MLB standings through games of August 29, 1976

MLB standings at the end of August 29, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	126	77	49	0	.611		597	461	37-28	40-21	6-4	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	127	66	61	0	.520	11.5	487	490	30-33	36-28	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	128	65	63	0	.508	13.0	506	498	35-28	30-35	7-3	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	128	61	67	0	.477	17.0	553	542	34-29	27-38	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	128	61	67	0	.477	17.0	502	570	32-34	29-33	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	124	57	67	0	.460	19.0	455	490	32-32	25-35	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	129	78	51	0	.605		610	476	43-22	35-29	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	129	70	59	0	.543	8.0	566	503	42-21	28-38	5-5	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	130	62	68	0	.477	16.5	563	599	33-30	29-38	3-7	Lost 6
Texas Rangers	129	59	70	0	.457	19.0	507	526	33-34	26-36	3-7	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	130	57	73	0	.438	21.5	496	590	30-34	27-39	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	130	56	74	0	.431	22.5	447	544	27-36	29-38	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	128	83	45	0	.648		644	453	43-24	40-21	5-5	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	128	71	57	0	.555	12.0	566	534	35-30	36-27	6-4	Won 4
New York Mets	129	65	64	0	.504	18.5	477	429	32-30	33-34	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	131	60	71	0	.458	24.5	515	616	33-32	27-39	5-5	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	124	55	69	0	.444	26.0	487	510	28-35	27-34	6-4	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	123	43	80	0	.350	37.5	410	559	20-36	23-44	2-8	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	131	83	48	0	.634		722	510	41-27	42-21	6-4	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	129	73	56	0	.566	9.0	498	463	42-24	31-32	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	133	65	68	0	.489	19.0	527	559	37-30	28-38	6-4	Won 4
San Diego Padres	132	63	69	0	.477	20.5	480	541	37-31	26-38	3-7	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	131	58	73	0	.443	25.0	508	556	27-36	31-37	2-8	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	131	56	75	0	.427	27.0	469	573	32-33	24-42	4-6	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Rangers 11, Orioles 0 at Baltimore (day game):
The Rangers tied their club record for most hits in a game with 19 while rolling over the Orioles, 11-0. Every batter in the Rangers' lineup, except for Jim Sundberg, joined in the attack. Juan Beniquez rapped four hits and Toby Harrah, Gene Clines and Mike Hargrove collected three apiece. Harrah and Roy Howell smashed homers. Jim Umbarger pitched the shutout on a six-hitter as the Rangers ended their string of eight consecutive losses to the Orioles.

Red Sox 15, Royals 6 at Boston (day game):
Rick Burleson, Butch Hobson and Dwight Evans batted in three runs apiece, while Carlton Fisk scored four times, as the Red Sox routed the Royals, 15-6. Fisk banged out three singles and a triple. Burleson collected his RBIs with a bases-loaded double to cap a seven-run outburst by the Red Sox in the first inning. Hobson homered with two men on base in the second and Evans drove in his runs with a grounder, sacrifice fly and homer.

Angels 5, Yankees 4 at California (day game):
Jerry Remy raced home from second base on a throwing error by Graig Nettles in the 11th inning to bring the Angels a 5-4 victory over the Yankees. Remy drew a walk to lead off the stanza and moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Bob Jones. Bill Melton then bounced to Nettles, who threw over the head of first baseman Chris Chambliss. Remy kept running and beat Chambliss' throw to the plate. The Yankees had a two-run homer by Elrod Hendricks in the second inning but then fell behind, 4-2, before coming back to tie the score in the ninth on doubles by Nettles and Lou Piniella and a single by Thurman Munson.

Indians 7, Twins 4 at Cleveland (day game):
A three-run homer by George Hendrick and two-run single by Larvell Blanks paced the Indians' 14-hit attack in a 7-4 victory over the Twins. Hendrick's blow in the third inning put the Indians ahead, 4-2, and Blanks' single highlighted another three-run outburst in the fourth. Roy Smalley, the Twins' shortstop, tied a major league record for most strikeouts by a batter in two consecutive games lasting 18 innings or more. Smalley fanned three times for a total of eight strikeouts after whiffing five times in the previous night's 17-inning contest.

