MLB standings through games of September 22, 1979

MLB standings at the end of September 22, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	152	99	53	0	.651		716	556	53-22	46-31	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	154	90	64	0	.584	10.0	763	681	49-28	41-36	6-4	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	152	86	66	0	.566	13.0	806	679	48-27	38-39	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	153	82	71	0	.536	17.5	684	648	45-30	37-41	3-7	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	154	82	72	0	.532	18.0	748	703	45-32	37-40	6-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	153	78	75	0	.510	21.5	729	761	45-33	33-42	4-6	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	155	52	103	0	.335	48.5	585	815	32-48	20-55	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	155	84	71	0	.542		838	743	46-31	38-40	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	155	81	74	0	.523	3.0	815	797	44-34	37-40	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	155	81	74	0	.523	3.0	733	677	38-37	43-37	7-3	Won 3
Texas Rangers	155	78	77	0	.503	6.0	719	670	39-36	39-41	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	153	68	85	0	.444	15.0	697	720	31-45	37-40	7-3	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	155	64	91	0	.413	20.0	672	791	35-45	29-46	3-7	Won 1
Oakland A's	155	53	102	0	.342	31.0	554	818	31-49	22-53	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	152	92	60	0	.605		675	539	55-23	37-37	6-4	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	154	92	61	1	.601	0.5	716	609	43-30	49-31	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	154	82	71	1	.536	10.5	682	645	42-35	40-36	6-4	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	156	81	74	1	.523	12.5	658	690	42-35	39-39	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	154	78	76	0	.506	15.0	677	666	44-32	34-44	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	154	56	97	1	.366	36.5	546	664	28-52	28-45	1-9	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	155	87	68	0	.561		713	623	46-29	41-39	5-5	Lost 2
Houston Astros	154	86	68	0	.558	0.5	554	545	52-28	34-40	5-5	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	155	75	80	0	.484	12.0	704	693	45-33	30-47	6-4	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	155	68	87	0	.439	19.0	650	716	36-39	32-48	5-5	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	155	65	90	0	.419	22.0	578	661	39-41	26-49	3-7	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	152	61	91	0	.401	24.5	637	739	31-43	30-48	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Indians 7, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles clinched the East division title when the Brewers lost to the Twins, so it made no difference when the new champions dropped the first game of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader with the Indians, 7-3. The second game was postponed because of rain. Cliff Johnson drove in three runs with two homers for the Indians, Mike Hargrove accounted for three with a bases-loaded double and Rick Manning contributed a round-tripper to the attack. Al Bumbry had a homer for the Orioles.

Angels 3, Rangers 1 at California (day game):
Two unearned runs enabled the Angels to gain a 3-1 decision over the Rangers behind the five-hit hurling of Chris Knapp, who turned in his first complete game since May 8 and gained his first victory since May 19. The start was Knapp's seventh since coming off the injured list. Willie Montanez, hitting safely in his 16th straight game, homered for the Rangers' run in the fourth. An error by Buddy Bell led to the Angels' tying tally in the fifth. Bobby Grich broke the deadlock with a circuit clout off Steve Comer in the seventh and an insurance run followed in that same stanza on another error by Bell.

Twins 6, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Brewers, the last club with any chance to overtake the Orioles in the East division race, were eliminated with a 6-3 loss to the Twins. Although the Orioles also lost to the Indians, the defeat left the Brewers 10 games behind with only eight left to play. The Twins scored in two-run bursts. A double by Butch Wynegar, single by Ron Jackson, pass to Rick Sofield and single by Hosken Powell produced the first pair in the second inning. Sofield doubled, Powell singled and Rob Wilfong doubled for two more in the fourth. Doubles by Jackson and Sofield and a single by Wilfong added two runs in the sixth. Sixto Lezcano hit a two-run homer for the Brewers.

A's 2, Royals 0 at Oakland (day game):
Winning for only the second time this season, Matt Keough, who has lost 16 games, pitched the A's to a 2-0 victory over the Royals. Dennis Leonard on the mound for the Royals allowed only three hits until the eighth inning when the A's scored their runs on a single by Jim Essian, safe bunt by Mike Edwards, a wild pitch, a sacrifice fly by Mike Heath and single by Rickey Henderson.

Mariners 6, White Sox 4 at Seattle (night game):
Willie Horton rapped three singles and drove in a run with each hit to pace the Mariners to a 6-4 victory over the White Sox. Ruppert Jones knocked in a run with a triple and scored on a single by Horton in the first inning. Horton added his second RBI single in the third. After the White Sox came back to tie the score at 4-4, Julio Cruz walked in the seventh and scored on a triple by Bruce Bochte. Horton followed with a single for an insurance counter.

Yankees 7, Blue Jays 4 at Toronto (day game):
Jerry Narron hit a three-run homer and Oscar Gamble also drove in three runs with a pair of round-trippers to power the Yankees to a 7-4 victory over the Blue Jays. A circuit clout by Reggie Jackson accounted for the Yankees' other run. Pinch-hitter Rico Carty smacked a homer with a man on base for the Blue Jays.

