MLB standings through games of September 22, 1976

MLB standings at the end of September 22, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	151	92	59	0	.609		687	543	43-34	49-25	5-5	Lost 4
Baltimore Orioles	152	84	68	0	.553	8.5	588	563	39-36	45-32	7-3	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	151	77	74	0	.510	15.0	589	591	40-33	37-41	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	153	76	77	0	.497	17.0	673	631	41-34	35-43	8-2	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	151	68	83	0	.450	24.0	573	675	35-42	33-41	2-8	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	152	65	87	0	.428	27.5	549	609	36-42	29-45	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	152	88	64	0	.579		694	577	49-28	39-36	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	152	82	70	0	.539	6.0	651	571	48-27	34-43	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	154	79	75	0	.513	10.0	712	684	42-35	37-40	6-4	Won 3
California Angels	154	71	83	0	.461	18.0	520	606	36-42	35-41	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	153	69	84	0	.451	19.5	578	623	34-41	35-43	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	153	63	90	0	.412	25.5	563	704	34-43	29-47	2-8	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	150	91	59	0	.607		711	524	49-28	42-31	6-4	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	152	86	66	0	.566	6.0	669	605	43-33	43-33	4-6	Lost 2
New York Mets	152	81	71	0	.533	11.0	579	503	40-35	41-36	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	153	71	82	0	.464	21.5	585	703	39-38	32-44	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	151	68	83	0	.450	23.5	596	617	33-41	35-42	5-5	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	150	52	98	0	.347	39.0	496	678	26-49	26-49	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	153	98	55	0	.641		821	600	47-31	51-24	6-4	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	152	86	66	0	.566	11.5	578	522	44-28	42-38	6-4	Won 3
Houston Astros	154	76	78	0	.494	22.5	594	629	44-36	32-42	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	154	70	84	0	.455	28.5	556	651	38-39	32-45	6-4	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	153	68	85	0	.444	30.0	529	617	40-37	28-48	2-8	Lost 4
Atlanta Braves	154	67	87	0	.435	31.5	588	653	32-44	35-43	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, Brewers 3 at Boston (night game):
Jim Rice and Carlton Fisk batted in two runs apiece to lead the Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Brewers. Rice, who collected four hits, drove in a run with a single in the first inning and plated another with a double in the fifth. Fisk homered with a man on base in the eighth.

Rangers 2, Angels 1 at California (night game):
Turning in his 20th complete game, Gaylord Perry allowed only three hits and retired 18 straight batters at one stretch while pitching the Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Angels. Tony Solaita drove in the Angels' run with a double in the first inning. Mike Hargrove singled, stole second and scored the Rangers' tying run on a double by Roy Howell in the fourth. Lenny Randle counted the deciding run in the seventh, leading off with a walk, taking second on a sacrifice, moving to third on an infield out and scoring on an infield hit by Gene Clines.

Twins 6, White Sox 3 at Chicago (night game):
Butch Wynegar hit two solo homers and Rod Carew drove in three runs with a triple and homer to power the Twins to a 6-3 victory over the White Sox, who lost their eighth straight game. Wynegar hit his first homer in the second inning. Carew's triple followed a pass to Roy Smalley in the third. The Twins then erupted for four runs in the sixth, including Wynegar's second homer and Carew's clout with a man on base.

Indians 3, Tigers 0 at Detroit (day game):
The Indians snapped their string of eight straight losses to the Tigers by posting a 3-0 victory behind the three-hit pitching of Jim Bibby. Larvell Blanks registered two of the Indians' runs, hitting a single in the first inning and scoring on a double by Rico Carty, and then hitting another single in the third and counting on a double by Boog Powell.

A's 11, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Reviving their chances in the West Division race, the Athletics overpowered the Royals, 11-1, to pull within six games of the front-runners with 10 games left to play. Vida Blue gave up the Royals' run in the first inning on a single by George Brett and double by Hal McRae but then allowed only four more hits the rest of the way. Before the Royals scored, the A's already had posted three runs, two counting on a homer by Gene Tenace. Phil Garner hit for the circuit with two men on base in the sixth and Joe Rudi rapped a round-tripper for two runs in the seventh.

