MLB standings through games of September 24, 1979

MLB standings at the end of September 24, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	154	100	54	0	.649		722	561	54-23	46-31	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	155	91	64	0	.587	9.5	771	688	50-28	41-36	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	154	87	67	0	.565	13.0	810	683	49-28	38-39	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	154	83	71	0	.539	17.0	691	653	45-30	38-41	4-6	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	156	83	73	0	.532	18.0	752	707	45-32	38-41	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	155	79	76	0	.510	21.5	734	767	45-33	34-43	5-5	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	156	52	104	0	.333	49.0	590	822	32-49	20-55	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	157	86	71	0	.548		848	747	48-31	38-40	5-5	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	157	82	75	0	.522	4.0	822	803	44-34	38-41	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	156	81	75	0	.519	4.5	740	685	38-37	43-38	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	156	78	78	0	.500	7.5	720	676	39-36	39-42	5-5	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	154	68	86	0	.442	16.5	700	728	31-45	37-41	6-4	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	156	65	91	0	.417	20.5	680	794	36-45	29-46	4-6	Won 2
Oakland A's	156	53	103	0	.340	32.5	556	822	31-50	22-53	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	155	94	61	0	.606		691	554	55-23	39-38	7-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	157	94	62	1	.603	0.5	733	618	44-31	50-31	6-4	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	156	84	71	1	.542	10.0	696	651	42-35	42-36	6-4	Won 5
Philadelphia Phillies	158	81	76	1	.516	14.0	664	704	42-37	39-39	6-4	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	156	78	78	0	.500	16.5	678	675	44-34	34-44	4-6	Lost 3
New York Mets	156	57	98	1	.368	37.0	553	672	28-53	29-45	1-9	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	156	88	68	0	.564		720	624	46-29	42-39	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	157	86	71	0	.548	2.5	560	565	52-29	34-42	4-6	Lost 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	156	76	80	0	.487	12.0	709	695	45-33	31-47	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	156	69	87	0	.442	19.0	652	717	36-39	33-48	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	156	65	91	0	.417	23.0	580	666	39-42	26-49	3-7	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	155	63	92	0	.406	24.5	651	746	33-44	30-48	6-4	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 4, Royals 3 at California (night game):
Overcoming their own errors and capitalizing on one by the Royals, the Angels squeezed out a 4-3 victory which upped their lead to four games over K.C. and the Twins and reduced their magic number for capturing their first title to two. Dan Ford drove in every Angels' run and Nolan Ryan spun a five-hitter. The Royals jumped off to a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Amos Otis and Al Cowens singled before a grounder by Frank White skipped off the glove of shortstop Jim Anderson for an error, Otis scoring and Cowens going to third. Ryan then threw wildly in an attempt to pick off White. Cowens scored and White advanced to second and crossed the plate one out later on a single by Hal McRae. An error by George Brett with two out in the third loaded the bases for a two-run single by Ford, whose sacrifice fly in the fifth scored Anderson with the tying run. The deciding marker came home in the seventh. Rod Carew walked, went to second on a wild pitch, third on a bunt and scored on Ford's second sacrifice fly.

[DH] Braves 5, Astros 4 (night game) / Braves 8, Astros 1 at Atlanta (night game):
The flag aspirations of the Astros were dampened by a doubleheader loss to the Braves, 5-4 and 8-1. The Astros came from behind three times in the opener, once to take the lead and twice to tie, before falling in the ninth. After Bob Horner's second homer of the game had given the Braves a 4-3 lead in the eighth, the Astros tied the game on a two-out single in the ninth by Enos Cabell that plated Cesar Cedeno. But Pepe Frias led off the home half with a single off Joe Sambito and pinch-hitter Bob Beall, after failing in two attempts to sacrifice, doubled down the left field line, pinch-runner Darrel Chaney stopping at third. Eddie Miller was walked intentionally and then Jerry Royster singled past the drawn-in outfield to decide the see-saw battle. In the second game, Gary Matthews knocked in four runs, including two with a single to cap a five-run rally in the sixth. Eddie Solomon blanked the Astros until back-to-back doubles by Craig Reynolds and Cedeno in the ninth produced the loser's only tally. The losses increased the idle Reds' lead to 2½ games and reduced their magic number to four.

Mets 3, Cubs 1 at Chicago (day game):
The Mets stymied the Cubs, 3-1, to snap their nine-game losing streak and spoil the managerial debut of Joey Amalfitano, who was named interim skipper after the resignation of Herman Franks. The Mets took the lead in the second inning on the first of three doubles by Richie Hebner, single by Joel Youngblood, error by shortstop Ivan DeJesus and sacrifice fly by Bruce Boisclair. The first homer of the year by Elliott Maddox added an insurance marker in the fifth.

Cardinals 7, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
George Hendrick smashed a three-run homer and Ted Simmons knocked in two runs with a pair of singles to lead the Cardinals to a 7-2 victory over the Phillies, but the evening will be remembered longer for a single in the second innning by Pete Rose. The single extended Rose's hitting streak to 22 games, longest in the majors this year, and gave him the 10th 200-hit season of his career, one more than previous record holder Ty Cobb.

[DH] Pirates 5, Expos 2 (night game) / Expos 7, Pirates 6 at Pittsburgh (night game):
After losing an early lead in the first game and falling out of first place with a 5-2 defeat, the Expos staged a dramatic rally in the nightcap and regained the East division lead with a 7-6 decision over the Pirates. A single by Gary Carter off Bert Blyleven in the first inning of the opener plated two runs, but the Bucs struck for three runs in the sixth after Dan Schatzeder had retired 13 straight batters. Dave Parker walked and Bill Robinson tied the score with his 24th homer of the season and first since August 15. A walk to Willie Stargell resulted in the ouster of Schatzeder in favor of Stan Bahnsen. Bill Madlock hit into a forceout, stole second, went to third on a throwing error by Carter and scored the winning run when Bahnsen fumbled a dribbler off the bat of Steve Nicosia. In the nightcap, the Pirates used a four-run fifth inning to race to a 6-3 lead after seven innings. Three runs in their big frame were unearned due to second baseman Dave Cash's third error of the game. The Expos tied the game in the eighth. With one out, Joe Coleman gave up walks to Rusty Staub and Duffy Dyer and was replaced by Kent Tekulve. After a forceout, Parrish drove home a run with a single and pinch-hitter John Tamargo tied the contest at 6-6 with a double. Staub walked again in the ninth, this time off loser Grant Jackson. He took second on a single by Dyer and scored the winning run on a single to right by Ellis Valentine.