MLB standings through games of August 20, 1975

MLB standings at the end of August 20, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	125	75	50	0	.600		629	562	34-24	41-26	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	123	67	56	0	.545	7.0	532	448	34-28	33-28	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	123	62	61	0	.504	12.0	518	460	29-26	33-35	3-7	Lost 4
Cleveland Indians	121	55	66	0	.455	18.0	511	563	28-32	27-34	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	125	56	69	0	.448	19.0	513	585	29-32	27-37	3-7	Lost 5
Detroit Tigers	125	50	75	0	.400	25.0	471	604	27-38	23-37	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	125	75	50	0	.600		555	465	44-23	31-27	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	122	68	54	0	.557	5.5	539	486	40-21	28-33	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	124	61	63	0	.492	13.5	533	536	38-28	23-35	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	126	61	65	0	.484	14.5	564	574	29-29	32-36	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	126	58	68	0	.460	17.5	598	607	31-34	27-34	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	127	58	69	0	.457	18.0	497	570	30-38	28-31	7-3	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	124	69	55	0	.556		515	434	38-20	31-35	3-7	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	124	68	56	0	.548	1.0	568	521	44-22	24-34	4-6	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	125	67	58	0	.536	2.5	508	505	35-27	32-31	7-3	Won 2
New York Mets	124	64	60	0	.516	5.0	503	471	36-32	28-28	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	126	58	68	0	.460	12.0	526	611	32-27	26-41	4-6	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	123	52	71	0	.423	16.5	442	536	29-36	23-35	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	124	83	41	0	.669		644	434	52-13	31-28	8-2	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	124	67	57	0	.540	16.0	492	412	33-24	34-33	8-2	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	125	61	64	0	.488	22.5	512	527	32-25	29-39	5-5	Lost 5
San Diego Padres	125	57	68	0	.456	26.5	429	519	27-30	30-38	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	127	56	71	0	.441	28.5	448	569	32-36	24-35	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	129	48	81	0	.372	37.5	526	574	31-37	17-44	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 6, Brewers 1 at California (day game):
Last a winner on July 30, Nolan Ryan combined with Andy Hassler on a three-hitter as the Angels rolled over the slumping Brewers, 6-1. California scored three in the second on four walks and a bases-loaded error by first baseman Mike Hegan. Adrian Garrett homered for the Angels leading off the third and Mickey Rivers singled home the winners' final two runs in the sixth. Ryan had a shutout until Bill Sharp and Robin Yount doubled in the eighth. Hassler relieved and got the final four outs.

Royals 3, Red Sox 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Rookie Dennis Leonard hurled his sixth complete game of the season, outdueling Luis Tiant as the Royals stopped the Red Sox, 3-1. John Mayberry doubled and scored the winners' first run in the fourth on a single by George Brett. Al Cowens' two-out double got Brett home. Amos Otis tripled with two out in the fifth and crossed the plate on Mayberry's opposite-field double. Boston's run came on a two-out two-bagger by Cecil Cooper and Denny Doyle's single in the top of the third.

Orioles 3, Twins 2 at Minnesota (night game):
Dave Duncan's ninth-inning double and an infield hit by Tommy Davis on which the Twins' Rod Carew made the throwing error produced the deciding run as the Orioles nipped Minnesota, 3-2. Bobby Grich hit a solo homer for the visitors in the top of the first, but the Twins quickly tied it on Carew's infield hit and a two-out double by Craig Kusick. The game was scoreless from that point until the top of the seventh when Tony Muser singled home Jim Northrup for a 2-1 Baltimore lead. Danny Thompson's sacrifice fly chased home the final Minnesota run in the bottom of the ninth.

White Sox 5, Yankees 3 at New York (night game):
The Yankees, staked to a second-inning lead when Bobby Bonds belted a three-run homer, were held to two hits the rest of the way by Wilbur Wood, who was credited with his 13th victory when the White Sox rallied to win, 5-3. Jorge Orta led the comeback, collecting a single, double and triple, scoring three runs and driving in one. He scored the first Chicago run in the third on Bucky Dent's sacrifice fly, tallied again on a Dent single in the fifth, drove in the tying run with a sixth-inning double, then scored, together with Bob Coluccio who had singled, on Brian Downing's base hit.

