MLB standings through games of May 23, 1976

MLB standings at the end of May 23, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	33	21	12	0	.636		169	129	9-8	12-4	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	33	18	15	0	.545	3.0	121	132	11-9	7-6	8-2	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	33	15	18	0	.455	6.0	163	155	6-9	9-9	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	31	14	17	0	.452	6.0	138	132	6-10	8-7	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	29	13	16	0	.448	6.0	115	131	5-8	8-8	3-7	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	34	15	19	0	.441	6.5	152	140	7-11	8-8	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	33	21	12	0	.636		166	120	14-6	7-6	7-3	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	34	21	13	0	.618	0.5	154	123	13-7	8-6	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	34	18	16	0	.529	3.5	144	160	8-4	10-12	6-4	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	32	16	16	0	.500	4.5	122	145	9-5	7-11	8-2	Won 7
Oakland A's	38	15	23	0	.395	8.5	149	181	8-8	7-15	1-9	Lost 8
California Angels	40	15	25	0	.375	9.5	144	189	8-13	7-12	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	32	23	9	0	.719		187	128	10-8	13-1	8-2	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	37	22	15	0	.595	3.5	152	141	13-7	9-8	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	39	22	17	0	.564	4.5	168	133	12-6	10-11	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	37	16	21	0	.432	9.5	172	225	6-12	10-9	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	33	14	19	0	.424	9.5	132	139	7-10	7-9	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	39	16	23	0	.410	10.5	142	161	8-13	8-10	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	39	26	13	0	.667		174	138	15-4	11-9	8-2	Won 6
Cincinnati Reds	38	23	15	0	.605	2.5	227	151	11-6	12-9	6-4	Won 2
San Diego Padres	37	18	19	0	.486	7.0	163	160	7-11	11-8	5-5	Lost 2
Houston Astros	41	18	23	0	.439	9.0	151	191	11-11	7-12	3-7	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	40	15	25	0	.375	11.5	136	165	6-12	9-13	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	40	13	27	0	.325	13.5	133	205	7-13	6-14	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 10, Orioles 6 at Baltimore (day game):
Ron LeFlore extended his hitting streak to 25 games with four singles in pacing the Tigers to a 10-6 win over the Orioles. Detroit snapped their losing skein at six games with a six-run eighth, pounding four Baltimore pitchers for 17 hits. The Orioles wasted homers by Reggie Jackson, Bobby Grich and Lee May.

[DH] White Sox 3, A's 1 (day game) / White Sox 4, A's 3 at Chicago (day game):
The Chisox ran their winning streak to seven straight with a doubleheader sweep over the A's, 3-1 and 4-3. The losses extended the A's losing skein to a club-record eight games. Pat Kelly's double in the seventh scored Jack Brohamer with the tie-breaking run in the opener. Clay Carroll picked up the win in relief of Terry Forster. Bucky Dent's single drove in Kelly with the decisive run in the fifth inning of the nightcap.

[DH] Indians 2, Brewers 1 (day game) / Indians 8, Brewers 5 at Cleveland (day game):
The Indians snapped a four-game losing streak in sweeping a doubleheader from the Brewers, 2-1 and 8-5. Jackie Brown needed only three more outs for his second successive shutout in the opener. Then a double by Darrell Porter and Bob Hansen's single scored the Milwaukee run. Relievers Dave LaRoche and Jim Kern put out the fire. DH John Lowenstein drove in four runs with a double and single for the Indians in the nightcap. After getting a save in the opener, Kern blanked the Brewers in six innings to get the win in the second game after relieving Fritz Peterson.

Twins 3, Royals 1 at Minnesota (day game):
The Twins reeled off four double plays to help Bert Blyleven turn back the Royals, 3-1, for his fourth win. Tom Burgmeier and Bill Campbell came on in the eighth to shut off a Kansas City rally. Dan Ford and Craig Kusick socked run-scoring doubles for the Twins in the third.

Red Sox 7, Yankees 6 at New York (day game):
Jim Rice's two-run homer in the seventh sparked the Red Sox to a 7-6 victory over the Yankees before 52,994, the biggest turnout of the year in new Yankee Stadium. Carl Yastrzemski walked with the bases loaded in the ninth for the run the Red Sox needed to win.

Rangers 9, Angels 0 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers scored nine runs in the second inning, routing Nolan Ryan, to defeat the Angels, 9-0, in a game called in the sixth inning because of rain and a hail storm. The loser of his fourth start in a row, Ryan walked five in the second inning and gave up doubles to Tom Grieve and Dave Moates before being relieved by Andy Hassler. Grieve also homered in the second off Hassler. Jim Umbarger coasted to his fourth win.

Dodgers 6, Astros 5 at Los Angeles (day game):
Manny Mota, winning a second straight game as a pinch-hitter, drove in the deciding run with a single in the 10th inning to enable the Dodgers to edge the Astros, 6-5, Mota delivered the game-winning hit with the bases full after the Dodgers had scored the tying run on an error by Rob Andrews. Jerry DaVanon's sacrifice fly had given the Astros a 5-4 lead in the top of the 10th.

Expos 5, Mets 4 at Montreal (day game):
The Expos scored two runs in the seventh inning to overcome the Mets, 5-4, in a Jacket Day game that attracted Jarry Park's largest crowd of the season, 22,861. After singles by Pepe Mangual and Jerry White, Andre Thornton produced the tying run with a sacrifice fly and Gary Carter ended an 0-for14 slump with a single to score the winning run.

Phillies 3, Cardinals 2 at Philadelphia (day game):
Al Hrabosky walked Larry Bowa on four pitches with the bases loaded in the 11th inning to force home the winning run as the Phillies shaded the Cardinals, 3-2.

[DH] Cubs 6, Pirates 5 (day game) / Pirates 9, Cubs 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
A throwing error by Dave Giusti on a pickoff attempt at second base enabled the Cubs to score the deciding run in a 6-5 victory over the Pirates in the opening game of a doubleheader. Al Oliver and Bill Robinson hit two-run homers and winning pitcher Jerry Reuss delivered a two-run triple as the Pirates won the second game, 9-1.

Reds 11, Padres 0 at San Diego (day game):
With Jack Billingham pitching a three-hitter and George Foster pounding out four hits, including a grand-slam homer in the sixth inning, the Reds routed the Padres, 11-0. Dave Concepcion also had four hits for the Reds.

[DH] Braves 9, Giants 2 (day game) / Giants 1, Braves 0 at San Francisco (day game):
The Braves won the first game of a doubleheader, 9-2, behind the five-hit pitching of Dick Ruthven and Elias Sosa, but John Montefusco fired a three-hitter as the Giants took the nightcap, 1-0. Willie Montanez hit a homer in the fifth inning of the opener, the first for the Giants in 133 innings. Chris Speier's infield single with the bases loaded produced the only run of the nightcap.