MLB standings through games of September 8, 1979

MLB standings at the end of September 8, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	139	93	46	0	.669		651	501	51-20	42-26	8-2	Won 6
Milwaukee Brewers	142	83	59	0	.585	11.5	703	635	45-24	38-35	4-6	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	138	79	59	0	.572	13.5	737	603	45-24	34-35	2-8	Lost 2
New York Yankees	139	77	62	0	.554	16.0	628	580	44-28	33-34	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	143	75	68	0	.524	20.0	698	671	40-30	35-38	3-7	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	142	73	69	0	.514	21.5	672	702	41-32	32-37	6-4	Won 2
Toronto Blue Jays	141	44	97	0	.312	50.0	524	745	24-43	20-54	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	143	79	64	0	.552		781	674	44-30	35-34	8-2	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	141	74	67	0	.525	4.0	741	735	39-28	35-39	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	140	72	68	0	.514	5.5	666	627	37-36	35-32	4-6	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	142	70	72	0	.493	8.5	650	612	36-32	34-40	7-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	141	60	81	0	.426	18.0	639	675	25-43	35-38	3-7	Lost 4
Seattle Mariners	143	60	83	0	.420	19.0	621	718	34-40	26-43	4-6	Won 1
Oakland A's	142	49	93	0	.345	29.5	515	748	29-44	20-49	8-2	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	142	84	57	1	.596		670	573	40-29	44-28	7-3	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	135	80	55	0	.593	1.0	604	491	49-19	31-36	9-1	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	140	76	63	1	.547	7.0	641	597	40-31	36-32	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	139	72	67	0	.518	11.0	628	616	42-31	30-36	2-8	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	142	71	70	1	.504	13.0	596	627	37-32	34-38	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	140	55	84	1	.396	28.0	520	614	28-40	27-44	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	143	81	62	0	.566		673	581	44-28	37-34	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	142	80	62	0	.563	0.5	507	507	48-27	32-35	5-5	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	142	67	75	0	.472	13.5	650	657	38-30	29-45	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	143	63	80	0	.441	18.0	622	667	31-36	32-44	3-7	Won 2
San Diego Padres	143	60	83	0	.420	21.0	531	609	36-36	24-47	4-6	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	141	55	86	0	.390	25.0	589	692	30-42	25-44	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 3, Red Sox 2 at Boston (day game):
Ken Singleton went 4-for-4 with an RBI and Mike Flanagan strengthened his claim to the Cy Young Award by notching his 21st victory with a 3-2 defeat of the Red Sox. Singleton knocked in the Orioles' first run with a single in third, Gary Roenicke accounted for the second run with a two-out RBI double in the sixth, and Eddie Murray wrapped up the Birds' scoring with a single in the eighth. A homer by Rick Burleson in the bottom of the frame closed the gap to a run, but Tim Stoddard, Tippy Martinez and Don Stanhouse combined to shut the door.

Angels 3, Brewers 2 at California (night game):
Don Baylor's 124th RBI of the season capped a three-run eighth-inning rally that catapulted the Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Brewers. Bobby Grich led off with a single. Pinch-hitter Larry Harlow walked. Jerry Augustine relieved Lary Sorensen and walked Rod Carew on four pitches. Bill Castro replaced Augustine and retired Carney Lansford on a groundout that plated one run before Dan Ford singled to right to tie the game. Baylor followed with a single that brought Lansford home with the winning run. Jim Barr pitched eight strong innings for the Angels, allowing only a solo homer by Jim Gantner. The other Brewer tally came as the resuit of an error by Grich. The save by John Montague was his fourth to go along with two wins in his seven appearances since the Angels purchased his contract from the Mariners.

Indians 5, Blue Jays 4 at Cleveland (day game):
A ninth-inning throwing error by shortstop Alfredo Griffin allowed Mike Hargrove to score the winning run in the Indians' 5-4 victory over the the Blue Jays. After the Indians tied the see-saw affair at 4-4 in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Rick Manning, Hargrove opened the ninth with a walk and Manning followed with a sharp single to right. Griffin cut off the throw to third but then threw wildly to first in an attempt to trap Manning.

Yankees 5, Tigers 4 at Detroit (night game):
A homer by Graig Nettles in the eighth inning proved to be decisive as Ron Guidry, with help from Rich Gossage, recorded his 10th straight victory in pitching the Yankees to a 5-4 triumph over the Tigers. The Yankees scored four runs off Jack Morris in the first three innings with Bobby Murcer scoring two of them and driving in another with a double. Guidry fanned 10 before turning over the ball to Gossage in the eighth after a homer by Ron LeFlore. The Goose fanned four of the final five outs to register his 14th save in a season abbreviated by injury.

Rangers 6, Twins 2 at Minnesota (night game):
Jim Sundberg enjoyed a 4-for-4 night at the plate and Jim Kern tossed 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief for a 6-2 Rangers' victory over the Twins. Sundberg doubled off loser Jerry Koosman in the third and scored the game's first run on a groundout by Mickey Rivers. The Rangers wrapped up the contest with four runs in the fourth on a walk, singles by Willie Montanez, Sundberg, Nelson Norman and Rivers, and a sacrifice fly by Bump Wills. Pat Putnam added his 16th homer of the season in the fifth.

