MLB standings through games of July 25, 1977

MLB standings at the end of July 25, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	97	56	41	0	.577		395	373	31-20	25-21	7-3	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	95	53	42	0	.558	2.0	507	457	28-20	25-22	4-6	Lost 3
New York Yankees	97	53	44	0	.546	3.0	474	415	31-17	22-27	4-6	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	96	44	52	0	.458	11.5	419	422	23-22	21-30	5-5	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	94	43	51	0	.457	11.5	387	455	21-25	22-26	3-7	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	97	43	54	0	.443	13.0	386	443	25-26	18-28	3-7	Lost 4
Toronto Blue Jays	96	34	62	0	.354	21.5	374	493	18-29	16-33	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	94	58	36	0	.617		521	434	30-15	28-21	8-2	Won 5
Kansas City Royals	93	53	40	0	.570	4.5	461	390	27-21	26-19	8-2	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	98	55	43	0	.561	5.0	536	459	32-17	23-26	7-3	Won 4
Texas Rangers	94	50	44	0	.532	8.0	396	369	23-25	27-19	7-3	Won 4
California Angels	94	46	48	0	.489	12.0	410	383	26-23	20-25	5-5	Won 3
Seattle Mariners	101	43	58	0	.426	18.5	397	505	19-30	24-28	5-5	Lost 3
Oakland A's	96	40	56	0	.417	19.0	368	433	23-24	17-32	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	94	56	38	0	.596		432	410	32-16	24-22	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	95	56	39	0	.589	0.5	491	420	34-12	22-27	7-3	Won 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	97	55	42	0	.567	2.5	462	428	35-14	20-28	7-3	Won 5
St. Louis Cardinals	97	51	46	0	.526	6.5	459	410	34-18	17-28	5-5	Won 3
Montreal Expos	95	46	49	0	.484	10.5	404	443	23-24	23-25	7-3	Won 1
New York Mets	96	39	57	0	.406	18.0	338	366	22-23	17-34	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	97	60	37	0	.619		488	367	26-18	34-19	3-7	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	94	48	46	0	.511	10.5	505	454	29-19	19-27	2-8	Lost 7
Houston Astros	99	46	53	0	.465	15.0	386	424	26-25	20-28	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	100	46	54	0	.460	15.5	423	456	24-27	22-27	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	100	42	58	0	.420	19.5	448	519	19-32	23-26	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	96	35	61	0	.365	24.5	413	552	24-24	11-37	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, Brewers 3 at Baltimore (night game):
Rookie Dave Criscione's first major league homer with one out in the 11th inning pushed the Orioles past the Brewers, 4-3, and kept the Birds in first place in the A. L. East. Lenn Sakata also hit his first big league homer for Milwaukee, a two-run blast which put the Brewers ahead in the ninth, 3-2. The Orioles tied it in the home half on singles by Lee May and Al Bumbry, a base on balls and single by Billy Smith. Eddie Murray and Doug DeCinces pounded solo four-baggers in the fifth and sixth innings, enabling the Orioles to carry a 2-1 lead into the ninth.

White Sox 8, Red Sox 7 at Boston (night game):
Brian Downing slugged a solo homer in the top of the ninth to snap a tie and give the White Sox a come-from-behind 8-7 victory over the Red Sox. Boston held a 7-3 lead entering the eighth when Chicago struck for four runs against reliever Bill Campbell. A walk and singles by Jorge Orta and Oscar Gamble produced one run before Jim Spencer tied the score with a three-run homer. The Red Sox jumped to a 3-0 lead on a two-run round-tripper by Jim Rice in the first and an RBI single by Rick Miller in the second. Richie Zisk plated the first White Sox run with a single in the fourth, but Miller tripled home two more Boston runs in the sixth, then scored on a wild pitch by Steve Stone. Chicago whittled the lead to 6-3 in the seventh when Eric Soderholm unloaded a two-run homer over the center field wall to chase starter Luis Tiant. Carlton Fisk singled across the final Boston run in the seventh.

Rangers 6, Indians 4 at Cleveland (night game):
Claudell Washington's broken-bat single to left, his third hit of the game, drove in two runs in the top of the ninth and gave the Rangers a 6-4 decision over the Indians. Cleveland had taken a 4-3 lead in the seventh on a solo homer by Ray Fosse. But Jim Sundberg and Mike Hargrove drew walks off reliever and loser Jim Kern in the ninth and Ber tCampaneris tied the score with a single. An error by center fielder Jim Norris enabled the runners to move up, and Washington followed with the deciding hit. Larvell Blanks tripled and then scored the first Indian run in the first on a wild pitch. Toby Harrah's sacrifice fly tied the score in the fourth, and the Rangers took a 3-1 lead in the fifth on Sundberg's two-run single. Duane Kuiper singled home one run for the Indians in the bottom of the frame, and the Tribe tied the score in the sixth on Bruce Bochte's sacrifice fly.

