MLB standings through games of July 9, 1976

MLB standings at the end of July 9, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	79	49	30	0	.620		359	272	24-21	25-9	6-4	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	78	39	39	0	.500	9.5	346	323	20-21	19-18	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	77	38	39	0	.494	10.0	308	291	19-18	19-21	4-6	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	77	37	40	0	.481	11.0	318	351	18-20	19-20	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	80	38	42	0	.475	11.5	290	312	17-21	21-21	4-6	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	75	31	44	0	.413	16.0	279	322	18-18	13-26	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	80	50	30	0	.625		393	302	28-12	22-18	7-3	Won 2
Texas Rangers	79	44	35	0	.557	5.5	348	326	26-19	18-16	5-5	Lost 3
Oakland A's	83	42	41	0	.506	9.5	353	341	25-17	17-24	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	81	38	43	0	.469	12.5	336	368	18-20	20-23	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	80	36	44	0	.450	14.0	295	341	16-18	20-26	3-7	Lost 2
California Angels	85	35	50	0	.412	17.5	284	360	18-25	17-25	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	25	0	.679		423	290	27-16	26-9	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	44	35	0	.557	9.5	358	346	22-17	22-18	4-6	Lost 2
New York Mets	86	45	41	0	.523	12.0	345	293	22-17	23-24	6-4	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	80	35	45	0	.438	19.0	304	342	18-24	17-21	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	82	35	47	0	.427	20.0	328	431	19-21	16-26	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	75	25	50	0	.333	26.5	265	360	11-23	14-27	1-9	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	84	53	31	0	.631		497	334	25-15	28-16	7-3	Won 7
Los Angeles Dodgers	84	46	38	0	.548	7.0	335	328	26-15	20-23	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	84	43	41	0	.512	10.0	333	348	26-21	17-20	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	84	40	44	0	.476	13.0	344	391	24-21	16-23	6-4	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	83	39	44	0	.470	13.5	359	349	17-23	22-21	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	85	34	51	0	.400	19.5	320	399	19-23	15-28	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Twins 8, Red Sox 6 at Boston (night game):
Playing one hour after learning that owner Tom Yawkey had died, the Red Sox were unable to win the game for their late boss, losing to the Twins, 8-6. Rod Carew had an outstanding night for the Twins with three hits, three runs and two stolen bases. The Twins piled up six of their runs in the fourth inning on a double by Roy Smalley, bunt single by Carew, double by Butch Wynegar, single by Larry Hisle, double by Mike Cubbage and singles by Craig Kusick and Steve Braun. Bobby Darwin and Carl Yastrzemski each homered with two men on base for the Red Sox.

Orioles 4, Angels 3 at California (night game):
Erasing the Angels' 2-1 lead, Lee May homered with two men on base in the third inning to provide the Orioles with a 4-3 victory. Bobby Grich singled and Reggie Jackson was safe on an error by Dave Chalk before May hit his homer.

Royals 1, Tigers 0 at Detroit (night game):
The pitching appearance of Mark Fidrych helped attract a crowd of 51,041, but the Tigers' sensational rookie ran into stiff competition and lost to the Royals, 1-0, in a duel with Dennis Leonard. The only run scored in the fourth inning on singles by George Brett, John Mayberry and Hal McRae.

Brewers 7, Rangers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Hank Aaron hit his eighth homer of the season and 753rd of his career, plus a two-run double, to pace the Brewers to a 7-2 victory over the Rangers. Aaron's round-tripper accounted for the Brewers' initial run in the second inning. The Brewers already were ahead, 4-2, when the veteran star whacked his double for an insurance pair in the seventh. Sixto Lezcano then drove in Aaron with the final tally.

Yankees 2, White Sox 1 at New York (night game):
Dock Ellis, who had a record of only 8-9 with the Pirates last season, gained credit for his 10th victory with the Yankees when Carlos May drove in a run in the sixth inning to beat the White Sox, 2-1. Ralph Garr homered for the White Sox in the first. The Yankees came back with the tying tally in their half on a double by Roy White and single by Thurman Munson. Then in the sixth, singles by White, Munson and May accounted for the deciding run. Ellis needed help from Sparky Lyle in the eighth.

