MLB standings through games of July 21, 1975

MLB standings at the end of July 21, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	93	54	39	0	.581		490	452	28-20	26-19	8-2	Lost 1
New York Yankees	93	48	45	0	.516	6.0	412	350	23-19	25-26	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	94	48	46	0	.511	6.5	400	445	26-20	22-26	4-6	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	91	46	45	0	.505	7.0	367	337	25-21	21-24	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	92	42	50	0	.457	11.5	386	426	22-28	20-22	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	92	42	50	0	.457	11.5	375	441	24-24	18-26	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	93	58	35	0	.624		424	333	33-14	25-21	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	93	48	45	0	.516	10.0	411	398	27-18	21-27	2-8	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	92	45	47	0	.489	12.5	393	377	28-20	17-27	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	96	45	51	0	.469	14.5	431	451	22-26	23-25	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	97	43	54	0	.443	17.0	380	437	18-30	25-24	3-7	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	94	41	53	0	.436	17.5	443	465	19-25	22-28	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	94	58	36	0	.617		419	326	30-14	28-22	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	94	53	41	0	.564	5.0	427	387	37-14	16-27	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	90	46	44	0	.511	10.0	350	342	27-23	19-21	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	92	46	46	0	.500	11.0	356	365	24-21	22-25	7-3	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	95	44	51	0	.463	14.5	403	460	27-18	17-33	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	89	38	51	0	.427	17.5	310	379	21-25	17-26	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	95	63	32	0	.663		489	337	39-9	24-23	7-3	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	96	51	45	0	.531	12.5	372	318	29-19	22-26	3-7	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	94	45	49	0	.479	17.5	358	383	27-20	18-29	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	96	43	53	0	.448	20.5	315	390	23-26	20-27	3-7	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	94	42	52	0	.447	20.5	347	413	22-22	20-30	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	97	34	63	0	.351	30.0	396	442	21-25	13-38	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, A's 2 at Baltimore (night game):
Lee May, continuing to swing a hot bat for the Orioles, drove in two runs with his 17th home run and an RBI double as the Birds cut down the Athletics, 6-2. Baltimore wiped out a 1-0 Oakland lead in the second when May homered and Brooks Robinson later delivered an RBI single. The first of two errors by center fielder Bill North produced the winning run in the third. Tommy Davis and May singled and North then dropped a routine fly off the bat of Bobby Grich, Davis scoring. The O's knocked out loser Ken Holtzman in the fifth with back-to-back doubles by Davis and May. Winner Mike Torrez ran into control problems in the sixth, forcing in the final Oakland run with a bases-loaded walk. Wayne Garland came on and pitched scoreless relief the rest of the way.

Brewers 7, White Sox 4 at Chicago (night game):
Bobby Darwin's pinch three-run homer highlighted a four-run eighth which carried the Brewers past the White Sox, 7-4. Darwin connected after singles by Bill Sharp, Sixto Lezcano and Robin Yount had produced the first run of the frame, giving Milwaukee a 4-2 lead. The Brewers broke on top, getting a run in the second on doubles by Gorman Thomas and Bobby Mitchell, then adding two in the third on a bases-loaded single by Hank Aaron. Brian Downing and Pat Kelly got Chicago on the board in the seventh with RBI singles. Nyls Nyman singled home the final two Sox runs in the eighth.

Indians 2, Angels 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Oscar Gamble hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the 11th to lift the Indians past the Angels, 2-1. California had taken a 1-0 lead in the second on Leroy Stanton's 10th round tripper of the season. Cleveland scored the tying run in the fourth on Rick Manning's single, a double by George Hendrick and infield out by Rico Carty.

Royals 3, Tigers 2 at Detroit (night game):
John Mayberry drove in all of the Royals' runs with his 10th and 11th homers of the month as Kansas City edged the Tigers, 3-2. Mayberry hit his 19th round-tripper of the season in the first and unloaded again in the third with Frank White at first with a single. The Tigers got their first run in the fifth on Gene Michael's RBI single. Jack Pierce hit a bases-empty homer off winner Dennis Leonard in the seventh.

Twins 3, Yankees 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Bert Blyleven recorded his first shutout victory of the season as the Twins' righthander stopped the Yankees on four hits, 3-0. The winners bunched singles by Jerry Terrell, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva in the first inning for the only run Blyleven needed. Lyman Bostock's third hit of the game plated the final two runs in the seventh following singles by Carew and Oliva (who was removed for pinch-runner Larry Hisle) and a sacrifice by Eric Soderholm. Blyleven walked only one, an intentional pass to Lou Piniella in the seventh.

