MLB standings through games of August 29, 1981

MLB standings at the end of August 29, 1981

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	18	11	7	0	.611		75	81	6-4	5-3	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	19	11	8	0	.579	0.5	69	65	11-5	0-3	5-5	Lost 4
Boston Red Sox	18	10	8	0	.556	1.0	94	82	5-2	5-6	7-3	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	20	11	9	0	.550	1.0	90	86	4-4	7-5	4-6	Lost 1
New York Yankees	19	9	10	0	.474	2.5	66	47	6-6	3-4	5-5	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	20	9	11	0	.450	3.0	86	100	5-7	4-4	6-4	Won 4
Toronto Blue Jays	18	8	10	0	.444	3.0	58	88	4-8	4-2	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	18	10	8	0	.556		81	76	1-2	9-6	5-5	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	17	9	8	0	.529	0.5	60	51	4-2	5-6	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	20	10	10	0	.500	1.0	82	69	1-2	9-8	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	17	8	9	0	.471	1.5	89	75	6-2	2-7	7-3	Lost 1
Oakland A's	17	8	9	0	.471	1.5	81	82	7-4	1-5	3-7	Lost 4
Minnesota Twins	20	9	11	0	.450	2.0	71	95	6-5	3-6	6-4	Won 3
Seattle Mariners	19	7	12	0	.368	3.5	89	94	3-8	4-4	1-9	Lost 9

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	17	12	5	0	.706		84	57	5-4	7-1	7-3	Won 4
Montreal Expos	17	11	6	0	.647	1.0	71	49	6-2	5-4	7-3	Won 5
New York Mets	19	11	8	0	.579	2.0	64	68	5-3	6-5	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	19	10	9	0	.526	3.0	73	81	9-7	1-2	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	18	6	12	0	.333	6.5	64	90	5-5	1-7	4-6	Lost 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	20	6	14	0	.300	7.5	71	100	4-8	2-6	3-7	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	19	12	7	0	.632		98	69	6-4	6-3	7-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	19	11	8	0	.579	1.0	84	62	4-3	7-5	5-5	Lost 2
Houston Astros	19	11	8	0	.579	1.0	73	62	5-1	6-7	5-5	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	19	11	8	0	.579	1.0	78	65	4-2	7-6	6-4	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	18	8	10	0	.444	3.5	50	80	6-4	2-6	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	20	3	17	0	.150	9.5	66	93	1-9	2-8	1-9	Lost 7

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, Angels 3 at Baltimore (night game):
A two-run homer by Rick Dempsey in the fifth inning enabled the Orioles to prevail over the Angels, 4-3. Dennis Martinez boosted his record to 10-4 in the route-going performance. The Birds trailed, 3-2, when Dempsey connected for the circuit with Gary Roenicke aboard following an error by California third baseman Bert Campaneris.

Red Sox 7, A's 6 at Boston (day game):
A three-run homer by Carney Lansford climaxed a four-run seventh inning that carried the Red Sox to a 7-6 triumph over the A's. The game was tied, 3-3, in the bottom of the seventh when the Sox loaded the bases and took a 4-3 lead on a sacrifice fly by Carl Yastrzemski. Lansford followed with his circuit clout. The loss was the A's fourth straight.

Yankees 12, White Sox 2 at Chicago (night game):
Homers by Dave Winfield, Bobby Murcer and Reggie Jackson -- his first round-tripper in more than three months -- helped the Yankees to a 12-2 drubbing of the White Sox. Jackson's blow led off the second inning, Winfield hit an inside-the-park affair to lead off the eighth and Murcer belted a three-run pinch-hit clout in the ninth. Sox shortstop Bill Almon committed three errors in the game, each of which resulted in a New York run.

Indians 7, Mariners 3 at Cleveland (night game):
The Indians recorded their fourth straight victory, 7-3 over the Mariners, who went down to their ninth consecutive defeat. The Tribe tallied four runs in the second inning on a walk and five straight singles and picked up two more markers in the third on a walk to Chris Bando, single by Rick Manning, throwing error by Seattle catcher Bud Bulling and an infield out by Dave Rosello.

Rangers 8, Brewers 5 at Milwaukee (day game):
Driving in three runs with a pair of singles, Buddy Bell sparked the Rangers to an 8-5 decision over the Brewers. Texas tallied twice in the third inning on a wild pitch and a run-scoring single by Bell, and picked up four runs in the fourth frame on two-run singles by Al Oliver and Bell.

