MLB standings through games of July 18, 1975

MLB standings at the end of July 18, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	89	52	37	0	.584		474	434	28-20	24-17	9-1	Won 9
Milwaukee Brewers	90	47	43	0	.522	5.5	384	418	26-20	21-23	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	88	45	43	0	.511	6.5	384	332	22-19	23-24	4-6	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	87	43	44	0	.494	8.0	351	327	22-20	21-24	6-4	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	88	40	48	0	.455	11.5	372	410	20-26	20-22	4-6	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	89	40	49	0	.449	12.0	356	427	22-23	18-26	7-3	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	89	57	32	0	.640		414	317	33-14	24-18	7-3	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	90	47	43	0	.522	10.5	397	379	27-18	20-25	2-8	Lost 4
Chicago White Sox	88	42	46	0	.477	14.5	366	361	25-19	17-27	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	92	43	49	0	.467	15.5	413	435	20-24	23-25	4-6	Won 2
California Angels	93	41	52	0	.441	18.0	364	423	18-30	23-22	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	89	39	50	0	.438	18.0	425	437	17-23	22-27	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	56	34	0	.622		404	313	30-14	26-20	7-3	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	91	51	40	0	.560	5.5	411	373	35-13	16-27	6-4	Won 2
New York Mets	87	44	43	0	.506	10.5	333	323	25-22	19-21	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	88	43	45	0	.489	12.0	337	357	24-21	19-24	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	92	43	49	0	.467	14.0	398	453	27-18	16-31	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	85	36	49	0	.424	17.5	295	363	19-23	17-26	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	92	62	30	0	.674		473	318	39-9	23-21	9-1	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	93	50	43	0	.538	12.5	364	309	28-17	22-26	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	90	42	48	0	.467	19.0	343	371	24-19	18-29	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	92	42	50	0	.457	20.0	310	372	22-23	20-27	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	90	40	50	0	.444	21.0	329	397	22-22	18-28	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	94	33	61	0	.351	30.0	381	429	21-25	12-36	5-5	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 9, Twins 6 at Baltimore (night game):
Elrod Hendricks hit a grand-slam homer and Lee May connected for the circuit with two men on base as the Orioles exploded for eight runs in the fourth inning to defeat the Twins, 9-6. May hit his second homer of the game in the eighth for the Orioles' final run. In the fourth, May and Jim Northrup singled and Don Baylor doubled for one run before Brooks Robinson walked to load the bases and Hendricks hit his slam off Dave Goltz. Bobby Grich and Al Bumbry were on base when May homered on his second time at bat during the inning.

Red Sox 9, Royals 3 at Boston (night game):
The Red Sox posted their ninth straight victory, defeating the Royals, 9-3, for their longest winning streak since the club's pennant year of 1967. The Red Sox started the attack on Steve Busby when Bernie Carbo singled and Carl Yastrzemski homered in the first inning. A single by Carlton Fisk, an error and doubles by Carbo and denny Doyle added three runs in the second. Jim Rice homered over Fenway Park's center field wall in the third. Bill Lee held the Royals to six hits. Harmon Killebrew drove in all their runs with a double and homer.

White Sox 4, Tigers 0 at Chicago (night game):
While winning for the 14th time, Jim Kaat racked up his first shutout of the season, pitching the White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Tigers. The veteran lefthander yielded only four hits. The White Sox scored all their runs in the fourth inning, knocking out Vern Ruhle. Deron Johnson led off with a single and after walks to Ken Henderson and Bill Melton loaded the bases, Jerry Hairston batted in one run with a single and Bucky Dent drove in two more with another single. Brian Downing accounted for the last run with a sacrifice fly after Bob Reynolds replaced Ruhle.

A's 7, Indians 6 at Cleveland (night game):
Billy Williams batted in two runs to raise his career total to 1,400 and Joe Rudi hit a homer to help the Athletics outlast the Indians, 7-6. John Lowenstein homered with two men on base in the second inning to put the Indians ahead, 3-2, but the A's picked up the tying tally in the third and took the lead with Rudi's round-tripper in the sixth. Williams singled for his RBIs in the seventh when the A's scored their final three runs. The Indians failed to catch up, although getting homers by Jack Brohamer and Rico Carty.