White Sox 2, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
Ken Brett and Dave Hamiiton combined on a six-hitter and pitched the White Sox to a 2-0 victory over the Brewers. The White Sox scored their runs in the eighth inning. Jorge Orta drew a walk and stole second. When Jim Spencer grounded to George Scott, Eduardo Rodriguez missed the bag covering first and was charged with an error. The Brewers then brought in Bill Castro to relieve Rodriguez, but the move failed when Brian Downing and Chet Lemon each drove in a run with a single. Brett was hit on the hand by a line-drive single off the bat of Charlie Moore in the Brewers' half of the eighth and was forced to leave the game. Hamilton proceeded to load the bases but escaped from that jam without allowing a run to score.

A's 2, Tigers 1 at Oakland (day game):
Don Baylor raced from first base to third on a sacrifice bunt by Joe Rudi in the 12th inning, setting up the run that enabled the Athletics to beat Mark Fidrych and pin a 2-1 defeat on the Tigers. The rookie righthander allowed only five hits until Baylor opened the 12th with a single. When the Tigers left the bag unprotected on Rudi's bunt, Baylor put on his speed and reached third. Baylor held up as Sal Bando was safe on an error by Mickey Stanley but then scored the winning run when Gene Tenace singled. The Tigers scored in the first. Ron LeFlore singled, stole second, moved up on a long fly and crossed the plate on a wild pitch by Mike Torrez. Phil Garner tied the score with a homer in the third. Rollie Fingers pitched the last inning for the A's and was the winner in relief.

Cubs 3, Braves 2 at Chicago (day game):
A homer by George Mitterwald after a double by Manny Trillo in the fifth inning enabled the Cubs to defeat the Braves, 3-2. The Cubs picked up an unearned run without the benefit of a hit in the first. The Braves came back with the tying tally in the third and took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Darrel Chaney tripled and Jerry Royster singled. The Cubs had only one hit off Phil Niekro until Trillo's double and Mitterwald's homer beat the Braves' righthander.

Reds 6, Phillies 5 at Cincinnati (day game):
After coming from behind to tie the score in the ninth inning and again in the 13th, the Reds scored on an infield single by Ken Griffey with two out in the 15th to defeat the Phillies, 6-5. With 51,376 on hand, the Reds set a Cincinnati club record of 190,382 for attendance to a four-game series. The Reds, after trailing, 4-1, cut their deficit with a two-run single by Cesar Geronimo in the sixth and tied the score in the ninth when Pete Rose raced home from second base on a passed ball by Bob Boone. The Phillies took the lead again with a run in the 13th on a pass to Garry Maddox and singles by Mike Schmidt and pinch-hitter Tony Taylor, but the Reds pulled even in their half when Dave Concepcion scored from second base while Rose was grounding into a forceout. In the 15th, Concepcion walked and stopped at second on a single by Geronimo. After Santo Alcala struck out and Rose grounded out, Griffey bounced up the middle to Dave Cash, whose throw to first was too late to nail the Reds' speedy runner as Concepcion crossed the plate to end the four-hour, 15-minute contest.

Astros 6, Cardinals 0 at Houston (day game):
Making only his second start, Joe Sambito doled out four hits and pitched the Astros to a 6-0 victory over the Cardinals. The rookie lefthander also drove in a run with a single for his first major league hit.

Dodgers 2, Mets 1 at New York (day game):
A two-run homer by Reggie Smith in the first inning carried the Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the Mets in a duel between Tommy John and Tom Seaver. Davey Lopes singled ahead of Smith's blow. John, who went the distance for only the fourth time in 26 starts, gave up the Mets' run on singles by Leon Brown, Felix Millan and John Milner in the sixth.

Pirates 3, Giants 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Two wild pitches by Randy Moffitt in the 11th inning enabled Manny Sanguillen to score the run that gave the Pirates a 3-2 victory over the Giants. Richie Zisk hit a homer in the fourth to put the Pirates ahead, 2-1, but the Giants tied the score in the eighth after Dave Rader reached base on an error by Ed Kirkpatrick. Pinch-runner Johnnie LeMaster went to third on a pinch-single by Chris Arnold and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Marty Perez. Sanguillen led off the 11th with a single and took second on a sacrifice by Tommy Helms. Facing pinch-hitter Bob Robertson, Moffitt uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Sanguillen to take third and threw wild again two pitches later to enable Sanguillen to score.

Expos 3, Padres 0 at San Diego (day game):
Steve Rogers posted his fourth shutout of the season, allowing only four hits, as the Expos defeated the Padres, 3-0. Jose Morales, batting for Jerry White in the seventh inning, drove in the Expos' first run with a single. The pinch-hit was the 21st of the year for Morales and the RBI was his 18th in a substitute batting role.