MLB standings through games of August 25, 1977

MLB standings at the end of August 25, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	126	75	51	0	.595		665	513	42-19	33-32	9-1	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	124	72	52	0	.581	2.0	652	575	37-24	35-28	2-8	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	124	71	53	0	.573	3.0	526	516	39-23	32-30	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	125	59	66	0	.472	15.5	554	546	30-30	29-36	5-5	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	126	58	68	0	.460	17.0	541	594	27-32	31-36	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	132	56	76	0	.424	22.0	530	629	32-36	24-40	4-6	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	124	45	79	0	.363	29.0	481	626	22-38	23-41	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	124	73	51	0	.589		629	531	39-23	34-28	9-1	Won 9
Chicago White Sox	124	70	54	0	.565	3.0	677	621	38-23	32-31	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	126	71	55	0	.563	3.0	588	512	33-32	38-23	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	128	72	56	0	.562	3.0	714	604	42-21	30-35	4-6	Lost 2
California Angels	123	60	63	0	.488	12.5	536	515	33-32	27-31	4-6	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	130	51	79	0	.392	25.0	497	688	25-42	26-37	3-7	Lost 2
Oakland A's	124	47	77	0	.379	26.0	444	564	28-38	19-39	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	125	78	47	0	.624		647	528	47-14	31-33	7-3	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	128	73	55	0	.570	6.5	598	545	48-19	25-36	4-6	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	127	71	56	0	.559	8.0	576	504	45-23	26-33	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	125	69	56	0	.552	9.0	580	574	42-26	27-30	5-5	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	126	59	67	0	.468	19.5	535	582	30-32	29-35	7-3	Won 5
New York Mets	126	51	75	0	.405	27.5	444	502	30-33	21-42	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	127	75	52	0	.591		600	459	35-23	40-29	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	128	67	61	0	.523	8.5	653	593	39-27	28-34	7-3	Won 2
Houston Astros	128	59	69	0	.461	16.5	505	540	34-29	25-40	4-6	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	129	59	70	0	.457	17.0	538	580	28-33	31-37	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	129	56	73	0	.434	20.0	577	667	25-35	31-38	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	126	45	81	0	.357	29.5	523	702	32-33	13-48	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 6, Orioles 4 at Baltimore (night game):
Wayne Nordhagen hit the first two homers of his major league career and drove in four runs to lead the White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the Orioles. Eric Soderholm also had a homer for the White Sox, connecting in the second, but the Orioles built up a 4-1 lead before Nordhagen tied the score with a homer in the sixth. After the White Sox went ahead in the seventh, Nordhagen iced the victory with his homer in the eighth.

Red Sox 9, Rangers 6 at Boston (night game):
The Red Sox erupted for six runs in the seventh inning and snapped their seven-game losing streak by defeating the Rangers, 9-6. George Scott drew a pass with the bases loaded in the first and homered in the fourth, but the Rangers kayoed Luis Tiant in the seventh and took a 5-3 lead. Rick Burleson and Tommy Helms started the Red Sox rally with singles and Fred Lynn walked to load the bases. Carl Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly and Jim Rice followed with a single to tie the score. Scott then put the Red Sox ahead with a single for his third RBI of the game before Butch Hobson clinched the victory with a three-run homer.

Royals 9, Brewers 6 at Milwaukee (night game):
Sparked by John Wathan's first major league homer, the Royals defeated the Brewers, 9-6, for their ninth straight victory, setting a Kansas City club record. After taking a 2-1 lead on a single by Joe Zdeb in the second inning, the Royals exploded for six runs in the third. George Brett began the outburst with a triple and scored on a single by Hal McRae. A walk to Amos Otis and single by Al Cowens resulted in another tally before Wathan came up and hit his homer to drive in three runs. Frank White later singled for the final run of the frame.

Yankees 6, Twins 4 at New York (night game):
The Yankees broke a tie with two runs on a double by Thurman Munson, single by Reggie Jackson and double by Chris Chambliss in the eighth inning and defeated the Twins, 6-4.

Braves 8, Cubs 6 at Atlanta (night game):
Junior Moore hit the first grand-slam homer of his major league career as the Braves' biggest blow in an 8-6 victory over the Cubs. Greg Gross homered for the Cubs in the first inning before the Braves exploded for five runs in their half. Rowland Office and Jeff Burroughs singled and Willie Montanez doubled to drive in Office. The Cubs then passed Biff Pocoroba intentionally in a move that backfired when Moore hit his grand slam off Bill Bonham. The Braves added two runs in the second on singles by Dick Ruthven and Office, an infield out by Burroughs and single by Montanez. A double by Montanez for his fifth hit in seven times at bat led to another run on a single by Pat Rockett in the fifth. The Cubs failed to catch up, although rallying for four runs in the eighth.

Reds 3, Mets 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
A two-run single by Dave Concepcion in the seventh inning carried the Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Mets. After a single by Ken Griffey produced the Reds' initial run in the sixth inning, the Mets went ahead in the seventh with a homer by Lenny Randle, singles by Steve Henderson and John Milner and a sacrifice fly by John Stearns. In the Reds' half, Johnny Bench was safe on a throwing error by Randle and Dan Driessen doubled before Concepcion decided the outcome with his single.

Astros 6, Phillies 5 at Houston (night game):
After falling behind by four runs in the first inning, the Astros rallied to defeat the Phillies, 6-5. Two of the Phillies' opening tallies came on a homer by Richie Hebner. The Astros came back with two runs in the second, tied the score with consecutive homers by Bob Watson and Joe Ferguson in the fourth and went ahead with singles by Terry Puhl, Enos Cabell and Jose Cruz in the fifth. The Phils pulled even in the sixth when Greg Luzinski tripled and Hebner hit a sacrifice fly, but the Astros pushed over the winning run in their half when Wilbur Howard singled, Puhl sacrificed and Cesar Cedeno doubled.

Pirates 2, Dodgers 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
John Candelaria and Larry Demery combined on a six-hitter as the Pirates made two early runs stand up for a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers. Frank Taveras drew a walk from Doug Rau in the first inning and raced home on a hit-and-run single by Phil Garner and an error by Lee Lacy. Fernando Gonzalez singled in the next frame, stole second, took third on an infield out and scored on a double by Omar Moreno. Candelaria blanked the Dodgers on four hits before back trouble forced him to leave the mound after five innings. Demery gave up a homer by Reggie Smith in the sixth but yielded only one more hit over the rest of the route.

Giants 4, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Lou Brock stole the 890th and 891st bases of his career, leaving him 1 one short of Ty Cobb's all time record, but the Cardinals lost to the Giants, 4-2. Brock scored both Cardinal runs after hitting singles in the first and third innings and stealing second both times. The Giants tied the score in the fourth with homers by Jack Clark and Randy Elliott before adding their winning runs in the seventh on singles by Vic Harris, Gary Alexander, John Montefusco and Derrel Thomas.