MLB standings through games of June 3, 1977

MLB standings at the end of June 3, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	47	27	20	0	.574		174	171	15-9	12-11	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	50	27	23	0	.540	1.5	237	192	16-11	11-12	5-5	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	48	25	23	0	.521	2.5	253	257	14-12	11-11	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	51	25	26	0	.490	4.0	220	224	14-10	11-16	4-6	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	45	21	24	0	.467	5.0	191	230	11-12	10-12	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	46	19	27	0	.413	7.5	193	222	7-15	12-12	3-7	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	48	18	30	0	.375	9.5	190	230	11-15	7-15	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	49	31	18	0	.633		265	198	14-5	17-13	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	47	28	19	0	.596	2.0	260	219	14-7	14-12	6-4	Won 4
Texas Rangers	45	23	22	0	.511	6.0	188	186	10-14	13-8	4-6	Won 2
California Angels	47	24	23	0	.511	6.0	219	186	12-10	12-13	7-3	Won 1
Oakland A's	49	25	24	0	.510	6.0	204	224	14-11	11-13	7-3	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	46	22	24	0	.478	7.5	226	212	11-16	11-8	4-6	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	54	21	33	0	.389	12.5	215	284	10-16	11-17	5-5	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	46	29	17	0	.630		228	197	16-7	13-10	6-4	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	45	28	17	0	.622	0.5	209	170	16-7	12-10	4-6	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	48	28	20	0	.583	2.0	243	187	17-12	11-8	6-4	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	46	26	20	0	.565	3.0	206	191	13-9	13-11	7-3	Won 1
Montreal Expos	47	19	28	0	.404	10.5	184	221	8-15	11-13	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	49	18	31	0	.367	12.5	175	190	8-14	10-17	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	50	34	16	0	.680		265	196	14-8	20-8	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	48	24	24	0	.500	9.0	234	208	15-10	9-14	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	54	25	29	0	.463	11.0	262	288	9-17	16-12	7-3	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	51	22	29	0	.431	12.5	186	216	10-15	12-14	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	50	21	29	0	.420	13.0	180	223	13-14	8-15	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	52	19	33	0	.365	16.0	219	304	13-13	6-20	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 9, Yankees 5 at Chicago (night game):
Sending 13 men to bat, the White Sox erupted for seven runs in the fourth inning and defeated the Yankees, 9-5. Eric Soderholm drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single and Alan Bannister batted in two more with a triple to feature the outbutst. Graig Nettles hit a three-run homer for the Yankees.

Orioles 7, Royals 6 at Kansas City (night game):
An unusual triple play enabled the Orioles to cut off a rally in the ninth inning and emerge with a 7-6 victory over the Royals. Lee May hit a three-run homer for the Orioles, while the Royals had round-trippers by Hal McRae and Al Cowens. Trailing in the ninth, 7-5, the Royals put Cowens, Dave Nelson and Fred Patek on base with none out. Pinch-hitter John Wathan hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Pat Kelly, scoring Cowens. Patek tried to advance from first to second after the catch, but Mark Belanger took the throw from Kelly and tagged out Patek in a rundown. Nelson ventured too far off third base after moving up, and was trapped in another rundown that ended with Belanger tagging out the runner to complete the triple play.

Twins 6, Red Sox 2 at Minnesota (night game):
Red-hot Rod Carew smashed two triples and a single, giving him eight hits in his last 10 at bats and raising his league-leading average to .383, as the Twins defeated the Red Sox, 6-2. The Twins scored twice in the first inning on a triple by Carew, single by Lyman Bostock and two-base error by Fred Lynn, who dropped a fly by Glenn Adams. Their other runs followed in the third on triples by Carew and Bostock, a single by Larry Hisle and homer by Dan Ford.

A's 3, Blue Jays 2 at Oakland (night game):
A sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Dick Allen with the bases loaded in the ninth inning brought the Athletics a 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays. Mitchell Page drew a walk to open the stanza and when Earl Williams bunted, both runners were safe on a late throw to second. Wayne Gross sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Tony Armas, Allen batted for Marty Perez and delivered his game-winning fly.

