MLB standings through games of August 9, 1976

MLB standings at the end of August 9, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	108	64	44	0	.593		491	390	31-25	33-19	3-7	Lost 4
Baltimore Orioles	107	55	52	0	.514	8.5	396	404	23-28	32-24	6-4	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	109	53	56	0	.486	11.5	438	440	26-25	27-31	4-6	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	107	52	55	0	.486	11.5	443	445	28-25	24-30	8-2	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	109	52	57	0	.477	12.5	430	477	25-28	27-29	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	105	47	58	0	.448	15.5	388	423	28-26	19-32	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	110	68	42	0	.618		520	400	39-18	29-24	7-3	Won 2
Oakland A's	111	58	53	0	.523	10.5	496	436	34-20	24-33	5-5	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	110	55	55	0	.500	13.0	478	488	30-25	25-30	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	108	53	55	0	.491	14.0	442	448	31-29	22-26	6-4	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	110	48	62	0	.436	20.0	399	487	25-30	23-32	3-7	Lost 2
California Angels	112	48	64	0	.429	21.0	382	465	24-30	24-34	5-5	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	109	73	36	0	.670		543	379	36-19	37-17	6-4	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	110	60	50	0	.545	13.5	489	473	32-28	28-22	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	113	57	56	0	.504	18.0	436	384	27-26	30-30	5-5	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	113	51	62	0	.451	24.0	439	540	26-26	25-36	7-3	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	108	46	62	0	.426	26.5	410	451	23-32	23-30	4-6	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	106	38	68	0	.358	33.5	355	485	17-33	21-35	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	112	73	39	0	.652		640	435	34-21	39-18	9-1	Won 4
Los Angeles Dodgers	111	59	52	0	.532	13.5	428	421	34-23	25-29	4-6	Lost 6
Houston Astros	115	57	58	0	.496	17.5	456	483	33-25	24-33	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	114	55	59	0	.482	19.0	417	473	34-26	21-33	6-4	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	112	51	61	0	.455	22.0	460	470	25-32	26-29	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	115	49	66	0	.426	25.5	415	494	27-30	22-36	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Indians 4, White Sox 2 at Cleveland (night game):
George Hendrick had two singles, each driving in a run, to help the Indians defeat the White Sox, 4-2, and end their five-game losing streak. Larvell Blanks walked in the third inning, advanced on a groundout and scored what proved to be the winning run on Hendrick's second single. Dave LaRoche squelched a White Sox uprising in the eighth to gain his 12th save.

Rangers 8, Tigers 1 at Detroit (night game):
A five-run outburst in the third inning sent the Rangers on their way to an 8-1 victory over the Tigers behind Nelson Briles, who posted his first victory since July 3. A two-run single by Juan Beniquez highlighted the third inning, which saw the Rangers capitalize on three walks by losing pitcher Dave Lemanczyk and one by reliever Bill Laxton.

Royals 8, Yankees 2 at Kansas City (night game):
A crowd of 40,435, largest at Royals Stadium since the 1973 All-Star Game, saw the Royals defeat the Yankees, 8-2, in a nationally televised matchup of division leaders. Amos Otis hit his first home run since June 15 and two run-scoring doubles, and Hal McRae belted a two-run homer for Kaycee.

Expos 2, Giants 1 at Montreal (night game):
Jose Morales delivered his 16th pinch-hit of the season, a single with two out in the ninth inning, to score pinch-runner Jerry White from third in the Expos' 2-1 victory over the Giants. White was running for Earl Williams, who had singled, advanced to second on a single by Tim Foli and reached third on Del Unser's sacrifice.

Pirates 2, Dodgers 0 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates staged a "Candy Night" promotion to salute John Candelaria and the lean righthander responded by pitching a no-hitter to beat the Dodgers, 2-0.

Astros 13, Cardinals 4 at St. Louis (night game):
Cesar Cedeno hit for the cycle with a triple in the first inning, home run in the sixth, double in the seventh and single in the eighth, scored four runs and drove in five to lead the Astros' 13-4 rout of the Cardinals.