MLB standings through games of August 19, 1977

MLB standings at the end of August 19, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	117	71	46	0	.607		630	537	36-22	35-24	7-3	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	118	69	49	0	.585	2.5	492	481	38-22	31-27	8-2	Won 2
New York Yankees	120	70	50	0	.583	2.5	629	497	40-19	30-31	9-1	Won 6
Detroit Tigers	119	55	64	0	.462	17.0	528	528	30-30	25-34	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	120	54	66	0	.450	18.5	510	576	27-32	27-34	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	125	53	72	0	.424	22.0	496	597	30-33	23-39	3-7	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	118	41	77	0	.347	30.5	448	610	22-38	19-39	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	117	67	50	0	.573		649	582	37-22	30-28	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	119	68	51	0	.571		560	481	32-29	36-22	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	118	67	51	0	.568	0.5	592	507	35-23	32-28	6-4	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	122	69	53	0	.566	0.5	686	572	39-20	30-33	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	117	58	59	0	.496	9.0	519	493	31-28	27-31	5-5	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	124	50	74	0	.403	20.5	482	645	24-37	26-37	2-8	Lost 2
Oakland A's	118	44	74	0	.373	23.5	424	539	25-35	19-39	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	119	74	45	0	.622		621	506	45-14	29-31	9-1	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	122	71	51	0	.582	4.5	583	525	46-15	25-36	8-2	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	119	67	52	0	.563	7.0	559	547	40-24	27-28	4-6	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	121	67	54	0	.554	8.0	554	483	41-21	26-33	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	122	55	67	0	.451	20.5	510	572	28-32	27-35	3-7	Won 1
New York Mets	120	49	71	0	.408	25.5	431	473	28-31	21-40	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	121	73	48	0	.603		581	440	35-23	38-25	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	122	63	59	0	.516	10.5	623	575	37-25	26-34	7-3	Won 2
Houston Astros	122	57	65	0	.467	16.5	487	518	32-29	25-36	5-5	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	123	55	68	0	.447	19.0	516	564	28-33	27-35	3-7	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	125	54	71	0	.432	21.0	562	653	25-35	29-36	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	120	43	77	0	.358	29.5	498	669	30-31	13-46	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Blue Jays 3, Angels 1 at California (night game):
With a helping hand from Pete Vuckovich, Jerry Garvin ended his personal 10-game losing streak when the Blue Jays defeated the Angels, 3-1. The Angels scored their run without the benefit of a hit in the third inning on three walks and a grounder by Ron Jackson. Garvin yielded only three singles before yielding to Vuckovich, who pitched hitless ball over the last 2 2/3 innings. The Jays beat Nolan Ryan, who struck out 13 but allowed seven hits and walked nine. In the first inning, when Ryan gave up three walks and two hits, the Blue Jays scored twice on an infield out by Ron Fairly and single by Sam Ewing. Their other run counted in the eighth on a walk to Dave McKay, an infield out and single by Steve Staggs.

Royals 9, Red Sox 3 at Kansas City (night game):
George Brett, Amos Otis and John Mayberry belted homers to power the Royals to a 9-3 victory over the Red Sox. Brett hit his homer in the first inning and added two later RBIs with a double and sacrifice fly. Otis, who had only two hits in 42 previous times at bat, broke out of his slump with a three-run smash in the sixth. Mayberry hit for the circuit in the seventh.

White Sox 3, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Richie Zisk and Oscar Gamble smashed back-to-back homers in the second inning to support the pitching of Wilbur Wood, who defeated the Brewers, 3-1, to enable the White Sox to move into first place in the West Division by two percentage points over the Rangers. The Royals and Twins were one-half game behind in a tight race. Wood yielded only five hits in gaining his first victory since July 22.

Orioles 3, Twins 2 at Minnesota (night game):
A two-run homer by Andres Mora in the sixth inning carried the Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Twins. Jerry Terrell knocked in the Twins' tallies with a single in the second. The Orioles picked up a run on a double by Ken Singleton and single by Eddie Murray in the fourth before Lee May singled and Mora hit his homer in the sixth to decide the outcome.

Indians 2, A's 1 at Oakland (night game):
The Indians bunched four of their six hits and scored two runs in the second inning to defeat the Athletics, 2-1. The A's counted their run off Al Fitzmorris in the first on singles by Marty Perez, Mitchell Page and Manny Sanguillen. Andre Thornton singled in the Indians' second, took third on a single by Bruce Bochte and scored as Bill Melton erased Bochte by grounding into a double play. Paul Dade followed with a single, stole second and crossed the plate with the deciding run when Ray Fosse singled. The A's put two men on base with one out in the ninth, but Jim Kern earned his 15th save by retiring the last two batters.

