MLB standings through games of August 5, 1975

MLB standings at the end of August 5, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	110	66	44	0	.600		569	517	34-24	32-20	6-4	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	107	57	50	0	.533	7.5	453	392	30-25	27-25	7-3	Won 2
New York Yankees	109	57	52	0	.523	8.5	472	399	29-24	28-28	7-3	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	111	53	58	0	.477	13.5	461	520	28-28	25-30	3-7	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	107	49	58	0	.458	15.5	453	498	24-28	25-30	6-4	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	110	46	64	0	.418	20.0	428	546	27-29	19-35	1-9	Lost 9

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	110	68	42	0	.618		508	412	38-16	30-26	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	109	60	49	0	.550	7.5	491	446	35-19	25-30	7-3	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	110	53	57	0	.482	15.0	465	474	32-22	21-35	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	111	52	59	0	.468	16.5	504	508	28-28	24-31	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	112	49	63	0	.438	20.0	433	507	21-34	28-29	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	112	49	63	0	.438	20.0	533	551	25-31	24-32	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	110	66	44	0	.600		478	378	36-20	30-24	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	111	62	49	0	.559	4.5	508	459	40-16	22-33	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	109	56	53	0	.514	9.5	433	417	29-27	27-26	4-6	Lost 5
St. Louis Cardinals	110	56	54	0	.509	10.0	441	459	29-26	27-28	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	112	51	61	0	.455	16.0	466	555	32-25	19-36	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	107	47	60	0	.439	17.5	384	441	25-29	22-31	7-3	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	111	73	38	0	.658		558	390	44-12	29-26	7-3	Won 4
Los Angeles Dodgers	112	58	54	0	.518	15.5	445	376	33-23	25-31	5-5	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	111	55	56	0	.495	18.0	451	464	32-24	23-32	4-6	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	111	52	59	0	.468	21.0	372	445	26-30	26-29	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	110	48	62	0	.436	24.5	397	491	25-27	23-35	5-5	Lost 2
Houston Astros	114	40	74	0	.351	34.5	462	520	23-31	17-43	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 3, Red Sox 0 at Boston (night game):
Allowing only two hits, Jim Palmer became a 16-game winner by pitching the Orioles to a 3-0 victory over the Red Sox. The Orioles, who collected 11 hits, nicked Luis Tiant for a run in the third inning on a double by Mark Belanger and single by Bobby Grich. Singles by Jim Northrup, Don Baylor and Brooks Robinson added another in the fourth before the final tally counted in the fifth on a double by Al Bumbry and an error. Denny Doyle, who had hit safely in 22 straight games for the Red Sox, was stopped on his streak by Palmer.

[DH] Angels 10, White Sox 4 (night game) / White Sox 4, Angels 1 at Chicago (night game):
Going from feast to famine, the Angels collected 17 hits and won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 10-4, before being held to four hits while losing the second game to the White Sox, 4-1. Mickey Rivers rapped four hits and Dave Chalk and Bobby Valentine had three apiece in the opener. Jerry Remy drove in four runs with a pair of singles. In the nightcap, the White Sox erupted for all their runs in the sixth inning after loading the bases on passes to Carlos May and Bill Melton around a double by Deron Johnson. Jerry Hairston walked to force in the first run. Bucky Dent hit a sacrifice fly for another tally and Pete Varney then capped the inning with a two-run double.

Indians 8, Tigers 4 at Cleveland (night game):
Scoring five runs in the first two innings, the Indians went on to defeat the Tigers, 8-4. Rico Carty drove in one run with a sacrifice fly in the first and batted in two more with a bases-loaded single in the second. The Indians' designated hitter accounted for his fourth RBI with a single in the eighth. Ron LeFlore and Billy Baldwin homered for the Tigers, who lost their ninth straight.

Royals 6, Twins 1 at Kansas City (night game):
John Mayberry hit his third homer in the last three games, connecting with a man on base in the fourth inning, to pace the Royals to a 6-1 victory over the Twins. Fred Patek singled in the fourth, stole second and scored on a single by Amos Otis before Mayberry hit for the circuit. The Royals added another run in that same stanza on two walks and an error. Al Fitzmorris held the Twins to two hits, but they produced a run in the fifth when Johnny Briggs doubled and Eric Soderholm singled.

