MLB standings through games of August 1, 1975

MLB standings at the end of August 1, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	106	64	42	0	.604		548	496	32-22	32-20	7-3	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	103	54	49	0	.524	8.5	431	379	29-24	25-25	7-3	Won 2
New York Yankees	104	53	51	0	.510	10.0	447	388	27-23	26-28	4-6	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	107	52	55	0	.486	12.5	452	507	28-26	24-29	3-7	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	102	46	56	0	.451	16.0	432	471	22-28	24-28	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	106	46	60	0	.434	18.0	414	519	27-29	19-31	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	105	66	39	0	.629		497	373	38-16	28-23	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	105	57	48	0	.543	9.0	469	434	32-18	25-30	8-2	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	103	51	52	0	.495	14.0	436	430	30-21	21-31	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	106	49	57	0	.462	17.5	463	495	25-26	24-31	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	107	47	60	0	.439	20.0	412	483	21-34	26-26	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	106	45	61	0	.425	21.5	496	522	21-31	24-30	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	105	63	42	0	.600		459	359	34-19	29-23	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	107	60	47	0	.561	4.0	485	443	39-15	21-32	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	103	55	48	0	.534	7.0	417	390	29-24	26-24	7-3	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	105	53	52	0	.505	10.0	421	439	28-25	25-27	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	107	49	58	0	.458	15.0	448	526	31-23	18-35	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	102	43	59	0	.422	18.5	358	430	24-28	19-31	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	107	69	38	0	.645		541	381	44-12	25-26	6-4	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	108	56	52	0	.519	13.5	430	371	31-21	25-31	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	106	53	53	0	.500	15.5	421	430	30-21	23-32	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	107	51	56	0	.477	18.0	356	422	25-27	26-29	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	106	46	60	0	.434	22.5	383	470	25-27	21-33	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	109	38	71	0	.349	32.0	431	489	23-31	15-40	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Orioles 6, Brewers 4 (night game) / Orioles 3, Brewers 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Tommy Davis hit his second grand-slam homer against the Brewers in six days as the Orioles swept a twi-night doubleheader, 6-4 and 3-1. Davis, whose bases-loaded drive helped beat the Brewers July 27 in Milwaukee, came to the plate in the fifth inning of the opener with the Orioles leading, 1-0, and hammered his homer off Bill Champion to score behind Elrod Hendricks and Brooks Robinson, who had singled, and Ken Singleton, who had walked. The Brewers chased Jim Palmer in the sixth, erupting for four runs, including two on a pinch-single by Hank Aaron, but Wayne Garland saved the Orioles' victory, allowing only one hit in the last 3 1/3 innings. In the nightcap, the Orioles broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh when Singleton singled and scored on a double by Jim Northrup. Paul Blair then came in to run for Northrup and later stole home to add an insurance marker.

Red Sox 8, Tigers 7 at Boston (night game):
Coming from behind in the ninth inning, the Red Sox scored twice with the aid of two errors to defeat the Tigers, 8-7. Willie Horton and Bill Freehan each hit two homers for the Tigers, while the Red Sox had round-trippers by Bernie Carbo, Fred Lynn and Jim Rice, all in the fifth inning. After Carbo's blow snapped a 2-2 tie, Carl Yastrzemski singled and Lynn and Rice followed with circuit clouts. The Tigers erupted for four runs in the ninth to take a 7-6 lead with successive homers by Horton and Freehan, Horton's blow coming with two aboard. In the Red Sox half, Denny Doyle extended his batting streak to 19 games with an infield hit and continued to second on a wild throw by Gene Michael. Yastrzemski singled, tying the score. After an intentional pass to Lynn, Rice bunted safely for his fourth hit of the game. Gene Pentz, pitching in relief for the Tigers, had no play at first base and tried for a forceout at third but threw wildly, allowing Yastrzemski to score the winning run.

Royals 6, A's 0 at Kansas City (night game):
Getting stronger as the game progressed, Steve Busby pitched the Royals to a 6-0 victory over the Athletics. Busby allowed four hits in the first three innings but only two the rest of the way. The Royals scored their first two runs on doubles by Cookie Rojas and Tony Solaita before wrapping up the decision by counting four times in the seventh with hits that included another double by Rojas, a triple by Amos Otis and homer by George Brett.

White Sox 5, Twins 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Pat Kelly and Ken Henderson knocked in five runs with homers in the third inning to power the White Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Twins in the rain-shortened first game of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader. The contest was called with one out in the bottom of the sixth after the Twins had counted their lone run on a single by Eric Soderholm and double by Danny Thompson. In the White Sox' outburst, Brian Downing singled ahead of Kelly's homer. Jorge Orta and Carlos May followed with singles and, after Deron Johnson was retired, Henderson hit for the circuit.

