MLB standings through games of October 2, 1976

MLB standings at the end of October 2, 1976

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	159	97	62	0	.610		730	575	45-35	52-27	5-5	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	161	88	73	0	.547	10.0	617	595	42-39	46-34	5-5	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	159	81	78	0	.509	16.0	615	615	44-35	37-43	5-5	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	161	82	79	0	.509	16.0	713	658	45-35	37-44	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	160	73	87	0	.456	24.5	604	707	36-44	37-43	5-5	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	160	66	94	0	.412	31.5	568	650	36-44	30-50	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	161	90	71	0	.559		710	606	49-31	41-40	2-8	Lost 2
Oakland A's	160	87	73	0	.544	2.5	686	597	51-29	36-44	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	161	84	77	0	.522	6.0	738	701	44-37	40-40	8-2	Won 3
California Angels	161	75	86	0	.466	15.0	549	631	38-43	37-43	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	161	75	86	0	.466	15.0	613	652	38-42	37-44	7-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	160	64	96	0	.400	25.5	586	742	35-45	29-51	1-9	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	161	100	61	0	.621		768	556	52-28	48-33	8-2	Won 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	160	90	70	0	.562	9.5	706	630	45-34	45-36	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	161	86	75	0	.534	14.0	614	536	45-37	41-38	6-4	Lost 4
Chicago Cubs	161	74	87	0	.460	26.0	603	726	41-39	33-48	5-5	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	160	72	88	0	.450	27.5	629	669	37-44	35-44	4-6	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	161	55	106	0	.342	45.0	529	726	27-53	28-53	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	161	101	60	0	.627		846	632	48-32	53-28	5-5	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	161	92	69	0	.571	9.0	606	540	49-31	43-38	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	162	80	82	0	.494	21.5	625	657	46-36	34-46	5-5	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	162	74	88	0	.457	27.5	595	686	40-41	34-47	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	161	72	89	0	.447	29.0	567	660	42-38	30-51	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	161	70	91	0	.435	31.0	619	689	34-47	36-44	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 1, Orioles 0 at Boston (day game):
A run on a single by Dwight Evans and triple by Jim Rice with two out in the first inning was all that the Red Sox needed to defeat the Orioles, 1-0.

Twins 3, Royals 2 at Kansas City (night game):
While Hal McRae and George Brett sat out, Rod Carew collected three hits in four trips in a bid for his fifth straight A. L. batting championship and sixth of his career as the Twins defeated the Royals, 3-2. McRae's average was .33078 and Brett's was .33073, while Carew raised his mark to .329. The Twins counted all their runs in the sixth inning on singles by Steve Brye, Roy Smalley, Carew and Larry Hisle. Jamie Quirk batted in the Royals' first run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and counted their other tally in the seventh, hitting a single and crossing the plate on a double by Dave Nelson.

Tigers 4, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
Shortly after it was announced that Mark Fidrych had been given a bonus and had signed a new three-year contract, the Tigers' sensational rookie went out and defeated the Brewers, 4-1, for his 19th victory of the season. The complete game was his 24th. Rusty Staub batted in two of the Tigers' runs with a single and sacrifice fly.

[DH] Yankees 6, Indians 5 (day game) / Yankees 4, Indians 3 at New York (night game):
After a double by Graig Nettles drove in one run, the Yankees scored twice more on passes with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to defeat the Indians, 6-5, to start a sweep of a doubleheader. Nettles again came up with the key hit in the second game, rapping a triple in the seventh and scoring on a safe squeeze bunt by Carlos May to account for a 4-3 victory. Oscar Gamble homered for the Yankees with two men on base in the opener, but the Indians forged ahead, 4-3, before May walked in the eighth and scored the tying run on Nettles' double. After an intentional pass to Gamble, Sandy Alomar moved the runners along. Dave LaRoche walked Lou Piniella on purpose to load the bases and then could not relocate the plate, passing both Otto Velez and Roy White.

A's 9, Angels 8 at Oakland (day game):
The Athletics, after coming from behind with four runs to tie the score, finally ended this overtime game when Gene Tenace singled with the bases loaded and two out in the 14th inning to beat the Angels, 9-8. Don Baylor drew a walk to lead off the final frame and Bill North sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Ken McMullen, the runners advanced on an infield out by Tommy Sandt. Another intentional pass to Ron Fairly then filled the sacks and set the stage for Tenace's winning single.

Rangers 5, White Sox 4 at Texas (night game):
A pass to Ken Pape with the bases loaded in the 10th inning handed the Rangers a 5-4 victory over the White Sox. Jim Fregosi walked to start the stanza and took third on a single by Juan Beniquez. After passing Lenny Randle to fill the sacks, Pete Vuckovich also walked Pape to force in the Rangers' winning run.

Cubs 3, Expos 1 at Chicago (day game):
Rick Monday drove in one run with a sacrifice fly and scored another after a fluke double to lead the Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Expos. Larry Parrish homered for the Expos in the second inning, but a triple by Mick Kelleher and Monday's scoring fly knotted the count in the third. Batting again in the sixth, Monday reached second with a double when Andre Dawson lost his fly ball in the sun. Joe Wallis sacrificed and Bill Madlock then drove in the tie-breaking tally with an infield out.

Braves 3, Reds 0 at Cincinnati (day game):
Two outs away from the second no-hitter of his career, Phil Niekro suffered disappointment when Cesar Geronimo doubled for the Reds in a 3-0 loss to the Braves. After Geronimo's spoiler, Niekro retired Dave Concepcion on a grounder and struck out Doug Flynn to complete his victory. The knuckleball righthander's no-hitter came on August 5, 1973, against the Padres.

Astros 10, Giants 1 at Houston (day game):
J.R. Richard breezed to a 10-1 victory over the Giants and became the second 20-game winner in Astros' history. Larry Dierker won 20 in 1969. Richard also rapped three hits including a homer, and drove in three runs to mark the season's final contest for both clubs.

Padres 4, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (day game):
Mike Ivie homered with two men on base in the eighth inning to cap a four-run outburst that brought the Padres a 4-1 victory over the Dodgers. The Padres touched Don Sutton for their first run on singles by Johnny Grubb, Jerry Turner and Bobby Valentine before Ivie smashed his homer. Until the Padres erupted, Sutton had pitched 23 consecutive scoreless innings.

Phillies 7, Mets 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
After falling behind in the first inning, 3-0, the Phillies rallied to defeat the Mets, 7-4, for their 100th victory of the season. The Phillies began their comeback with a two-run homer by Jerry Martin in the second. The Mets added a run in the third, but the Phillies tied the score in their half with a single by Dave Cash for one of his four hits in the game and doubles by Mike Schmidt and Ollie Brown. Cash singled again in the fifth and subsequently scored on a single by Brown to put the Phillies ahead to stay.

Pirates 8, Cardinals 0 at Pittsburgh (day game):
While John Candelaria pitched a five-hitter, the Pirates turned the tables on Lynn McGlothen while defeating the Cardinals, 8-0. McGlothen had blanked the Bucs, 3-0, September 25. This time, the Pirates whacked the Cards' starter for three runs in the second inning on a single by Dave Parker, triple by Richie Hebner and doubles by Ed Kirkpatrick and Rennie Stennett. McGlothen was kayoed when the Pirates added two tallies in the third. Their final runs counted off Tom Walker in the fourth on a single by Miguel Dilone, double by Omar Moreno and homer by Parker.