MLB standings through games of August 3, 1979

MLB standings at the end of August 3, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	107	73	34	0	.682		524	391	39-11	34-23	8-2	Won 5
Boston Red Sox	105	64	41	0	.610	8.0	563	449	36-14	28-27	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	109	64	45	0	.587	10.0	533	464	36-19	28-26	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	107	58	49	0	.542	15.0	482	432	32-20	26-29	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	106	54	52	0	.509	18.5	512	507	27-22	27-30	6-4	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	107	53	54	0	.495	20.0	485	535	29-25	24-29	8-2	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	108	32	76	0	.296	41.5	386	559	17-35	15-41	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	109	61	48	0	.560		588	483	34-22	27-26	4-6	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	106	57	49	0	.538	2.5	490	440	34-25	23-24	4-6	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	105	56	49	0	.533	3.0	525	474	27-25	29-24	3-7	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	107	54	53	0	.505	6.0	549	560	29-25	25-28	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	107	47	60	0	.439	13.0	489	524	20-36	27-24	2-8	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	110	47	63	0	.427	14.5	484	560	26-29	21-34	5-5	Won 2
Oakland A's	109	31	78	0	.284	30.0	375	607	20-37	11-41	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	103	60	43	0	.583		474	393	37-16	23-27	6-4	Won 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	107	60	46	1	.566	1.5	493	431	30-25	30-21	7-3	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	103	55	48	0	.534	5.0	465	469	31-21	24-27	3-7	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	109	56	52	1	.519	6.5	479	488	31-20	25-32	4-6	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	104	52	51	1	.505	8.0	473	458	30-23	22-28	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	104	44	59	1	.427	16.0	399	458	24-25	20-34	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	110	63	47	0	.573		405	416	38-19	25-28	7-3	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	111	59	52	0	.532	4.5	517	469	30-24	29-28	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	109	52	57	0	.477	10.5	506	508	26-25	26-32	4-6	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	111	50	61	0	.450	13.5	428	468	30-28	20-33	4-6	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	108	46	62	0	.426	16.0	506	532	29-23	17-39	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	109	45	64	0	.413	17.5	497	552	27-30	18-34	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Rangers 8, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Richie Zisk and Pat Putnam drove in three runs apiece as the Rangers broke Rick Wise's eight-game winning streak and defeated the Indians, 8-3. The Rangers routed Wise during a five-run outburst in vthird inning. Mickey Rivers hit a one-out single and scored on a double by Buddy Bell. After a pass to Al Oliver and a wild pitch, Zisk lined a two-run single and Putnam folowed with a two-run homer. Zisk knocked in another run with a double in the fourth and Putnam hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Cliff Johnson homered for the Indians.

[DH] Royals 5, Tigers 3 (night game) / Tigers 4, Royals 3 at Detroit (night game):
Darrell Porter drove in two runs with the 100th homer of his career and Hal McRae accounted for two with a single and homer as the Royals won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 5-3, but the Tigers came back to post a 4-3 victory in the second game. Steve Kemp hit a pair of solo homers for the Tigers in the opener. In the nightcap, John Wockenfuss whacked a two-run homer for the Tigers in the fourth inning and Ron LeFlore added a solo swat in the fifth for a 3-2 lead before the Royals tied the score with a circuit clout by Jerry Terrell in the seventh. The Tigers then put over the deciding run in the eighth, on singles by Mark Wagner and LeFlore, a sacrifice by Lou Whitaker, intentional pass to Kemp and sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales.

Brewers 5, Red Sox 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
Gorman Thomas hit two homers and Cecil Cooper added a double and homer to enable the Brewers to break a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox. The Brewers scored their first three runs in the fourth inning. Cooper's double and a single by Sixto Lezcano accounted for one tally and Thomas followed with his first homer of the game. Cooper's clout and Thomas' second smash of the contest supplied the deciding margin in the sixth. Butch Hobson hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox in the ninth.

Twins 4, Angels 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Making his 63rd appearance of the season, Mike Marshall relieved Jerry Koosman in the eighth inning and gained his 21st save as the Twins defeated the Angels, 4-1. The Twins nicked Jim Barr for two runs in the first inning on singles by Rob Wilfong and Ken Landreaux, an error by Don Baylor and a double by Danny Goodwin. Hosken Powell tripled in the third and tallied on a sacrifice fly by Wilfong before Roy Smalley wrapped up the Twins' scoring with a homer in the seventh.

