MLB standings through games of September 26, 1975

MLB standings at the end of September 26, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	158	95	63	0	.601		790	693	47-32	48-31	8-2	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	155	89	66	0	.574	4.5	672	540	44-33	45-33	9-1	Won 5
New York Yankees	156	80	76	0	.513	14.0	668	578	40-34	40-42	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	157	77	80	0	.490	17.5	672	697	41-39	36-41	5-5	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	160	66	94	0	.412	30.0	663	790	34-45	32-49	3-7	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	157	57	100	0	.363	37.5	568	774	31-49	26-51	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	160	96	64	0	.600		747	603	52-27	44-37	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	160	91	69	0	.569	5.0	705	641	51-30	40-39	7-3	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	157	76	81	0	.484	18.5	720	729	39-41	37-40	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	160	77	83	0	.481	19.0	706	728	37-41	40-42	3-7	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	159	73	86	0	.459	22.5	648	699	42-39	31-47	3-7	Lost 1
California Angels	159	72	87	0	.453	23.5	625	712	35-46	37-41	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	159	91	68	0	.572		706	557	52-28	39-40	6-4	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	160	85	75	0	.531	6.5	723	688	50-29	35-46	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	160	81	79	0	.506	10.5	640	613	42-39	39-40	5-5	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	161	81	79	1	.506	10.5	654	683	44-35	37-44	3-7	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	160	74	86	0	.463	17.5	700	816	41-38	33-48	2-8	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	160	74	86	0	.463	17.5	590	678	39-42	35-44	9-1	Won 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	160	106	54	0	.662		826	574	62-17	44-37	8-2	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	160	87	73	0	.544	19.0	641	529	48-31	39-42	6-4	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	159	78	81	0	.491	27.5	650	667	46-35	32-46	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	160	71	89	0	.444	35.0	548	674	38-41	33-48	3-7	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	159	67	92	0	.421	38.5	571	725	37-43	30-49	2-8	Lost 1
Houston Astros	160	63	96	1	.396	42.5	659	704	37-44	26-52	5-5	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Red Sox 4, Indians 0 (night game) / Red Sox 4, Indians 0 at Boston (night game):
Getting shutout pitching from Luis Tiant and Reggie Cleveland, the Red Sox took giant strides toward clinching the East Division title by posting a pair of 4-0 victories over the Indians in a twi-night doubleheader. The sweep reduced the Red Sox' magic number to two for eliminating the Orioles, who were rained out in New York. In the opener, the Red Sox scored twice in the first inning. Bernie Carbo and Denny Doyle walked. Carl Yastrzemski flied to right field and Carbo raced to third after the catch in position to score on a sacrifice fly by Fred Lynn. Carlton Fisk then doubled to drive in Doyle. Cecil Cooper homered in the fourth and the final run followed in the eighth on a double by Fisk and single by Cooper. In the nightcap, the Red Sox counted their initial run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Bob Montgomery after loading the bases with a single by Fisk, pass to Deron Johnson and single by Rico Petrocelli. Removing any doubt about the outcome, the Red Sox exploded for three runs in the seventh on consecutive doubles by Doyle and Juan Beniquez and a homer by Dwight Evans.

Brewers 3, Tigers 0 at Milwaukee (night game):
George Scott drove in the Brewers' runs with his 35th and 36th homers and Pete Broberg pitched a six-hitter to shut out the Tigers, 3-0. Scott hit for the circuit in the third inning and followed with another drive after a single by Robin Yount in the seventh to boost his RBI total to 107.

Twins 2, White Sox 1 at Minnesota (day game):
A double by Steve Brye and single by Larry Hisle in the sixth inning enabled the Twins to defeat the White Sox, 2-1. The White Sox' run counted in the fourth on a single by Bill Stein, double by Lamar Johnson and grounder by Brian Downing. Jerry Terrell tied the score with his first homer of the season in the Twins' half.

A's 4, Angels 2 at Oakland (night game):
Although collecting only five hits of Ed Figueroa, the Athletics made them count in gaining a 4-2 victory over the Angels. Two walks and a single by Billy Williams produced the initial run in the first inning. After the Angels went ahead, 2-1, in the fourth, the A's came back with a pair in their half on a double by Williams, a walk and singles by Joe Rudi and Bert Campaneris. Tommy Harper wrapped up the scoring with a homer in the eighth. The Angels stole four bases to bring their club total to 219.

