MLB standings through games of July 4, 1975

MLB standings at the end of July 4, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	77	42	35	0	.545		383	362	19-20	23-15	4-6	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	79	43	36	0	.544		353	361	24-17	19-19	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	78	41	37	0	.526	1.5	357	292	18-15	23-22	2-8	Lost 6
Baltimore Orioles	77	37	40	0	.481	5.0	305	288	20-20	17-20	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	77	35	42	0	.455	7.0	306	344	18-23	17-19	7-3	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	76	30	46	0	.395	11.5	300	395	16-23	14-23	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	79	50	29	0	.633		365	287	28-11	22-18	7-3	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	79	44	35	0	.557	6.0	355	323	24-12	20-23	6-4	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	77	37	40	0	.481	12.0	327	324	23-18	14-22	8-2	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	80	38	42	0	.475	12.5	360	381	18-24	20-18	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	78	36	42	0	.462	13.5	373	378	16-21	20-21	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	83	37	46	0	.446	15.0	332	381	17-25	20-21	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	47	31	0	.603		339	272	25-12	22-19	7-3	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	80	44	36	0	.550	4.0	340	319	30-13	14-23	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	75	40	35	0	.533	5.5	293	269	24-21	16-14	7-3	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	81	39	42	0	.481	9.5	348	390	24-12	15-30	4-6	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	77	37	40	0	.481	9.5	301	328	19-17	18-23	5-5	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	73	32	41	0	.438	12.5	261	316	18-22	14-19	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	81	52	29	0	.642		410	287	32-9	20-20	8-2	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	83	45	38	0	.542	8.0	334	280	25-16	20-22	3-7	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	80	39	41	0	.487	12.5	310	323	23-18	16-23	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	81	38	43	0	.469	14.0	271	312	21-20	17-23	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	78	34	44	0	.436	16.5	284	352	17-17	17-27	5-5	Won 2
Houston Astros	83	28	55	0	.337	25.0	333	376	17-23	11-32	2-8	Lost 7

Today's scores and summaries:

Indians 3, Red Sox 2 at Cleveland (night game):
The Indians posted their 11th victory in the last 14 games when Oscar Gamble homered with a man on base in the seventh inning to beat the Red Sox, 3-2. Carl Yastrzemski homered for the Red Sox, who held a 2-1 lead before George Hendrick walked in the seventh and Gamble followed with his game-winning blow off Luis Tiant.

Tigers 8, Brewers 2 at Detroit (night game):
The Tigers scored four runs in the first inning, three coming on a homer by Bill Freehan, to defeat the Brewers, 8-2, and hand Bill Travers his first loss of the season after the lefthander had won four previous decisions. Ron LeFlore and Gary Sutherland led off with singles and when Travers failed to cover first on a grounder by Dan Meyer, LeFlore scored. Travers then retired Willie Horton but failed to get past Freehan, who hit the homer that decided the outcome. One of the Brewers' runs came on a round-tripper by Don Money.

Royals 3, White Sox 2 at Kansas City (night game):
A single by Wohlford in the ninth inning scored Frank White from second base and gave the Royals a 3-2 victory over the White Sox, who lost for only the second time in their last 13 games. The Royals counted their initial pair in the first on a triple by George Brett, sacrifice fly by Hal McRae and John Mayberry's fourth homer in four games. The White Sox, after picking up a run in the sixth, tied the score in the ninth when Bucky Dent doubled and Jorge Orta singled. In the Royals' half, Al Cowens singled and White beat out a bunt. Fred Patek, trying to sacrifice, forced Cowens at third, but Wohlford then came through with his winning hit off Wilbur Wood.

[DH] Twins 8, Rangers 0 (night game) / Rangers 4, Twins 2 at Minnesota (night game):
Dan Ford drove in five runs with two homers and a double in support of Bill Campbell, who pitched the Twins to an 8-0 victory in the opener of a doubleheader, but the Rangers came back with a four-run outburst in the sixth inning to win the nightcap, 4-2, although Ford hit another homer. The Twins' outfielder opened his slugging in the lidlifter with a circuit clout in the first. After driving in another run with a double in the third, Ford homered with two aboard in the sixth. In the second game, the Twins counted both their runs in the fourth on Ford's third homer of the night, a double by Tony Oliva and single by Eric Soderholm. The Rangers opened their rally in the sixth with the tying tallies on a walk to Roy Howell and homer by Jeff Burroughs. Singles by Mike Hargrove and Jim Spencer, a ground-rule double by Toby Harrah and single by Cesar Tovar then added the winning pair.

