MLB standings through games of May 25, 1975

MLB standings at the end of May 25, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	37	20	17	0	.541		166	155	11-10	9-7	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	38	20	18	0	.526	0.5	160	146	9-7	11-11	3-7	Lost 5
Detroit Tigers	36	17	19	0	.472	2.5	145	190	8-10	9-9	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	39	18	21	0	.462	3.0	181	149	12-10	6-11	7-3	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	39	16	23	0	.410	5.0	141	157	11-11	5-12	2-8	Lost 4
Cleveland Indians	38	15	23	0	.395	5.5	124	171	8-12	7-11	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	41	24	17	0	.585		166	153	14-5	10-12	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	43	24	19	0	.558	1.0	181	181	14-8	10-11	7-3	Won 4
Minnesota Twins	37	20	17	0	.541	2.0	167	148	9-7	11-10	7-3	Won 4
Texas Rangers	41	22	19	0	.537	2.0	194	174	10-11	12-8	4-6	Lost 3
California Angels	43	22	21	0	.512	3.0	178	162	9-10	13-11	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	40	18	22	0	.450	5.5	160	177	10-10	8-12	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	40	22	18	0	.550		176	178	13-5	9-13	2-8	Lost 5
New York Mets	35	18	17	0	.514	1.5	152	138	9-8	9-9	7-3	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	37	19	18	0	.514	1.5	136	136	9-6	10-12	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	40	20	20	0	.500	2.0	155	156	14-4	6-16	4-6	Lost 6
St. Louis Cardinals	38	16	22	0	.421	5.0	155	165	10-10	6-12	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	35	14	21	0	.400	5.5	122	153	9-9	5-12	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	45	28	17	0	.622		209	153	17-9	11-8	5-5	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	44	24	20	0	.545	3.5	202	158	15-5	9-15	6-4	Won 4
San Francisco Giants	41	22	19	0	.537	4.0	170	171	14-10	8-9	8-2	Won 7
San Diego Padres	43	22	21	0	.512	5.0	142	157	12-12	10-9	7-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	44	21	23	0	.477	6.5	162	205	13-8	8-15	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	46	18	28	0	.391	10.5	193	204	11-12	7-16	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 6, Red Sox 1 at Boston (day game):
Three-hit pitching by Ed Figueroa featured the Angels' 6-1 victory over the Red Sox. Mickey Rivers, who stole three bases during the game, walked in the first inning, pilfered second, reached third on a wild pitch and scored the Angels' initial run on a grounder by Joe Lahoud. A pass to Tom Egan, wild throw by Tim Blackwell when Morris Nettles hit a tap in front of the plate and a sacrifice fly by Billy Smith added a run in the second. The Red Sox picked up their counter in the home half of the second on a single by Jim Rice and double by Doug Griffin, but the Angels pulled away with a pair in the fifth. Nettles doubled and counted when Jerry Remy singled. Remy stole second, continued to third on Blackwell's second wild throw of the game and scored on a single by Rivers. Smith doubled in the eighth to drive in the Angels' final pair.

Tigers 4, White Sox 1 at Chicago (day game):
Rain stopped play with one out in the top half of the eighth inning and left the Tigers with a 4-1 victory over the White Sox in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was postponed. The Tigers began the scoring in the first on a walk to Ron LeFlore and singles by Dan Meyer and Willie Horton. Two runs followed in the second. After a hit batsman and singles by Nate Colbert and Aurelio Rodriguez loaded the bases, Tom Veryzer and LeFlore drove in tallies with sacrifice flies. The White Sox picked up a run off Mickey Lolich in their half of the second on a double by Deron Johnson and single by Bill Stein, but the Tigers clinched the decision in the sixth when Bill Freehan singled and scored on a double by Rodriguez.