Rangers 6, Red Sox 0 at Texas (night game):
Inserted in the leadoff spot by new manager Frank Lucchesi, Dave Moates hit a first-inning homer to get the Rangers started on their way to a 6-0 victory over the Red Sox. After the homer by Moates, Texas tallied three more runs on a double by Lenny Randle, single by Mike Hargrove, double by Jeff Burroughs and two groundouts. That was more than enough for Fergie Jenkins, who shut out Boston on five hits. Burroughs hit his 19th homer of the season in the fifth.

Cubs 1, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Cubs scored an unearned run in the ninth to pin a fourth consecutive defeat on the Dodgers' Andy Messersmith, a 1-0 shutout. Jerry Morales opened the Chicago ninth with a single, and went to second when right fielder Willie Crawford bobbled the ball. Andre Thornton sacrificed Morales to third and Manny Trillo followed with an RBI single to center to make a winner of Rick Reuschel, who got ninth-inning relief help from Oscar Zamora. Reuschel pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the eighth.

Braves 4, Expos 1 at Montreal (night game):
The Braves tallied all their runs in the final two innings to defeat the Expos, 4-1, Earl Williams delivering the clincher, a two-run, ninth-inning homer. Montreal scored their run in the second on a walk, Larry Parrish's single and a sacrifice fly by Tim Foli, and made the lead stand up until the eighth. Cito Gaston walked and scored the tying run on Vic Correll's double. Dusty Baker followed with a pinch-hit single to send home Correll with the winning run.

Astros 6, Mets 2 at New York (night game):
Although he gave up 11 hits, including homers to Rusty Staub and Dave Kingman, Ken Forsch went distance for first time this season in pitching the Astros past the Mets, 6-2. Houston turned over four double plays, all on grounders by Joe Torre, who set an N.L. record by hitting into the quartet of twin-killings. The Astros counted twice in the first inning on the first of three hits by Wilbur Howard, Greg Gross' infield single, a throwing error by Mike Phillips and two groundouts. Howard doubled home a run in the second, Roger Metzger tripled home a pair in the third, and the final Houston run came in the fourth on singles by Howard and Gross and an infield out by Enos Cabell. Staub hit a solo homer in the second and Kingman duplicated the effort in the seventh for the Mets' only runs.

Reds 10, Phillies 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Reds used a big inning -- a five-run second which saw 11 batters go to the plate -- to turn back the Phillies, 10-4. George Foster, Dave Concepcion and Ken Griffey had run-producing singles in the frame. Cincinnati scored another run on catcher Johnny Oates' bad throw as Concepcion stole second. Tom Hilgendorf relieved Philadelphia starter Ron Schueler after Griffey's hit, and walked Joe Morgan and Tony Perez to force in the fifth run. Morgan's RBI single and Johnny Bench's sacrifice fly got two more Cincy runs across in the fourth. Morgan singled across another marker in the sixth and Foster tacked on a two-run double. Dave Cash got the Phillie runs across in the third and fifth with sacrifice flies. Oates drove in the final two in the sixth with a bases-loaded single.

Cardinals 4, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
Rookie Eric Rasmussen, making first big league start, shut out the Padres on seven hits and drove in a run with a single as the Cardinals climbed to the .500 level with a 4-0 decision. The Birds lost another run when a fourth-inning homer by Ted Simmons was disallowed after Simmons used an apparently illegal bat. Lou Brock's double, a stolen base and wild pitch by loser Brent Strom gave St. Louis its first run in the third. A double by Ken Reitz, singles by Mario Guerrero and Rasmussen and a a double play on which Guerrero scored pushed the Cardinal lead to 3-0 in the fifth. Reggie Smith singled home the winners' final marker in the eighth.

Giants 7, Pirates 2 at San Francisco (night game):
The Giants, who had scored only eight runs in Jim Barr's previous eight starting assignments, made amends as San Francisco defeated the Pirates, 7-2, giving the Frisco hurler his first victory in nearly two months. A three-run double by Chris Speier in the seventh wrapped up the game for the Giants, who never trailed. A walk, Derrel Thomas' triple and a Pirate error accounted for two runs in the first. A double by Gary Thomasson and single by Gary Matthews made it 3-1 in the third, after Richie Zisk had put the Pirates on the scoreboard with a solo homer in the second. Singles by Speier and Mike Sadek, sandwiched around an infield out, produced a Giant run in the fourth. Base hits by Paul Popovich, Rennie Stennett and Richie Hebner, who broke out of an 0-for-27 slump with four safeties, gave the Pirates their final run in the fifth.