MLB standings through games of May 18, 1979

MLB standings at the end of May 18, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	37	24	13	0	.649		195	139	13-5	11-8	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	36	23	13	0	.639	0.5	192	146	16-7	7-6	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	37	21	16	0	.568	3.0	173	152	14-8	7-8	8-2	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	38	21	17	0	.553	3.5	184	150	10-4	11-13	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	31	14	17	0	.452	7.0	152	156	8-7	6-10	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	36	14	22	0	.389	9.5	133	176	9-11	5-11	6-4	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	39	10	29	0	.256	15.0	144	224	4-14	6-15	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	36	24	12	0	.667		201	171	9-8	15-4	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	38	23	15	0	.605	2.0	215	172	12-7	11-8	7-3	Won 4
Texas Rangers	36	21	15	0	.583	3.0	172	164	9-7	12-8	7-3	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	39	21	18	0	.538	4.5	219	200	11-6	10-12	5-5	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	36	18	18	0	.500	6.0	180	176	5-8	13-10	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	38	12	26	0	.316	13.0	123	209	7-14	5-12	1-9	Lost 8
Seattle Mariners	39	12	27	0	.308	13.5	163	211	10-15	2-12	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	36	24	11	1	.686		184	131	10-4	14-7	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	33	20	13	0	.606	3.0	144	134	11-1	9-12	4-6	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	34	19	14	1	.576	4.0	140	118	12-6	7-8	7-3	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	32	15	17	0	.469	7.5	147	170	10-9	5-8	3-7	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	33	15	18	0	.455	8.0	159	161	9-10	6-8	6-4	Won 3
New York Mets	33	11	22	0	.333	12.0	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	36	22	14	0	.611		184	158	12-9	10-5	7-3	Won 2
Houston Astros	39	21	18	0	.538	2.5	161	156	12-8	9-10	4-6	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	38	19	19	0	.500	4.0	170	174	11-9	8-10	6-4	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	40	19	21	0	.475	5.0	171	168	13-9	6-12	7-3	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	39	15	24	0	.385	8.5	162	194	8-10	7-14	3-7	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	35	13	22	0	.371	8.5	158	187	8-10	5-12	5-5	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 10, Red Sox 0 at Boston (night game):
In their first meeting this season, the Yankees thrashed the Red Sox, 10-0, behind the four-hit pitching of Jim Beattie, who posted his first major league shutout. The Yankees loaded the bases against Mike Torrez in the fifth inning and scored their first run on a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson. After a walk reloaded the bases, Reggie Jackson, who was observing his 33rd birthday, lashed a two-run double. Munson picked up his second RBI of the game with a single in the eighth when the Yankees added four runs.

Angels 7, White Sox 3 at California (night game):
Three and two-thirds innings of one-hit relief pitching by Mark Clear, after replacing Frank Tanana, helped the Angels defeat the White Sox, 7-3. The Angels broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the fourth when the White Sox missed pulling off an ordinary double play and wound up with an unusual one. Carney Lansford singled to open the stanza and, after Brian Downing grounded out, Bobby Grich and Bert Campaneris walked to load the bases, bringing Rich Hinton to the mound for the White Sox in relief of Ron Schueler. Rick Miller grounded to second baseman Alan Bannister, who tried to start a double play by tagging Campaneris, but the runner backed off. Bannister then threw out Miller at first as Lansford scored. On the return throw from first baseman Lamar Johnson to shortstop Greg Pryor, Campaneris was caught in a rundown, but before he could be retired to complete the double play, Grich also scored.

Tigers 5, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
An argument with an umpire that resulted in the banishment of Lou Whitaker worked out to the advantage of the Tigers when Mark Wagner, who took Whitaker's place at second base, hit a two-run double in the ninth inning to beat the Indians. 5-3. Singles by Aurelio Rodriguez and Ron LeFlore preceded Wagner's two-bagger. Whitaker had three hits in three trips and also drove in two runs before drawing his walking papers in the fifth inning.

