MLB standings through games of August 8, 1975

MLB standings at the end of August 8, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	113	68	45	0	.602		580	524	34-24	34-21	7-3	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	111	61	50	0	.550	6.0	479	406	30-25	31-25	9-1	Won 6
New York Yankees	112	59	53	0	.527	8.5	485	410	29-24	30-29	8-2	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	114	53	61	0	.465	15.5	469	535	28-31	25-30	2-8	Lost 5
Cleveland Indians	110	51	59	0	.464	15.5	465	510	26-29	25-30	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	114	46	68	0	.404	22.5	439	568	27-33	19-35	0-10	Lost 13

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	113	70	43	0	.619		523	420	39-16	31-27	5-5	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	112	62	50	0	.554	7.5	508	455	37-19	25-31	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	113	55	58	0	.487	15.0	488	486	34-23	21-35	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	114	54	60	0	.474	16.5	516	524	29-29	25-31	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	115	50	65	0	.435	21.0	541	566	25-31	25-34	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	115	49	66	0	.426	22.0	441	530	21-35	28-31	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	113	66	47	0	.584		484	393	36-20	30-27	3-7	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	113	63	50	0	.558	3.0	516	468	41-17	22-33	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	112	58	54	0	.518	7.5	452	427	31-28	27-26	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	112	58	54	0	.518	7.5	455	467	31-26	27-28	7-3	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	115	53	62	0	.461	14.0	474	560	32-25	21-37	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	110	48	62	0	.436	16.5	398	464	25-29	23-33	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	113	74	39	0	.655		577	403	44-13	30-26	7-3	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	114	59	55	0	.518	15.5	453	384	33-24	26-31	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	113	55	58	0	.487	19.0	460	481	32-25	23-33	3-7	Lost 5
San Diego Padres	113	53	60	0	.469	21.0	384	456	27-30	26-30	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	113	50	63	0	.442	24.0	404	498	26-28	24-35	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	117	42	75	0	.359	34.0	474	530	25-31	17-44	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 4, Angels 3 at California (night game):
Larry Gura upped his career record to 3-0 over Nolan Ryan and the Angels with a 4-3 five-hit victory. Ed Herrmann cracked a home run and two singles to pace the Yankees. Ryan lasted 2 1/3 innings and made two throwing errors in his second comeback bid from a groin pull. The Yankees scored three in the first when Bobby Bonds walked, stole second and raced home when Ryan threw Sandy Alomar's bunt attempt away. Alomar stole second and then scored on Roy White's double. White advanced on Ryan's errant pickoff and scored on Thurman Munson's sacrifice fly. Dave Chalk hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Angels, who tied a club record by turning six double plays.

Orioles 7, White Sox 4 at Chicago (night game):
Don Baylor banged a single and double, drove in one and scored twice to keep his batting average at a .708 pace in his last six games and power the Orioles past the White Sox, 7-4. Dyar Miller posted the sixth save in his last eight appearances to clinch the Orioles' sixth straight triumph. The Orioles chased loser Wilbur Wood with a pair of walks in a three-run eighth capped by Lee May's RBI single and two-run Ken Singleton one-bagger off Rich Gossage. Dave Duncan homered in the sixth for the Orioles with Deron Johnson connecting in the eighth for the White Sox.

Indians 4, Royals 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Oscar Gamble greeted reliever Doug Bird with a two-run homer in the eighth for a 4-3 Indian triumph, ending the Royals' five-game win streak. Dave LaRoche notched his 10th save after John Mayberry homered off winner Roric Harrison, who had a four-hit shutout until the eighth when the Royals rallied on Tony Solaita's single, Vada Pinson's forceout, a single by Al Cowens and two-run double by Fred Patek. John Ellis and Gamble drove in early Indian runs off Marty Pattin.

Twins 3, Tigers 1 at Detroit (night game):
Jim Hughes pitched a seven-hitter as the Twins edged the Tigers, 3-1, for the losers' 13th consecutive setback, tying a club record set by the 1920 Tigers and tied in 1953. The Twins scored in the first on singles by Dan Ford, Tony Oliva and Eric Soderholm and made it 2-0 in the second on Lyman Bostock's RBI single. Ford had four hits and drove in the Twins' final run in the ninth. The Tigers avoided a shutout in the seventh on singles by Tom Veryzer, Ron LeFlore and Gary Sutherland.

Rangers 6, Brewers 4 at Milwaukee (night game):
A two-run homer by Toby Harrah and three-run pinch-blast by Roy Howell sparked a five-run Ranger sixth and a 6-4 victory over the Brewers. Harrah's homer followed a single by Lenny Randle off starter Bill Travers, who departed after a double by Jeff Burroughs and a base on balls. Howell, batting for Leo Cardenas, hit the first pitch off reliever Eduardo Rodriguez. The loss was the Brewers' eighth straight at County Stadium, which had a two-alarm fire in a storage area beneath the grandstand in the morning. Power was restored 2½ hours prior to the game.

