MLB standings through games of August 8, 1980

MLB standings at the end of August 8, 1980

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	107	67	40	0	.626		567	455	31-20	36-20	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	106	62	44	0	.585	4.5	516	416	32-21	30-23	9-1	Won 7
Detroit Tigers	105	57	47	1	.548	8.5	547	466	29-20	28-27	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	108	57	51	0	.528	10.5	539	436	28-26	29-25	3-7	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	107	56	51	0	.523	11.0	514	538	25-28	31-23	7-3	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	104	54	50	0	.519	11.5	493	520	30-20	24-30	7-3	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	107	45	62	0	.421	22.0	411	495	25-30	20-32	2-8	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	109	69	40	0	.633		556	459	32-20	37-20	8-2	Won 5
Oakland A's	110	56	54	0	.509	13.5	455	444	33-25	23-29	8-2	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	109	51	56	2	.477	17.0	507	497	27-29	24-27	3-7	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	109	47	62	0	.431	22.0	452	524	27-25	20-37	2-8	Lost 8
Chicago White Sox	109	46	61	2	.430	22.0	379	484	25-31	21-30	2-8	Lost 4
California Angels	107	43	64	0	.402	25.0	470	548	21-37	22-27	7-3	Won 5
Seattle Mariners	109	40	68	1	.370	28.5	413	537	24-29	16-39	1-9	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	108	61	47	0	.565		482	441	38-22	23-25	8-2	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	108	60	48	0	.556	1.0	461	421	31-18	29-30	4-6	Won 4
Philadelphia Phillies	104	55	49	0	.529	4.0	475	427	34-23	21-26	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	108	53	55	0	.491	8.0	429	448	30-25	23-30	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	106	47	59	0	.443	13.0	473	457	25-25	22-34	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	106	44	62	0	.415	16.0	403	462	24-27	20-35	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	108	59	49	0	.546		399	399	36-20	23-29	3-7	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	109	59	50	0	.541	0.5	451	404	37-15	22-35	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	111	59	51	1	.536	1.0	513	487	36-23	23-28	6-4	Won 5
San Francisco Giants	109	52	57	0	.477	7.5	409	417	30-20	22-37	3-7	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	108	49	59	0	.454	10.0	412	476	34-23	15-36	3-7	Won 2
San Diego Padres	111	49	61	1	.445	11.0	376	444	30-21	19-40	6-4	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 4, White Sox 1 at Boston (night game):
Shorthanded for starters with both Chuck Rainey and John Tudor having arm problems, Manager Don Zimmer called on reliever Skip Lockwood and followed with Bill Campbell and Bob Stanley, who worked three innings apiece and combined to pitch the Red Sox to a 4-1 victory over the White Sox.

Angels 9, Twins 5 at California (night game):
Coming off disabled list, Dan Ford appeared in his first game since May 28 and batted in three runs with three hits, including a homer, to help the Angels defeat the Twins, 9-5. Rod Carew also had three hits and supplied three RBIs.

Brewers 4, Indians 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Ben Oglivie smashed a two-run homer in the fourth inning and Bill Travers took it from there, allowing only four hits and pitching the Brewers to a 4-1 victory over the Indians.

Orioles 5, Yankees 2 at New York (night game):
Opening a three-game series, the Orioles rallied for three runs in the eighth inning and posted a 5-2 victory to pull within 4½ lengths of the Yankees in the East Division race. Ruppert Jones homered off Jim Palmer in the seventh to put the Yankees ahead, 2-1, but Eddie Murray touched off an Orioles' rally in the eighth with a homer off Ron Guidry to tie the score. Benny Ayala followed with a single, knocking out Guidry. After Rich Gossage relieved, Doug DeCinces doubled, Ayala stopping at third. John Lowenstein then batted for Gary Roenicke and singled to drive in both runners. The Orioles added an insurance run in the ninth on singles by Lenn Sakata and Ken Singleton around a sacrifice.