Indians 7, Mariners 1 at Seattle (night game):
Dennis Eckersley missed by only two outs of tying the major league record for most consecutive hitless innings when the Indians' righthander defeated the Mariners, 7-1. Eckersley finished his 2-1 victory over the Mariners with 7 2/3 hitless innings May 25 and followed with a no-hitter in a 1-0 triumph over the Angels May 30. The righthander then extended his string to 22 1/3 innings in his reappearance against the Mariners before Ruppert Jones stopped him by hitting a homer with two out in the sixth. Cy Young set the record of 23 hitless innings in 1904. Eckersley left the game after the sixth and Jim Kern finished. Indians' scoring included a two-run homer by Ray Fosse and three-run drive by Buddy Bell.

Rangers 15, Brewers 8 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers tied their club record for doubles in one game with six while piling up 18 hits in a 15-8 walloping of the Brewers. The Rangers collected 14 of their hits in the first three innings and built up a 12-2 lead. However, Mike Marshall, who started in search of his first victory, couldn't stand the success and was knocked out in the fourth. Steve Hargan relieved and coasted to his triumph.

[DH] Braves 5, Giants 3 (night game) / Braves 8, Giants 7 at Atlanta (night game):
After Willie Montanez and Gary Matthews hit two-run homers in a 5-3 victory, the Braves completed the sweep of a twi-night doubleheader when pinch-hitter Tom Paciorek delivered a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to beat the Giants, 8-7. In the opener, Montanez hit his homer in the third inning after a pass to Darrel Chaney. The Braves had a run in the second on singles by Junior Moore and Barry Bonnell around a stolen base. The Giants had back-to-back homers by Willie McCovey and Gary Thomasson in the fourth, but the Braves pulled away in the fifth when Montanez singled and Matthews hit for the circuit. In the nightcap, the Braves smashed three homers for their first seven runs. Rod Gilbreath connected with two aboard and Jerry Royster and Vic Correll each homered with one man on base. The Giants had a three-run homer by McCovey and two-run shot by Jack Clark. In the Braves' ninth, Matthews singled and took third on a single by Moore. After an intentional pass to Gilbreath, Paciorek batted for Rick Camp and hit his sacrifice fly.

Reds 4, Astros 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Johnny Bench belted a two-run homer and George Foster drove in two runs with a single to provide scoring support for Fred Norman, who yielded only two hits in pitching the Reds to a 4-0 victory over the Astros.

Padres 1, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Dave Winfield not only hit a homer in the 11th inning for the game's only run but deprived Ed Goodson of a possible tying drive to enable the Padres to defeat the Dodgers. 1-0. The Padres used four pitchers, Randy Jones, Rick Sawyer, Dan Spillner and Rollie Fingers, who limited the Dodgers to two singles. Charlie Hough, in relief of Don Sutton, was the victim of Winfield's homer in the 11th. With two out in the Dodgers' half, Winfield raced to his right and leaped high against the wall to make a one-handed grab on Goodson's bid for a tying homer.

Expos 2, Cardinals 0 at Montreal (night game):
The Cardinals, who went into Montreal with a club batting average of .300 in road games, collected only one hit off Steve Rogers and lost to the Expos, 2-0. Mike Tyson singled in the third inning for the lone safety. The Expos nicked Eric Rasmussen for a run in the first inning on singles by Dave Cash and Chris Speier and an infield out by Ellis Valentine. Larry Parrish homered for their other run in the fifth.

Phillies 1, Mets 0 at New York (night game):
The Mets' string of three victories under Joe Torre as their new manager came to an end with a 1-0 loss to the Phillies. Jim Lonborg, who pitched the first seven innings, combined with reliever Ron Reed to pin the Mets with their first shutout defeat of the season. The Phillies scored their run off Jon Matlack in the third on singles by Larry Bowa and Ted Sizemore around a sacrifice by Lonborg.

Pirates 5, Cubs 0 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates got five-hit pitching from Jim Rooker and shut out the Cubs, 5-0. The Pirates decided the outcome quickly, scoring three runs in the first inning. Frank Taveras singled and took third on a single by Phil Garner, who advanced to second on the throw. Dave Parker batted in those two runners with a single, stole second and scored himself on a single by Bill Robinson. The Pirates' other runs counted in third on a single by Garner, double by Al Oliver and single by Rennie Stennett.