MLB standings through games of September 25, 1977

MLB standings at the end of September 25, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	155	96	59	0	.619		797	622	51-23	45-36	7-3	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	155	93	62	0	.600	3.0	821	682	47-27	46-35	7-3	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	156	93	63	0	.596	3.5	686	629	51-27	42-36	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	156	72	84	0	.462	24.5	686	719	39-42	33-42	4-6	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	155	69	86	0	.445	27.0	663	716	37-44	32-42	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	157	65	92	0	.414	32.0	620	736	35-41	30-51	5-5	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	155	52	103	0	.335	44.0	587	796	24-54	28-49	3-7	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	154	99	55	0	.643		795	619	52-25	47-30	9-1	Won 8
Texas Rangers	157	90	67	0	.573	10.5	745	641	40-36	50-31	9-1	Won 6
Chicago White Sox	157	87	70	0	.554	13.5	821	753	47-31	40-39	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	156	82	74	0	.526	18.0	838	754	48-30	34-44	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	156	72	84	0	.462	28.0	654	669	39-42	33-42	1-9	Lost 6
Seattle Mariners	157	61	96	0	.389	39.5	612	840	29-52	32-44	4-6	Won 1
Oakland A's	154	59	95	0	.383	40.0	572	721	31-46	28-49	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	155	97	58	0	.626		799	627	58-19	39-39	7-3	Won 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	156	91	65	0	.583	6.5	714	650	53-22	38-43	8-2	Won 7
St. Louis Cardinals	154	80	74	0	.519	16.5	703	648	49-26	31-48	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	156	80	76	0	.513	17.5	667	701	45-33	35-43	4-6	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	155	71	84	0	.458	26.0	629	703	38-43	33-41	4-6	Lost 3
New York Mets	154	60	94	0	.390	36.5	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	155	94	61	0	.606		746	552	47-27	47-34	5-5	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	157	85	72	0	.541	10.0	777	713	45-31	40-41	8-2	Won 3
Houston Astros	155	77	78	0	.497	17.0	643	617	46-35	31-43	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	156	72	84	0	.462	22.5	640	691	36-42	36-42	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	157	67	90	0	.427	28.0	677	804	35-46	32-44	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	156	59	97	0	.378	35.5	651	860	39-39	20-58	4-6	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Royals 6, Angels 3 (day game) / Royals 6, Angels 2 at California (night game):
Continuing their terrific pace, the Royals swept a doubleheader with the Angels, 6-3 and 6-2, to give them a record of 24 victories in their last 25 games. In the opener, Fred Patek and Hal McRae hit homers for the Royals, who clinched the decision with three runs in the eighth inning on singles by McRae, Amos Otis and Al Cowens, a wild pitch and a single by Frank White. Bobby Bonds drove in the Angels' runs with a sacrifice fly and homer. The Royals erupted for four runs in the seventh inning to win the nightcap, turning back Nolan Ryan's bid for his 20th victory. Bob Heise led off with a single and after Ryan made a wild throw on a bunt by Willie Wilson, Dave LaRoche relieved. Cowens then batted for Tom Poquette and tripled to break a 2-2 tie. Don Baylor and Tony Solaita homered for the Angels.

Indians 9, Orioles 4 at Cleveland (day game):
The Orioles blew a 4-0 lead and lost to the Indians, 9-4, damaging their chances in the East Division race. With this defeat, the Orioles fell 3½ games behind the Yankees. Eddie Murray hit a three-run homer for the Orioles, who fell apart in the fifth inning when the Indians erupted for five runs. The Orioles committed four errors during the stanza, but only one of the Indians' runs was unearned. Alfredo Griffin drove in two tallies with a double. The Indians put the game away with four more runs in the seventh. Rico Carty capped the scoring by hitting a homer with two men on base.

Red Sox 12, Tigers 5 at Detroit (day game):
The Red Sox collected 15 hits, seven of them for extra bases, and defeated the Tigers, 12-5, to keep their hopes alive in the East Division race. Carlton Fisk, Carl Yastrzemski and Butch Hobson smashed homers in the Red Sox attack. Reggie Cleveland lasted the route for the Red Sox, despite giving up 18 hits, including a homer by Ben Oglivie.

