MLB standings at the end of September 27, 1976

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
New York Yankees	155	94	61	0	.606		706	554	43-35	51-26	4-6	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	156	86	70	0	.551	8.5	596	573	40-38	46-32	6-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	153	79	74	0	.516	14.0	594	592	42-33	37-41	6-4	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	157	79	78	0	.503	16.0	692	640	42-34	37-44	8-2	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	154	69	85	0	.448	24.5	582	693	36-44	33-41	2-8	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	155	65	90	0	.419	29.0	553	624	36-42	29-48	2-8	Lost 4

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Kansas City Royals	157	89	68	0	.567		701	598	49-29	40-39	5-5	Lost 3
Oakland A's	156	85	71	0	.545	3.5	676	583	49-27	36-44	6-4	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	157	81	76	0	.516	8.0	722	688	43-36	38-40	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	157	72	85	0	.459	17.0	529	619	36-43	36-42	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	157	72	85	0	.459	17.0	589	631	36-42	36-43	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	156	64	92	0	.410	24.5	571	716	35-45	29-47	1-9	Lost 1

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Philadelphia Phillies	157	97	60	0	.618		750	541	50-28	47-32	8-2	Won 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	157	88	69	0	.561	9.0	693	628	43-33	45-36	3-7	Lost 2
New York Mets	156	85	71	0	.545	11.5	600	512	44-35	41-36	8-2	Won 5
Chicago Cubs	157	71	86	0	.452	26.0	595	719	39-39	32-47	4-6	Lost 4
St. Louis Cardinals	157	71	86	0	.452	26.0	619	652	36-43	35-43	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	156	53	103	0	.340	43.5	512	711	27-53	26-50	3-7	Lost 4

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Cincinnati Reds	157	99	58	0	.631		835	617	47-31	52-27	5-5	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	157	90	67	0	.573	9.0	596	534	47-29	43-38	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	158	77	81	0	.487	22.5	609	651	44-36	33-45	4-6	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	158	72	86	0	.456	27.5	577	670	40-41	32-45	5-5	Won 2
San Diego Padres	157	70	87	0	.446	29.0	552	645	41-37	29-50	3-7	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	157	69	88	0	.439	30.0	613	671	34-45	35-43	6-4	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 8, Royals 3 at Oakland (night game):
The Athletics walloped the Royals, 8-3, in the opener of a critical three-game series and drew within 3½ games of the American League West leaders. A sixth inning free-for-all followed Sal Bando's leadoff homer, which gave the A's a 5-3 lead. Dennis Leonard hit Don Baylor with a pitch and Baylor dashed to the mound, causing both dugouts to empty. Leonard was decked by Claudell Washington and left the game and Baylor was ejected. When order was restored, the A's scored three more runs, capitalizing on the hit batsman, three walks and Phil Garner's two-run double. Ron Fairly hit a homer and double while Bando had two singles in addition to his 26th homer. Bert Campaneris drove in three runs with a sacrifice fly and pair of infield outs. Vida Blue hurled the distance for the A's although tagged for 10 hits.

Dodgers 2, Astros 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Shortly after hearing the news that manager Walter Alston would bow out at the close of the season, Don Sutton pitched the Dodgers to a 2-0 triumph over the Astros. Sutton yielded four hits in posting his fourth shutout and 14th complete game. Bill Russell broke up the scoreless duel between Sutton and Dan Larson when he singled home Steve Garvey in the seventh, Garvey had singled and advanced to second on a groundout.

Mets 10, Expos 3 at New York (night game):
John Milner hit two home runs, including a club record third grand slam in a five-run sixth inning, to power the Mets to a 10-3 triumph over the Expos in a game terminated by rain with the Expos batting in the eighth. Milner's first homer was a two-run blow in the third. The second game of the scheduled twi-night doubleheader was postponed because of the rain.

Padres 5, Reds 3 at San Diego (night game):
Doug Rader's pop fly single, scoring Mike Champion and Mike Ivie, capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning that gave the Padres a 5-3 victory over the Reds. Tom Griffin allowed seven hits and went the route, a feat accomplished only 19 times against the Reds this season.

Phillies 9, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Greg Luzinski, Ollie Brown and Larry Bowa each drove in two runs to help Jim Kaat end a six-game personal losing streak as the Phillies pounded the Cardinals, 9-1. Kaat, who had not posted a victory since August 21, limited the Redbirds to five hits in his six-inning stint. Jerry Martin hit his first homer of the season in the fourth.