MLB standings through games of September 16, 1975

MLB standings at the end of September 16, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	151	90	61	0	.596		760	669	45-31	45-30	6-4	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	150	84	66	0	.560	5.5	645	528	40-33	44-33	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	150	77	73	0	.513	12.5	639	555	40-33	37-40	7-3	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	146	72	74	0	.493	15.5	644	646	37-36	35-38	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	152	64	88	0	.421	26.5	627	756	33-44	31-44	3-7	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	150	55	95	0	.367	34.5	547	747	29-46	26-49	1-9	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	150	92	58	0	.613		694	565	50-24	42-34	8-2	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	150	84	66	0	.560	8.0	669	601	46-28	38-38	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	152	74	78	0	.487	19.0	671	695	37-38	37-40	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	147	70	77	0	.476	20.5	695	705	37-40	33-37	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	149	70	79	0	.470	21.5	612	643	41-35	29-44	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	151	67	84	0	.444	25.5	600	693	32-44	35-40	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	150	86	64	0	.573		667	527	48-26	38-38	6-4	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	150	80	70	0	.533	6.0	685	643	48-27	32-43	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	151	78	72	1	.520	8.0	625	633	43-33	35-39	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	151	77	74	0	.510	9.5	603	575	40-36	37-38	4-6	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	152	72	80	0	.474	15.0	670	779	40-36	32-44	6-4	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	150	65	85	0	.433	21.0	534	649	33-41	32-44	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	151	98	53	0	.649		769	545	60-17	38-36	4-6	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	152	83	69	0	.546	15.5	597	500	46-31	37-38	8-2	Won 4
San Francisco Giants	152	73	79	0	.480	25.5	620	647	42-35	31-44	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	151	68	83	0	.450	30.0	523	624	35-39	33-44	5-5	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	152	66	86	0	.434	32.5	547	680	36-39	30-47	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	152	60	91	1	.397	38.0	630	668	34-41	26-50	7-3	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 2, Orioles 0 at Boston (night game):
Rico Petrocelli and Carlton Fisk smashed homers in support of Luis Tiant, who outdueled Jim Palmer and pitched the Red Sox to a 2-0 victory, boosting their lead to 5½ games over the Orioles in the East Division race. Petrocelli rapped his round-tripper in the third inning and Fisk followed with an insurance drive in the fourth. Tiant gave up only five hits and did not allow any Oriole runner to advance past second base.

Indians 9, Tigers 2 at Detroit (night game):
Boog Powell, Oscar Gamble and George Hendrick hit homers to account for six of the Indians' runs in a 9-2 victory over the Tigers. Powell started the slugging with a solo shot in the second inning. Gamble connected following a walk to Rico Carty in the fifth and Hendrick slammed his homer with two men on base in the sixth.

White Sox 6, Royals 5 at Kansas City (night game):
A homer by Deron Johnson with two men on base climaxed a six-run explosion in the fifth inning and enabled the White Sox to defeat the Royals, 6-5. Singles by Nyls Nyman, Mike Squires, Bucky Dent, Pat Kelly and Jerry Hairston produced the first three runs before Johnson whacked his round-tripper with two out. The defeat dropped the Royals eight games behind the Athletics in the West Division race.

Brewers 5, Yankees 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Two homers by Bobby Mitchell and one by Darrell Porter powered the Brewers past the Yankees, 5-2, and enabled Jerry Augustine to gain a victory in the lefthander's first major league start. Mitchell homered with two men on base in the first inning. Then in the sixth, Mitchell and Porter hit for the circuit in succession.

Twins 4, Angels 3 at Minnesota (night game):
After pitching seven shutout innings in his debut with the Angels, Sid Monge was the victim of two homers and lost to the Twins, 4-3. The Angels staked their rookie lefthander from Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast) to a 3-0 lead before Steve Brye homered in the eighth inning for the Twins' first run. Then in the ninth, Craig Kusick batted for Jerry Terrell with two men on base and homered to beat Monge.