[DH] Brewers 8, Twins 6 (day game) / Twins 8, Brewers 4 at Minnesota (day game):
The batting of Von Joshua and Cecil Cooper led the Brewers to an 8-6 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Twins came back to win the second game, 8-4. Joshua collected four hits in the lidlifter, including a two-run triple, while Cooper drove in three runs with three hits. Sixto Lezcano contributed a homer to the Brewers' cause. Willie Norwood hit one for the Twins. Rod Carew rapped two safeties, raising his season's hits total to 227. In the nightcap, the Brewers took a 3-2 lead with a homer by Charlie Moore in the fifth inning, but the Twins took command with three runs in their half on a triple by Sam Perlozzo, single by Glenn Borgmann, double by Dan Ford and sacrifice fly by Craig Kusick.

[DH] Rangers 5, A's 4 (day game) / Rangers 8, A's 6 at Oakland (day game):
After a homer by Keith Smith in the 14th inning produced a 5-4 victory, the Rangers completed the sweep of a doubleheader by defeating the Athletics, 8-6. In the opener, the A's took a 3-2 lead with three runs in the sixth on a homer by Wayne Gross with a man on base, a double by Jeff Newman and an error. After the A's added a run in the seventh, the Rangers rallied to tie the score in the ninth. Singles by Jim Sundberg and pinch-hitter Kurt Bevacqua, around a wild pitch, produced one run and the tying tally followed on a single by Smith and a throwing error by Jim Tyrone. Playing third base in the nightcap, Bevacqua batted in three runs with a double and single. Mitchell Page and Gross each hit a two-run homer for the A's.

Mariners 5, White Sox 4 at Seattle (day game):
Leroy Stanton hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning to supply the Mariners' deciding blow in a 5-4 victory over the White Sox. Stanton's smash put the Mariners ahead, 5-1, and enabled Doc Medich to come out the winner, although kayoed in the seventh when the White Sox rallied for three runs, two scoring a on double by Oscar Gamble.

[DH] Yankees 15, Blue Jays 0 (day game) / Yankees 2, Blue Jays 0 at Toronto (day game):
The Yankees shut out the Blue Jays in both ends of a doubleheader, 15-0 and 2-0, to go three games ahead of the Red Sox in the East Division race with seven games left to play. While Ron Guidry scattered seven hits and struck out 10 in the lidlifter, the Yankees pounded out 20 hits, including two homers by Cliff Johnson and one each by Reggie Jackson, Lou Piniella and Dave Kingman. Jackson smashed his round-tripper with two men on base in the first inning and drove in another run with a double in the second. Ed Figueroa and Sparky Lyle combined to pitch a five-hitter in the nightcap. The Yankees scored their initial run in the fourth inning on singles by Thurman Munson and Jackson, a pass to Chris Chambliss and single by Graig Nettles. The Yankees' other run in the ninth was unearned on a wild throw by Jim Clancy.

Reds 4, Braves 0 at Atlanta (day game):
Tom Seaver became a 20-game winner for the fifth time in his career when the Reds' star righthander defeated the Braves, 4-0. The victory was Seaver's 13th against three losses since being acquired from the Mets, for whom he had a 7-3 record. George Foster hit his 51st homer to start the Reds' scoring in the seventh inning.

Pirates 4, Cubs 0 at Chicago (day game):
John Candelaria pitched 7 1/3 innings before giving way to Rich Gossage, who completed the Pirates' 4-0 victory over the Cubs. Dave Parker homered and Al Oliver batted in two runs with a pair of singles.

Dodgers 5, Astros 4 at Houston (day game):
Tommy John gained his 20th victory of the season, but the Dodgers had to call on two relievers in the ninth inning before edging the Astros, 5-4. John helped himself by driving in a run with a sacrifice fly in the second inning. Steve Yeager homered in the fifth and Dusty Baker also hit for the circuit after a pass to Steve Garvey in the sixth. Bill Russell, who had three hits, drove in what proved to be the deciding run in the seventh.

Phillies 8, Expos 5 at Montreal (day game):
Led by Greg Luzinski and Mike Schmidt, each with three hits and two runs batted in, the Phillies defeated the Expos, 8-5, and now needed only one more victory or one more loss by the Pirates to clinch the East Division title. Luzinski homered in the sixth inning and knocked in a run with a double in the eighth, giving him 127 RBIs to set the Phillies' club record for a righthanded batter. The previous high was 126 by Del Ennis in 1950. Larry Parrish, Andre Dawson and Ellis Valentine homered for the Expos.

Padres 9, Giants 2 at San Diego (day game):
George Hendrick hit two homers and drove in four runs in support of Bob Owchinko, who pitched the Padres to a 9-2 victory over the Giants. The complete game was Owchinko's third of the season, while the rest of the Padres' staff had a total of only two among them. Hendrick hit his first homer in the second inning and then connected for the second time with two aboard in the third.