Yankees 5, Indians 4 at New York (night game):
In what proved to be Bill Virdon's last game as manager, the Yankees defeated the Indians. 5-4, with Catfish Hunter receiving credit for his 14th victory of the season. However, Virdon had to call on both Tippy Martinez and Dick Tidrow in relief to nail down the decision. The Indians rapped Hunter for two runs in the second inning on a homer by Boog Powell, pass to Oscar Gamble and double by Jack Brohamer, but the Yankees broke the 2-2 tie in the third. Roy White tripled and counted on a single by Thurman Munson. After a single by Graig Nettles and pass to Lou Piniella loaded the bases, Munson scored as Chris Chambliss grounded into a double play. The Yankees added their deciding run in the sixth on a walk to Chambliss and triple by Sandy Alomar. Brohamer homered for the Indians in the seventh. Another run followed off Martinez in the ninth before Tidrow retired the last two batters.

Rangers 2, Angels 1 at Texas (night game):
Back-to-back homers by Tom Grieve and Roy Howell off Ed Figueroa in the seventh inning lifted the Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Angels behind the two-hit pitching of Gaylord Perry. The Angels' run scored in the first on a walk to Morris Nettles, a sacrifice, infield hit by Jerry Remy and infield out by Adrian Garrett. Nettles singled in the third for the Angels' other safety.

Cardinals 9, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
Bob Gibson received credit for the first official save of his major league career when the veteran star pitched 3 2/3 innings of four-hit relief in the Cardinals' 9-4 victory over the Cubs. The Sporting News inaugurated the saves system in 1960 and Gibson received credit for one in a 6-5 victory over the Reds August 27, 1965, but the rule was not officially adopted until the 1969 season. The Cardinals built up a 5-0 lead before the Cubs knocked out John Denny in the sixth inning with a four-run burst that included a homer by Rick Monday with two men on base. After Gibson relieved, the Cardinals iced their victory with four runs in the eighth. Lou Brock, who had been sidelined with a stretched tendon in his ankle, appeared as a pinch-hitter and batted in two runs with a bases-loaded double.

Dodgers 5, Reds 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Ron Cey hit a homer after a single by Willie Crawford in the 10th inning to lift the Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Reds, but Lee Lacy also came in for a share of the hero's honors. The Reds scored their three runs in the sixth on a double by Pete Rose, single by Cesar Geronimo and homer by Johnny Bench. After the Dodgers came back with two runs in the seventh, Lacy hit a pinch-single in the eighth and scored the tying run on singles by Steve Garvey and Cey. Going to left field, Lacy threw out Bench at the plate in the ninth when the runner tried to score from second on a single by George Foster. In the 10th, Lacy made another accurate throw to the plate to nail Darrel Chaney, who attempted to score from second on Rose's fifth hit of the game.

[DH] Phillies 8, Expos 6 (night game) / Expos 6, Phillies 4 at Montreal (night game):
Homers by Jim Dwyer, Mike Jorgensen and Gary Carter powered the Expos to a 6-4 victory in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader for a split with the Phillies, who won the first game, 8-6, by scoring two runs in the 10th inning. In the opener, Larry Parrish homered with two men on base for the Expos in the fourth inning, but pinch-hitter Tony Taylor put the Phillies ahead, 6-5, with a three-run homer in the eighth. The Expos tied the score in their half with a triple by Pepe Mangual and error by Dick Allen. In the 10th, Mike Schmidt walked and scored when Jose Morales threw wildly after fielding a safe bunt by Johnny Oates. Taking second on the error, Oates went to third on a sacrifice by Gene Garber and scored an extra run on a single by Larry Bowa. Dwyer and Jorgensen each hit a two-run homer for the Expos in the first inning of the nightcap. Schmidt homered for the Phillies in the second and drove in two runs with a double in the fourth before scoring himself on a single by Tom Hilgendorf. Carter replied with his circuit clout in the fifth to break the tie and also scored again in the seventh on a walk, wild pitch and single by Larry Biittner.

Mets 4, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Batting with the bases loaded, Jesus Alou drove in two runs with a single in the fifth inning to enable the Mets to defeat the Pirates, 4-2, behind the pitching of George Stone and Bob Apodaca. The Mets scored their initial pair in the fourth. An infield hit by Gene Clines, error by Frank Taveras and single by Felix Millan accounted for the first run. Millan took second on the throw to the plate, moved to third on a grounder and scored when Dave Kingman beat out a surprise squeeze bunt. The Pirates came back with the tying pair in their half on a single by Dave Parker with the bases loaded. In the fifth, John Stearns walked and was forced by Stone. Clines then doubled and Millan drew an intentional pass to fill the bases and set the stage for Alou's deciding single.

Padres 4, Braves 0 at San Diego (night game):
Randy Jones, a 22-game loser in 1974, fortified his bid for this year's Cy Young Award by pitching the Padres to a 4-0 victory over the Braves. The shutout was the sixth of the season for the young lefthander, who brought his record to 14-6 and lowered his earned-run average to 1.89 as the leader among the league's starting pitchers. Jones yielded only three hits. The Padres collected five off loser Phil Niekro. Johnny Grubb batted in two runs and scored one.

Giants 3, Astros 2 at San Francisco (night game):
Successive homers by Willie Montanez and Chris Speier as the first two batters in the ninth inning carried the Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Astros. J.R. Richard, the Astros' loser, was leading, 2-1, with the Giants' run being unearned, before falling victim to the gopher pitches.