Tigers 6, Mariners 4 at Seattle (night game):
Steve Kemp hit two homers and drove in four runs to help Dave Rozema notch his 14th victory as the Tigers defeated the Mariners, 6-4. Kemp's first homer of the game followed a single by Tito Fuentes and pass to Rusty Staub in the first inning. After Kemp hit for the circuit again in the seventh, the Tigers added what proved to be their winning margin in the ninth. Ron LeFlore singled, advanced on a sacrifice by Fuentes and scored on a single by Staub. Kemp singled Staub to third and Jason Thompson added a run with a sacrifice fly. Ruppert Jones and Dan Meyer homered for the Mariners.

Yankees 8, Rangers 1 at Texas (night game):
The Yankees extended their winning streak to six games behind the four-hit pitching of Mike Torrez, who defeated the Rangers, 8-1. Five of the Yankees' runs were unearned on errors by Dave May and Toby Harrah in the fourth inning. Reggie Jackson drove in two runs with a single and accounted for a third RBI with a homer in the seventh. Roy White hit for the circuit to add the Yanks' final run in the ninth.

Cubs 6, Dodgers 2 at Chicago (day game):
With Bill Buckner leading the attack, the Cubs snapped Tommy John's eight-game winning streak and defeated the Dodgers, 6-2. Buckner put on a show against his former teammates, hitting two homers and two singles and driving in five runs.

[DH] Braves 5, Expos 3 (night game) / Expos 7, Braves 2 at Montreal (night game):
A long single by Tony Perez with the bases loaded in the fifth inning produced three runs and sent the Expos on their way to a 7-2 victory in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader after the Braves won the first game, 5-3. Phil Niekro pitched a six-hitter for the Braves in the opener. Jeff Burroughs batted in two runs with a double in the fifth to put the Braves ahead, 3-2, but the Expos tied the score in their half on a double by Chris Speier and single by Dave Cash. The Braves broke away with a run on singles by Biff Pocoroba, Rod Gilbreath and Pat Rockett in the sixth before Niekro added an insurance run with an infield out. In the nightcap, the Expos loaded the bases in the fifth inning when Speier was safe on an error by Pat Rockett, Cash doubled and Andre Dawson was hit by a pitch. Perez followed with his single to clear the bases and, after a walk to Gary Carter, Del Unser singled to drive in Perez with the fourth run of the frame.

[DH] Reds 4, Mets 1 (night game) / Reds 4, Mets 3 at New York (night game):
George Foster smashed his 40th and 41st homers, one in each game, as the Reds swept over the Mets in a twi-night twin bill, 4-1 and 4-3. Rookie Doug Capilla pitched the first complete game of his major league career in the opener. After the Mets picked up their run in the first inning, the Reds went ahead with a two-run double by Ray Knight in the fourth. Foster homered in the sixth and Dave Concepcion batted in the last run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Foster was quicker with the trigger in the nightcap, hitting for the circuit in the first inning to score behind Ken Griffey, who had singled. Griffey added a round-tripper in the third before Foster accounted for what proved to be the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Bruce Boisclair had a pair of run-scoring singles for the Mets. Pedro Borbon replaced Paul Moskau on the mound for the Reds in the eighth.

Phillies 9, Astros 5 at Philadelphia (night game):
Larry Christenson joined in a four-homer barrage with a three-run smash in the sixth inning and gained his eighth straight victory as the Phillies defeated the Astros, 9-5. The Phillies scored three runs in the first inning on a single by Bake McBride, two-out double by Greg Luzinski and homer by Richie Hebner. Bob Boone added a run with a round-tripper in the second. Jay Johnstone led off the sixth with a circuit clout and after Boone walked and Ted Sizemore singled, Christenson smashed his homer for the game-deciding blow.

Pirates 6, Giants 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A crowd of 16,831 pushed the Pittsburgh attendance over the million mark and the Pirates marked the milestone by defeating the Giants, 6-1, for their 21st victory in the last 22 home games. Bill Robinson hit a homer after a pass to Frank Taveras to start the Pirates' scoring in the first inning. In the third, when the Bucs added three runs, Robinson scored on a double steal with Rennie Stennett. John Candelaria limited the Giants to five hits and gave up their lone run in the eighth on a triple by Derrel Thomas and sacrifice fly by Rob Andrews.

Cardinals 12, Padres 4 at St. Louis (night game):
Mike Tyson, who went into the game batting only .231, drove in six runs with a single, double and homer as the Cardinals walloped the Padres, 12-4. Tyson plated three runs with a double in the first inning, added two with a homer in the fourth and picked up his sixth RBI with a single in the fifth. Ted Simmons also homered for the Cardinals, while the Padres had a two-run blow by Mike Ivie.