MLB standings through games of July 26, 1977

MLB standings at the end of July 26, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	98	56	42	0	.571		399	378	31-20	25-22	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	96	54	42	0	.562	1.0	511	460	29-20	25-22	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	98	54	44	0	.551	2.0	479	419	32-17	22-27	5-5	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	94	43	51	0	.457	11.0	387	455	21-25	22-26	3-7	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	97	44	53	0	.454	11.5	422	430	23-22	21-31	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	98	43	55	0	.439	13.0	389	447	25-26	18-29	3-7	Lost 5
Toronto Blue Jays	97	34	63	0	.351	21.5	374	507	18-30	16-33	2-8	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	95	59	36	0	.621		529	437	31-15	28-21	8-2	Won 6
Kansas City Royals	93	53	40	0	.570	5.0	461	390	27-21	26-19	8-2	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	99	55	44	0	.556	6.0	543	468	32-17	23-27	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	95	51	44	0	.537	8.0	410	369	23-25	28-19	8-2	Won 5
California Angels	95	46	49	0	.484	13.0	411	385	26-23	20-26	5-5	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	102	44	58	0	.431	18.5	406	512	20-30	24-28	5-5	Won 1
Oakland A's	97	41	56	0	.423	19.0	370	434	24-24	17-32	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	95	57	38	0	.600		435	410	33-16	24-22	5-5	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	97	57	40	0	.588	1.0	497	426	34-12	23-28	7-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	56	42	0	.571	2.5	465	430	36-14	20-28	7-3	Won 6
St. Louis Cardinals	98	52	46	0	.531	6.5	463	412	35-18	17-28	6-4	Won 4
Montreal Expos	97	47	50	0	.485	11.0	412	449	23-24	24-26	7-3	Won 1
New York Mets	97	40	57	0	.412	18.0	346	369	22-23	18-34	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	99	61	38	0	.616		494	373	27-19	34-19	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	95	48	47	0	.505	11.0	505	457	29-19	19-28	2-8	Lost 8
Houston Astros	100	46	54	0	.460	15.5	388	427	26-25	20-29	5-5	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	101	46	55	0	.455	16.0	426	464	24-28	22-27	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	102	43	59	0	.422	19.5	454	527	20-33	23-26	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	97	35	62	0	.361	25.0	415	556	24-24	11-38	3-7	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 4, Brewers 3 at Boston (night game):
Don Aase, just recalled from Pawtucket, struck out 11 in his first appearance for the Red Sox and came up a 4-3 winner over the Brewers. Singles by Butch Hobson, Denny Doyle and Rick Miller snapped a 3-3 tie in the seventh after Milwaukee had come back from a 3-0 deficit by scoring all its runs in the fifth on four singles and a sacrifice fly. The Red Sox got three in the third on sacrifice flies by Rick Burleson and Fred Lynn and Jim Rice's 26th homer.

White Sox 8, Tigers 3 at Chicago (night game):
The White Sox rode a five RBI-evening by Richie Zisk and the five-hit hurling of Chris Knapp and Dave Hamilton to an 8-3 triumph over the Tigers. Zisk, who hit a three-run round-tripper in the third to wipe out a 2-1 Detroit advantage, accounted for the winners' final two runs in the seventh with a two-run triple. Chicago's other tallies came on Chet Lemon's two-run homer in the fourth. Rusty Staub gave the Tigers a quick lead in the first with a two-run shot.

Yankees 5, Orioles 4 at New York (night game):
Reggie Jackson's leadoff homer in the bottom of the 10th pushed the Yankees past the Orioles, 5-4, to cut the Baltimore lead over the Red Sox to a single game in the A. L. East. New York tied the game in the ninth on Cliff Johnson's two-run, pinch-hit homer. The Orioles had gone ahead 4-0 in the third when Ken Singleton swatted a three-run homer. The Yankees got one back in the fourth when Jackson singled home Chris Chambliss, who had doubled. Bucky Dent's solo homer in the seventh cut the Baltimore lead to 4-2.

A's 2, Angels 1 at Oakland (night game):
Vida Blue won his fourth straight for the A's, outdueling Frank Tanana and the Angels, 2-1. California's only run came in the fourth when Bobby Bonds doubled and eventually scored on Don Baylor's infield out. Tanana made it stand up until the eighth, when Tony Armas singled and was sacrificed to second. Jim Tyrone drew a walk and Larry Murray, batting .175, tripled to right center to drive home the tying and winning runs.

Mariners 9, Twins 7 at Seattle (night game):
The Mariners' Dan Meyer collected five RBIs, three with a second-inning homer, as Seattle outlasted the Twins, 9-7. Rod Carew cut into the 7-2 Seattle lead in the fifth when he hit a there-run homer, and Lyman Bostock, who had four hits for the losers, made it a one-run game in the next inning when he doubled home the Twins' sixth run. The Mariners scored the decisive runs in the bottom of the inning on a walk to Craig Reynolds, Dave Collins' triple and a sacrifice fly by Meyer.

