MLB standings through games of June 15, 1975

MLB standings at the end of June 15, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	56	32	24	0	.571		282	271	15-14	17-10	5-5	Won 2
New York Yankees	58	32	26	0	.552	1.0	272	209	16-12	16-14	8-2	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	58	29	29	0	.500	4.0	252	267	14-14	15-15	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	55	25	30	0	.455	6.5	219	270	13-16	12-14	4-6	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	57	25	32	0	.439	7.5	206	212	15-14	10-18	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	58	24	34	0	.414	9.0	213	253	12-17	12-17	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	59	35	24	0	.593		246	220	21-10	14-14	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	63	35	28	0	.556	2.0	278	267	21-12	14-16	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	55	28	27	0	.509	5.0	259	258	12-13	16-14	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	60	30	30	0	.500	5.5	274	269	13-19	17-11	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	64	31	33	0	.484	6.5	265	259	14-17	17-16	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	59	25	34	0	.424	10.0	238	249	12-15	13-19	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	56	33	23	0	.589		234	201	17-10	16-13	7-3	Won 4
New York Mets	55	31	24	0	.564	1.5	222	202	17-13	14-11	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	59	32	27	0	.542	2.5	235	221	22-8	10-19	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	59	30	29	0	.508	4.5	258	281	20-10	10-19	2-8	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	56	27	29	0	.482	6.0	226	237	17-15	10-14	6-4	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	53	23	30	0	.434	8.5	175	220	12-13	11-17	7-3	Won 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	63	38	25	0	.603		316	223	24-7	14-18	7-3	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	64	35	29	0	.547	3.5	265	218	19-14	16-15	3-7	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	61	29	32	0	.475	8.0	201	242	15-16	14-16	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	61	29	32	0	.475	8.0	246	257	16-16	13-16	4-6	Lost 5
Atlanta Braves	61	26	35	0	.426	11.0	223	281	14-12	12-23	3-7	Lost 3
Houston Astros	66	24	42	0	.364	15.5	263	281	13-17	11-25	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 8, Royals 7 at Kansas City (day game):
A four-run rally in the eighth inning brought the Red Sox an 8-7 victory over the Royals. Fred Lynn collected a double and single, hitting safely in his 20th straight game in the longest batting streak for the Red Sox since Eddie Bressoud had a 20-game string in 1964. Denny Doyle, playing in his second game with the Red Sox since being obtained from the Angels, hit a two-run homer in the second inning. With the score tied, 4-4, Lynn singled in the eighth and took second on a wild pitch. After an intentional pass to Jim Rice, Rico Petrocelli singled, driving in Lynn. Dwighr Evans singled, scoring Rice. Tim Blackwell beat out a bouncer in front of the plate and both Petrocelli and Evans scored when the Royals failed to cover home after catcher Fran Healy went out to field the ball. The best the Royals could do was close the gap with two runs in the eighth and one in the ninth before Roger Moret saved the game for Bill Lee.

[DH] Angels 8, Brewers 7 (day game) / Brewers 4, Angels 2 at Milwaukee (day game):
Although Leroy Stanton hit a grand-slam homer, the Angels had to travel 11 innings before defeating the Brewers, 8-7, in the opening game of a doubleheader. The Brewers came back to win the nightcap, 4-2, with the aid of Gorman Thomas' second homer of the day. Stanton hit his grand slam off Eduardo Rodriguez in the third inning of the lidlifter. Robin Yount knocked in three runs with a bases-loaded double for the Brewers in the fifth. The Angels went ahead with a run-scoring double by Stanton in the ninth, 6-5, but Thomas homered in the Brewers' half to send the game into overtime. In the 11th, Rudy Meoli and Joe Lahoud singled. Stanton forced Meoli, but Dave Chalk singled to drive in pinch-runner Billy Smith. After a walk loaded the bases, Bruce Bochte drew another pass to force in Stanton, enabling the Angels to withstand a rally by the Brewers for one run in their half.

Twins 5, Orioles 4 at Minnesota (day game):
A homer by Dan Ford in the fourth inning proved the decisive blow for the Twins, who stood off a comeback by the Orioles to gain a 5-4 victory. The Twins rapped Mike Torrez for three runs in the first. Jerry Terrell led off with a double and scored on a single by Steve Braun. Larry Hisle singled, sending Braun to third, and stole second. Eric Soderholm then batted in both runners with a single. Soderholm accounted for his third RBI of the game with a single in the third. After a single by Al Bumbry, double by Lee May and infield out by Don Baylor produced a run for the Orioles in the fourth, Ford hit his homer. The Orioles were unable to catch up, although scoring twice in the seventh and adding another run on a homer by Baylor in the eighth.

Yankees 3, White Sox 0 at New York (day game):
Catfish Hunter allowed only four hits and pitched his fourth shutout of the season as the Yankees defeated the White Sox, 3-0, before a Bat Day crowd of 53,562. Ron Blomberg, coming off the disabled list to play his first game since May 4, had three hits in three official trips for the Yankees and Thurman Munson drove in two runs with a pair of singles. Kerry Dineen drove a run home in the seventh inning with a single for his first major league hit.

