MLB standings through games of September 6, 1975

MLB standings at the end of September 6, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	139	83	56	0	.597		704	617	39-29	44-27	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	140	77	63	0	.550	6.5	590	500	40-32	37-31	6-4	Won 3
New York Yankees	141	70	71	0	.496	14.0	594	528	34-32	36-39	4-6	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	135	65	70	0	.481	16.0	586	611	32-34	33-36	7-3	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	141	61	80	0	.433	23.0	580	683	31-41	30-39	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	139	54	85	0	.388	29.0	520	674	29-42	25-43	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	139	83	56	0	.597		614	522	45-24	38-32	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	140	79	61	0	.564	4.5	620	553	42-26	37-35	9-1	Won 7
Texas Rangers	142	69	73	0	.486	15.5	623	641	35-35	34-38	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	141	68	73	0	.482	16.0	577	598	41-32	27-41	4-6	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	137	65	72	0	.474	17.0	643	646	33-35	32-37	6-4	Lost 2
California Angels	142	64	78	0	.451	20.5	561	639	32-43	32-35	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	139	79	60	0	.568		596	491	44-23	35-37	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	141	74	66	1	.529	5.5	574	579	40-31	34-35	3-7	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	141	74	67	0	.525	6.0	635	610	46-26	28-41	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	140	73	67	0	.521	6.5	565	523	38-35	35-32	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	142	66	76	0	.465	14.5	620	705	36-33	30-43	6-4	Won 1
Montreal Expos	139	61	78	0	.439	18.0	503	607	30-38	31-40	6-4	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	141	94	47	0	.667		733	496	59-16	35-31	7-3	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	142	75	67	0	.528	19.5	553	478	38-30	37-37	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	141	70	71	0	.496	24.0	581	581	39-30	31-41	5-5	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	142	64	78	0	.451	30.5	493	598	31-37	33-41	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	142	62	80	0	.437	32.5	506	643	34-38	28-42	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	144	54	89	1	.378	41.0	598	646	33-41	21-48	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 7, Yankees 6 at Baltimore (night game):
Tremendous relief pitching by Grant Jackson, who retired 13 batters in a row, striking out seven, was rewarded when the Orioles scored in the 13th inning to defeat the Yankees, 7-6. Jackson was the Orioles' third pitcher of the game, following Mike Cuellar and Dyar Miller. The Yankees also used three hurlers, with Sparky Lyle drawing the defeat when Don Baylor singled in the 13th after Paul Blair and Tommy Davis had singled and Bob Bailor had walked to load the bases.

[DH] Royals 4, Angels 3 (night game) / Royals 6, Angels 3 at California (night game):
After winning the first game, 4-3, with an unearned run in the ninth inning, the Royals got homers by George Brett and John Mayberry in the second game and beat the Angels again, 6-3, in a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader. In the opener, Buck Martinez grounded to Mike Miley in the ninth and reached second on the shortstop's wild throw. Rodney Scott came in to run for Martinez, stole third and scored the deciding run when Miley again overthrew first base on a grounder by Fred Patek. In the nightcap, Brett hit his homer with Amos Otis on base via an error in the third inning. Mayberry connected for the circuit in the sixth. Tony Solaita batted in another run in the sixth with a sacrifice fly and added a tally with a single in the eighth. Adrian Garrett drove in all of the Angels' markers with a sacrifice fly, double and homer.

White Sox 5, Twins 2 at Chicago (night game):
Jim Kaat gained his 20th victory and Rich Gossage picked up his 24th save as the White Sox defeated the Twins, 5-2. Dave McKay doubled and Craig Kusick homered to give the Twins a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning, but the White Sox came back with a two-run homer by Jorge Orta in the fifth and another two-run blow by Deron Johnson in the eighth to beat Bert Blyleven.

Indians 4, Tigers 2 at Cleveland (day game):
Dennis Eckersley, Indians' rookie righthander who will not be 21 years old until the season is over, brought his record to 11-5 by defeating the Tigers, 4-2. Rick Manning and Oscar Gamble each scored two of the Indians' runs. One of Gamble's runs came on a homer in the fourth inning.

Red Sox 20, Brewers 6 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Red Sox reached A. L. season highs for hits with 24 and for runs scored while overwhelming the Brewers, 20-6. Rick Burleson, Carlton Fisk and Rico Petrocelli smashed homers. Dwight Evans collected five hits in six trips and Petrocelli had a 4-for-4 day. Fisk drove in four runs, while Evans and Petrocelli accounted for three RBIs apiece. Although trounced, the Brewers managed to hold their own in the home-run department with circuit clouts by Don Money, Darrell Porter and Pedro Garcia.

