MLB standings through games of July 15, 1976

MLB standings at the end of July 15, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	83	52	31	0	.627		378	286	25-22	27-9	6-4	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	82	41	41	0	.500	10.5	361	344	21-22	20-19	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	83	41	42	0	.494	11.0	302	315	18-21	23-21	6-4	Won 5
Detroit Tigers	80	39	41	0	.487	11.5	328	365	20-21	19-20	4-6	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	80	38	42	0	.475	12.5	316	312	19-18	19-24	1-9	Lost 5
Milwaukee Brewers	79	34	45	0	.430	16.0	296	335	21-18	13-27	7-3	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	84	52	32	0	.619		418	316	29-13	23-19	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	84	44	40	0	.524	8.0	366	353	26-21	18-19	2-8	Lost 8
Oakland A's	86	44	42	0	.512	9.0	371	350	27-17	17-25	7-3	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	84	40	44	0	.476	12.0	349	378	19-20	21-24	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	83	38	45	0	.458	13.5	304	350	17-18	21-27	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	88	35	53	0	.398	19.0	287	372	18-27	17-26	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	82	57	25	0	.695		440	295	30-16	27-9	6-4	Won 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	47	35	0	.573	10.0	386	353	23-17	24-18	5-5	Won 3
New York Mets	89	47	42	0	.528	13.5	360	305	23-17	24-25	5-5	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	83	37	46	0	.446	20.5	318	355	19-25	18-21	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	85	36	49	0	.424	22.5	338	444	20-22	16-27	6-4	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	78	26	52	0	.333	29.0	271	368	11-23	15-29	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	87	53	34	0	.609		506	353	25-18	28-16	7-3	Lost 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	87	48	39	0	.552	5.0	352	342	27-15	21-24	6-4	Won 2
San Diego Padres	88	43	45	0	.489	10.5	336	362	26-22	17-23	2-8	Lost 5
Houston Astros	87	42	45	0	.483	11.0	350	396	26-21	16-24	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	86	40	46	0	.465	12.5	371	374	18-24	22-22	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	88	35	53	0	.398	18.5	331	412	19-24	16-29	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, Angels 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Jim Palmer, who was bitter over being bypassed for the A. L. All-Star team, took out his anger on the Angels by pitching the Orioles to a 4-0 victory. Reggie Jackson backed Palmer with a homer and single, driving in three runs. Palmer allowed only three singles.

White Sox 5, Brewers 3 at Chicago (night game):
Wrecking the percentage theory, Pat Kelly smashed a two-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Brewers. All runs in the game came on homers. Chet Lemon rapped a solo swat for the White Sox in the first and Jack Brohamer connected with a man on base in the second before George Scott tied the score with a three-run drive for the Brewers in the fifth. In the 10th, after the White Sox had two out, Jorge Orta doubled off Jim Slaton. The Brewers then brought in southpaw Ray Sadecki to face Kelly, who bats lefthanded, but the move failed with Kelly's winning homer.

Tigers 3, A's 2 at Detroit (night game):
Two errors by center fielder Bill North, with the second one coming in the 11th inning, resulted in three unearned runs and enabled the Tigers to defeat the Athletics, 3-2. The A's took a 2-0 lead in the first on a homer by Joe Rudi, but the Tigers loaded the bases with two out in the third and tied the score when North dropped a liner by Rusty Staub. Then in the 11th, the Tigers again filled the sacks before North let a line drive by Dan Meyer bounce off his glove.

[DH] Royals 12, Red Sox 5 (night game) / Red Sox 2, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Bob Stinson and Jamie Quirk combined to bat in seven runs between them, leading the Royals to a 12-5 victory in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Red Sox came back to squeak through to a 2-1 decision in the nightcap. Stinson accounted for four RBIs with a single, double and triple, while Quirk added three runs with as many singles. George Brett also had three hits for the Royals. In the second game, the Red Sox scored both their runs in the sixth inning. After Cecil Cooper singled and took third on a single by Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice hit a sacrifice fly. Moving to second on the play, Yaz then stole third and scored on a throwing error by Buck Martinez.

Twins 5, Indians 2 at Minnesota (night game):
Entering the game with a batting average of .212, Roy Smalley rapped three hits and drove in three runs to provide the Twins with a 5-2 victory over the Indians. Two of Smalley's RBIs came on a triple in the second inning.

[DH] Yankees 7, Rangers 6 (night game) / Yankees 6, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
The Yankees, who built up a 7-0 lead and won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 7-6, also defeated the Rangers in the second game, 6-4, when Sandy Alomar hit his first homer of the season with a man on base in the 10th inning. A homer by Carlos May wth two aboard in the fifth inning of the opener capped a four-run outburst that enabled the Yankees to withstand the Rangers' late rallies. In the nightcap, the Yankees took a 4-1 lead, with the Texas run coming on a homer by Jeff Burroughs, before the Rangers tied the score in the eighth on four consecutive singles and an error. However, with two out in the 10th, Oscar Gamble singled and Alomar hit his homer to complete the Yankees' sweep.

Expos 4, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
A tie-breaking single by Larry Parrish with two out in the eighth inning gave the Expos a 4-3 victory over the Reds. A homer by Dave Concepcion helped the Reds take a 3-1 lead before the Expos pulled even in the seventh with a single by Andre Thornton, double by Parrish and single by Pete Mackanin. In the eighth, Jerry White singled off Will McEnaney, took second on a sacrifice and halted at third on a single by Bombo Rivera. Rawly Eastwick then fanned Thornton before Parrish singled.

Dodgers 5, Cubs 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
After scoring four runs in the first inning, the Dodgers added Dusty Baker's second homer of the season in the sixth to complete a 5-2 victory over the Cubs. Baker, obtained from the Braves in a winter deal, homered in his first time at bat in a Dodgers' uniform, but then went to the plate 299 more times before connecting for his drive against the Cubs.

Mets 3, Astros 1 at New York (night game):
Dave Kingman hit his 31st homer of the season, accounting for two runs, and Jerry Koosman gained his 10th victory by beating the Astros, 3-1. J.R. Richard, who was the Astros' loser, walked seven. A pass to John Milner preceded Kingman's homer in the sixth inning. A walk to Wayne Garrett and singles by Felix Millan and Bruce Boisclair added the Mets' other marker in the seventh. The Astros' run was unearned on a triple by Cesar Cedeno and a passed ball.

Pirates 13, Braves 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates not only unleashed a 14-hit attack, but took advantage of three errors for five unearned runs to bomb the Braves, 13-1. Bill Robinson drove in three runs with a homer and double. Rennie Stennett batted in three more with a triple and two singles.

Cardinals 2, Padres 1 at San Diego (night game):
An infield hit by Don Kessinger, sacrifice by Lou Brock and double by Joe Ferguson produced a run for the Cardinals in the ninth inning to defeat the Padres, 2-1.

Phillies 5, Giants 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Solo homers by Mike Schmidt and Dick Allen, plus three RBIs by Tim McCarver, enabled Steve Carlton to pitch the Phillies to a 5-3 victory over the Giants. In the fourth inning, after swats by Schmidt and Allen, the Phillies added a third run on singles by Jay Johnstone, Garry Maddox and McCarver. The Giants came back to tie the score with the aid of a two-run homer by Bobby Murcer. However in the sixth, Allen singled, Jerry Martin doubled and McCarver drove them both home with a single for the Phillies' winning margin.