MLB standings through games of July 4, 1977

MLB standings at the end of July 4, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	80	45	35	0	.562		398	341	26-15	19-20	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	76	42	34	0	.553	1.0	400	364	24-16	18-18	1-9	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	79	43	36	0	.544	1.5	328	325	22-17	21-19	7-3	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	75	37	38	0	.493	5.5	305	355	18-19	19-19	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	78	38	40	0	.487	6.0	324	350	22-18	16-22	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	77	36	41	0	.468	7.5	330	332	17-18	19-23	6-4	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	78	30	48	0	.385	14.0	307	380	16-25	14-23	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	77	45	32	0	.584		423	365	25-12	20-20	8-2	Won 5
Minnesota Twins	79	43	36	0	.544	3.0	428	371	24-14	19-22	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	77	41	36	0	.532	4.0	377	330	19-20	22-16	7-3	Won 1
California Angels	75	38	37	0	.507	6.0	333	297	22-19	16-18	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	77	37	40	0	.481	8.0	314	315	14-21	23-19	4-6	Lost 2
Oakland A's	77	34	43	0	.442	11.0	291	341	19-21	15-22	5-5	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	83	35	48	0	.422	13.0	325	417	17-24	18-24	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	76	48	28	0	.632		352	314	25-10	23-18	4-6	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	76	44	32	0	.579	4.0	371	327	26-10	18-22	8-2	Won 5
St. Louis Cardinals	79	43	36	0	.544	6.5	375	328	30-17	13-19	6-4	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	41	37	0	.526	8.0	352	334	25-13	16-24	3-7	Won 2
Montreal Expos	78	36	42	0	.462	13.0	331	372	19-22	17-20	7-3	Won 6
New York Mets	79	31	48	0	.392	18.5	277	301	16-20	15-28	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	80	54	26	0	.675		434	313	23-10	31-16	8-2	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	77	42	35	0	.545	10.5	422	370	27-15	15-20	6-4	Lost 2
Houston Astros	80	36	44	0	.450	18.0	308	341	22-22	14-22	6-4	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	82	35	47	0	.427	20.0	333	384	16-23	19-24	3-7	Lost 7
San Diego Padres	82	33	49	0	.402	22.0	380	443	14-25	19-24	2-8	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	79	30	49	0	.380	23.5	344	452	22-21	8-28	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Tigers 4 at Baltimore (night game):
Mark Fidrych's string of six straight victories was snapped when the Orioles exploded for six runs in the sixth inning and defeated the Tigers, 6-4. With 45,339 fans on hand, representing the largest July 4 crowd in Baltimore history, the Orioles opened their outburst after two were out with a single by Ken Singleton. Eddie Murray followed with a homer to tie the score at 2-2. Lee May doubled and, after an intentional pass to Doug DeCinces, Rick Dempsey singled to drive in May. Mark Belanger followed with a double, scoring DeCinces and Dempsey, and then crossed the plate himself on a single by Al Bumbry. John Wockenfuss hit two homers and Rusty Staub one for the Tigers.

Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 6 at Boston (day game):
The Red Sox tied the major league record for most homers in one game, hitting eight, and smashed their nine-game losing streak by defeating the Blue Jays, 9-6. George Scott started the bombardment with a two-run shot in the fifth inning and Fred Lynn added a solo swat in the sixth. Butch Hobson and Bernie Carbo followed with back-to-back blows in the seventh. The Red Sox then whacked four homers in the eighth. Lynn opened with his second drive of the game. Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski also homered to make it three in a row. After Carlton Fisk was retired, Scott hit his second of the game to climax the fireworks show.

Angels 4, A's 2 at California (day game):
Nolan Ryan fanned 11 batters and equalled Sandy Koufax' major league record of 97 games with 10 or more strikeouts while pitching the Angels to a 4-2 victory over the Athletics before a holiday crowd of 41,303. Rance Mulliniks, Angels' rookie shortstop, drove in his first three major league runs with two singles and his first homer. Tony Armas homered for one of the A's markers.

Twins 5, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
Posting the Twins' first shutout of the season, Paul Thormodsgard allowed only five hits and beat the Brewers, 5-0. Mike Cubbage drove in four runs, hitting a single for a marker in the second inning and whacking a homer for three RBIs in the third.

Yankees 7, Indians 5 at New York (night game):
The Yankees smashed three homers in the second inning and added another round-tripper in the eighth while gaining a 7-5 victory over the Indians. Chris Chambliss, Roy White and Graig Nettles socked homers off Wayne Garland in the second, all with the bases empty. The Yankees scored three more runs in the seventh, two crossing the plate on a bases-loaded single by Thurman Munson, before Lou Piniella clinched the decision with a circuit clout off Sid Monge in the eighth. Ed Figueroa, who had been sidelined since June 19 because of soreness under his right shoulder, held the Indians to three hits in the first six innings but then weakened and left the game with one out in the eighth. Ken Clay, in relief, was tagged for two runs in the ninth.

