MLB standings through games of August 24, 1975

MLB standings at the end of August 24, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	128	77	51	0	.602		641	570	36-25	41-26	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	127	69	58	0	.543	7.5	551	464	34-28	35-30	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	128	64	64	0	.500	13.0	539	481	31-29	33-35	3-7	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	125	58	67	0	.464	17.5	536	577	28-32	30-35	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	129	57	72	0	.442	20.5	528	611	30-35	27-37	2-8	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	128	51	77	0	.398	26.0	482	620	27-38	24-39	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	129	78	51	0	.605		581	480	44-23	34-28	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	126	69	57	0	.548	7.5	553	511	41-24	28-33	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	128	63	65	0	.492	14.5	543	549	38-28	25-37	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	130	63	67	0	.485	15.5	580	593	31-31	32-36	4-6	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	129	60	69	0	.465	18.0	614	618	33-35	27-34	7-3	Won 1
California Angels	131	60	71	0	.458	19.0	516	590	30-38	30-33	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	128	72	56	0	.562		538	451	41-21	31-35	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	128	69	59	0	.539	3.0	585	548	44-22	25-37	5-5	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	128	69	59	0	.539	3.0	526	518	37-28	32-31	7-3	Won 2
New York Mets	128	66	62	0	.516	6.0	519	488	36-32	30-30	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	130	60	70	0	.462	13.0	555	638	34-29	26-41	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	127	55	72	0	.433	16.5	456	545	29-36	26-36	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	128	84	44	0	.656		661	457	52-13	32-31	5-5	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	129	68	61	0	.527	16.5	501	433	34-27	34-34	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	129	63	66	0	.488	21.5	529	543	34-27	29-39	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	129	60	69	0	.465	24.5	456	536	30-31	30-38	6-4	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	130	57	73	0	.438	28.0	461	587	32-36	25-37	3-7	Lost 2
Houston Astros	132	50	82	0	.379	36.0	553	596	31-37	19-45	5-5	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, White Sox 1 at Boston (day game):
Bill Lee gained his 17th victory while Wilbur Wood drew his 17th defeat as the Red Sox beat the White Sox, 6-1. Wood yielded a homer by Carl Yastrzemski in first inning. The White Sox picked up their lone run in the fifth with the aid of an error. The Red Sox broke away in their half, scoring twice on a double by Fred Lynn, single by Dwight Evans, sacrifice fly by Rick Burleson and singles by Bob Montgomery and Bob Heise. Jim Rice added a run to the Red Sox total with a homer in the sixth.

Royals 5, Indians 2 at Kansas City (day game):
Hal McRae and George Brett figured in the scoring of four runs as the Royals ended their three-game losing streak by defeating the Indians, 5-2. McRae homered in the first inning and batted in another run with a grounder in the fifth. Brett tripled a run across in the fourth and scored himself when George Hendrick made a bad throw home after catching a short fly ball by Al Cowens.

Brewers 7, A's 6 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Brewers ended their eight-game losing streak by coming from behind to defeat the Athletics, 7-6. The crowd of 17,231 at game raised the Brewers' total to 1,106,127, breaking the club's attendance record of 1,092,158 in 1973. The A's built up a 5-1 lead before the Brewers erupted for three runs in the seventh inning on singles by Charlie Moore and Bill Sharp, sacrifice fly by Mike Hegan and homer by Kurt Bevacqua. Robin Yount led off the eighth with a homer to tie the score. Hank Aaron walked and gave way to Pedro Garcia. Darrell Porter singled. Moore then doubled, driving in both Garcia and Porter for the winning blow. However, the Brewers needed a sensational relief performance by Tom Murphy in the ninth to save the game. After four consecutive walks forced in a run with none out, Murphy retired Gene Tenace and Rich McKinney on pop-ups and struck out Phil Garner.

Twins 3, Tigers 1 at Minnesota (day game):
After giving up seven hits in the first five innings, Jim Hughes did not yield another safety the rest of the way and pitched the Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. The Twins broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning and beat Mickey Lolich with two runs on a triple by Dave McKay and singles by Glenn Borgmann, Jerry Terrell and Craig Kusick.

[DH] Angels 9, Yankees 0 (day game) / Angels 4, Yankees 3 at New York (day game):
Strikeout artists Frank Tanana and Nolan Ryan each fanned eight as the Angels swept the Yankees in a doubleheader, 9-0 and 4-3. Tanana, who hurled the route in the opener and yielded only four hits, brought his season's whiff total to 197 for 189 1/3 innings. The Angels backed their lefthander with a 13-hit attack, including a two-run homer by Mike Miley. In the nightcap, the Angels collected only four hits, but capitalized on seven walks and six errors. Ryan was kayoed in the seventh. The righthander's strikeouts increased his total to 186 for 198 1/3 innings. The Angels scored what proved to be the winning run in the eighth. Walt Williams dropped a fly ball by Leroy Stanton, who reached second on the error. John Balaz sacrificed and Jerry Remy drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. The Yankees came back with homers by Graog Nettles and Ed Herrmann off Dick Lange in their half of the eighth, but Jim Brewer saved the game as the Angels' fifth pitcher.

