MLB standings through games of May 23, 1975

MLB standings at the end of May 23, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	36	20	16	0	.556		156	136	9-5	11-11	4-6	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	35	19	16	0	.543	0.5	159	149	10-9	9-7	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	34	16	18	0	.471	3.0	133	179	8-10	8-8	4-6	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	37	16	21	0	.432	4.5	136	143	11-11	5-10	4-6	Lost 2
New York Yankees	37	16	21	0	.432	4.5	167	140	10-10	6-11	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	35	14	21	0	.400	5.5	110	155	7-10	7-11	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	38	22	16	0	.579		150	139	14-5	8-11	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	39	22	17	0	.564	0.5	185	160	10-11	12-6	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	41	22	19	0	.537	1.5	167	176	12-8	10-11	7-3	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	35	18	17	0	.514	2.5	157	144	9-7	9-10	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	41	21	20	0	.512	2.5	172	155	9-10	12-10	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	38	17	21	0	.447	5.0	149	165	9-9	8-12	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	38	22	16	0	.579		166	159	13-5	9-11	3-7	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	38	20	18	0	.526	2.0	150	149	14-4	6-14	6-4	Lost 4
New York Mets	33	17	16	0	.515	2.5	144	131	9-8	8-8	7-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	35	18	17	0	.514	2.5	130	126	9-6	9-11	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	36	15	21	0	.417	6.0	146	156	10-10	5-11	3-7	Won 1
Montreal Expos	33	13	20	0	.394	6.5	113	144	9-9	4-11	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	27	16	0	.628		200	144	16-8	11-8	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	42	22	20	0	.524	4.5	195	153	13-5	9-15	4-6	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	39	20	19	0	.513	5.0	151	161	12-10	8-9	6-4	Won 5
San Diego Padres	41	21	20	0	.512	5.0	132	151	11-11	10-9	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	42	20	22	0	.476	6.5	155	197	12-7	8-15	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	44	17	27	0	.386	10.5	184	195	10-11	7-16	6-4	Won 5

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, Angels 1 at Boston (night game):
Home runs by Carl Yastrzemski, Bernie Carbo, Dwight Evans and Fred Lynn powered the Red Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Angels. Nolan Ryan gave up three circuit blows, as many as he had yielded in his previous nine starts. Carbo's blast came in the first frame and the Sox got three more tallies in the fifth on a walk to Tim Blackwell, Carbo's double, sacrifice fly by Rick Burleson and Yastrzemski's two-run drive into the visiting bullpen in right field. Tommy Harper gave the Angels their lone score with a homer in the top of the sixth but Evans equalized that in the bottom of the inning with his fourth homer of the season. Lynn's homer came in the eighth off reliever Chuck Dobson.

White Sox 6, Tigers 1 at Chicago (night game):
The White Sox broke a 1-1 tie with a four-run rally in the sixth and notched a 6-1 triumph over the Tigers. The big inning began when Jorge Orta led off with a double and scored on Carlos May's single. Ron LeFlore dropped Bill Melton's fly for a two-base error, May reaching third on the play. Deron Johnson singled to score both runners. The Sox then loaded the bases on a double by Tony Muser and intentional pass to Bucky Dent. Brian Downing's sacrifice fly scored Johnson. The Tigers had kayoed starter Wilbur Wood in the sixth after Gary Sutherland and Dan Meyer got consecutive singles. Terry Forster came on to give up a run-scoring single to Willie Horton but then retired the next three batters. He got credit for the win but was forced to leave the game with two out in the eighth when he suffered a strain in his pitching shoulder.

A's 3, Indians 0 at Cleveland (night game):
The A's snapped their four-game losing streak and regained first place in the A. L. West by blanking the Indians, 3-0, behind Sonny Siebert and Jim Todd. Siebert, making his first start since being acquired from San Diego in a trade, faced only 16 batters in holding the Tribe to one hit over the first five innings, and rookie Todd blanked the home team on two hits over the final four frames. The A's started the scoring in the third when Bert Campaneris belted Gaylord Perry's first serve of the inning into the left field stands. Joe Rudi hit a homer in the fourth and the third run came in the ninth when Claudell Washington drove home pinch-runner Don Hopkins from second.

Royals 10, Orioles 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Harmon Killebrew smashed two homers and drove in four runs to pace the Royals to a 10-1 romp over the Orioles. The big slugger's first blast came in the opening frame with Fred Patek on base via a walk. His second clout came in the third with Amos Otis, who had doubled, on base. It was the 47th time Killebrew hit as many as two homers in one game and raised his career total to 566. The Royals had a big seventh inning on an RBI double by Jim Wohlford, bases-loaded triple by Buck Martinez and sacrifice fly by Patek. The Orioles' only run came in the seventh when Bobby Grich walked, moved to third on Ken Singleton's single and scored as Lee May bounced into a double play.

