MLB standings through games of May 4, 1975

MLB standings at the end of May 4, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	20	13	7	0	.650		100	70	8-2	5-5	7-3	Won 5
Detroit Tigers	18	10	8	0	.556	2.0	63	96	5-4	5-4	6-4	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	18	9	9	0	.500	3.0	85	92	5-5	4-4	4-6	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	20	10	10	0	.500	3.0	68	79	5-3	5-7	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	23	10	13	0	.435	4.5	113	91	6-7	4-6	5-5	Lost 3
Baltimore Orioles	21	8	13	0	.381	5.5	84	85	4-6	4-7	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	23	13	10	0	.565		89	75	8-3	5-7	4-6	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	22	12	10	0	.545	0.5	93	84	6-8	6-2	8-2	Won 1
California Angels	24	13	11	0	.542	0.5	112	100	7-7	6-4	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	24	12	12	0	.500	1.5	105	119	8-5	4-7	3-7	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	19	9	10	0	.474	2.0	90	81	4-3	5-7	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	24	9	15	0	.375	4.5	97	127	3-6	6-9	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	21	15	6	0	.714		114	89	9-3	6-3	8-2	Won 2
New York Mets	19	10	9	0	.526	4.0	89	71	6-3	4-6	7-3	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	21	11	10	0	.524	4.0	81	83	7-4	4-6	5-5	Won 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	9	10	0	.474	5.0	69	68	6-4	3-6	4-6	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	20	8	12	0	.400	6.5	76	101	5-6	3-6	2-8	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	18	6	12	0	.333	7.5	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	26	16	10	0	.615		126	94	9-4	7-6	8-2	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	26	14	12	0	.538	2.0	128	99	9-3	5-9	6-4	Won 2
San Diego Padres	25	13	12	0	.520	2.5	88	101	5-9	8-3	3-7	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	24	12	12	0	.500	3.0	93	97	6-9	6-3	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	27	13	14	0	.481	3.5	90	121	6-4	7-10	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	28	10	18	0	.357	7.0	117	130	5-9	5-9	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 5, A's 2 at Chicago (day game):
Jim Kaat gained his fourth straight victory this season and 11th in a row over two years when the White Sox defeated the Athletics, 5-2. However, the veteran lefthander needed help from Terry Forster, who relieved with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth inning and fanned Claudell Washington to end the threat. The White Sox were led at bat by Jorge Orta and Brian Downing. Orta, who hit a double and two singles, drove in one run and scored two. Downing contributed a homer. Reggie Jackson also hit one for the A's.

[DH] Orioles 11, Indians 1 (day game) / Indians 4, Orioles 3 at Cleveland (day game):
The Orioles snapped their six-game losing streak with an 11-1 victory in the opener of a doubleheader, but the Indians came back to win the nightcap, 4-3, in 11 innings. Mike Torrez limited the Indians to six hits in the lidlifter, while the Orioles pounded out 17, including four each by Al Bumbry and Doug DeCinces. Bumbry drove in four runs and DeCinces accounted for three. Bumbry homered with two men on base in the fifth inning and DeCinces hit his first major league homer in the ninth, connecting with a mate aboard. In the nightcap, Dave Duncan homered for the Orioles in the seventh inning to tie the score at 3-3. The Indians put over their winning run in the 11th when Frank Duffy doubled and George Hendrick singled.

Brewers 11, Yankees 4 at Milwaukee (day game):
Piling up 15 hits, including four by Sixto Lezcano and three by George Scott, the Brewers defeated the Yankees, 11-4, for their fifth straight victory. The Brewers drove Pat Dobson from the mound in the fourth inning, scoring four runs. Scott singled, stole second and crossed the plate on a single by Hank Aaron. Darrell Porter doubled and then scored behind Aaron when Mike Hegan singled. Pedro Garcia followed with a double to drive in Hegan. The Brewers put the game away with five more runs in the fifth. Singles by Scott, Hegan and Garcia each accounted for one run before Bob Coluccio batted in two with another single. Graig Nettles hit a three-run homer for the Yankees.

