MLB standings through games of July 16, 1977

MLB standings at the end of July 16, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	91	53	38	0	.582		381	356	28-18	25-20	8-2	Won 4
Boston Red Sox	88	51	37	0	.580	0.5	468	416	26-16	25-21	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	91	50	41	0	.549	3.0	450	394	28-15	22-26	4-6	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	87	40	47	0	.460	11.0	355	420	21-23	19-24	3-7	Lost 5
Detroit Tigers	89	40	49	0	.449	12.0	386	391	20-20	20-29	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	89	40	49	0	.449	12.0	363	413	24-26	16-23	2-8	Lost 3
Toronto Blue Jays	90	33	57	0	.367	19.5	354	450	17-26	16-31	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	89	53	36	0	.596		481	413	29-15	24-21	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	88	50	38	0	.568	2.5	435	373	26-21	24-17	8-2	Won 5
Minnesota Twins	90	48	42	0	.533	5.5	491	428	27-16	21-26	4-6	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	89	46	43	0	.517	7.0	379	357	23-24	23-19	8-2	Won 3
California Angels	87	42	45	0	.483	10.0	377	354	26-22	16-23	3-7	Won 1
Oakland A's	88	39	49	0	.443	13.5	338	386	23-22	16-27	5-5	Won 2
Seattle Mariners	94	40	54	0	.426	15.5	366	473	17-26	23-28	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	87	53	34	0	.609		402	375	29-13	24-21	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	89	51	38	0	.573	3.0	457	395	33-12	18-26	4-6	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	49	41	0	.544	5.5	424	396	30-14	19-27	7-3	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	91	47	44	0	.516	8.0	430	387	30-17	17-27	3-7	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	88	41	47	0	.466	12.5	376	420	22-24	19-23	5-5	Won 2
New York Mets	89	36	53	0	.404	18.0	314	348	21-22	15-31	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	91	58	33	0	.637		474	348	25-14	33-19	4-6	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	88	48	40	0	.545	8.5	483	420	29-18	19-22	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	93	43	50	0	.462	16.0	387	420	21-24	22-26	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	92	42	50	0	.457	16.5	353	394	26-25	16-25	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	94	40	54	0	.426	19.5	430	492	17-28	23-26	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	90	33	57	0	.367	24.5	385	520	23-24	10-33	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 5, Mariners 4 at California (night game):
Striking out 12, Nolan Ryan set a major league record of 98 games with 10 or more strikeouts while pitching the Angels to a 5-4 victory over the Mariners. The Angels' ace broke Sandy Koufax' mark, and with 2,319 strikeouts for his career also moved ahead of Rube Waddell into 18th place on the majors' all-time list of whiff kings. The Angels backed Ryan with three homers for all their runs. Rance Mulliniks homered for the first two runs in the second inning. The Mariners took advantage of a spell of wildness by Ryan to count four times in the third, but Bobby Bonds walked and Tony Solaita hit for the circuit to tie the score in the Angels' half. Don Baylor then produced the winning drive in the eighth with his first homer since June 26.

Red Sox 4, White Sox 3 at Chicago (night game):
The Red Sox broke Francisco Barrios' personal six-game winning streak when Carl Yastrzemski drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to beat the White Sox, 4-3. After Carlton Fisk hit a sacrifice fly for the Red Sox in the fourth, the White Sox came back with all their runs on a walk, two singles and a double by Jim Spencer. The Red Sox tied the score with a homer by Butch Hobson in the fifth and an unearned run in the sixth. Jim Rice singled in the eighth, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch by Barrios before scoring on Yastrzemski's fly.

Royals 5, Yankees 1 at Kansas City (night game):
The Royals won their fifth straight game, beating the Yankees, 5-1, behind the seven-hit hurling of Dennis Leonard, who turned in his 10th complete game of the season. George Brett tripled as the Royals' leadoff batter in the first inning and scored on an infield out by Pete LaCock. Tom Poquette doubled and Fred Patek singled for another run in the second. After RBI singles by John Mayberry and Brett padded the Royals' lead to 4-0, the Yankees counted an unearned run in the sixth. The Royals wrapped up the scoring in the seventh when Hal McRae tripled and continued home on an error by Reggie Jackson.

Orioles 5, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (night game):
Although the Orioles were held to only five hits, their blows off Lary Sorensen included a pair of two-run homers by Lee May and Ken Singleton in a 5-0 victory over the Brewers. Rudy May, who posted his third shutout of the season, allowed seven hits. May hit his homer following a pass to Eddie Murray in the second inning. Pat Kelly singled ahead of Singleton's smash in the ninth. The in-between run counted in the fourth on a double by Kelly and a pair of infield outs.

A's 8, Twins 2 at Oakland (day game):
While Vida Blue scattered eight hits to gain the victory, every batter in the Athletics' starting lineup except Marty Perez joined in the 14-hit attack that beat the Twins, 8-2. Tony Armas, who rapped a double and two singles, and Mitchell Page, who hit a homer and single, batted in two runs apiece. Blue lost his shutout in the ninth when Craig Kusick homered, Lyman Bostock tripled and Roy Smalley singled. Rod Carew had two hits in three trips to improve his average to .393.

