MLB standings through games of September 12, 1975

MLB standings at the end of September 12, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	146	86	60	0	.589		729	644	41-30	45-30	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	147	82	65	0	.558	4.5	628	523	40-33	42-32	8-2	Won 3
New York Yankees	146	75	71	0	.514	11.0	626	538	38-32	37-39	7-3	Won 5
Cleveland Indians	142	70	72	0	.493	14.0	623	633	37-36	33-36	7-3	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	147	62	85	0	.422	24.5	597	725	32-44	30-41	2-8	Lost 4
Detroit Tigers	147	55	92	0	.374	31.5	542	721	29-43	26-49	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	146	89	57	0	.610		661	541	50-24	39-33	7-3	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	146	82	64	0	.562	7.0	649	583	44-26	38-38	7-3	Won 2
Texas Rangers	148	72	76	0	.486	18.0	645	663	35-36	37-40	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	145	69	76	0	.476	19.5	589	618	41-35	28-41	3-7	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	143	67	76	0	.469	20.5	669	680	34-39	33-37	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	147	66	81	0	.449	23.5	581	670	32-44	34-37	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	145	83	62	0	.572		625	512	47-25	36-37	7-3	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	146	78	68	0	.534	5.5	661	622	48-27	30-41	6-4	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	147	76	70	1	.521	7.5	607	615	41-31	35-39	3-7	Won 1
New York Mets	147	74	73	0	.503	10.0	588	562	38-36	36-37	2-8	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	147	70	77	0	.476	14.0	652	729	38-33	32-44	8-2	Won 3
Montreal Expos	146	64	82	0	.438	19.5	521	636	33-41	31-41	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	147	97	50	0	.660		756	524	60-16	37-34	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	148	79	69	0	.534	18.5	578	492	42-31	37-38	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	147	70	77	0	.476	27.0	597	617	39-33	31-44	2-8	Lost 8
San Diego Padres	148	68	80	0	.459	29.5	515	610	35-38	33-42	6-4	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	148	65	83	0	.439	32.5	527	664	36-39	29-44	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	150	58	91	1	.389	40.0	621	665	34-41	24-50	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Tigers 4 at Detroit (night game):
Forced into overtime, the Orioles broke away with two runs in the 11th inning and defeated the Tigers, 6-4. The Orioles scored their first four runs in the second, three coming on a homer by Elrod Hendricks. The Tigers came back with a two-run smash by Tom Veryzer in the fifth and tied the score when Ben Oglivie hit for the circuit with a man on base in the eighth. Al Bumbry walked in the 11th and scored the Orioles' tie-breaking run on a single by Tony Muser and double by Jim Northrup. After an intentional pass to Lee May, Ken Singleton hit a sacrifice fly to add an insurance tally.

[DH] Royals 10, Angels 2 (night game) / Royals 7, Angels 2 at Kansas City (night game):
The Royals, after collecting 18 hits and breezing to a 10-2 victory, exploded for five runs in the third inning and beat the Angels again, 7-2, to sweep a twi-night doubleheader. In the opener, the Royals jumped on Bill Singer for five straight singles by Jim Wohlford, Cookie Rojas, George Brett, John Mayberry and Al Cowens to score three runs in the first inning and that was more than enough for Dennis Leonard. The Royals' later scoring included two RBIs by Amos Otis with a pair of doubles and three RBIs by Bob Stinson on a sacrifice fly and single. The Royals' 18 hits represented their season high. In the nightcap, the Royals salted away the verdict for Al Fitzmorris with five runs in the third on a walk to Stinson, singles by Frank White, Wohlford, Rojas and Brett and a double by Mayberry.

