MLB standings through games of August 28, 1976

MLB standings at the end of August 28, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	125	77	48	0	.616		593	456	37-28	40-20	7-3	Won 5
Baltimore Orioles	126	66	60	0	.524	11.5	487	479	30-32	36-28	5-5	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	127	64	63	0	.504	14.0	499	494	34-28	30-35	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	127	61	66	0	.480	17.0	501	568	32-34	29-32	5-5	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	127	60	67	0	.472	18.0	538	536	33-29	27-38	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	123	57	66	0	.463	19.0	455	488	32-31	25-35	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	128	78	50	0	.609		604	461	43-22	35-28	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	128	69	59	0	.539	9.0	564	502	41-21	28-38	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	129	62	67	0	.481	16.5	559	592	33-30	29-37	4-6	Lost 5
Texas Rangers	128	58	70	0	.453	20.0	496	526	33-34	25-36	2-8	Lost 6
Chicago White Sox	129	56	73	0	.434	22.5	494	590	30-34	26-39	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	129	55	74	0	.426	23.5	442	540	26-36	29-38	5-5	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	127	83	44	0	.654		639	447	43-24	40-20	6-4	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	127	70	57	0	.551	13.0	563	532	34-30	36-27	6-4	Won 3
New York Mets	128	65	63	0	.508	18.5	476	427	32-29	33-34	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	130	59	71	0	.454	25.5	512	614	32-32	27-39	5-5	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	123	55	68	0	.447	26.0	487	504	28-35	27-33	6-4	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	122	42	80	0	.344	38.5	407	559	20-36	22-44	1-9	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	130	82	48	0	.631		716	505	40-27	42-21	6-4	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	128	72	56	0	.562	9.0	496	462	42-24	30-32	8-2	Lost 1
Houston Astros	132	64	68	0	.485	19.0	521	559	36-30	28-38	6-4	Won 3
San Diego Padres	131	63	68	0	.481	19.5	480	538	37-30	26-38	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	130	58	72	0	.446	24.0	506	553	27-36	31-36	2-8	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	130	56	74	0	.431	26.0	467	570	32-33	24-41	5-5	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Rangers 4 at Baltimore (night game):
After falling behind by four runs, the Orioles rallied to gain a 6-4 victory over the Rangers, who went down to their sixth straight defeat. Toby Harrah homered in the fifth inning when the Rangers scored three times to take a 4-0 lead. The Orioles chopped their deficit to one run and then overtook the Rangers in the eighth. Ken Singleton homered to tie the score. Doug DeCinces doubled, Mark Belanger walked and Rick Dempsey drove them home with a double for his third hit of the game.

Royals 8, Red Sox 3 at Boston (day game):
Jim Wohiford collected three hits and four other Royals -- Amos Otis, Cookie Rojas, Fred Patek and Buck Martinez -- rapped two apiece in an 8-3 victory over the Red Sox. Patek batted in two runs with a single in the fourth inning when the Royals took a 4-2 lead, and Martinez homered in the ninth when the Royals added their final three runs. Fred Lynn hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox and Carl Yastrzemski had a perfect day at bat with a double and three singles.

Yankees 8, Angels 1 at California (night game):
While Dock Ellis restricted the Angels to six hits, Mickey Rivers, Roy White and Fred Stanley rapped three apiece to lead the Yankees to an 8-1 victory. Rivers drove in two runs with a triple in the second inning and two more with a single in the third.

Indians 4, Twins 3 at Cleveland (night game):
A triple by George Hendrick to lead off the 17th inning and a wild pitch by Jim Hughes with two out brought the Indians a 4-3 victory over the Twins in a four-hour, 55-minute game. The Twins held a 3-1 lead going into the last half of the ninth when the Indians rallied to tie the score. Duane Kuiper and Larvell Blanks singled and after Ron Pruitt walked to load the bases, runs scored on a single by Rico Carty and sacrifice fly by Boog Powell. In the 17th, after Hendrick hit his triple, Hughes retired Tommy Smith and Buddy Bell, holding Hendrick at third, before uncorking his wild pitch to Ray Fosse with a count of no balls and two strikes.

Brewers 10, White Sox 8 at Milwaukee (night game):
Sixto Lezcano drove in four runs with a homer and two singles to lead the Brewers' 17-hit attack in a 10-8 victory over the White Sox. After the White Sox took a 3-0 lead, the Brewers tied the score in the third inning with a single by Von Joshua, double by Mike Hegan and homer by Darrell Porter. Lezcano's round-tripper snapped the tie and accounted for one of the Brewers' two runs in the sixth. Lezcano singled in the seventh and again in the eighth to drive in three of the Brewers' final five runs. The White Sox counted twice in the eighth on a run-scoring triple by Chet Lemon and sacrifice fly by Bucky Dent before falling short in the ninth when Jim Spencer hit a homer with two men on base.

