MLB standings through games of September 17, 1977

MLB standings at the end of September 17, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	149	92	57	0	.617		764	605	51-23	41-34	7-3	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	148	89	59	0	.601	2.5	655	600	48-25	41-34	9-1	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	148	87	61	0	.588	4.5	775	660	45-27	42-34	6-4	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	149	69	80	0	.463	23.0	657	678	36-38	33-42	2-8	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	149	67	82	0	.450	25.0	638	688	35-42	32-40	2-8	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	151	63	88	0	.417	30.0	595	703	34-39	29-49	5-5	Won 1
Toronto Blue Jays	147	50	97	0	.340	41.0	571	753	24-51	26-46	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	147	92	55	0	.626		750	598	49-25	43-30	9-1	Won 1
Texas Rangers	147	81	66	0	.551	11.0	685	606	38-36	43-30	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	148	81	67	0	.547	11.5	767	722	43-30	38-37	4-6	Lost 4
Minnesota Twins	149	80	69	0	.537	13.0	801	710	46-29	34-40	3-7	Lost 1
California Angels	146	71	75	0	.486	20.5	630	610	38-35	33-40	5-5	Won 2
Oakland A's	146	57	89	0	.390	34.5	543	676	31-42	26-47	3-7	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	150	58	92	0	.387	35.5	582	804	27-50	31-42	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	148	93	55	0	.628		772	600	57-17	36-38	8-2	Won 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	150	85	65	0	.567	9.0	686	640	53-22	32-43	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	148	77	71	0	.520	16.0	649	672	45-30	32-41	3-7	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	149	77	72	0	.517	16.5	671	629	48-26	29-46	3-7	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	148	69	79	0	.466	24.0	610	671	36-38	33-41	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	149	59	90	0	.396	34.5	535	608	34-40	25-50	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	149	91	58	0	.611		722	529	47-26	44-32	6-4	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	150	80	70	0	.533	11.5	750	697	45-31	35-39	7-3	Won 4
Houston Astros	149	75	74	0	.503	16.0	622	592	44-31	31-43	7-3	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	150	68	82	0	.453	23.5	620	667	34-41	34-41	3-7	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	151	65	86	0	.430	27.0	657	785	33-42	32-44	2-8	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	149	56	93	0	.376	35.0	618	822	39-36	17-57	5-5	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 11, Red Sox 2 at Baltimore (day game):
Lee May knocked in four runs with a single, double and sacrifice fly and Eddie Murray drove in three runs with four hits as the Orioles routed the Red Sox, 11-2. The victory enabled the Orioles to remain 2½ games behind the Yankees in the A. L. East divisional fight.

Angels 4, White Sox 3 at Chicago (day game):
Bobby Bonds' single in the ninth broke a tie and gave the Angels a 4-3 decision over the White Sox. Thad Bosley opened with a single, moved to second on an infield out and advanced to third when second sacker Jorge Orta bobbled Rance Mulliniks' grounder for an error. The Angels had a 3-0 lead early, but the Sox tied the game in the seventh on Oscar Gamble's homer which followed walks to Chet Lemon and Orta.

[DH] Indians 6, Blue Jays 3 (day game) / Blue Jays 6, Indians 5 at Cleveland (day game):
The Blue Jays pounded out a club-record six doubles en route to a 6-5 victory and a doubleheader split with the Indians. Dennis Eckersley reached a career high in season victories in notching his 14th win as the Tribe won the opener, 6-3. After spotting the Jays a 1-0 lead on Al Woods' homer in the first inning, the Indians took the lead to stay with two runs in the bottom of the inning on a two-out RBI single by Andre Thornton and Bruce Bochte's triple.

Yankees 9, Tigers 4 at Detroit (day game):
Two-run homers by Thurman Munson, Dave Kingman, Reggie Jackson and Graig Nettles powered the Yankees over the Tigers, 9-4. Jackson also had a solo blast in the eighth inning. His first came after Munson singled in the the fifth. Nettles drilled his 35th following a walk to Willie Randolph in the sixth. Kingman's came in the third after a single by Lou Piniella.

Royals 7, Mariners 5 at Kansas City (night game):
Amos Otis broke a 5-5 tie with a two-run homer in the seventh inning to lift the Royals to a 7-5 victory over the Mariners. Al Cowens opened the frame with a single, but the next two batters went out before Otis' blast.

Brewers 8, A's 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Sixto Lezcano hit a homer after Von Joshua singled in the third inning and propelled the Brewers to an 8-1 triumph over the A's. The Brewers added another third-inning run on Robin Yount's RBI single. The A's stranded 10 runners between the third and seventh innings.

Rangers 5, Twins 4 at Texas (night game):
Dave May scored the winning run on a squeeze play in the bottom of the 17th inning to give the Rangers a 5-4 decision over the Twins. Leading off the decisive frame, May was safe on second baseman Bob Randall's throwing error. Sandy Alomar followed with a bunt single. May stole third and took off for home on the first pitch to Bert Campaneris, who bunted down the first base line. May slid in under first baseman Rod Carew's throw to end the marathon.

Dodgers 7, Braves 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Rick Monday singled home the tie-breaking run in the fourth as the Dodgers belted the Braves, 7-3. The crowd of 52,527 pushed the L. A. total to 2,756,484, a new major league single-season attendance record. The old mark of 2,755,184 was set by the Dodgers in 1962.

Pirates 6, Expos 3 at Montreal (night game):
Rookie Ed Whitson received credit for his first major league victory as the Pirates downed the Expos, 6-3. Bill Robinson and Ken Macha each drove in a run with doubles in the fifth when the Pirates moved ahead, 5-3. Frank Taveras stole two bases, giving him a club record 64 for the year. The game's start was delayed 2½ hours by rain.

[DH] Mets 5, Cubs 4 (day game) / Cubs 4, Mets 3 at New York (day game):
Jose Cardenal tripled home the tying run in the eighth inning and scored the game-winner on Bill Buckner's infield out to give the Cubs a doubleheader split with a 4-3 verdict over the Mets. The home team won the opener when pinch-hitter Ed Kranepool hit a bases-loaded double in the ninth and Cub outfielder Joe Wallis erred on the play to permit the winning run to score in the 5-4 Met victory.

Astros 11, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
J.R. Richard pitched a three-hitter as the Astros crushed the Padres, 11-0. Bob Watson hit a three-run homer in the first to give the hurler all necessary runs.

Reds 8, Giants 6 at San Francisco (day game):
Mike Lum's three-run homer with one out in the 10th inning lifted the Reds to an 8-6 victory over the Giants. Dan Driessen and Dave Concepcion opened the frame with singles. George Foster's three-run double had given the Reds a 5-4 lead in the seventh, but the Giants tied it in the ninth on Terry Whitfield's single and Gary Thomasson's triple.

Phillies 8, Cardinals 4 at St. Louis (day game):
Bob Boone drove in single runs in the first, third and fifth innings as the Phils pounded ex-teammate Tom Underwood for an 8-4 triumph over the Cardinals. Larry Christenson received credit for his 12th victory in his last 13 decisions.