[DH] Indians 6, A's 0 (day game) / A's 6, Indians 3 at Cleveland (day game):
Making his first major league start, Dennis Eckersley allowed only three hits and pitched the Indians to a 6-0 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Athletics countered by winning the second game, 6-3, with Dick Bosman gaining the decision against his former teammates. Jim Perry, who also went to Oakland with Bosman, started the opener for the A's and failed to survive the third inning. After giving up a run-scoring single in the first by Rico Carty, who wound up the game with four hits, Perry was removed with the bases loaded in the third. Oscar Gamble singled off reliever Paul Lindblad's first pitch to drive in a run. Buddy Bell homered in the fourth. In the nightcap, Phil Garner and Gene Tenace rapped round-trippers to help the A's build up a 5-0 lead. Garner's blow was the first of the rookie second baseman's major league career. Bosman allowed only four hits but was removed in favor of Jim Todd with two out in the seventh inning after John Lowenstein belted a three-run homer for the Indians.

Royals 9, Orioles 1 at Kansas City (day game):
Led by Hal McRae, who batted in six runs with two singles and a homer, the Royals defeated the Orioles, 9-1, and ended Jim Palmer's personal four-game winning streak. Amos Otis singled in the first inning, stole second and scored on a single by McRae before the Orioles chalked up their lone run off Steve Busby on a homer by Don Baylor in the second. Fred Patek singled for the Royals in the third, stole second and went to third on a wild throw by catcher Dave Duncan. Otis walked and also stole second. McRae then drove in both runners with a single. The Royals' left fielder capped his big day by hitting a homer with two men on base in the eighth.

Twins 7, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Brewers drew a Jacket Day crowd of 46,782 but failed to come up with a victory, losing to the Twins, 7-2. The Brewers opened the game auspiciously with a run in the first inning on a double by Don Money, an infield out and sacrifice fly by Bill Sharp, but the Twins took command with three runs in the third. Glenn Borgmann walked and Steve Braun and Rod Carew followed with singles to load the bases. After Bobby Darwin forced Carew, Borgmann scoring, Tony Oliva doubled to drive in Braun and Darwin. A walk to Braun and double by Carew gave the Twins another run in the fifth. Money singled and scored for the Brewers in the sixth, but the Twins widened their margin with three runs in the last two innings.

Yankees 5, Rangers 4 at New York (day game):
A run that scored on a wild pitch capped a Yankees' rally in the sixth inning and produced a 5-4 victory over the Rangers. Jim Spencer hit a three-run homer in the fourth to put the Rangers ahead, 4-2, before the Yankees began their comeback in the sixth with singles by Roy White and Thurman Munson. After Chris Chambliss flied out, Graig Nettles doubled, driving in White, and Ed Herrmann hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Munson. Nettles took third and came home with the deciding run when Jim Bibby uncorked a wild pitch to Jim Mason.

Braves 6, Mets 3 at Atlanta (day game):
Earl Williams, who was batting only .206, smashed a three-run homer as well as two singles, to pace the Braves' 12-hit attack in a 6-3 victory over the Mets. The Braves put together doubles by Ralph Garr and Dusty Baker for a run in the first inning and added another on a single by Cito Gaston, error by Rusty Staub and sacrifice fly by Larvell Blanks in the second before Marty Perez and Darrell Evans singled in the third and Williams hit his homer. Singles by Blanks and Vic Correll in the fourth and a balk by Jerry Koosman wrapped up the Braves' scoring. The Mets scored once in the second on a triple by Mike Phillips and sacrifice fly by John Stearns. Their other runs followed in the seventh on a single by Stearns and doubles by Jack Heidemann and Felix Millan before Tom House took the mound to pick up the save in relief of Buzz Capra.