A's 2, Indians 1 at Oakland (night game):
Mike Torrez, who went through the entire month of June without winning, posted his second victory for the Athletics in July, beating the Indians, 2-1. The A's counted both their runs in the fourth inning when Sal Bando walked, Buddy Bell threw wildly on a grounder by Gene Tenace, Bando scoring, and Claudell Washington followed with a single to drive in Tenace.

Braves 5, Mets 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Taking advantage of shoddy defense, the Braves scored four unearned runs and defeated the Mets, 5-3. The Mets committed four errors. Dave Kingman and Wayne Garrett homered for the Mets. With the score tied, 3-3, Rowland Office was safe on a bobble by Felix Millan in the eighth inning. After a forceout by Rod Gilbreath, Tom Paciorek singled. Willie Montanez and Ken Henderson then followed with singles, each driving in a run, to provide the Braves' winning margin.

Cubs 5, Giants 3 at Chicago (day game):
Ken Reitz batted in three runs, but that was not enough for the Giants, who lost to the Cubs, 5-3. Rick Monday homered for the Cubs in the first inning. After Reitz singled with the bases loaded in the sixth to plate two runs and put the Giants ahead, 3-2, the Cubs came back with three in their half. Bill Madlock walked and counted the tying tally on a triple by Pete LaCock. After Manny Trillo walked, Steve Swisher singled to score LaCock and put the Cubs in front. An extra run followed when Randy Moffitt threw wildly to first on a pickoff play.

[DH] Reds 12, Pirates 11 (night game) / Reds 2, Pirates 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
A crowd of 53,328 saw two contrasting games in a twi-night doubleheader, but the Reds took both of them from the Pirates, winning the opener, 12-11, in 10 innings and taking the nightcap in regulation time, 2-1. In the lidlifter, the Pirates scored five runs in the eighth inning, routing Gary Nolan, to go ahead 9-6, but the Reds rallied for the tying tally in their half. The Pirates appeared to have the game in the bag when Richie Zisk hit a two-run homer in the 10th, but the Reds came back again. With two out, Bob Bailey singled and both Pete Rose and Ken Griffey walked to load the bases. Joe Morgan also drew a pass to force in one run and George Foster then singled, driving in the tying and winning tallies. In the nightcap, Doug Flynn singled in the seventh inning, Fred Norman sacrificed and Griffey singled Flynn home to decide the pitching duel between Norman and Doc Medich.

Astros 6, Expos 0 at Houston (night game):
Larry Dierker, now in his 13th season with the Astros, pitched the first no-hitter of his major league career, defeating the Expos, 6-0. The veteran righthander walked four. Ed Herrmann hit his first N. L. homer as part of the support for Dierker.

Phillies 4, Padres 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Mike Schmidt homered in the sixth inning and drove in another run with a single in the seventh to provide the Phillies with a 4-3 victory over the Padres. Schmidt's homer, No. 23 for the season, cracked a 2-2 tie. In the next frame, after Dave Cash and Larry Bowa singled, Schmidt rapped a hit that counted Cash and enabled the Phillies to shrug off the run that the Padres scored in the eighth on singles by Luis Melendez and Mike Ivie and an infield out by Fred Kendall.

Cardinals 4, Dodgers 3 at St. Louis (night game):
When the Dodgers failed to complete an attempted double play in the ninth inning, the Cardinals scored a run for a 4-3 victory. Jerry Mumphrey singled to set up the tie-breaking tally, but was forced at second on a bunt by Don Kessinger. Following a wild pitch and passed ball that moved pinch-runner Lee Richard to third, the Dodgers walked Lou Brock and Ted Simmons intentionally. Willie Crawford then hit a chopper to shortstop Bill Russell for a forceout of Simmons, but Crawford beat Davey Lopes' throw to first as Richard scored the winning run.