MLB standings through games of June 22, 1977

MLB standings at the end of June 22, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	65	40	25	0	.615		357	300	23-13	17-12	9-1	Won 6
New York Yankees	68	37	31	0	.544	4.5	333	286	20-13	17-18	3-7	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	66	35	31	0	.530	5.5	258	272	19-14	16-17	4-6	Lost 4
Cleveland Indians	62	31	31	0	.500	7.5	253	295	15-15	16-16	7-3	Won 7
Milwaukee Brewers	68	33	35	0	.485	8.5	286	306	20-16	13-19	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	65	29	36	0	.446	11.0	280	291	12-16	17-20	5-5	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	64	24	40	0	.375	15.5	244	301	12-20	12-20	1-9	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	65	37	28	0	.569		330	297	19-10	18-18	7-3	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	67	37	30	0	.552	1.0	348	302	19-12	18-18	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	63	32	31	0	.508	4.0	261	253	14-20	18-11	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	65	33	32	0	.508	4.0	323	290	19-19	14-13	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	63	31	32	0	.492	5.0	288	255	16-14	15-18	4-6	Lost 2
Oakland A's	65	29	36	0	.446	8.0	248	291	16-16	13-20	3-7	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	72	31	41	0	.431	9.5	283	353	16-21	15-20	6-4	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	64	42	22	0	.656		311	257	22-8	20-14	7-3	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	65	36	29	0	.554	6.5	323	291	21-10	15-19	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	35	29	0	.547	7.0	286	256	20-12	15-17	3-7	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	66	35	31	0	.530	8.0	319	291	22-14	13-17	3-7	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	64	28	36	0	.438	14.0	256	312	14-19	14-17	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	67	29	38	0	.433	14.5	245	251	15-18	14-20	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	68	45	23	0	.662		356	266	23-10	22-13	7-3	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	65	35	30	0	.538	8.5	350	304	22-12	13-18	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	70	32	38	0	.457	14.0	277	303	16-19	16-19	6-4	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	72	31	41	0	.431	16.0	329	374	13-22	18-19	4-6	Lost 3
Houston Astros	69	29	40	0	.420	16.5	256	300	16-18	13-22	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	68	24	44	0	.353	21.0	292	395	17-18	7-26	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 7, Orioles 4 at Baltimore (night game):
Carlton Fisk and Butch Hobson each hit a two-run homer off Jim Palmer in the ninth inning to power the Red Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Orioles. Fisk's homer was his second of the game and followed a double by Jim Rice. Bernie Carbo then walked and Hobson connected for the circuit. The Red Sox also had round-trippers by Rice and George Scott to set a major league record for most homers in eight consecutive games with 29.

White Sox 6, Angels 2 at Chicago (night game):
The White Sox, facing Ken Brett for the first time, knocked out their former teammate in the sixth inning and defeated the Angels, 6-2. The White Sox started the scoring against Brett in the second when Eric Soderholm tripled and Jorge Orta homered. Wayne Nordhagen knocked in a run with a single in the fourth and accounted for another RBI with a double in the sixth when the White Sox scored three runs. Ken Kravec, pitching for the White Sox, yielded a homer by Terry Humphrey in the third and then was lifted in favor of Bart Johnson, who went the rest of the way to pick up the victory.

Yankees 12, Tigers 11 at Detroit (night game):
With two out in the eighth inning, the Yankees rallied for five runs on a homer by Graig Nettles and double by Reggie Jackson to outlast the Tigers, 12-11, and snap their five-game losing streak. The Tigers hit four homers, including two-run shots by Steve Kemp, Phil Mankowski and John Wockenfuss, plus a solo swat by Jason Thompson, in building up a 10-7 lead. Cliff Johnson hit his first homer for the Yankees. In the eighth, Paul Blair and Bucky Dent singled and Nettles rapped his round-tripper to tie the score and chase John Hiller. Steve Foucault followed and gave up singles by Thurman Munson and Chris Chambliss. The Tigers then called on rookie lefthander Bob Sykes to face Jackson, who doubled on a two-strike pitch to drive in two runs. The Tigers scored in the ninth on an error, but Sparky Lyle clamped down to gain the victory with help from Ken Clay in the 577th appearance of Lyle's career, setting a record for most games pitched in relief, none started.

Royals 4, Mariners 3 at Kansas City (night game):
George Brett singled in the eighth inning for his third hit of the game, stole second and scored on a single by Al Cowens to bring the Royals a 4-3 victory over the Mariners. Cowens' hit made up for an error by the right fielder that enabled the Mariners to put over the tying run in the fifth.

