MLB standings through games of September 27, 1979

MLB standings at the end of September 27, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	156	101	55	0	.647		737	566	55-24	46-31	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	158	93	65	0	.589	9.0	786	708	52-29	41-36	7-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	157	89	68	0	.567	12.5	825	697	51-29	38-39	7-3	Won 2
New York Yankees	157	86	71	0	.548	15.5	709	663	48-30	38-41	6-4	Won 5
Detroit Tigers	158	84	74	0	.532	18.0	757	722	45-32	39-42	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	158	79	79	0	.500	23.0	744	785	45-33	34-46	5-5	Lost 4
Toronto Blue Jays	159	53	106	0	.333	49.5	604	837	32-49	21-57	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	159	87	72	0	.547		852	752	49-32	38-40	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	159	83	76	0	.522	4.0	827	807	44-34	39-42	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	159	81	78	0	.509	6.0	750	704	38-40	43-38	4-6	Lost 4
Texas Rangers	159	81	78	0	.509	6.0	734	684	42-36	39-42	7-3	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	157	71	86	0	.452	15.0	719	738	31-45	40-41	7-3	Won 3
Seattle Mariners	159	66	93	0	.415	21.0	700	809	36-45	30-48	4-6	Lost 1
Oakland A's	159	53	106	0	.333	34.0	564	836	31-50	22-56	1-9	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	160	96	63	1	.604		758	632	46-32	50-31	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	157	94	63	0	.599	1.0	696	574	55-23	39-40	6-4	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	159	86	72	1	.544	9.5	714	668	42-35	44-37	8-2	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	160	82	77	1	.516	14.0	676	713	43-38	39-39	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	159	79	80	0	.497	17.0	695	690	45-36	34-44	3-7	Lost 2
New York Mets	159	59	99	1	.373	36.5	568	689	28-53	31-46	3-7	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	158	89	69	0	.563		726	635	47-30	42-39	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	159	87	72	0	.547	2.5	572	574	52-29	35-43	4-6	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	159	78	81	0	.491	11.5	731	706	45-33	33-48	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	159	70	89	0	.440	19.5	663	739	37-41	33-48	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	158	66	92	0	.418	23.0	591	672	39-42	27-50	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	157	64	93	0	.408	24.5	660	758	34-45	30-48	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5 at Boston (night game):
Carlton Fisk led off the ninth inning with the Red Sox' third homer of the game to beat the Blue Jays, 6-5. Butch Hobson hit a two-run blow in the seventh to put the Red Sox ahead, 3-1, but the Blue Jays erupted for four runs in the eighth, two scoring on a boundary belt by Rick Bosetti. The Red Sox came back with the tying pair in their half on a double by Ted Sizemore and circuit clout by Fred Lynn. The homer was Lynn's 28th in Fenway Park, breaking Carl Yastrzemski's 1967 record for most round-trippers by a lefthanded hitter in Boston.

Brewers 7, Mariners 6 at Milwaukee (night game):
A single by Buck Martinez with two out in the 11th inning scored Dick Davis and gave the Brewers a 7-6 victory over the Mariners. Davis doubled with one away and stopped at third on a single by Robin Yount. After Jim Gantner struck out, Martinez ended the game with his single. Bruce Bochte tripled home two runs and also scored once, to pace the Mariners to a 6-4 lead before Paul Molitor tied the score at 6-6 with a two-run double in the fifth inning.

White Sox 4, Twins 2 at Minnesota (day game):
Connecting for his fourth hit of the game, Jim Morrison homered after a single by Jorge Orta in the 10th inning to carry the White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Twins. Doubles by Morrison and Marv Foley and a single by Harry Chappas produced the first two runs for the White Sox in the second. The Twins picked up a tally on a single by Ron Jackson and triple by John Castino in the fifth and tied the score with a homer by Roy Smalley in the eighth.

Yankees 5, Indians 2 at New York (night game):
Pinch-hitting, Oscar Gamble homered with two men on base in the ninth inning to cap a four-run rally and bring the Yankees a 5-2 victory over the Indians. With the Indians leading, 2-1, George Scott singled to open the Yankee rally. The Indians removed starter Rick Waits and brought in Sid Monge, who failed in relief. After Chris Chambliss flied out, pinch-hitter Reggie Jackson and Juan Beniquez both walked to load the bases. Roy White hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Gamble followed with his homer.

Rangers 4, A's 3 at Texas (night game):
Aided by two errors that resulted in a pair of unearned runs, the Rangers defeated the A's, 4-3. After Richie Zisk homered for the Rangers' initial run in the fourth inning, Al Oliver walked in the sixth, Buddy Bell singled and Willie Montanez was safe on an error by Dave Chalk, Oliver scoring. Zisk reached first on another error by Rob Picciolo as Bell scored. After an infield out by Pat Putnam, Jim Sundberg singled, driving in Montanez with what proved to be the winning run. Larry McCall, who made his first start of the season for the Rangers since his recall from Tucson (Pacific Coast), blanked the A's until the seventh when Waynr Gross doubled and scored on a single by Chalk. Joe Wallis hit a two-run homer off Sparky Lyle in the ninth.

Cardinals 9, Pirates 5 at Pittsburgh (day game):
The Pirates lost to the Cardinals, 9-5, but remained one game ahead in the East division race when rain prevented the Expos' scheduled twi-night doubleheader against the Braves in Atlanta. George Hendrick went 5-for-5, including a homer, and Tony Scott was 4-for-5 in the Cardinals' 17-hit attack on six Pirate pitchers. Dave Parker homered for the Pirates, who fell behind, 6-1, before rallying for two runs in the fifth inning and two more in the seventh. Kent Tekulve, making his club record 92nd appearance of the season, was unable to stop the Cardinals from pulling away in the eighth. Tekulve hit Ken Oberkfell with a pitch with one out and then uncorked a wild pitch. After Mark Littell struck out, Garry Templeton doubled to score Oberkfell. Jerry Mumphrey singled to drive in Templeton. Hendrick capped the scoring with his homer off Enrique Romo in the ninth.

Giants 5, Dodgers 3 at San Francisco (night game):
Two unearned runs enabled the Giants to defeat the Dodgers, 5-3. After Bill North singled in the first inning, Mike Ivie smashed a homer. The Giants added a tainted tally in the third, picked up a run on a sacrifice fly by Joe Strain in the fourth and scored another unearned run in the fifth. Pedro Guerrero, who made one of the Dodgers' four errors, homered in the sixth.