MLB standings through games of August 5, 1977

MLB standings at the end of August 5, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	105	62	43	0	.590		557	486	30-21	32-22	9-1	Won 8
Baltimore Orioles	106	61	45	0	.575	1.5	431	421	31-20	30-25	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	107	59	48	0	.551	4.0	535	449	33-18	26-30	6-4	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	105	47	58	0	.448	15.0	453	469	23-24	24-34	4-6	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	104	46	58	0	.442	15.5	442	510	22-28	24-30	3-7	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	108	47	61	0	.435	16.5	430	502	26-29	21-32	4-6	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	105	37	68	0	.352	25.0	396	539	20-33	17-35	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	105	63	42	0	.600		587	512	35-20	28-22	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	110	63	47	0	.573	2.5	612	515	36-18	27-29	7-3	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	104	59	45	0	.567	3.5	531	448	32-21	27-24	5-5	Won 3
Texas Rangers	105	59	46	0	.562	4.0	474	421	25-26	34-20	8-2	Won 2
California Angels	104	50	54	0	.481	12.5	446	417	29-27	21-27	4-6	Won 2
Seattle Mariners	110	47	63	0	.427	18.5	436	547	23-35	24-28	4-6	Won 1
Oakland A's	106	42	64	0	.396	21.5	392	486	25-32	17-32	2-8	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	106	62	44	0	.585		537	458	39-14	23-30	6-4	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	105	61	44	0	.581	0.5	487	470	35-18	26-26	4-6	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	108	62	46	0	.574	1.0	524	472	38-14	24-32	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	108	59	49	0	.546	4.0	513	446	37-18	22-31	7-3	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	107	51	56	0	.477	11.5	453	501	25-28	26-28	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	105	46	59	0	.438	15.5	390	410	27-25	19-34	8-2	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	108	67	41	0	.620		542	408	29-19	38-22	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	107	53	54	0	.495	13.5	564	537	33-24	20-30	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	109	51	58	0	.468	16.5	422	459	31-27	20-31	5-5	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	109	48	61	0	.440	19.5	459	504	24-29	24-32	2-8	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	111	47	64	0	.423	21.5	500	577	21-34	26-30	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	107	38	69	0	.355	28.5	456	605	27-29	11-40	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 5, Orioles 0 at California (night game):
Frank Tanana, who had not been a winner since July 3, regained his shutout form and pitched the Angels to a 5-0 victory over the Orioles. The ace southpaw allowed only three hits in posting his seventh shutout and 13th victory of the season. The Angels nicked Ross Grimsley for a run in the second on a pass to Don Baylor and double by Rance Mulliniks before knocking out the Orioles' starter while adding their other tallies in the third on a single by Gil Flores, homer by Bobby Bonds, double by Baylor, single by Dave Chalk and double by Mario Guerrero.

[DH] Rangers 4, Tigers 3 (night game) / Rangers 6, Tigers 0 at Detroit (night game):
Nelson Briles celebrated his 34th birthday by pitching a 6-0 victory as the Rangers completed a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with the Tigers after winning the first game in 11 innings, 4-3. The Rangers took a 3-1 lead in the opener before the Tigers came back to tie the score with homers by Ron LeFlore in the eighth and by Rusty Staub in the ninth. However, in the 11th, Ed Kirkpatrick reached second on a throwing error by Chuck Scrivener and scored the Rangers' winning run on a single by Kurt Bevacqua. Briles doled out six hits in the nightcap as the Rangers gained their seventh victory in the last eight games and 13th in the last 15.

Royals 12, White Sox 2 at Kansas City (night game):
A cycle feat by John Mayberry highlighted the Royals' 17-hit attack in a 12-2 victory over the White Sox. Mayberry singled in the second inning, homered in the third, tripled in the fifth and doubled in the eighth. Amos Otis, Darrell Porter and George Brett also homered for the Royals. The game was marred by a fistfight between White Sox reliever Bart Johnson and Royals' catcher Porter at the beginning of the seventh inning. Both players were ejected.

Blue Jays 6, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Doug Rader hit a double and triple, driving in two runs and scoring two, as the Blue Jays' leading batter in a 6-1 victory over the Brewers. After being held hitless by Jim Slaton in the first four innings, the Blue Jays scored in the fifth on a triple by Otto Velez and squeeze bunt by Hector Torres. Slaton gave up two walks and committed an error to load the bases in the sixth and the Blue Jays broke through for four runs on a sacrifice fly by Ron Fairly, double by Rader and single by Sam Ewing. Rader hit his triple in the eighth and crossed the plate on a single by Velez.

Twins 14, Indians 10 at Minnesota (night game):
A grand slam by Mike Cubbage climaxed an 11-run explosion in the fourth inning and enabled the Twins to outslug the Indians, 14-10. A three-run double by Ron Pruitt paced the Indians to a 7-1 lead before the Twins erupted to tie their club record for most runs in one inning. Glenn Adams started the outburst with a homer. Cubbage, who batted twice during the stanza, drove in a run with a single on his first trip before unloading his jackpot wallop off Pat Dobson.

