MLB standings through games of October 2, 1980

MLB standings at the end of October 2, 1980

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	159	101	58	0	.635		807	652	51-27	50-31	6-4	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	159	98	61	0	.616	3.0	791	631	48-30	50-31	7-3	Won 5
Milwaukee Brewers	160	85	75	0	.531	16.5	806	674	39-41	46-34	4-6	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	157	83	74	0	.529	17.0	749	753	36-42	47-32	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	160	83	76	1	.522	18.0	820	744	43-38	40-38	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	157	78	79	0	.497	22.0	729	793	44-35	34-44	4-6	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	159	64	95	0	.403	37.0	610	754	35-46	29-49	2-8	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	159	95	64	0	.597		785	688	47-31	48-33	3-7	Won 3
Oakland A's	160	82	78	0	.512	13.5	678	637	46-35	36-43	7-3	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	158	76	82	0	.481	18.5	664	700	44-36	32-46	10-0	Won 11
Texas Rangers	160	73	85	2	.462	21.5	736	742	36-41	37-44	2-8	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	159	67	90	2	.427	27.0	574	716	34-42	33-48	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	157	65	92	0	.414	29.0	692	784	30-51	35-41	4-6	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	160	59	100	1	.371	36.0	600	773	36-45	23-55	5-5	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	159	89	70	0	.560		681	614	50-27	39-43	7-3	Won 5
Philadelphia Phillies	159	89	70	0	.560		713	626	49-32	40-38	7-3	Won 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	159	81	78	0	.509	8.0	662	639	45-33	36-45	3-7	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	159	72	87	0	.453	17.0	727	699	39-39	33-48	4-6	Lost 4
New York Mets	159	66	93	0	.415	23.0	600	691	38-44	28-49	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	159	63	96	0	.396	26.0	607	724	37-44	26-52	5-5	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	159	92	67	0	.579		624	579	55-26	37-41	7-3	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	159	89	70	0	.560	3.0	653	578	52-26	37-44	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	160	87	72	1	.547	5.0	702	664	42-36	45-36	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	158	80	78	0	.506	11.5	624	655	50-30	30-48	3-7	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	158	74	84	0	.468	17.5	566	613	43-35	31-49	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	160	71	88	1	.447	21.0	570	647	45-36	26-52	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 1 at Boston (night game):
A four-run outburst in the second inning carried the Red Sox to a 4-1 decision over the Blue Jays. Jim Rice led off the inning with a single, stole second, beat the throw to third on Rich Gedman's fielder's choice grounder and scored on a single by Glenn Hoffman. An rrror by Jays shortstop Alfredo Griffin on a grounder by Julio Valdez altowed Gedman to score. A single by Reid Nichols plated Hoffman and Valdez also came home on right fielder Barry Bonnell's throwing error.

White Sox 9, A's 4 at Chicago (day game):
Guy Hoffman, coming on in relief, yielded just two hits over the last five innings to notch his first major league victory as the White Sox defeated the A's, 9-4. The White Sox tallied three runs in their first turn at bat on a two-run single by Lamar Johnson and sacrifice fly by Bob Molinaro. They picked up two runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Fran Mullins and sacrifice fly by Chet Lemon.

Royals 6, Mariners 2 at Kansas City (night game):
A three-run double by Hal McRae in the third inning capped a four-run outburst that triggered the Royals to a 6-2 victory over the Mariners. The Royals' first run in the third came on a sacrifice fly by Jose Cardenal.

Yankees 3, Tigers 2 at New York (night game):
The Yankees clinched at least a tie for the East Division championship by downing the Tigers, 3-2. The Tigers were leading, 1-0, going into the bottom of the fourth inning when oscar Gamble slammed a leadoff homer. Reggie Jackson then followed with a towering shot over the right-center field fence. The Yankees picked up another run in the sixth when Gamble walked, reached third on a single by Jackson and came in on a sacrifice fly by Bob Watson.

[DH] Twins 6, Rangers 3 (night game) / Twins 4, Rangers 1 at Texas (night game):
The Twins set a club record for consecutive victories with 11 in a row by sweeping a doubleheader from the Rangers, 6-3 and 4-1. Geoff Zahn, getting relief help from Doug Corbett, picked up the win in the lidlifter as Ron Jackson, John Castino, Roy Smalley and Bombo Rivera each collected two hits. The Twins broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning of the nightcap with two runs on a hit batsman, double by Ken Landreaux and single by Rick Sofield.

Astros 3, Braves 2 at Houston (night game):
The Astros moved into a three-game lead over the Dodgers in the West Division race with a 3-1 triumph over the Braves. The Astros got all their runs in the third inning on a leadoff homer by Gary Woods, singles by Rafael Landestoy and Alan Ashby, sacrifice bunt by Joe Niekro and two-run single by Joe Morgan. Frank LaCorte earned the save by striking out Dale Murphy to end the game with the potential tying runs on base.

Phillies 4, Cubs 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies moved into a first-place tie with the Expos in the East Division by beating the Cubs, 4-2. Mike Schmidt slammed his 46th homer of the season for the Phillies in the fourth inning. The game was tied, 1-1, in the seventh when Del Unser drilled a leadoff double and Keith Moreland followed with an RBI single. The Phils picked up two more runs in the eighth on an error by Cubs third baseman Steve Dillard and run-scoring single by Greg Gross.

Giants 3, Dodgers 2 at San Francisco (night game):
The Dodgers' pennant chances were jolted by a 3-2 loss to the Giants, who won the game with a two-run rally in the eighth inning. With one out in the eighth, Milt May stroked a pinch-single. Max Venable also singled and pinch-hitter Jim Wohlford flied out. Bobby Castillo replaced starter Dave Goltz on the hill for the Dodgers with a 1-1 count on Jack Clark and walked the batter to load the bases. Darrell Evans then singled to right to plate two tallies.