MLB standings through games of August 5, 1979

MLB standings at the end of August 5, 1979

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	109	74	35	0	.679		531	398	39-11	35-24	8-2	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	108	67	41	0	.620	6.5	597	462	36-14	31-27	6-4	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	112	64	48	0	.571	11.5	546	498	36-22	28-26	3-7	Lost 3
New York Yankees	109	59	50	0	.541	15.0	489	439	33-21	26-29	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	108	55	53	0	.509	18.5	519	512	28-23	27-30	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	110	55	55	0	.500	19.5	506	559	31-26	24-29	7-3	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	110	33	77	0	.300	41.5	395	566	18-36	15-41	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	112	63	49	0	.562		607	498	34-22	29-27	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	109	58	51	0	.532	3.5	514	461	34-25	24-26	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	108	57	51	0	.528	4.0	540	493	28-27	29-24	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	109	55	54	0	.505	6.5	554	567	29-25	26-29	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	109	48	61	0	.440	13.5	496	533	20-36	28-25	2-8	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	112	47	65	0	.420	16.0	495	574	26-31	21-34	4-6	Lost 2
Oakland A's	111	33	78	0	.297	29.5	389	618	20-37	13-41	7-3	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	110	63	46	1	.578		514	441	33-25	30-21	7-3	Won 5
Montreal Expos	106	61	45	0	.575	0.5	485	403	38-18	23-27	7-3	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	106	57	49	0	.538	4.5	480	482	33-22	24-27	3-7	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	112	56	55	1	.505	8.0	489	509	31-20	25-35	4-6	Lost 6
St. Louis Cardinals	107	53	53	1	.500	8.5	486	473	30-23	23-30	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	107	46	60	1	.434	15.5	409	469	24-25	22-35	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	113	66	47	0	.584		418	423	41-19	25-28	8-2	Won 6
Cincinnati Reds	113	61	52	0	.540	5.0	533	471	32-24	29-28	7-3	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	111	52	59	0	.468	13.0	510	520	26-25	26-34	4-6	Lost 5
San Diego Padres	113	50	63	0	.442	16.0	430	484	30-28	20-35	3-7	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	110	48	62	0	.436	16.5	518	536	31-23	17-39	6-4	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	112	45	67	0	.402	20.5	504	565	27-30	18-37	3-7	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Indians 6, Rangers 2 (day game) / Rangers 14, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
After the Indians won the first game of a doubleheader, 6-2, the Rangers enjoyed a 14-3 scoring spree in the second game. The Indians got all the runs they needed in the first inning of the opener. Cliff Johnson belted a three-run homer. Ranger rookie Danny Darwin tossed a four-hitter in the nightcap for his first major league complete game. The Rangers scored five times in the fourth inning. Two counted on a double by Pat Putnam and another on a single by John Ellis before an error and a sacrifice fly by Larvell Blanks produced an additional pair. Richie Zisk clouted a three-run homer in the fifth.

Royals 3, Tigers 2 at Detroit (day game):
A homer by Darrell Porter highlighted the Royals' 3-2 triumph over the Tigers. The Royals picked up a run in the first inning when Willie Wilson smacked a leadoff double, took third on a wild pitch and scored as Hal McRae grounded out. Freddie Patek added a second-inning marker with a sacrifice fly and Porter cracked his 13th round-tripper of the season for the deciding run in the sixth.

[DH] Red Sox 7, Brewers 2 (day game) / Red Sox 19, Brewers 5 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Red Sox blasted the Brewers twice, 7-2 and 19-5. In the first game, Dennis Eckersley scattered seven hits for his sixth straight complete-game victory. Fred Lynn capped a five-run fifth inning with a three-run homer. The Red Sox shelled six Brewer hurlers for 27 hits in the nightcap. Carlton Fisk drove in four runs with a single, two doubles and a sacrifice fly. Butch Hobson drilled a three-run homer in the third and Lynn clouted a three-run shot in the fifth.

[DH] Angels 11, Twins 7 (day game) / Twins 7, Angels 1 at Minnesota (day game):
The Angels won the first game of a doubleheader from the Twins, 11-7, but the Twins came back to take the second contest, 7-1. The Angels trailed, 5-0, in the opener but rallied to tie the score and then went ahead with a four-run outburst in the sixth inning, the key blow being a two-run single by Rick Miller. Pete Redfern and Mike Marshall combined on a six-hitter in the nightcap as the Twins scored two runs in the fourth inning on RBI singles by Ken Landreaux and Danny Goodwin. Hosken Powell hit into a forceout to plate a fifth-inning tally. Goodwin tripled home two runs in the eighth and came across himself on a wild pitch.

Yankees 3, Orioles 2 at New York (day game):
Tommy John became the league's first 15-game winner as the Yankees edged the Orioles, 3-2, snapping the Birds' six-game winning streak. The Yanks trailed, 2-0, in the fourth, when Reggie Jackson singled, advanced to second on an errant pickoff throw by Mike Flanagan and scored on a double by Chris Chambliss. Graig Nettles than unloaded his 14th homer of the season, but his first since June 23.

