MLB standings through games of September 28, 1976

MLB standings at the end of September 28, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	156	94	62	0	.603		711	561	43-35	51-27	3-7	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	158	88	70	0	.557	7.0	610	581	42-38	46-32	7-3	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	155	80	75	0	.516	13.5	600	597	43-34	37-41	7-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	158	80	78	0	.506	15.0	699	645	43-34	37-44	8-2	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	156	70	86	0	.449	24.0	587	699	36-44	34-42	3-7	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	157	65	92	0	.414	29.5	561	638	36-42	29-50	2-8	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	158	89	69	0	.563		701	599	49-29	40-40	4-6	Lost 4
Oakland A's	157	86	71	0	.548	2.5	677	583	50-27	36-44	7-3	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	158	81	77	0	.513	8.0	722	695	43-37	38-40	7-3	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	158	73	85	0	.462	16.0	596	631	36-42	37-43	6-4	Won 3
California Angels	157	72	85	0	.459	16.5	529	619	36-43	36-42	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	156	64	92	0	.410	24.0	571	716	35-45	29-47	1-9	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	158	97	61	0	.614		753	546	50-28	47-33	8-2	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	158	89	69	0	.563	8.0	698	629	44-33	45-36	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	158	86	72	0	.544	11.0	607	520	45-36	41-36	8-2	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	158	72	86	0	.456	25.0	624	655	37-43	35-43	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	158	71	87	0	.449	26.0	596	724	39-39	32-48	3-7	Lost 5
Montreal Expos	158	54	104	0	.342	43.0	520	718	27-53	27-51	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	158	100	58	0	.633		840	621	47-31	53-27	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	158	90	68	0	.570	10.0	596	535	47-30	43-38	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	159	78	81	0	.491	22.5	610	651	44-36	34-45	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	159	73	86	0	.459	27.5	581	671	40-41	33-45	5-5	Won 3
San Diego Padres	158	70	88	0	.443	30.0	556	650	41-38	29-50	3-7	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	158	69	89	0	.437	31.0	614	675	34-46	35-43	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Orioles 7, Brewers 5 (night game) / Orioles 7, Brewers 3 at Baltimore (night game):
Wayne Garland, who came out of the Orioles' bullpen to join the starting rotation on a regular basis in June, became a 20-game winner for the first time in his career when Bobby Grich hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning to beat the Brewers, 7-5, in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader. The Orioles also won the second game, 7-3, behind the pitching of Rudy May, who gained his 15th victory. Dave Duncan, who drove in two runs for the Orioles in lidlifter, homered in the eighth inning to tie the score before Al Bumbry singled in the 11th and Grich hit for the circuit to make a winner out of Garland. In the nightcap, the Orioles put May on easy street with five runs in the first inning, two scoring on a homer by Reggie Jackson. Doug DeCinces also rapped a round-tripper, while Dan Thomas hit a two-run blow for the Brewers.

Red Sox 7, Yankees 5 at Boston (night game):
Four innings of two-hit relief pitching by Tom Murphy enabled the Red Sox to defeat the Yankees, 7-5. The Red Sox, in turning back Ed Figueroa's bid for his 20th victory, picked up two runs on a homer by Butch Hobson in the second inning and then wiped out the Yankees' 4-3 lead with three runs in the fourth. Denny Doyle batted in a pair with a triple and scored on a double by Rick Miller. Jim Rice accounted for the final run with a homer in the eighth.

[DH] Tigers 4, Indians 0 (night game) / Indians 6, Tigers 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Mark Fidrych, who is a cinch to win A. L. Rookie Pitcher of Year honors, and Dennis Eckersley, last year's winner, turned in outstanding performances as the Tigers and the Indians divided a twi-night doubleheader. Fidrych pitched the Tigers to a 4-0 victory in the opener, posting his fourth shutout of the season to bring his record to 18-9 and lower his earned run average to 2.39. Willie Horton knocked in two of the Tigers' runs with a homer and double. Eckersley struck out 12 and picked up his 13th victory, winning the nightcap for the Indians, 6-1. Rico Carty and Joe Lis each batted in a pair of runs in support of Eckersley. Phil Mankowski hit his first major league homer to save the Tigers from being shut out.

Rangers 7, Twins 0 at Minnesota (day game):
Toby Harrah hit two homers for the Rangers and Gaylord Perry posted his 15th victory of the season, shutting out the Twins, 7-0. Harrah rapped his first homer in the second inning following a two-run triple by Lenny Randle. His other blow accounted for the Rangers' last run in the fourth.

A's 1, Royals 0 at Oakland (night game):
The Athletics tightened the West Division race, pulling within 2½ games of the Royals when Mike Torrez pitched a two-hitter and Sal Bando smashed a homer to beat the pace-setters, 1-0. Torrez retired the last 14 batters in a row. Marty Pattin matched Torrez in a scoreless duel until the seventh inning when Bando walloped his homer with a booming drive that landed 10 rows back in the left field bleachers.

Giants 4, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Bob Knepper, who pitched six innings before going out for a pinch-hitter, gained his first major league victory when the Giants defeated the Braves, 4-1. Knepper also batted in the Giants' first run with a single in the third inning. Bobby Murcer homered in the fourth. After the Braves picked up their run in the sixth, the Giants put the game away with a pair in the seventh on a walk to Murcer, singles by Gary Thomasson and Darrell Evans and a double by Chris Speier.

Astros 1, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
A single by Bob Watson in the first inning for his 100th RBI of the season provided J.R. Richard with the only run that he needed to pitch the Astros to a 1-0 victory over the Dodgers. Cesar Cedeno was safe on a two-base error by Davey Lopes before Watson singled to beat Burt Hooton.

[DH] Mets 5, Expos 4 (night game) / Expos 4, Mets 2 at New York (night game):
Ed Kranepool hit a homer in the eighth inning to tie the score and then drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth to give the Mets a 5-4 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Expos came back to win the second game, 4-2. Ellis Valentine drove in three Expos' runs in the lidlifter and followed with two more RBIs in the nightcap. Larry Parrish homered for the Expos in the second inning before Valentine accounted for the decisive runs with a single in the third after Del Unser singled and Pepe Mangual dropped a fly by Andre Dawson for a two-base error.

Pirates 5, Cubs 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Providing a spark for his own victory, Doc Medich singled in the eighth inning to ignite a four-run outburst that brought the Pirates a 5-1 victory over the Cubs. After his hit, Medich scored on a triple by Richie Hebner to break a 1-1 tie. Other runs followed on singles by Richie Zisk and Al Oliver and a double by Dave Parker.

Reds 5, Padres 4 at San Diego (night game):
Out of the lineup for rest, Pete Rose made one of his rare pinch-hitting appearances and singled a run home in the eighth inning to help beat the Padres, 5-4, and give the Reds their 100th victory of the season. Tony Perez walked and moved to second when Doug Rader erred on a grounder by Johnny Bench before Rose batted for Bob Bailey and broke a 3-3 tie. Randy Jones, who started on the mound for the Padres, was forced to quit in the second inning after pulling a muscle just above his elbow.

Cardinals 5, Phillies 3 at St. Louis (night game):
Turning back Steve Carlton's bid for his 20th victory, the Cardinals defeated the Phillies, 5-3. Hector Cruz was tough on Carlton, batting in a run with a single in the second inning and hitting a homer after a single by Keith Hernandez in the fourth.