MLB standings through games of September 24, 1977

MLB standings at the end of September 24, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	153	94	59	0	.614		780	622	51-23	43-36	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	155	93	62	0	.600	2.0	682	620	51-27	42-35	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	154	92	62	0	.597	2.5	809	677	47-27	45-35	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	155	72	83	0	.465	23.0	681	707	39-41	33-42	5-5	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	154	68	86	0	.442	26.5	654	712	36-44	32-42	3-7	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	155	64	91	0	.413	31.0	608	722	35-41	29-50	4-6	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	153	52	101	0	.340	42.0	587	779	24-52	28-49	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	152	97	55	0	.638		783	614	52-25	45-30	9-1	Won 6
Texas Rangers	155	88	67	0	.568	10.5	732	631	40-36	48-31	8-2	Won 4
Chicago White Sox	156	87	69	0	.558	12.0	817	748	47-31	40-38	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	154	81	73	0	.526	17.0	824	742	47-29	34-44	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	154	72	82	0	.468	26.0	649	657	39-40	33-42	3-7	Lost 4
Oakland A's	152	59	93	0	.388	38.0	562	708	31-44	28-49	3-7	Lost 2
Seattle Mariners	156	60	96	0	.385	39.0	607	836	28-52	32-44	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	154	96	58	0	.623		791	622	58-19	38-39	6-4	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	155	90	65	0	.581	6.5	710	650	53-22	37-43	8-2	Won 6
St. Louis Cardinals	154	80	74	0	.519	16.0	703	648	49-26	31-48	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	155	80	75	0	.516	16.5	667	697	45-32	35-43	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	154	71	83	0	.461	25.0	624	695	38-42	33-41	5-5	Lost 2
New York Mets	154	60	94	0	.390	36.0	552	632	35-44	25-50	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	154	93	61	0	.604		741	548	47-27	46-34	5-5	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	156	84	72	0	.538	10.0	773	713	45-31	39-41	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	154	77	77	0	.500	16.0	639	612	46-34	31-43	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	155	72	83	0	.465	21.5	638	682	36-42	36-41	6-4	Won 3
San Diego Padres	156	66	90	0	.423	28.0	668	802	34-46	32-44	3-7	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	155	59	96	0	.381	34.5	651	856	39-38	20-58	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 4, Angels 3 at California (day game):
Making only his fourth start of the season, Mark Littell yielded just two hits in seven innings and the Royals took advantage of two errors by Dave Chalk to defeat the Angels, 4-3. The West Division champion Royals did not insert any regular into their lineup until the last half of the ninth inning. Chalk's first error on a grounder by Cookie Rojas in the fourth led to a pair of unearned runs on back-to-back triples by Bob Heise and U.L. Washington. Joe Zdeb, John Wathan and Rojas hit safely for another run in the fifth and Chalk's second error led to the Royals' last run in the sixth. Don Baylor homered for the Angels.

Orioles 4, Indians 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Ken Singleton and Eddie Murray hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to power the Orioles to a 4-1 victory over the Indians. Jim Palmer, who won his sixth straight game and 19th of the season, pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth, retiring Andre Thornton on a pop-up, striking out Bruce Bochte and getting Rico Carty on a long fly to center. Dennis Eckersley, who struck out 12 Orioles, had one away in the ninth when Singleton homered to break a 1-1 tie and Murray followed with another circuit clout. The Orioles went on to load the bases and scored a superfluous run on a balk by reliever Jim Bibby.

Red Sox 6, Tigers 2 at Detroit (day game):
Two-run homers by Carl Yastrzemski and Fred Lynn in the sixth inning carried the Red Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Tigers. Ted Cox hit his first major league homer for the Red Sox to tie the score at 1-1 before Jim Rice singled in the sixth and Yastrzemski followed with his round-tripper. Carlton Fisk then singled and Lynn iced the verdict with his homer.

Twins 4, Brewers 3 at Minnesota (day game):
Dave Goltz became a 19-game winner, pitching the Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Brewers. Goltz was behind, 3-2, in his duel with Moose Haas until Mike Cubbage homered to tie the score in the sixth inning. Roy Smalley then drove in the winning run with a single in the eighth.

Rangers 3, A's 1 at Oakland (day game):
A double by Juan Beniquez in the sixth capped the Rangers' only scoring inning of the game and beat the Athletics, 3-1, behind the pitching of Doyle Alexander, who posted his 17th victory. Keith Smith doubled and Mike Hargrove walked before catcher Jeff Newman committed a two-base throwing error on a sacrifice bunt attempt by Bert Campaneris, allowing Smith to score. Beniquez followed with his double, driving in Hargrove and Campaneris.

White Sox 8, Mariners 3 at Seattle (night game):
Jack Brohamer hit for the cycle, starting his big night with a three-run homer in the first inning, to lead the White Sox to an 8-3 victory over the Mariners. Brohamer's other hits included a run-scoring single, two doubles and a triple in five trips to the plate.

Reds 8, Braves 7 at Atlanta (night game):
The Reds, after building up a 7-1 lead, had a struggle on their hands before defeating the Braves, 8-7. Cesar Geronimo and Pete Rose each drove in two runs for the Reds, one of Geronimo's RBIs coming on a homer. Gary Matthews produced two runs for the Braves with a single and homer.

Pirates 7, Cubs 3 at Chicago (day game):
The Pirates rallied for four runs in the sixth inning and defeated the Cubs, 7-3. The Cubs scored twice in the first, chasing Jerry Reuss, but the Pirates came back with a two-run homer by Al Oliver in the fourth. After Bobby Murcer put the Cubs ahead again with a circuit clout in the fifth, the Pirates began their sixth with the tying run on singles by Oliver, Ken Macha and Ed Ott. After an intentional pass to Omar Moreno, Bobby Tolan hit a sacrifice fly. Dave Giusti then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Ott to score, and when catcher George Mitterwald threw wildly after retrieving the ball, Moreno also crossed the plate.

Dodgers 1, Astros 0 at Houston (night game):
The Dodgers scored on a bases-loaded walk and defeated the Astros, 1-0, behind the two-hit hurling of Burt Hooton. Dusty Baker doubled with two out in the sixth inning and was forced home when Floyd Bannister passed Ron Cey, Steve Garvey and Lee Lacy in succession.

Phillies 1, Expos 0 at Montreal (day game):
Steve Carlton, seeking his second Cy Young Award, brought his record with the Phillies to 23-9 by shutting out the Expos, 1-0. In the second inning, Richie Hebner walked, advanced to second on a balk by Fred Holdsworth and scored the game's lone run on a single by Garry Maddox.

Giants 3, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
Two pinch-hitters came through for the Giants in ninth to defeat the Padres, 3-2. Randy Elliott, batting for Charlie Williams, singled. After a forceout by Derrel Thomas and balk by Rollie Fingers, Marc Hill came up as a pinch-hitter for Bill Madlock and singled to drive in the winning run. Gene Richards, Padres' first baseman, broke the major league record for most stolen bases by a rookie, pilfering his 50th and 51st of the season. The former mark of 49 was set by Rollie Zeider of the 1910 White Sox and was tied by Sonny Jackson of the Astros in 1966.