MLB standings through games of July 29, 1977

MLB standings at the end of July 29, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	101	58	43	0	.574		412	400	31-20	27-23	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	99	56	43	0	.566	1.0	534	479	30-21	26-22	5-5	Won 2
New York Yankees	101	56	45	0	.554	2.0	501	427	33-18	23-27	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	99	46	53	0	.465	11.0	438	437	23-22	23-31	6-4	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	101	45	56	0	.446	13.0	410	467	25-26	20-30	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	97	43	54	0	.443	13.0	396	468	21-26	22-28	3-7	Lost 5
Toronto Blue Jays	99	34	65	0	.343	23.0	377	517	18-32	16-33	1-9	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	97	60	37	0	.619		541	448	32-16	28-21	8-2	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	96	55	41	0	.573	4.5	479	409	29-21	26-20	7-3	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	102	57	45	0	.559	5.5	552	475	32-17	25-28	7-3	Won 1
Texas Rangers	97	52	45	0	.536	8.0	419	382	23-26	29-19	8-2	Lost 1
California Angels	98	47	51	0	.480	13.5	429	400	26-24	21-27	5-5	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	105	45	60	0	.429	19.0	416	523	21-32	24-28	4-6	Lost 1
Oakland A's	100	42	58	0	.420	19.5	379	451	25-26	17-32	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	99	59	40	0	.596		458	433	35-17	24-23	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	101	58	43	0	.574	2.0	480	441	38-14	20-29	8-2	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	100	57	43	0	.570	2.5	503	442	34-13	23-30	5-5	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	102	55	47	0	.539	5.5	486	424	37-18	18-29	8-2	Won 1
Montreal Expos	100	48	52	0	.480	11.5	423	464	23-25	25-27	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	99	42	57	0	.424	17.0	357	374	23-23	19-34	6-4	Won 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	102	64	38	0	.627		507	380	29-19	35-19	5-5	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	100	50	50	0	.500	13.0	536	495	30-20	20-30	2-8	Lost 1
Houston Astros	103	47	56	0	.456	17.5	395	439	27-25	20-31	4-6	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	103	47	56	0	.456	17.5	437	471	24-29	23-27	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	105	44	61	0	.419	21.5	466	541	21-34	23-27	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	100	36	64	0	.360	27.0	423	567	25-24	11-40	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, Angels 5 at California (night game):
Leading off the 10th inning, Bernie Carbo clouted a homer to bring the Red Sox a 6-5 victory over the Angels. Until Carbo decided the outcome, the Angels had come from behind twice to tie the score. After the Red Sox counted twice in the first, Don Baylor provided the equalizer with a two-run homer in the second. The Red Sox went ahead again with three runs in the fourth, including an RBI single by Carbo. The Angels rallied for a matching trio in the seventh. Danny Goodwin hit his first major league homer, connecting with a man on base, and Jerry Remy batted in the tying run with a single, but the Angels' efforts went down the drain with Carbo's homer in the 10th.

White Sox 11, Royals 8 at Chicago (night game):
Playing before a crowd of 45,919, the White Sox rallied for four runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Royals, 11-8. The Royals had a two-run homer by John Mayberry while taking a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but the White Sox erupted for six runs in the third. Richie Zisk produced a pair with a single and Chet Lemon two more with a homer. The Royals came back to tie the score in the fifth with a circuit clout by George Brett and took an 8-6 lead in the seventh before the White Sox began their comeback in the home half. An error by Fred Patek with the bases loaded admitted one run and Brian Downing followed with a sacrifice fly to tie the score. After Ralph Garr beat out a bunt to fill the sacks again. Alan Bannister provided the deciding blow, driving in two runs with a single.

Twins 3, Indians 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Mike Cubbage not only turned in a key defensive play but also singled home the Twins' go-ahead run in a 3-1 victory over the Indians. In the fourth inning, the Indians rapped Paul Thormodsgard for three singles and a double but scored only one run. After singles by Andre Thornton, Rico Carty and Bruce Bochte loaded the bases, Cubbage made a backhanded grab of a smash by Ron Pruitt, touched third base to force Carty and threw home to retire Thornton. Fred Kendall followed with a double, driving in Bochte to tie the score at 1-1. The Twins put over the deciding run in the sixth when Butch Wynegar walked and Larry Hisle and Cubbage singled. Dan Ford iced the decision with a homer in the ninth.

Yankees 4, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
Ron Guidry yielded only five hits in 8 2/3 innings before needing final-out help from Sparky Lyle as the Yankees shut out the Athletics, 4-0. Lyle ended game with a strikeout of pinch-hitter Rodney Scott after Guidry gave up a single and two walks to load the bases. The Yankees' scoring included homers by Cliff Johnson and Graig Nettles.

Orioles 5, Mariners 4 at Seattle (night game):
A two-run homer by Lee May in the ninth inning lifted the Orioles to a 5-4 victory over the Mariners. The Orioles built up a 3-0 lead before the Mariners rebounded in the seventh with a homer by Bill Stein, triple by Juan Bernhardt and single by Larry Cox. Leroy Stanton then hit a two-run homer in the eighth to put the Mariners ahead, but Eddie Murray walked in the ninth and May followed with his circuit clout.

