MLB standings through games of July 3, 1977

MLB standings at the end of July 3, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	79	44	35	0	.557		391	336	25-15	19-20	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	75	41	34	0	.547	1.0	391	358	23-16	18-18	1-9	Lost 9
Baltimore Orioles	78	42	36	0	.538	1.5	322	321	21-17	21-19	7-3	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	74	37	37	0	.500	4.5	300	348	18-19	19-18	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	77	38	39	0	.494	5.0	324	345	22-17	16-22	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	76	36	40	0	.474	6.5	326	326	17-18	19-22	7-3	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	77	30	47	0	.390	13.0	301	371	16-25	14-22	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	76	44	32	0	.579		417	363	25-12	19-20	7-3	Won 4
Minnesota Twins	78	42	36	0	.538	3.0	423	371	24-14	18-22	4-6	Lost 5
Kansas City Royals	76	40	36	0	.526	4.0	376	330	19-20	21-16	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	74	37	37	0	.500	6.0	329	295	21-19	16-18	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	76	37	39	0	.487	7.0	314	314	14-20	23-19	4-6	Lost 1
Oakland A's	76	34	42	0	.447	10.0	289	337	19-21	15-21	5-5	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	82	35	47	0	.427	12.0	323	411	17-23	18-24	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	74	48	26	0	.649		343	288	25-8	23-18	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	75	43	32	0	.573	5.5	368	326	25-10	18-22	7-3	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	77	43	34	0	.558	6.5	370	319	30-17	13-17	7-3	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	76	39	37	0	.513	10.0	343	329	23-13	16-24	2-8	Lost 4
Montreal Expos	76	34	42	0	.447	15.0	305	363	19-22	15-20	6-4	Won 4
New York Mets	78	31	47	0	.397	19.0	276	298	16-20	15-27	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	53	26	0	.671		430	313	23-10	30-16	7-3	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	76	42	34	0	.553	9.5	418	365	27-15	15-19	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	79	35	44	0	.443	18.0	296	334	22-22	13-22	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	81	35	46	0	.432	19.0	333	380	16-22	19-24	3-7	Lost 6
San Diego Padres	81	33	48	0	.407	21.0	373	431	14-24	19-24	2-8	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	78	29	49	0	.372	23.5	339	448	21-21	8-28	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 12, Red Sox 8 at Boston (day game):
Lee May and Eddie Murray batted in seven runs between them to lead the Orioles to a 12-8 victory over the Red Sox, who went down to their ninth straight defeat. May accounted for four RBIs with a homer and two singles, while Murray drove in three runs with a homer and two singles. Ken Singleton also had three hits for the Orioles. After the Orioles took a 12-4 lead, the Red Sox knocked out Dennis Martinez while scoring four runs in the sixth inning. Dick Drago pitched shutout relief in the last 3 1/3 innings, allowing only two hits. The Red Sox also had effective relief work from Bill Campbell, but it came too late.

Angels 6, A's 4 at California (day game):
Celebrating his 24th birthday, Frank Tanana pitched the Angels to a 6-4 victory over the Athletics. In becoming the major leagues' first 12-game winner this season, Tanana allowed only five hits and struck out 11. The Angels whacked Mike Norris for three runs in the second inning. Tony Solaita doubled and scored on a single by Willie Aikens before Gil Flores came to the plate and hit his first major league homer. Thad Bosley doubled and Jerry Remy homered for two runs in the third. Tanana had the A's shut out on two singles until the seventh when Wayne Gross walked and Earl Williams hit for the circuit. Singles by Andy Etcheharren and Remy around a sacrifice added an Angel run in the home half of the seventh before the A's counted their final pair in the ninth.

[DH] White Sox 6, Twins 0 (day game) / White Sox 10, Twins 8 at Chicago (day game):
Wilbur Wood pitched a three-hitter and won the first game of a doubleheader, 6-0, before the White Sox outslugged the Twins to complete the sweep with a 10-8 victory in the second game. The White Sox wrapped up the opener with five runs in the second inning. A walk to Brian Downing with the bases loaded forced in the first tally. The next three runs followed on a sacrifice fly by Alan Bannister and singles by Jorge Orta and Richie Zisk. The fifth run then scored on a wild pitch. In the nightcap, Jim Spencer and Jim Essian each homered with a man on base and Bannister contributed a solo shot in an attack that also included a triple by Lamar Johnson and doubles by Zisk, Ralph Garr and Essian. Luis Gomez rapped a triple, double and single for the Twins, driving in four runs, and Rich Chiles delivered a homer as a pinch-hitter.

Indians 6, Royals 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Led by Rico Carty, who smashed a homer and single, the Indians fired away for 11 hits and beat the Royals, 6-3, before staging a fireworks show for the crowd of 54,690, their largest turnout of the season. The Indians bunched five hits for three runs in the second inning and then broke a 3-3 tie with Carty's homer in the third. Carty's single added one of the Indians' last two runs in the seventh. Darrell Porter homered for the Royals.

