MLB standings through games of April 18, 1976

MLB standings at the end of April 18, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	7	5	2	0	.714		44	22	2-1	3-1	5-2	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	6	4	2	0	.667	0.5	24	18	1-1	3-1	4-2	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	5	3	2	0	.600	1.0	16	10	0-1	3-1	3-2	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	7	3	4	0	.429	2.0	16	20	2-3	1-1	3-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	8	3	5	0	.375	2.5	34	37	2-3	1-2	3-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	6	2	4	0	.333	2.5	23	25	0-1	2-3	2-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Texas Rangers	9	6	3	0	.667		30	21	6-3	0-0	6-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	6	4	2	0	.667	0.5	29	22	1-0	3-2	4-2	Won 1
Oakland A's	8	4	4	0	.500	1.5	28	30	1-1	3-3	4-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	7	3	4	0	.429	2.0	24	32	3-3	0-1	3-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	8	3	5	0	.375	2.5	22	40	1-1	2-4	3-5	Won 1
California Angels	9	3	6	0	.333	3.0	35	48	1-5	2-1	3-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	6	1	0	.857		47	37	4-1	2-0	6-1	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	8	4	4	0	.500	2.5	52	58	2-3	2-1	4-4	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	6	3	3	0	.500	2.5	46	44	0-2	3-1	3-3	Won 2
New York Mets	9	4	5	0	.444	3.0	52	39	2-1	2-4	4-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	7	3	4	0	.429	3.0	26	39	3-2	0-2	3-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	7	2	5	0	.286	4.0	23	29	1-1	1-4	2-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Atlanta Braves	8	5	3	0	.625		31	33	3-2	2-1	5-3	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	8	5	3	0	.625		63	45	4-2	1-1	5-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	10	6	4	0	.600		45	55	6-1	0-3	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	8	4	4	0	.500	1.0	33	37	2-0	2-4	4-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	9	4	5	0	.444	1.5	39	33	1-2	3-3	4-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	1	6	0	.143	3.5	24	32	0-2	1-4	1-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 10, Red Sox 4 at Boston (day game):
Jack Brohamer, Jim Spencer and Bucky Dent drove in eight runs among them to enable the White Sox to defeat the Red Sox, 10-4. Brohamer started the White Sox on their way with a three-run homer in the second inning. Then in the third, when the White Sox added four more, Spencer and Dent each hit two-run doubles.

Tigers 6, Angels 2 at California (day game):
The Tigers sent Andy Hassler down to his second straight loss this year and 13th in a row over two seasons by defeating the Angels, 6-2. Rusty Staub hit a double and two singles, driving in two runs, to lead the Tigers' attack.

Indians 6, Royals 0 at Kansas City (day game):
Coming off the 21-day disabled list, Steve Busby allowed only two hits in six innings, but the righthander was wild and was the loser when the Indians defeated the Royals, 6-0. Busby walked seven. He allowed only two runs, both without the benefit of a hit. In the first, a walk to Rick Manning, two infield outs and a wild pickoff throw by Busby accounted for the Indians' initial tally. In the sixth, John Lowenstein walked, moved up on a pair of infield outs and stole home when Busby took a full windup.

Twins 5, Yankees 4 at New York (day game):
Lyman Bostock and Butch Wynegar each hit his first major league homer, connecting in succession off Catfish Hunter in the ninth inning, to lift the Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Yankees. Earlier in the game, Rod Carew also homered for the Twins.

A's 2, Orioles 1 at Oakland (day game):
An error by Andres Mora in the 12th inning enabled the Athletics to defeat the Orioles, 2-1. Mora, playing left field, dropped a fly by Sal Bando, allowing the batter to reach third base. Larry Haney, batting for the first time this season, then singled to drive in the winning run. Tommy Harper homered off Vida Blue for the Orioles' run in the first. Ken Holtzman, appearing against his former teammates for the first time, worked 10 innings and gave up the A's tying run in the fourth on a triple by Bill North and sacrifice fly by Joe Rudi.

[DH] Rangers 7, Brewers 4 (day game) / Brewers 4, Rangers 1 at Texas (day game):
Five RBIs by Mike Hargrove on four hits, including a three-run homer, carried the Rangers to a 7-4 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Brewers came back to win the second game, 4-1. The Rangers broke Jim Slaton's string of two straight shutouts in the opener. Singer gained his first victory as a Ranger, going 7 2/3 innings. He allowed only three hits, but they included homers by Charlie Moore and Don Money. In the nightcap, Money singled home two runs for the Brewers.

Braves 7, Dodgers 6 at Atlanta (day game):
Andy Messersmith, who signed a three-year contract for $1,000,000, made his debut in an Atlanta uniform, pitching against his former teammates, but worked only four innings and came out without a decision when the Braves defeated the Dodgers, 7-6. Messersmith gave up three hits and one run. Another former Dodger, Jim Wynn, whom Braves obtained in the deal, decided the outcome by smashing a homer with two men on base in the sixth inning.

Phillies 8, Cubs 5 at Chicago (day game):
Mike Schmidt, who hit four consecutive homers in the previous day's game, struck out and fouled out twice before hitting for the circuit again to seal the Phillies' 8-5 victory over the Cubs. Schmidt's smash came with a man on base in the seventh inning. The Cubs also were not silent for homers, accounting for all five of their runs on circuit clouts by Jose Cardenal, Rick Monday and Andre Thornton. Larry Christenson and Bob Boone each batted in two runs with doubles for the Phillies.

Giants 5, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (day game):
John Montefusco and Gary Lavelle, who pitched the last 2 2/3 innings in relief, allowed only five hits between them as the Giants defeated the Reds, 5-1. This was first time this season the Reds had been held under 10 hits in any game.

[DH] Astros 4, Padres 2 (day game) / Padres 11, Astros 5 at Houston (day game):
After extending their winning streak to six games with a 4-2 victory in the opener of a doubleheader, the Astros were stopped on their streak by losing the nightcap to the Padres, 11-5. Cesar Cedeno provided the Astros' big punch in the opener, driving in three runs with a homer. Cedeno homered again with two men on base in the second game, but the Padres piled up 15 hits, with Willie McCovey accounting for four RBIs in the slugfest.

Pirates 7, Mets 5 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Although Dave Kingman hit two more homers, giving him seven for the season, the Pirates were able to overpower the Mets, 7-5. Kingman drove in four runs. The Pirates had a homer by Willie Stargell in the second inning before exploding for six runs in the fourth on six hits and an error.

Cardinals 2, Expos 1 at St. Louis (day game):
After retiring the first 18 batters in succession, John Denny began to tire, but the righthander came out as the winner when the Cardinals defeated the Expos, 2-1. Larry Biittner evaded a tag by Denny and beat out an infield roller for the Expos' first hit in the seventh inning. When Mike Jorgensen homered with two away in the ninth and Gary Carter and Larry Parrish followed with singles, Mike Wallace replaced Denny and retired pinch-hitter Bombo Rivera to save the game.