Rangers 5, Indians 4 at Texas (night game):
After falling behind, 4-0, the Rangers rallied to defeat the Indians, 5-4. Frank Duffy singled for two of the Indians' three runs in the second inning and Andre Thornton homered in the fourth. The Rangers came back with three runs in the sixth, two scoring on a double by Claudell Washington, before counting their tying and winning tallies in the eighth. Toby Harrah walked to start the stanza, stole second, advanced to third after Juan Beniquez flied out and scored when Bump Wills beat out an infield hit. Wills then crossed the plate with the deciding run on singles by Jim Sundberg and Mike Hargrove.

Tigers 11, Blue Jays 3 at Toronto (day game):
Aurelio Rodriguez, Jason Thompson and Milt May each homered with a man on base as the Tigers overpowered the Blue Jays, 11-3. Rodriguez hit his homer in the fourth inning, while Thompson and May rapped their round-trippers in the seventh. Thompson batted in two more runs with a double in the eighth and Rodriguez singled for his third RBI.

Giants 4, Braves 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Bob Knepper and two relievers, Dave Heaverlo and Gary Lavelle, combined to pitch the Giants to a 4-0 victory over the Braves, who collected only two hits. Knepper had a no-hitter in the works until Rod Gilbreath singled with one out in the sixth inning. After the second out, Jeff Burroughs singled and Gary Matthews walked to load the bases. The Giants brought in Heaverlo, who retired Biff Pocoroba on a fly to end the threat. Lavelle then held the Braves hitless in the last three frames.

Astros 8, Reds 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Reds promoted Farmers' Night and drew their largest crowd of the season, 52,286, but the Astros reaped the victory, 8-0. J.R. Richard and Joe Sambito combined to post the shutout. Sambito relieved after Richard walked the first two batters in the seventh inning. Wilbur Howard hit a three-run homer for the Astros and Jose Cruz added a two-run blast.

Expos 3, Cardinals 0 at Montreal (night game):
The Expos continued to receive dividends for their acquisition of Stan Bahnsen from the Athletics when the righthander pitched a three-hitter and shut out the Cardinals, 3-0. The victory was Bahnsen's fourth straight and his fifth with the Expos against two defeats. The Expos counted all their runs off Larry Dierker in the first inning. Chris Speier homered with one away. After the second out, Tony Perez and Gary Carter walked and Warren Cromartie and Andre Dawson followed with run-scoring singles.

Mets 5, Pirates 3 at New York (day game):
Steve Henderson, who was the Mets' key acquisition in the trade of Tom Seaver to the Reds, drove in three runs, including a pair with a homer in the seventh inning, to play a major role in a 5-3 victory over the Pirates. Willie Stargell accounted for the Pirates' first two runs with a homer in the fourth inning. The Mets got one back with a circuit clout by Ed Kranepool in their half and tied the score when Henderson doubled to drive in Lenny Randle in the fifth. The Pirates regained the lead in the sixth on a double by Dave Parker, an infield out and sacrifice fly by Bill Robinson. Randle singled in the seventh and was forced by Felix Millan before Henderson came up and tagged Rich Gossage for his homer. The Mets added an insurance run on an error by Stargell in the eighth.

Cubs 9, Phillies 8 at Philadelphia (day game):
Wrecking the strategy of Phillies' manager Danny Ozark, pinch-hitter Greg Gross tripled with the bases loaded in the seventh inning to enable the Cubs to gain a 9-8 victory. Heat radiating off the artificial turf at Veterans Stadium sent the temperature up to 130 degrees on the field. Plate umpire Doug Harvey was overcome in the bottom of the sixth and was forced to leave the game. The Cubs built up a 6-0 lead but were unable to hold it. Greg Luzinski accounted for three RBIs with an infield out and a double as the Phillies tied the score with three runs in the fourth and three in the fifth. In the Cubs' seventh, Larry Biittner singled and Bobby Murcer was hit by a pitch. After the runners moved up on an infield out by Jerry Morales, Dave Rosello was passed intentionally. Bill Buckner went out on a short fly. When Gross came up as the pinch-hitter for Pete Broberg, the Phillies overshifted their outfield against the lefthanded batter, who often hits to the opposite field. Gross upset the move by slashing his triple into the right-field corner. Bruce Sutter, in relief of Broberg, who gained his first N. L. victory, earned his 24th save, although giving up two unearned runs in the Phillies' half of the seventh.

Dodgers 1, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
After going down in order for 7 1/3 innings against the pitching of Bob Owchinko, the Dodgers put together three hits for a run to defeat the Padres, 1-0. Owchinko's perfect game was broken when Steve Garvey beat out a bunt. After a forceout by Dusty Baker, Glenn Burke singled, sending Baker to third. Steve Yeager then singled on Owchinko's next pitch, driving in Baker. Tommy John, back in action after missing two turns because of the flu, shut out the Padres on four hits.