[DH] A's 11, Rangers 5 (night game) / A's 6, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
Following an eight-run outburst that produced an 11-5 victory in the first game, the Athletics also defeated the Rangers in the second game, 6-4, to sweep a twi-night doubleheader. The Rangers held a 4-2 lead in the lidlifter before the A's rose up against Gaylord Perry in the eighth inning. After Bill North and Claudell Washington led off with singles, Sal Bando smashed a homer. Billy Williams also hit for the circuit to kayo Perry. The A's then added their four other runs off Steve Foucault before the inning ended. Toby Harrah batted in four of the Rangers' runs with a homer and single. The A's began the nightcap with a two-run homer by Reggie Jackson. A walk and doubles by Roy Fosse and North added a pair in the second before the A's wound up their scoring with two more runs in the third on singles by Williams, Gene Tenace and Phil Garner together with a sacrifice fly by Fosse.

Pirates 22, Cubs 0 at Chicago (day game):
The most one-sided shutout in modern major league history saw the Pirates crush the Cubs, 22-0, in a game which Rennie Stennett set one modern record and tied another. Stennett collected four singles, two doubles and a triple to become the only player with seven hits in a nine-inning game since Wilbert Robertson accomplished the feat with the old Baltimore Orioles June 10, 1892. The record for most hits in an overtime contest is nine by Johnny Burnett of the Indians in 18 innings July 10, 1932. Stennett also became the fourth player with two hits in one inning twice in one game. The second baseman singled and doubled in the first inning during a nine-run outburst by the Pirates and then singled and doubled again in the fifth when the Pirates went on a six-run spree. The Pirates' 22-0 margin was three runs better than the previous modern N. L. record and one run more than the modern major league mark of 21-0 set by the Tigers against the Indians September 15, 1901, and equaled by the Yankees against the old Philadelphia Athletics August 13, 1939.

Astros 5, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
The battery of Larry Dierker pitching and Milt May catching brought the Astros a 5-1 victory over the Reds. Dierker allowed only five hits, while May batted in three runs with a grounder in the first inning and singles in the fifth and seventh.

Dodgers 5, Padres 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Davey Lopes stole his 72nd and 73rd bases, setting up a run with each theft, and Jim Wynn accounted for two RBIs with a homer and single to lead the Dodgers to a 5-2 victory over the Padres. Gene Locklear and Willie McCovey homered for the Padres' markers.

Mets 4, Expos 3 at New York (night game):
Collared in seven trips, Mike Vail was stopped on his 23-game hitting streak, but the Mets were able to defeat the Expos, 4-3, in 18 innings on a pass with the bases loaded. With one out, Roy Staiger singled and stopped at second on a hit by Mike Phillips. Don DeMola then walked Jerry Grote to load the bases and passed Del Unser, forcing in Staiger, to end the four-hour, 29-minute contest.

Giants 7, Braves 6 at San Francisco (night game):
Successive singles by Bobby Murcer, Gary Matthews and Willie Montanez for a run in the ninth inning gave the Giants a 7-6 victory over the Braves. John D'Acquisto, making his second relief appearance since undergoing an operation for bone chips in his elbow, pitched the top of the ninth as the Giants' fourth hurler in the game and received credit for the victory.

Phillies 4, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
After starting with three runs in the first inning, the Phillies did not score again until the 13th when Mike Anderson hit a sacrifice fly to beat the Cardinals, 4-3. As result of their victory, the Phillies remained six games behind the Pirates in the East Division while the Cardinals fell eight games off the pace. In the first, Dave Cash doubled and beat the throw to third on a bunt by Larry Bowa, who was safe at first on the fielder's choice. Cash scored on a single by Jay Johnstone and Bowa crossed the plate on an infield out by Greg Luzinski. Johnstone took third on a passed ball by Ted Simmons and scored on a wild pitch by Bob Forsch. The Cards, who had a homer by Bake McBride, caught up and tied the score in the sixth. The game then went scoreless until the 13th when Luzinski drew a walk and stopped at second on a single by Dick Allen. Alan Bannister ran for Luzinski and, after a pass to Mike Schmidt loaded the bases, Anderson hit his sacrifice fly for the winning run.