MLB standings through games of August 18, 1980

MLB standings at the end of August 18, 1980

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	117	71	46	0	.607		600	491	33-23	38-23	4-6	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	116	68	48	0	.586	2.5	549	448	35-23	33-25	6-4	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	120	66	54	0	.550	6.5	607	474	33-29	33-25	7-3	Won 7
Boston Red Sox	114	60	54	0	.526	9.5	546	566	26-29	34-25	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	116	59	56	1	.513	11.0	588	541	31-26	28-30	2-8	Lost 6
Cleveland Indians	116	59	57	0	.509	11.5	541	577	33-24	26-33	5-5	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	116	48	68	0	.414	22.5	445	543	26-31	22-37	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	118	76	42	0	.644		607	488	37-21	39-21	8-2	Won 6
Oakland A's	119	62	57	0	.521	14.5	496	464	35-26	27-31	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	119	57	60	2	.487	18.5	563	547	29-30	28-30	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	118	52	66	0	.441	24.0	491	558	31-28	21-38	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	117	49	66	2	.426	25.5	410	518	26-33	23-33	3-7	Won 1
California Angels	116	48	68	0	.414	27.0	515	592	22-38	26-30	6-4	Lost 3
Seattle Mariners	118	42	75	1	.359	33.5	438	589	25-34	17-41	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	118	67	51	0	.568		501	441	38-21	29-30	7-3	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	118	65	53	0	.551	2.0	511	492	38-22	27-31	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	115	62	53	0	.539	3.5	532	463	34-23	28-30	7-3	Won 5
New York Mets	118	56	62	0	.475	11.0	460	504	30-30	26-32	3-7	Lost 5
St. Louis Cardinals	116	52	64	0	.448	14.0	536	506	29-30	23-34	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	116	49	67	0	.422	17.0	450	508	26-31	23-36	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	117	64	53	0	.547		438	424	37-21	27-32	5-5	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	120	64	55	1	.538	1.0	537	525	36-26	28-29	6-4	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	117	62	55	0	.530	2.0	482	431	38-20	24-35	3-7	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	118	58	60	0	.492	6.5	439	451	35-22	23-38	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	117	55	62	0	.470	9.0	449	501	35-24	20-38	7-3	Won 1
San Diego Padres	120	50	69	1	.420	15.0	393	482	30-28	20-41	2-8	Lost 7

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Yankees 5 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles moved within 2½ games of first place in the A.L. East by outlasting the Yankees, 6-5. After the Yanks' Oscar Gamble hit a two-run homer in the fourth, the Orioles registered three runs in the bottom of inning on an RBI single by Mark Belanger, run-scoring double by Al Bumbry and sacrifice fly by Rich Dauer. They added three more in the fifth on a run-scoring double by Belanger, RBI single by Bumbry and infield out by Dauer. The Yanks registered three markers in the eighth but Tippy Martinez halted that rally and Tim Stoddard then hurled the ninth to record the save.

[DH] Indians 4, White Sox 2 (night game) / White Sox 7, Indians 2 at Chicago (night game):
The Indians and White Sox split a doubleheader, the Tribe winning the lidlifter, 4-2, behind the three-hit pitching of Len Barker, and the Pale Hose capturing the nightcap, 7-2, as a three-run homer by Kevin Bell climaxed a six-run fourth inning. In the first game, the Indians opened a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a single by Jerry Dybzinski, a stolen base, RBI triple by Jorge Orta and RBI double by Mike Hargrove. Toby Harrah drilled a solo homer in the fifth and the Tribe picked up another marker in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Dybzinski. In the second game, run-scoring singles by Wayne Nordhagen, Bob Molinaro and Glenn Borgmann preceded Bell's round-tripper.

Brewers 12, Tigers 5 at Milwaukee (night game):
A grand slam by Gorman Thomas highlighted the Brewers' seventh straight victory, a 12-5 rout of the Tigers. Thomas' blast came in the sixth inning and was immediately followed by a round-tripper by Ben Oglivie. The Brewers registered five runs in the fourth frame on an RBI single by Sixto Lezcano, two-run throwing error by Detroit pitcher Dan Petry, another error by Detroit shortstop Mark Wagner and RBI groundout by Charlie Moore.

Twins 8, Angels 3 at Minnesota (day game):
Pounding out 15 hits, the Twins rolled to an 8-3 victory over the Angels. Minnesota took a 2-0 lead in their first turn at bat on back-to-back triples by John Castino and Jose Morales and an infield out by Pete Mackanin. They upped the margin to 5-0 in the fourth on RBI hits by Bombo Rivera, Dave Edwards and Mike Cubbage. John Castino belted a two-run homer in the seventh.

Royals 6, Rangers 3 at Texas (night game):
George Brett singled his first three times at bat as he raised his average to .404 and extended his hitting streak to 30 games in helping the Royals to a 6-3 victory over the Rangers. K.C. scored in the first inning on a single by Brett and RBI double by Darrell Porter. The Royals added three runs in the third on a sacrifice fly by Porter and two-run homer by Willie Aikens. Dan Quisenberry, who pitched the last 1 2/3 innings, recorded his 26th save.

Cardinals 10, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
Ted Simmons belted two homers and also singled twice, sparking an eight-run second inning to pace the Cardinals to a 10-1 rout of the Reds in a game called after 6½ innings because of rain. The first St. Louis run in the second inning came when Keith Smith bounced into a double play. The Cardinals then reeled off seven straight hits before Smith struck out to end the uprising. Simmons' homers came in the fourth and sixth innings.