[DH] A's 11, Twins 4 (night game) / Twins 7, A's 6 at Minnesota (night game):
Erupting for six runs in the sixth inning, the Twins gained a 7-6 victory in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader for a split with the Athletics, who won the first game, 11-4. Bill North rapped three hits, drew a walk, drove in two runs and scored four in the A's victory. Claudell Washington also had three hits, with three RBIs and three runs scored, while Sal Bando batted in three runs with a pair of singles. The Twins had the game's only homers by Phil Roof and Steve Braun. In the nightcap, Eddie Bane, returning to the Twins after nearly two years in the minors, gained his first major league victory. Paul Lindblad, working in relief of Sonny Siebert, suffered his first defeat of the season after being a winner in nine games. In the Twins' big inning, Dave McKay drove in two runs with a double and Jerry Terrell plated a pair with a triple. Billy Williams had a three-run double in the eighth when the A's chased both Bane and Tom Johnson before Tom Burgmeier came in to save the game.

White Sox 5, Rangers 2 at Texas (night game):
Jorge Orta drove in four runs with a single and homer, making it possible for Rich Hinton to gain his first victory of the season as the White Sox defeated the Rangers, 5-2. Hinton gave up two hits while pitching four innings in relief of Jesse Jefferson. Rich Gossage worked the last 2 2/3 innings, did not allow a hit and recorded his 25th save of the season.

Braves 2, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Phil Niekro pitched a four-hitter and Dusty Baker drove in the Braves' runs with a homer and single to account for a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers. Baker hit his homer in the second inning. Ralph Garr walked in third, stole second and, after an error by Steve Garvey, counted an unearned run on Baker's single. The Dodgers' tally off Niekro in the seventh also was tainted.

Pirates 6, Expos 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Bob Moose came up with a surprise performance, pitching 7 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, and Dave Parker smashed a three-run homer to lift the Pirates to a 6-3 victory over the Expos. Moose, who was sent back to the minors earlier this year, gained his first major league victory since April 14, 1974. The Expos knocked out John Candelaria in the second inning, scoring their runs on a walk, a single by Gary Carter, double by Don Carrithers, single by Jerry White and a wild pickoff throw. After the Pirates narrowed their deficit to 3-2, Al Oliver singled, Willie Stargell walked and Parker poked his homer in the the fifth. The cictory enabled the Pirates to extend their East Division lead to 5½ games over the Phillies, who were idle.

Padres 1, Astros 0 at San Diego (night game):
A sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Tito Fuentes in the ninth inning produced the only run of the game to enable the Padres to defeat the Astros, 1-0. Dan Spillner, who started for the Padres, was replaced with two out and the bases loaded in the top half of the ninth. Dave Tomlin retired Cliff Johnson on a pop fly to end the Astros' threat. Bobby Tolan delivered a pinch-single to open the Padres' half and moved to second on a balk by Jim York. After a sacrifice by Dave Roberts, Jerry Turner drew a walk before Fuentes batted for Tomlin and ended the game with his sacrifice fly.

Reds 6, Giants 3 at San Francisco (night game):
Although John Montefusco struck out 12 batters in eight innings, raising the rookie's season total to 202, the Reds were able to defeat the Giants, 6-3. Pete Rose scored his 100th run of the year for the Reds in the first and drove in one with a single in the second. The Reds clinched their victory with three runs in the eighth on a double by Johnny Bench, triple by George Foster, a hit batsman and double by Doug Flynn. Montefusco was 25 strikeouts shy of the N. L. record for rookies set by Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1911.

Cardinals 5, Mets 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Lynn McGlothen scattered seven hits and pitched the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over the Mets. A wild pitch by Jon Matlack, after Luis Melendez and Ted Sizemore singled in the third inning, gave the Cardinals their first run. Melendez and Ted Sizemore singled again in the fifth and Reggie Smith plated a run with a single. After the Mets picked up their lone tally in the sixth on a single by Dave Kingman and triple by Rusty Staub, Mike Tyson iced the Cardinals' victory with a two-run double in their half of the inning. Mets' rookie outfielder Mike Vail hit safely in his 20th straight game, longest streak in the N. L. this season.