Royals 8, Rangers 6 at Texas (night game):
Two runs in the ninth inning on an error and a pass with the bases loaded enabled the Royals to defeat the Rangers, 8-6. Jamie Quirk drove in three of the Royals' six earlier runs with a pair of singles. A two-run double by Mike Hargrove and homer by Toby Harrah with a man on base helped the Rangers narrow their deficit to one run at 6-5 before the Royals began the ninth by loading the bases with singles by Frank White and Vada Pinson and a walk to John Mayberry. Harmon Killebrew then grounded to Harrah and was safe on the shortstop's error as White scored. Amos Otis came up next and walked to force in an extra tally.

Expos 3, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
After hitting a two-run homer to tie the score in the eighth inning, Mike Jorgensen drove in another run with a single in the 12th to bat the Expos to a 3-2 victory over the Cubs. Manny Trillo accounted for the Cubs' pair with a single in the fourth. Jorgensen's homer in the eighth followed a pass to Jim Dwyer. Pepe Mangual drew a walk in the 12th, stopped at second on a single by Tim Foli, stole third and crossed the plate on Jorgensen's single. Dale Murray, who pitched five innings of three-hit relief, picked up his 15th victory and third over the Cubs in six days.

Reds 12, Braves 5 at Cincinnati (night game):
Gary Nolan, who achieved a sensational comeback after two winless years with shoulder trouble, gained his 15th victory of the season when the Reds defeated the Braves, 12-5. The Braves jumped off to a 4-0 lead, but Nolan started himself on the road to victory by hitting a single to drive in two of the Reds' three runs in the second inning. The Reds then took command of the game by counting three more times in the fourth on a bases-loaded double by Tony Perez, who boosted his season's RBI total to 109.

Dodgers 3, Astros 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Burt Hooton gained his 12th straight victory, setting a Los Angeles club record, when Steve Garvey smashed a two-run homer in the ninth inning to carry the Dodgers past the Astros, 3-2. The Dodgers scored their initial run in the eighth on two walks, a bunt and sacrifice fly by Leron Lee, but the Astros went ahead in the top of the ninth when Cliff Johnson homered with a man on base. In the Dodgers' half, Willie Crawford walked and Garvey ended the game in Hooton's favor with his circuit clout.

[DH] Phillies 4, Mets 3 (night game) / Mets 3, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies clinched second place in the East Division by winning the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 4-3, in 12 innings before the Mets came back to take the second game, 3-2, also in 12 innings. Larry Bowa, who had hit a two-run triple in the second inning of the opener, tripled again with one out in the 12th. After the Mets walked Mike Schmidt and Greg Luzinski intentionally, Tony Taylor struck out but Garry Maddox singled to drive in the Phillies' winning run. Dave Kingman hit his 36th homer of the season for the Mets. The Mets won the nightcap with two unearned runs in the 12th. Jesus Alou reached base on an error by Alan Bannister. After a forceout, Bob Gallagher scored on a double by Felix Millan, who also crossed the plate on a wild throw by Mike Anderson. In the Phillies' half, Johnny Oates singled and Tim McCarver walked. Mike Rogodzinski doubled, driving in Oates, but McCarver was thrown out at the plate to end the game.

Giants 5, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
The biggest rookie winner in the N. L. this season, John Montefusco brought his record to 15-9 by pitching the Giants to a 5-0 victory over the Padres. The shutout was the young righthander's fourth of the year. Montefusco struck out only four, but his total of 215 was the highest for any yearling in the N. L. since Grover Cleveland Alexander fanned 227 in 1911. The Giants jumped off to a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning on singles by Derrel Thomas, Bobby Murcer, Willie Montanez and Bruce Miller. Their other runs followed in the eighth on an error and singles by Thomas, Murcer, Gary Matthews and Gary Thomasson.

Cardinals 1, Pirates 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Forsch yielded only three hits and pitched the Cardinals to a 1-0 victory over the Pirates. The speed of Lou Brock enabled the Cards to score the game's only run off Jim Rooker in the first inning. Brock singled and, on a hit-and-run play, raced home from first base on a single by Ted Simmons.