MLB standings through games of May 3, 1975

MLB standings at the end of May 3, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	19	12	7	0	.632		89	66	7-2	5-5	6-4	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	18	10	8	0	.556	1.5	63	96	5-4	5-4	6-4	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	18	9	9	0	.500	2.5	85	92	5-5	4-4	4-6	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	18	9	9	0	.500	2.5	63	65	4-2	5-7	6-4	Won 2
New York Yankees	22	10	12	0	.455	3.5	109	80	6-7	4-5	5-5	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	19	7	12	0	.368	5.0	70	80	4-6	3-6	2-8	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	22	13	9	0	.591		87	70	8-3	5-6	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	23	13	10	0	.565	0.5	112	99	7-7	6-3	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	21	11	10	0	.524	1.5	92	84	5-8	6-2	7-3	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	23	12	11	0	.522	1.5	102	113	8-5	4-6	3-7	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	18	8	10	0	.444	3.0	84	78	3-3	5-7	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	23	8	15	0	.348	5.5	92	125	2-6	6-9	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	20	14	6	0	.700		106	83	9-3	5-3	7-3	Won 1
New York Mets	19	10	9	0	.526	3.5	89	71	6-3	4-6	7-3	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	21	11	10	0	.524	3.5	81	83	7-4	4-6	5-5	Won 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	9	10	0	.474	4.5	69	68	6-4	3-6	4-6	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	19	8	11	0	.421	5.5	70	93	5-5	3-6	2-8	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	18	6	12	0	.333	7.0	51	68	2-4	4-8	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	25	16	9	0	.640		119	84	9-3	7-6	8-2	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	25	13	12	0	.520	3.0	125	97	8-3	5-9	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	26	13	13	0	.500	3.5	88	118	6-4	7-9	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	24	12	12	0	.500	3.5	78	94	5-9	7-3	3-7	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	22	11	11	0	.500	3.5	77	79	5-8	6-3	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	26	9	17	0	.346	7.5	99	114	5-9	4-8	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 12, Tigers 2 at Boston (day game):
Sending 11 men to the plate, the Red Sox scored six runs in the first inning to launch a 12-2 victory over the Tigers. A walk to Bernie Carbo, forceout by Dwight Evans, double by Carl Yastrzemski and intentional pass to Fred Lynn loaded the bases and set the stage for a two-run single by Jim Rice. Lynn scored the next run, beating the throw home when Rico Petrocelli grounded to Nate Colbert. Aurelio Rodriguez booted a grounder by Bob Montgomery, allowing Rice to score, and a single by Rick Burleson and bobble of the ball by Dan Meyer in left field resulted in Petrocelli scoring. Carbo, batting for a second time, hit a sacrifice fly to admit Montgomery. The Red Sox went on to pile up 14 hits in the game. Leon Roberts homered for the Tigers.

White Sox 4, A's 3 at Chicago (night game):
Bill Melton, proving himself a better hitter than bunter, doubled in the 10th inning to score Carlos May and give the White Sox a 4-3 victory over the Athletics. May led off the stanza with single. Melton missed two bunt attempts, took two called balls and then swung away for the double that ended the White Sox' five-game losing streak. Melton also homered in the fourth to tie the score at 1-1. The A's went ahead again, 3-1, but walks to Melton and Deron Johnson, a sacrifice by Buddy Bradford and single by Jorge Orta produced the tying pair for the White Sox in the sixth.

Indians 6, Orioles 1 at Cleveland (day game):
Manager Frank Robinson, pinch-hitting in the eighth inning, delivered a single to spark a six-run outburst that brought the Indians a 6-1 victory over the Orioles. Don Baylor doubled for a run in the seventh to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead behind the pitching of Ross Grimsley, who allowed only two hits until folding in the eighth. Buddy Bell opened the Indians' rally with a double and scored on Robinson's single. Robinson took second on the throw home and advanced to third on an infield hit by Ken Berry. Wayne Garland replaced Grimsley and, on his first pitch, Frank Duffy singled, scoring Robinson with the Indians' go-ahead run. After Charlie Spikes drew a pass to load the bases, successive walks to Rico Carty and Boog Powell with two out forced in two runs and another pair scored when Bell singled. Carty singled in the seventh inning for the 1,000th hit of his major league career.

Brewers 4, Yankees 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
After twice stranding a runner at third base with less than two out, the Brewers turned successfully to a squeeze bunt and defeated the Yankees, 4-3. The Brewers scored their initial two runs in the first inning on a pass to Don Money, single by Robin Yount, sacrifice by Sixto Lezcano, infield out by George Scott and errors by Thurman Munson and Bobby Bonds. Singles by Rob Ellis and Money, around a sacrifice, added a tally in the second. Bonds counted twice after drawing walks as the Yankees came back to tie the score. After the Brewers failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities in the sixth and seventh, Pedro Garcia opened the eighth with a double and took third on Bob Coluccio's third sacrifice of the game. When Money also bunted, Garcia scored ahead of Sparky Lyle's throw to the plate. Money was safe at first and received credit for a hit.

