MLB standings through games of September 3, 1975

MLB standings at the end of September 3, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	136	81	55	0	.596		679	606	39-29	42-26	5-5	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	136	74	62	0	.544	7.0	575	486	37-31	37-31	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	137	69	68	0	.504	12.5	575	513	34-32	35-36	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	132	63	69	0	.477	16.0	570	593	31-33	32-36	7-3	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	138	60	78	0	.435	22.0	565	651	30-39	30-39	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	136	53	83	0	.390	28.0	506	660	29-41	24-42	3-7	Lost 2

	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	136	75	61	0	.551	6.5	598	545	42-26	33-35	6-4	Won 3
Texas Rangers	139	68	71	0	.489	15.0	614	631	35-35	33-36	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	135	65	70	0	.481	16.0	639	638	33-35	32-35	7-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	138	66	72	0	.478	16.5	569	587	39-31	27-41	3-7	Lost 3
California Angels	138	63	75	0	.457	19.5	547	620	31-40	32-35	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	136	77	59	0	.566		576	480	44-23	33-36	6-4	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	138	73	65	0	.529	5.0	620	596	45-24	28-41	4-6	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	139	73	65	1	.529	5.0	566	571	40-31	33-34	4-6	Lost 2
New York Mets	138	72	66	0	.522	6.0	557	515	37-34	35-32	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	139	64	75	0	.460	14.5	606	690	36-33	28-42	4-6	Won 2
Montreal Expos	136	60	76	0	.441	17.0	492	587	29-36	31-40	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	138	92	46	0	.667		724	488	57-15	35-31	8-2	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	139	73	66	0	.525	19.5	543	471	38-30	35-36	5-5	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	138	69	69	0	.500	23.0	574	573	39-30	30-39	7-3	Won 2
San Diego Padres	139	63	76	0	.453	29.5	489	593	31-37	32-39	3-7	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	139	60	79	0	.432	32.5	499	635	32-37	28-42	3-7	Lost 1
Houston Astros	141	53	87	1	.379	40.0	594	641	32-39	21-48	4-5-1	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 3, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (night game):
Cecil Cooper settled a duel between Rick Wise and Jim Palmer by hitting a homer in the 10th inning to give the Red Sox a 3-2 victory and increase their lead over the Orioles to seven games in the East Division race. A spell of wildness by Palmer, who walked four batters in the second inning, handed the Red Sox their first run. The Orioles went ahead in the sixth when Tommy Davis singled and Lee May homered, but the Red Sox tied the score in the seventh with consecutive singles by Dwight Evans, Rick Burleson and Rico Petrocelli. With Cooper's homer, Wise gained his 18th victory, a personal high for the righthander's major league career.

Rangers 5, Angels 4 at California (night game):
A two-run triple by Al Cowens with two out in the 10th inning enabled the Royals to defeat the White Sox, 5-4. Back-to-back homers by George Brett and John Mayberry gave the Royals a 2-0 lead in the fourth, but the White Sox picked up a run in the sixth and went ahead in the seventh when Jerry Hairston singled and Jorge Orta hit for the circuit. The Royals tied the score in the eighth with a double by Brett and single by Mayberry. In the 10th, Amos Otis singled and was forced by Brett. Mayberry followed with a single, but Cookie Rojas struck out before Cowens delivered his deciding triple. Marty Pattin relieved Dennis Leonard to face the White Sox in their half of the 10th and gave up a run on three singles before retiring the side.

Royals 5, White Sox 4 at Chicago (night game):
Tom Grieve, who rapped a homer and two singles, drove in three runs to pace the Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Angels in a game that resulted in the 11th straight defeat for Andy Hassler, setting a California club record. Ken McBride lost 10 games in a row for the Angels in 1962. The Rangers built up a 4-0 lead with the aid of a two-run homer by Grieve before the Angels rallied for three runs in the fourth inning. The Rangers then put over their deciding marker in the fifth with singles by Mike Hargrove, Toby Harrah and Grieve.