Brewers 5, A's 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Jim Wohlford and Don Money batted in two runs apiece to lead the Brewers to a 5-1 victory over the Athletics behind the pitching of Jerry Augustine. Wohlford delivered runs with two of his three singles in the game, while Money's RBIs came on a sacrifice fly and double.

Rangers 10, Twins 8 at Minnesota (night game):
The Rangers welcomed the arrival of Eddie Stanky as their new manager, replacing Frank Lucchesi, by rallying for five runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Twins, 10-8. One game proved enough for Stanky, who quit the next day to return to the University of South Alabama as baseball coach. Rod Carew had four hits in five trips for the Twins, who jumped on Bert Blyleven for four runs in the first inning, two scoring on a single by Larry Hisle. The Rangers in turn had a four-run inning in the seventh. With the score tied, 5-5, Toby Harrah opened the Rangers' eighth with a triple and counted on a double by Ken Henderson, who also came around on singles by Jim Sundberg and Bert Campaneris. Claudell Washington then smashed a three-run homer, enabling the Rangers to withstand a three-run rally by the Twins in the ninth. Mike Marshall retired the last two batters to pick up his first save.

Indians 7, Blue Jays 5 at Toronto (night game):
A sacrifice fly and a pass with the bases loaded produced two runs in the 12th inning and gave the Indians a 7-5 victory over the Blue Jays. Frank Duffy walked to lead off and, after a sacrifice, stopped at third on a single by Paul Dade. Jim Norris followed with a sacrifice fly, sending Duffy home with the tie-breaking tally. Rico Carty singled and Johnny Grubb walked to load the bases. Tom Bruno then replaced Jerry Johnson and passed Buddy Bell on four pitches to force in the Indians' insurance run.

Dodgers 12, Cardinals 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Steve Garvey hit the first grand slam of his major league career to highlight the Dodgers' 12-1 rout of the Cardinals. Garvey had four hits in five trips and drove in a total of five runs, while Ron Cey accounted for four RBIs. Tom Underwood, making his first appearance with the Cards following his acquisition from the Phillies, was lifted in the fourth inning after two walks and a single by Bill Russell loaded the bases. After Clay Carroll relieved, one run scored on an error by Keith Hernandez and another was forced in with a pass to Cey before Garvey drilled his homer.

Astros 7, Expos 0 at Montreal (night game):
Jim Fuller smashed his first two homers in an Astros' uniform, each with a man on base, and Floyd Bannister pitched a four-hitter to shut out the Expos, 7-0.

Braves 4, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
Phil Niekro, who gave up 11 hits and walked four, put men on base in every inning except one, but the Braves' veteran knuckleballer was able to beat the Mets, 4-1. The Mets' only run came on a pass to John Stearns, double by Lee Mazzilli and sacrifice fly by Felix Millan in the eighth inning. Biff Pocoroba hit a two-run homer for the Braves in the second, scoring behind Rowland Office, who singled.

Phillies 15, Reds 9 at Philadelphia (night game):
A grand slam by Larry Bowa climaxed a slugfest that produced a total of eight homers as the Phillies overpowered the Reds, 15-9. Mike Schmidt hit two homers for the Phillies, driving in four runs. Bake McBride connected for the circuit with two men on base and Richie Hebner contributed a solo swat. The Reds had round-trippers by George Foster, Ken Griffey and Johnny Bench. With the score tied, 9-9, the Phillies loaded the bases in the seventh inning with a walk to Greg Luzinski, single by Hebner and pass to Barry Foote. Joe Hoerner, relieving Tom Hume, uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Luzinski to score. After an intentional pass to Ted Sizemore filled the sacks again, Bowa hit Hoerner's next pitch over the left field wall.

Pirates 3, Padres 1 at San Diego (night game):
Rich Gossage, taking over in relief of Jerry Reuss with two men on base and two out in the eighth inning, faced four batters and struck out all four to gain his 12th save as the Pirates defeated the Padres, 3-1. Rennie Stennett hit safely in his 20th straight game with a single in the third inning and then broke a 1-1 tie with a sacrifice fly in the fifth, scoring Ed Ott.

Cubs 4, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
After making a shaky arrival, Bruce Sutter bore down and gained his 18th save as the Cubs defeated the Giants, 4-2, to complete a sweep of the three-game series. Bill Bonham, who started, yielded only three hits going into the seventh inning when the Giants loaded the bases with two out singles by Bill Madlock and Jack Clark and a walk. Sutter relieved and passed both Willie McCovey and Derrel Thomas, forcing in the Giants' runs, before getting Rob Andrews to line to center field for the third out. The Cubs had homers by Larry Biittner in the first inning and Jerry Morales in the fourth, with their other runs coming on a double by Steve Swisher and single by Bonham in the second and a double by Biittner and single by Bobby Murcer in the eighth.