MLB standings through games of July 21, 1979

MLB standings at the end of July 21, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	94	62	32	0	.660		445	353	34-10	28-22	7-3	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	91	57	34	0	.626	3.5	485	377	33-12	24-22	6-4	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	95	57	38	0	.600	5.5	467	392	32-15	25-23	9-1	Won 8
New York Yankees	95	51	44	0	.537	11.5	426	389	28-18	23-26	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	93	47	46	0	.505	14.5	460	450	23-19	24-27	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	93	43	50	0	.462	18.5	406	465	25-21	18-29	4-6	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	97	29	68	0	.299	34.5	340	496	14-32	15-36	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	97	56	41	0	.577		530	436	31-19	25-22	6-4	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	95	53	42	0	.558	2.0	433	391	31-20	22-22	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	93	51	42	0	.548	3.0	486	429	24-22	27-20	7-3	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	94	45	49	0	.479	9.5	481	505	25-23	20-26	2-8	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	95	44	51	0	.463	11.0	438	447	19-28	25-23	5-5	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	97	42	55	0	.433	14.0	443	494	25-29	17-26	5-5	Won 2
Oakland A's	97	26	71	0	.268	30.0	338	554	16-35	10-36	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	88	51	37	0	.580		388	323	31-12	20-25	3-7	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	50	39	1	.562	1.5	411	363	23-19	27-20	9-1	Won 6
Chicago Cubs	88	49	39	0	.557	2.0	405	394	27-20	22-19	7-3	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	95	51	43	1	.543	3.0	419	405	29-17	22-26	7-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	90	45	44	1	.506	6.5	414	397	28-20	17-24	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	90	38	51	1	.427	13.5	347	393	21-21	17-30	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	98	54	44	0	.551		347	364	31-16	23-28	1-9	Lost 5
Cincinnati Reds	96	50	46	0	.521	3.0	418	392	28-22	22-24	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	96	47	49	0	.490	6.0	449	437	25-21	22-28	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	99	45	54	0	.455	9.5	378	413	27-23	18-31	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	94	40	54	0	.426	12.0	430	476	24-26	16-28	4-6	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	96	38	58	0	.396	15.0	419	468	24-23	14-35	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 10, Angels 2 at Baltimore (night game):
Playing before a Jacket Night crowd of 51,381, the second largest turnout in Baltimore history, the Orioles went on a hitting spree and defeated the Angels, 10-2. Eddie Murray batted in three runs with a homer and two singles. John Lowenstein capped the attack with a three-run triple in the eighth inning. Nolan Ryan, in his first start since pitching a one-hitter against the Yankees, was knocked out in the fifth inning after giving up seven of the Orioles' 13 hits and six runs, two of them unearned. Rod Carew, playing for the first time since June 1, went hitless in three at-bats.

Mariners 13, Red Sox 5 at Boston (day game):
Every batter in the Seattle lineup participated in a 16-hit attack as the Mariners humiliated the Red Sox, 13-5. Leon Roberts, who hit a single, double and sacrifice fly, drove in four runs. The Red Sox had the game's only homer by Butch Hobson among their 13 hits and trailed only 6-5 until the Mariners broke away with two runs in the eighth and five more in the ninth.

Brewers 5, Indians 0 at Cleveland (day game):
Moose Haas pitched a three-hitter for his first shutout of the season and Sixto Lezcano smashed a three-run homer as the Brewers defeated the Indians, 4-0, for their eighth straight victory. The Brewers clinched the decision with four runs in the first inning. Singles by Paul Molitor and Cecil Cooper around an infield out accounted for the first run and, after two out, Ben Oglivie walked and Lezcano rapped his third homer in the last three games.

Tigers 4, White Sox 2 at Detroit (night game):
Playing in his first game since July 9, Aurelio Rodriguez hit a two-run homer to help the Tigers defeat the White Sox, 4-2. The round-tripper after a pass to John Wockenfuss in the fourth inning tied the score at 2-2. Ron LeFlore singled to open the fifth and advanced on a wild pitch. Lou Whitaker bunted and when White Sox third baseman Jim Morrison collided with catcher Milt May, LeFlore put on the speed and scored from second base, giving the Tigers their deciding run.

[DH] Twins 6, Blue Jays 4 (day game) / Twins 4, Blue Jays 3 at Minnesota (day game):
A two-run homer by Bombo Rivera in the eighth inning of the second game accounted for a 4-3 victory and enabled the Twins to complete the sweep of a doubleheader after they had defeated the Blue Jays in the first gane, 6-4. Dave Goltz, although rapped for 10 hits in the opener, gained his fourth straight victory with the help of Mike Marshall, who picked up his 19th save. The Twins' attack included a homer by Roy Smalley and a two-run triple by Danny Goodwin. In the nightcap, Roy Howell homered for the Blue Jays and Willie Norwood for the Twins to help effect a 2-2 tie before the Blue Jays went ahead in the seventh inning on a run-scoring single by Bob Davis. Rivera, who had three hits, then brought the Twins their victory with his two-run smash in the eighth.

