MLB standings through games of September 18, 1980

MLB standings at the end of September 18, 1980

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	146	93	53	0	.637		742	595	45-25	48-28	8-2	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	146	88	58	0	.603	5.0	706	570	43-29	45-29	7-3	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	143	77	66	0	.538	14.5	687	684	35-38	42-28	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	148	79	69	0	.534	15.0	747	622	36-38	43-31	6-4	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	145	74	71	0	.510	18.5	674	706	41-33	33-38	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	147	74	72	1	.507	19.0	727	686	37-35	37-37	3-7	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	146	62	84	0	.425	31.0	559	675	35-40	27-44	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	147	91	56	0	.619		733	624	43-29	48-27	4-6	Won 1
Oakland A's	148	74	74	0	.500	17.5	603	581	42-33	32-41	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	148	71	75	2	.486	19.5	698	675	36-36	35-39	3-7	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	147	65	82	0	.442	26.0	600	668	35-36	30-46	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	147	62	83	2	.428	28.0	520	654	33-40	29-43	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	145	59	86	0	.407	31.0	639	731	29-46	30-40	7-3	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	147	53	93	1	.363	37.5	547	711	31-43	22-50	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	146	81	65	0	.555		613	571	47-27	34-38	7-3	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	145	79	66	0	.545	1.5	650	585	42-30	37-36	7-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	146	76	70	0	.521	5.0	604	574	41-30	35-40	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	146	66	80	0	.452	15.0	676	640	36-37	30-43	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	146	62	84	0	.425	19.0	552	635	35-41	27-43	3-7	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	145	56	89	0	.386	24.5	556	649	30-41	26-48	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	146	84	62	0	.575		600	511	50-21	34-41	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	146	83	63	0	.568	1.0	575	540	50-25	33-38	6-4	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	148	79	68	1	.537	5.5	646	623	41-35	38-33	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	146	77	69	0	.527	7.0	589	610	48-28	29-41	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	146	69	77	0	.473	15.0	529	568	40-30	29-47	3-7	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	148	64	83	1	.435	20.5	519	603	39-32	25-51	5-5	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 7, Tigers 3 at Baltimore (night game):
After Dan Graham homered in the seventh inning to tie the score, Ken Singleton drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single to send the Orioles on their way to a 7-3 victory over the Tigers. Following Graham's blow, Doug DeCinces doubled, Mark Belanger beat out an infield hit and Al Bumbry bunted safely to set the stage for Singleton. A triple by Bumbry drove in two runs in the eighth and iced the decision.

Red Sox 8, Indians 3 at Boston (night game):
Steve Crawford, rookie righthander from Bristol (Eastern), pitched a complete game in his first major league start for the Red Sox and beat the Indians, 8-3. Jim Rice had three hits, driving in four runs, and Garry Hancock hammered a two-run homer in support of Crawford.

Royals 5, Angels 2 at Kansas City (night game):
Willie Wilson set the A.L. record for consecutive stolen bases and George Brett stroked two singles in three official trips to raise his average to .398 as the Royals defeated the Angels, 5-2. Wilson singled in the second inning and stole both second and third to extend his string of successful thefts to 28, breaking the previous league mark of 27 by Ron LeFlore, then with the Tigers, in 1978. Renie Martin won his ninth game for the Royals, with relief help from Dan Quisenberry.

[DH] Brewers 9, Twins 8 (night game) / Brewers 5, Twins 0 at Milwaukee (night game):
The hitting of Cecil Cooper and Gorman Thomas carried the Brewers to a 9-8 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader before Lary Sorensen completed the sweep by shutting out the Twins in the second game, 5-0. Cooper had three hits in the opener, including a homer, to become the first player in Brewers' history to reach the 200-hit total in one season. Gary Ward hit for the cycle to help the Twins take an 8-7 lead, but Cooper singled with two out in the ninth inning and Thomas followed with a homer to win the game for the Brewers. In the nightcap, Jim Gantner and Robin Yount hit run-scoring singles and Cooper walked with the bases loaded as the Brewers took a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Their two other runs counted in the fifth when Yount singled and Ben Oglivie homered.

Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1 at New York (night game):
The Yankees rallied and won the completion of the suspended game, 8-7, in 13 innings but then collected only two hits off Luis Leal and lost the regularly-scheduled contest to the Blue Jays, 2-1. The previous night's game was halted by rain with two out in the 10th inning after the Blue Jays had taken a 5-3 lead on a three-base error by Reggie Jackson. When play resumed, the Blue Jays counted twice more when Lloyd Moseby was safe on an error by Bucky Dent and Roy Howell got an inside-the-park homer on a drive that took a bad hop past center fielder Joe Lefebvre. The Yankees came back in their half with four runs, including three on a double by Willie Randolph, to tie the score and then won in the 13th when Johnny Oates singled and scored from first base on a double by Dent. Leal, who was a last-second starter for the Blue Jays, defeated the Yankees for the second time this season with both his victories coming at the expense of Tommy John. The Yankees' lefthander committed an error to allow one run to score and then failed to cover first base on another play that led to the Blue Jays' winning tally on an error by Randolph.

White Sox 5, Mariners 4 at Seattle (night game):
Beating the throw to the plate, Chet Lemon scored the winning run for the White Sox in a 5-4 victory over the Mariners. Lemon walked with one out in the ninth inning and reached third on a double by pinch-hitter Rusty Kuntz. Harold Baines than hita chopper to second baseman Julio Cruz, whose throw home came too late to catch Lemon.

Rangers 10, A's 6 at Texas (night game):
Mickey Rivers rapped four hits, including a two-run single in the third inning for the Rangers' game-winning RBI, in a 10-6 victory over the A's. Al Oliver, Pat Putnam and Buddy Bell also drove in two runs apiece for the Rangers. Bell came through with a single as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning to apply the victory clincher.

Astros 10, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (day game):
Joe Morgan and Jose Cruz slammed two-run homers as the Astros ended their three-game losing streak by defeating the Reds, 10-2. The Reds led, 2-1, going into the seventh inning when Alan Ashby doubled. Dave Bergman batted for Ken Forsch with two out and also doubled, driving in pinch-runner Scott Loucks. Morgan followed with his homer. Cruz' drive came in the ninth when the Astros scored five runs.

Dodgers 7, Padres 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Dusty Baker, Ron Cey and Mickey Hatcher hit homers to mark the Dodgers' attack in a 7-3 victory over the Padres. The Dodgers scored on singles by Rudy Law and Steve Garvey around a stolen base in the third inning before Baker came to the plate and homered for two more runs. Cey and Hatcher hit their round-trippers in the eighth.

Braves 2, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
With two out in the fourth inning, Bob Horner singled and Chris Chambliss followed with a homer to carry the Braves to a 2-1 victory over the Giants. However the decision was in jeopardy when the Giants loaded the bases against Rick Camp with none out in the ninth inning, but Jack Clark hit into a forceout at the plate and Max Venable grounded into a double play to end the game. Clark made his first appearance since August 20 after being sidelined by a broken hand.