MLB standings through games of August 13, 1979

MLB standings at the end of August 13, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	115	76	39	0	.661		555	433	41-14	35-25	5-5	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	115	71	44	0	.617	5.0	635	499	40-17	31-27	7-3	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	118	68	50	0	.576	9.5	581	525	37-22	31-28	5-5	Won 2
New York Yankees	115	62	53	0	.539	14.0	513	470	36-23	26-30	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	118	60	58	0	.508	17.5	545	589	31-26	29-32	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	118	60	58	0	.508	17.5	572	572	32-24	28-34	5-5	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	118	37	81	0	.314	40.5	431	614	19-38	18-43	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	119	67	52	0	.563		646	527	36-24	31-28	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	116	62	54	0	.534	3.5	575	524	31-28	31-26	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	117	61	56	0	.521	5.0	618	605	33-25	28-31	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	118	60	58	0	.508	6.5	550	511	35-27	25-31	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	117	53	64	0	.453	13.0	538	557	22-38	31-26	6-4	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	119	49	70	0	.412	18.0	517	610	27-34	22-36	3-7	Lost 3
Oakland A's	119	35	84	0	.294	32.0	418	658	21-40	14-44	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	117	67	49	1	.578		553	487	33-25	34-24	7-3	Won 3
Montreal Expos	113	63	50	0	.558	2.5	507	435	38-18	25-32	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	114	61	53	0	.535	5.0	533	519	35-23	26-30	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	116	60	55	1	.522	6.5	536	505	33-25	27-30	8-2	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	119	60	58	1	.508	8.0	521	547	35-23	25-35	4-6	Lost 3
New York Mets	114	47	66	1	.416	18.5	430	504	25-31	22-35	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	119	69	50	0	.580		441	443	42-19	27-31	7-3	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	120	65	55	0	.542	4.5	561	488	35-25	30-30	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	118	56	62	0	.475	12.5	538	551	29-28	27-34	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	119	53	66	0	.445	16.0	453	512	32-29	21-37	4-6	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	117	52	65	0	.444	16.0	551	566	33-25	19-40	7-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	118	47	71	0	.398	21.5	515	582	28-31	19-40	2-8	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 7, Orioles 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Permitting just five singles while notching his first major league shutout, Steve Trout pitched the White Sox to a 7-0 triumph over the Orioles. An RBI double by Wayne Nordhagen gave the Pale Hose a run in the second inning and run-scoring singles by Chet Lemon amd Milt May and doubles by Lamar Johnson, Junior Moore and Kevin Bell produced four more tallies in the fourth.

Red Sox 6, Twins 5 at Boston (night game):
Overcoming a 5-0 early deficit, the Red Sox came back to edge the Twins, 6-5. The score was 5-5 in the eighth inning when the Bosox went ahead on a two-out homer by Butch Hobson. Tom Burgmeier pitched 7 2/3 innings of four-hit shutout relief to get credit for the victory. The Sox had tied the game with a four-run outburst in the seventh stanza, the key blows being a two-run single by Rick Burleson and two-run homer by Fred Lynn.

Tigers 5, Angels 3 at California (night game):
A four-run outburst in the sixth inning carried the Tigers to a 5-3 decision over the Angels. Nolan Ryan, making his first start for the Angels after being out of action 19 days with arm problems, shut out the Tigers for five innings. But in the sixth frame, consecutive singles by Jason Thompson, Champ Summers and Jerry Morales loaded the bases with one out. A sacrifice fly by Lance Parrish plated one run and after Tom Brookens was hit by a pitch to reload the sacks, Ryan was removed in favor of Mark Clear. Lou Whitaker then drove in three runs with a double off the base of the left-center field wall.

Brewers 5, Royals 4 at Milwaukee (night game):
A pinch-homer by Ben Oglivie with two out in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Brewers to a 5-4 triumph over the Royals, snapping the Royals' five-game winning skein. The Royals had tied the score at 4-4 in the top of frame on a homer by Amos Otis. Jim Slaton went the route for the 10th time this season and recorded his 12th victory.

Yankees 3, Rangers 2 at New York (night game):
The Yankees defeated the Rangers, 3-2, as Oscar Gamble hit a homer and drove in the winning run with an eighth-inning single. The score was 2-2 in the eighth when Willie Randolph began the winning surge with a two-out single and stole second. Gamble then hit a liner to right-center and Randolph scored. Gamble's round-tripper came in the third inning.

Blue Jays 4, A's 2 at Oakland (night game):
Butch Edge, getting relief help from Tom Buskey, got credit for a victory in his major league debut as the Blue Jays prevailed over the A's, 4-2. The Jays scored in the fourth inning on a bases-loaded grounder by Tim Johnson and added two more runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Johnson and squeeze bunt by Rick Cerone. The final Jay tally came in the eighth on a triple by Tony Solaita and single by Joe Cannon.

Indians 6, Mariners 0 at Seattle (night game):
Allowing only one runner to reach second base, Rick Wise tossed a five-hitter as the Indians downed the Mariners, 6-0. The Tribe's initial run came in the first inning on walks to Bobby Bonds and Andre Thornton and an RBI single by Cliff Johnson. Mike Hargrove blasted a two-run homer in the second and Bonds connected for a solo round-tripper in the third.

Astros 4, Expos 1 at Houston (night game):
Posting his fifth straight victory, J.R. Richard hurled the Astros to a 4-1 triumph over the Expos. The Astros scored twice in the fourth inning on a single by Terry Puhl, an infield out, single by Jeff Leonard and double by Art Howe. They added another pair in the fifth with a walk, an error, a single by Puhl and sacrifice fly by Jose Cruz. Richard retired 11 straight batters at one stage of the game.

Pirates 9, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Combining on a four-hitter, Jim Bibby and Kent Tekulve pitched the Pirates to a 9-1 triumph over the sagging Phillies. It was Bibby's sixth straight victory. Omar Moreno led off the game with a homer and the Bucs scored another run in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by John Milner. Milner connected for a three-run homer in the third frame and Bill Madlock blasted a three-run triple in the ninth.

Cardinals 3, Cubs 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Lou Brock became the 14th player in baseball history and second Cardinal to get 3,000 hits when he cracked singles in two trips to the plate in a 3-2 victory over the Cubs. The veteran left fielder sliced a single to left in the first inning and rammed a line drive off Cub pitcher Dennis Lamp's hand in the fourth frame. Lamp sustained a bruised hand and was forced to leave the game. The Redbirds won the contest in the ninth when a one-out single by Ken Reitz, a hit batsman and a pinch-single by Dane Iorg loaded the bases before Garry Templeton delivered a sacrifice fly to score Tom Herr, pinch-runner for Reitz, with the winning tally.