MLB standings through games of August 23, 1975

MLB standings at the end of August 23, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	127	76	51	0	.598		635	569	35-25	41-26	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	126	69	57	0	.548	6.5	544	456	34-28	35-29	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	126	64	62	0	.508	11.5	536	468	31-27	33-35	4-6	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	124	58	66	0	.468	16.5	534	572	28-32	30-34	6-4	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	128	56	72	0	.438	20.5	521	605	29-35	27-37	1-9	Lost 8
Detroit Tigers	127	51	76	0	.402	25.0	481	617	27-38	24-38	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	128	78	50	0	.609		575	473	44-23	34-27	7-3	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	125	68	57	0	.544	8.5	548	509	40-24	28-33	4-6	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	127	63	64	0	.496	14.5	542	543	38-28	25-36	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	129	62	67	0	.481	16.5	572	586	30-31	32-36	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	128	59	69	0	.461	19.0	611	617	32-35	27-34	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	129	58	71	0	.450	20.5	503	587	30-38	28-33	6-4	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	127	71	56	0	.559		533	450	40-21	31-35	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	126	69	57	0	.548	1.5	577	534	44-22	25-35	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	127	68	59	0	.535	3.0	520	516	36-28	32-31	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	126	65	61	0	.516	5.5	510	477	36-32	29-29	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	129	60	69	0	.465	12.0	551	630	34-28	26-41	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	126	54	72	0	.429	16.5	451	542	29-36	25-36	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	127	84	43	0	.661		660	452	52-13	32-30	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	128	68	60	0	.531	16.5	498	428	34-26	34-34	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	127	62	65	0	.488	22.0	518	534	33-26	29-39	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	127	58	69	0	.457	26.0	442	528	28-31	30-38	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	129	57	72	0	.442	28.0	459	581	32-36	25-36	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	131	49	82	0	.374	37.0	545	592	31-37	18-45	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 6, Red Sox 4 at Boston (day game):
Bill Melton's two-run homer and a solo shot by Nyls Nyman, his first in the majors, propelled the White Sox to a 6-4 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Jefferson and Rich Gossage shared the five-hitter, with Gossage recording his 20th save. Loser Rick Wise held a 2-1 lead entering the sixth, but then walked Ken Henderson and Melton smashed his homer into the center field seats. The White Sox added two more runs in the seventh on singles by Pete Varney, Pat Kelly, Jorge Orta and Carlos May. The Red Sox tallied twice in the eighth on Dwight Evans' bases-loaded double. Carlton Fisk, injury-plagued Red Sox catcher, left the game in the first inning with a split finger, suffered when hit by a foul tip.

Indians 7, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Boog Powell slammed a 450-foot homer and Frank Duffy drove in three runs to pace the Indians' 7-1 triumph over the slumping Royals, who fell eight games behind the leading A's in the A. L. West. Rookie Rick Waits stopped Kansas City on five hits. Powell opened the second with his 21st homer and loser Nelson Briles gave up two more runs in the third on singles by Duffy, John Lowenstein and Rico Carty, together with an infield out. Cleveland chalked up three more runs in the sixth, with singles by Buddy Bell, Alan Ashby and Duffy doing the most damage.

[DH] A's 6, Brewers 3 (night game) / A's 9, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
The A's stretched their winning streak to four games and boosted their A. L. West lead to 8½ games with a doubleheader sweep over the Brewers, 6-3 and 9-3. The losses extended the Brewer defeat string to eight in a row and 19 of 23. The A's took the opener with a three-run surge in the seventh on run-producing singles by Bill North, Sal Bando and Gene Tenace. Rollie Fingers logged his 17th save. The hero of the nightcap was Billy Williams, with four hits including two home runs, one an inside-park blast. Tenace also homered in the second game, with Stan Bahnsen recording his ninth win.

Tigers 6, Twins 5 at Minnesota (day game):
The Tigers smashed five homers, including Aurelio Rodriguez' second of the game in the 12th inning, to edge the Twins, 6-5. All Detroit runs were the result of homers. John Wockenfuss homered in the sixth, Willie Horton hit a two-run shot in the seventh and Rodriguez also homered in the seventh. Tom Veryzer crashed one in the eighth and Rodriguez jolted Tom Burgmeier with the coup de grace in the 12th. The Detroit home-run barrage wiped out a 5-1 lead the Twins built up in the first six innings. Dave Lemanczyk, working 7 2/3 innings in relief of Lerrin LaGrow, recorded his first victory of the season.

Yankees 12, Angels 4 at New York (day game):
Graig Nettles and Bobby Bonds crashed three-run homers to power the Yanks to a 12-4 triumph over the Angels. Nettles' blast off loser Bill Singer came in the first inning, Bonds' in the second. The Yanks tallied two more in the fourth, including Ed Herrmann's leadoff homer, and added four in the sixth, featuring a home run by Rick Bladt, his first in the majors. Larry Gura went the route for the Yanks.