Twins 2, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Run-scoring singles in the ninth inning by Eric Soderholm and Tom Kelly and four-hit pitching by Bert Blyleven gave the Twins a 2-1 victory over the Brewers. The Brewers had a 1-0 lead in the ninth with one out when Tony Oliva and Larry Hisle singled off starter and loser Ed Sprague. Tom Murphy relieved and Soderholm and Kelly followed with their hits to drive in the tying and winning tallies. The Brewers' run resulted when Bobby Mitchell walked, stole second, moved to third on catcher Glenn Borgmann's throwing error and came home on George Scott's single.

Yankees 11, Rangers 7 at New York (night game):
Graig Nettles hit two homers and Bobby Bonds one as the Yankees downed the Rangers, 11-7. Nettles' first blast came in the second inning and gave the home team a lead it never relinquished. The runs which ultimately proved decisive came in the seventh on a two-run single by Chris Chambliss, an error by third baseman Roy Howell which permitted another run to score and an infield hit by Jim Mason which chased home the fourth run. Catfish Hunter was the beneficiary of the Yankee scoring but needed relief help in the ninth when the Rangers scored five runs on five hits. Both benches emptied in the eighth inning when reliever Jim Merritt hit Bonds with a pitch but no fighting took place.

Mets 3, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
The Mets scored all their runs in one inning to beat the Braves, 3-1. Del Unser, Felix Millan, Ed Kranepool and Rusty Staub led off the fourth with consecutive singles to score two runs. The third tally came in as Joe Torre grounded into a double play. The Braves' run scored in the second on a single by Dusty Baker, a stolen base and single by Larvell Blanks.

Reds 5, Phillies 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
A two-run homer by Tony Perez and two-run single by Merv Rettenmund paced the Reds to a 5-2 verdict over the Phillies. Perez' smash followed a first-inning double by Johnny Bench. The Reds got their third run in the second inning on Cesar Geronimo's RBI double. Rettenmund's key single came in the fourth and followed a single by Dave Concepcion and double by George Foster. The Phils' first run scored in the sixth when Greg Luzinski doubled home Dave Cash. Pinch-hitter Jay Johnstone singled home their other run in the seventh.

Astros 4, Expos 2 at Houston (night game):
The Astros beat the Expos, 4-2, for their sixth consecutive victory. The visiting team scored early when Pepe Mangual drove Dave Roberts' second pitch of the game into the left field seats for a home run. But the Astros retaliated in the bottom half of the inning, the key blow being Roger Metzger's triple. It drove in a run and Metzger himself scored on Cesar Cedeno's sacrifice fly. The Astros' other two tallies came in the fifth when Greg Gross tripled, Cedeno walked, Bob Watson drove in Gross and sent Cedeno to third with a single, and Enos Cabell hit a sacrifice fly. The victory was the first for Roberts since he returned to the club following a week's absence after a personality clash with manager Preston Gomez.

Cardinals 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Cardinals scored two runs in the eighth to edge the Dodgers, 4-3. With one out, Dodger reliever Charlie Hough walked pinch-hitter Ron Fairly and Lou Brock. Ted Sizemore singled in Mike Tyson, pinch-running for Fairly, and Brock took third. Rick Rhoden relieved Hough and Luis Melendez hit a grounder to second baseman Davey Lopes who was unable to make a double play, getting only the batter out at first as Brock scored the winning run. The Dodgers had taken a 3-2 lead in the seventh on singles by Joe Ferguson, Steve Yeager and Lopes. Other Dodger runs came in the fourth and sixth frames on solo homers by Steve Garvey and Jim Wynn. The Cardinals tallied their first run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Mario Guerrero and added the second on Melendez' homer in the sixth.

Padres 4, Pirates 3 at San Diego (night game):
Fred Kendall lined a single to left in the ninth inning to score Dave Winfield and give the Padres a 4-3 victory over the Pirates. Winfield reached first with one out on an error by shortstop Paul Popovich and moved to second on Mike Ivie's infield hit. Kendall then hit a 1-1 pitch for his third safety of the game. The Pirates had tied the contest in the sixth on Willie Stargell's homer which followed Al Oliver's single. The first Pirate run came in the third on singles by Mario Mendoza, Ken Brett and Rennie Stennett. The Padres took a 3-1 lead in the fourth. Their first two runs came on Tito Fuentes' homer and, after two were out, two singles and a walk loaded the bases and Bobby Tolan was hit by a pitch to force home another run.

Giants 3, Cubs 2 at San Francisco (night game):
A ninth-inning triple by rookie pinch-hitter Glenn Adams and clutch relief pitching by rookie lefty Gary Lavelle carried the Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Cubs. After George Mitterwald's solo homer tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the eighth, Dave Rader got a one-out infield hit and Adams broke the tie with a line-shot three-bagger to left. He then scored what proved to be the clinching run on Von Joshua's single. Lavelle got the final out of the contest after the Cubs scored one run and loaded the bases. Rookie lefty Pete Falcone pitched the first eight innings and picked up his fourth win, yielding just three hits.