MLB standings through games of August 29, 1977

MLB standings at the end of August 29, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	130	78	52	0	.600		679	529	45-20	33-32	8-2	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	128	74	54	0	.578	3.0	676	599	39-26	35-28	3-7	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	128	73	55	0	.570	4.0	538	527	41-25	32-30	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	128	61	67	0	.477	16.0	577	568	32-31	29-36	7-3	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	130	61	69	0	.469	17.0	572	606	30-33	31-36	7-3	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	135	57	78	0	.422	23.5	548	641	32-36	25-42	4-6	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	129	45	84	0	.349	32.5	506	662	22-41	23-43	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	128	75	53	0	.586		642	542	39-23	36-30	8-2	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	133	75	58	0	.564	2.5	743	632	44-21	31-37	6-4	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	128	72	56	0	.562	3.0	691	648	40-24	32-32	5-5	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	129	72	57	0	.558	3.5	601	521	33-32	39-25	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	127	61	66	0	.480	13.5	559	544	33-32	28-34	3-7	Lost 3
Oakland A's	128	51	77	0	.398	24.0	475	585	28-38	23-39	7-3	Won 6
Seattle Mariners	133	52	81	0	.391	25.5	507	710	25-42	27-39	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	129	79	50	0	.612		657	549	48-14	31-36	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	131	76	55	0	.580	4.0	615	547	48-19	28-36	6-4	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	129	70	59	0	.543	9.0	588	591	42-26	28-33	3-7	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	131	71	60	0	.542	9.0	586	528	45-23	26-37	4-6	Lost 5
Montreal Expos	130	60	70	0	.462	19.5	549	601	31-32	29-38	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	129	51	78	0	.395	28.0	455	518	30-33	21-45	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	131	79	52	0	.603		624	467	39-23	40-29	6-4	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	132	70	62	0	.530	9.5	674	607	42-27	28-35	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	131	62	69	0	.473	17.0	522	547	37-29	25-40	5-5	Won 5
San Francisco Giants	132	61	71	0	.462	18.5	551	587	30-34	31-37	6-4	Won 2
San Diego Padres	133	57	76	0	.429	23.0	583	687	26-38	31-38	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	130	48	82	0	.369	30.5	541	716	35-33	13-49	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Angels 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Four-hit pitching by Rudy May and Pat Kelly's grand-slam homer in the seventh inning propelled the Orioles to a 6-1 triumph over the Angels. Losing pitcher Nolan Ryan had 11 strikeouts and passed the 300 strikeout mark for the fifth time in his career. Bobby Bonds stole his 30th base in the first inning, marking his record fourth season of 30 thefts and 30 homers.

A's 8, Red Sox 7 at Boston (night game):
Rookie Mitchell Page stole the show from Jim Rice when the Athletics handed the Red Sox their ninth defeat in 12 games, 8-7. Page, who hit a triple in the first inning and three-run homer in the fifth, added a solo homer in the ninth to give the A's their sixth victory in a row. Rice hit three homers, boosting his total to 33, and a single, driving in four runs.

Indians 9, White Sox 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Duane Kuiper, Andre Thornton and Bruce Bochte tagged Steve Stone for home runs in the first inning and Thornton connected again in the sixth off reliever Silvio Martinez, as the Indians routed the White Sox, 9-2. Rick Waits allowed six hits in pitching his first complete game of the season.

[DH] Twins 7, Blue Jays 6 (night game) / Twins 6, Blue Jays 5 at Minnesota (night game):
The Twins took a twi-night doubleheader from the Blue Jays, winning the first game, 7-6, in 10 innings, and the afterpiece, 6-5. Larry Hisle hit a two-run triple in the eighth inning when the Twins scored three runs and tied the game, then led off the 10th with a double, advanced to third as Rich Chiles flied out, then scored the winning run on Bob Gorinski's sacrifice fly. The Twins turned six double plays to equal the record for an extra-inning game shared by six clubs. In the second game, the Blue Jays erupted for four runs in the top of the sixth, featuring Doug Ault's bases-loaded triple, but the Twins came back to win on two runs in the bottom half. Hisle's single scored Bob Randall who had singled and advanced on a sacrifice. Rod Carew singled, moving Hisle to third, from where he later scored the winning run on Lyman Bostock's sacrifice fly.

Yankees 5, Royals 3 at New York (day game):
Chris Chambliss ended an 0-for-11 slump with a three-run pinch-homer in the last of the eighth inning to enable the Yankees to defeat the Royals, 5-3, and move three games ahead of the second-place Red Sox in the American League East. A two-run homer by Al Cowens had given the Royals a 3-2 edge in the sixth.

Dodgers 4, Cubs 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Dodgers scored two runs in the first inning and that was enough to beat the Cubs, 4-1, behind the pitching of Tommy John and relievers Lance Rautzhan and Mike Garman. Davey Lopes walked, stole second and came home on Bill Russell's single. Russell then stole second and scored on a single by Ron Cey. Reggie Smith clinched it with his 25th homer, a two-run blow in the seventh.

Expos 7, Reds 2 at Montreal (night game):
Tony Perez hit a two-run homer in the third inning, then delivered a run-producing single in a four-run fifth to lead the Expos to a 7-2 victory that ended the Reds' five-game winning streak. Johnny Bench rapped his 29th homer in the second and Gary Carter belted his 23rd in the seventh.

Phillies 3, Braves 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
Steve Hargan filled the bases on walks to Greg Luzinski, Tommy Hutton and Ted Sizemore, then passed Davey Johnson, forcing in the winning run as the Phillies ended their five-game string of setbacks with a 3-2 decision over the Braves in 14 innings. Luzinski gave Phillies the lead with a two-run homer (No. 33) in the third, but the Braves tied the game on a two-run homer by Jeff Burroughs (No. 35) in the eighth.

Padres 4, Cardinals 3 at San Diego (night game):
Lou Brock made history by stealing two bases for a career total of 893 that topped Ty Cobb's career record, but the Padres rallied to deal the Cardinals their fifth loss in a row, 4-3, on Mike Ivie's two-run homer in the eighth inning.