Rangers 1, Orioles 0 at Texas (night game):
Fergie Jenkins fired a two-hitter to outduel Mike Cuellar as Toby Harrah singled home the decisive run in the Rangers' 1-0 win over the Orioles. Jenkins didn't yield a hit until the sixth, when Elrod Hendricks opened with a double. The next three batters grounded out and the only other Baltimore hit was a pinch-single by Al Bumbry in the ninth. Lenny Randle singled to open Texas' sixth and was forced by Jim Fregosi. Jeff Burroughs and Harrah then rapped successive singles to plate Fregosi.

Astros 14, Cubs 12 at Chicago (day game):
Jose Cruz drove in five runs with a single, double and homer while Wilbur Howard and Cesar Cedeno socked four hits apiece in powering the Astros to a 14-12 win over the Cubs. Behind by 9-0 after six innings, the Cubs scored six in the seventh and six more in the eighth. The surge fell short, however, because the Astros had scored five in the top of the eighth. The Astros also rammed home five runs in the third off loser Bill Bonham, with Doug Rader's two-run triple the most telling blow. Cliff Johnson's homer made it 9-0 in the sixth. Cruz' three-run homer off Tom Dettore highlighted Houston's big eighth. Jim York logged the win despite giving up a grand slam pinch-homer to Champ Summers in the seventh. It was York's first start in the majors after 161 relief jobs.

[DH] Dodgers 3, Expos 1 (night game) / Expos 5, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Reliever Mike Marshall recorded his 13th save as the Dodgers defeated the Expos, 3-1, in the doubleheader opener, but Marshall was saddled with the defeat as the Expos took the nightcap, 5-2. The Dodgers' Dave Lopes broke a 1-1 tie in the third inning of the opener when he scored from second as pitcher Steve Rogers made a wild throw on a pickoff attempt. Steve Yeager walloped a homer in the fifth to give the Dodgers a 3-1 edge as Burt Hooton logged his sixth straight win with help from Marshall in the eighth. In the nightcap, the Expos' Larry Biittner homered in second, then singled home the tie-breaking run off Marshall in a three-run eighth. Dale Murray relieved Steve Renko in the seventh and pitched 2 1/3 shutout innings for his eighth win.

Reds 12, Pirates 7 at Pittsburgh (day game):
An eight-run fifth inning and Johnny Bench's three-run homer in the eighth paced the Reds to a 12-7 victory over the Pirates. The verdict snapped a four-game Pirate win streak and ended Cincinnati's four-game skid. The Pirates held a 4-0 lead when the Reds erupted in the fifth. Cesar Geronimo, Darrel Chaney and pinch-hitter Terry Crowley singled for one run off loser Bruce Kison. Then with two out, Rennie Stennett booted Joe Morgan's grounder for two runs. Bench walked, Morgan scored on Tony Perez' single and George Foster walked to fill the bases and chase Kison. Kent Tekulve walked Geronimo to force in a run and Ken Brett delivered a wild pitch for another before Doug Flynn whacked a two-run single. The Bucs' Richie Zisk logged six RBIs on four hits including his 16th homer.

Padres 8, Phillies 3 at San Diego (night game):
Successive homers by Tito Fuentes and Hector Torres off Steve Carlton in the third inning sparked the Padres' 8-3 triumph over the Phils. Dan Spillner, with relief from Danny Frisella, hurled his first win since July 25 as the Phils remained 1½ games behind the leading Pirates in the N. L. East. The Phils cut the deficit to 3-2 with two runs in the fourth, one on a double steal by Mike Schmidt and Garry Maddox, the other on Carlton's infield single. The Padres padded their lead with three runs in the seventh off Ron Schueler on singles by Willie McCovey, Dave Winfield and Dick Sharon.

Giants 2, Mets 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Tom Hall's bases-loaded walk to Mike Sadek with one out in the ninth forced the winning run home in the Giants' 2-1 victory over the Mets. Blanked by Jerry Koosman until the ninth, the Giants tied it at 1-1 as Gary Thomasson doubled, stole third and scored on Willie Montanez' double. Chris Speier was passed intentionally, and Hall replaced Skip Lockwood when Bobby Murcer was announced as a pinch-hitter. Murcer then walked to load the bases and set the stage for the winning run as the Giants snapped their six-game losing streak. John Montefusco held the Mets to two hits and one run for eight innings, fanning 11, but was removed for a pinch-hitter and Gary Lavelle won it in relief.

Cardinals 7, Braves 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Ted Simmons smashed a grand-slam homer in the fifth and rookie John Denny hurled his sixth victory in a row as the Cards defeated the Braves, 7-2. Denny opened St. Louis' five-run fifth with a single. Then Lou Brock's single and a walk to Bake McBride loaded the bases. After a forceout, Simmons tagged Phil Niekro for the fifth grand slam of his career. Denny walked only one in logging his seventh win against one loss since being recalled from Tulsa June 20.