MLB standings through games of August 18, 1975

MLB standings at the end of August 18, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	123	74	49	0	.602		623	559	34-24	40-25	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	121	66	55	0	.545	7.0	527	441	34-28	32-27	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	121	62	59	0	.512	11.0	509	448	29-24	33-35	4-6	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	120	55	65	0	.458	17.5	510	561	28-31	27-34	4-6	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	123	56	67	0	.455	18.0	508	574	29-32	27-35	3-7	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	123	49	74	0	.398	25.0	467	601	27-38	22-36	3-7	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	123	74	49	0	.602		552	461	43-22	31-27	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	120	67	53	0	.558	5.5	536	480	39-20	28-33	6-4	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	122	59	63	0	.484	14.5	521	527	38-28	21-35	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	125	60	65	0	.480	15.0	562	573	29-29	31-36	5-5	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	124	57	67	0	.460	17.5	591	602	30-33	27-34	8-2	Won 1
California Angels	125	56	69	0	.448	19.0	486	565	28-38	28-31	7-3	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	122	67	55	0	.549		560	514	44-22	23-33	5-5	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	122	67	55	0	.549		508	433	36-20	31-35	1-9	Lost 6
St. Louis Cardinals	123	65	58	0	.528	2.5	502	504	33-27	32-31	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	122	63	59	0	.516	4.0	493	463	36-32	27-27	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	125	58	67	0	.464	10.5	525	609	32-26	26-41	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	121	51	70	0	.421	15.5	431	528	28-35	23-35	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	122	83	39	0	.680		643	428	52-13	31-26	9-1	Won 9
Los Angeles Dodgers	123	66	57	0	.537	17.5	490	411	33-24	33-33	8-2	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	123	61	62	0	.496	22.5	511	520	32-25	29-37	6-4	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	123	56	67	0	.455	27.5	421	508	27-30	29-37	3-7	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	125	55	70	0	.440	29.5	441	561	31-35	24-35	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	127	47	80	0	.370	38.5	518	564	30-36	17-44	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 5, Brewers 4 at California (night game):
Leroy Stanton's one-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth propelled the Angels to a 5-4 victory over the Brewers. Trailing, 4-2, the Angels chased starter Tom Hausman when Adrian Garrett collected a single, his third hit of the game, to open the deciding frame. Reliever Tom Murphy, seeking his 17th save, gave up a single to Bruce Bochte ahead of Stanton's homer over the left field wall. Milwaukee had knocked out starter Bill Singer with a three-run seventh, Charlie Moore plating two runs with a double and Bobby Mitchell one with a single. Garrett hit a solo homer for the Angels in seventh, but the Brewers matched it in the eighth when Bob Sheldon tripled and rode home on Darrell Porter's sacrifice fly.

[DH] Indians 4, Rangers 3 (night game) / Indians 4, Rangers 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Spotting the Rangers a 3-1 lead after two innings in the opener, the Indians rallied behind Boog Powell's two-run homer and the tight relief work of Rick Waits to win, 4-3, then completed the sweep, 4-2, with the help of round-trippers by Rico Carty and John Lowenstein. Toby Harrah gave Texas a quick lead with a two-run homer in the first inning of the opener. In the sixth, Powell tied the score, homering on the heels of a single by George Hendrick. Loser Steve Hargan walked Carty and Frank Duffy's two-out single off reliever Clyde Wright plated the winning run. A throwing error by first baseman Jim Spencer gave Cleveland a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the nightcap. Carty tagged loser Fergie Jenkins for a homer after Powell had walked. Lowenstein connected with the bases empty in the fifth, the 32nd gopher ball served up by Jenkins this season. A walk, triple by Bill Fahey and single by Dave Moates accounted for all of the Rangers' scoring in the fifth.

Twins 6, Orioles 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Six-hit hurling by Dave Goltz, plus the productive bats of Dan Ford and Johnny Briggs, lifted the Twins to a 6-1 victory over Baltimore, dropping the Orioles seven games behind idle Boston in the A. L. East race. Ford singled home two runs in the third to snap a 1-1 tie. Briggs accounted for the winners' final two markers in the fourth with a bases-loaded single. The only run off Goltz came in the third on a single by Tommy Davis, a hit batsman and base hit by Don Baylor.