Yankees 4, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
A homer by Bobby Bonds in the ninth inning for his fourth hit of the game enabled vYankees to defeat the Brewers, 4-3, for Catfish Hunter's 15th victory of the season. Circuit clouts by Don Money and George Scott gave the Brewers a 3-2 lead before the Yankees tied the score in the seventh with a solo swat by Chris Chambliss and run-scoring single by Bonds.

[DH] A's 3, Rangers 2 (night game) / Rangers 15, A's 2 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers, after collecting only two hits off Dick Bosman and losing the first game, 3-2, came slugging back in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader to wallop the Athletics, 15-2. The Rangers took a 2-1 lead in the opener when Toby Harrah hit a two-run homer in the second inning, but the A's came back to win with a pair in the fifth on a single by Sal Bando, double by Phil Garner, grounder by Bert Campaneris and sacrifice fly by Jim Holt. The Rangers piled up 17 hits in the nightcap, including two homers by Roy Howell. In the sixth inning, when the Rangers exploded for eight runs, Howell hit the first grand slam of his major league career.

Dodgers 5, Braves 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Don Sutton became the N. L.'s first 15-game winner of the season, pitching the Dodgers to a 5-0 victory over the Braves. The shutout was his fourth of the season and 40th of his career. Jim Wynn scored the 1,000th run of his career, hitting a homer in the sixth inning.

[DH] Expos 7, Mets 0 (night game) / Expos 7, Mets 0 at New York (night game):
Don Carrithers pitched a five-hitter in the first game and the Expos followed with a combined five-hitter by Dennis Blair and Woodie Fryman in the second game to shut out the Mets in both ends of a twi-night doubleheader by identical scores of 7-0. The Expos backed Carrithers with an 11-hit attack, including homers by Bob Bailey and Barry Foote. Blair worked 6 1/3 innings in the nightcap before yielding the mound to Fryman, who retired the last eight batters in succession. Tim Foli and Pete Mackanin each had three of the Expos' 14 hits.

Phillies 13, Cubs 5 at Philadelphia (night game):
Sending 16 men to bat, the Phillies exploded for 10 runs in the first inning and crushed the Cubs, 13-5. The first eight Phils hit safely before Dick Ruthven sacrificed for the first out. Dave Cash walked and Larry Bowa popped up, but two more hits and two walks followed to prolong the inning until Mike Schmidt struck out. Garry Maddox drove in four runs during the outburst with a homer and single. Schmidt hit for the circuit with a man on base and then homered again for two more runs in the fifth.

Padres 6, Astros 5 at San Diego (night game):
Bobby Tolan raced home from second base on an error in the 10th inning to bring the Padres a 6-5 victory over the Astros. The game was forced into overtime when the Astros tied the score in the ninth with a single by Milt May and double by Ken Boswell that drove in pinch-runner Skip Jutze. In the 10th, Tolan singled and moved to second on a balk by Wayne Granger. After an intentional pass to Hector Torres, Fred Kendall batted for Bob Davis and hit a grounder to shortstop Jerry DaVanon, who threw wildly to first base, allowing Tolan to cross the plate.

Reds 6, Giants 3 at San Francisco (night game):
With Cesar Geronimo providing three key hits, the Reds broke away in the last four innings to defeat the Giants, 6-3. Geronimo doubled in the sixth to spark a two-run rally that tied the score at 3-3. Then in the seventh, Dan Driessen walked, took second on a throwing error by Ed Halicki and scored the tie-breaking tally on a single by Geronimo. The Reds iced their victory in the ninth, scoring two runs with hits that included a single by Geronimo.

Pirates 6, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Richie Zisk, Duffy Dyer and Bill Robinson batted in two runs apiece to account for the Pirates' scoring in a 6-1 victory over the Cardinals. Zisk drove in his runs with a double in the second and homer in the fifth. Dyer tripled to score two runs in the fourth and Robinson produced the last pair with another triple in the ninth.