MLB standings through games of May 17, 1975

MLB standings at the end of May 17, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	31	19	12	0	.613		144	111	8-2	11-10	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	29	14	15	0	.483	4.0	122	132	5-8	9-7	4-6	Lost 5
Detroit Tigers	29	14	15	0	.483	4.0	110	154	8-10	6-5	3-7	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	32	15	17	0	.469	4.5	126	122	11-10	4-7	6-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	31	12	19	0	.387	7.0	95	132	6-8	6-11	2-8	Lost 4
New York Yankees	32	12	20	0	.375	7.5	135	127	6-9	6-11	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	33	21	12	0	.636		138	106	14-5	7-7	8-2	Won 5
Texas Rangers	34	19	15	0	.559	2.5	154	132	9-11	10-4	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	36	20	16	0	.556	2.5	150	159	11-8	9-8	6-4	Won 5
California Angels	36	18	18	0	.500	4.5	146	137	9-10	9-8	5-5	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	30	15	15	0	.500	4.5	137	127	7-5	8-10	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	33	14	19	0	.424	7.0	131	149	6-7	8-12	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	32	20	12	0	.625		154	132	13-5	7-7	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	33	19	14	0	.576	1.5	139	131	13-4	6-10	7-3	Won 6
Pittsburgh Pirates	29	16	13	0	.552	2.5	107	98	9-6	7-7	7-3	Lost 1
New York Mets	29	15	14	0	.517	3.5	124	105	9-8	6-6	5-5	Won 5
St. Louis Cardinals	31	14	17	0	.452	5.5	140	144	10-10	4-7	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	29	13	16	0	.448	5.5	103	119	9-8	4-8	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	37	24	13	0	.649		173	126	13-5	11-8	7-3	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	38	19	19	0	.500	5.5	171	140	11-4	8-15	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	35	17	18	0	.486	6.0	117	139	7-9	10-9	4-6	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	38	18	20	0	.474	6.5	138	182	10-6	8-14	5-5	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	34	15	19	0	.441	7.5	126	150	7-10	8-9	3-7	Lost 1
Houston Astros	39	12	27	0	.308	13.0	156	182	5-11	7-16	2-8	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 6, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
Dave Chalk drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and Leroy Stanton singled in another to make up for a called-back Tommy Harper homer and give the Angels a 6-3 victory over the Orioles. The score was 3-3 in the fifth when Jerry Remy opened the frame with a walk and Mickey Rivers singled him to third. Harper batted next and hit a line drive into the left field stands that third base umpire Ron Luciano called fair. Luciano was overruled by plate ump Armando Rodriguez. Angel manager Dick Williams vigorously argued and was thrown out of the game. He announced he was playing the game under protest. Remy and Rivers went back on the basepaths and Harper struck out. Chalk's sacrifice fly and Stanton's single then brought the runners in for a second time. Bill Singer pitched the distance for the Angels, yielding eight hits -- five of them in the third inning when the Orioles scored their three runs.

Royals 5, Red Sox 3 at Boston (night game):
John Mayberry's two-run homer in the third inning was the key blow as the Royals grabbed a 5-3 verdict from the Red Sox. The homer followed a single by Amos Otis and made the score 4-1. The Royals got weird runs early. In the first frame, Vada Pinson struck out but reached first when catcher Bob Montgomery dropped the third strike. Pinson then stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly. George Brett opened the second with a walk and scored when third baseman Rico Petrocelli and left fielder Rick Miller misplayed Fran Healy's sharp grounder. The Royals' other run scored on Frank White's homer in the sixth. Red Sox runs came on a first-inning homer by Bernie Carbo, his double and Cecil Cooper's single in the sixth and Fred Lynn's homer in the eighth.

White Sox 10, Indians 1 at Chicago (night game):
Ken Henderson's three-run homer triggered a seven-run first inning as the White Sox mauled the Indians, 10-1. It was the sixth victory against one defeat for Jim Kaat, who scattered ten singles. His five strikeouts enabled him to move past Dazzy Vance on the all-time strikeout list with 2,044. Kaat has won 31 games and lost just 15 since joining the Sox on waivers from the Twins last season. Tribe skipper Frank Robinson was thrown out of the game for arguing with first base umpire Jerry Neudecker and then bumping into him. The dispute came in the sixth inning and was over whether the Sox' Jorge Orta should have a double or triple on a fly ball that was touched by a fan. Robinson was so incensed he eventually had to be restrained by several of his players.

Twins 8, Brewers 7 at Minnesota (day game):
Rod Carew cracked a two-run double in the eighth inning to give the Twins an 8-7 victory over the Brewers. The Brewers had taken an early lead on the strength of a three-run homer by Bobby Mitchell, a solo blast by Sixto Lezcano and two-run shot by Hank Aaron. Aaron's homer was the 738th of his career and boosted the Brewer lead to 6-2. But a three-run homer by Danny Thompson in the sixth frame trimmed the margin to 6-5. The teams matched runs in the seventh before Carew finally won it in the eighth.

A's 6, Yankees 1 at New York (night game):
Billy Williams drove in three runs and Claudell Washington tripled home two others to carry the A's to a 6-1 triumph over the Yankees. Washington's blow came in the second inning. It followed walks to Sal Bando and Gene Tenace and erased a 1-0 Yankee lead. Williams had consecutive solo shots in the fourth and sixth and singled home another run in the eighth. It was the fifth straight victory for the A's and the Yanks' 10th loss in their last 12 games.