Orioles 1, Yankees 0 at New York (night game):
After the crowd of 51,151 joined in a memorial tribute to Thurman Munson, the saddened Yankees lost to the Orioles, 1-0. Luis Tiant held the Orioles to only two hits but was beaten when John Lowenstein lashed a homer in the second inning. Al Bumbry had an infield single in the sixth for the Orioles' other hit. Scott McGregor held the Yankees to six hits before Tippy Martinez relieved after Lou Piniella led off the ninth inning with a single.

Mariners 1, A's 0 at Seattle (night game):
Although allowing only three hits, Matt Keough suffered his 13th straight defeat this season and 17th in a row over two years when Leon Roberts smashed a homer in the seventh inning to give the Mariners a 1-0 victory over the A's. Floyd Bannister won the duel with a six-hitter.

White Sox 8, Blue Jays 5 at Toronto (night game):
The White Sox snapped a seven-game losing streak in Tony LaRussa's debut as their new manager, beating the Blue Jays, 8-5. Jim Morrison opened the game with a homer for the White Sox. The Blue Jays came back with a two-run smash by Roy Howell in their half, but Kevin Bell put the White Sox ahead to stay with a homer after a pass to Rusty Torres and single by Bill Nahorodny in the second. Morrison doubled for two runs with the bases loaded in the fourth and Greg Pryor added a run with a sacrifice fly. Lamar Johnson capped the White Sox scoring with a homer in the fifth.

Cubs 4, Cardinals 2 at Chicago (day game):
Along with Stev eDillard's first N. L. homer, the Cubs rapped five doubles and defeated the Cardinals, 4-2. Bill Buckner hit two doubles and scored each time on two-baggers by Larry Biittner. Lou Brock had two of the Cards' hits, leaving him 12 shy of the 3,000 mark.

Padres 6, Reds 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
After being held to one hit in the first five innings, the Padres broke loose for 13 hits in the last four frames and defeated the Reds, 6-4. The Padres, after taking a 4-2 lead, bunched four hits for their deciding pair in the ninth, one scoring on a single by Jim Wilhelm and the another on a squeeze bunt by Rollie Fingers. The Reds came back with two runs in their half on a pass to Dan Driessen and homer by Hector Cruz to kayo Fingers before Mark Lee relieved. With one out, Harry Spilman singled and Joe Morgan walked, but Dave Collins and Dave Concepcion grounded into successive forceouts at second to end the game.

Astros 4, Braves 1 at Houston (night game):
J.R. Richard struck out 15 to equal his career high while pitching the Astros to a 4-1 victory over the Braves. The Astros scored twice in the second inning on a single by Enos Cabell, a stolen base, a double by Art Howe and single by Alan Ashby. Their two other runs followed in the fourth when Terry Puhl doubled with the bases loaded. Richard pitched a six-hitter and yielded the Braves' lone run in the third when Jerry Royster and Garry Matthews walked and Bob Horner singled.

Dodgers 11, Giants 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Dusty Baker drove in six runs with four hits, including a homer with two men on base in the first inning, as the Dodgers overpowered the Giants, 11-3. Davey Lopes led off the first with a homer before Steve Garvey and Ron Cey singled and Baker hit for the circuit. Cey added a homer in the fifth. Baker picked up his fourth RBI of the game with a single in the sixth and added two more with a bases-loaded single in the seventh. The Dodgers had a unique box score, showing 11-11-11 in runs, hits and RBIs. Darrell Evans homered for the Giants.

Expos 10, Mets 6 at Montreal (night game):
After coming from behind twice to tie the score, the Expos erupted for four runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Mets, 10-6, for their fifth straight victory. The Mets, who had a triple by Lee Mazzilli and doubles by Joel Youngblood and Doug Flynn, scored five runs in the first inning. The Expos retaliated with four in their half, including a homer by Warren Cromartie, triple by Andre Dawson and two-run homer by Tony Perez. Perez tied the score with a double in the third, but the Mets regained the lead in the sixth before Dawson knotted the count again with his second triple of the game in the seventh. The Expos began their eighth with a single by Ellis Valentine, pass to pinch-hitter Tommy Hutton and tie-breaking single by Cromartie. After Rodney Scott walked, Dawson knocked in two runs with a single and Gary Carter added the final tally with another single.

[DH] Pirates 6, Phillies 3 (night game) / Pirates 5, Phillies 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The batting of Dave Parker in the first game and Bill Madlock and Bill Robinson in the second game paced the Pirates to 6-3 and 5-1 victories in their sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with the Phillies. In the opener, Parker went 3-for-4 and drove in four runs, including three with a homer that broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning. The Pirates also had a two-run smash by Willie Stargell, while Schmidt hit his 38th homer of the season for the Phillies. In the nightcap, Bill Madlock drove in two runs with a triple and sacrifice fly and Bill Robinson accounted for two with a double to escort Jim Bibby to his fifth straight victory.