MLB standings through games of August 31, 1977

MLB standings at the end of August 31, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	132	80	52	0	.606		690	538	47-20	33-32	8-2	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	130	75	55	0	.577	4.0	550	532	43-25	32-30	5-5	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	130	75	55	0	.577	4.0	686	605	40-27	35-28	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	130	63	67	0	.485	16.0	586	572	32-31	31-36	7-3	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	132	62	70	0	.470	18.0	577	612	30-34	32-36	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	137	57	80	0	.416	25.5	552	650	32-38	25-42	2-8	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	129	45	84	0	.349	33.5	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	130	76	54	0	.585		649	554	40-24	36-30	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	129	73	56	0	.566	2.5	694	649	40-24	33-32	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	134	75	59	0	.560	3.0	746	636	44-22	31-37	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	131	73	58	0	.557	3.5	613	528	33-32	40-26	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	129	61	68	0	.473	14.5	564	556	33-32	28-36	2-8	Lost 5
Oakland A's	130	52	78	0	.400	24.0	481	595	28-38	24-40	8-2	Won 1
Seattle Mariners	135	52	83	0	.385	26.5	516	721	25-42	27-41	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	131	81	50	0	.618		674	552	50-14	31-36	5-5	Won 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	133	77	56	0	.579	5.0	621	554	48-19	29-37	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	131	71	60	0	.542	10.0	592	597	42-26	29-34	3-7	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	133	71	62	0	.534	11.0	591	537	45-23	26-39	3-7	Lost 7
Montreal Expos	132	60	72	0	.455	21.5	552	611	31-34	29-38	5-5	Lost 2
New York Mets	131	51	80	0	.389	30.0	459	529	30-33	21-47	2-8	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	133	80	53	0	.602		630	471	40-24	40-29	6-4	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	134	72	62	0	.537	8.5	684	610	42-27	30-35	7-3	Won 2
Houston Astros	133	64	69	0	.481	16.0	533	551	39-29	25-40	7-3	Won 7
San Francisco Giants	134	62	72	0	.463	18.5	558	593	31-35	31-37	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	135	59	76	0	.437	22.0	592	692	28-38	31-38	5-5	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	132	48	84	0	.364	31.5	544	733	35-33	13-51	5-5	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, Angels 3 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles, who had lost to Frank Tanana three times previously this season, beat the Angels' ace lefthander, 4-3, on a homer by Doug DeCinces in the eighth inning. The Angels tagged Dennis Martinez for all their runs in the third on a walk to Terry Humphrey, single by Thad Bosley, triple by Jerry Remy and sacrifice fly by Bobby Bonds. The Orioles, who had been shut out in their last two encounters with Tanana, broke his hold with two runs in the fourth and one in the seventh before DeCinces homered.

Indians 4, Red Sox 3 at Boston (night game):
After rallying to tie the game in the seventh inning, the Indians scored on a pinch-double by Jim Norris in the ninth and defeated the Red Sox, 4-3. The Red Sox had a homer by Carlton Fisk in building up a 3-0 lead. The Indians' score-tying rally began with singles by Andre Thornton and Bruce Bochte. Rico Carty doubled, driving in one run, and Ron Pruitt followed with a two-run double. In the ninth, Carty singled and gave way on the paths to John Lowenstein, who moved to second when Pruitt walked. Norris then batted for Fred Kendall and rapped his winning two-bagger.

Royals 5, Rangers 4 at Kansas City (night game):
Doubles by Fred Patek and Frank White on consecutive pitches in the sixth inning produced three runs and carried the Royals to a 5-4 victory over the Rangers. With the score tied, 2-2, the Royals opened the sixth with a double by Joe Lahoud and single by Darrell Porter, Lahoud stopping at third. Amos Otis then struck out, but Patek followed with a double, driving in two runs, and scored what proved to be the winning run on White's two-bagger. Toby Harrah hit his career high 22nd homer in the seventh when the Rangers fell short with a two-run rally.

Tigers 5, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Turning in his first complete game of the season in his eighth start, Milt Wilcox brought his record to 6-0 by pitching the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Brewers. The Tigers put the game away with three runs in the third. Tom Veryzer and Ron LeFlore opened the inning with singles and Tito Fuentes sacrificed. Rusty Staub hit a sacrifice fly to score Veryzer. A single by Steve Kemp drove in LeFlore. After Jason Thompson walked, Ben Oglivie singled to score Kemp. Oglivie added a homer in the sixth inning.

