MLB standings through games of September 8, 1975

MLB standings at the end of September 8, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	142	84	58	0	.592		714	631	39-29	45-29	5-5	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	142	78	64	0	.549	6.0	596	504	40-33	38-31	6-4	Won 1
New York Yankees	143	72	71	0	.503	12.5	599	528	35-32	37-39	5-5	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	138	68	70	0	.493	14.0	606	614	35-34	33-36	8-2	Won 4
Milwaukee Brewers	144	62	82	0	.431	23.0	592	698	32-43	30-39	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	142	54	88	0	.380	30.0	522	693	29-42	25-46	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	142	86	56	0	.606		633	528	48-24	38-32	7-3	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	142	80	62	0	.563	6.0	630	568	42-26	38-36	8-2	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	144	69	75	0	.479	18.0	627	652	35-35	34-40	3-7	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	142	68	74	0	.479	18.0	578	607	41-33	27-41	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	138	66	72	0	.478	18.0	652	647	33-35	33-37	7-3	Won 1
California Angels	143	64	79	0	.448	22.5	568	647	32-44	32-35	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	141	81	60	0	.574		606	492	45-23	36-37	7-3	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	143	75	67	1	.528	6.5	589	589	40-31	35-36	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	143	75	68	0	.524	7.0	645	619	47-27	28-41	3-7	Won 1
New York Mets	143	73	70	0	.510	9.0	575	547	38-36	35-34	2-8	Lost 4
Chicago Cubs	144	67	77	0	.465	15.5	627	713	36-33	31-44	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	142	63	79	0	.444	18.5	515	619	32-39	31-40	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	143	96	47	0	.671		744	502	60-16	36-31	7-3	Won 4
Los Angeles Dodgers	144	76	68	0	.528	20.5	561	483	39-30	37-38	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	143	70	73	0	.490	26.0	585	593	39-30	31-43	5-5	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	144	64	80	0	.444	32.5	497	604	31-38	33-42	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	144	63	81	0	.438	33.5	517	656	35-39	28-42	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	146	56	89	1	.386	41.0	610	654	34-41	22-48	5-5	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Indians 4, Red Sox 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Don Hood, hurling only his second complete game of the season, scattered seven hits as the Indians, scoring three unearned runs in the fourth, defeated the Red Sox, 4-1. Boston's only run came on Carlton Fisk's homer, which gave the Sox a 1-0 lead in the second. Alan Ashby flied out in the third to apparently retire the Indians' side, but was awarded first base on catcher's interference, loading the sacks. Frank Duffy's single scored a pair and Ashby crossed the plate on Fred Lynn's error. John Lowenstein, starting in place of Buddy Bell, out with a leg injury, homered for the Indians in the fifth.

Orioles 6, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Mike Torrez achieved a personal victory high, winning his 17th game of the season as the Orioles bounced the Brewers, 6-2. Tommy Davis collected three hits, including a two-run homer in the seventh which locked up the victory, to pin an eighth straight defeat on Milwaukee starter Jim Slaton. Charlie Moore doubled home both Brewer runs in the sixth. The losers had only one other baserunner reach third against Torrez.

Yankees 3, Tigers 0 at New York (night game):
The Yankees tagged Mickey Lolich with the 12th defeat in his last 13 decisions, 3-0, as Rudy May shut out the Tigers on seven hits. Graig Nettles homered to lead off the second. The Yankees scored the final two runs in the fourth on Rick Dempsey's double, an error and a single by Bobby Bonds.

A's 8, Royals 2 at Oakland (night game):
The A's increased their lead over the Royals to six games as Sal Bando and Gene Tenace swatted two-run homers and Claudell Washington added a solo blast in an 8-2 triumph over Kansas City. George Brett homered in the first to give the Royals a 1-0 lead, but Bando connected in the third to put the A's ahead 2-1. The A's struck for five in the sixth as they stopped Kansas City's eight-game winning streak.

Astros 9, Braves 6 at Atlanta (night game):
The smallest crowd in Atlanta Stadium history (737) saw the Braves bow to the Astros and the bat of Cesar Cedeno, who knocked in six runs with two homers and a double in the 9-6 Houston victory. Cedeno doubled home two runs in the first and scored himself on an infield out. He hit a solo homer in the third, then wiped out a 5-4 Atlanta lead in the eighth with a three-run shot. Darrell Evans had an RBI single and two-run homer for the losers.

Dodgers 4, Giants 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Andy Messersmith tossed his sixth shutout of the season, blanking the Giants on three hits, 4-0. The game was scoreless until the sixth when Henry Cruz and Steve Garvey laced back-to-back doubles. The Dodgers tacked on three more in the eighth. Steve Yeager chased across two with a bases-loaded single and Bill Russell's base hit drove in the final tally.

[DH] Expos 6, Mets 5 (night game) / Expos 6, Mets 1 at Montreal (night game):
The Expos all but eliminated the Mets from the N. L. East race with a 6-5 and 6-1 sweep which dropped New York nine games back of the Pirates. Pat Scanlon's bases-loaded single in the ninth inning of the opener drove in the winning run after the Expos had blown a 4-1 lead. Jerry White and Jim Cox hit solo homers for the winners while Mike Vail and Dave Kingman connected for the Mets. Don Carrithers scattered eight hits in his route-going, second-game effort. The Expos got two runs in the first on only one hit and upped their lead to 4-0 in the third on RBI singles by Bob Bailey and Pete Mackanin.

Phillies 6, Cardinals 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies rallied with four runs in the seventh to turn back the Cardinals, 6-3. The winners used three walks, a wild pitch, fielder's choice, double by Greg Luzinski and single by Mike Schmidt to manufacture the decisive comeback. Lou Brock, Ted Sizemore and Willie Davis were credited with RBIs as the Cards scored all their runs in the fifth. Tommy Hutton singled home the first Phillie marker in the third and Luzinski drove home the second with a single in the fifth.

Pirates 4, Cubs 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Dock Ellis, with relief help from Ramon Hernandez, picked up his first victory since his two-week suspension as the Pirates downed the Cubs, 4-1, and moved 6½ lengths ahead in the N. L. East. Doubles by Dave Rosello and Joe Wallis gave the Cubs a 1-0 margin in the first. Following a 48-minute rain delay, the Bucs tied the score on singles by Rennie Stennett and Al Oliver and a groundout by Willie Stargell. Stargell singled home Oliver, who had tripled, with the go-ahead run in the sixth. Richie Zisk's single, a double by Dave Parker and Manny Sanguillen's single made it a three-run inning.

Reds 3, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
Johnny Bench's 29th homer, with Tony Perez aboard in the eighth, lifted the Reds over the Padres, 3-2. Willie McCovey had given San Diego an early lead with a homer in the first after a single by Hector Torres. Singles by Ken Griffey, Perez and George Foster produced Cincinnati's first run in the sixth.