MLB standings through games of May 23, 1978

MLB standings at the end of May 23, 1978

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	36	23	13	0	.639		188	143	10-7	13-6	6-4	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	41	26	15	0	.634	-0.5	219	168	16-3	10-12	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	38	24	14	0	.632		176	134	12-4	12-10	7-3	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	38	19	19	0	.500	5.0	194	178	12-7	7-12	7-3	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	38	18	20	0	.474	6.0	150	162	11-7	7-13	4-6	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	38	17	21	0	.447	7.0	152	196	8-9	9-12	6-4	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	39	15	24	0	.385	9.5	154	204	11-12	4-12	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	40	24	16	0	.600		135	127	15-8	9-8	3-7	Lost 1
California Angels	38	22	16	0	.579	1.0	171	142	13-7	9-9	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	39	20	19	0	.513	3.5	164	169	12-7	8-12	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	38	19	19	0	.500	4.0	145	155	12-7	7-12	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	41	17	24	0	.415	7.5	188	190	7-10	10-14	7-3	Won 3
Seattle Mariners	44	16	28	0	.364	10.0	171	206	11-15	5-13	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	36	12	24	0	.333	10.0	139	172	8-11	4-13	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	35	19	16	0	.543		174	133	13-6	6-10	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	36	19	17	0	.528	0.5	143	152	9-7	10-10	6-4	Won 3
Montreal Expos	39	20	19	0	.513	1.0	157	152	11-11	9-8	4-6	Won 2
New York Mets	41	19	22	0	.463	3.0	153	170	9-12	10-10	6-4	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	38	17	21	0	.447	3.5	153	169	8-8	9-13	4-6	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	40	14	26	0	.350	7.5	148	168	9-10	5-16	0-10	Lost 11

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	38	24	14	0	.632		146	132	13-6	11-8	8-2	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	40	24	16	0	.600	1.0	213	151	13-8	11-8	7-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	42	25	17	0	.595	1.0	214	188	14-9	11-8	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	37	18	19	0	.486	5.5	148	144	12-7	6-12	7-3	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	40	18	22	0	.450	7.0	136	162	11-8	7-14	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	38	15	23	0	.395	9.0	113	177	9-9	6-14	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 2, Tigers 0 at Baltimore (night game):
With Mike Flanagan tossing a two-hitter, the Orioles handed the Tigers their first shutout of the season, 2-0. Rick Dempsey cracked a homer in the fifth inning and the other run scored in the sixth on a bases-loaded walk to Lee May. The Tigers' hits were singles by Rusty Staub in first and Ron LeFlore in the ninth.

Angels 5, White Sox 4 at California (night game):
The Angels overcame an early three-run deficit to come away with a 5-4 decision over the White Sox. The Sox took a 3-0 lead in the second inning on a run-scoring single by Ralph Garr and a two-run single by Don Kessinger. The Angels eventually tied the game in the fifth on consecutive singles by Bobby Grich, Dave Chalk and Merv Rettenmund. The winning marker followed in the sixth on a two-out double by Rick Miller and pinch-single by Ken Landreaux.

Twins 5, Rangers 2 at Minnesota (night game):
After hitting his first home run of the year in the fifth inning, Glenn Borgmann hit a run-scoring single in the seventh to break a 2-2 tie and trigger the Twins to a 5-2 victory over the Rangers. Bombo Rivera led off the Twins' seventh with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, took third on an infield out and scored on Borgmann's single. The Twins added a pair of insurance markers in the eighth on a double by Dan Ford, walk to Roy Smalley and triple by Mike Cubbage. Jim Sundberg's consecutive-game hitting streak was stopped at 22.

Yankees 10, Indians 1 at New York (night game):
Belaboring three Indian pitchers for 14 hits, the Yankees breezed to a 10-1 victory. Unbeaten Ron Guidry struck out a career-high 11 batters. The lefty lost his shutout bid in the seventh inning when charged with a balk with runners on second and third. The Bronx Bombers turned the game into a rout with seven runs in the seventh. Mickey Rivers led off the big frame with triple and Willie Randolph walked. Al Fitzmorris replaced starter Don Hood on the mound and was greeted with an RBI single by Thurman Munson. Successive singles by Reggie Jackson, Lou Piniella and Chris Chambliss accounted for three more runs before a double by Graig Nettles resulted in two more tallies. A double by Bucky Dent concluded the scoring. Guidry upped his record to 6-0.