Twins 6, Royals 3 at Minnesota (day game):
The Twins retired Harmon Killebrew's old uniform No. 3 in homecoming ceremonies for their former slugger, who marked the occasion by smashing a homer in the first inning, but the Royals nevertheless went down to a 6-3 defeat. Amos Otis doubled and scored when Hal McRae was safe on an error before Killebrew came to the plate and pounded his homer on the first pitch to him by Vic Albury. The Twins came back to tie the score in their half of the first on a double by Sergio Ferrer, singles by Steve Brye and Steve Braun, a walk and two errors. Dan Ford singled and Rod Carew doubled to break the tie in the second. Craig Kusick then iced the Twins' victory with a two-run homer in the fifth.

Rangers 1, Angels 0 at Texas (day game):
After getting their run on a homer by Jeff Burroughs in the fourth inning, the Rangers had to sweat through the ninth before defeating the Angels, 1-0. Bill Hands, who gave up five hits, ran into trouble in the ninth when Mickey Rivers singled, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. After Hands got Tommy Harper on a pop-up, manager Billy Martin brought in Jim Umbarger, who retired Bruce Bochte on another pop fly. Steve Foucault relieved and almost blew the game, walking Dave Chalk and hitting Joe Lahoud with a pitch to load the bases before Rudy Meoli grounded out.

Reds 3, Braves 2 at Cincinnati (day game):
Dave Concepcion singled and scored in the first inning, homered in the fifth and then drove in the deciding run with a double in the seventh to give the Reds a 3-2 victory over the Braves. Don Gullett, who was the Reds' winner, helped himself by hitting a single and scoring on Concepcion's two-out double.

Padres 10, Dodgers 7 at Los Angeles (day game):
Batting twice, Gene Locklear hit a homer and double in the seventh inning when the Padres exploded for seven runs to defeat the Dodgers, 10-7. The crowd of 42,100 boosted the Dodgers' attendance to 527,292 for 13 games, marking the earliest in major league history that any club had passed the half-million gate figure. The Dodgers had a two-run homer by Steve Garvey in taking a 6-2 lead. Burt Hooton, pitching in relief for the Dodgers in his first appearance since being acquired from the Cubs, gave up a homer by Hector Torres in the sixth and then was the loser when the Padres erupted in the seventh. After Locklear led off with his homer, two walks and a single by Mike Ivie added another run and chased Hooton. Al Downing took over but was unable to stem the tide until the Padres had pushed over five more runs on singles by Fred Kendall and Tito Fuentes, an error, single by Randy Jones and double by Locklear, whose hit drove in the final two tallies.

[DH] Giants 8, Astros 6 (day game) / Astros 12, Giants 8 at San Francisco (day game):
Splitting a doubleheader that produced a major league record for most walks, 42, the Giants won the first game, 8-6, and the Astros captured the second game, 12-8. In the second inning of the lidlifter, Bob Watson crossed the plate for the Astros to score the 1,000,000th run in major league history. The former record for walks in a twin bill was 33 by the New York Giants and Brooklyn April 30, 1944. The Astros and Giants also set an N. L. mark for most passes in one game with 26 in the nightcap. The Astros built up a 5-0 lead in the opener on a three-run homer by Milt May and bases-loaded single by Cesar Cedeno. May later picked up a fourth RBI with a sacrifice fly. The Giants started their comeback when Gary Matthews batted in two runs with a double in the third inning and two more with a triple in the fifth. Derrel Thomas then accounted for two runs with a double in the sixth before Gary Thomasson provided the winning blow, driving in the Giants' deciding pair with a triple in the seventh. The Astros started the second game with three runs in the first inning on four walks, two wild pitches and an infield out before adding six more runs in the fourth, including two on a single by May and two on a triple by Rob Andrews.

Cubs 8, Cardinals 6 at St. Louis (day game):
Reggie Smith had a perfect day at bat with two homers, a double and two singles, driving in five runs, but his efforts were not enough for the Cardinals, who lost to the Cubs, 8-6. Geoff Zahn, obtained from the Dodgers, made his first start for the Cubs and left in the fourth inning when the Cards took a 3-2 lead. Smith, who homered in the fourth, hit for the circuit again in the fifth. The Cubs chased Lynn McGlothen and won the game with five runs in the seventh. After a single by Pete LaCock and two passes loaded the bases, another walk to Don Kessinger forced in one run. Jose Cardenal hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score at 4-4, and Bill Madlock singled to put the Cubs ahead. After an intentional pass to Rick Monday reloaded the bases, Jerry Morales came through with a single for the deciding hit, driving in two runs.