Mariners 2, A's 1 at Oakland (night game):
The Mariners ended a 12-game losing streak and posted their first victory under Maury Wills as their new manager when Bill Stein walked with the bases loaded in the 14th inning to force in the run that beat the A's, 2-1. The Mariners, who had lost three times since Wills assumed command, started their decisive stanza with a single by Julio Cruz. Joe Simpson sacrificed and, after the second out, Willie Horton and Leon Roberts walked to fill the sacks. Matt Keough, on the mound for the A's, then went to 2-and-0 on Stein before giving way to Jeff Jones, who completed the pass that forced in Cruz.

Tigers 8, Rangers 0 at Texas (night game):
Champ Summers drove in two runs with a homer and two more with a double in support of Dan Petry, who allowed only five hits and pitched the Tigers to an 8-0 victory over the Rangers. Lance Parrish also homered. The Tigers stole six bases, the most ever recorded in one game against the Rangers. Steve Kemp, who had four hits, swiped second base three times.

[DH] Royals 9, Blue Jays 0 (night game) / Royals 7, Blue Jays 4 at Toronto (night game):
After Rich Gale pitched a four-hitter and Jamie Quirk drove in four runs with four hits, including two homers, to mark a 9-0 victory in the first game, the relief pitching of Marty Pattin and homers by Amos Otis and Darrel Porter enabled the Royals to win the second game, 7-4, completing the sweep of a doubleheader the with Blue Jays. George Brett had two hits in each contest, extending his batting streak to 21 games. In the nightcap, Otis hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to put the Royals ahead, 5-4, and Porter iced the verdict with a two-run smash in the ninth. Pattin pitched hitless ball over the last 4 1/3 innings.

Braves 7, Giants 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Capping a five-run outburst, Bob Horner homered with two men on base in the seventh inning as the Braves defeated the Giants, 7-3. Doubles by Bruce Benedict and Mike Lum accounted for the first run, tying the score at 3-3. A single by Gary Matthews drove in pinch-runner Jerry Royster and sent the Braves ahead. After a ground-rule double by Chris Chambliss, holding Matthews at third, Horner hammered his homer.

Expos 5, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
Ellis Valentine and Gary Carter clouted homers and Ron LeFlore stole four bases for a Montreal club record as the Expos posted a 5-2 victory after losing to the Cubs, 8-4, on a grand slam by Cliff Johnson in the completion of a suspended contest. Darkness forced the halt of the game in Chicago between the Expos and Cubs on May 28 after 10 innings with the score tied, 3-3. When play resumed, both clubs scored a run in the 12th before the Cubs loaded the bases in the 14th and Johnson ended the contest with his homer. Johnson homered again in the regularly-scheduled game, accounting for the Cubs' runs in the eighth inning.

Reds 8, Dodgers 5 at Cincinnati (night game):
With a count of two strikes, Johnny Bench lashed at the next pitch thrown by Don Stanhouse and connected for a grand slam in the eighth inning to power the Reds to an 8-5 victory over the Dodgers. Bobby Castillo, who had followed Burt Hooton on the mound for the Dodgers, loaded the bases before Stanhouse came in to serve up Bench's 10th career grand slam.

Padres 5, Astros 3 at Houston (night game):
Taking advantage of an error by Craig Reynolds, the Padres scored three unearned runs in the ninth inning and defeated the Astros, 5-3. Willie Montanez reached first on a throwing error by Reynolds. After Dave Cash and Barry Evans were retired, pinch-hitter Fred Kendall singled. Von Joshua also came up as a pinch-hitter and doubled, driving in two runs to put the Padres ahead, 4-3. Gene Richards followed with a single, sending Joshua home with an insurance counter.

Pirates 6, Phillies 5 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Hitting his second double of the game, Mike Easler paved the way for a run in the eighth inning, giving the Pirates a 6-5 victory over the Phillies. Following Easler's two-bagger, Bill Madlock was handed an intentional pass. Matt Alexander then came in to run for Easler. Ed Ott sacrificed and, after Phil Garner was passed purposely to load the bases, Lee Lacy provided a pinch-sacrifice fly scoring Alexander.

Mets 3, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Elliott Maddox singled in the ninth inning and scored Doug Flynn to give the Mets a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals. Flynn led off with a single. Pinch-hitter Claudell Washington flied out, but Flynn advanced to second on an infield out by Bill Almon, putting him in position to score on Maddox' hit.