Brewers 2, Angels 0 at Milwaukee (night game):
A winner for the sixth straight time, Jim Slaton outdueled Nolan Ryan and pitched the Brewers to a 2-0 victory over the Angels. Ryan, who lost his seventh decision in succession, gave up the Brewers' runs in the fifth inning. Bob Sheldon singled, stopped at third on a double by Gorman Thomas and scored on a wild pitch. After Don Money walked, Thomas crossed the plate on an infield out by Robin Yount.

Rangers 1, Yankees 0 at Texas (night game):
A run-scoring single by Mike Cubbage in the seventh inning enabled the Rangers to edge the Yankees, 1-0, in a duel between Gaylord Perry and Catfish Hunter. Perry gave up four hits. Hunter allowed five and drew the defeat when Lenny Randle walked in the seventh and, after two out, took third on a single by Toby Harrah and scored on the hit by Cubbage, who went into the game batting only .205.

Dodgers 4, Pirates 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Pinch-hitting in the eighth inning, Manny Mota drove in two runs with a double to bring the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over the Pirates. The Dodgers took an early 2-0 lead before the Pirates erupted for three runs in the eighth on a double by Manny Sanguillen and homers by Al Oliver and Richie Zisk. Mike Marshall, making his eighth straight relief appearance, took over for Doug Rau and was the winner when Bill Buckner singled, Jim Wynn walked and Mota sent them both home with his double in the Dodgers' half.

Reds 10, Expos 3 at Montreal (night game):
After issuing three passes to load the bases, Dennis Blair struck out Johnny Bench, but the Expos' lefthander couldn't get past Tony Perez, who hit a grand-slam homer to start the Reds off to a 10-3 victory. After Perez' poke in the third inning, the Reds added four more runs in the fourth. Perez accounted for one run with an infield out for his fifth RBI of the game. Gary Carter homered for the Expos.

Braves 4, Mets 3 at New York (night game):
The Braves, after scoring three unearned runs on errors by Joe Torre and Mike Phillips in the fifth inning, picked up their only earned run of the game in the eighth and defeated the Mets, 4-3. Jon Matlack was the victim of his teammates' miscues and left the game for a pinch-hitter in the sixth. The Braves then scored what proved to be the winning run off Ken Sanders in the eighth on a single by Marty Perez, passes to Darrell Evans and Cito Gaston and a sacrifice fly by Vic Correll.

Phillies 7, Astros 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
Reliever Tom Hilgendorf, getting his first hit since 1972, drove in the tie-breaking tally in the seventh inning when the Phillies scored three times to defeat the Astros, 7-4. The Phillies had an earlier three-run inning in the second, scoring on walks to Dick Allen and Mike Schmidt, a triple by Garry Maddox and double by Dave Cash, but Bob Watson drove in three runs with a homer and single to help the Astros take a 4-3 lead. The Phillies opened the seventh with successive safe bunts by Schmidt and Maddox. Johnny Oates then singled to tie the score. Hilgendorf followed with his single to send the Phillies ahead. Larry Bowa added another run with a single before the inning ended. Schmidt capped the Phillies' scoring with a homer in the eighth. Hilgendorf did not bat during two years with the Indians because of the A. L.'s designated-hitter rule and was hitless in three previous trips for the Phillies this season.

Padres 4, Cubs 2 at San Diego (night game):
A two-run double by Gene Locklear in the seventh inning gave the Padres a 4-2 victory over the Cubs. Both of the Cubs' runs off Randy Jones were unearned. Bill Greif, who relieved when the Cubs tied the score at 2-2 in the top of seventh, gained the victory when the Padres pinned the defeat on Milt Wilcox in their half. With two out, Johnny Grubb and Tito Fuentes singled and both raced home when Locklear hit his double after Ken Frailing replaced Wilcox.

Giants 2, Cardinals 1 at San Francisco (night game):
Chris Speier singled with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, scoring Von Joshua, to lift the Giants to a 2-1 victory over the Cardinals. The Giants scored their initial run in the fourth on singles by Willie Montanez and Speier and an infield out by Gary Thomasson. The Cardinals, who collected only four hits in the game, tied the score in the ninth on singles by Luis Melendez and Ted Simmons around a sacrifice by Ted Sizemore. Joshua led off the Giants' 10th with a single and, after a sacrifice by Derrel Thomas, Bobby Murcer was handed an intentional pass. Following a passed ball that allowed both runners to advance, another intentional pass to Montanez loaded the bases to set the stage for Speier's hit.