MLB standings through games of May 17, 1979

MLB standings at the end of May 17, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	35	23	12	0	.657		192	136	16-6	7-6	7-3	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	36	23	13	0	.639	0.5	188	133	13-5	10-8	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	36	20	16	0	.556	3.5	163	152	14-8	6-8	7-3	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	37	20	17	0	.541	4.0	176	150	10-4	10-13	4-6	Lost 4
Detroit Tigers	30	13	17	0	.433	7.5	147	153	8-7	5-10	4-6	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	35	14	21	0	.400	9.0	130	171	9-10	5-11	6-4	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	38	10	28	0	.263	14.5	138	217	4-13	6-15	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	35	23	12	0	.657		191	165	9-8	14-4	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	35	21	14	0	.600	2.0	167	151	9-7	12-7	7-3	Won 4
California Angels	37	22	15	0	.595	2.0	208	169	11-7	11-8	6-4	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	38	21	17	0	.553	3.5	213	190	11-5	10-12	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	35	18	17	0	.514	5.0	177	169	5-8	13-9	6-4	Won 3
Oakland A's	37	12	25	0	.324	12.0	123	201	7-13	5-12	2-8	Lost 7
Seattle Mariners	38	11	27	0	.289	13.5	150	206	9-15	2-12	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	35	24	10	1	.706		181	126	10-3	14-7	7-3	Won 2
Montreal Expos	32	19	13	0	.594	4.0	139	131	11-1	8-12	3-7	Lost 5
St. Louis Cardinals	34	19	14	1	.576	4.5	140	118	12-6	7-8	7-3	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	31	15	16	0	.484	7.5	142	161	10-8	5-8	4-6	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	32	14	18	0	.438	9.0	150	156	9-10	5-8	5-5	Won 2
New York Mets	33	11	22	0	.333	12.5	119	148	5-7	6-15	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	35	21	14	0	.600		177	152	11-9	10-5	7-3	Won 1
Houston Astros	38	20	18	0	.526	2.5	158	154	11-8	9-10	3-7	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	37	19	18	0	.514	3.0	166	168	11-9	8-9	6-4	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	39	19	20	0	.487	4.0	165	161	13-9	6-11	8-2	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	38	15	23	0	.395	7.5	160	191	8-10	7-13	3-7	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	34	12	22	0	.353	8.5	152	183	7-10	5-12	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, Orioles 2 at Boston (night game):
Homers by Jim Rice and Butch Hobson triggered the Red Sox to a 6-2 triumph over the Orioles. Rice's clout came in the first inning and followed a two-out walk to Fred Lynn. Hobson blasted a solo smash in the second. The Red Sox added three insurance markers in the eighth, one on a single by Rick Burleson and two on a double by Lynn.

Angels 8, Brewers 5 at California (night game):
Completing the three-game series sweep, the Angels defeated the Brewers, 8-5. Breaking a 4-4 tie, the Angels took the lead to stay in the fourth inning on singles by Brian Downing and Bobby Grich and an infield out by Rick Miller. Bert Campaneris drove in the Angels' last three runs with a sacrifice fly in the sixth and a single in the eighth.

Indians 8, Blue Jays 3 at Cleveland (day game):
Crashing a pair of two-run homers, Toby Harrah paced the Indians to an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays. The Tribe snapped a 3-3 tie with three runs in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Jim Norris and Harrah's first two-run blast. Harrah's second round-tripper came in the eighth.

Twins 7, Royals 6 at Kansas City (night game):
Extending his hitting streak to 17 games, Roy Smalley had a single, double and two walks to highlight the Twins' 7-6 victory over the Royals. Smalley's two-bagger came with one out in the first inning and was followed by five straight hits -- singles by Ken Landreaux, Butch Wynegar, Ron Jackson, Glenn Adams and Willie Norwood -- that produced four runs. The Twins added a run in the fourth on an RBI single by Hosken Powell and two more in the eighth on a solo homer by Rob Wilfong and a wild pitch by Royals' reliever Al Hrabosky.

White Sox 5, A's 1 at Oakland (day game):
Combining on a two-hitter, Ken Kravec and Mike Proly hurled the White Sox to a 5-1 victory over the A's. Claudell Washington batted in the first two runs for the White Sox with a single in the third inning. After Jeff Newman homered for the A's in the seventh, the White Sox iced the game with three runs in the eighth, scoring one on a single by Chet Lemon and a pair on a single by Alan Bannister.

Braves 6, Dodgers 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Behind the steady pitching of Phil Niekro, the Braves posted a 6-3 decision over the Dodgers. The Braves trailed, 3-2, going into the bottom of the sixth inning, but erupted for three runs. Bob Horner was safe on an error by shortstop Bill Russell and Barry Bonnell followed with a home run. Glenn Hubbard stroked a single, raced to third when catcher Steve Yeager erred on a sacrifice by Pepe Frias and scored on a grounder by Jerry Royster.

Phillies 23, Cubs 22 at Chicago (day game):
Climaxing a scoring marathon, a homer by Mike Schmidt -- his second round-tripper of the game -- with two out in the 10th inning lifted the Phillies to a 23-22 victory in a slugfest with the Cubs. Aided by an 18-mile-per-hour wind, the teams combined for 11 home runs. tying the major league record. Dave Kingman belted three circuit clouts for the Cubs, knocking in six runs, but teammate Bill Buckner took the RBI honors, driving in seven runs with a grand slam and three singles. Steve Ontiveros and Jerry Martin also homered for the Cubs. In addition to Schmidt's pair, the Phillies had round-trippers by Bob Boone, Randy Lerch and Garry Maddox. Boone had three hits and drove in five runs. The game produced a total of 50 hits, two shy of the N. L. record for an extra-inning game. The Phillies collected 24 hits, including five by Larry Bowa and four by Maddox. Buckner's four hits topped the Cubs. The Phillies led, 17-6, after 3½ innings, but the Cubs kept battling back and finally tied the score at 22-22 with three runs in the eighth on RBI singles by Buckner, Martin and Barry Foote.

Giants 3, Astros 0 at Houston (night game):
Ed Halicki turned in his second straight two-hitter and pitched the Giants to a 3-0 victory over the Astros. All runs came in the seventh inning. A single by Darrell Evans and one-out triple by Larry Herndon produced the first tally and after a walk to marc Hill, a single by Roger Metzger plated Herndon. The final marker scored on a bases-loaded walk.

Pirates 6, Mets 5 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Two homers by Willie Stargell sparked the Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the Mets. Stargell's second round-tripper came with two out in the eighth inning following a walk to Bill Robinson and provided the winning margin.

Expos 3, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (day game):
A homer by Tony Solaita with one out in nthe inth enabled the Expos to salvage a 2-2 tie with the Cardinals in a game suspended after 10 innings to allow both clubs time to catch planes. The contest was resumed June 25 with the Expos coming to bat in the 11th inning.