Twins 10, Royals 6 at Kansas City (night game):
A two-run single by Hosken Powell for his fourth hit of the game capped a 10th-inning outburst by the Twins, who scored four times on four walks and only two hits to defeat the Royals, 10-6. Roy Smalley hit a pair of run-scoring singles, extending his batting streak to 18 games, and Ron Jackson smashed a homer as the Twins came from behind to force the contest into overtime. In the 10th, Ken Landreaux led off with a single and Bombo Rivera sacrificed. After Renie Martin walked Jackson, Al Hrabosky relieved and passed Butch Wynegar to load the bases. Willie Norwood struck out, but Hrabosky then lost control and walked both Bob Randall and John Castino to force in two runs before Powell iced the verdict with his single.

Brewers 8, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
The three-hit pitching of Bill Travers enabled the Brewers to roll over the A's, 8-0. Cecil Cooper drove in three runs, getting credit for one RBI on a walk with the bases loaded in the second inning and accounting for two others with singles in the sixth and eighth. Paul Molitor chipped in with a solo homer.

Mariners 13, Rangers 5 at Seattle (night game):
Larry Cox drove in five runs with a double and single, while Bruce Bochte, Dan Meyer and Willie Horton had three hits apiece, as the Mariners trounced the Rangers, 13-5. Horton, who extended his batting streak to 15 games, had a two-run homer among his hits. The Rangers had a 4-3 lead before the Mariners pulled ahead with three runs in the fifth inning, two scoring on Cox' single. When the Mariners iced the decision with five runs in the sixth, Cox accounted for three RBIs with a bases-loaded double.

Orioles 7, Blue Jays 6 at Toronto (night game):
Eddie Murray walked in 11th inning, took second on a wild pitch by Dave Freisleben and scored on a single by Al Bumbry to bring the Orioles a 7-6 victory over the Blue Jays. The Orioles had a 6-3 lead before the Blue Jays picked up a run on a wild pitch by Mike Flanagan in the seventh and forced the game into overtime with scoring singles by John Mayberry and Alfredo Griffin in the eighth.

Braves 6, Giants 4 at Atlanta (night game):
Dale Murphy smashed three homers, bringing his season's total to 13, and Bob Horner hit his first of the year as the Braves defeated the Giants, 6-4. Murphy hit his first homer of the game with two men on base in the first inning and Horner followed with a solo shot in the attack on Vida Blue. Murphy tagged Blue for another homer in the third and capped his five-RBI evening with a blow off Tom Griffin in the seventh.

Pirates 9, Cubs 5 at Chicago (day game):
After the Phillies and Cubs hit a record-tying 11 homers in the previous day's game, there was another bombardment in Wrigley Field with six circuit clouts as the Pirates defeated the Cubs, 9-5. Wind again was a factor, blowing out at 16 miles per hour. Dave Kingman, who hit three homers against the Phillies, whacked another against the Pirates. The Cubs also had round-trippers by Ted Sizemore and Bill Buckner, while Dave Parker, Willie Stargell and Steve Nicosia connected for the Pirates. However, homers didn't figure when Pirates broke the tie with two runs in the fifth. Markers scored on a single by Parker, double by Bill Robinson and single by Nicosia.

Reds 7, Dodgers 6 at Cincinnati (night game):
Singles by Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen around a sacrifice by Paul Blair in the ninth inning gave the Reds a 7-6 victory over the Dodgers. Cesar Geronimo drove in three runs with a sacrifice fly and a double, and Johnny Bench batted in pair with a bases-loaded single to help the Reds take a 6-2 lead before the Dodgers erupted to tie the score with two-run homers by Bill Russell and Steve Garvey in the eighth inning.

Astros 3, Padres 2 at Houston (night game):
After Craig Reynolds bunted safely to open the eighth inning, Enos Cabell and Jose Cruz came through with two-out singles to supply the Astros' winning run in a 3-2 victory over the Padres. Joe Niekro held the Padres to four hits, but Gene Richards tripled and scored on an infield out by Broderick Perkins in the third and homered to tie the score in the eighth. The Astros' early runs included a circuit clout by Alan Ashby.

Expos 5, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
A two-run homer by Andre Dawson carried the Expos to a 5-3 victory over the Phillies and handed Dick Ruthven his first defeat of the season after the Phils' starter had won six straight games. The Expos were trailing, 3-1, going into the seventh inning when Ellis Valentine doubled and scored on a pair of infield outs. Pinch-hitter Tommy Hutton then singled and Dawson followed with his homer.