MLB standings through games of August 18, 1977

MLB standings at the end of August 18, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	116	71	45	0	.612		627	528	36-22	35-23	8-2	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	117	68	49	0	.581	3.5	489	479	38-22	30-27	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	119	69	50	0	.580	3.5	621	496	40-19	29-31	9-1	Won 5
Detroit Tigers	118	54	64	0	.458	18.0	522	524	30-30	24-34	5-5	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	119	53	66	0	.445	19.5	508	575	27-32	26-34	6-4	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	124	53	71	0	.427	22.0	495	594	30-32	23-39	3-7	Lost 1
Toronto Blue Jays	117	40	77	0	.342	31.5	445	609	22-38	18-39	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Texas Rangers	118	68	50	0	.576		559	473	32-28	36-22	7-3	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	121	69	52	0	.570	0.5	684	569	39-19	30-33	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	116	66	50	0	.569	1.0	646	581	37-22	29-28	3-7	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	117	66	51	0	.564	1.5	583	504	34-23	32-28	5-5	Won 2
California Angels	116	58	58	0	.500	9.0	518	490	31-27	27-31	6-4	Won 2
Seattle Mariners	123	50	73	0	.407	20.5	478	639	24-36	26-37	2-8	Lost 1
Oakland A's	117	44	73	0	.376	23.5	423	537	25-34	19-39	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	118	73	45	0	.619		612	501	44-14	29-31	9-1	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	121	70	51	0	.579	4.5	577	524	45-15	25-36	7-3	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	118	66	52	0	.559	7.0	553	545	39-24	27-28	3-7	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	120	66	54	0	.550	8.0	542	479	40-21	26-33	6-4	Won 1
Montreal Expos	120	54	66	0	.450	20.0	500	565	27-31	27-35	2-8	Lost 1
New York Mets	118	49	69	0	.415	24.0	427	465	28-29	21-40	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	120	73	47	0	.608		579	434	35-23	38-24	6-4	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	120	61	59	0	.508	12.0	615	571	37-25	24-34	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	121	57	64	0	.471	16.5	482	509	32-29	25-35	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	122	55	67	0	.451	19.0	515	558	28-33	27-34	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	124	54	70	0	.435	21.0	558	641	25-35	29-35	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	118	42	76	0	.356	30.0	491	659	30-31	12-45	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 4, Indians 0 at Cleveland (night game):
Dennis Leonard tossed a four-hitter while Wayne Garland lost on his first two pitches of the game as the Royals defeated the Indians, 4-0. Tom Poquette doubled on Garland's first delivery. Hal McRae tripled on the next serve and continued home when the relay throw by Larvell Blanks bounced into the stands. The Royals added a run as the result of an error by Andre Thornton in the second and completed their scoring when Frank White doubled and Bob Heise singled in the fourth.

Yankees 5, Tigers 4 at Detroit (night game):
The Yankees rallied for three runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Tigers, 5-4, for their 10th victory in the last 11 games. Jason Thompson smashed a tremendous homer with a man on base in the sixth to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead. The ball was the first to be hit over the right field stands at Tiger Stadium since 1969. In the Yankee seventh, Graig Nettles and Willie Randolph led off with singles. After a sacrifice, Mickey Rivers sent them home with a single and then scored himself on singles by Roy White and Lou Piniella.

Red Sox 8, Brewers 4 at Milwaukee (day game):
George Scott collected four hits, including a pair of two-run singles, to lead the Red Sox to an 8-4 victory over the Brewers. A single by Scott accounted for two of the Red Sox' three runs in the first inning, all unearned as the result of an error by Lenn Sakata. In the Brewers' half, Von Joshua led off with a fly and when center fielder Rick Miller and right fielder Dwight Evans collided, the ball fell for a triple. Miller and Evans were forced to leave the game with bruised knees. A grounder by Jim Wohlford scored Joshua. Singles by Don Money, Cecil Cooper and Robin Yount added another run. The Brewers took a 4-3 lead in the second when Charlie Moore homered with a man on base, but the Red Sox went ahead to stay in the third with Scott's second two-run single.

Twins 8, Mariners 2 at Minnesota (day game):
Staked to a four-run lead in the first inning, Paul Thormodsgard pitched the Twins to an 8-2 victory over the Mariners. A walk to Roy Smalley and singles by Rod Carew, Larry Hisle, Lyman Bostock and Butch Wynegar figured in the Twins' fast start. The Mariners picked up their pair in the fourth on a triple by Dan Meyer, double by Leroy Stanton and single by Ruppert Jones, but the Twins came back with three runs in their half, two scoring on a triple by Bob Randall. Hisle doubled and Bob Gorinski singled for the last run in the seventh.

Rangers 8, Blue Jays 0 at Texas (night game):
Dock Ellis allowed only three hits and retired 18 straight batters at one stretch of his performance while pitching the Rangers to an 8-0 victory over the Blue Jays. After Roy Howell singled in the first inning and Steve Staggs in the third, the Blue Jays went hitless until Bob Bailor doubled with two out in the ninth. The Rangers' attack included homers by Toby Harrah and Bump Wills.

Pirates 7, Cubs 6 at Chicago (day game):
Homers by Al Oliver, Dave Parker, Phil Garner and Bill Robinson helped the Pirates squeeze past the Cubs, 7-6. The Cubs counted twice in the first inning on singles by Dave Rosello, Gene Clines and Bill Buckner plus a sacrifice fly by Bobby Murcer, but the Pirates came back to tie the score with Oliver's homer in the second and Parker's drive in the fourth. Omar Moreno singled to open the fifth, stole second and reached third on an infield out. Frank Taveras struck out but reached first safely when George Mitterwald was charged with a passed ball as Moreno scored. Garner followed with a homer to put the Pirates ahead, 5-2. The Cubs narrowed the gap with two runs in their half of the fifth on a walk to Mitterwald, double by Bobby Darwin and single by Rosello. Robinson homered in the sixth and the Pirates then added what proved to be their winning run on errors by Buckner and Rosello.

Dodgers 7, Giants 0 at Los Angeles (day game):
A single by Marc Hill with two out in the eighth inning accounted for the only hit off Don Sutton, who pitched the fifth one-hitter of his career, tying the N. L. record as the Dodgers defeated the Giants, 7-0. The other N. L. pitchers with five one-hitters include Tom Seaver, who is still active, and three former stars, Mordecai Brown, Grover Cleveland Alexander and Jim Maloney. Sutton's victory, ending a personal four-game losing streak, was the 187th of his career, tying him with Don Drysdale for most games won in a Los Angeles uniform.

Phillies 8, Expos 3 at Montreal (night game):
Bouncing back from a 13-0 beating in the previous night's game, the Phillies got a grand-slam homer from Richie Hebner and defeated the Expos, 8-3. The Expos started off as if they were going to slug the Phils again when Andre Dawson hit a three-run homer in the first inning, but Jim Lonborg proved too tough the rest of the way. After Greg Luzinski rapped a pair of run-scoring singles to cut into the Expos' lead, the Phillies loaded the bases in the fifth on a pass to Bake McBride, single by Larry Bowa and another walk to Mike Schmidt. Luzinski popped up, but Hebner followed with the first grand slam of his major league career.