MLB standings through games of July 3, 1976

MLB standings at the end of July 3, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	72	45	27	0	.625		337	257	21-18	24-9	7-3	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	72	37	35	0	.514	8.0	296	272	19-17	18-18	5-5	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	72	36	36	0	.500	9.0	304	331	18-18	18-18	7-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	72	35	37	0	.486	10.0	311	302	17-19	18-18	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	74	35	39	0	.473	11.0	266	288	17-21	18-18	3-7	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	69	27	42	0	.391	16.5	255	301	14-16	13-26	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	74	46	28	0	.622		381	286	28-11	18-17	7-3	Won 2
Texas Rangers	72	41	31	0	.569	4.0	321	295	24-18	17-13	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	77	37	40	0	.481	10.5	328	327	21-16	16-24	4-6	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	74	35	39	0	.473	11.0	300	333	17-19	18-20	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	73	34	39	0	.466	11.5	277	306	15-17	19-22	3-7	Lost 1
California Angels	79	32	47	0	.405	16.5	258	336	16-23	16-24	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	72	51	21	0	.708		402	258	26-13	25-8	7-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	42	30	0	.583	9.0	317	302	21-16	21-14	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	79	42	37	0	.532	12.5	311	266	21-16	21-21	9-1	Won 9
St. Louis Cardinals	75	33	42	0	.440	19.5	278	319	16-21	17-21	4-6	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	75	30	45	0	.400	22.5	297	411	15-20	15-25	2-8	Lost 8
Montreal Expos	69	24	45	0	.348	25.5	243	319	11-20	13-25	1-9	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	78	47	31	0	.603		451	308	22-15	25-16	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	43	36	0	.544	4.5	313	313	26-14	17-22	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	78	41	37	0	.526	6.0	319	324	26-21	15-16	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	77	36	41	0	.468	10.5	331	321	14-21	22-20	6-4	Won 3
Houston Astros	78	36	42	0	.462	11.0	317	363	20-20	16-22	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	80	31	49	0	.388	17.0	298	373	18-23	13-26	5-5	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Rangers 3, White Sox 0 at Chicago (day game):
White Sox owner Bill Veeck staged a "Breakfast Special," starting at 9:30 a.m. (CDT), and attracted a crowd of 10,099, but the Rangers did the feasting with a 3-0 victory behind the three-hit pitching of Nelson Briles. The morning game was believed to be the first of its kind ever held at Comiskey Park.

Yankees 7, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Ken Holtzman gained his first victory in a Yankee uniform by defeating the Indians, 7-3, before a crowd of 64,529, largest crowd in the major leagues so far this season. Mickey Rivers, who had hit only five homers in 456 games with the Angels before coming to the Yankees in a winter deal, equaled his entire previous career total with his fifth circuit clout of the season. Roy White also homered for the Yankees, hitting a two-run shot. Although he was the winner, Holtzman needed help from Sparky Lyle in the eighth inning to save his decision.

Tigers 4, Orioles 0 at Detroit (night game):
Mark Fidrych, Tigers' rookie sensation, pitched the first shutout of his major league career and raised his record to 9-1 by defeating the Orioles, 4-0, before a crowd of 51,032, second largest turnout of the season in Detroit. Rusty Staub started the 21-year-old righthander on his way to triumph by smashing a homer with two men on base in the first inning. Jason Thompson accounted for the other run with a circuit clout in the fourth.

Royals 7, A's 5 at Kansas City (night game):
Frank White, Al Cowens and Fred Patek drove in two runs apiece to pace the Royals to a 7-5 victory over the Athletics. White, breaking an 0-for-13 slump, singled with the bases loaded in the sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie and account for his first RBIs since June 10. Sal Bando hit his seventh homer over a stretch of seven games for the A's to raise his season's total to 18.

Brewers 6, Red Sox 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
After scoring once on a wild pitch, the Brewers added three runs on a bases-loaded double by Art Kusnyer and defeated the Red Sox, 6-2. Cecil Cooper and Carl Yastrzemski homered to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead before the Brewers erupted for all their runs in the seventh inning. After the Brewers tied the score at 2-2 and had the bases loaded with two out, Tom House relieved Reggie Cleveland and uncorked a wild pitch to allow the deciding run to score. Charlie Moore then walked and Kusnyer cleared the sacks with his double to clinch the victory.

Twins 2, Angels 0 at Minnesota (day game):
In a pitchers' duel, Bill Singer prevailed over Nolan Ryan as the Twins shut out the Angels, 2-0. Singer allowed five hits. Ryan gave up only four, but three of them came in the third inning when the Twins scored their runs on a double by Bob Randall, single by Steve Braun, pass to Roy Smalley and single by Rod Carew.

Reds 9, Astros 8 at Cincinnati (night game):
Bob Bailey hit two homers and Johnny Bench added one, but the Reds had a battle on their hands before edging the Astros, 9-8. Bailey accounted for four RBIs and Bench for three. With the score tied, 8-8, Ken Griffey led off the Reds' eighth with a single and went to second on a passed ball. After Joe Morgan walked, Griffey stole third. One out later, Bench bounced to Enos Cabell, but the third baseman bobbled the ball as Griffey crossed the plate with the deciding run.

Dodgers 3, Padres 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Still unbeaten, Rick Rhoden gained his eighth straight victory for the Dodgers, defeating the Padres, 3-1. Willie Davis homered in the first inning for the Padres' run. The Dodgers tied the score with a tainted tally in the second and then went ahead against Dave Freisleben in the seventh when Steve Yeager singled, Rhoden sacrificed and Davey Lopes doubled. An error and singles by Reggie Smith and Bill Russell added an unearned run in the eighth inning.

Mets 3, Cubs 2 at New York (day game):
A wild pickoff throw by Darold Knowles in the 10th inning enabled the Mets to defeat the Cubs, 3-2, for their ninth straight victory. The loss was the Cubs' eighth in a row. Tom Seaver had a 2-1 decision in his grasp until the ninth inning when Jerry Morales homered to tie the score. Skip Lockwood, who relieved Seaver after the Mets' ace began to falter in the 10th, was the winner. Bud Harrelson opened the Mets' half with a triple, leading to intentional passes to Joe Torre and Mike Phillips. Knowles replaced Rick Reuschel and struck out Bruce Boisclair, but then tried to pick off Phillips at first and when his throw got past Pete LaCock, Harrelson scored the winning run.

Phillies 3, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
A daring slide by Dave Cash, who dove headfirst between the legs of catcher Manny Sanguillen, provided the Phillies with a two-out run in the ninth inning to defeat the Pirates, 3-2. Cash singled with one out and moved to second on a grounder by Larry Bowa. Mike Schmidt followed with a single to left field. Richie Zisk made a strong, accurate throw, but Sanguillen straddled the plate to catch the ball and Cash slid with arms outstretched to touch the plate before being tagged by the Pirates' catcher.

Braves 4, Giants 0 at San Francisco (day game):
Joining the ranks of 10-game winners, Dick Ruthven pitched the Braves to a 4-0 victory over the Giants. The Braves' righthander allowed five singles. John D'Acquisto suffered his fifth straight defeat for the Giants, giving up three runs on four hits and six walks in 3 2/3 innings.

Cardinals 9, Expos 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Following the lead of Lynn McGlothen, who pitched the Cardinals to a 3-0 victory in the previous night's game, John Denny shut out the Expos again, 9-0. The Cardinals clinched the outcome in the first inning, scoring four runs, with two crossing the plate on a triple by Ted Simmons.