Rangers 14, Blue Jays 0 at Toronto (night game):
The Rangers set a club record with nine extra-base hits as they mashed the Blue Jays, 14-0, behind the four-hit pitching of Bert Blyleven. Texas jumped on Jim Clancy, making his major league debut, for five runs in the first two innings. Willie Horton drove in one run in the opening frame with the first of his three doubles. Toby Harrah, Bump Wills and Horton each had run-scoring doubles in the fourth as the Rangers padded the lead to 9-0. Kurt Bevacqua smacked a two-run homer in the sixth, his first hit since being recalled from the minors. The Rangers used singles by Claudell Washington, Horton, Bevacqua and an error to score their final three runs in the eighth.

Cubs 3, Reds 0 at Chicago (day game):
Rick Reuschel tossed the third shutout in his last five outings as the Cubs dealt the Reds their eighth consecutive setback, 3-0. The Cubs got enough to insure Reuschel's 14th victory in the first inning on a double by Jose Cardenal and Larry Biittner's triple. Cardenal homered in the fifth and the final Chicago run came in the sixth on a double by Jerry Morales, a sacrifice and single by George Mitterwald.

[DH] Dodgers 5, Phillies 1 (day game) / Phillies 5, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Dodgers and Phillies exchanged 5-1 victories. Los Angeles scored only its fifth victory in the last 15 games in the opener and Jim Lonborg followed with a two-hit effort to gain a split. Glenn Burke doubled home the tie-breaking run in the seventh inning of the opener and the Dodgers added two more markers on a wild pitch and passed ball. Steve Garvey accounted for the first Dodger run with his 23rd homer in the fourth off loser Steve Carlton. Lonborg was supported by three homers in the second game. Greg Luzinski hit one with the bases empty in the fourth, Bake McBride hit a two-run shot in the fifth and Terry Harmon matched it in the ninth.

Pirates 3, Astros 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
John Candelaria, with help from Rich Gossage after the Pirate starter was struck on the left forearm by Wilbur Howard's eighth-inning single, notched his 11th victory as Pittsburgh nipped the Astros, 3-2. A triple by Frank Taveras and single by Dave Parker gave the Bucs a 1-0 lead in the third. A solo homer by Cesar Cedeno tied the score in the fourth. Taveras' sacrifice fly chased home Omar Moreno, who had tripled, in the fifth, and Ed Ott hit a solo homer in the seventh to provide the winning run. Howard's hit in the eighth loaded the bases. Gossage gave up a sacrifice fly to Enos Cabell, but retired Cedeno to end the Astro threat.

[DH] Padres 4, Expos 3 (night game) / Expos 5, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
Dave Freisleben hurled only the second complete game of the season by a Padre pitcher as San Diego took a doubleheader opener from the Expos, 4-3. Montreal managed a split, scoring four times in the top of the 15th inning in the second game and winning, 5-2. Gene Richards plated the Padres' deciding run in the opener with a one-out single scoring Jerry Turner, who had swiped second after entering the game as the pinch-runner for Gene Tenace, who had drawn a walk as a pinch-hitter. The Expos, down by three in the third, tied the score on Chris Speier's two-run homer and an RBI double by Tony Perez. Perez, pinch-hitting with one out in the final inning of the marathon nightcap, doubled to score Larry Parrish from second with the tie-breaker. Jose Morales, who had walked and taken third on Perez' hit, was replaced by pinch- runner Pepe Frias. Dave Cash drew an intentional pass and, after Speier struck out, Del Unser walked to force in a run. Ellis Valentine followed with a two-run single. The Padres, who hadn't scored since the first inning, managed a lone run in the home half of the 15th.

Mets 8, Giants 3 at San Francisco (night game):
A sacrifice fly by John Stearns and walk to Doug Flynn, both coming with the bases loaded in the sixth inning, plated the deciding runs as the Mets turned back the Giants, 8-3. Lenny Randle and Felix Millan, who had three hits apiece for New York, helped get the winners out in front in the third. Randle scored on a double by Millan, who later crossed the plate on Steve Henderson's sacrifice fly. The Giants tied the score in the fourth on Willie McCovey's solo homer and an RBI single by Marc Hill. The Mets tacked on two runs in both the seventh and ninth innings.

Cardinals 4, Braves 2 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals struck for three runs in the first, two coming on Keith Hernandez' inside-the-park home run, and held off the Braves, 4-2. Ted Simmons' two-out single in the opening frame scored Lou Brock, who had singled and stolen second. Hernandez followed with a shot off the center field wall which bounced away from Rowland Office. St. Louis' final run in the fourth was the result of a walk to Hector Cruz and two-out double by Mike Phillips. Clay Carroll, in relief of winner Bob Forsch, who left the game with a muscle strain, surrendered single runs in the sixth and seventh, the latter on Willie Montanez' home run. Buddy Schultz took over in the seventh and picked up his first save.