Rangers 8, Orioles 7 at Texas (night game):
With the bases loaded in the ninth inning, Lenny Randle beat the throw home on Mike Hargrove's grounder to Tim Nordbrook to bring the Rangers an 8-7 victory over the Orioles. The Rangers, who had an early homer by Dave Nelson, went ahead in the eighth, 7-6, when Tom Grieve hit for the circuit with a man on base, but Ken Singleton tied the score with a boundary belt in the ninth. Randle singled with one out in the Rangers' half, Cesar Tovar doubled and Nelson was handed an intentional pass before Hargrove grounded to Nordbrook, whose throw home was too late to force Randle.

Astros 8, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
Jose Cruz cracked two homers and Bob Watson and Cliff Johnson hit one apiece as the Astros overpowered the Cubs, 8-4. Johnson's homer was his fifth in the last five games, setting a Houston club record. Wilbur Howard also had a big day, collecting four of the Astros' 14 hits. The Cubs were held to six hits by Larry Dierker, including a homer by Andre Thornton.

Expos 5, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (day game):
A wild pitch by Mike Marshall and throwing error by John Hale helped the Expos score three runs in the 14th inning to defeat the Dodgers, 5-3. Davey Lopes stole three bases before his record string of 38 successful thefts in a row was snapped when the Dodgers' speedster was thrown out by Gary Carter, Expos' catcher. Carter walked to open the 14th, took third on a single by Pete Mackanin and scored on Marshall's wild pitch to break a 2-2 tie. After Jose Morales walked, Pepe Frias lifted a foul fly to Hale and when the right fielder uncorked a wild throw to third, Mackanin scored. Jim Lyttle then doubled to drive in Morales.

Pirates 5, Reds 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Al Oliver drove in three runs with a homer and triple in support of Jerry Reuss, who pitched the Pirates to a 5-1 victory over the Reds. With a crowd of 35,598 on hand, the Pirates' home attendance went over the million mark for the sixth straight season. The Reds scored their run in the first inning on a single by Pete Rose, forceout by Doug Flynn, single by Joe Morgan and sacrifice fly by Johnny Bench, but the Pirates came back with two in their half on a single by Rennie Stennett, Oliver's triple and a sacrifice fly by Willie Stargell. Oliver blasted his homer with Stennett on base via a single in the third inning.

[DH] Padres 7, Phillies 2 (day game) / Padres 7, Phillies 6 at San Diego (day game):
After Randy Jones posted his 17th victory, winning the first game of a doubleheader, 7-2, the Padres also defeated the Phillies in the second game, 7-6, in 12 innings. The defeats dropped the Phillies three games behind the Pirates in the East Division race and into a tie with the Cardinals for second place. In the opener, the Padres picked up two unearned runs in the first inning and then clinched the outcome in the third when Bobby Tolan singled and Dave Winfield homered. In the nightcap, the Phillies forced the game into overtime with two runs in the ninth on singles by Dave Cash, Larry Bowa and Greg Luzinski and a double by Ollie Brown. However in the 12th, Bob Davis walked, took second on a balk by Ron Schueler and scored the Padres' winning run when Tolan singled.

[DH] Mets 9, Giants 5 (day game) / Giants 6, Mets 0 at San Francisco (day game):
Ed Halicki, the Giants' 6-7 righthander, pitched the first no-hitter in the N. L. this season and won the nightcap of a doubleheader, 6-0, after the Mets had pounded their way to a 9-5 victory in the opener on the strength of a grand-slam homer by Dave Kingman. Halicki's no-hitter was the first in Candlestick Park since Gaylord Perry, then with the Giants, and Ray Washburn of the Cardinals turned in back-to-back gems in 1968. Halicki struck out 10. Only three Mets reached base. Rusty Staub was safe on an error by Derrel Thomas in the fifth, Mike Vail walked in the sixth and Del Unser drew a pass in the ninth.

Cardinals 6, Braves 2 at St. Louis (day game):
Lou Brock stole the 800th base of his career in the first inning when the Cardinals scored three runs to start on their way to a 6-2 victory over the Braves. After Brock singled and stole second, Willie Davis doubled, Brock stopping at third. Ted Simmons grounded to Rob Belloir and was safe at first as Brock scored when the Braves failed to catch Davis in a rundown between second and third. Davis then crossed the plate on a grounder by Reggie Smith and Simmons made it home when Earl Williams bobbled a grounder by Ted Sizemore. Brock added his 801st stolen base in the fourth inning.