MLB standings through games of September 16, 1976

MLB standings at the end of September 16, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	144	89	55	0	.618		663	514	43-31	46-24	7-3	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	145	80	65	0	.552	9.5	560	538	39-36	41-29	9-1	Won 7
Cleveland Indians	145	73	72	0	.503	16.5	568	576	37-32	36-40	4-6	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	146	70	76	0	.479	20.0	628	610	39-33	31-43	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	145	67	78	0	.462	22.5	554	638	34-37	33-41	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	145	63	82	0	.434	26.5	531	581	35-39	28-43	1-9	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	147	84	63	0	.571		675	553	45-27	39-36	5-5	Won 1
Oakland A's	146	79	67	0	.541	4.5	619	549	46-25	33-42	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	149	75	74	0	.503	10.0	675	662	42-35	33-39	6-4	Won 1
California Angels	148	68	80	0	.459	16.5	503	585	33-39	35-41	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	146	66	80	0	.452	17.5	557	599	34-41	32-39	3-7	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	148	63	85	0	.426	21.5	542	670	34-41	29-44	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	145	88	57	0	.607		690	513	47-28	41-29	4-6	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	145	84	61	0	.579	4.0	645	577	43-33	41-28	7-3	Won 2
New York Mets	146	77	69	0	.527	11.5	556	481	37-34	40-35	7-3	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	147	67	80	0	.456	22.0	570	688	35-36	32-44	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	144	65	79	0	.451	22.5	566	581	33-41	32-38	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	143	49	94	0	.343	38.0	468	649	23-45	26-49	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	148	95	53	0	.642		801	585	44-29	51-24	7-3	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	146	82	64	0	.562	12.0	551	505	44-28	38-36	3-7	Lost 2
Houston Astros	149	73	76	0	.490	22.5	580	613	41-34	32-42	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	149	68	81	0	.456	27.5	542	638	38-37	30-44	7-3	Won 3
San Diego Padres	148	67	81	0	.453	28.0	517	597	40-37	27-44	4-6	Lost 4
Atlanta Braves	148	64	84	0	.432	31.0	566	625	30-42	34-42	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 2, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Marty Pattin pitched a five-hitter and got batting support from Buck Martinez, his catcher, who hit a two-run homer to enable the Royals to defeat the Angels, 2-0. The Royals had only one hit off Frank Tanana until two out in the seventh inning when Fred Patek doubled and Martinez connected for the circuit.

Rangers 5, White Sox 4 at Chicago (day game):
Lenny Randle, who reached base four times with a triple, single and two walks, batted in one run and scored three to pace the Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the White Sox. Mike Hargrove rapped a pair of run-scoring singles, while Jim Sundberg had a double and two singles and crossed the plate twice. Bucky Dent drove in all the White Sox runs, one with a single in the fifth inning and three with a double in the ninth.

Red Sox 4, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
For the second successive night, Butch Hobson smashed a game-winning homer for the Red Sox, who defeated the Brewers, 4-3. In the previous night's contest, the rookie third baseman came up with a man on base in the fifth inning and homered to give the Red Sox a 2-1 victory. This time, Hobson whacked his winning blow with Cecil Cooper aboard in the ninth. All Brewer runs came on round-trippers. Dan Thomas hit a solo swat in the fourth and George Scott connected for the circuit following a double by Charlie Moore in the seventh.

Twins 4, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
Dan Ford smashed a pair of two-run homers and Bill Singer threw a four-hitter as the Twins gained a 4-0 victory to drop the Athletics 4½ games behind the Royals in the West Division race. Ford's first shot followed a single by Rod Carew in the fourth inning and his second drive came after a single by Lyman Bostock in the sixth.

Braves 5, Astros 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Jim Wynn homered as a pinch-hitter for the third time this season and Dave May knocked in two runs with a triple in an eighth-inning rally that brought the Braves a 5-3 victory over the Astros. After Wynn delivered his blow as the substitute batter for Phil Niekro, Jerry Royster singled, Rod Gilbreath sacrificed and Willie Montanez was passed intentionally, setting the stage for May's three-bagger. May also scored himself on a balk by Joaquin Andujar.

Reds 4, Dodgers 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Don Gullett, making his fourth start for the Reds since being idled for one month by a shoulder injury, turned in his first complete game since June 10 and beat the Dodgers, 4-2, for his second straight victory. The lefthander gave up the Dodgers' runs, one of them unearned, in the second inning. The Reds took the lead against Doug Rau with three runs in the fourth, two scoring on a single by Cesar Geronimo. Gullett iced his decision with an RBI single in the sixth. With the victory, the Reds expanded their lead over the Dodgers to 12 games and reduced their magic number to four for clinching the West Division title.

Expos 4, Cubs 3 at Montreal (day game):
Jose Morales set two major league records for pinch-hitters when the Expos' clutch batter came up in the seventh inning and drove in three runs with a double to defeat the Cubs, 4-3. The pinch-hit was Morales' 25th of the season, breaking the record of 24 by Dave Philley with the Orioles in 1961 and Vic Davalillo with the Cardinals in 1970. The time at bat as a pinch-hitter was his 74th, one more than Davalillo's mark with the Cards in '70. Tim Foli led off the seventh with a double. After advancing on an infield out, Foli escaped a rundown on a grounder by Gary Carter and returned safe to third while Carter reached second on the play. The Cubs then passed Andre Dawson intentionally before Morales batted for reliever Steve Dunning and rapped his double. As a consequence, Larry Landreth, who pitched shutout ball over the first six innings and left with a 1-0 lead, was able to get credit for the victory in his major league debut.

Mets 4, Cardinals 1 at New York (night game):
Jerry Koosman pitched the Mets to a 4-1 victory over the Cardinals and became a 20-game winner for the first time in his major league career. The lefthander, who allowed four hits, struck out 13 for an N. L. high this season. Bruce Boisclair homered for the Mets as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning and, after remaining in the game, drove in another run with a single in the eighth. Keith Hernandez deprived Koosman of a shutout by hitting for the circuit in the eighth.

Pirates 7, Phillies 6 at Philadelphia (night game):
With two out in the ninth inning, Rennie Stennett drove in a run with a double to account for a 7-6 victory and pull the Pirates within four games of the Phillies in the East Division race. Bill Robinson drove in four runs for the Pirates with a three-run homer in the second inning and added an RBI with a single in the third. Willie Stargell then made it 5-0 with a circuit clout in the fifth. After a rain delay of one hour, 22 minutes, the Phillies came back in their half of the fifth and knocked out Jerry Reuss during a three-run rally. Dave Cash drove in two tallies with a bases-loaded single and Greg Luzinski produced the third run with a single off reliever Bob Moose. Larry Bowa tripled and Bobby Tolan singled for another Phillies' run in the sixth. The Pirates tacked on a tally in the seventh when Frank Taveras singled and Stennett doubled, but the Phillies rallied to tie the score in their half when Bob Boone singled to drive in Luzinski and Tim McCarver. In the Pirates' ninth, Duffy Dyer was hit by a pitch. Miguel Dilone ran for Dyer and, after a sacrifice by Omar Moreno, Stennett hit his second double of the game to supply the winning run.