MLB standings through games of June 23, 1975

MLB standings at the end of June 23, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	64	37	27	0	.578		322	301	15-15	22-12	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	67	38	29	0	.567	0.5	325	244	18-14	20-15	7-3	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	66	34	32	0	.515	4.0	297	303	15-14	19-18	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	65	30	35	0	.462	7.5	243	239	17-17	13-18	6-4	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	63	26	37	0	.413	10.5	248	333	14-22	12-15	2-8	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	65	26	39	0	.400	11.5	248	301	13-22	13-17	3-7	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	69	43	26	0	.623		300	258	25-11	18-15	8-2	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	69	38	31	0	.551	5.0	306	288	23-12	15-19	4-6	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	68	34	34	0	.500	8.5	312	310	15-20	19-14	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	71	34	37	0	.479	10.0	289	295	17-19	17-18	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	65	31	34	0	.477	10.0	305	314	13-17	18-17	3-7	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	66	28	38	0	.424	13.5	278	287	14-17	14-21	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	39	25	0	.609		281	225	20-11	19-14	8-2	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	68	37	31	0	.544	4.0	280	270	25-10	12-21	6-4	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	67	34	33	0	.507	6.5	303	324	22-12	12-21	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	64	32	32	0	.500	7.0	244	239	17-18	15-14	2-8	Lost 7
St. Louis Cardinals	65	32	33	0	.492	7.5	261	276	19-16	13-17	5-5	Won 3
Montreal Expos	62	28	34	0	.452	10.0	209	256	15-15	13-19	6-4	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	70	43	27	0	.614		358	252	26-8	17-19	7-3	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	72	41	31	0	.569	3.0	296	235	22-14	19-17	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	69	33	36	0	.478	9.5	277	290	18-17	15-19	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	69	32	37	0	.464	10.5	225	272	17-19	15-18	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	69	29	40	0	.420	13.5	252	318	16-15	13-25	3-7	Lost 2
Houston Astros	73	26	47	0	.356	18.5	289	318	15-19	11-28	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 6, Orioles 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Doc Medich, authoring his second complete game in his last 10 starts, stopped the Orioles on eight hits and got help from batterymate Thurman Munson, who drove in three runs as the Yankees stopped Baltimore, 6-1. New York scored three runs after two were out in the third, Roy White singling home Alex Johnson, who had doubled, then scoring himself ahead of Munson, who homered off loser Ross Grimsley. It was the 16th gopher pitch thrown this season by the Baltimore hurler. The Orioles' only run came in the third on a single by Mark Belanger, double by Ken Singleton and infield hit by Lee May. The Yanks scored three more in the final two innings, Munson picking up his third RBI of the game with a single.

Indians 11, Red Sox 3 at Boston (night game):
Frank Duffy and Frank Robinson combined to knock in eight runs for the Indians, who took a 4-0 lead in the first with the help of three Red Sox errors and coasted to an 11-3 victory. Duffy doubled home one of the first-inning tallies, hit a two-run homer, his first of the season, in the sixth, and added a two-run double in the ninth. Robinson contributed a bases-empty homer, two-run single and batted in three runs. The game marked the return to action of the Red Sox' Carlton Fisk for the first time since last June 28, when the catcher tore ligaments in his knee. Injured again in spring training, Fisk went five innings behind the plate and 0-for-2 at the dish before giving way to Blackwell.

Rangers 1, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Cesar Tovar's single with two out and Roy Smalley at third in the top of the 13th gave the Rangers their first run in 23 innings, but it was enough for a 1-0 victory over the Angels. Toby Harrah opened the fourth extra inning for Texas with a single. Smalley bounced to second baseman Jerry Remy, who threw out Harrah at second, but shortstop Orlando Ramirez' relay to first bounced in the dirt and Smalley moved to second, then took third on Jim Sundberg's long fly to right. Tovar followed with the game-winning hit, a liner on which center fielder Rivers attempted a shoestring catch. Texas' Steve Hargan and the Angels' Bill Singer each threw 11 shutout innings in starting roles. Jim Umbarger, who relieved Hargan in the 12th, was the winner.

Brewers 8, Tigers 4 at Milwaukee (night game):
The Brewers collected 15 hits, including a three-run, second-inning homer by Darrell Porter and four safeties by Hank Aaron, while pinning an 8-4 defeat on the Tigers. Porter connected following singles by Bobby Darwin and Sixto Lezcano. Milwaukee made it 5-0 in the third on an error by right fielder Leon Roberts, who dropped Bill Sharp's fly, a triple by Aaron and Lezcano's second hit of the game. Detroit narrowed the lead to one run on Mickey Stanley's RBI single in the fourth, Jack Pierce's two-run homer in the fifth and Dan Meyer's run-scoring single in the sixth. But the Brewers struck for three runs in the eighth, Aaron driving home one with his third straight single, to lock up the victory for reliever Tom Hausman, who came on in the sixth and blanked the Tigers the rest of the way.