A's 5, Tigers 2 at Oakland (day game):
Vida Blue, who pitched a no-hitter in 1970 and shared in one last year, was foiled in his bid for another gem when Mickey Stanley homered in the ninth inning for the Tigers' only hit in a 5-2 loss to the Athletics. Blue had allowed only one baserunner, walking John Wockenfuss in the third, before Sal Bando committed a two-base error on a smash by Aurelio Rodriguez and a roller by Wockenfuss went through Bert Campaneris' legs for another error, allowing the Tigers to score an unearned run in the eighth. Stanley hit his homer with one out in the ninth. Joe Rudi drove in three runs for the A's with a single and double, while Campaneris accounted for two RBIs with a sacrifice fly and single.

Cubs 5, Braves 2 at Chicago (day game):
Sharing in the Cubs' production, Jerry Morales batted in three runs and Rick Monday drove in two to defeat the Braves, 5-2. Monday homered for the first run in the third inning. After the Braves picked up their pair on a circuit clout by Ken Henderson in the fifth, the Cubs came back with three runs in their half. Singles by Mick Kelleher, Steve Renko and Monday accounted for the first tally. Following a walk to Jose Cardenal, loading the bases, Bill Madlock forced Renko at home, but Morales singled to drive in two runs. Morales then accounted for the last tally with a homer in the eighth.

Reds 8, Phillies 7 at Cincinnati (day game):
The largest Saturday afternoon crowd in Cincinnati history, 51,091, saw the Reds score twice in the ninth inning on a bases-loaded single by Dave Concepcion to defeat the Phillies, 8-7. Pete Rose and Joe Morgan each homered with a man on base and Concepcion drove in two runs with a pair of sacrifice flies to stake the Reds to a 6-2 lead before Jay Johnstone hit a two-run homer for the Phillies in the eighth. The Phillies then took a 7-6 lead with three runs in the ninth. Garry Maddox batted in two with a triple and counted the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Mike Schmidt. In the Reds' half, Johnny Bench led off with a single. Ed Armbrister ran for Bench and took third on a single by Tony Perez, who advanced to second on the throw. The Phillies then passed Cesar Geronimo intentionally to load the bases and set the stage for Concepcion's game-winning single.

Astros 4, Cardinals 3 at Houston (day game):
Larry Dierker hit his first homer of the season to account for his own winning run while pitching the Astros to a 4-3 victory over the Cardinals. Bob Forsch, who was the loser, failed to last the route for the 26th time in 26 starts this year. Dierker's homer in the fourth inning enabled him to beat the Cardinals for the fourth straight time.

Mets 2, Dodgers 1 at New York (day game):
Although Jon Matlack pitched a three-hitter, the Mets needed an unearned run in the ninth inning to defeat the Dodgers, 2-1. The Dodgers scored on doubles by Ron Cey and Dusty Baker in the second inning. The Mets, who collected seven hits off Rick Rhoden, tied the score with Bruce Boisclalr's first major league homer in the fifth. Roy Staiger was safe on an error by Bill Russell in the ninth. Leo Foster, coming in as pinch-runner, advanced on a sacrifice by Mike Phillips. Joe Torre batted for Matlack and singled off Steve Garvey's glove, with Foster taking third. Felix Millan then hit a dribbler down the third base line to Cey, whose throw home was too late to catch Foster.

Pirates 7, Giants 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates erupted for all their runs in the first inning and breezed to a 7-1 victory over the Giants behind the three-hit pitching of Jim Rooker. Dave Parker ignited the Pirates' outburst, driving in their first two runs with a bases-loaded double. Richie Hebner, Rennie Stennett, Manny Sanguillen and Frank Taveras batted in the other counters, with the Pirates' final run crossing the plate on a double error by Larry Herndon, Giants' center fielder. John D'Acquisto, who started for the Giants, retired only one batter and was charged with six runs, five earned, on three hits and three walks.

Expos 7, Padres 4 at San Diego (night game):
The Expos ended their 12-game losing streak when Earl Williams walloped a three-run homer in the ninth inning to beat the Padres, 7-4. The Expos scored their first four runs in the seventh on singles by Larry Parrish and Del Unser, doubles by Tim Foli and Gary Carter and a single by Jerry White. After the Padres came back to tie the score, Foli and Carter singled in the ninth and Williams hit his homer off Butch Metzger, who absorbed his first defeat after 10 straight victories in relief.