[DH] Orioles 2, Yankees 0 (night game) / Orioles 5, Yankees 2 at New York (night game):
The Orioles stalled the Yankees' drive for the East Division title by sweeping a twi-night doubleheader, 2-0 and 5-2. With those losses, the Yankees' lead was cut to 8½ lengths with 11 games remaining on their schedule and 10 left for the Orioles. Jim Palmer pitched the shutout in the opener for his 22nd victory of the season. Al Bumbry scored both runs in support of Palmer. After reaching second on errors by Chris Chambliss and Dock Ellis on the same play in the fourth inning, Bumbry came home on a single by Lee May. Then in the sixth, Bumbry singled, stole second, moved to third on a flyout and counted on a single by Bobby Grich. In the nightcap, ex-Yankee Rudy May was the winner and Tippy Martinez, another ex-Yankee, saved the game. The Orioles were shut out by Ed Figueroa until the eighth when they rallied for four runs on a single by Tom Shopay, pass to Bumbry, sacrifice by Paul Blair, double by Grich, triple by May and single by Ken Singleton. Kiko Garcia hit his first major league homer to wrap up the scoring in the ninth.

Cubs 4, Pirates 3 at Chicago (day game):
The fading Pirates lost to the Cubs, 4-3, on a run-scoring single by Joe Wallis in the ninth inning and headed toward elimination in the East Division race. The defeat was Pirates' fifth in their last six games and dropped them six lengths behind the pace-setting Phillies with 12 games left on the Phillies' chart and 10 remaining for the Pirates. The Pirates started off with a homer by Richie Hebner in the first inning, but the Cubs put three singles together for a run in the third and went ahead with a single by Jerry Morales and double by Larry Biittner in the fourth. A walk to Dave Parker, single by Richie Zisk and sacrifice fly by Rennie Stennett pulled the Pirates even in the sixth. The Cubs regained the lead in their half with a single by Morales and double by Steve Swisher before the Pirates tied the score again in the eighth with singles by Parker, Zisk and Ed Ott. However in the ninth, Jerry Tabb walked and Rob Sperring sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Rick Monday, Wallis hit his game-winning single.

Reds 4, Padres 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Reds became the first club in N. L. history to have seven winners of 10 or more games in one season when Don Gullett entered the ranks with credit for a 4-3 victory over the Padres. Rawly Eastwick relieved in the ninth inning and picked up his 25th save. The other six Reds with 10 or more victories were Fred Norman, Pat Zachry, Gary Nolan, Jack Billingham, Santo Alcala and Eastwick. The Reds jumped on Brent Strom for two runs in the first inning, but the Padres came back to take a 3-2 lead with homers by Doug Rader and Mike Ivie. The Reds pulled even in the fifth and scored the deciding run in the sixth when Johnny Bench doubled and George Foster tripled.

Astros 5, Braves 2 at Houston (night game):
Staked to a three-run lead in the first inning, Joaquin Andujar pitched the Astros to a 5-2 victory over the Braves. A walk, singles by Enos Cabell and Bob Watson and an infield out by Jose Cruz accounted for the Astros' opening burst. The Braves picked up their pair in the second with a walk, single by Tom Paciorek, double by Dale Murphy and grounder by Rob Belloir, but Watson and Cruz each drove in another run in the fifth to clinch the Astros' decision.

Mets 4, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
Jon Matlack received last-out help from Skip Lockwood and gained credit for his 16th victory, equalling his major league career high, when the Mets defeated the Expos, 4-2. The Mets decided the outcome with three runs in the second inning, one scoring on a single by Roy Staiger and two on a bases-loaded single by Felix Millan. John Stearns doubled to drive in the Mets' final marker in the fifth. Earl Williams and Ellis Valentine hit homers for the Expos' runs.

Phillies 9, Cardinals 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
After falling behind by four runs in the first inning, the Phillies rallied to defeat the Cardinals, 9-4, and expand their East Division lead to six games over the Pirates. The Cards put together four extra-base hits -- a triple by Jerry Mumphrey, homer by Lou Brock, double by Ted Simmons, intentional pass to Joe Ferguson and double by Keith Hernandez -- for a quick kayo of Jim Kaat. However, five relievers pitched scoreless ball the rest of the way. The Phillies picked up a run in their half of the first but appeared on the way to defeat until the eighth when nine straight batters reached base in an eight-run explosion. Larry Bowa and Bobby Tolan singled and Dave Cash was safe on Garry Templeton's third error of the game. Garry Maddox singled, driving in two runs. Jerry Martin tied the score with a single. After Greg Luzinski walked to load the bases again, Dick Allen drove in two runs with a single to put the Phillies ahead. Mike Schmidt walked to fill sacks for the third time in the inning. Bob Boone then singled to add two runs. After Bowa was retired for the first out, Tolan hit a sacrifice fly to account for the final tally.

Dodgers 3, Giants 1 at San Francisco (night game):
Becoming a 20-game winner for the first time in his 11-year major league career, Don Sutton pitched the Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Giants. Bobby Murcer stole home to account for the Giants' run in the second inning. Bill Buckner doubled to score Kevin Pasley with the tying tally in the third and then singled to drive in Glenn Burke with the go-ahead run in the seventh. Burke singled for a Dodger insurance run in the ninth.