A's 9, Mariners 8 at Seattle (night game):
In a game featured by seven homers, the A's outlasted the Mariners, 9-8. Dave Revering and Tony Armas smacked two round-trippers apiece for the A's. Revering drilled a solo shot in the second inning, drove in a run with a single in the fourth and belted a three-run circuit clout in the ninth. Armas hit a two-run homer in the fourth and a leadoff blast in the sixth. Six of the Mariners' eight runs came on homers -- a three-run jolt by Tom Paciorek in the first, solo shot by Ruppert Jones in the ninth and a two-run smack by Dan Meyer, also in the ninth.

White Sox 5, Blue Jays 4 at Toronto (day game):
A four-run eruption in the first inning triggered the White Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Blue Jays. Alan Bannister drilled a one-out double in the first and scored on a homer by Jorge Orta. After Lamar Johnson walked, Balor Moore relieved starter Dave Lemanczyk for the Jays and Chet Lemon capped the rally with a two-run homer. The fifth and deciding White Sox run came in the eighth when Bannister singled, went to second on a balk and scored on a single by Johnson.

[DH] Cubs 3, Cardinals 2 (day game) / Cardinals 5, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
Bill Buckner batted the Cubs to a 3-2 victory in the first game of a doubleheader before the Cardinals came back behind the hitting of Tony Scott and Jerry Mumphrey to win the second game, 5-4. In the opener, Buckner drove in all Cub runs, hitting a solo homer in the fourth inning and two-run double in the eighth. Bruce Sutter recorded his 26th save of the campaign. In the nightcap, Scott belted a two-run homer and Mumphrey had three hits and two RBIs to pace the Redbird victory. Scott connected for the circuit following a single by George Hendrick in the second inning. After the Cards added a tally in the third, Mumphrey stroked a run-scoring single in the fifth and hit a sacrifice fly for the deciding run in the seventh.

Reds 9, Padres 1 at Cincinnati (day game):
Homers by Ray Knight, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench and Hector Cruz powered the Reds to a 9-1 rout of the Padres. Bench doubled home a run in the first inning and Knight followed with a round-tripper. Morgan led off the third with his circuit clout and Bench capped a four-run fifth frame with a three-run blast.

Astros 3, Braves 2 at Houston (night game):
Pushing across two runs in the eighth inning, the Astros completed the four-game series sweep by edging the Braves, 3-2. With the Astros trailing, 2-1, in the eighth, Rafael Landestoy singled, went to second on a groundout and scored on a single by Jose Cruz. Cruz then stole second and raced home on a single by Jeff Leonard.

Dodgers 8, Giants 1 at Los Angeles (day game):
The Dodgers rolled to an 8-1 thrashing of the Giants, who suffered their fifth straight defeat. A three-run homer by Steve Garvey highlighted a four-run first inning and a two-run single by Davey Lopes keyed a three-run fourth inning. Lopes added a solo homer in the sixth. Don Sutton struck out six over eight innings to set an all-time Dodger record of 2,487 career strikeouts, one more than Don Drysdale and 15th on baseball's all-time list.

[DH] Mets 4, Expos 2 (day game) / Expos 7, Mets 3 at Montreal (day game):
The Expos slipped out of first place in the East division behind the Pirates when they lost the first game of a doubleheader to the Mets, 4-2, although coming back to win the second game, 7-3. The score was 2-2 in the seventh inning of the opener when Jose Cardenal cracked a homer to put the Mets ahead, 3-2. A single by Frank Taveras and double by Willie Montanez added an insurance tally in the same stanza. Reliever Rudy May upped his record to 7-0 in the nightcap as the Expos scored three times in the second inning and twice more in the third. The second-inning runs were produced with a homer by Rusty Staub and a bases-loaded double by Duffy Dyer. The Expos' third-inning markers counted on a single by Ellis Valentine and double by Larry Parrish.

[DH] Pirates 12, Phillies 8 (day game) / Pirates 5, Phillies 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Completing a five-game series sweep and taking over first place in the East division, the Pirates beat the Phillies twice, 12-8 and 5-2. In the opener, Greg Luzinski hit a grand slam and the Phillies led at one point, 8-3, but the Pirates kept chipping away and eventually tied the contest at 8-8 in the eighth inning on an RBI single by Tim Foli. Then, in the bottom of the ninth, the Pirates loaded the bases with two out and John Milner connected for a pinch-grand slam off the first pitch from reliever Tug McGraw. A four-run rally in the fourth inning was decisive in the nightcap. Omar Moreno drove in two runs with a double and Phil Garner two more with a single. Enrique Romo pitched 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to boost his season's record to 8-3. Kent Tekulve finished in the ninth for his 20th save.