A's 2, Rangers 1 at Oakland (day game):
Homers by Sal Bando and Reggie Jackson carried the Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the Rangers. After Bando accounted for the initial run in the first inning, the Rangers tied the score with singles by Tom Grieve, Jim Sundberg and Roy Smalley in the fifth, but Jackson then produced the winning marker with his smash in the seventh.

Braves 3, Dodgers 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Two walks with the bases loaded in the eighth inning enabled the Braves to defeat the Dodgers, 3-2. Rick Rhoden, pitching for the Dodgers with a 2-0 lead, passed Biff Pocoroba and yielded a double by Rowland Office before being removed in the eighth in favor of Charlie Hough. Ralph Garr hit a grounder on which Pocoroba scored and when Rick Auerbach fumbled the ball, Garr reached first. Darrell Evans walked to load the bases. When Hough went to a count of three balls and no strikes on Dusty Baker, Dave Sells relieved and completed the pass, forcing in the tying run. Sells then also walked Mike Lum to give the Braves their winning marker.

Reds 3, Giants 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
While Johnny Bench moved to left field, Bill Plummer went behind the bat for the Reds and delivered two singles to help beat the Giants, 3-2. In the second inning, Merv Rettenmund walked, stole second and scored on a single by Plummer. After Jack Billingham walked, Plummer also crossed the plate on a single by Cesar Geronimo. Darrel Chaney doubled in the fourth and scored what proved to be the deciding run on Plummer's second single and Gary Matthews' bobble of the ball in left field. Giants' runs included a homer by Johnnie LeMaster.

Padres 2, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
A great throw by Bobby Tolan in the ninth inning enabled the Padres to emerge with a 2-1 victory over the Astros. Larry Milbourne, who was on third, tried to score after Tolan gathered in a fly by Doug Rader and was out at the plate on the left fielder's perfect peg to catcher Bob Davis. A single by Davis drove in the Padres' initial run in the second and they added the deciding tally in the third on singles by Hector Torres and Willie McCovey around a pass to Tolan. Brent Strom held the Astros to six hits with their run coming in the seventh on singles by Enos Cabell, Milt May and Roger Metzger.

Pirates 12, Expos 5 at Montreal (night game):
The Pirates exploded for seven runs in the 11th inning and defeated the Expos, 12-5, to take a 5½-game lead in the Eastern Division as the Cardinals moved into second place while the Phillies slipped six games off the pace and the Mets fell 6½ behind. Willie Stargell drove in four of the Pirates' first five runs with a homer and sacrifice fly. Larry Parrish also had four RBIs for the Expos, tying the score with a two-run double in the eighth inning. The Pirates began their outburst in the 11th with a pass to Frank Taveras and double by Ken Brett. Al Oliver then shattered the tie with a double, driving in two runs. After an intentional pass to Stargell, Dave Parker singled to score Oliver. Stargell and Parker took an extra base on a wild throw by Jim Dwyer and both crossed the plate on a single by Bill Robinson, who was able to reach third when the ball skipped past Larry Biittner in the outfield. Manny Sanguillen singled to drive in Robinson. Willie Randolph then brought the scoring to a close with a double that scored Sanguillen.

Cardinals 6, Mets 3 at New York (day game):
Taking advantage of two errors, the Cardinals scored four runs on only two hits in the first inning and defeated the Mets, 6-3. With one out, Bake McBride singled. Jerry Koosman picked McBride off first, but Dave Kingman let the throw get away. McBride raced to third and scored on a wild pitch. Willie Davis walked. When Ted Simmons flied to left field, Mike Vail dropped the ball, putting runners on second and third. Reggie Smith strolled to load the bases. Hector Cruz hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Davis, with the other runners advancing on Vail's useless throw to the plate. Ted Sizemore, who had not driven in a run since August 19. then doubled to send Simmons and Smith across the plate.

Cubs 7, Phillies 6 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies were unable to hold a 5-0 lead and eventually lost to the Cubs, 7-6, when a botched pickoff play resulted in two runs in the seventh inning. After the Cubs wiped out their early deficit and tied the score, Johnny Oates put the Phillies ahead again with a homer in the sixth inning for his third RBI of the game. The Cubs had Joe Wallis on third and Jose Cardenal on first with two out in the seventh when Oates tried to pick Cardenal off first. During the ensuing rundown, Wallis broke for the plate on a wild throw by Dave Cash. Cardonal advanced to third on the error and counted the winning run when Jerry Morales singled. Andre Thornton followed with another single so both runs off Gene Garber became earned.