MLB standings through games of April 12, 1975

MLB standings at the end of April 12, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	4	3	1	0	.750		18	16	1-1	2-0	3-1	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	4	3	1	0	.750		21	16	2-0	1-1	3-1	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	3	2	1	0	.667	0.5	12	15	0-1	2-0	2-1	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	3	1	2	0	.333	1.5	17	9	0-2	1-0	1-2	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	3	1	2	0	.333	1.5	12	15	1-0	0-2	1-2	Lost 2
New York Yankees	3	0	3	0	.000	2.5	8	17	0-2	0-1	0-3	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	5	4	1	0	.800		29	18	2-1	2-0	4-1	Won 3
California Angels	4	3	1	0	.750	0.5	18	12	3-1	0-0	3-1	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	4	3	1	0	.750	0.5	19	13	2-0	1-1	3-1	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	5	2	3	0	.400	2.0	22	21	0-0	2-3	2-3	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	5	1	4	0	.200	3.0	12	26	0-0	1-4	1-4	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	5	1	4	0	.200	3.0	20	30	1-4	0-0	1-4	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	2	0	0	1.000		12	7	1-0	1-0	2-0	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	5	4	1	0	.800	-0.5	28	18	2-1	2-0	4-1	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	3	2	1	0	.667	0.5	12	12	2-1	0-0	2-1	Won 2
New York Mets	3	1	2	0	.333	1.5	7	8	1-1	0-1	1-2	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	4	1	3	0	.250	2.0	12	17	0-2	1-1	1-3	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	5	1	4	0	.200	2.5	14	23	0-0	1-4	1-4	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Diego Padres	3	2	1	0	.667		8	6	2-1	0-0	2-1	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	5	3	2	0	.600		17	26	0-0	3-2	3-2	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	5	3	2	0	.600		17	18	3-0	0-2	3-2	Lost 2
Houston Astros	5	3	2	0	.600		27	18	3-2	0-0	3-2	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	3	1	2	0	.333	1.0	8	11	0-2	1-0	1-2	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	1	4	0	.200	2.0	22	20	0-0	1-4	1-4	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 3, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (day game):
Doug Griffin's single in the 13th inning drove in the winning run as the Red Sox edged the Orioles, 3-2. The inning began when Bob Montgomery drew a walk. Rick Miller went in as a pinch-runner, moved to second on a sacrifice and scored on Griffin's liner to center field. The Sox had tied the game in the top of the ninth on Dwight Evans' homer. Bird starter Ross Grimsley, after surrendering one run and three hits in the first inning, had allowed just one safe blow until Evans' homer. The Orioles scored a run in the first inning on a walk to Paul Blair, single by Tommy Davis and a forceout. They went ahead in the second on Doug DeCinces' triple and Ken Singleton's single.

Angels 4, White Sox 3 at California (day game):
Leroy Stanton's home run in the 10th inning gave the Angels a 4-3 victory over the White Sox. The Angels had tied score in the seventh when Morris Nettles singled, stole second and scored on Tommy Harper's single. The Sox ended a drouth of 21 scoreless frames when they tallied three times in the fourth to take a 3-2 lead. Singles by Buddy Bradford and Bill Melton, Ken Henderson's double, a throwing error and Bucky Dent's single accounted for the runs. The Angels had jumped in front in the second on a two-run double by Jerry Remy.

Royals 2, Twins 1 at Kansas City (day game):
Hal McRae slapped a single up the middle in the 10th inning to score Fred Patek and give the Royals a 2-1 victory over the Twins. Patek had opened the inning by beating out an infield single. An attempted sacrifice failed, but the runner reached third on John Mayberry's single and the game-winning hit followed. Both teams scored in the first frame. The Twins' run came on a single, error, groundout and wild pitch. The Royals' run came when Amos Otis doubled and Tony Solaita singled.

Brewers 6, Indians 5 at Milwaukee (day game):
Sixto Lezcano drove in two runs with a homer and double and Robin Yount hit his second circuit blow of the season to power the Brewers to a 6-5 decision over the Indians. The Brewers racked Tribe starter Fritz Peterson right from the start. Johnny Briggs walked, Hank Aaron doubled and George Scott was intentionally passed to load the bases. Don Money singled in Briggs, Lezcano doubled home a run and Charlie Moore capped the inning with a two-run double. Yount's blast was off Peterson in the second stanza. Lezcano's homer came in the third inning off reliever Jim Kern and proved to be the winning margin. Cleveland stayed in the game on the strength of two homers by Boog Powell and one by George Hendrick.

