MLB standings through games of September 6, 1980

MLB standings at the end of September 6, 1980

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	135	84	51	0	.622		685	552	42-24	42-27	9-1	Won 6
Baltimore Orioles	134	80	54	0	.597	3.5	638	523	41-27	39-27	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	132	73	59	0	.553	9.5	628	623	33-32	40-27	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	135	71	63	1	.530	12.5	683	622	37-30	34-33	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	138	73	65	0	.529	12.5	705	579	34-35	39-30	6-4	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	134	70	64	0	.522	13.5	627	643	38-28	32-36	6-4	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	134	56	78	0	.418	27.5	504	616	30-36	26-42	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	136	86	50	0	.632		685	572	41-28	45-22	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	137	67	68	2	.496	18.5	657	625	34-34	33-34	5-5	Lost 1
Oakland A's	137	67	70	0	.489	19.5	553	540	38-31	29-39	2-8	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	137	59	78	0	.431	27.5	552	633	34-35	25-43	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	135	57	76	2	.429	27.5	485	602	30-37	27-39	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	134	52	82	0	.388	33.0	587	690	23-45	29-37	3-7	Lost 3
Seattle Mariners	136	49	86	1	.363	36.5	502	671	29-38	20-48	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	136	74	62	0	.544		581	544	42-26	32-36	5-5	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	134	72	62	0	.537	1.0	608	548	38-28	34-34	6-4	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	136	72	64	0	.529	2.0	573	538	40-29	32-35	2-8	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	134	60	74	0	.448	13.0	624	595	35-34	25-40	5-5	Lost 2
New York Mets	136	59	77	0	.434	15.0	520	587	32-36	27-41	1-9	Lost 8
Chicago Cubs	134	52	82	0	.388	21.0	502	590	28-39	24-43	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	136	78	58	0	.574		564	480	47-21	31-37	9-1	Won 2
Houston Astros	136	77	59	0	.566	1.0	534	501	45-22	32-37	6-4	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	137	74	62	1	.544	4.0	605	584	39-30	35-32	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	135	70	65	0	.519	7.5	553	577	42-25	28-40	8-2	Won 6
San Francisco Giants	136	66	70	0	.485	12.0	494	526	38-29	28-41	3-7	Lost 6
San Diego Padres	138	59	78	1	.431	19.5	476	564	36-32	23-46	6-4	Won 4

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 3, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (night game):
They nifty pitching of Rick Langford, who extended his consecutive complete-game skein to 21, and the batting of Dave Revering resulted in the A's 3-2 victory over the Orioles, who fell 3½ games behind the Yankees in the East Division pennant chase. Singles by Rickey Henderson and Dwayne Murphy and a sacrifice fly by Revering produced a run in the first inning for the A's and Jeff Newman homered in the second. Terry Crowley matched Newman's homer for the Orioles in the seventh, but the A's got that run back in the eighth on a double by Murphy and two-out single by Revering. Pinch-hitter Pat Kelly doubled with two outs in the Baltimore ninth and scored when pinch-hitter Benny Ayala singled into the left field corner. Ayala was out, however, when he tried to stretch his hit into a two-bagger. The complete game was the 77th of the season for the A's, tying the major league record set by San Francisco in 1968.

Red Sox 5, Mariners 1 at Boston (day game):
Carlton Fisk and Jim Rice clouted homers in support of six-hit pitching by Dick Drago and Tom Burgmeier as the Red Sox defeated the Mariners, 5-1. Fisk connected in the sixth inning and Rice capped the scoring with a two-run blow in the eighth.

Indians 8, Royals 3 at Cleveland (night game):
A two-run homer by Joe Charboneau and solo shots by Jorge Orta and Toby Harrah boosted the Indians to an 8-3 victory over the Royals. Indians starter Len Barker struck out nine while winning his 18th game and held George Brett hitless in three at-bats. That dropped Brett's average from .399 to .396.

Twins 4, Tigers 0 at Detroit (day game):
Jerry Koosman yielded only three singles in 8 1/3 innings and Doug Corbett then saved the Twins' 4-0 victory over the Tigers, who were stopped on their four-game winning streak. Corbett relieved and retired the last two batters after Koosman issued a pair of walks. The Twins gained revenge on Jack Morris, who pitched a one-hitter against them on August 21. Tom Brookens, Tigers' third baseman, tied the A.L. record for most errors at his position in a game, committing four. However, only one of the Twins' runs was unearned.

