MLB standings through games of June 5, 1976

MLB standings at the end of June 5, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	45	27	18	0	.600		222	175	11-12	16-6	5-5	Lost 3
Baltimore Orioles	46	24	22	0	.522	3.5	163	171	12-12	12-10	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	45	22	23	0	.489	5.0	191	166	9-12	13-11	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	45	21	24	0	.467	6.0	199	199	11-14	10-10	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	46	21	25	0	.457	6.5	189	205	12-15	9-10	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	43	17	26	0	.395	9.0	165	193	7-10	10-16	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	47	30	17	0	.638		238	180	17-6	13-11	7-3	Won 5
Texas Rangers	46	26	20	0	.565	3.5	212	189	16-10	10-10	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	44	23	21	0	.523	5.5	164	186	12-7	11-14	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	46	22	24	0	.478	7.5	187	217	10-8	12-16	4-6	Lost 1
Oakland A's	50	23	27	0	.460	8.5	217	222	14-12	9-15	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	53	22	31	0	.415	11.0	187	231	11-18	11-13	7-3	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	46	32	14	0	.696		255	169	18-10	14-4	6-4	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	49	28	21	0	.571	5.5	196	198	15-10	13-11	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	53	26	27	0	.491	9.5	219	185	13-13	13-14	3-7	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	49	22	27	0	.449	11.5	205	262	9-14	13-13	5-5	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	50	22	28	0	.440	12.0	182	199	9-16	13-12	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	44	17	27	0	.386	14.0	161	194	8-14	9-13	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	50	31	19	0	.620		299	191	15-8	16-11	7-3	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	52	30	22	0	.577	2.0	213	204	17-8	13-14	3-7	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	48	25	23	0	.521	5.0	205	211	12-13	13-10	6-4	Won 1
Houston Astros	53	25	28	0	.472	7.5	208	243	15-13	10-15	7-3	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	53	21	32	0	.396	11.5	192	245	12-13	9-19	5-5	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	49	19	30	0	.388	11.5	180	214	7-16	12-14	4-6	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Twins 1 at Baltimore (day game):
Allowing only five hits, Ken Holtzman pitched the Orioles to a 5-1 victory over the Twins. The Orioles, who had a homer by Lee May in taking a 2-1 lead, clinched the contest with three more runs in the seventh inning on a walk to Mark Belanger, triple by Bobby Grich, another pass to Reggie Jackson, single by May and sacrifice fly by Tony Muser.

Red Sox 4, Angels 3 at Boston (day game):
Rick Burleson, who hit a homer in the fifth inning, also drove in a run with a two-out single in the ninth to bring the Red Sox a 4-3 victory over the Angels. A two-run homer by Tommy Davis in the top of the ninth tied the score before the Red Sox put over the winning marker in their half on a walk to Doug Griffin, a passed ball and Burleson's single.

Indians 5, White Sox 3 at Chicago (day game):
A walk to Buddy Bell, triple by John Lowenstein and a passed ball accounted for two runs in the tenth inning to provide the Indians with a 5-3 victory over the White Sox.

[DH] Royals 5, Brewers 4 (day game) / Royals 7, Brewers 2 at Kansas City (day game):
Although hitless in the first game, John Mayberry batted in two runs and scored one to figure prominently in a 5-4 victory before the Royals also defeated the Brewers in the second game, 7-2, to complete the sweep of a twi-night doubleheader. In the opener, Mayberry drove in two runs with infield outs and also drew a walk and scored along with Hal McRae on a throwing error by George Scott. In the nightcap, Fred Patek, who had been hitless in 16 straight times at bat, had a perfect night at the plate with a double and two singles in three official trips and also stole two bases to spark the Royals. The tiny shortstop hit his double in the second inning, driving in two runs.

A's 7, Yankees 6 at New York (day game):
The speed of Don Baylor, who stole second and scored from there on throwing a error by Thurman Munson, enabled the Athletics to defeat the Yankees, 7-6. Baylor beat out an infield hit in the ninth inning, pilfered second and when Munson's throw went into center field, Baylor sped for third and continued home with the winning run.

Tigers 3, Rangers 2 at Texas (night game):
The victim of an unearned run, Bert Blyleven was defeated in his debut with the Rangers, losing to the Tigers, 3-2, in 11 innings. In the frame that was fatal to the former Twins' star, Ben Oglivie singled, stole second and moved to third when Roy Howell booted a ball by Aurelio Rodriguez. Bruce Kimm then bounced a grounder to Toby Harrah, who tried for a double play, forcing Rodriguez at second, but the throw by Harrah to first was off the mark, allowing Oglivie to score.

Astros 4, Cubs 3 at Houston (night game):
Wilbur Howard, who entered the game as a pinch-runner and scored in the sixth inning, remained in the Astros' lineup and singled a run across the plate in the seventh to defeat the Cubs, 4-3. Howard ran in the sixth for Greg Gross and then went into right field. In the seventh, with the score tied, 3-3, Enos Cabell singled and was sacrificed to second by Roger Metzger. After J.R. Richard struck out, Howard came to the plate and delivered his winning single.

Mets 3, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Dave Kingman hit his fourth homer in two games as Jon Matlack pitched the Mets to a 3-1 victory over the Dodgers to bring the lefthander's record to 6-1 with his seventh complete game. The Mets bunched singles by Joe Torre, Roy Staiger and Mike Phillips in the second for the first earned run off Doug Rau in 27 innings. Kingman homered in the sixth. Phillips walked in the seventh, stole second and scored on a single by Leon Brown before Ron Cey broke Matlack's bid for a shutout with a homer in the Dodgers' half.

Braves 8, Expos 0 at Montreal (night game):
Four-hit pitching by Dick Ruthven, together with homers by Rowland Office, Earl Williams and Jim Wynn, featured the Braves' 8-0 victory over the Astros.

Padres 11, Pirates 9 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Despite three homers by Bill Robinson, the Pirates fell victim to the Padres in 15 innings, 11-9. Randy Jones, who started for the Padres, yielded a two-run homer to Robinson in the sixth and solo shot in the eighth, but still held a 7-4 lead before being kayoed in the ninth when the Pirates rallied to tie the score. Mike Ivie knocked in a run for the Padres with a double in the 11th, but the Pirates pulled even again in their half with a walk and triple by Rennie Stennett. After the Padres once again went ahead in the 14th, the Pirates tied the score with Robinson's third homer. However, the Pirates were not able to come back after the Padres broke away in the 15th. Merv Rettenmund doubled and counted the tie-breaking run on a single by Ivie. Dave Winfield later drove Ivie home from third with a sacrifice fly for his fourth RBI of the game.

Giants 4, Phillies 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Ken Reitz drove in three runs with a homer and single to lead the Giants to a 4-2 victory over the Phillies and hand Steve Carlton his second straight loss and third of the season after the lefthander had won five times in a row. Reitz stroked his homer with a man on base in the second inning to put the Giants ahead, 2-1, and then accounted for his other RBI with a single in the sixth.

Reds 5, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Don Gullett raised his career record against the Cardinals to 14-3 by allowing only six hits and pitching the Reds to a 5-1 victory. The Reds were hanging to a 2-1 lead in Gullett's duel with John Denny when Tony Perez singled and George Foster homered to clinch matters in the sixth inning.