White Sox 6, Mariners 2 at Seattle (night game):
Getting homers from Oscar Gamble, Jim Spencer and Ralph Garr, the White Sox defeated the Mariners, 6-2, for their fifth straight victory. Gamble and Spencer connected in succession in the sixth inning, Gamble's blow coming after a single by Jorge Orta. A double by Orta added two tallies in the seventh before Garr hit his homer in the eighth.

Royals 1, Rangers 0 at Texas (night game):
Ninth-inning relief by Mark Littell saved a victory for Jim Colborn as the Royals defeated the Rangers, 1-0. The Royals' run off Gaylord Perry scored in the fifth with two out on a double by Frank White and single by Tom Poquette. Juan Beniquez and Bump Wills singled with one away in the Rangers' ninth, but Littell came in and retired Ken Henderson and Bill Fahey to earn his 10th save.

Braves 5, Reds 4 at Atlanta (night game):
Playing before a holiday crowd of 50,595, the Braves beat Tom Seaver when Biff Pocoroba hit a three-run double in the eighth inning to edge the Reds, 5-4. Willie Montanez hit a homer for the Braves in the fourth and also doubled and scored in the sixth, but the Reds took a 3-2 lead with a homer by Johnny Bench in the top of the eighth. Pinch-hitter Joe Nolan and Rowland Office sparked the Braves' rally with singles and Montanez walked to load the bases. Seaver struck out Jeff Burroughs, but Pocoroba followed with a long drive over the head of Cesar Geronimo in center field to clear the bases.

[DH] Expos 19, Cubs 3 (day game) / Expos 7, Cubs 6 at Chicago (day game):
The Expos stunned the Cubs, 19-3, in the first game and followed with a 7-6 victory in the second game to sweep a doubleheader with the East Division leaders. The Expos went wild in the opener, collecting 20 hits, including three doubles and two singles by Warren Cromartie, two homers by Ellis Valentine and one apiece by Larry Parrish and Andre Dawson. Valentine drove in five runs. With the game out of hand, first baseman-outfielder Larry Biittner made his pro pitching debut for the Cubs in the eighth inning. Taking over with two men on base, Biittner was tagged for a homer by Parrish. After Jackie Brown struck out [to end the inning], Valentine also hit for the circuit. Dawson rapped a three-run homer off Biittner in the ninth as the Expos completed their scoring with five runs. In the nightcap, Sam Mejias hit a homer in the ninth inning to provide the Expos' winning run. Earlier in the game, Mejias had a double and triple.

Phillies 3, Mets 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
When Greg Luzinski reported with an inflamed left eye. Ollie Brown stepped into the Phillies' lineup in left field and whacked a key triple in the third inning to beat the Mets, 3-1, before 63,283, the largest crowd in the major leagues so far this season. Brown came to bat after a single by Larry Bowa and double by Mike Schmidt and drove them home with his triple before scoring himself on a single by Garry Maddox. Jim Lonborg gave up the Mets' run in the seventh on a walk to John Stearns and singles by Ed Kranepool and Lee Mazzilli. After John Milner doubled in the ninth, Ron Reed came in and gained his eighth save.

[DH] Pirates 5, Cardinals 2 (day game) / Pirates 4, Cardinals 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
A homer by Dave Parker in the ninth inning powered the Pirates to a 4-3 victory in the second game of a doubleheader to go along with their 5-2 triumph over the Cardinals in the first game. In the opener, the Pirates broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the fourth inning on a double by Fernando Gonzalez and infield hits by Duffy Dyer and Omar Moreno. In the eighth, Moreno iced the decision with a homer after Gonzalez had reached base with a single. In the nightcap, Rennie Stennett homered for the Pirates in the second, but the Cards tied the score with doubles by Don Kessinger and Hector Cruz in the third. Mike Anderson hit a two-run homer for the Cards in the fourth and the Pirates came back with a matching blow by Ed Ott in the seventh before Parker won the game with his drive to lead off the ninth.

Astros 12, Padres 7 at San Diego (night game):
After the Astros erupted for seven runs in the third inning, Jose Cruz smashed a pair of homers to help hold off the Padres, 12-7. Roger Metzger tripled with the bases loaded for the Astros' most telling blow in their big inning. The Padres came back with a three-run homer by Mike Ivie in the third and added three more runs in the fourth, but Cruz hit his first homer of the game with a man on base in the sixth and added his other drive with the bases empty in the seventh.

Dodgers 4, Giants 0 at San Francisco (day game):
Don Sutton pitched a three-hitter as the Dodgers completed a sweep of the four-game series with a 4-0 victory to hand the Giants their seventh straight defeat. Johnny Oates and Rick Monday hit homers, while Ron Cey had three singles and drove in the other two runs. Cey's hits gave him nine straight over three games before the Dodgers' third baseman struck out in the ninth inning.