Orioles 5, Yankees 4 at New York (night game):
The Orioles caught up with Catfish Hunter in the ninth inning and scored three runs to defeat the Yankees, 5-4, and bring Jim Palmer credit for his 13th victory. Ken Singleton and Lee May hit homers in the sixth for the Orioles' first two runs, but the Yankees picked up one in their half of the sixth on a triple by Ron Blomberg and infield out by Thurman Munson. Graig Nettles homered to tie the score in the seventh and the Yankees then took a 3-2 lead in the eighth on a double by Blomberg and single by Munson. Don Baylor sparked the Orioles' rally in the ninth, hitting his fifth homer in the last four games. Brooks Robinson singled and, after a pass to Dave Duncan, Tommy Davis and Singleton rapped run-producing singles to put the Orioles ahead, 5-3. The Yankees forced the exit of Palmer in their half of the ninth when Nettles led off the inning with a double. Grant Jackson relieved and retired the side after a run scored on a sacrifice fly by Walt Williams.

A's 6, Angels 0 at Oakland (night game):
Ken Holtzman, who started the season in faltering fashion and had a 3-6 record with the Athletics at the end of May, gained his sixth victory in his last seven decisions, pitching a four-hitter to shut out the Angels, 6-0. Bill North and Gene Tenace each batted in two runs to entertain the crowd of 40,879.

Braves 5, Astros 4 at Atlanta (night game):
After rallying for two runs to tie the score, the Braves defeated the Astros, 5-4, when Ralph Garr homered in the eighth inning. A two-run single by Bob Watson put the Astros ahead in the seventh, 4-2, but the Braves came back with a matching pair in their half on a single by Marty Perez, double by Dusty Baker, infield out by Darrell Evans and single by Earl Williams.

[DH] Cubs 6, Pirates 1 (day game) / Cubs 2, Pirates 1 at Chicago (day game):
Pitching coach Marv Grissom said, "Maybe it's home cooking," to account for the Cubs' success in sweeping a doubleheader with the Pirates, 6-1 and 2-1, on the club's return to Wrigley Field after a long road trip. The second game went 11 innings before Jose Cardenal won it with a bases-loaded single. Steve Stone pitched a five-hitter in the opener and also batted in two runs with a single. In the second game, Andre Thornton tripled with one out in the 11th. Jerry Reuss then issued intentional passes to Steve Swisher and Manny Trillo, loading the bases with the hope of setting up a double play, but Cardenal wrecked the strategy with his single.

Giants 1, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
A hit batsman led to a run in the fifth inning and enabled John Montefusco to pitch the Giants to a 1-0 victory over the Dodgers in a duel with Andy Messersmith. Derrel Thomas, who was nicked by a pitch with one out, advanced to third on a single by Bobby Murcer. Willie Montanez then grounded into a forceout at second, but Murcer broke up the attempted double play, allowing Thomas to score.

Mets 4, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Homers by Dave Kingman and Jerry Grote provided the fireworks as the Mets exploded for three runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Phillies, 4-3, before a holiday crowd of 55,301, the largest turnout in the N. L. so far this season. Tom Seaver, who was losing, 3-1, before going out for a pinch-hitter in the rally, was the beneficiary of the blows and gained the victory at the expense of his former teammate, Tug McGraw, who was the loser in relief. Kingman led off the ninth with his homer. Cleon Jones batted for Del Unser and singled. After a sacrifice by John Stearns, Jesus Alou struck out as the pinch-hitter for Seaver. Grote then came to bat for Mike Phillips and delivered the game-winning homer.

Reds 7, Padres 6 at San Diego (night game):
Although unable to hurl the route, Jack Billingham gained his seventh straight victory when the Reds defeated the Padres, 7-6. Ken Griffey and Cesar Geronimo each drove in two runs for the Reds and Johnny Bench contributed a homer to the attack. Dick Sharon homered off Billingham with two men on base in the third inning. Billingham was removed after walking Randy Hundley and giving up a double by Ted Kubiak with one out in the sixth. Greeting the arrival of Pedro Borbon in relief, Bobby Tolan smashed a homer, cutting the Reds' lead to one run. However, Borbon choked off further scoring before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth and Will McEnaney checked the Padres in the final two frames.

Expos 5, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
With relief help from Dan Warthen, Steve Renko beat the Cardinals for the second time in six days and contributed two hits to the Expos' 5-1 victory. The Cards' only run came on a homer by Reggie Smith in the fourth inning. Renko scored one run and drove in another before leaving the game with a stiff shoulder after throwing one pitch in the seventh. In his previous meeting with the Cardinals June 29, Renko pitched the route and also rapped three hits in a 7-3 victory.