MLB standings at the end of August 23, 1979

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	124	81	43	0	.653		588	466	46-18	35-25	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	124	76	48	0	.613	5.0	690	540	44-19	32-29	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	128	76	52	0	.594	7.0	628	558	45-24	31-28	8-2	Lost 1
New York Yankees	124	68	56	0	.548	13.0	559	503	40-25	28-31	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	126	66	60	0	.524	16.0	615	602	32-24	34-36	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	127	63	64	0	.496	19.5	596	632	31-27	32-37	4-6	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	126	39	87	0	.310	43.0	462	656	19-38	20-49	4-6	Lost 5

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
California Angels	127	70	57	0	.551		682	582	39-29	31-28	4-6	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	125	66	59	0	.528	3.0	618	573	33-29	33-30	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	126	65	61	0	.516	4.5	658	659	34-27	31-34	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	127	62	65	0	.488	8.0	577	547	35-27	27-38	2-8	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	127	56	71	0	.441	14.0	568	599	22-38	34-33	3-7	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	127	54	73	0	.425	16.0	559	650	32-37	22-36	5-5	Won 4
Oakland A's	128	41	87	0	.320	29.5	455	688	26-43	15-44	6-4	Won 1

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Pittsburgh Pirates	126	73	52	1	.584		594	522	39-28	34-24	7-3	Won 1
Montreal Expos	121	68	53	0	.562	3.0	528	451	41-18	27-35	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	123	67	56	0	.545	5.0	576	557	41-26	26-30	6-4	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	125	65	59	1	.524	7.5	571	539	38-29	27-30	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	127	64	62	1	.508	9.5	543	569	35-26	29-36	4-6	Lost 3
New York Mets	123	51	71	1	.418	20.5	478	540	26-33	25-38	4-6	Won 1

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Houston Astros	127	72	55	0	.567		458	463	43-23	29-32	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	128	71	57	0	.555	1.5	591	512	41-27	30-30	7-3	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	126	59	67	0	.468	12.5	594	588	33-25	26-42	7-3	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	127	58	69	0	.457	14.0	576	600	29-28	29-41	3-7	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	128	54	74	0	.422	18.5	479	560	32-29	22-45	2-8	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	127	50	77	0	.394	22.0	542	629	28-34	22-43	4-6	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Rangers 5 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles built a 5-1 early lead and then hung on to edge the Rangers, 6-5. Kiko Garcia belted a three-run homer in the second inning for his first RBIs in 16 games. The Orioles pushed across the eventual winning run in the sixth on a double by Rich Dauer and single by Dave Skaggs. The Rangers had a two-run homer by Buddy Bell and solo shots by Mickey Rivers and Richie Zisk.

A's 8, Indians 6 at Cleveland (night game):
After yielding six runs and six hits in the first inning, including a grand-slam homer by Andre Thornton and solo round-tripper by Ron Hassey, Rick Langford pitched one-hit ball over the final eight frames and the A's prevailed over the Indians, 8-6. The A's, who had scored three runs in the top half of the first, came back with a two-run homer by Mike Heath in the sixth and tied the score in the seventh. Tony Armas opened the eighth with a walk and took second on a sacrifice. Mike Edwards was safe at first when Tribe shortstop Tom Veryzer booted his grounder. Rickey Henderson followed with a single that scored Armas. Edwards took third and came home on a sacrifice fly by Dwayne Murphy.