A's 2, White Sox 1 at Oakland (day game):
After tying the game at 1-1 in the eighth with singles by Rickey Henderson, Dave Revering and Jim Essian, the A's accepted the White Sox beneficence in the ninth to score the winning run in a 2-1 decision. Kevin Bell booted a smash by Jeff Newman to start the ninth. A single by Wayne Gross sent pinch-runner Derek Bryant to third. Mike Proly intentionally passed Rob Picciolo to fill the bases and then quite unintentionally walked Henderson on five pitches to force in Bryant with the decider. Steve McCatty went the distance for his 10th victory and eighth for the A's in the last 10 games, evening their record since the All-Star break at 24-24.

Mariners 4, Royals 2 at Seattle (night game):
A two-run homer by Bruce Bochte in the seventh inning meant a 4-2 victory for the Mariners and put a serious dent in the Royals' pennant hopes as they fell four games behind the Angels. The Royals jumped on Floyd Bannister for two runs before a man was out, when George Brett tripled after a double by Willie Wilson and single by Hal McRae, but thereafter were stymied on just three hits. In the eighth, Larry Cox singled, moved up on an infield out and scored the tying run on a single by Ruppert Jones. Bochte then blasted Dennis Leonard's first pitch into the right field stands.

Padres 9, Braves 2 at Atlanta (night game):
A bases-loaded triple by Gene Tenace highlighted a seven-run third inning that carried the Padres to a 9-2 rout of the Braves. A sacrifice fly by Tim Flannery, double by Paul Dade and bases-loaded walk to Jerry Turner produced the first three markers of the inning and a single by Bill Fahey scored Tenace with the final run of the outburst. Bob Horner's 26th homer with a man on in the fourth was all the Braves could do with Bob Shirley, who went the route for the third time this season.

Phillies 9, Cubs 8 at Chicago (day game):
Neither Dick Tidrow nor Bruce Sutter could halt an eight-run comeback that resulted in the Phillies' 9-8 topping of the Cubs. Two-run homers by Barry Foote and Jerry Martin and a three-run blast by Dave Kingman, his 44th of the season, put the Cubs on top, 8-1, after three innings. The Phillies closed to within 8-4 after five frames and tied the contest in the sixth with run-scoring singles by Greg Gross and Manny Trillo, an RBI double by Mike Schmidt and sacrifice fly by Greg Luzinski. Pete Rose singled with one out in the eighth, took second on a grounder and scored the winning run on a single to left by Luzinski. Rawly Eastwick gained the victory with four scoreless innings of relief.

Reds 4, Dodgers 1 at Cincinnati (day game):
A pair of errors in the fifth inning negated strong pitching by Jerry Reuss in the Dodgers' 4-1 loss to the Reds. Ron Cey's fumble of a sacrifice by Bill Bonham resulted in the bases being loaded with two out. Joe Morgan bounced to Cey, whose soft toss to Davey Lopes at second resulted in the second baseman leaving the bag to take the throw. Lopes was charged with an error, and Dave Concepcion then nailed the Dodgers to the cross with a single to right that plated two runs, Bonham scoring with a headfirst slide. George Foster accounted for the Reds' final run with a single to left. Cey's double in the eighth sent Bill Russell home with the Dodgers' lone tally.

Giants 2, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
An inside-the-park homer by Johnnie LeMaster gave the Giants a 2-1 decision that sent the Astros tumbling out of first place, ½ game behind the Reds. With two outs in the eighth LeMaster sent Joe Sambito's offering to left field, where it eluded Jose Cruz. Larry Herndon, who had singled earlier in the inning, scored easily and watched LeMaster slide in ahead of the tag for the winning run. The Astro run scored on a double by Rafael Landestoy, a sacrifice and a single by Cesar Cedeno. Gary Lavelle retired the final two batters to pick up his 17th save.

Mets 3, Pirates 2 at New York (day game):
After extending the Pirates to 14 innings before succumbing on the previous night, the Mets took the measure of the division leaders in 15 innings, 3-2. Lee Mazzilli walked before Ed Kranepool homered in the sixth to give the Mets a 2-0 lead. The Pirates came back with two in the eighth on singles by Steve Nicosia, pinch-hitter Willie Stargell and Omar Moreno coupled with a sacrifice fly by Tim Foli. The Mets had two men on base in the eighth, ninth and 10th innings and the Bucs had men at second and third in 11th and 13th, but the issue was not decided until Mazzilli led off the 15th with a two-bagger, moved to third on Richie Hebner's groundout, and scored on a two-out liner by John Stearns that went off the glove of a diving Lee Lacy in left field.

Expos 7, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Tony Perez drove in three runs with a double and sacrifice fly and Bill Lee scattered nine hits in the Expos' 7-2 defeat of the Cardinals. After a fly by Perez started the scoring in the fourth, Lee himself started a four-run sixth inning that proved decisive. The pitcher singled as did Dave Cash. One out later, Perez doubled both runners home. A single by Gary Carter scored Perez and Ellis Valentine capped the scoring with a double that plated Carter. Lee lost his shutout when Keith Hernandez, the league's leading hitter, led off the ninth frame with his 10th homer of the season.