Indians 5, Rangers 1 at Texas (night game):
The Indians pounded Gaylord Perry, their former teammate, for 10 hits and defeated the Rangers, 5-1, to snap a seven-game losing streak. Perry, making his first appearance in a Texas uniform since the deal was announced on June 13, gave up two runs in the first inning on singles by Duane Kuiper and Rick Manning and a double by Bobbg Powell. Another double by Powell and single by George Hendrick added a run in third. The Indians then wrapped up their scoring in the fifth with a single by Kuiper, triple by Manning and infield out by Hendrick. Jackie Brown, who went to the Indians in the Perry deal, made his first relief appearance in Cleveland livery and retired one batter after taking over for Dennis Eckersley.

Pirates 8, Braves 6 at Atlanta (day game):
Dave Parker broke a tie with a homer in the eighth inning and Richie Hebner followed with his fourth hit of the game, leading to an insurance run, as the Pirates defeated the Braves, 8-6. The Pirates used homers by Hebner and Bob Robertson to help build up a 6-3 lead before the Braves rallied to tie the score in the seventh. Darrell Evans doubled and Dusty Baker followed with a homer. Earl Williams singled and was forced by Cito Gaston, who took third on a wild pickoff throw by Dave Giusti and scored on a single by Marty Perez. After Parker's homer in the eighth, Hebner singled, advanced to second on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Rennie Stennett.

Cubs 4, Reds 3 at Chicago (day game):
Johnny Bench singled for his fifth hit in five times at bat as the Reds posted an 11-3 victory over the Cubs to complete the previous day's game which had been suspended after eight innings because of darkness. However, in the regularly scheduled game that followed, the Cubs gained a 4-3 victory to end a streak of six straight losses to the Reds. The Cubs racked up their first run in the third inning on singles by Don Kessinger and Bill Madlock around an infield out. Then in the seventh, a double by Kessinger, infield hit by Rick Monday, double by Madlock and single by Andre Thornton made it 4-0. Joe Morgan homered for the Reds in the eighth. Bill Bonham, who started for the Cubs and struck out 12 for his career high, weakened in the ninth and the Cubs had to call on both Darold Knowles and Oscar Zamora in relief before cutting off the Reds' two-run rally.

Phillies 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (day game):
Greg Luzinski homered off Mike Marshall in the eighth inning to lift the Phillies to a 4-3 victory and hand the Dodgers' ace reliever his fifth defeat in seven decisions. Dave Cash also homered for the Phillies' initial run off starter Doug Rau in the first inning. The Dodgers came back with a pair in their half when Jim Wynn walked, Steve Garvey singled and Ron Cey tripled. Singles by Dave Lopes and Tom Paciorek and an infield out by Wynn added a Dodger run in the fifth, but the Phillies rallied to tie the score in the sixth. Cash, Luzinski and Dick Allen singled for one run and Tony Taylor hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the tying tally.

Mets 6, Padres 0 at San Diego (day game):
Tom Seaver pitched a three-hitter and posted his second consecutive shutout and 10th victory as the Mets defeated the Padres, 6-0. Only one of the Mets' runs was earned. Brent Strom, recalled from Hawaii (Pacific Coast), made his first major league start since 1973 and matched Seaver's shutout pitching until the seventh inning when the Mets scored an unearned run on a safe bunt by Del Unser, double by John Stearns and error by Enzo Hernandez. The Mets piled up their remaining runs against relievers Dave Tomlin and Bill Greif in the ninth on only three hits with the aid of two errors and two wild pitches.

[DH] Expos 2, Giants 1 (day game) / Expos 5, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
The Expos scored two runs in the first inning to win the opener, 2-1, and followed with a 14-hit attack to beat the Giants in the nightcap, 5-2, in a sweep of a doubleheader. In the getaway frame of the lidlifter, Pepe Mangual beat out an infield hit, took second on a sacrifice and stole third. After a pass to Mike Jorgensen, Mangual scored on a wild pitch. Pat Scanlon then singled to drive in Jorgensen with what proved to be the deciding run. The Giants scored in the eighth on a double by Von Joshua and singles by Gary Thomasson and Derrel Thomas before Dan Warthen relieved and saved the game for Steve Renko. The Expos again got off to a two-run lead in the first inning of the second game, added a tally in the third and made it 4-0 when Mangual hit a homer in the fourth. The Giants' two runs came in the fifth on a walk and homer by Marc Hill.

Astros 8, Cardinals 7 at St. Louis (day game):
Cliff Johnson, who batted in four runs in the previous night's 9-0 victory, came off the bench as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning and delivered a grand-slam homer to beat the Cardinals, 8-7. The Cardinals, who had back-to-back homers by Willie Davis and Reggie Smith in the third, failed to hold a 4-1 lead, but then went ahead again with three runs in the eighth. Their defense then failed in the ninth. Greg Gross was safe on a fumble by Mario Guerrero, Cesar Cedeno singled and Bob Watson reached base on an error by Ron Fairly before Johnson batted for Skip Jutze and smashed his homer off Mike Garman.