MLB standings through games of July 8, 1976

MLB standings at the end of July 8, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	78	48	30	0	.615		357	271	23-21	25-9	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	77	39	38	0	.506	8.5	340	315	20-20	19-18	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	76	38	38	0	.500	9.0	307	289	19-18	19-20	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	76	37	39	0	.487	10.0	318	350	18-19	19-20	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	79	37	42	0	.468	11.5	286	309	17-21	20-21	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	74	30	44	0	.405	16.0	272	320	17-18	13-26	5-5	Won 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	78	44	34	0	.564	4.5	346	319	26-19	18-15	5-5	Lost 2
Oakland A's	82	41	41	0	.500	9.5	351	340	24-17	17-24	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	80	37	43	0	.463	12.5	328	362	18-20	19-23	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	79	36	43	0	.456	13.0	294	339	16-18	20-25	3-7	Lost 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	85	45	40	0	.529	11.0	342	288	22-17	23-23	7-3	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	79	34	45	0	.430	19.0	300	339	17-24	17-21	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	81	34	47	0	.420	20.0	323	428	18-21	16-26	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	74	25	49	0	.338	25.5	265	354	11-23	14-26	2-8	Lost 4

	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	83	43	40	0	.518	8.5	330	344	26-21	17-19	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	83	39	44	0	.470	12.5	338	391	23-21	16-23	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	82	38	44	0	.463	13.0	354	346	16-23	22-21	5-5	Lost 2
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:

Red Sox 8, Twins 4 at Boston (night game):
Carlton Fisk, who had not driven in a run since June 17, accounted for two RBIs with a double to break a 4-4 tie and sent the Red Sox on their way to an 8-4 victory over the Twins. Carl Yastrzemski knocked in three runs with a single and homer. Fred Lynn was safe on an error in the fifth inning, Yastrzemski walked and Fisk then sent them home with his two-bagger. The crowd of 25,970 sent the Red Sox home attendance over one million for the 10th straight year.

Brewers 5, Rangers 4 at Milwaukee (night game):
After falling behind in 13th inning, 4-2, the Brewers came back with a three-run rally to defeat the Rangers, 5-4. Bernie Carbo opened the Brewers' half with a double, stopped at third on a single by George Scott and scored on a safe bunt by Bill Sharp. An intentional walk to Art Kusnyer then loaded the bases and Gorman Thomas doubled to drive in the tying and winning runs.

Yankees 6, White Sox 0 at New York (night game):
Ken Holtzman pitched a shutout and Roy White and Oscar Gamble hit homers as the Yankees defeated the White Sox, 6-0. White's clout came after singles by Jim Mason and Mickey Rivers in the seventh.

Orioles 9, A's 6 at Oakland (night game):
The hitting of Ken Singleton and Bobby Grich led the Orioles to a 9-6 victory over the Athletics and enabled Wayne Garland to boost his pitching record to 10-1. Garland, although winning, was lifted after 6 2/3 innings and Dyar Miller went the rest of the way to get credit for the save. Singleton knocked in four runs with a bases-loaded double and sacrifice fly. Grich hit three doubles, drove in one run and scored three times. Sal Bando hit his league-leading 19th homer of the season for the Athletics.

Mets 5, Braves 2 at Atlanta (night game):
After being held to one hit by Frank LaCorte in the first four innings, the Mets broke loose for four runs in the fifth and defeated the Braves, 5-2, behind the pitching of Tom Seaver. In the fifth, Ed Kranepool and Bruce Boisclair singled. When Ron Hodges bunted, LaCorte threw the ball past third base trying for a forceout, and Kranepool scored. Boisclair took third and Hodges went to second on the error. Wayne Garrett then drove them home with a single and scored himself on a triple by Mike Phillips.

Padres 6, Cubs 3 at Chicago (day game):
Although admitting he was "a little shaky and lost my rhythm a couple of times," Randy Jones gained his 16th victory for the Padres, beating the Cubs, 6-3, and setting an N. L. record for most games won before an All-Star break. The Padres clinched the decision for Jones with four runs in the third inning, the first three tallies coming on singles by Johnny Grubb, Tito Fuentes, Dave Winfield and Mike Ivie. Ivie then stole second, reached third on a balk and crossed the plate on a wild pitch.

Astros 7, Expos 6 at Houston (night game):
A single by Jose Cruz with the bases loaded in the ninth inning scored Enos Cabell with the Astros' winning run in a 7-6 victory over the Expos. Bombo Rivera drove in three runs for the Expos with a double and homer before Andre Thornton hit for the circuit in the top half of the ninth to tie the score at 6-6. In the Astros' half, Cabell walked, stole his third base of the game and continued to third on a wild throw by catcher Barry Foote. After intentional passes to Bob Watson and Leon Roberts, Cruz rapped his game-winning single.