MLB standings through games of September 2, 1975

MLB standings at the end of September 2, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	135	80	55	0	.593		676	604	39-29	41-26	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	135	74	61	0	.548	6.0	573	483	37-30	37-31	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	136	68	68	0	.500	12.5	567	513	34-32	34-36	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	131	62	69	0	.473	16.0	559	590	31-33	31-36	7-3	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	137	60	77	0	.438	21.0	562	640	30-38	30-39	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	135	53	82	0	.393	27.0	506	652	29-40	24-42	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	137	82	55	0	.599		610	517	44-23	38-32	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	135	74	61	0	.548	7.0	593	541	42-26	32-35	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	138	67	71	0	.486	15.5	609	627	35-35	32-36	6-4	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	137	66	71	0	.482	16.0	565	582	39-30	27-41	3-7	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	135	65	70	0	.481	16.0	639	638	33-35	32-35	7-3	Won 2
California Angels	137	63	74	0	.460	19.0	543	615	31-39	32-35	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	135	76	59	0	.563		573	479	44-23	32-36	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	138	73	64	1	.533	4.0	560	560	40-30	33-34	4-5-1	Lost 1
New York Mets	137	72	65	0	.526	5.0	556	512	37-33	35-32	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	137	72	65	0	.526	5.0	614	593	44-24	28-41	3-7	Lost 4
Chicago Cubs	138	63	75	0	.457	14.5	595	684	36-33	27-42	3-7	Won 1
Montreal Expos	135	60	75	0	.444	16.0	489	581	29-36	31-39	7-3	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	137	91	46	0	.664		711	486	56-15	35-31	7-3	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	138	73	65	0	.529	18.5	541	458	38-30	35-35	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	137	68	69	0	.496	23.0	565	569	39-30	29-39	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	138	62	76	0	.449	29.5	479	584	31-37	31-39	3-7	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	138	60	78	0	.435	31.5	490	625	32-36	28-42	3-7	Won 1
Houston Astros	140	53	86	1	.381	39.0	590	632	32-38	21-48	5-4-1	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Orioles 3, Indians 2 (night game) / Indians 2, Orioles 1 at Baltimore (night game):
A homer by Rico Carty in the eighth inning enabled the Indians to gain a 2-1 victory in the second game for a split of a twi-night doubleheader with the Orioles, who won the first game, 3-2, in 10 innings. The Orioles faced defeat in the lidlifter until a pass to Mark Belanger and singles by Tommy Davis and Ken Singleton tied the score in the ninth. Then in the 10th, after a pass to Don Baylor, who stole second, the next two batters struck out. Manager Frank Robinson of the Indians then changed pitchers, bringing in Don Hood to relieve Bob Reynolds, with disastrous results. Hood walked Doug DeCinces intentionally and also passed Tom Shopay to load the bases for Bobby Grich, who singled to drive in the Orioles' winning run.

Red Sox 7, Yankees 4 at Boston (night game):
Carlton Fisk, returning to action after a nine-game absence due to a split finger, knocked in three runs to help the Red Sox defeat the Yankees, 7-4, and end their three-game losing streak. In the third inning, after a single by Bob Heise, double by Cecil Cooper and single by denny Doyle produced two runs, Carl Yastrzemski and Fred Lynn walked to the load bases and Fisk drove in two more runs with a single. Fisk added his other RBI with a single in the fifth after Lynn had doubled. The Yankees scored their runs on two homers -- a solo swat by Chris Chambliss in the second inning and a drive by Thurman Munson with two men on base in the eighth.

Angels 4, A's 1 at California (night game):
Frank Tanana struck out 14 and allowed only five hits while pitching the Angels to a 4-1 victory over the Athletics. Tanana increased his season's strikeouts to 220 by fanning every batter in the Oakland lineup at least once, except for Gene Tenace, who collected three of the A's hits and accounted for their lone run with a homer in the ninth inning. The Angels stole two bases, bringing their season total to 200 as the first major league club to reach that mark since the 1919 Pirates. The Angels scored all their runs in the eighth on singles by Ellie Rodriguez, Dave Collins and Jerry Remy, a double by Mickey Rivers and single by Leroy Stanton.

Royals 4, White Sox 1 at Chicago (night game):
A single by George Brett for his fourth hit of the game touched off a three-run rally in the 12th inning as the Royals defeated the White Sox, 4-1. With two away, Amos Otis doubled and scored the tie-breaking run on Brett's hit. Jim Kaat, who was turned back in a bid for his 20th victory, issued his first walk of the game to John Mayberry. After Harmon Killebrew was safe on an error to load the bases, Al Cowens iced the Royals' victory with a two-run single.