Tigers 6, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
Willie Horton belted a two-run homer and John Hiller got his fifth save of the campaign as the Tigers defeated the Rangers, 6-4. Horton's blast came in the fourth inning and followed a walk to Dan Meyer. The inning was kept alive when Ben Oglivie singled, stole second and scored on Bill Freehan's double. The latter moved to third on Gene Michael's infield hit and scored on a passed ball charged to Jim Sundberg. The Tigers' final two runs came in the eighth on two walks, a balk, wild pitch and RBI single by Aurelio Rodriguez. Rookie pitcher Vern Ruhle survived 5 2/3 innings, but when the Rangers had two on with two out in the sixth, Hiller came on to strike out pinch-hitter Leo Cardenas. Jeff Burroughs hit two homers for the losers, boosting his season's total to eight.

Mets 6, Astros 4 at Houston (night game):
The Mets erupted for five runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Astros, 6-4. The Astros led, 3-1, going into the seventh with Dave Roberts on mound. The lefty had ended his brief "retirement" and was making his first appearance since returning to the team. In the decisive frame, Bud Harrelson and pinch-hitter Jesus Alou singled and Felix Millan was hit by a pitch to load the bases for the Mets with one out. Rusty Staub's single drove in two runs and sent Roberts into retirement from the game. The Mets then went ahead on singles by Joe Torre and Wayne Garrett off reliever Joe Niekro. The Astros had obtained the lead by scoring two runs in the first on hits by Roger Metzger, Cesar Cedeno and Cliff Johnson and another in the sixth on Greg Gross' single, a sacrifice and Cedeno's single. Roberts wild-pitched a Met run home in the fourth.

Dodgers 4, Pirates 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Joe Ferguson delivered a bases-loaded, pinch-hit single with two out in the bottom of the tenth to drive across the winning run as the Dodgers nipped the Pirates, 4-3. Ron Cey started the rally with a one-out single and took third on Tom Paciorek's double. Losing pitcher Ramon Hernandez then issued an intentional pass to Steve Yeager to fill the sacks. Pinch-hitter Ken McMullen bounced to shortstop and a forceout was made at the plate, but Ferguson then followed with his key blow. The Dodgers overcame a 1-0 Pirate lead when Lee Lacy blasted his first major league homer with two mates aboard in the fifth. It was Lacy's 536th big league time at bat and followed a double by Yeager and walk to Davey Lopes. Lacy's errant fielding helped the Pirates get two runs back in the top of the sixth when, after Willie Stargell doubled and Richie Zisk walked, he allowed Dave Parker's grounder to skip through his legs, permitting Stargell to score. Manny Sanguillen then singled in the tying tally. Andy Messersmith went the distance for his sixth straight win.

Reds 5, Expos 3 at Montreal (day game):
Ken Griffey led off the tenth inning with a homer to snap a 3-3 tie and Johnny Bench followed with another homer one out later as the Reds broke their six-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Expos in a nationally televised game. Expo errors had given the Reds three unearned runs in the fifth frame, but the home team came back to tie the score. Tim Foli singled and scored on Gary Carter's double in the fifth. Pete Mackanin hit his first major league homer in the sixth and Jose Morales slammed a pinch-hit homer in the seventh.

Phillies 9, Braves 8 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies overcame a 7-1 deficit and defeated the Braves, 9-8. Trailing, 8-6, going into the bottom of the ninth, the Phils pulled the game out of the fire with Dave Cash driving home the winning marker. Greg Luzinski and Dick Allen opened the ninth with back-to-back singles and moved up on a passed ball. Phil Niekro relieved Max Leon and Mike Schmidt lined out to third baseman Darrell Evans, who threw wildly trying to double Allen off second, Luzinski scoring. Allen moved to third on a wild pitch. Mike Anderson struck out, but Bob Boone walked. Ollie Brown hit a single to score Allen and send Terry Harmon, pinch-running for Boone, to second. Cash then delivered a single to win the game. The Braves' early lead was built on four homers, two by Dusty Baker and the others by Evans and Vic Correll.

Padres 4, Cubs 1 at San Diego (night game):
Third baseman Steve Huntz broke a 1-1 tie with a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning to lead the Padres to a 4-1 victory over the Cubs. The Helmet Night sellout crowd of 49,599 was the largest ever to see a baseball game in San Diego. Padre runs in the seventh came off Cubs' relief ace Darold Knowles. Johnny Grubb led off the inning with a single. With one out, Bobby Tolan was hit by a pitch and Dave Winfield walked to load the bases. Huntz then lined to center to score Grubb and Tolan. Mike Ivie's sacrifice fly scored Winfield. Dave Freisleben went the distance for his second straight complete-game victory over the Cubs.

Cardinals 17, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
The Cardinals routed the Giants to the tune of 17-2. Danny Cater started the slaughter by delivering a two-out bases-loaded single in the opening inning to drive in two runs and Ted Martinez followed with a double to plate two more and give the Redbirds a 4-0 lead. Ted Simmons led off a seven-run third with a homer and later in that same frame socked a bases-loaded triple. Four Giant hurlers trudged to the mound and none escaped unscathed, yielding a total of 23 hits. The Giants scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth after most of the small crowd had fled the scene in search of safer environs.