MLB League Standings after Aug 24 in 1988 season

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Home Away Div
Oakland 79-49 .617 ---- 38-22 41-27 33-26
Detroit 73-53 .579 5.0 42-23 31-30 28-17
Minnesota 72-54 .571 6.0 37-27 35-27 25-17
Boston 71-55 .563 7.0 45-23 26-32 30-22
NY Yankees 68-56 .548 9.0 37-30 31-26 24-26
Kansas City 65-61 .516 13.0 33-28 32-33 26-19
Milwaukee 64-65 .496 15.5 36-28 28-37 28-39
Toronto 63-64 .496 15.5 31-33 32-31 28-22
California 63-64 .496 15.5 26-32 37-32 31-27
Cleveland 61-66 .480 17.5 35-30 26-36 27-25
Texas 57-68 .456 20.5 30-32 27-36 23-26
Chi White Sox 55-72 .433 23.5 31-32 24-40 27-31
Seattle 51-77 .398 28.0 26-33 25-44 20-39
Baltimore 44-82 .349 34.0 29-37 15-45 19-33
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Home Away Div
NY Mets 74-52 .587 ---- 38-21 36-31 37-27
LA Dodgers 72-54 .571 2.0 36-31 36-23 36-27
Pittsburgh 69-58 .543 5.5 37-31 32-27 35-29
Houston 68-59 .535 6.5 36-24 32-35 35-29
San Francisco 68-59 .535 6.5 40-28 28-31 34-30
Montreal 65-61 .516 9.0 32-26 33-35 34-29
Cincinnati 64-61 .512 9.5 32-28 32-33 34-30
Chi Cubs 62-62 .500 11.0 33-31 29-31 29-33
San Diego 62-64 .492 12.0 39-28 23-36 33-30
St Louis 57-69 .452 17.0 33-35 24-34 26-38
Philadelphia 52-74 .413 22.0 30-29 22-45 29-34
Atlanta 43-83 .341 31.0 20-38 23-45 19-45
American League Games
Chi White Sox 6, Toronto 4
California 4, Boston 3
Minnesota 8, Detroit 2
NY Yankees 7, Oakland 6
Cleveland 7, Milwaukee 2
Texas 7, Kansas City 4
Baltimore 4, Seattle 3 (G1)
Baltimore 4, Seattle 3 (G2) (12 in)
National League Games
St Louis 5, Atlanta 3
Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 2
Chi Cubs 3, Houston 2
Montreal 7, San Francisco 5
NY Mets 2, LA Dodgers 1
San Diego 5, Philadelphia 2