MLB standings through games of August 3, 1975

MLB standings at the end of August 3, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	108	66	42	0	.611		561	502	34-22	32-20	8-2	Won 5
Baltimore Orioles	105	55	50	0	.524	9.5	438	384	30-25	25-25	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	107	55	52	0	.514	10.5	466	395	29-24	26-28	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	109	53	56	0	.486	13.5	457	514	28-26	25-30	3-7	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	105	47	58	0	.448	17.5	439	490	22-28	25-30	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	108	46	62	0	.426	20.0	420	532	27-29	19-33	2-8	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	107	67	40	0	.626		503	383	38-16	29-24	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	107	58	49	0	.542	9.0	479	440	33-19	25-30	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	107	51	56	0	.477	16.0	453	461	30-21	21-35	3-7	Lost 4
Texas Rangers	108	50	58	0	.463	17.5	475	503	26-27	24-31	3-7	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	110	49	61	0	.445	19.5	527	539	25-31	24-30	6-4	Won 4
California Angels	109	48	61	0	.440	20.0	420	495	21-34	27-27	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	108	65	43	0	.602		468	372	36-20	29-23	5-5	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	109	61	48	0	.560	4.5	493	451	39-15	22-33	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	106	56	50	0	.528	8.0	430	399	29-24	27-26	6-4	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	108	55	53	0	.509	10.0	435	449	28-25	27-28	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	110	50	60	0	.455	16.0	458	540	32-25	18-35	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	104	44	60	0	.423	19.0	366	438	25-29	19-31	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	109	71	38	0	.651		545	382	44-12	27-26	7-3	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	110	56	54	0	.509	15.5	431	375	31-23	25-31	3-7	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	109	55	54	0	.505	16.0	443	451	32-22	23-32	6-4	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	109	51	58	0	.468	20.0	363	435	25-29	26-29	6-4	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	108	48	60	0	.444	22.5	396	477	25-27	23-33	5-5	Won 2
Houston Astros	112	39	73	0	.348	33.5	452	511	23-31	16-42	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Brewers 4, Orioles 1 at Baltimore (day game):
The Brewers posted a 4-1 victory behind the three-hit pitching of Jim Slaton to snap a string of six straight losses to the Orioles. Singles by Lee May and Elrod Hendricks, sandwiched around a passed ball, spoiled Slaton's shutout bid in the seventh inning. Brewers' scoring included a homer by Bobby Mitchell.

Red Sox 6, Tigers 4 at Boston (day game):
The Red Sox smashed three homers, bringing their club total to 100 for the season, and defeated the Tigers, 6-4, to complete a sweep of the five-game series. Denny Doyle, hitting safely in his 21st straight game, started the Red Sox scoring with a two-run drive in the first inning. Fred Lynn batted in a run with a double in the third before the Tigers countered with a two-run homer by Aurelio Rodriguez in the fourth. After Rick Burleson made it 4-2 with a round-tripper in the seventh, the Tigers tied the score with a two-run single by Ben Oglivie in the eighth. Cecil Cooper broke the deadlock with a circuit clout in the home half and another run followed to insure the Red Sox victory on a pass to Burleson, an infield out and single by Doyle.

Royals 5, A's 0 at Kansas City (day game):
Paul Splittorff gave up a one-out pass to Phil Garner, yielded an infield hit by Claudell Washington and then retired the last 26 batters in a row while pitching the Royals to a 5-0 victory over the Athletics. John Mayberry homered with a man on base in the fourth inning and George Brett knocked in three runs with a double in the eighth.

[DH] Twins 7, White Sox 4 (day game) / Twins 12, White Sox 9 at Minnesota (day game):
Led by the hitting of Eric Soderholm, Dan Ford and Rod Carew, the Twins posted 7-4 and 12-9 victories to sweep a doubleheader with the White Sox for the second time in two days. Soderholm batted in four runs in the opener, hitting a homer with two men on base in the first inning and getting his other RBI with a grounder in the third. Ford homered in the fifth. Ford and Carew drove in seven runs between them in the nightcap. Ford accounted for three of his RBIs with a double in the third inning when the Twins erupted for eight runs. Deron Johnson had three hits for the White Sox, including a homer, and batted in three runs.

[DH] Yankees 12, Indians 1 (day game) / Indians 3, Yankees 2 at New York (day game):
The Yankees scored more than enough runs to win the first game of a doubleheader, 12-1, but then failed to score enough and lost the second game to the Indians, 3-2. In the opener, the Yankees enjoyed their biggest single-inning spree of the season, pushing across seven runs in the fifth on six hits, two walks and a pair of hit batsmen. The Yankees' five-game winning streak, the last two coming under new manager Billy Martin, was snapped in the nightcap. Larry Gura, pitching with a 2-1 lead, was removed in the eighth inning after yielding a single by George Hendrick. Rico Carty, who had previously hit two doubles and a single, greeted the arrival of Dick Tidrow in relief with a homer to win the game for the Indians.

