MLB standings through games of April 12, 1977

MLB standings at the end of April 12, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Cleveland Indians	3	2	1	0	.667		26	16	0-0	2-1	2-1	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	5	3	2	0	.600		20	18	3-2	0-0	3-2	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	4	2	2	0	.500	0.5	5	7	0-1	2-1	2-2	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	4	1	3	0	.250	1.5	5	10	0-3	1-0	1-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	4	1	3	0	.250	1.5	10	10	1-2	0-1	1-3	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	5	1	4	0	.200	2.0	15	34	0-3	1-1	1-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	3	0	3	0	.000	2.0	15	29	0-2	0-1	0-3	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	4	4	0	0	1.000		33	10	1-0	3-0	4-0	Won 4
Texas Rangers	4	4	0	0	1.000		13	6	1-0	3-0	4-0	Won 4
Oakland A's	5	4	1	0	.800	0.5	26	21	4-1	0-0	4-1	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	5	3	2	0	.600	1.5	32	22	0-0	3-2	3-2	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	4	2	2	0	.500	2.0	14	16	1-0	1-2	2-2	Won 1
California Angels	7	3	4	0	.429	2.5	32	26	0-0	3-4	3-4	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	7	2	5	0	.286	3.5	22	43	2-5	0-0	2-5	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	4	3	1	0	.750		19	14	1-0	2-1	3-1	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	4	3	1	0	.750		28	19	0-0	3-1	3-1	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	3	2	1	0	.667	0.5	14	13	0-0	2-1	2-1	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	4	2	2	0	.500	1.0	20	17	1-2	1-0	2-2	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	1	3	0	.250	2.0	17	29	1-3	0-0	1-3	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	3	0	3	0	.000	2.5	13	19	0-3	0-0	0-3	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	5	4	1	0	.800		13	14	4-1	0-0	4-1	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	3	2	0	.600	1.0	37	28	3-2	0-0	3-2	Won 1
San Diego Padres	5	3	2	0	.600	1.0	28	21	1-0	2-2	3-2	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	5	2	3	0	.400	2.0	25	25	0-0	2-3	2-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	6	2	4	0	.333	2.5	24	32	2-2	0-2	2-4	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	4	1	3	0	.250	2.5	14	21	0-0	1-3	1-3	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 5, Red Sox 2 at Chicago (day game):
Scoring all their runs in the first two innings, the White Sox opened their home season before a crowd of 34,612 and defeated the Red Sox, 5-2. A single by Ralph Garr and double by Jorge Orta produced a run in the first before the White Sox capped their attack in the second with run-scoring hits by Eric Soderholm, Chet Lemon, Garr and Orta.

Orioles 1, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
A Milwaukee record-setting crowd of 55,120 saw a great pitching duel end with the Brewers losing their home opener to the Orioles, 1-0. Jim Palmer, who yielded only two hits, posted the Orioles' first victory of the season. The shutout was the 43rd of his career. The Orioles, who collected five hits, beat Bill Travers in the ninth inning with a run on a single by Eddie Murray, sacrifice by Lee May and single by Rick Dempsey.

A's 6, Angels 2 at Oakland (day game):
Homers by Dick Allen and Wayne Gross during a five-run outburst in the first inning carried the Athletics to a 6-2 victory over the Angels behind the combined five-hit pitching of Stan Bahnsen and Dave Giusti. Allen connected with a man on base and, one out later, Gross also hit for the circuit.

Twins 3, Mariners 2 at Seattle (night game):
An injury to Enrique Romo proved costly to the Mariners when the Twins fell on reliever Bill Laxton for two runs in the eighth inning and defeated the expansion club, 3-2. Romo was leading, 2-1, when the 30-year-old righthander from the Mexican League reinjured his hamstring muscle in pitching to Bob Randall, the Twins' first batter in the eighth. Laxton took the mound, walked Randall and then was beaten when the Twins scored twice on doubles by Craig Kusick and Lyman Bostock.

Tigers 6, Blue Jays 1 at Toronto (day game):
Steve Kemp hit his first major league homer, connecting with two men on base, and Dave Roberts pitched a four-hitter as the Tigers defeated the Blue Jays, 6-1, for their first victory of the season. Alan Ashby saved the Jays from being shutout, hitting for the circuit in the eighth inning.

Astros 4, Reds 3 at Houston (night game):
The Astros handed the Reds their fourth straight defeat, beating the defending world champions, 4-3. The Astros scored three of their runs in the first inning on a single by Julio Gonzalez, triple by Enos Cabell, singles by Jose Cruz and Bob Watson and infield out by Willie Crawford. Two walks and a single by Joe Ferguson added what proved to be the deciding marker in the third. The Reds won their first two games of the season before falling into a slump.

Dodgers 14, Braves 10 at Los Angeles (night game):
With Steve Garvey and Steve Yeager providing the principal punch, the Dodgers enjoyed a pair of six-run innings and gained a 14-10 victory in a slugfest with the Braves, who lost despite a grand-slam homer by Jeff Burroughs. The Dodgers' initial outburst came in the first and included a single by Garvey with the bases loaded and triple by Yeager, each accounting for two runs. Burroughs hit his grand slam off Rick Rhoden in the third when the Braves got back into the game with five runs, but the Dodgers retaliated with six runs in the fifth, featuring a homer by Garvey with a man on base and a circuit clout by Yeager with two aboard.

Mets 4, Cardinals 0 at New York (day game):
Tom Seaver hurled the Mets to a 4-0 shutout of the Cardinals, who had collected 38 hits for a club batting average of .325 and scored 28 runs in sweeping a three-game series with the Pirates. Before a crowd of 23,907 in the Shea Stadium opener, Seaver not only pitched a five-hitter but also drove in two of the Mets' runs with a single in the second inning. The Mets' other markers came on homers by John Milner and John Stearns.

Pirates 2, Expos 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
The Pirates, who had lost their first three games of the season, broke into the victory column when Rennie Stennett doubled for a run in the ninth inning to beat the Expos, 2-1. The loss was the first of the year for the Expos, winners of their first two starts. Dave Parker singled in the ninth and advanced to second on a sacrifice by Bill Robinson. The Expos then elected to pass Phil Garner intentionally, but the move backfired with Stennett's winning double.

Padres 4, Giants 3 at San Diego (night game):
The largest opening-night crowd in San Diego history, 46,375, saw Doug Rader hit a three-run homer to enable the Padres to defeat the Giants, 4-3. The Padres scored in the first inning on a walk to Gene Richards, single by Mike Champion and infield out by Dave Winfield before adding their other runs in the fourth when Rader hit his homer following a pass to Gene Tenace and single by Mike Ivie. Randy Jones gained the decision but gave way to Rollie Fingers in the ninth after Willie McCovey hit a two-run homer for the Giants.