Twins 14, Royals 5 at Minnesota (day game):
Steve Brye batted in three runs with a bases-loaded double in the seventh inning and added two more RBIs with a single in the eighth as the Twins sewed up a 14-5 victory over the Royals. Eric Soderholm homered with a man on base in the second and drove in another run with a single in the third when the Twins picked up four tainted tallies off Paul Splittorff. Dan Ford and Rod Carew singled and Sergio Ferrer was safe on an error ahead of Brye's double in the seventh. The Royals had homers by John Mayberry, Hal McRae and Tony Solaita.

Angels 4, Rangers 2 at Texas (night game):
Making his first start since straining a tricep muscle in his pitching arm April 24, Nolan Ryan allowed only five hits and struck out nine before being lifted in the seventh inning and received credit for the Angels' 4-2 victory over the Rangers. Ryan gave up a run in the fourth on two walks and a single by Roy Howell before the Angels broke loose for all their scoring in the fifth. Ellie Rodriguez walked and was forced by Jerry Remy. After another pass to Orlando Ramirez, Morris Nettles doubled to drive in Remy. Mickey Rivers singled, scoring Ramirez and Nettles. Rivers took second on the throw to the plate and counted on a single by Bruce Bochte. The Rangers picked up an unearned run in the sixth on two errors and a single by Howell. Ryan was removed after giving up a leadoff single to Roy Smalley in the seventh. Dick Lange, who had been called up from Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast), completed the game.

Reds 6, Braves 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
Gary Nolan, who spent most of the past two seasons on the disabled list, gained his first victory since October 3, 1972, when the Reds defeated the Braves, 6-1. Nolan allowed only five hits in hurling the route. The game also marked Pete Rose's appearance at third base in the Reds' lineup for the first time since 1966. Dan Driessen started in left field. The Reds decided the outcome with three runs in the fifth inning on a double by George Foster, single by Nolan, double by Rose and single by Dave Concepcion. Cesar Geronimo singled and Foster homered for two more runs in the sixth. Tony Perez singled home the Reds' final tally in the seventh.

Padres 3, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Dodgers' eight-game winning streak came to an end with a 3-1 loss to the Padres, but it took 15 innings to do it. The Padres scored their initial run in the sixth on a pass to Steve Huntz, single by Johnny Grubb and sacrifice fly by Dave Winfield. Steve Yeager tied the score with a homer in the eighth. In the 15th, Huntz singled and Grubb, attempting to sacrifice, beat out a bunt. Mike Ivie grounded deep to shortstop Rick Auerbach, whose throw to third was too late to force Huntz. Fred Kendall then grounded to Ron Cey, who threw to Lee Lacy for the forceout at second, but Lacy threw wild to first in an attempted double play as both Huntz and Grubb scored. Kendall received credit for one RBI on the play.

Expos 3, Mets 0 at New York (day game):
Allowing only one hit, Woodie Fryman set an Expos' club record by extending his string of scoreless pitching to 29 2/3 innings in a 3-0 victory over the Mets. The veteran lefthander was deprived of a no-hitter when John Stearns doubled with two out in the fifth inning. The Expos scored in the first on a single by Tony Scott, a stolen base and single by Mike Jorgensen. Scott singled again in the sixth, took second on a balk and counted on a double by Larry Parrish. A single by Gary Carter, sacrifice by Barry Foote, a wild pitch and single by Pete Mackanin added the last run in the ninth.

[DH] Phillies 6, Pirates 2 (night game) / Phillies 4, Pirates 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Dave Cash, who contributed two hits in the first game as the Phillies won, 6-2, came back with four more hits in the second game and capped his performance with a run-scoring single in the 11th inning to beat the Pirates, 4-3, in a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader. Cash began with a single in the first inning of the opener and, after an infield out by Larry Bowa, scored on a single by Willie Montanez. Mike Schmidt followed with a homer to make it 3-0. The Phillies added their three other runs in the fourth on singles by Ollie Brown and Mike Anderson, a sacrifice fly by Larry Cox, triple by Cash and double by Bowa. Tug McGraw pitched the last three innings of the nightcap and gained his first victory in a Phillies' uniform when Bob Boone opened the 11th with a single, Don Hahn sacrificed pinch-runner Terry Harmon to second, Tony Taylor drew an intentional pass and Cash broke up the game with his sixth hit of the night.

Cubs 7, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cubs broke a tie with two unearned runs in the seventh inning and added an insurance pair in the ninth to defeat the Cardinals, 7-3. With two out in the seventh, Don Kessinger walked, Jose Cardenal singled and Bill Madlock was safe on an error by Keith Hernandez. Rick Monday then grounded to Ted Martinez, who threw wildly to first, allowing Kessinger and Cardenal to score. George Mitterwald iced the victory with a bases-loaded single for the final pair in the ninth.