Tigers 5, A's 3 at Oakland (night game):
The Tigers scored their third successive victory after a 19-game losing streak, defeating the A's, 5-3, with help of a three-run homer by Bill Freehan. The Tiger catcher connected in the third after singles by Gary Sutherland and Dan Meyer to give Joe Coleman his first victory in nearly a month. Gene Tenace's solo homer gave Oakland its first run in the sixth. The Tigers grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second against loser Vida Blue on a walk and singles by Aurelio Rodriguez and Ben Oglivie. Their final run came in the ninth on singles by Oglivie and Ron LeFlore, combined with an error by A's shortstop Bert Campaneris. Other A's tallies came on RBI hits by Tenace on an eighth-inning single and Reggie Jackson's ninth-inning double.

Phillies 6, Braves 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Two bases-empty homers by Mike Schmidt and a two-run blast by Dick Allen sparked the Phillies to a 6-3 triumph over the Braves, lifting the winners into a tie for first place in the N. L. East with idle Pittsburgh. Schmidt's first homer followed Allen's two-run belt in the second inning. His second ignited the decisive three-run rally in the seventh to break a 3-3 tie. Singles by Garry Maddox and Tim McCarver, a sacrifice and Dave Cash's base hit then produced two insurance runs. The Braves scored a run in the first, Earl Williams chasing it home with a single, and added a pair in the third on Vic Correll's double.

Dodgers 3, Cubs 1 at Chicago (day game):
Burt Hooton, backed by fifth-inning homers off the bats of Ron Cey and Steve Yeager, claimed his fifth straight victory as the Dodgers defeated the Cubs, 3-1. The Cubs tallied their only run in the first when Bill Madlock singled home Don Kessinger. Cey homered with Willie Crawford, who had singled, aboard in the fifth and Yeager duplicated two pitches later. Mike Marshall, relieving Hooton in the eighth, worked out of jams in that frame and the ninth to earn his 12th save.

Astros 4, Mets 0 at Houston (night game):
Capitalizing on the wildness of loser Randy Tate and three New York errors, the Astros made two hits go a long way as they defeated the Mets, 4-0, behind the six-hit hurling of J.R. Richard. Tate walked the first three Houston batters, and the Astros scored a run as Cliff Johnson grounded out. In the fourth, Joe Torre dropped a throw at first base, putting Enos Cabell aboard. Jerry DaVanon followed with a double, Richard singled and the Astros had a 3-0 lead. Richard reached first on Mike Phillips' error in the seventh, moved to third when Met reliever Bob Apodaca threw Wilbur Howard's sacrifice bunt attempt into center field, and scored on Greg Gross' sacrifice fly.

[DH] Expos 4, Padres 1 (night game) / Padres 5, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
Lefty Rich Folkers, holding the Expos scoreless in all but one frame, pitched the Padres to a 5-2 second-game triumph and a split of a doubleheader. Montreal, rallying for three runs in the eighth inning of the opener, won 4-1. Errors by Padre infielders Hector Torres and Fred Kendall with two out opened the door. A walk and pinch-single by Jose Morales followed to break a 1-1 tie, a second run crossing the plate when Kendall was jarred and lost the ball. Jim Lyttle then singled home the third run. The Padres built a 4-0 lead in the second game, getting a pair in the first inning on RBI singles by Dick Sharon and Bobby Tolan. Ted Kubiak singled home two more runs in the fifth. Expos' runs came in the sixth on a single by Morales and double by Bob Bailey, who went to third on Sharon's outfield boot and scored as Pete Mackanin hit into a double play. Tolan drove home the final San Diego marker with a seventh-inning single.

Reds 3, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
The streaking Reds, with Don Gullett making his first start since June 16, edged the Cardinals, 3-2, to run their winning skein to nine games. Gullett, sidelined because of a broken thumb, went five innings, allowed only three hits and drove in the winners' first run with a second-inning single. Cincinnati expanded the lead to 2-0 in fifth on Joe Morgan's single, a stolen base and double by Tony Perez. The Reds made it 3-0 in the eighth on Pete Rose's RBI single after Cesar Geronimo was hit by a pitch and advanced on an infield out. Ron Fairly doubled home the Cards' first run in the eighth, but the losers left the bases loaded. They did the same in the ninth -- after closing the gap to one run on an infield hit by Ted Simmons, error by shortstop Darrel Chaney and single by Ken Reitz.