Reds 4, Phillies 3 at Cincinnati (day game):
A three-run double by Cesar Geronimo and homer by George Foster enabled the Reds to gain a 4-3 victory over the Phillies, who went down to their sixth straight defeat. A walk to Joe Morgan, a hit batsman and error by Mike Schmidt on a grounder by Dave Concepcion set the stage for Geronimo's double in the third inning. Foster followed with his homer in the fourth. The Phillies, after getting their first run on a homer by Bob Boone in the fifth, threatened to snap their losing streak in the eighth. With two out, Dave Cash, Larry Bowa and Dick Allen hit singles to produce one run and chase Clay Kirby. Pedro Borbon, in relief, yielded a run-scoring double by Greg Luzinski. Will McEnaney took over and walked Ollie Brown to load the bases. The Reds then called on Rawly Eastwick who was equal to the bases-loaded challenge and struck out Schmidt to end the rally.

Astros 8, Expos 7 at Houston (day game):
Doug Rader doubled in the 12th inning for his fifth hit of the game to launch a two-run rally that brought the Astros an 8-7 victory over the Expos. Pepe Mangual, who hit safely in his 18th straight game for a Montreal club record, smashed a homer with a man on base in the second inning when the Expos routed Tom Griffin to take a 6-0 lead. The Astros came back with a pair in their half of the second and added a run on a double by Rader in the third. Two more runs followed in the eighth before Cesar Cedeno tied the score with a homer in the ninth. The Expos broke the deadlock in the 12th. Larry Lintz singled, raced to third when Enos Cabell let the ball get past him in left field and scored on a single by Mike Jorgensen. After Rader's double in the Astros' half, Cabell made up for his error with a double, driving in the tying run. Milt May then singled to send Cabell across with the winning marker.

Dodgers 7, Cardinals 3 at Los Angeles (day game):
Jim Wynn hit a double and homer, driving in four runs, and Joe Ferguson broke out of a slump with two circuit clouts to power the Dodgers to a 7-3 victory over the Cardinals. Wynn drove in the Dodgers' first run with his double in the third inning and scored himself on a single by Steve Garvey. Rick Auerbach singled in the fourth and was forced by Don Sutton. Davey Lopes followed with a single. After Willie Crawford struck out, Wynn hit his homer. Ferguson, who went into the game batting only .186, rapped his round-trippers in the fifth and seventh. Sutton, with his eighth victory of the season well in hand, retired after eight innings and Jim Brewer finished.

Pirates 6, Padres 5 at San Diego (day game):
Pinch-hitting in the 11th inning, Ed Kirkpatrick swung at the first pitch thrown to him by Danny Frisella and connected for a homer to give the Pirates a 6-5 victory over the Padres. The Pirates jumped off to a 3-0 lead in the first with the aid of a triple by Al Oliver, but a two-run single by Alan Foster and an error enabled the Padres to tie the score in the second. The Pirates went ahead again with two runs in the seventh on a single by Bob Moose, triple by Rennie Stennett and sacrifice fly by Willie Stargell. The Padres then forced the game into overtime with a matching pair in the ninth on a walk to Mike Ivie, single by Fred Kendall, sacrifice bunt by Tito Fuentes and single by Ted Kubiak.

Giants 9, Cubs 7 at San Francisco (day game):
Staging a seven-run rally in the fifth innning, the Giants extended their winning streak to seven games with a 9-7 victory over the Cubs. The defeat was the fifth in a row for the Cubs, who failed to hold a 7-1 lead. The Giants began their outburst with consecutive singles by Chris Speier, Ed Goodson and Marc Hill for a run that kayoed Geoff Zahn. A single by Jake Brown, double by Von Joshua and single by Bruce Miller added three tallies and chased Tom Dettore, who had relieved Zahn. Ken Frailing took the mound but could not stop the rally. Bobby Murcer hit a sacrifice fly and Gary Matthews drove in another run with a double. After Willie Montanez hit a long fly, with Matthews advancing to third after the catch, the Cubs brought in Oscar Zamora to face Speier, who laid down a surprise two-out squeeze bunt, scoring Matthews with the seventh run of the stanza. Murcer then clinched the Giants' victory with a homer in the seventh inning.