MLB standings through games of September 12, 1976

MLB standings at the end of September 12, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	141	87	54	0	.617		652	509	43-30	44-24	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	142	77	65	0	.542	10.5	545	528	37-36	40-29	8-2	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	142	72	70	0	.507	15.5	558	563	37-30	35-40	5-5	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	142	68	74	0	.479	19.5	617	595	39-32	29-42	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	142	66	76	0	.465	21.5	544	627	34-37	32-39	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	141	62	79	0	.440	25.0	521	568	34-36	28-43	3-7	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	142	82	60	0	.577		663	541	45-27	37-33	4-6	Won 2
Oakland A's	142	77	65	0	.542	5.0	607	537	45-24	32-41	6-4	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	145	73	72	0	.503	10.5	663	650	41-34	32-38	7-3	Lost 2
California Angels	144	65	79	0	.451	18.0	489	576	32-38	33-41	6-4	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	142	64	78	0	.451	18.0	542	580	34-39	30-39	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	143	61	82	0	.427	21.5	525	652	32-38	29-44	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	141	86	55	0	.610		672	495	45-26	41-29	3-7	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	141	82	59	0	.582	4.0	628	560	43-31	39-28	8-2	Won 2
New York Mets	141	74	67	0	.525	12.0	542	466	36-32	38-35	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	143	65	78	0	.455	22.0	556	677	35-36	30-42	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	139	62	77	0	.446	23.0	547	567	32-40	30-37	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	139	48	91	0	.345	37.0	460	634	22-44	26-47	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	145	93	52	0	.641		793	571	42-28	51-24	8-2	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	141	80	61	0	.567	11.0	532	489	43-27	37-34	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	145	71	74	0	.490	22.0	566	598	41-34	30-40	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	145	67	78	0	.462	26.0	508	585	40-34	27-44	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	146	65	81	0	.445	28.5	530	629	38-37	27-44	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	142	61	81	0	.430	30.5	543	606	28-40	33-41	2-8	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 11, Indians 3 at Boston (day game):
Luis Tiant gave up two homers by George Hendrick but allowed only four other hits while pitching the Red Sox to an 11-3 victory over the Indians. Tiant received major batting support from batterymate Carlton Fisk, who drove in three runs with a homer in the second inning, infield out in the third and triple in the fourth.

[DH] White Sox 2, Angels 1 (day game) / White Sox 5, Angels 1 at Chicago (day game):
Pinch-running in the first game and playing right field in the second game, Ralph Garr helped the White Sox defeat the Angels in a doubleheader, 2-1 and 5-1. The opener was decided in the 10th inning when Jim Spencer walked and Garr, running for him, raced home from first base on a double by Brian Downing. Garr hit two doubles and scored both times in the nightcap. The White Sox broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning when Garr hit his first double and Spencer and Jorge Orta rapped consecutive triples. Garr doubled again in the seventh and crossed the plate on a single by Alan Bannister.

Orioles 3, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
Winning for the 21st time, Jim Palmer pitched the Orioles to a 3-1 victory over the Brewers. Palmer gave up six hits, but only two after the fourth inning, and retired 15 of the last 17 batters. Reggie Jackson, who hit a homer and single, scored two of the Orioles' runs. George Scott spoiled Palmer's bid for a shutout with a circuit clout in the eighth inning.

Royals 16, Twins 6 at Minnesota (day game):
The Royals, after winning the previous day's game, 8-6, drubbed the Twins, 16-6, marking the first time that the West Division leaders had posted two victories in succession since August 25-26. The Twins committed six errors. The Royals turned the game into a rout by scoring nine runs after two were out in the sixth inning. Frank White tripled with the bases loaded and Amos Otis and Hal McRae each knocked in two runs with a double.

[DH] Tigers 6, Yankees 0 (day game) / Yankees 3, Tigers 1 at New York (day game):
The Yankees succumbed to the pitching of Mark Fidrych and lost the first game of a doubleheader, 6-0, before coming back to beat the Tigers in the second game, 3-1, before a Jacket Day crowd of 52,707. Mickey Stanley drove in two runs for the Tigers with a pair of singles and Ben Oglivie homered with a man on base to support Fidrych in the opener. The shutout was the rookie's third of the season and the complete game was his 21st. In the nightcap, the Yankees sent Ed Figueroa on the way to his 18th victory by scoring two runs in the first inning on an error, a double by Elliott Maddox and single by Lou Piniella. Tiger center fielder Ron LeFlore suffered a ruptured tendon in his knee trying for Maddox' drive and will be sidelined for the rest of the year.