Brewers 6, Tigers 5 at Detroit (night game):
A batting outburst by George Scott, who rapped two doubles and three singles in five trips, led the Brewers to a 6-5 victory over the Tigers. Doubles by Bill Sharp and Scott and a single by Darrell Porter produced two runs in the fourth inning. Scott singled for another RBI in the fifth when the Brewers added three runs. Their deciding marker followed in the sixth on a pass to Mike Hegan, infield out by Don Money and double by Charlie Moore. Ben Oglivie and Dan Meyer hit homers for the Tigers, Meyer's blow coming with a man on base.

Twins 5, Rangers 3 at Texas (night game):
Homers by Dan Ford, Rod Carew and Johnny Briggs powered the Twins to a 5-3 victory over the Rangers. Ford's blow provided the Twins' initial tally in the second inning. The Rangers picked up an unearned run in their half and went ahead in the third when Mike Hargrove walked and Jeff Burroughs hit for the circuit. However in the fourth, after Jerry Terrell walked, Carew and Briggs belted their homers in succession.

Reds 10, Padres 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
Tony Perez became the Reds' career leader for RBIs, driving in his 1,010th run during the course of a 10-4 victory over the Padres. The Reds, after taking a 3-1 lead, sent 10 men to bat in the fifth inning and scored seven runs to break the game wide open. Perez accounted for one run with a single during the outburst to break Frank Robinson's former club record of 1,009 RBIs. Dave Winfield, Mike Ivie and Dave Roberts homered for the Padres off Don Gullett, who gained his eighth straight victory, pitching seven innings before departing for a pinch-hitter.

Braves 4, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
A tremendous relief performance by Bruce Dal Canton, who set down the heart of the Houston batting order with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, enabled the Braves to defeat the Astros, 4-1. Taking over for Carl Morton with a count of two balls on Cesar Cedeno, Dal Canton retired Cedeno on a pop fly, got Cliff Johnson on another popup and ended the threat with a groundout by Bob Watson.

Pirates 8, Mets 4 at New York (night game):
With three homers in their attack, the Pirates defeated the Mets, 8-4, and increased their Eastern Division lead to four games over the Cardinals. The Mets and Phillies were tied for third, five games back. Bill Robinson started the Pirates' slugging with a circuit clout in the second, but the Mets came back with a two-run homer by Joe Torre in their half. A single by Frank Taveras, sacrifice by Ken Brett, single by Rennie Stennett and homer by Manny Sanguillen put the Pirates ahead again in the third, 4-2. The Mets caught up in their half when Mike Vail tripled and Dave Kingman homered to kayo Brett, but they were handcuffed thereafter by the relief pitching of Kent Tekulve and Dave Giusti. The Pirates, meanwhile, broke the tie in the fourth. Richie Hebner singled and Taveras tripled. When Vail let the ball get past him in left field, Taveras also scored. One out later, Stennett hit the Pirates' third homer of the game.

Expos 4, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Two doubles by Barry Foote and one each by Jim Dwyer and Tim Foli were the Expos' key blows in a 4-3 victory over the Phillies. Foote's first two-bagger, a single by Jerry White and double by Dwyer produced two runs in the third inning. Singles by Larry Parrish and Foli around a sacrifice added a tally in the fourth before the Expos put over their deciding run in the ninth when Foli and Foote hit successive doubles.

Giants 7, Dodgers 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Von Joshua, Willie Montanez and Johnnie LeMaster hit homers and Ed Halicki struck out 12 batters as the Giants defeated the Dodgers, 7-3. Chris Speier pulled a leg muscle running out an infield roller in the second inning. LeMaster, who had just arrived from Phoenix (Pacific Coast), made his major league debut as Speier's substitute and, batting for the first time in the fourth inning, hit an inside-the-park blow for his homer.

Cubs 5, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
Three errors and a balk that resulted in two runs in the seventh inning and a double steal that led to two more runs in the eighth enabled the Cubs to defeat the Cardinals, 5-3. Andre Thornton homered for the Cubs in the fifth, but the Cardinals picked up a run in their half before two errors by Larry Lintz and one by Lynn McGlothen, who also balked, handed an unearned pair to the Cubs in the seventh. In the eighth, Bill Madlock and Jose Cardenal singled and worked a double steal with two out, paving the way for two runs on a single by Manny Trillo. As a result, the Cardinals fell short with a two-run rally in the ninth. Paul Reuschel saved the game for Ray Burris with one pitch, retiring Ted Sizemore on a hopper to the mound.