Brewers 3, A's 2 at Oakland (night game):
The Brewers spoiled the return of Jack McKeon as manager of Oakland, replacing Bobby Winkles, by edging the A's, 3-2. The Brewers snapped a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning. Don Money walked, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored when first baseman Dave Revering booted a grounder by Cecil Cooper. The A's took a 1-0 lead on a homer by Glenn Burke in the third, but the Brewers came back with two in the fourth on RBI singles by Sixto Lezcano and Gorman Thomas. Oakland tied the score in the fourth on singles by Mario Guerrero and Revering and errors by shortstop Robin Yount and first baseman Cooper. Only minutes before taking the field, the A's were stunned by the news that Winkles had resigned. McKeon had managed the club last year before being fired by owner Charlie Finley.

[DH] Mariners 4, Royals 3 (night game) / Royals 5, Mariners 3 at Seattle (night game):
After the Mariners won the first game of a twi-nighter, 4-3, the Royals came back to take the second game, 5-3. In the opener, the Mariners trailed, 3-2, going into the bottom of the sixth but staged a rally with two out. A walk to Leon Roberts and double by Leroy Stanton tied the game and a double by Ruppert Jones off the left field wall then drove in Stanton with the winning counter. Clint Hurdle drove in three runs to spark the Royals' victory in the nightcap. The first of his three RBIs came on a fifth-inning sacrifice fly and the others on a two-run single in the seventh to seal the verdict.

Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1 at Toronto (night game):
Jesse Jefferson went the route for the Blue Jays in a 12-inning, 2-1 triumph over the Red Sox. With one out in the bottom of the 12th, Tim Johnson drew a base on balls and advanced to third on a double by Luis Gomez. Rick Bosetti then lined a single between short and third through the drawn-in infield. A homer by Butch Hobson gave the Sox a 1-0 lead in the fifth, but the Blue Jays tied the contest in the sixth on a single by Bob Bailor, a stolen base, infield out and sacrifice fly by John Mayberry.

Braves 6, Reds 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
Shining both offensively and defensively, Pat Rockett was the key man in the Braves' 6-4 triumph over the Reds. After hitting a single to give the Braves a 5-3 lead in the top of the eighth inning, Rockett took a relay throw from left fielder Jeff Burroughs on Cesar Geronimo's pinch-double and threw out the potential tying run at the plate. The Braves took advantage of shoddy play by the Reds to build an early lead, scoring twice in the fourth on a double by Gary Matthews, triple by Burroughs and a balk by Red pitcher Fred Norman, who suffered his first loss after five straight victories. Norman walked the bases full in the fifth and two Braves' runs scored when second baseman Joe Morgan misplayed Dale Murphy's grounder.

Mets 7, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Getting four hits and driving in two runs, Doug Flynn sparked the Mets to a 7-3 triumph over the Pirates in a game delayed three times by rain. Flynn tripled and scored the Mets' first run in the third inning on Nino Espinosa's single and singled to drive in Tim Foli in the fourth as the Mets took a 3-0 lead. After the Pirates tied the game in the seventh, Flynn delivered John Stearns with a run-scoring double in the eighth. The Mets also got two RBIs from Stearns, a sacrifice fly by Lee Mazzilli and pinch-hit RBI single by Joel Youngblood.

Padres 3, Dodgers 2 at San Diego (night game):
Tucker Ashford slashed a two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning to drive in Dave Winfield and Gene Tenace and give the Padres a 3-2 decision over the Dodgers. With one out in the eighth, Winfield singled and Tenace walked. Both runners moved up on an infield out and Ashford followed with his line single on a 3-2 pitch. The Dodgers committed five errors, including two throwing errors by shortstop Bill Russell which gave the Padres their first run in the second inning.

Giants 3, Astros 2 at San Francisco (night game):
After being blanked for eight innings, the Giants erupted for three runs in the ninth to capture a 3-2 decision from the Astros. The rally began when Jack Clark and Larry Herndon drew one-out walks and a single by Marc Hill scored Clark. After Vic Harris fouled out, pinch-hitter Tom Heintzelman stroked a single to deliver Herndon with the tying run. Bill Madlock then blasted a ball to the fence, scoring Mike Sadek, the pinch-runner for Hill, with the winning counter.

Expos 4, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Oozing incompetence at every pore, the Cardinals reeled to their 11th consecutive defeat, 4-1, at the hands of the Expos. The first Expo run came in the third inning when Card second baseman Mike Tyson booted a two-out grounder with a runner on third. In the Expos' two-run sixth inning, one tally was driven in on a fielder's choice grounder by Ellis Valentine and the other on a sacrifice fly by Warren Cromartie. The RBI fly was made possible by Card shortstop Garry Templeton's throwing error. The Redbirds' only run was driven in by pitcher Bob Forsch.