Red Sox 1, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
An unearned run enabled the Red Sox to defeat the Athletics, 1-0, behind the five-hit pitching of Luis Tiant. The Red Sox counted their run off Joe Coleman in the fifth inning. Carlton Fisk doubled, continued to third on an error by Mitchell Page in left field and scored on a single by Rick Miller.

Mariners 5, Yankees 3 at Seattle (night game):
The Mariners scored twice on wild pitches and twice on singles by Dan Meyer to defeat the Yankees, 5-3. In the second inning, Ruppert Jones doubled and raced home on a wild pitch by Ed Figueroa. After Meyer singled to drive in one of two runs in the third, singles by Julio Cruz, Dave Collins and Meyer, together with a wild pitch by Dick Tidrow, produced the Mariners' deciding pair in the fifth. Reggie Jackson hit his 19th homer for the Yankees, and 300th of his major league career, with a man on base in the fourth.

Expos 6, Braves 4 at Atlanta (night game):
Breaking a tie, the Expos scored twice in the ninth inning to defeat the Braves, 6-4. The Expos opened the scoring in the third when Dave Cash doubled and Ellis Valentine homered. The Braves came back with a solo shot by Willie Montanez in the fourth and two-run blow by Jeff Burroughs in the sixth to tie the score at 3-3. After both clubs picked up a run in the eighth, Cash opened the Expos' ninth with a single and Chris Speier sacrificed. Valentine followed with a single, driving in Cash, and took second on the throw. Valentine hurt his leg on the slide and gave way to Sam Mejias, who crossed the plate with an insurance run when Andre Dawson singled.

Padres 11, Cubs 8 at Chicago (day game):
The Cubs, who had been leading the East Division since May 28, succumbed to the slugging of Dave Kingman and lost to the Padres, 11-8, dropping them out of first place one-half game behind the Phillies. Kingman hit two homers and drove in seven runs. The Padres' power man hit his first homer after a walk to Bill Almon and single by Mike Ivie in the first inning. The Cubs went ahead, 4-3, but the Padres broke loose for six runs in the sixth. George Hendrick led off with a homer. Singles by Gene Tenace and Tucker Ashford and walks to Pat Scanlon and Gene Richards forced in a second run and led to the departure of Ray Burris. Paul Reuschel relieved and struck out Ivie, but Kingman came up and hit a grand-slam homer. Dave Winfield added a round-tripper for the Padres in the eighth. Steve Ontiveros batted in four runs for the Cubs with a single and homer.

[DH] Pirates 12, Reds 1 (night game) / Pirates 10, Reds 6 at Cincinnati (night game):
A Cincinnati crowd of 50,085 saw the Pirates, instead of the Reds, put on a slugging show to sweep a twi-night doubleheader, 12-1 and 10-6. The Pirates piled up 15 hits in the opener, including two homers by Dave Parker, while Jerry Reuss limited the Reds to four hits. Parker's first homer, coming with two men on base in the second inning, landed in the top tier in right field, marking the first ball hit into that section since Riverfront Stadium was opened in 1970. The game was marred by a fight in the ninth inning when Frank Taveras, hit with a pitch by Joe Hoerner, threw his bat at the Reds' reliever and then received a punch in the face in return. Angered over that blow, Taveras took revenge in the nightcap, hitting his first major league homer on an inside-the-park drive with the bases loaded in the second inning. Bill Robinson also batted in four runs for the Pirates with a single and homer. George Foster tried to keep the Reds in the game with his 37th and 38th homers, accounting for four runs to raise his RBI total to 109. Johnny Bench added another homer in the Reds' losing cause.

Astros 5, Cardinals 4 at Houston (night game):
Bob Watson provided the Astros' punch with two doubles, each driving in a pair of runs, to beat the Cardinals, 5-4. Terry Puhl was safe on an error in the third inning, Cesar Cedeno singled and both scored on Watson's first double. His second two-bagger followed a pass to Ken Boswell and single by Cedeno in the fifth.

Mets 3, Giants 2 at New York (night game):
With two out in the eighth inning, the Mets put across a run against Gary Lavelle and defeated the Giants, 3-2. The Giants took a 2-1 lead in the fourth with a run-scoring double by Gary Thomasson and pass to Vic Harris with the bases loaded. The Mets pulled even in the sixth when Lee Mazzilli doubled and Doug Flynn singled. Flynn singled again in the eighth, Joel Youngblood followed with another single and Lenny Randle then rapped the game-deciding double.

Phillies 8, Dodgers 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Sparked by Greg Luzinski, who hit a homer, the Phillies erupted the for seven runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Dodgers, 8-3. Luzinski's homer followed a single by Mike Schmidt and tied score at 3-3. Lance Rautzhan relieved Rick Rhoden and was the victim of singles by Richie Hebner, Garry Maddox and Ted Sizemore, Hebner scoring to put the Phillies ahead. Elias Sosa took over, but the Phillies continued their attack with run-scoring singles by Tim McCarver and Jay Johnstone before Schmidt, up for a second time, capped the inning with a two-run double.