[DH] Yankees 2, Tigers 0 (day game) / Tigers 10, Yankees 6 at New York (day game):
After being shut out by Ron Guidry in the opener, 2-0, the Tigers broke up the nightcap with four runs in the ninth inning and defeated the Yankees, 10-6. Ron Guidry scattered six hits in his shutout. Loser Fernando Arroyo allowed only nine hits, but the Yankees scored their pair in the eighth inning on singles by Chris Chambliss and Reggie Jackson, a double by Roy White and sacrifice fly by Carlos May. In the second game, the Tigers shattered a 6-6 tie with homers by Ron LeFlore and Rusty Staub in the ninth before adding two more runs on a single by Steve Kemp, double by Jason Thompson and single by John Wockenfuss. Kemp hit a homer earlier in the game.

Brewers 10, Mariners 3 at Seattle (day game):
Don Money hit a grand-slam homer in the ninth inning to cap the Brewers' attack in a 10-3 victory over the Mariners. Money, who had been benched in a batting slump, delivered his blow as a pinch-hitter for Tim Johnson after Mariner reliever Bill Laxton had issued three passes to load the bases.

[DH] Rangers 6, Blue Jays 3 (day game) / Blue Jays 5, Rangers 3 at Toronto (day game):
A two-run homer by Bump Wills in the 10th inning clinched a 6-3 victory for the Rangers in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Blue Jays came back to win the second game, 5-3, on the strength of a two-run single by Steve Staggs in the eighth inning. In the opener, Otto Velez homered for the Blue Jays in the sixth and Willie Horton for the Rangers in the seventh. The Rangers tied the score at 3-3 in the ninth with a run on singles by Juan Beniquez and Wills and a double by John Ellis. In the 10th, Toby Harrah showed his speed by scoring the tie-breaking run from first base on a single by Beniquez. Wills then came up and rapped his round-tripper to ice the decision. In the nightcap, homers by Claudell Washington and Dave May produced the Rangers' runs in the sixth inning. With the score tied, 3-3, Doug Ault walked in the Blue Jays' eighth, Hector Torres singled and Alan Ashby drew a pass to load the bases before Staggs stroked his decisive single.

Astros 9, Braves 3 at Houston (night game):
Cesar Cedeno drove in three runs with two singles as the Astros defeated the Braves, 9-3, with a 15-hit attack that also included homers by Joe Ferguson and Bob Watson. Andy Messersmith, who started for the Braves, fell on his right elbow while trying to field a bouncing single by Julio Gonzalez to open the game and had to be removed. Frank LaCorte was the loser in relief. Gonzalez wound up with four straight hits.

Expos 4, Mets 2 at Montreal (day game):
The Expos rewarded Tom Walker with a victory for his fine relief pitching by defeating the Mets, 4-2, to complete a sweep of the four-game series. Wayne Twitchell, who started for the Expos, gave up the Mets' runs on homers by Ed Kranepool and Mike Vail. Walker pitched the last five innings and allowed only one hit. The Expos caught up with the Mets in the fifth when Dave Cash doubled, Ellis Valentine tripled and Gary Carter homered. Their fourth run counted in the seventh when Valentine doubled and Tony Perez singled.

Phillies 11, Pirates 7 at Philadelphia (day game):
With Greg Luzinski and Richie Hebner accounting for three RBIs apiece, the Phillies scored nine runs in the first three innings and outlasted the Pirates, 11-7. The Phils sent nine men to bat in the first and scored four runs. Luzinski hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded, Richie Hebner tripled for two runs and Ted Sizemore singled to bring in Hebner. Luzinski batted in two runs with a double and Hebner singled for another tally in the second. Triples by Jay Johnstone and Mike Schmidt around a single by Larry Bowa added a pair in the third. Schmidt hit an inside-the-park homer in the eighth. The Pirates had circuit clouts by Bobby Tolan, Omar Moreno and Jerry Hairston.

Padres 8, Reds 7 at San Diego (day game):
Led by Dave Kingman, who drove in five runs with a single and homer, the Padres overcame a 5-0 deficit and defeated the Reds, 8-7. One of the Reds' early runs came on a homer by George Foster. The Padres rallied for three runs in the third inning, two scoring on a bases-loaded single by Kingman. After adding a run in the fifth, the Padres loaded the bases in the sixth when Dan Spillner walked, Tucker Ashford singled and Mike Ivie was hit by a pitch. Dave Winfield tied the score with a sacrifice fly and Kingman followed with a three-run homer for the game winning blow. Dan Driessen homered for the Reds with a man on base in the ninth.

Dodgers 10, Giants 7 at San Francisco (day game):
Ron Cey collected two doubles and three singles, driving in four runs, and Steve Garvey added three RBIs with a triple and single as the Dodgers piled up 18 hits to defeat the Giants, 10-7. Cey doubled home two runs in the first inning and two more in the sixth. Marc Hill and Gary Thomasson homered for the Giants, who suffered their sixth straight defeat.

Cubs 4, Cardinals 0 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cubs salvaged the finale of the four-game series with the Cardinals by posting a 4-0 victory behind the pitching of Rick Reuschel and Bruce Sutter. Reuschel, who allowed four singles, was lifted after 6 2/3 innings when a blister developed on his pitching finger. Sutter held the Cards hitless the rest of the way. Sutter, who gained the victory, singled in the eighth for his first major league hit. Greg Gross followed with a single. The Cards then lifted Eric Rasmussen and brought in Al Hrabosky to face Bill Buckner, who wrecked the move by smashing a homer. A walk and singles by Joe Wallis and Steve Swisher added the final run off Rawly Eastwick in the ninth.