A's 9, Rangers 6 at Texas (day game):
Two-run doubles by Gene Tenace, Claudell Washington and Sal Bando paced the Athletics' attack in a 9-6 victory over the Rangers. The A's scored five of their runs in the sixth inning. Bill North, Bert Campaneris and Don Baylor singled to load the bases and Joe Rudi walked to force in North and break a 1-1 tie. Tenace and Washington followed with back-to-back doubles, each driving in two runs. Bando then provided the deciding blow with a two-run double in the seventh.

[DH] Braves 3, Dodgers 2 (day game) / Dodgers 2, Braves 0 at Los Angeles (day game):
The Braves scored an unearned run in the 10th inning and won the first game of a doubleheader, 3-2, before the Dodgers came back behind the shutout pitching of Don Sutton to gain a 2-0 victory in the second game. The Braves loaded the bases in the overtime stanza of the opener when Rod Gilbreath was hit by a pitch and Jim Wynn and Willie Montanez walked. Dave May then hit a slow roller to Bill Russell, who dropped the ball before he could attempt to force Gilbreath at the plate. Sutton was a winner for the seventh straight time in the nightcap. The Dodgers scored on a wild pitch in the first inning and on a double by Kevin Pasley, who accounted for his first major league RBI in the fifth.

Phillies 8, Cubs 0 at Philadelphia (day game):
The Phillies, winning for only the third time in the last 16 games, clung to their precarious four-length lead over the Pirates in the East Division race by defeating the Cubs, 8-0. Larry Christenson and Tug McGraw combined to pitch the shutout. Johnny Oates hit a double and single, scoring two runs and driving in two. Garry Maddox also accounted for two RBIs with a single in the eighth inning when the Phillies wrapped up the victory with four runs to complete their biggest scoring outburst since August 24 when they beat the Braves, 14-3.

Pirates 6, Expos 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
The Pirates broke away with three runs in the sixth inning and defeated the Expos, 6-1, for their 15th victory in the last 17 games. Richie Zisk singled and scored on a triple by Dave Parker to break a 1-1 tie. Richie Hebner followed with a single to drive in Parker. The Pirates iced the decision with two more runs in the seventh on doubles by Zisk and Rennie Stennett around a single by Hebner.

[DH] Giants 3, Reds 1 (day game) / Reds 9, Giants 8 at San Francisco (night game):
A sacrifice fly by Dave Concepcion in the 11th inning brought the Reds a 9-8 victory in the nightcap for a split of a doubleheader with the Giants, who won the opener, 3-1. Jim Barr pitched a six-hitter in the first game and beat the Reds for the third time without a loss this season. The Giants settled the issue with two runs in the first inning on a single by Marty Perez, safe bunt by Gary Matthews, a double steal and single by Ken Reitz. The Reds took a 6-1 lead in the second game, but the Giants battled back to tie the score with a two-run double by Jack Clark in the fourth, homer by Gary Thomasson in the fifth and a double by Gary Alexander, triple by Clark and single by Dave Rader in the sixth. However in the 11th, the Reds loaded the bases on singles by Ken Griffey and Bob Bailey and an infield hit by Cesar Geromino. Ed Armbrister forced Griffey at the plate, but Concepcion then came through with his sacrifice fly, scoring Joel Youngblood, who ran for Bailey.

Cardinals 6, Mets 5 at St. Louis (day game):
Red Schoendienst gained his 1,000th victory as manager of the Cardinals when pinch-hitter Ted Simmons batted in two runs with a double in the eighth inning to defeat the Mets, 6-5. This is Schoendienst's 12th season at the helm of the Redbirds. In the eighth, Garry Templeton walked, Lou Brock struck out and Joe Ferguson grounded out, advancing Templeton to second. After the Mets passed Keith Hernandez intentionally, Schoendienst sent up Simmons to bat for Hector Cruz with winning results.