MLB standings through games of April 30, 1981

MLB standings at the end of April 30, 1981

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Cleveland Indians	12	8	4	0	.667		40	36	2-3	6-1	8-2	Won 2
New York Yankees	17	11	6	0	.647	-0.5	64	48	6-3	5-3	7-3	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	16	9	7	0	.562	1.0	74	52	3-5	6-2	7-3	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	15	7	8	0	.467	2.5	58	64	5-3	2-5	4-6	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	16	7	9	0	.438	3.0	69	93	4-4	3-5	4-6	Lost 4
Detroit Tigers	19	8	11	0	.421	3.5	55	69	2-7	6-4	1-9	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	19	7	12	0	.368	4.5	67	72	2-7	5-5	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	21	18	3	0	.857		105	41	7-3	11-0	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	17	11	6	0	.647	5.0	83	65	6-2	5-4	7-3	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	17	10	7	0	.588	6.0	94	62	7-2	3-5	7-3	Won 4
California Angels	21	10	11	0	.476	8.0	83	91	3-7	7-4	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	19	6	12	1	.333	10.5	63	82	3-7	3-5	4-5-1	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	20	5	14	1	.263	12.0	70	116	2-8	3-6	2-7-1	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	13	3	10	0	.231	11.0	26	60	1-6	2-4	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	16	12	4	0	.750		82	63	8-0	4-4	7-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	13	9	3	1	.750	1.0	64	35	4-1	5-2	8-1-1	Tied 1
Philadelphia Phillies	18	12	6	0	.667	1.0	86	70	8-1	4-5	6-4	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	14	7	6	1	.538	3.5	57	42	1-3	6-3	6-3-1	Won 3
New York Mets	15	4	10	1	.286	7.0	42	69	2-6	2-4	1-8-1	Lost 6
Chicago Cubs	16	2	13	1	.133	9.5	36	73	2-5	0-8	1-8-1	Tied 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	19	14	5	0	.737		64	38	7-3	7-2	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	18	11	7	0	.611	2.5	78	66	4-4	7-3	6-4	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	19	9	10	0	.474	5.0	68	63	3-6	6-4	5-5	Lost 5
San Francisco Giants	21	9	12	0	.429	6.0	65	75	4-8	5-4	4-6	Won 2
Houston Astros	19	7	12	0	.368	7.0	44	50	4-9	3-3	5-5	Won 4
San Diego Padres	20	6	14	0	.300	8.5	47	89	3-6	3-8	3-7	Lost 5

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Ken Singleton, who entered the game with a .490 hitting mark, slugged his seventh home run and Mike Flanagan tossed a three-hitter in the Orioles' 4-0 victory over the Blue Jays. Singleton's shot came in the first inning. The Orioles scored their other runs in the second on an RBI single by Doug DeCinces, throwing error by Danny Ainge and RBI double by Al Bumbry.

Twins 8, Red Sox 4 at Boston (day game):
Gary Ward, Roy Smalley and Glenn Adams each collected two RBIs to lead the Twins past the Red Sox, 8-4. Smalley put Minnesota in front with a two-run homer in the first inning, his sixth of the year. The Twins chased starter Frank Tanana, 0-3, in the second, scoring three runs on an RBI double by Sal Butera and two-run single by Ward. Jim Rice and Tony Perez hit consecutive home runs for the Red Sox in the ninth. Perez' shot was the 350th of his career.

Brewers 12, Angels 1 at California (night game):
The Brewers, going into this game with a .216 batting average, pounded out 16 hits in a 12-1 rout of the Angels. Roy Howell led the attack with three hits and four RBIs, while Milwaukee hurlers Jerry Augustine and Ricky Keeton limited California to four hits. After having been shut out for 19 consecutive innings, the Brewers scored three runs in the second. Singles by Ted Simmons and Howell plated two, and Gorman Thomas' sacrifice fly scored the other run. Eight of Milwaukee's runs came off reliever John D'Acquisto, who gave up eight hits and six walks in 5 2/3 innings.

Indians 3, White Sox 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Toby Harrah belted a two-run homer and Bo Diaz scored from first on a throwing error by catcher Jim Essian in a three-run seventh, enabling the Indians to gain a 3-2 victory over the White Sox. Held to two hits by Ross Baumgarten over the first six innings, Cleveland received a homer from Harrah with Joe Charboneau on base. Diaz followed with a walk and scored when Essian threw Rick Manning's bunt single past first base. Indians starter Rick Waits scattered nine hits and struck out four in improving his record to 3-0 with an ERA of 1.33.

Tigers 2, Mariners 0 at Seattle (night game):
Allowing only two hits, Dave Rozema halted the Tigers' 10-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over Seattle. A first-inning single by Richie Zisk, who extended his hitting streak to 13 games, and a third-inning single by Rick Auerbach were the only hits in Rozema's second shutout of the season. The Tigers scored both of their runs in the first on a single by Alan Trammell, walk to Steve Kemp, RBI double by Lance Parrish and infield out by John Wockenfuss.

Rangers 7, Royals 0 at Texas (night game):
Rick Honeycutt continued the Texas hurlers' mound mastery with a five-hitter against the Royals, carrying the Rangers to their fourth straight shutout, 7-0. With 36 consecutive scoreless innings, the Rangers were approaching the A. L. record of 54 innings and 5 shutouts, set by the Orioles in 1974. Texas scored its first run in the third inning on an RBI double by Bump Wills. Then with two out in the fifth inning, the Rangers jumped on starter Rich Gale for four runs. With the bases loaded, Johnny Grubb, who extended his hitting streak to 12 games, singled in two mates. Pat Putnam followed with a double, driving in two more.

Astros 5, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Craig Reynolds hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Jose Cruz duplicated that feat in the third as the Astros defeated the Braves, 5-1, for their fourth victory in succession. Joe Niekro pitched a five-hitter for his third complete game.

Reds 4, Padres 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Dan Driessen beat out a drag bunt in the eighth inning, then scored from first base with what proved to be the winning run when a pinch-single by Johnny Bench was misplayed by right fielder Jerry Turner as the Reds downed the Padres, 4-3. Joe Lefebvre stroked a solo homer in the seventh and a two-run homer in the ninth for the Padres.

Pirates 7, Mets 4 at New York (night game):
The Pirates, with John Candelaria annexing his first victory and Tim Foli driving in three runs, completed a three-game sweep of the Mets, 7-4. This was the sixth straight defeat for the Mets and their ninth loss in 10 games. Dave Parker pounded a two-run homer for the Pirates in the third inning.