MLB standings at the end of April 9, 1980
| A.L. East | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toronto Blue Jays |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | ||||||||
 Baltimore Orioles |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Boston Red Sox |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Cleveland Indians |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Detroit Tigers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Milwaukee Brewers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 New York Yankees |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
| A.L. West | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Seattle Mariners |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 6 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 California Angels |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Chicago White Sox |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Kansas City Royals |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Minnesota Twins |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Oakland A's |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Texas Rangers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
| N.L. East | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago Cubs |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Montreal Expos |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 New York Mets |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Philadelphia Phillies |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 Pittsburgh Pirates |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
 St. Louis Cardinals |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
| N.L. West | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cincinnati Reds |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Atlanta Braves |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0 | 9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 Houston Astros |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 Los Angeles Dodgers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 San Diego Padres |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
 San Francisco Giants |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||||
Today's scores and summaries:
Mariners 8, Blue Jays 6 at Seattle (night game):
Erupting for four runs in the bottom of the first, the Mariners went on to an 8-6 victory over the Blue Jays in the A.L. season's opener. After the first of two homers by John Mayberry had given the Jays a 2-0 lead in the top of the inning, the Mariners' Rodney Craig doubled and scored on a single by Dan Meyer. After Bruce Bochte singled, Willie Horton was safe and Meyer came home on an error by third baseman Roy Howell. Ted Cox then capped the rally with a two-run double. The crowd, held down by the Seattle SuperSonics' televised NBA playoff game, was a disappointing 22,588.
Reds 9, Braves 0 at Cincinnati (day game):
Pressed into service when scheduled starter Tom Seaver was sidelined by the flu, Frank Pastore unfurled a three-hitter as the Reds blasted the Braves, 9-0, in the major league season's opener. The righthander retired the last 16 batters in registering the first opening-day shutout by a Cincinnati pitcher since 1943. The Reds pounced on Braves starter Phil Niekro for four runs in the first inning on one-out singles by Ken Griffey and Dave Concepcion, two-run double by George Foster, pass to Dan Driessen, run-scoring double by Johnny Bench, intentional pass to Ray Knight and forceout by Junior Kennedy. Despite drizzly skies, the game attracted 51,774 fans.