Angels 6, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
The Angels lost a 4-0 lead after Nolan Ryan aggravated an old muscle injury and had to leave the game, but then scored twice in the ninth inning to defeat the Rangers, 6-4. Adrian Garrett drove in three of the Angels' early runs with a homer and single. Ryan walked Dave Moates to open the sixth inning and had a 3-2 count on Lenny Randle before yielding the mound. Jim Brewer completed the pass and, with two out, gave up run-scoring singles by Jim Spencer and Toby Harrah. Roy Howell added a Ranger run with a homer in the seventh and tied the score with an RBI single in the eighth. However in the ninth, Ike Hampton singled and Mike Miley sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Morris Nettles, Mickey Rivers singled, driving in the tie-breaking tally. Jerry Remy added another run with a sacrifice fly.

[DH] Cubs 6, Cardinals 3 (day game) / Cardinals 7, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
Playing before 32,691, their largest crowd of the season, the Cubs erupted for six runs in the eighth inning and won the first game of a doubleheader, 6-3, before losing the second game to the Cardinals, 7-4. Ted Sizemore batted in the Cards' three runs in the opener. The Cubs, after being held to three hits in the first seven innings, batted around in the eighth, knocking out Lynn McGlothen after their first run scored on two walks and a single by Jerry Morales. Al Hrabosky, in relief, passed two more to force in another run. Gene Hiser and Tom Dettore then whacked singles off Mike Garman, driving in two runs apiece. In the nightcap, Willie Davis batted in four runs with a single and homer to lead the Cards' attack. Reggie Smith had a homer, double and single, driving in two runs.

Reds 3, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (day game):
Pat Darcy allowed only five hits and one run in 6 2/3 innings and gained his sixth straight victory when the Reds defeated the Dodgers, 3-1. A blister on his pitching finger forced the rookie's departure. Rawly Eastwick finished the game. The Reds began the scoring in the second on a walk to Tony Perez and singles by George Foster and Cesar Geronimo. Ken Griffey walked and Joe Morgan doubled for another run in the third before the Dodgers picked up their tally in the sixth on singles by Davey Lopes and Steve Garvey around an infield out. The Reds then iced the victory with a homer by Dave Concepcion in the seventh.

Phillies 5, Expos 4 at Montreal (day game):
After Mike Schmidt committed an error that resulted in four unearned runs in the third inning, the Phillies' third baseman hit a score-tying homer in the eighth and then doubled in the 10th to lead the Phils to a 5-4 win over the Expos. Tim Foli singled in the third and after Barry Foote reached on Schmidt's miscue, the Expos took a 4-2 lead with their runs on a walk to Steve Rogers, sacrifice fly by Pepe Mangual, pass to Pete Mackanin and double by Jose Morales. The Phillies picked up a run in the sixth on a double by Garry Maddox and single by Jay Johnstone. Following his homer in the eighth, Schmidt hit his double in the overtime stanza and scored the winning run on a pinch-single by Tommy Hutton.

[DH] Pirates 5, Mets 4 (day game) / Pirates 4, Mets 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
A homer by Duffy Dyer in the 15th inning of the first game and the batting of Richie Hebner in the second game carried the Pirates to 5-4 and 4-3 victories in a doubleheader with the Mets. The Pirates took a 3-0 lead against Tom Seaver in the opener, but the Mets came back with the aid of a homer by John Milner to tie the score before going ahead in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Rusty Staub. Al Oliver pulled the Pirates even in their half with a double that drove in Hebner. The game then went scoreless until Dyer broke up the four-hour, seven-minute marathon with a homer off Bob Apodaca to beat his former Mets' teammates. In the nightcap, Hebner drove in two runs with a double in the first inning and two more with a homer in the third. Mets' scoring included a round-tripper by Gene Clines.

Braves 5, Padres 1 at San Diego (day game):
Carl Morton yielded a run in the first inning but then shut out the Padres the rest of the way while pitching the Braves to a 5-1 victory. The Padres' tally counted on a double by Johnny Grubb, a sacrifice and infield out. Dave May tied the score with a homer in the fourth. The Braves then took the lead with singles by Rowland Office and Darrell Evans around a sacrifice in the sixth before clinching the verdict with three runs in the eighth on a homer by Evans, single by Earl Williams, double by Dusty Baker and single by Mike Lum.

[DH] Giants 5, Astros 4 (day game) / Astros 10, Giants 9 at San Francisco (day game):
Milt May batted in five runs with a homer, triple and infield out to pace the Astros to a 10-9 victory in the second game of a doubleheader for a split with the Giants, who won the first game, 5-4. In the opener, the Giants scored all their runs in the first two innings. A single by Derrel Thomas and doubles by Bobby Murcer, Gary Matthews and Chris Speier accounted for three runs in the first. Singles by Von Joshua, Thomas, Murcer and Matthews added the deciding pair in the second. The Astros, after falling behind in the first inning of the nightcap, 4-0, battled back to take a 6-4 lead in the fourth. The Giants knotted the count with a pair in the fifth, but two errors, a double by Jose Cruz and infield out by May produced three runs for the Astros in the sixth. Their winning tally followed in the seventh on singles by Jerry DaVanon, Rob Andrews and Jim Crawford, whose hit earned him credit for the victory in relief.