A's 3, Red Sox 2 at Oakland (night game):
Gene Tenace hit a two-run homer in the seventh to boost the A's past the Red Sox, 3-2, after Reggie Jackson broke up Reggie Cleveland's no-hitter with a two-out homer in the same inning. Billy Williams followed Jackson with a single and scored on Tenace's shot. Cleveland had allowed just two runners on a walk and a hit batsman before Jackson's No. 28. Winner Ken Holtzman allowed five Red Sox hits before Rollie Fingers struck out four of five batters he faced for his 15th save.

[DH] Braves 1, Cubs 0 (night game) / Cubs 3, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Pinch-hitter Champ Summers drove in one run with a sacrifice fly and Gene Hiser singled in another for the seventh-inning runs that boosted the Cubs to a 3-1 victory and a split with Braves, who won the opener, 1-0, on a five-hitter by Carl Morton. The Cubs' rally began on a two-base throwing error by Darrell Evans. After a sacrifice bunt by Rob Sperring, Summers tied the score before Don Kessinger singled and Rick Monday walked, setting up Hiser's hit. Darold Knowles replaced winner Ray Burris for his 11th save. Morton extended his scoreless streak to 17 innings in the opener with the only run coming in the first when Ralph Garr doubled, was sacrificed to third and scored on a grounder by Earl Williams.

Expos 8, Reds 7 at Cincinnati (night game):
Larry Parrish's run-scoring single capped a three-run ninth as the Expos ended the five-game Reds' win string with an 8-7 victory. Mike Jorgensen tied the score with a two-run single, took second on the throw to the plate and scored on Parrish's hit. The Reds had taken a 7-5 lead in the eighth on RBI singles by George Foster and Merv Rettenmund. The Expos broke from a 5-0 deficit in the sixth against starter Tom Carroll with Parrish hitting a two-run triple and Larry Biittner, Tim Foli and Pete Mackanin singling in runs. A Rettenmund homer and two-run triples by Pete Rose and Johnny Bench put the Reds in front.

Astros 5, Pirates 3 at Houston (night game):
Jim Crawford relieved injured Doug Konieczny in the first and pitched 8 1/3 shutout innings as the Astros downed the Pirates, 5-3. The Bucs took the lead on a three-run homer by Dave Parker and chased Konieczny when the hurler's pitching hand was struck by a two-out single by Manny Sanguillen. The Astros scored twice in the first on run-scoring singles by Cliff Johnson and Milt May and added a tally in the second against reliever Kent Tekulve when Jerry DaVanon walked, stole second, took third on Sanguillen's throwing error and scored on Wilbur Howard's grounder. The go-ahead runs came in the third on doubles by Greg Gross and Johnson and a single by Doug Rader. The loss was their third straight and ninth in 13 games for the Pirates.

Dodgers 4, Mets 3 at New York (night game):
The Dodgers used a pair of RBIs by Ron Cey and homers by Steve Garvey and Jim Wynn to defeat the Mets, 4-3. Mike Marshall hurled three scoreless innings for his seventh relief victory. Wynn and Garvey singled off reliever Ken Sanders to open the Dodger eighth and advanced on a sacrifice before Cey's hit to center. The Mets had taken a 3-2 lead in the sixth when Dave Kingman was safe on Garvey's throwing error, took second on Joe Torre's single, moved to third on Rusty Staub's sacrifice and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jack Heidemann. Two-out doubles by Torre and Staub and an RBI single by Heidemann scored the Mets' runs in the fourth.

Phillies 5, Giants 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
A ninth-inning single by Dick Allen scored Garry Maddox with the winning run as the Phillies defeated the Giants, 5-4. Maddox singled with one out, stole second and took third on Randy Moffitt's wild pickoff attempt. Greg Luzinski was intentionally passed before Allen's hit to left past a drawn-in infield. The Giants had tied the score, 4-4, in the eighth on a three-run homer by Willie Montanez. The Phils scored twice in the second on Luzinski's homer and an RBI single by starting pitcher Tom Underwood. Luzinski's sacrifice fly made it 3-0 in the third. Gene Garber pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth relief triumph.

Cardinals 10, Padres 6 at St. Louis (night game):
The first six Cardinals singled in the first inning for a 4-0 lead that grew to 8-0 by the third when winning pitcher Bob Forsch hit a two-run homer before hanging on long enough for a 10-6 victory over the Padres. Forsch added a single to his first major league homer to raise his batting average to .316. The four-bagger was his first since 1970 when he played third base for Modesto (California). Lou Brock, making his first start since July 21, singled twice and walked twice. Mario Guerrero, making his first start in nine days, singled twice and doubled. Ted Simmons had three singles to raise his average to .342.