Brewers 6, Rangers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
A three-run homer by Don Money helped the Brewers whip the Rangers, 6-2. After a fifth-inning single by Cecil Cooper and walk to Gorman Thomas, who singled home runs in the third and seventh innings, Money belted an offering from Rangers reliever Sparky Lyle for the circuit to give the Brewers what proved to be their winning runs.

Yankees 7, Angels 4 at New York (night game):
Bobby Brown, Bobby Murcer and Oscar Gamble drove in two runs apiece to power the Yankees to their sixth straight victory, 7-4 over the Angels. Gamble's 12th homer, with Brian Doyle aboard, gave the Yankees a 3-0 lead after three innings, but the Angels bounced back with two in the fifth on a homer by Bobby Grich and back-to-back doubles by Bobby Clark and Rck Miller. The Yankees put the game out of reach in the bottom of the frame on RBI doubles by Brown and Murcer. The decision boosted New York's East Division lead over Baltimore to 3½ games.

Braves 3, Pirates 2 at Atlanta (day game):
A homer by Bob Horner and the pitching of Phil Niekro and Gene Garber enabled the Braves to defeat the Pirates, 3-2, for their sixth straight victory. Niekro gave up only two hits, including a homer by John Milner in the second inning. The Braves came back with all their runs off Bert Blyleven in the sixth. Jerry Royster doubled and scored on a single by Rafael Ramirez ahead of Horner's homer. The Pirates scored an unearned run off Niekro in the eighth before Garber took over to gain credit for the save.

[DH] Cubs 4, Reds 3 (day game) / Reds 6, Cubs 1 at Chicago (day game):
The Cubs scored an unearned run in the 10th inning to win the first game of a doubleheader, 4-3, but the Reds came back to win the second game. 6-1. Bill Buckner singled to lead off the Cubs' overtime stanza in the opener and Cliff Johnson was hit by a pitch. Carlos Lezcano then bunted to Tom Hume, who threw to third base in an attempted forceout, but Ray Knight let the ball get away from him, allowing Buckner to score. In the nightcap, Harry Spilman, Joe Nolan and Paul Householder each drove in two of the Reds' runs.

[DH] Astros 9, Cardinals 5 (night game) / Astros 6, Cardinals 4 at Houston (night game):
Productive third innings carried the Astros to a doubleheader sweep of the Cardinals, 9-5 and 6-4, and cut the Dodgers' West Division lead over Houston to one game. A two-run single by Gary Woods in the second inning of the opener gave Astros the lead, and they put the game away with seven runs in their next time at bat. Art Howe knocked in two runs and Luis Pujols, Joe Niekro and Joe Morgan one each. In the nightcap, Vern Ruhle drew a one-out walk in the third and Rafael Landestoy and Enos Cabell singled to load the sacks. Jose Cruz then snapped the 1-1 tie with a grand slam.

Dodgers 7, Phillies 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
After robbing Bake McBride of a homer with a man aboard in the fifth inning, Rick Monday hit a two-run blast of his own in the bottom of the frame to secure the Dodgers' 7-3 victory over the Phillies. The Dodgers took a 3-0 lead in the second on run-scoring singles by Bill Russell, Davey Lopes and Jay Johnstone, but the Phils tied the score in the third with three singles, a passed ball and sacrifice fly.

Padres 8, Mets 7 at San Diego (night game):
Gene Tenace paced the Padres' 16-hit attack that resulted in an 8-7 defeat of the Mets, knocking in four runs, three of them with a home run that capped a five-run fourth inning. Ozzie Smith and Jerry Mumphrey singled home the outburst's first two runs. The Mets, with 16 hits of their own, rallied for three runs in the seventh before Rollie Fingers came on to pitch the final 2 2/3 innings and pick up his 20th save.

Expos 9, Giants 0 at San Francisco (day game):
Scott Sanderson and Bill Lee combined to pitch the Expos' third straight shutout, defeating the Giants, 9-0. Tim Wallach, rookie outfielder from Denver (American Association), hit a homer in his first official time at bat in the major leagues to feature the Expos' 10-hit attack. The Expos scored five of their runs in the fourth inning, all unearned as the result of three errors by Giants' center fielder Larry Herndon.