A's 4, Twins 3 at Minnesota (night game):
A double by Mike Jorgensen, triple by Mitchell Page and homer by Wayne Gross were the Athletics' key blows in a 4-3 victory over the Twins. Rod Carew singled and Butch Wynegar homered for the Twins in the first inning. The A's got one run back on a double by Jorgensen in the third and went ahead when Manny Sanguillen singled and Gross homered in the fifth. Page then tripled and scored what proved to be the deciding ran on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Tabb in the sixth. Larry Hisle homered for the Twins in the ninth before Doug Bair relieved Doc Medich and retired the last two batters.

Yankees 5, Mariners 4 at New York (night game):
Graig Nettles smashed two homers, connecting for the second time in the ninth inning, to power the Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Mariners. After the Yankees picked up a run in the first, Nettles homered in the third. The Mariners rallied for three runs in the sixth, but Cliff Johnson singled and Chris Chambliss homered to put the Yankees ahead again in their half. The Mariners tied the score in the eighth. Carlos Lopez doubled, advanced to third after a flyout by Dan Meyer and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ruppert Jones. Nettles' homer in the ninth was his 34th of the season, moving the Yankee slugger two ahead of his league-leading total of 32 in 1976.

Astros 5, Mets 2 at Houston (night game):
It was seven straight victories for the winners and seven straight defeats for the losers after the Astros beat the Mets, 5-2. Enos Cabell batted in three of the Astros' runs and scored one. Terry Puhl hit a pair of triples and extended his batting streak to 16 games.

Dodgers 5, Cubs 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Showing no effects of his recent attack of the flu, Rick Rhoden scattered five hits in 7 1/3 innings and came out with credit for the Dodgers' 5-0 victory over the Cubs. Rhoden also knocked in a run with a single in the sixth, scoring Vic Davalillo, who had doubled. Manny Mota delivered the 116th pinch-hit of his career in the eighth, tying him for second place with Jerry Lynch on the major leagues' all-time list. Smokey Burgess ranked No. 1 with a total of 144 pinch-hits.

Reds 6, Expos 0 at Montreal (night game):
Tom Seaver won his eighth game in a row for the Reds with a three-hitter and struck out six to raise his career total to 2,501 while shutting out the Expos, 6-0. The Reds sent Seaver on the way to victory with two runs in the first inning. Joe Morgan singled, George Foster walked and, after a wild pitch, both runners scored on a single by Dan Driessen. Morgan added to the Reds' lead with a homer in the third.

Phillies 6, Braves 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
All of the Phillies' runs were unearned as Steve Carlton posted his 19th victory of the season, beating the Braves, 6-1. The Braves scored on a single by Pat Rockett and triple by Rod Gilbreath in the fifth inning, but catcher's interference by Biff Pocoroba on Carlton opened the gates for four runs in the Phillies' half. Then in the sixth, errors by Gary Matthews and Rockett led the way to the Phillies' final tallies.

Padres 2, Cardinals 1 at San Diego (night game):
For the first time in their club history, the Padres completed a sweep of a season series at home by beating the Cardinals, 2-1, for their sixth straight victory in meetings with the Redbirds in San Diego. The defeat was the Cards' seventh in a row in their longest losing streak since 1974. The Padres began the scoring with a run in the third inning on a single by Tucker Ashford and triple by Gene Richards. Dave Winfield singled in the sixth and counted the other run on a double by George Hendrick. The Cards' counter off Bob Shirley in the seventh was unearned. Rollie Fingers pitched the last two innings and earned his 30th save.

Giants 6, Pirates 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Darrell Evans hit a three-run homer and Mike Sadek figured in the scoring of three other runs as the Giants defeated the Pirates, 6-3. After Evans smashed his homer in the first inning, Jim Barr had his only bad inning of the game, giving up three Pirates' runs in the second, including a homer by Bill Robinson. Mike Sadek doubled in the fifth, advanced on a sacrifice by Barr and scored on a sacrifice fly by Derrel Thomas. Sadek walked with the bases loaded in the sixth and drove in the Giants' last run with a squeeze bunt in the eighth.