MLB standings through games of June 12, 1977

MLB standings at the end of June 12, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	59	34	25	0	.576		295	228	18-12	16-13	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	56	32	24	0	.571	0.5	294	275	18-12	14-12	7-3	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	57	31	26	0	.544	2.0	228	231	17-10	14-16	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	60	29	31	0	.483	5.5	249	272	17-14	12-17	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	52	24	28	0	.462	6.5	211	258	11-12	13-16	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	55	24	31	0	.436	8.0	231	252	7-15	17-16	6-4	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	55	23	32	0	.418	9.0	219	252	11-15	12-17	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	58	34	24	0	.586		302	248	16-9	18-15	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	56	31	25	0	.554	2.0	299	269	14-9	17-16	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	55	28	27	0	.509	4.5	248	218	16-14	12-13	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	53	26	27	0	.491	5.5	217	217	13-17	13-10	5-5	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	56	27	29	0	.482	6.0	277	257	14-18	13-11	5-5	Lost 1
Oakland A's	56	27	29	0	.482	6.0	225	252	16-16	11-13	5-5	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	62	25	37	0	.403	11.0	245	311	14-20	11-17	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	55	36	19	0	.655		266	223	22-8	14-11	7-3	Won 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	54	32	22	0	.593	3.5	250	207	20-12	12-10	5-5	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	57	33	24	0	.579	4.0	294	235	22-14	11-10	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	56	31	25	0	.554	5.5	257	240	16-9	15-16	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	55	24	31	0	.436	12.0	230	273	12-15	12-16	6-4	Lost 2
New York Mets	58	24	34	0	.414	13.5	205	215	12-15	12-19	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	59	38	21	0	.644		308	244	16-8	22-13	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	56	29	27	0	.518	7.5	292	249	19-12	10-15	6-4	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	60	26	34	0	.433	12.5	219	256	10-15	16-19	4-6	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	63	27	36	0	.429	13.0	296	337	9-17	18-19	3-7	Lost 2
Houston Astros	59	24	35	0	.407	14.0	220	270	15-16	9-19	3-7	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	60	22	38	0	.367	16.5	260	348	16-16	6-22	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 6, Orioles 4 at Baltimore (day game):
Breaking away with two unearned runs in the 11th inning, the White Sox defeated the Orioles, 6-4. Alan Bannister hit his first major league homer for the White Sox, but the Orioles held a 4-2 lead, including a homer by Al Bumbry, before Bannister singled and Chet Lemon hit for the circuit to tie the score at 4-4 in the sixth. Lemon was safe on an error by Billy Smith in the 11th, stole second and continued to third on a wild throw by catcher Rick Dempsey. After passing Richie Zisk, Orioles' reliever Dennis Martinez uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Lemon to score the tiebreaker. Two outs later, Oscar Gamble singled to drive in pinch-runner Tim Nordbrook.

[DH] Red Sox 3, Rangers 2 (day game) / Red Sox 2, Rangers 0 at Boston (day game):
Posting his first complete game of the season, Luis Tiant fired a three-hitter and shut out the Rangers, 2-0, as the Red Sox wrapped up a sweep of a doubleheader after winning the first game, 3-2. The Red Sox gave Tiant his edge in the duel with Nelson Briles by scoring their runs in the first inning on doubles by Rick Burleson and Jim Rice and a single by Carlton Fisk. In the opener, the Red Sox put over their winning run in the ninth after Bernie Carbo led off with a single. Rick Miller, inserted as a pinch-runner, advanced on a sacrifice by Butch Hobson. After an intentional pass to Denny Doyle and single by Burleson that loaded the bases, Fred Lynn ended the game with a sacrifice fly.

Angels 11, Indians 4 at California (day game):
Joe Rudi hit two homers and drove in five runs for his first RBIs in the month of June as the Angels defeated the Indians, 11-4. The Angels' attack also included Don Baylor's first homer since May 11 and Dave Chalk's first of the season. Nolan Ryan, who worked the first 6 2/3 innings before being removed, yielded only three hits and fanned 10 in his sixth consecutive game with 10 or more strikeouts.

Brewers 4, Royals 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
Aided by three double plays, Jerry Augustine pitched the Brewers to a 4-0 victory over the Royals, who played in the Milwaukee road uniforms after their dressing room was burglarized during the night. Thieves stole 53 K. C. uniforms, 20 gloves, 10 pairs of shoes and 15 jackets. The Brewers sent Augustine on the way to his victory by scoring three runs in the fifth inning. Robin Yount singled and counted on a double by Von Joshua, who then crossed the plate on a single by Cecil Cooper. After a pass to Sixto Lezcano, Don Money singled to drive in Cooper. A double by Tim Johnson for his first hit of the season drove in the Brewers' last tally in the eighth.

Twins 6, Yankees 1 at New York (day game):
A. L. batting leader Rod Carew hit a homer, triple and single to lead the Twins to a 6-1 victory over the Yankees. Carew smashed his homer after a single by Larry Hisle in the first inning. Hisle, copying Carew, hit for the circuit following a walk to Rob Wilfong in the fifth. Paul Thormodsgard, Twins' rookie righthander, held the Yankees hitless for 5 1/3 innings before giving up a run on singles by Mickey Rivers, Willie Randolph and Chris Chambliss.

