MLB standings through games of October 1, 1976

MLB standings at the end of October 1, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	157	95	62	0	.605		720	567	43-35	52-27	3-7	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	160	88	72	0	.550	8.5	617	594	42-39	46-33	6-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	157	81	76	0	.516	14.0	607	605	44-35	37-41	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	160	81	79	0	.506	15.5	712	658	44-35	37-44	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	159	72	87	0	.453	24.0	600	706	36-44	36-43	5-5	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	159	66	93	0	.415	30.0	567	646	36-43	30-50	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	160	90	70	0	.562		708	603	49-30	41-40	3-7	Lost 1
Oakland A's	159	86	73	0	.541	3.5	677	589	50-29	36-44	6-4	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	160	83	77	0	.519	7.0	735	699	44-37	39-40	7-3	Won 2
California Angels	160	75	85	0	.469	15.0	541	622	38-43	37-42	6-4	Won 4
Texas Rangers	160	74	86	0	.463	16.0	608	648	37-42	37-44	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	159	64	95	0	.403	25.5	582	737	35-45	29-50	1-9	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	160	99	61	0	.619		761	552	51-28	48-33	8-2	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	159	89	70	0	.560	9.5	698	630	44-34	45-36	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	160	86	74	0	.537	13.0	610	529	45-37	41-37	6-4	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	160	73	87	0	.456	26.0	600	725	40-39	33-48	4-6	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	159	72	87	0	.453	26.5	629	661	37-44	35-43	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	160	55	105	0	.344	44.0	528	723	27-53	28-52	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	160	101	59	0	.631		846	629	48-31	53-28	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	160	92	68	0	.575	9.0	605	536	49-30	43-38	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	161	79	82	0	.491	22.5	615	656	45-36	34-46	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	161	74	87	0	.460	27.5	594	676	40-41	34-46	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	160	71	89	0	.444	30.0	563	659	42-38	29-51	3-7	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	160	69	91	0	.431	32.0	616	689	34-47	35-44	4-6	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 7, Orioles 4 at Boston (night game):
Carl Yastrzemski went over the 100 mark in RBIs for the fourth time in his career with the Red Sox, batting in three runs to reach a total of 102, during a 4-1 victory over the Orioles. The veteran star hit run-scoring singles in the first and third and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Carlton Fisk contributed a homer to the Red Sox attack, while Reggie Jackson rapped one for the Orioles.

Twins 4, Royals 3 at Kansas City (night game):
The Royals were defeated by the Twins, 4-3, but later in the evening backed into the West Division championship when the Athletics also lost to the Angels in their game at Oakland. The Royals took a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning with the aid of a triple by Tom Poquette, but the Twins forged in front with three runs in the seventh when Butch Wynegar and Larry Hisle singled, Dan Ford walked to load the bases and Mike Cubbage cleared the sacks with a double. The Royals tied the count in their half on a single by Al Cowens, sacrifice by John Wathan and single by pinch-hitter Cookie Rojas. The Twins pushed a run across in the ninth with a pass to Cubbage, sacrifice by Bob Randall and single by Steve Braun to beat the Royals and delay their title celebration until the news arrived of the A's loss to the Angels.

Tigers 5, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (night game):
Making his first start since October 1, 1972, John Hiller pitched the Tigers to a 5-0 victory over the Brewers. In between starts, Hiller had made 215 relief appearances. The Tigers bunched five of their eight hits off Bill Travers for all their runs in the seventh inning, two scoring on a single by Phil Mankowski.

Angels 2, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
The Athletics' last-ditch drive to overtake the Royals in the West Division race came to an end with a 2-0 loss to the Angels in 12 innings. Rusty Torres, batting only .206, smashed a homer to break up the scoreless duel between Frank Tanana and Vida Blue. The Angels then added an insurance run on a single by Mike Miley, Bill North's error and a single by Terry Humphrey. Tanana held the A's to five hits before turning the mound over to Dick Drago, who yielded one hit while retiring the A's in their half of the 12th.

Rangers 11, White Sox 8 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers tied their club record for homers in one game with four while outslugging the White Sox, 11-8. Tom Grieve whacked two round-trippers, each with a man on base, while Jim Sundberg and Jeff Burroughs clouted one apiece in the Rangers' 13-hit attack. The White Sox piled up 18 hits but had no homers in their assortment.

Cubs 3, Expos 1 at Chicago (day game):
Bill Bonham observed his 26th birthday with a victory and Rick Monday hit his career high 32nd homer of the season as the Cubs defeated the Expos, 3-1. Bonham needed help from Bruce Sutter after the Expos counted their run with one out in the ninth inning on doubles by Mike Jorgensen and Larry Parrish. Jose Morales made his 82nd pinch-hitting appearance for the Expos in the eighth, setting a major league record.

Reds 5, Braves 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Helping Gary Nolan become a 15-game winner, Tony Perez and Cesar Geronimo each batted in two runs to lead the Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Braves. Perez accounted for his RBIs with a double and homer, while Geronimo drove in one run with a single and another with an infield out.

Astros 5, Giants 4 at Houston (night game):
Taking advantage of errors by Johnnie LeMaster and Jim Barr, the Astros scored four unearned runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Giants, 5-4. Mark Lemongello, who started for the Astros, gave up two-run homers by Gary Alexander and Gary Matthews, but came out a winner on the Astros' rally. Larry Milbourne led off with a single, took second on a throwing error by LeMaster and scored on infield outs by Ed Herrmann and Ken Boswell, who batted for Lemongello. Wilbur Howard then was safe on an error by Barr, opening the gates for three runs on singles by Alex Taveras, Cesar Cedeno and Cliff Johnson.

Dodgers 8, Padres 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
The first Dodger in history to collect 200 hits for each of three consecutive seasons, Steve Garvey achieved that club mark with a single in the second inning during an 8-1 victory over the Padres. Dennis Lewallyn, who pitched the first seven stanzas before giving way to Charlie Hough, gained credit for his first major league victory.

Phillies 2, Mets 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
John Vukovich homered in the ninth inning for his first hit of the season with the Phillies to beat the Mets, 2-1. The Phillies used consecutive singles by Mike Schmidt, Ollie Brown and Dick Allen to take the lead in the first inning. The Mets tied the score in the fourth with a single by John Milner, pass to Dave Kingman and single by John Stearns. Vukovich entered the game as the replacement for Allen at first base and was retired in one trip before tagging his homer off Jerry Koosman.