A's 2, Tigers 1 at Oakland (day game):
Jim Holt's first homer in two seasons leading off the fifth and Bill North's RBI double later in that frame gave the Athletics just enough offense to edge the Tigers, 2-1. Oakland's Sonny Siebert and Jim Todd combined on a four-hitter, Siebert going the first five frames and picking up the victory. Singles by Ben Oglivie and Leon Roberts, plus a sacrifice fly by Aurelio Rodriguez, produced the Tigers' only run in the top of the fifth.

Phillies 4, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Greg Luzinski collected his 100th RBI of season with a double which capped a three-run seventh inning, giving the Phillies a 4-1 triumph over the Braves. The Phillies nursed a 1-0 lead into the seventh when Garry Maddox singled, was sacrificed to second, took third on an infield out and came home on a single by Dave Cash. Larry Bowa followed with a single and pinch-hitter Ollie Brown greeted reliever Ray Sadecki with a run-scoring base hit. Luzinski then drove home Bowa. Cash drove home Johnny Oates, who had doubled, with a fifth-inning single for the game's first run. The Braves tallied in the eighth on a single by Rob Belloir, a walk and single by Darrell Evans.

Astros 5, Mets 4 at Houston (night game):
Cliff Johnson doubled home Cesar Cedeno, who had singled, with none out in the bottom of the 10th to give Bill Virdon his first victory as manager of the Astros, 5-4, over the Mets. Jose Cruz' pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth had given Houston a 4-3 lead, but the Mets tied the score in the ninth on singles by Jerry Grote, Wayne Garrett and Gene Clines. Rob Andrews singled home a run in the second, Wilbur Howard got an RBI triple in the fifth and Johnson homered to lead off the sixth as Houston built a 3-0 lead. But Dave Kingman, in the Mets' starting lineup for the first time since August 8, homered with Mike Vail and Rusty Staub aboard in the seventh to tie the score.

Padres 8, Expos 6 at Montreal (night game):
Enzo Hernandez broke a 5-5 tie with a three-run double in the seventh as the Padres prevailed over the Expos, 8-6. A walk, single by Fred Kendall and another walk loaded the bases for Hernandez, who put the visitors ahead, 8-5, with a two-bagger down the left field line. Gene Locklear wiped out a 3-0 Montreal lead when he homered with two aboard in the top of the fifth, but the Expos took the lead again in the home half when Pete Mackanin doubled home Tim Foli, stole third and scored on Bob Bailey's sacrifice fly. The Padres got two to tie the score in the sixth.

Pirates 3, Giants 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Rennie Stennett's single with the bases loaded in the eighth drove home two runs to give the Pirates a 3-1 victory over the Giants. The Bucs got all of their runs in that frame. Richie Zisk and Manny Sanguillen got one-out singles and rookie Craig Reynolds doubled home Frank Taveras, running for Zisk, with the tying run. Pinch-hitter Bill Robinson was intentionally walked to fill the bases before Stennett connected against reliever Randy Moffitt. Giant starter Ed Halicki scored his club's only run in the third when he walked and came around on Von Joshua's double into the left-field corner.

Cardinals 4, Reds 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Bake McBride drove in three runs with a two-run homer in the fifth and his second inside-the-park home run of the season in the eighth as the Cardinals silenced the Reds, 4-0, behind the tight hurling of Ron Reed. St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on singles by Willie Davis, Reggie Smith and Ken Reitz. Lou Brock singled ahead of McBride's first homer in the fifth. McBride circled the bases and scored without a play when his long drive opening the eighth bounced off the center field wall. Reed held the Reds hitless after the fourth, retiring 18 of the last 19 Cincinnati batters he faced, with the losers' lone baserunner coming as the result of an error.