A's 7, Tigers 1 at Oakland (day game):
Vida Blue snapped his personal five-game losing streak and brought the Athletics their first victory under Bobby Winkles as new manager by defeating the Tigers, 7-1. Blue allowed only four hits. Four of the A's runs off Dave Rozema were unearned on bases-loaded errors by Tom Veryzer and Jason Thompson in the second inning.

Mariners 5, Blue Jays 2 at Seattle (day game):
The Mariners, after losing four previous meetings between the expansion clubs, beat the Blue Jays for the first time, 5-2. Dick Pole became the first pitcher in the Mariners' brief history to have two complete games to his credit after the righthander tamed the Blue Jays on six hits. Ruppert Jones drove in two runs with a pair of singles and Jose Baez hit his first major league homer in the Mariners' attack.

Braves 5, Phillies 3 at Atlanta (day game):
A three-run homer by Jeff Burroughs in the ninth inning powered the Braves to a 5-3 victory over the Phillies. The Braves also had homers by Junior Moore in the second and Andy Messersmith in the sixth for their first two runs. The Phillies, who had a round-tripper by Greg Luzinski in the second, went ahead, 3-2, with two unearned runs in the third. However in the ninth, Barry Bonnell and Willie Montanez hit singles and Burroughs decided the outcome in the Braves' favor with his circuit clout.

Cubs 6, Giants 5 at Chicago (day game):
A sacrifice fly by Bobby Murcer in the eighth inning gave the Cubs a 6-5 victory to complete a sweep of the four-game series with the Giants. Bruce Sutter pitched the last two innings and gained credit for the win. The Giants took a 5-2 lead with the aid of three unearned runs before the Cubs rallied to tie the score in the fifth on singles by Murcer, Jerry Morales and Manny Trillo, an infield out and single by George Mitterwald. With one out in the eighth, Gene Clines singled and continued to second when Gary Thomasson fumbled the ball in center field. Gary Lavelle threw wildly on a pickoff play, allowing Clines to take third. After Bill Buckner walked, Murcer hit his sacrifice fly.

[DH] Reds 7, Expos 6 (day game) / Reds 14, Expos 8 at Cincinnati (day game):
After winning the first game of a doubleheader, 7-6, the Reds went on their biggest batting spree so far this season, collecting 20 hits, including 10 for extra bases, to defeat the Expos in the second game, 14-8. Joe Morgan and Cesar Geronimo stroked two-run homers for the Reds in the opener and Andre Dawson rapped a round-tripper for the Expos, who came from behind with five runs in the eighth and ninth innings to tie the score at 6-6. In the Reds' half of the ninth, Doug Flynn and Ken Griffey led off with singles and, after one out, Dan Driessen walked to load the bases. George Foster then hit a grounder to Dave Cash, whose throw home was too late to nail Ed Armbrister, pinch-runner for Flynn. The Reds' attack in the nightcap included homers by Dave Concepcion and Champ Summers, a triple by Flynn and seven doubles, three by Driessen and two by Pete Rose. The Expos, who had a three-run homer by Ellis Valentine, built up a 6-1 lead after two innings but then could not match bats with the Reds' sluggers.

Mets 3, Astros 1 at Houston (day game):
Making what proved to be his last appearance with the Mets before being traded to the Reds June 15, Tom Seaver pitched a five-hitter and defeated the Astros, 3-1. Seaver gave up the Astros' run in the first on a triple by Cesar Cedeno and sacrifice fly by Jose Cruz. The Mets finally went ahead in the eighth. Felix Millan singled, advanced on a sacrifice and scored when Lenny Randle singled. Randle took second on the throw, moved to third on an infield out and crossed the plate on a wild pitch. Mike Vail singled and John Stearns doubled to produce an insurance run in the ninth.

[DH] Pirates 6, Padres 1 (day game) / Pirates 7, Padres 4 at Pittsburgh (day game):
After Jerry Reuss pitched his first complete game of the season and won the opener of a doubleheader, 6-1, the Pirates also beat the Padres in the nightcap, 7-4. The Padres notched their run off Reuss in the fourth inning on a single by Mike Ivie, double by Dave Winfield and infield out by George Hendrick, but the Pirates came back with four runs off Randy Jones in their half. Duffy Dyer hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded for the first run. Omar Moreno singled for two more. After stealing second, Moreno scored on a single by Reuss. Bill Robinson wrapped up the victory with a two-run homer in the fifth. In the nightcap, Dave Parker, who had singled in the first inning and doubled in the third, scoring both times, broke a 4-4 tie with a homer in the the fifth. The Pirates iced the victory with two insurance runs on a double by Moreno in the eighth.

Cardinals 5, Dodgers 2 at St. Louis (day game):
With a crowd of 43,846 on hand for Helmet Day, the Cardinals set a club attendance record of 137,003 for a four-game series and marked the occasion by defeating the Dodgers, 5-2. Eric Rasmussen spaced 10 hits in hurling the route to victory. Mike Tyson led the Cards at bat, knocking in three runs with a pair of doubles, plus collecting a single in four trips to the plate. Hector Cruz contributed a homer, while Steve Garvey hit one for the Dodgers.