Twins 7, Tigers 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Homers by Pete Mackanin, John Castino and Tim Laudner -- his second two-run shot in as many games -- powered the Twins to a 7-1 victory over the Tigers. Laudner's blast came in the third inning, Mackanin led off the fifth with his round-tripper and Castino connected for the circuit one out later. The Twins jumped off to a 2-0 lead in the second stanza on consecutive singles by Laudner, Castino and Sal Butera and a sacrifice fly by Lenny Faedo.

Royals 2, Blue Jays 0 at Toronto (day game):
Mike Jones and Dan Quisenberry combined on a seven-hitter as the Royals blanked the Blue Jays, 2-0. K.C. scored both runs in the fourth inning on a single by Frank White, two-out double by Willie Aikens and two-run-two-bagger by Hal McRae.

[DH] Astros 6, Phillies 1 (night game) / Astros 2, Phillies 1 at Houston (night game):
The Astros swept a doubleheader from the Phillies, winning the first game, 6-1, and capturing the nightcap, 2-1. The Astros broke the lidlifter open with a five-run outburst in the fourth inning, runs coming on an RBI single by Gary Woods, sacrifice fly by Luis Pujols, run-scoring double by Tony Scott and a two-run single by Kiko Garcia. Houston tallied in the opening inning of the second contest on consecutive singles by Denny Walling, Jose Cruz and Cesar Cedeno and added a marker in the seventh on a solo homer by Alan Ashby. Billy Smith, making his first major league start, received credit for the second game win and Frank LaCorte notched his fourth save.

Cubs 3, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Brilliant relief pitching by Lee Smith enabled the Cubs to post a 3-1 triumph over the Dodgers. Smith entered the game in the eighth inning after the Dodgers had scored a run to narrow Chicago's edge to 2-1 and had runners on first and second with one out. After an infield hit loaded the bases, Smith got Steve Garvey on a shallow fly to center and Ron Cey on a fly to right. The Cubs scored twice in the third inning on a two-out, two-run double by Bill Buckner and picked up an insurance marker in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Mike Lum.

Expos 4, Braves 3 at Montreal (night game):
An error proved decisive as the Expos downed the Braves, 4-3, Montreal's fifth straight victory. The score was 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning when Tim Raines singled and stole his second base of the game. After Raines reached third on an infield out, Andre Dawson hit a grounder that second baseman Glenn Hubbard let go through his legs for an error as Raines crossed the plate.

Mets 3, Reds 2 at New York (night game):
Cincinnati misplays contributed heavily as the Mets edged the Reds, 3-2. The game was tied, 1-1, when Alex Trevino reached first base on shortstop Dave Concepcion's error to open the bottom of the seventh inning, stole second, advanced to third on an infield out and scored on a wild pitch by Bruce Berenyi. Frank Taveras beat out a bunt in the eighth inning and stole second. With two out, Ellis Valentine struck out but reached first safely when the ball got past catcher Joe Nolan. Rusty Staub then followed with a run-scoring single.

[DH] Cardinals 6, Padres 1 (night game) / Cardinals 6, Padres 5 at San Diego (night game):
The Cardinals took both ends of a twin bill from the Padres, 6-1 and 6-5, extending San Diego's losing streak to seven games. The Redbirds scored a run in the second inning of the first game on an error by Padres second baseman Juan Bonilla and tallied three times in the third on a two-run double by George Hendrick and a sacrifice fly by Sixto Lezcano. Ken Oberkfell led off the fourth with his first homer of the season. St. Louis scored five times in the second inning of the second contest as Padres starter Juan Eichelberger gave up five walks, three of them forcing in runs. Doubles by Darrell Porter and Mike Ramsey in the third frame resulted in another St. Louis run. Bruce Sutter pitched the last two innings to record his 17th save.

Giants 8, Pirates 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Pittsburgh shortstop Tim Foli dropped a pop fly with the bases loaded in the first inning that allowed three runs to score and start the Giants on their way to an 8-3 victory over the Pirates. A single by Jack Clark accounted for the first marker in the four-run opening frame. The Giants tallied three times in the third on singles by Jeff Leonard and Milt May, a double by Johnnie LeMaster and single by Doyle Alexander.