MLB League Standings after Aug 17 in 1978 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Home Away Div
Boston 76-44 .633 ---- 45-14 31-30 40-21
NY Yankees 68-51 .571 7.5 37-21 31-30 31-29
Milwaukee 67-52 .563 8.5 41-20 26-32 40-30
Detroit 66-52 .559 9.0 37-22 29-30 25-28
Kansas City 65-54 .546 10.5 39-18 26-36 25-27
Baltimore 64-55 .538 11.5 33-23 31-32 30-34
California 66-57 .537 11.5 37-25 29-32 40-26
Texas 59-59 .500 16.0 36-25 23-34 26-27
Oakland 61-62 .496 16.5 34-28 27-34 39-32
Minnesota 54-67 .446 22.5 27-29 27-38 31-38
Cleveland 53-66 .445 22.5 33-27 20-39 27-32
Chi White Sox 49-70 .412 26.5 29-34 20-36 31-28
Toronto 46-74 .383 30.0 30-31 16-43 21-40
Seattle 45-76 .372 31.5 26-38 19-38 27-41
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Home Away Div
LA Dodgers 71-50 .587 ---- 38-19 33-31 39-26
San Francisco 70-51 .579 1.0 38-20 32-31 33-32
Cincinnati 68-53 .562 3.0 37-23 31-30 35-30
Philadelphia 63-54 .538 6.0 41-20 22-34 38-24
Chi Cubs 62-57 .521 8.0 36-24 26-33 34-29
San Diego 62-59 .512 9.0 38-20 24-39 32-33
Montreal 58-63 .479 13.0 34-30 24-33 31-33
Pittsburgh 56-62 .475 13.5 33-25 23-37 31-32
Houston 56-64 .467 14.5 37-24 19-40 27-37
Atlanta 55-65 .458 15.5 32-27 23-38 28-36
St Louis 50-71 .413 21.0 28-33 22-38 30-34
NY Mets 49-71 .408 21.5 27-36 22-35 26-38
American League Games
Boston 8, California 6
Chi White Sox 4, Texas 2
Detroit 9, Cleveland 5
Minnesota 6, Kansas City 5 (10 in)
Milwaukee 6, Toronto 0
National League Games
St Louis 4, Atlanta 3
Chi Cubs 2, Cincinnati 0
LA Dodgers 5, Philadelphia 2
San Diego 9, NY Mets 2
San Francisco 3, Montreal 0
Pittsburgh 5, Houston 1 (G1)
Pittsburgh 3, Houston 2 (G2)