Tigers 7, Yankees 2 at New York (day game):
Nate Colbert's grand-slam homer capped a seven-run seventh inning which carried the Tigers to a 7-2 victory over the Yankees. Tiger rookie Vern Ruhle and the Yanks' Pat Dobson were locked in a scoreless battle through six frames before Bill Freehan opened the Bengals' big inning with his first homer of the season. Dan Meyer then singled and stole second as Art James struck out. Tom Veryzer walked and Aurelio Rodriguez singled to load the bases. Graig Nettles' error and a sacrifice fly scored two more runs. Willie Horton was given an intentional pass to load the sacks again and set the stage for Colbert. The Yankees routed Ruhle in the seventh, but John Hiller relieved and preserved the victory.

A's 5, Rangers 4 at Texas (day game):
Sal Bando's three-run homer was the big blow as the A's downed the Rangers, 5-4, with Vida Blue picking up his second victory of the season. The homer, which snapped a 1-1 tie in the fifth frame, came off starter and loser Fergie Jenkins and followed singles by Ted Kubiak and Bill North. Billy Williams hit his first A. L. home run in the second inning. The A's final tally came in the eighth when reliever Stan Thomas balked home Reggie Jackson from third base. A homer by Tom Grieve was the only hit yielded by Blue until the ninth inning when he tired and was replaced by Rollie Fingers, who yielded a two-run single to Jeff Burroughs before retiring pinch-hitter Jim Spencer on a long fly to center to end the game.

Cubs 6, Expos 3 at Chicago (day game):
The Cubs staged a four-run rally in the eighth to come from behind and beat the Expos, 6-3. Jose Cardenal began the inning with a walk. Bill Madlock singled Cardenal to third and Rick Monday doubled to score Cardenal and tie the game. Jerry Morales then put the Cubs ahead with a two-run single to center. The fourth run came home as second baseman Larry Lintz fumbled Manny Trillo's grounder. The Expos had taken a 2-1 lead in the fourth on Gary Carter's single, a sacrifice and Barry Foote's single. Montreal added their third run in the seventh on singles by Dave McNally and Tim Foli and an infield out. A pinch-double by Ron Dunn produced a Cub run in the seventh.

Astros 7, Dodgers 5 at Houston (night game):
A five-run explosion in the fourth inning against Juan Marichal, making his first appearance for the Dodgers, sent the Astros on their way to a 7-5 victory. The Astros' big inning began when Milt May walked and Cliff Johnson slammed a homer. Jose Cruz then walked, took second on a balk and scored on Doug Rader's single. Roger Metzger then singled and both runners scored on Enos Cabell's double. What proved to be the eventual winning run came in the fifth when Cesar Cedeno walked and scored on Johnson's double.

Cardinals 7, Phillies 5 at Philadelphia (day game):
Ted Simmons singled home the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning as the Cardinals downed the Phillies, 7-5. Ted Sizemore singled to open the inning and moved to second on a sacrifice. After Reggie Smith was intentionally walked, Simmons delivered his key hit. Smith scored an insurance run as Keith Hernandez grounded out. The Cards pounded Steve Carlton early, grabbing a three-run lead in the second. Smith tripled, Simmons singled, Hernandez walked, Ken Reitz singled and Ed Brinkman and Bob Gibson delivered sacrifice flies. The Redbird lead was boosted to 4-0 in the fourth on walks to Simmons and Hernandez and a single by Reitz, but the Phils rallied to tie the score in the fifth on two-run doubles by Dave Cash and Willie Montanez. The Phils tied the score for a second time in the seventh, but their relief pitching was unable to stave off the Cardinals.

Padres 3, Reds 2 at San Diego (night game):
Single tallies in the first three innings were enough to give the Padres a 3-2 victory over the Reds. A double by Enzo Hernandez, an infield out and Johnny Grubb's sacrifice fly got the first run home. Singles by Glenn Beckert, Tito Fuentes and Fred Kendall produced the second score and the winning margin came on Dave Winfield's sacrifice fly which followed singles by Grubb and Willie McCovey. Starting pitcher Joe McIntosh scattered six hits over the first seven innings but needed relief work by Dave Tomlin and Bill Greif to register his first major league victory.

Braves 7, Giants 4 at San Francisco (day game):
A throwing error and a wild pitch helped the Braves score two unearned runs in the fifth inning to snap a 4-4 tie and Carl Morton went the distance for the second time this season in pitching the Braves to a 7-4 victory over the Giants. Ralph Garr opened the Braves' fifth with an infield single and, after Marty Perez walked, Charlie Williams relieved starter John D'Acquisto. Darrell Evans, who hit a three-run homer in the third, popped up, but first baseman Gary Thomasson threw away Mike Lum's grounder, Garr scoring, and Williams then uncorked a wild pitch to score Perez. Morton, tagged for three runs early, including rookie Marc Hill's first big league homer, settled down and pitched hitless ball from the fifth inning on.