MLB standings through games of July 7, 1976

MLB standings at the end of July 7, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	77	47	30	0	.610		351	271	22-21	25-9	4-6	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	76	38	38	0	.500	8.5	332	311	19-20	19-18	7-3	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	76	38	38	0	.500	8.5	307	289	19-18	19-20	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	76	37	39	0	.487	9.5	318	350	18-19	19-20	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	78	36	42	0	.462	11.5	277	303	17-21	19-21	2-8	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	73	29	44	0	.397	16.0	267	316	16-18	13-26	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	79	49	30	0	.620		392	302	28-12	21-18	7-3	Won 1
Texas Rangers	77	44	33	0	.571	4.0	342	314	26-19	18-14	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	81	41	40	0	.506	9.0	345	331	24-16	17-24	6-4	Won 4
Minnesota Twins	79	37	42	0	.468	12.0	324	354	18-20	19-22	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	78	36	42	0	.462	12.5	294	333	16-18	20-24	3-7	Won 1
California Angels	84	35	49	0	.417	16.5	281	356	18-24	17-25	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	77	52	25	0	.675		419	287	26-16	26-9	5-5	Lost 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	77	44	33	0	.571	8.0	346	332	22-17	22-16	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	84	44	40	0	.524	11.5	337	286	22-17	22-23	7-3	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	79	34	45	0	.430	19.0	300	339	17-24	17-21	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	80	34	46	0	.425	19.5	320	422	18-20	16-26	4-6	Won 4
Montreal Expos	73	25	48	0	.342	25.0	259	347	11-23	14-25	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	82	51	31	0	.622		483	322	23-15	28-16	7-3	Won 5
Los Angeles Dodgers	83	46	37	0	.554	5.5	332	324	26-15	20-22	6-4	Won 3
San Diego Padres	82	42	40	0	.512	9.0	324	341	26-21	16-19	4-6	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	81	38	43	0	.469	12.5	352	341	16-22	22-21	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	82	38	44	0	.463	13.0	331	385	22-21	16-23	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	84	34	50	0	.405	18.0	317	394	19-23	15-27	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 6, Red Sox 3 at Boston (day game):
Breaking loose for three runs in the 10th inning, the White Sox defeated the Red Sox, 6-3. Alan Bannister opened the stanza with a single and was forced by Jorge Orta. Jim Spencer walked. Jim Essian then delivered a single for his third hit of the game, scoring Orta with the tie-breaking tally. On the throw home, the other runners advanced and both then scored insurance markers on a single by Bucky Dent.

Angels 2, Indians 0 at California (night game):
With Bobby Bonds driving in both of the Angels' runs, Nolan Ryan shut out the Indians, 2-0. Bonds homered in the first inning and then doubled in the third to drive in Mario Guerrero, who had reached base with a single.

Twins 8, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Mike Cubbage hit his first homer of the year and it was a big one, coming with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to climax a five-run outburst that clinched the Twins' 8-2 victory over the Brewers. The homer was the fifth of Cubbage's major league career and slam was his second. In the eighth, an error led to one of the Twins' runs before they filled the bases and Cubbage whacked his homer off reliever Bill Castro.

Royals 2, Yankees 1 at New York (night game):
Andy Hassler, who had lost 17 straight games with the Angels, made his first pitching appearance with the Royals and allowed only four hits and one run in 7 2/3 innings, but reliever Mark Littell received credit for the victory when the Royals beat the Yankees, 2-1. Catfish Hunter drew the defeat on a run in the ninth. Frank White led off with a single, stole second and continued to third when shortstop Mickey Klutts, playing his first major league game, failed to hold the throw from catcher Thurman Munson. Amos Otis then hit a sacrifice fly, scoring White.

A's 5, Orioles 3 at Oakland (night game):
The formerly powerful Athletics extended their winning streak to four games, their longest so far this season, by defeating the Orioles, 5-3. Don Baylor drove in the A's first run with a double in the opening frame. Consecutive singles by Bert Campaneris, Baylor, Joe Rudi, Sal Bando and Gene Tenace added three in the fifth before Bando accounted for the A's final tally with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Tigers 2, Rangers 1 at Texas (night game):
Bert Blyleven continued to suffer from a lack of scoring support, but actually beat himself by hitting two batters with pitched balls as the Tigers defeated the Rangers, 2-1. When the Rangers counted in the ninth inning, the run was the first they had scored for Blyleven in the first nine innings of any of his last four starts, although he won two of them, 1-0, in 10 innings. The Tigers picked up both their tallies in the eighth. Dan Meyer singled and Ron LeFlore was safe when Mike Hargrove booted his bunt. Blyleven then hit both Tom Veryzer and Ben Oglivie to force in one run and the deciding tally followed on a sacrifice fly by Rusty Staub.

Pirates 9, Braves 7 at Atlanta (night game):
Only hours after Dick Ruthven had been named as the pitching replacement for Andy Messersmith in the All-Star Game, the Pirates jumped on him for nine hits and eight runs in six innings to defeat the Braves, 9-7. The Pirates' attack included Manny Sanguillen's first homer of the season.

Cubs 10, Padres 0 at Chicago (day game):
Rick Reuschel pitched the Cubs' third straight shutout in a 10-0 romp over the Padres, but the veteran righthander was the first member of the Chicago staff to turn in a whitewashing as a complete-game effort this season. In the Cubs' two previous shutouts of the Padres, both their starters needed relief help. They also had two other shutouts this year on pitching combinations. Manny Trillo and Steve Swisher hit homers in the Cubs' trouncing of the Padres. Trillo's drive came with two men on base.

Mets 12, Astros 4 at Houston (night game):
The Mets ripped into the Astros for 20 hits and gained a 12-4 victory. Mike Phillips and Jerry Grote each had three hits, but John Milner was the most productive batter, driving in three runs with a double and single while hitting safely in his 13th straight game.

Reds 4, Expos 3 at Montreal (night game):
Cesar Geronimo knocked in two runs with a triple and scored himself on a sacrifice fly as the Reds rallied in the ninth inning to defeat the Expos, 4-3. Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen both singled ahead of Geronimo's three-bagger that tied the score. Mike Lum followed with a sacrifice fly, sending Geronimo home with the winning run.

Dodgers 6, Phillies 5 at Philadelphia (night game):
An error by Mike Schmidt, his second of the game, enabled the Dodgers to cap a three-run rally in the seventh inning and defeat the Phillies, 6-5. Steve Yeager drew a walk to open the stanza and scored on a pinch-double by Lee Lacy, knocking out Jim Kaat. Davey Lopes greeted Ron Reed with a single, driving in Lacy. Ron Cey then grounded to Schmidt and when the third baseman threw wildly, Lopes counted what proved to be the Dodgers' winning run.

Giants 3, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
A solo homer by Darrell Evans in the ninth inning lifted the Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals. John Montefusco pitched the first seven innings for the Giants, but then had to leave with a blister on his right index finger. As a result, Gary Lavelle in relief gained the victory, his second in the three-game series with the Cardinals.