A's 5, Twins 2 at Oakland (night game):
Sal Bando rapped his third game-deciding hit in two days, a seventh-inning solo homer which snapped a 2-2 tie, as Oakland rolled past Minnesota, 5-2. Bando also drove in a run with a single in the eighth as the Athletics added two insurance runs for Paul Lindblad, who won in relief. The A's led, 1-0, in the opening frame on Bill North's single and stolen base and a single by Reggie Jackson. The Twins tied it in the fourth on a single by Steve Brye, two errors by Phil Garner and Tom Kelly's sacrifice fly. A double by Tony Oliva, single by Brye and Johnny Briggs' sacrifice fly moved Minnesota ahead again in the sixth, but Oakland tied the game again in the home half of the inning on a walk and singles by Claudell Washington and Jackson.

Reds 8, Braves 4 at Atlanta (night game):
Johnny Bench raised his major league-leading RBI total to 61 by doubling home one run in a four-run third, and hitting a three-run homer in the seventh as the Reds rapped the Braves, 8-4. Bill Plummer, filling in behind the plate while Bench took a "breather" in the outfield, whacked a two-run homer in the third when the Reds routed rookie starter Jamie Easterly and drove in another run with a single in the sixth. Jack Billingham, staked to an 8-1 lead, got his eighth victory in 11 decisions, although needing relief help in the eighth when Atlanta rallied for three runs, two of them singled home by Mike Lum, who had hit a solo homer in the second.

Astros 6, Dodgers 5 at Houston (night game):
The Astros scored all their runs in the second inning, three coming on Bob Watson's homer, and then held off the Dodgers, 6-5. Houston's big inning began when loser Burt Hooton walked Doug Rader. Rob Andrews, Greg Gross, Roger Metzger and Cesar Cedeno followed with singles before Watson unloaded his 10th round-tripper of the season. Los Angeles, which got single runs in the second and fifth, chased winner Dave Roberts with a three-run seventh. Two walks and an infield hit brought on reliever Joe Niekro, who was touched for singles by Ron Cey and Joe Ferguson, cutting the Houston lead to one run. Wayne Granger came on, picked Cey off third, got Steve Yeager on an infield grounder, then pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth and picked up his fifth save.

Cubs 6, Expos 0 at Montreal (night game):
The Cubs collected 13 hits, got a seven-hit performance from winner Ray Burris and help from the Montreal defense in posting a 6-0 victory over the Expos. Chicago opened up a 2-0 gap in the fourth when Jerry Morales doubled, Andre Thornton followed with a single off the arm of loser Fred Scherman, who stayed in the game but wild-pitched Morales across. Thornton, who had moved to third on a double play, scored on a passed ball. Singles by Rob Sperring and Manny Trillo, an error by center fielder Pepe Mangual and single by Burris made it 4-0 in the seventh. The Cubs added their final two markers in the eighth with the help of a fourth Montreal error. Thornton singled home Bill Madlock from second and Sperring followed with an RBI triple.

[DH] Cardinals 1, Mets 0 (night game) / Cardinals 4, Mets 0 at New York (night game):
Cardinal hurlers Ron Reed and John Denny extended the Mets' scoreless streak to 35 innings and losing streak to seven games as St. Louis swept a doubleheader, 1-0 and 4-0. Reed tossed a seven-hitter in the opener, Lou Brock scoring the game's only run in the first when he walked, stole two bases and came home on Ron Fairly's sacrifice fly. Denny limited New York to five hits in the second game, a scoreless duel with George Stone until pinch-hitter Ted Simmons cracked a grand-slam homer in the eighth. Stone gave up a single to Denny to open the frame. A sacrifice, walk and single by Luis Melendez filled the bases. Jon Matlack replaced Stone and Simmons, swinging for Reggie Smith who aggravated his back injury, homered into the bullpen in left, his 10th round-tripper of the season.

Phillies 6, Pirates 5 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies ended the Pirates' five-game winning streak, thanks to Ollie Brown's seventh-inning homer which snapped a tie, and gave reliever Tom Hilgendorf his first victory of the season, 6-5. Brown's two-run double had given Philadelphia a first-inning lead. Dave Cash homered in the second, but Willie Stargell cut the lead to 3-2 in the third, driving home a pair with a double, and the Pirates took the lead in the fifth on run-producing hits by Al Oliver and Stargell. Dave Parker's 12th homer expanded the Pittsburgh advantage to 5-3 in the sixth, but the Phils knotted the count in the home half on a walk, pinch-double by Jerry Martin, RBI single by Cash and a run-scoring passed ball.

Padres 7, Giants 6 at San Diego (night game):
Willie McCovey, who had belted three-run homer in the first, drove home the deciding run with an infield out in the seventh as the Padres edged the Giants, 7-6. Dave Tomlin, who relieved San Diego starter Joe McIntosh in the second, when the Giants scored five to take a 6-3 lead, hurled one-hit ball for the next 5 2/3 innings to gain the victory. The Giants led 6-4 in the bottom of the seventh when pinch-hitter Randy Hundley drew a walk. Johnny Grubb singled and Tito Fuentes plated both runners with a double to tie the score. Bobby Tolan sacrificed Fuentes to third, from where he scored the winning run on McCovey's slow bounder to second.