Yankees 12, A's 4 at New York (day game):
After being held hitless for four innings, the Yankees exploded for 10 runs in the fifth and overwhelmed the A's, 12-4. The outburst included a grand slam by Willie Randolph, three-run homer by Reggie Jackson and pair of RBI singles by Chris Chambliss. Ron Guidry pitched six innings for the Yankees and gave up homers by Jim Essian and Dave Revering.

Rangers 4, Royals 1 at Texas (night game):
Jim Kern earned his 17th save and pitched out of a bases-loaded jam with none out in the seventh inning, to enable the Rangers to defeat the Royals, 4-1. Kern, after replacing Doc Medich, struck out Amos Otis and got out of the inning when Pete LaCock lined into a double play.

Cubs 3, Braves 2 at Chicago (day game):
After knocking in a run with a pinch-single, Dave Kingman scored from first base on Scot Thompson's fourth hit of the game and an error by Jeff Burroughs to bring the Cubs a 3-2 victory over Atlanta. Mike Lum hit a pinch-homer in the eighth to put the Braves ahead, 2-1. In the Cubs' ninth, Barry Foote singled and gave way to Miguel Dilone, who stole second and scored on Kingman's single. Thompson followed with a single to left and when Burroughs let the ball get past him, Kingman came home with the winning run.

Expos 7, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Tony Bernazard hit his first major league homer, connecting with two men on base, and Gary Carter added a two-run shot to power the Expos to a 7-2 victory over the Dodgers. Bill Lee and Don Sutton had three-hit shutouts through the first six innings before the Expos erupted for five runs in the seventh. After a single by Ellis Valentine, double by Carter and singles by Jerry White and Larry Parrish accounted for the first two runs, Bernazard smashed his homer. Carter's clout followed in the eighth.

Pirates 6, Astros 5 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Joe Sambito's string of 40 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run came to an end when Bill Robinson and Phil Garner smashed homers in the eighth inning to give the Pirates a 6-5 victory in their sweep of the four-game series with the Astros. Earlier in the game, the Pirates took a 3-2 lead with three runs in the third on singles by Omar Moreno and Tim Foli, a forceout by Dave Parker and homer by John Milner. Julio Gonzalez batted in a run for the Astros with a single in the fourth and added another with a double in the sixth before a pinch-single by Denny Walling made it 5-4 in the eighth. Sambito took over to face the Pirates in their half and was tagged for a homer by Robinson, the first batter to face the reliever. Then, after two out, Garner hit his third homer in the last three games.

Mets 2, Padres 1 at San Diego (night game):
Three Mets' pitchers combined on a three-hitter to beat the Padres, 2-1. The Padres' run scored off Tom Hausman in the fifth inning on singles by Jay Johnstone and Fernando Gonzalez around an infield out by Kurt Bevacqua. The Mets tied the score with an unearned run off Bob Shirley in the sixth. Frakn Taveras opened with a single and was caught in a rundown, but a throw by first baseman Dan Briggs hit the runner in the back and bounced off into left-center field, enabling Taveras to race home on the error. In the eighth, Taveras doubled with one out and Lee Mazzilli beat out an infield hit. After Steve Henderson was retired on a short fly, John Stearns walked to load the bases and Willie Montanez beat out an infield hit to drive in the winning run.

Giants 4, Phillies 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Consecutive homers by Jack Clark and Mike Ivie capped a four-run outburst in the third inning as the Giants defeated the Phillies, 4-1. Marc Hill walked, Bob Knepper sacrificed and Joe Strain singled for the first run before Clark and Ivie followed with their homers off Steve Carlton.

Cardinals 12, Reds 3 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cardinals sent 13 men to bat in the third inning and scored nine runs on two doubles, seven singles and a walk to wallop the Reds, 12-3. Mike LaCoss, who had beaten the Cardinals twice previously, bore the brunt of the attack, giving up singles by Keith Hernandez and Tony Scott, a pass to Terry Kennedy and singles by Ken Reitz, Ken Oberkfell and Silvio Martinez for the first five runs before being relieved by Dave Tomlin with one out. The Cards then loaded the bases on singles by Garry Templeton and Jerry Mumphrey. Hernandez cleared the sacks with a double and scored the final run of the frame on another two-bagger by Iorg.