Braves 10, Giants 2 at Atlanta (night game):
With Phil Niekro pitching a two-hitter, the Braves breezed to a 10-2 victory over the Giants. Bob Horner started the Braves' scoring with a three-run homer off Vida Blue in the first inning and added a fourth RBI with a single in the eighth. Gary Matthews also homered in the Braves' 13-hit attack. The victory was Niekro's 19th on the same night that his brother Joe won his 20th for the Astros.

Pirates 4, Cubs 1 at Chicago (day game):
Ending their three-game losing streak, the Pirates defeated the Cubs, 4-1, behind the four-hit hurling of Bruce Kison and Kent Tekulve. The Pirates got to George Riley, making his first major league start, for a run in the second inning on singles by Bill Madlock and Steve Nicosia and a safe squeeze bunt by Phil Garner. In the fifth, after Garner singled and Omar Moreno was hit by a pitch, both scored on a single by Tim Foli and an error by Cubs' second baseman Mick Kelleher. Bill Buckner homered for the Cubs in the seventh. When Kelleher doubled after two out, Tekulve replaced Kison and went the rest of the way for his 29th save. Madlock homered in the ninth for the final run.

Astros 4, Reds 1 at Houston (night game):
Joe Niekro became the first 20-game winner in the N. L., pitching the Astros to a 4-1 victory to cut the Reds' lead in the West division to one-half game. Niekro was wild with his knuckleball at the start, hitting one batter, walking two and giving up a run on an infield out by Johnny Bench. The Astros tied the score in the fourth inning with singles by Jeff Leonard and Luis Pujols and an infield out by Rafael Landestoy. The Astros then pinned defeat on Mike LaCoss with two runs in the fifth. Craig Reynolds doubled and scored on a single by Cesar Cedeno, who took second on the throw. After an intentional pass to Jose Cruz, Enos Cabell singled to drive in Cedeno. Cruz tripled in the eighth and counted the last run on a strikeout-wild pitch by reliever Doug Bair. Niekro ran into trouble in the ninth, loading the bases with none out, but Joe Sambito came in to save the game.

[DH] Cardinals 6, Mets 3 (day game) / Cardinals 3, Mets 2 at New York (night game):
George Hendrick hit a two-run homer in the second game as the Cardinals beat the Mets in a twi-night doubleheader, 6-3 and 3-2. Keith Hernandez, who leads the league in batting, had four hits for the Cardinals in the opener, including a homer. Lou Brock stole the 937th base of his career in the fourth inning, tying him with Billy Hamilton for the all-time major league record. Hamilton set his mark between 1888 and 1901. Richie Hebner accounted for all of the Mets' runs in the first game with two homers. In the nightcap, Hendrick hit his two-run homer in the fourth inning. The Cardinals added what proved to be the deciding marker in the seventh after loading the bases on a single by Jerry Mumphrey, double by Ken Oberkfell and a pass to Garry Templeton. With one out, Jim Lentine forced Templeton at second but beat the throw to first base, preventing a double play.

[DH] Phillies 9, Expos 8 (night game) / Expos 8, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Expos lost the first game of a twi-night doubleheader to the Phillies, 9-8, in 10 innings but came back behind the slugging of Larry Parrish to win the second game, 8-2. The split enabled the Expos to hang on to first place in the East division by one-half game over the Pirates. In the opener, Mike Schmidt hit his 44th homer for the Phillies, breaking the club mark of 43 by Chuck Klein in 1929. Parrish had a homer for the Expos, who took an 8-7 lead with four runs in the eighth. The Phillies tied the score in the ninth with singles by Manny Trillo, Bake McBride and pinch-hitter Garry Maddox, with pinch-runner Lonnie Smith crossing the plate. In the 10th, Ron Reed and Pete Rose both walked and Smith, who stayed in the game, singled to load the bases. Pete Mackanin ran for Reed and, after McBride struck out, Schmidt singled to drive in the winning run. In the nightcap, Parrish hit two solo homers and drove in two other runs with a double. Andre Dawson and Duffy Dyer also homered. David Palmer, with relief aid from Elias Sosa and Stan Bahnsen, gained his seventh straight victory, setting a record for Expos' starting pitchers.

Padres 10, Dodgers 8 at San Diego (night game):
Jay Johnstone hit a pair of two-run doubles and Paul Dade had a 4-for-4 night, scoring three runs and driving in one, as the Padres defeated the Dodgers, 10-8. Steve Garvey homered for the Dodgers in the first, but Dade provided the matching marker with a single in the Padres' half. The Padres broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth with the first of Johnstone's two-run doubles and a two-run single by Gene Richards. The Dodgers came back with homers by Ron Cey and Pedro Guerrero and knotted the count again in the seventh, but the Padres pulled away with three runs in their half. After Guerrero hit a two-run single for the Dodgers in the eighth, Johnstone provided the winning margin with his second two-run double of the game in the Padres' half.