Yankees 8, Tigers 0 at Detroit (night game):
Catfish Hunter registered his sixth shutout and 19th victory of the season, beating the Tigers, 8-0, and turned in his 26th complete game to become the first Yankee pitcher to go the route that often since Carl Mays did it in 1920. Thurman Munson provided batting support for Hunter, knocking in four runs with a single, homer and sacrifice fly. Walt Williams also homered.

Indians 11, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
Backed by a 19-hit attack, Fritz Peterson gained his seventh straight victory, pitching six innings, as the Indians walloped the Brewers, 11-1. Bob Reynolds hurled the last three frames. Rick Manning, Oscar Gamble and Buddy Bell each collected three of the Indians' hits. Bell's blows included a homer.

Padres 10, Braves 9 at Atlanta (night game):
A crowd of only 1,119, smallest ever to attend a major league game in Atlanta, saw the Padres rally for five runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Braves, 10-9. Rowland Office and Dave May hit homers and Ed Goodson drove in three runs with a single and sacrifice fly as the Braves built up a 9-5 lead. The Padres' early scoring included a homer by Johnny Grubb. Opening the rally in the ninth, Gene Locklear singled and scored on a double by Grubb. Hector Torres followed with a two-run homer. Bobby Tolan was safe on an error and counted the tying run on a double by Willie McCovey. Don Hahn came in to run for McCovey and, after two out, crossed the plate with the Padres' winning run when Dave Roberts singled.

Reds 13, Dodgers 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Reds exploded for 10 runs in the fourth inning in their biggest single outburst of the season and walloped the Dodgers, 13-2. With their victory, the Reds opened a gap of 19½ games over the second-place Dodgers in the West Division and reduced their magic number for clinching the title to five. The Reds sent 16 men to bat in the big inning against Andy Messersmith and Charlie Hough and did their scoring on seven hits, four walks, a hit batsman and a wild pitch. Pete Rose and Joe Morgan rapped doubles and Tony Perez drove in two runs with a single.

Giants 9, Astros 4 at Houston (night game):
Steve Ontiveros rapped four of the Giants' 17 hits and Gary Matthews and Von Joshua collected three apiece in an attack that produced a 9-4 victory over the Astros. Pete Falcone beat the Astros for the third straight time this season, but the rookie failed to go the route, yielding to Charlie Williams in the eighth inning. Doug Rader hit a two-run homer for the Astros.

Pirates 3, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
Breaking a tie with a homer by Bill Robinson, the Pirates defeated the Mets, 3-1, behind the pitching of Jerry Reuss and bolstered their East Division lead to five games. The Cardinals and Phillies were tied for second place, while the Mets in fourth place fell six games off. The Mets counted their run off Reuss in the first inning on doubles by Felix Millan and Mike Vail. After errors by Wayne Garrett and Bud Harrelson enabled the Pirates to tie the score in the fourth, Robinson hit his homer in the seventh. The Pirates then added an insurance run in the ninth on doubles by Robinson and Dave Parker.

Phillies 6, Expos 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Garry Maddox drove in three runs with a triple and homer for the only hits off Don Carrithers in the first six innings as the Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak by defeating the Expos, 6-3. Two walks, Maddox' triple and a sacrifice fly by Greg Luzinski produced three runs in the third. Maddox then smashed his homer in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie. After Carrithers departed for a pinch-hitter, the Phillies iced their victory with two runs off Fred Scherman and Dale Murray in the eighth.

Cubs 11, Cardinals 6 at St. Louis (night game):
The first grand-slam homer of Pete LaCock's major league career enabled the Cubs to clinch an 11-6 victory over the Cardinals in a defeat for Bob Gibson, who failed in a relief role and absorbed his 10th defeat in 13 decisions. After the Cardinals rallied for five runs in the sixth to tie the score at 6-6, Gibson ascended the mound and walked Jose Cardenal with one out. Champ Summers beat out an infield hit and a pass to Andre Thornton loaded the bases. Manny Trillo forced Cardenal at the plate, but Gibson then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Gene Hiser to score as the pinch-runner for Summers. Gibson issued an intentional pass to Jerry Morales to load the bases again and went to a count of 3-and-2 on LaCock before the pinch-hitter smashed his homer for the Cubs' first grand slam of the season.