MLB standings through games of August 17, 1977

MLB standings at the end of August 17, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	115	70	45	0	.609		619	524	36-22	34-23	8-2	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	117	68	49	0	.581	3.0	489	479	38-22	30-27	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	118	68	50	0	.576	3.5	616	492	40-19	28-31	9-1	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	117	54	63	0	.462	17.0	518	519	30-29	24-34	6-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	118	53	65	0	.449	18.5	508	571	27-31	26-34	7-3	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	123	53	70	0	.431	21.0	491	586	30-31	23-39	4-6	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	116	40	76	0	.345	30.5	445	601	22-38	18-38	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Texas Rangers	117	67	50	0	.573		551	473	31-28	36-22	7-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	116	66	50	0	.569	0.5	646	581	37-22	29-28	3-7	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	120	68	52	0	.567	0.5	676	567	38-19	30-33	5-5	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	116	65	51	0	.560	1.5	579	504	34-23	31-28	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	116	58	58	0	.500	8.5	518	490	31-27	27-31	6-4	Won 2
Seattle Mariners	122	50	72	0	.410	19.5	476	631	24-36	26-36	2-8	Won 2
Oakland A's	117	44	73	0	.376	23.0	423	537	25-34	19-39	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	117	72	45	0	.615		604	498	44-14	28-31	9-1	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	120	69	51	0	.575	4.5	570	518	45-15	24-36	7-3	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	117	66	51	0	.564	6.0	547	538	39-23	27-28	4-6	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	120	66	54	0	.550	7.5	542	479	40-21	26-33	6-4	Won 1
Montreal Expos	119	54	65	0	.454	19.0	497	557	27-30	27-35	3-7	Won 1
New York Mets	118	49	69	0	.415	23.5	427	465	28-29	21-40	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	119	72	47	0	.605		572	434	34-23	38-24	5-5	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	120	61	59	0	.508	11.5	615	571	37-25	24-34	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	121	57	64	0	.471	16.0	482	509	32-29	25-35	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	121	55	66	0	.455	18.0	515	551	28-33	27-33	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	124	54	70	0	.435	20.5	558	641	25-35	29-35	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	118	42	76	0	.356	29.5	491	659	30-31	12-45	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 5, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Run-scoring singles by Hal McRae and Pete LaCock in the eighth inning provided the Royals with a 5-3 victory over the Indians. John Mayberry homered with two men on base in the first inning to account for the Royals' first three runs. The Indians eventually tied the score when Andre Thornton hit for the circuit in the seventh. Two were out in the Royals' eighth when Tom Poquette beat out an infield hit. Amos Otis ran for Poquette, stole second and scored on McRae's single. McRae then stole second and crossed the plate when LaCock singled.

Yankees 7, Tigers 5 at Detroit (night game):
Mickey Rivers homered, Roy White tripled and Thurman Munson doubled on Fernando Arroyo's first three pitches of the game to start the Yankees off to a 7-5 victory over the Tigers. Arroyo struck out Reggie Jackson, who was the Yankees' fourth batter, but Chris Chambliss then tripled to kayo the Tigers' starter, who lasted only 12 pitches. John Hiller relieved and yielded a single by Willie Randolph, driving in the Yankees' fourth run. Randolph and Rivers hit RBI singles in the third and Graig Nettles sent another run across the plate with a double in the fourth. The Tigers chased Ed Figueroa in the ninth, but Sparky Lyle came in and picked up his 17th save.

Brewers 5, Red Sox 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
The Red Sox were stopped on their 13-game winning streak by the Brewers, who posted a 5-3 victory on the strength of two-run homers by Don Money and Jamie Quirk. Money's drive followed a single by Von Joshua in the first inning. After the Brewers added a run in the second on a double by Robin Yount and single by Charlie Moore, Sal Bando walked in the fourth and Quirk followed with his circuit clout. Carl Yastrzemski hit a homer for the Red Sox.

Mariners 3, Twins 2 at Minnesota (night game):
With first base open, the Twins elected to pitch to Dan Meyer, who responded by driving in two runs with a single in the seventh inning to provide the Mariners with a 3-2 victory. Larry Cox was safe on a throwing error by Roy Smalley and Jose Baez doubled before Meyer delivered his hit through the Twins' drawn-in infield.

Rangers 6, Blue Jays 5 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers moved into first place in the West Division, one-half game ahead of the White Sox and Twins, when Jim Sundberg delivered a two-strike, two-out single in the 10th inning to beat the Blue Jays, 6-5. Rick Cerone hit his first major league homer for the Blue Jays, who held a 5-2 lead before the Rangers rallied to tie the score in the eighth on a single by Willie Horton, two walks, a single by Bump Wills and sacrifice fly by Juan Beniquez. In the 10th, Tom Grieve singled and was forced by Toby Harrah. After Wills was retired, Beniquez walked and Sundberg followed with his game-winning hit.

Braves 9, Astros 6 at Atlanta (night game):
Capping their rally with back-to-back homers by Jeff Burroughs and Willie Montanez, the Braves scored eight runs in the sixth inning and defeated the Astros, 9-6. The Astros built up a 6-0 lead before Tom Paciorek doubled and Rowland Office singled for the Braves' first run in the fifth. Then in the sixth, the Braves kayoed both Tom Dixon and Ken Forsch while scoring their first four runs of the rally on singles by Montanez, Gary Matthews, Rod Gilbreath and Pat Rockett and a double by Brian Asselstine. After Joe Sambito became the Astros' third pitcher of the frame, Barry Bonnell singled to drive in the tying tally. Burroughs then smashed a two-run homer and Montanez followed with another round-tripper. Burroughs' homer was his 31st of the season, surpassing his previous career high of 30 with the Rangers in 1973.

Cubs 4, Pirates 2 at Chicago (day game):
Helped by Bobby Murcer, who hit two homers, Rick Reuschel gained his first victory since July 28 when the Cubs defeated the Pirates, 4-2. Murcer broke a 1-1 tie with his first homer of the game in the fourth inning and iced the decision with his second smash in the seventh.

Padres 7, Reds 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
Bill Almon hit a single, double and his first homer of the season, driving in five runs, to lead the Padres to a 7-4 victory over the Reds. Almon's homer, following a walk to Jerry Turner and single by Pat Scanlon, accounted for three of the Padres' four runs in the fourth inning. The Padres added their other runs in the fifth, two scoring on Almon's single. George Foster hit his 39th homer for the Reds with two aboard in the seventh.

Expos 13, Phillies 0 at Montreal (night game):
The Expos rolled up a 13-0 victory to shatter the Phillies' 13-game winning streak. Gary Carter smashed two homers and Tony Perez added one in the Expos' 17-hit attack. Steve Carlton gave up four runs in the second inning, all unearned as the result of an error by Ted Sizemore, before Perez singled and Carter hit his first homer of the game in the third. After Carlton departed, Perez and Carter whacked successive homers off Randy Lerch in the sixth.

Cardinals 2, Mets 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Forsch yielded only two singles and pitched the Cardinals to a 2-0 victory over the Mets. The Cards counted their runs off Jerry Koosman in the sixth inning. Keith Hernandez walked and Ted Simmons and Jose Cruz singled for the first tally. After a sacrifice by Ken Reitz and intentional pass to Jerry Mumphrey, the second run scored as Mike Tyson forced Mumphrey.