Tigers 13, Rangers 6 at Texas (night game):
Although the Rangers smacked four homers, their six-game winning streak came to an end with a 13-6 loss to the Tigers. Doyle Alexander, who started for the Rangers in search of his sixth straight victory, was knocked out in the third inning after giving up a pass to Steve Kemp with the bases loaded and yielding a three-run double by Jason Thompson. John Wockenfuss helped put the game out of the Rangers' reach, hitting a homer with two men on base in the seventh and adding a solo swat in the ninth. Dave Rozema, who gave up 10 hits while pitching the route for the Tigers, was tagged for two homers by Juan Beniquez and one each by Mike Hargrove and Bump Wills.

Brewers 7, Blue Jays 3 at Toronto (night game):
A six-run outburst in the fourth inning, including a homer by Von Joshua with a man on base, carried the Brewers to a 7-3 victory over the Blue Jays, who went down to their eighth straight defeat. Opening their big inning, the Brewers loaded the bases with singles by Cecil Cooper, Don Money and Jim Wynn. Sal Bando singled, driving in two runs. Two more scored on a single by Larry Haney and error by Otto Velez before Joshua whacked his homer. Money added a round-tripper in the seventh to close out the Brewers' scoring. The Blue Jays ended their string of 20 consecutive scoreless innings with a two-run homer by Sam Ewing in the second. Velez also homered in the third to put the Blue Jays ahead, 3-0, before the Brewers exploded.

Braves 5, Pirates 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Phil Niekro scattered eight hits and tied a major league record by striking out four batters in one inning as the Braves posted a 5-3 victory to snap the Pirates' eight-game winning streak. Jeff Burroughs and Rod Gilbreath hit homers for the Braves and Jerry Royster knocked in two runs with a triple. Niekro struck out Dave Parker and Bill Robinson to start the sixth inning. After Al Oliver doubled, Rennie Stennett also fanned but reached first base on a passed ball by Biff Pocoroba. Niekro then struck out Omar Moreno to become the 15th pitcher in major league history to whiff four batters in one inning.

[DH] Reds 6, Cardinals 5 (night game) / Cardinals 10, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Cardinals, who were stopped on their six-game winning streak with a 6-5 loss in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, came roaring back with a nine-run explosion in the second inning of the nightcap and beat the Reds, 10-3. Rawly Eastwick, making the first start of his major league career, faced his former Cincy teammates in the lidlifter and was kayoed in the fourth inning when the Reds took a 4-1 lead. The Reds added a run in the fourth on a triple by Cesar Geronimo and sacrifice fly by Rick Auerbach before scoring what proved to be the deciding marker in the sixth on a double by Paul Moskau and triple by Pete Rose. Jack Billingham, who was the loser in relief to the Cubs in the previous day's game, started the nightcap for the Reds and was the victim of the Cardinals' outburst in the second inning. The Cards sent 12 men to bat and collected seven hits, including the first grand slam of Keith Hernandez' major league career. Eric Rasmussen's bid for his second straight shutout of the Reds was foiled when Bill Plummer hit a three-run homer in the seventh.

Astros 1, Cubs 0 at Houston (night game):
Back-to-back doubles by Cesar Cedeno and Bob Watson in the fourth inning produced the game's only run and enabled the Astros to defeat the Cubs, 1-0. Joe Niekro, who was forced into the Astros' rotation because of injuries to other pitchers, beat the Cubs for the second time in one week. In his first start of the season for the Astros, Niekro clipped the Cubs, 6-4, July 24.

Dodgers 4, Expos 1 at Montreal (night game):
The Dodgers came away with a 4-1 victory over the Expos behind the four-hit pitching of Doug Rau when rain stopped the game with two out in the top half of the seventh inning. The Expos counted their lone run in the fourth, tying the score at 1-1, when Tony Perez singled and Gary Carter doubled. The Dodgers broke away in the sixth with two runs on a single by Davey Lopes, triple by Bill Russell and double by Reggie Smith. Singles by Steve Garvey and pinch-hitter Manny Mota, plus Steve Yeager's forceout of pinch-runner Glenn Burke, added a tally in the seventh before the rain descended.

Mets 4, Padres 1 at New York (night game):
Starter Jerry Koosman and relievers Bob Apodaca and Skip Lockwood yielded only three hits among them as the Mets defeated the Padres, 4-1. Koosman, who worked the first seven innings and gave up two hits, was scored upon in the fourth when Bill Almon walked, stole second and crossed the plate on a single by Dave Winfield. The Mets were shut out by Bob Shirley until the seventh when they broke through for three runs. With one out, Lee Mazzilli beat out a bunt and Doug Flynn singled. After the second out, Lenny Randle walked to load the bases and Felix Millan singled to drive in two runs. Steve Henderson followed with a single to add the third counter of the stanza.

Giants 7, Phillies 0 at Philadelphia (night game):
While Jim Barr was pitching a shutout, Willie McCovey and Tim Foli hit homers to lead the Giants' attack in a 7-0 victory over the Phillies. McCovey homered after a triple by Jack Clark in the second inning and accounted for his third RBI with an infield out in the third. Foli hit his homer in the fourth. Barr's shutout was his second straight, following a 3-0 victory over the Expos July 24.