):
Coming out of the bullpen, Marty Pattin made his first start of the season, pitched 7 2/3 innings and gained credit for the victory as the Royals outlasted the White Sox, 5-4. George Brett hit a triple and homer for the Royals, who took a 5-1 lead in the eighth when Willie Wilson doubled for his third hit of the game and Amos Otis singled. The White Sox picked up a run off Pattin in their half of the eighth before Larry Gura relieved. Then, in the ninth, Lamar Johnson singled with one out and Bill Nahorodny homered, but Renie Martin came in and retired the last two batters to save the game.

Brewers 3, Tigers 2 at Detroit (day game):
Doubles by Jim Wohlford and pinch-hitter Charlie Moore in the ninth inning gave the Brewers a 3-2 victory over the Tigers. The Brewers' first two runs came in the second when Ben Oglivie doubled and Sixto Lezcano homered. Ron LeFlore, who singled and doubled, counted both Tiger tallies.

Twins 4, Indians 0 at Minnesota (day game):
Unbeaten since coming to his home state, Jerry Koosman allowed only four hits in 7 2/3 innings and gained his sixth straight victory as the Twins shut out the Indians, 4-0. Mike Marshall retired the last four batters in relief of Koosman, who won only three games and lost 15 with the Mets last season. The Twins scored all their runs in the sixth inning, getting the first three on a single by Roy Smalley, a pass to Ken Landreaux and a homer by Glenn Adams. Singles by Ron Jackson and Rick Sofield around a sacrifice by Rob Wilfong added another tally before the inning ended.

Yankees 6, Angels 5 at New York (day game):
Thurman Munson singled in the ninth inning and raced home from first base on a double by Graig Nettles to give the Yankees a 6-5 victory over the Angels. The Yankees had a homer by Chris Chambliss in taking a 5-3 lead, but the Angels narrowed the gap in the seventh with a walk to Bobby Grich and a triple by Rick Miller. Jim Kaat, who was obtained from the Phillies, made his Yankee debut in relief of Luis Tiant and retired the side but then was tagged for the Angels' tying run in the eighth on a double by Don Baylor, pass to Joe Rudi and single by Brian Downing.

Rangers 3, Blue Jays 1 at Toronto (day game):
Snapping a tie with a homer by Jim Sundberg, the Rangers defeated the Blue Jays, 3-1. After Sundberg's smash in the eighth inning, the Rangers added an insurance run in the ninth on a triple by Al Oliver and single by Pat Putnam.

[DH] Astros 11, Cubs 3 (night game) / Cubs 2, Astros 0 at Houston (night game):
Ken Holtzman turned in his first complete game since 1976 and pitched the Cubs to a 2-0 victory in the nightcap of a doubleheader to gain a split with the Astros, who won the opener, 11-3. The Astros started the lidlifter with six runs in the first inning, all charged against Lynn McGlothen, who was able to retire only one batter. Terry Puhl and Craig Reynolds combined for five hits, five RBIs and four runs scored between them in the first three innings as the Astros went on to make it 10-2. Puhl, Reynolds and Jose Cruz each finished with three of the Astros' 16 hits. In the nightcap, Holtzman was a three-hit man for the Cubs while holding the Astros to six. Bobby Murcer whacked two doubles, scoring one of the Cubs' runs and driving in Holtzman with the other.

Dodgers 4, Expos 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
After tying the score twice with homers by Joe Ferguson and Steve Garvey, the Dodgers came from behind in the 11th inning with another homer by Davey Lopes and a run-scoring single by Dusty Baker to defeat the Expos, 4-3. Ferguson hit his homer in the fifth and Garvey sent the game into overtime with a drive in the ninth. Andre Dawson put the Expos ahead with a circuit clout in the 11th, but Lopes' smash in the Dodgers' half knotted the count again. After a forceout of Gary Thomasson by Garvey and an intentional pass to Ron Cey that loaded the bases, Baker came through with his winning single.

Pirates 3, Reds 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Omar Moreno rapped a pair of singles and drove in two runs, including the deciding counter in the seventh inning, to enable the Pirates to defeat the Reds, 3-2. The Reds went ahead, 2-1, in the top of seventh when Ken Griffey singled, stole second and scored on an overthrow by catcher Steve Nicosia and a bobble of the ball by Moreno in center field. In the Pirates' half, Willie Stargell delivered a pinch-single to drive in the tying run and Moreno, making up for his error, followed with a single to account for the winning tally.

Padres 2, Mets 1 at San Diego (night game):
The Padres ended a six-game losing streak when pinch-hitter Kurt Bevacqua delivered a run-scoring single in the seventh inning to beat the Mets, 2-1. Bob Owchinko turned in only the third complete game to the credit of the Padres' staff this season. In the seventh, with the score tied, 1-1, Bill Almon led off with a single for the Padres and Owchinko sacrificed. Gene Richards was passed intentionally. After Mike Hargrove was announced as a pinch-hitter, the Mets brought in Jesse Orosco to relieve Neil Allen. The Padres then switched pinch-hitters, calling on Bevacqua, who came through with the winning hit.

Giants 4, Phillies 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Ed Halicki yielded only two hits, both by Del Unser, while pitching the Giants to a 4-1 victory over the Phillies. Unser also drove in the Phillies' only run with an infield out in the sixth inning, scoring Bake McBride, who walked and moved up on a grounder. The Giants counted twice in the fifth on a triple by Darrell Evans, sacrifice fly by Marc Hill, single by Johnnie LeMaster, an error on the hit by McBride, and a single by Halicki. A walk to Evans, singles by Hill and LeMaster and a sacrifice fly by Terry Whitfield added the other two runs in the seventh.

Cardinals 7, Braves 6 at St. Louis (night game):
After blowing a 5-1 lead, the Cardinals rallied for two runs in the ninth inning and defeated the Braves, 7-6. The Braves tied the score with a four-run outburst in the eighth and went ahead in the ninth when Jerry Royster singled and Gary Matthews doubled. In the Cards' half, Jerry Mumphrey walked and Keith Hernandez knotted the count with a triple. After two intentional passes loaded the bases, Braves' outfielders played in close for a possible play at the plate and Ken Reitz lashed a drive over the head of right fielder Matthews for the winning single. Garry Templeton was announced as the Cards' shortstop but did not play because of a wrist injury.