Tigers 8, Blue Jays 3 at Detroit (night game):
Ron LeFlore, Milt May, Phil Mankowski and Rusty Staub each batted in a pair of runs as the Tigers turned back the Blue Jays, 8-3. LeFlore hit an inside-the-park homer in the sixth and singled home a run in the eighth. May delivered a run in the second with a single and another in the fifth with a bases-loaded infield out, while Mankowski drove home two with a fourth-inning triple and Staub chased home the final two Detroit runs with a double in the eighth. Milt Wilcox had Toronto blanked until the eighth when Hector Torres singled, Alan Ashby was hit by a pitch and Steve Staggs homered into the right field seats.

Twins 2, A's 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Larry Hisle delivered a bases-loaded single with none out in the bottom of the 11th, driving in Rod Carew with the winning run as the Twins clipped the Athletics, 2-1. A homer by Mike Cubbage put Minnesota ahead 1-0 in the third. The A's tied it in the fifth when Sheldon Mallory doubled home Jeff Newman, who had singled. Both winner Dave Goltz and loser Rick Langford went the distance on the mound.

Angels 7, Mariners 2 at Seattle (night game):
Nolan Ryan became the major league's first 14-game winner, with a big offensive assist from Don Baylor, as the Angels turned back the Mariners, 7-2. Baylor singled home Rance Mulliniks with the game's first run in the third inning, homered on the heels of Tony Solaita's double in the sixth, then homered again in the seventh following a double by Bobby Bonds and an intentional walk to Solaita, to wind up his six-RBI evening. Seattle scored both its runs in the third when Craig Reynolds doubled, moved to third on a sacrifice and scored on Dave Collins' sacrifice fly. Dan Meyer followed with his 13th homer of the year.

Cubs 9, Astros 7 at Chicago (day game):
The Cubs squandered all of their 7-0 lead in the eighth inning, but pulled out a 9-7 victory over the Astros when Larry Biittner socked a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. Chicago's Bill Bonham carried a two-hit shutout into the eighth when Houston struck for a seven-spot. The rally was climaxed by a run-scoring triple by Cesar Cedeno, who then stole home with the tying marker. Paul Reuschel and Willie Hernandez finally put out the Astro fire, Hernandez getting the victory thanks to Biittner.

Mets 1, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Craig Swan, allowing the Dodgers just three singles, outdueled Doug Rau as the Mets nicked Los Angeles, 1-0. New York touched Rau, a loser for only the second time in 13 decisions, for the game's lone run in the first on singles by Lenny Randle and Felix Millan followed by a double by Steve Henderson. The Dodgers loaded the bases with two out in the third, but Swan got Ron Cey on a routine fly ball.

Pirates 6, Braves 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Bill Robinson's three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth was the difference as the Pirates clipped the Braves, 6-3. Robinson connected after Phil Garner was hit by a pitch and Bobby Tolan singled. The Bucs had tied the score with a pair in the seventh on Robinson's double, an infield out, triple by Omar Moreno and Duffy Dyer's single. Robinson also drove in the first Pirate run in the fourth on an infield out.

Phillies 6, Padres 4 at San Diego (night game):
A triple by Garry Maddox with two out in the 12th scored Richie Hebner from first with the tie-breaking run as the Phillies turned back the Padres, 6-4. Tug McGraw, who pitched the final four innings and picked up the victory, singled home Maddox with an insurance run. Philadelphia rallied with four in the ninth to tie the score. Danny Ozark used five pinch-hitters in the frame, the last of whom, Tommy Hutton, tied the score with a two-out, two-run single. Mike Schmidt opened the inning with his 27th homer. The Padres, with Mike Ivie singling home a pair of runs, scored three times in the first and added their fourth run on Dave Kingman's RBI single in the seventh.

Expos 4, Giants 3 at San Francisco (night game):
Del Unser's pinch-hit, two-run homer in the eighth gave the Expos a 4-0 lead, just enough to hold off the Giants, 4-3. Blanked through eight innings by Steve Rogers, Joe Kerrigan and Will McEnaney, San Francisco rallied with three in the ninth, all on a home run by pinch-hitter Gary Alexander. Ellis Valentine gave the Expos a 1-0 lead with a homer in the third, and the visitors went ahead, 2-0, in the fourth on a double by Warren Cromartie and single by Wayne Garrett.

Cardinals 9, Reds 8 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals took a wild, homer-filled 9-8 decision from the Reds, with an eighth-inning RBI single by Garry Templeton proving to be the decisive hit. Mike Tyson gave the winners a 2-0 lead in the second, homering after Ken Reitz had been hit by a pitch. The Reds got three in the third when George Foster homered with Joe Morgan aboard and Johnny Bench followed with a bases-empty blast. The Cards went ahead again in the same inning when Cesar Geronimo misjudged Ted Simmons' fly and it fell for a two-run double. After Cincinnati got one in the fourth to tie, St. Louis tacked on a pair in both the sixth and seventh frames for an 8-4 advantage. Simmons homered and Mike Phillips drove in his first run as a Cardinal in the seventh. But the Reds chipped away with two in the eighth, then made it a one-run game in the ninth when Foster hit his second homer, Bench singled, Dan Driessen doubled and Bench came home on a wild throw by Jerry Mumphrey. The loss was the seventh straight for Cincinnati.