MLB standings through games of April 16, 1974

MLB standings at the end of April 16, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	8	5	3	0	.625		40	34	3-3	2-0	5-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	10	6	4	0	.600		45	41	4-0	2-4	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	8	4	4	0	.500	1.0	29	32	2-2	2-2	4-4	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	8	4	4	0	.500	1.0	41	32	3-2	1-2	4-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	10	4	6	0	.400	2.0	49	54	3-3	1-3	4-6	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	10	4	6	0	.400	2.0	28	39	1-1	3-5	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	11	7	3	1	.700		65	45	5-3	2-0	6-3-1	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	9	5	3	1	.625	1.0	45	51	3-1	2-2	5-3-1	Won 1
Oakland A's	10	6	4	0	.600	1.0	39	44	3-2	3-2	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	10	5	5	0	.500	2.0	54	43	2-2	3-3	5-5	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	7	3	4	0	.429	2.5	43	35	2-2	1-2	3-4	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	11	1	8	2	.111	5.5	33	61	0-2	1-6	1-7-2	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	5	4	1	0	.800		38	20	1-0	3-1	4-1	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	9	6	3	0	.667		37	34	3-1	3-2	6-3	Won 5
St. Louis Cardinals	11	7	4	0	.636		56	54	2-0	5-4	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	6	3	3	0	.500	1.5	27	35	3-3	0-0	3-3	Lost 2
New York Mets	8	2	6	0	.250	3.5	31	32	1-4	1-2	2-6	Lost 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	2	7	0	.222	4.0	45	59	1-5	1-2	2-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	11	8	3	0	.727		67	30	3-0	5-3	7-3	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	11	6	5	0	.545	2.0	53	57	5-3	1-2	6-4	Won 3
Houston Astros	11	6	5	0	.545	2.0	51	40	3-2	3-3	6-4	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	11	6	5	0	.545	2.0	38	37	5-1	1-4	5-5	Lost 3
Cincinnati Reds	9	4	5	0	.444	3.0	49	44	2-2	2-3	4-5	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	11	2	9	0	.182	6.0	22	72	2-4	0-5	2-8	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Twins 6, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Breaking a tight game apart, the Twins scored five runs in the ninth inning and beat the Angels, 6-0, behind the pitching of Joe Decker and Bill Campbell. A triple by Sergio Ferrer and infield out by Rod Carew produced the Twins' initial run in the first inning before two singles, a hit batsman, an error and homer by Larry Hisle with two men on base made the outcome decisive in the final frame.

Indians 3, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Three wild pitches by Jim Colborn helped the Indians defeat the Brewers, 3-2. A walk to Angel Hermoso, two Colborn wild pitches and a single by John Ellis gave the Indians their initial run in the fourth inning. John Lowenstein doubled in the eighth, took third on a sacrifice and scored on Colborn's third wild pitch. The Indians then added what proved to be their winning run on singles by George Hendrick, Chris Chambliss and Charlie Spikes.

Yankees 2, Red Sox 1 at New York (day game):
Hot-hitting Graig Nettles rapped three singles and figured in both of the Yankees' runs in a 2-1 victory over the Red Sox. Nettles hit his first single in the second inning and eventually scored when Luis Tiant walked Mike Hegan with the bases loaded. Singles by Cecil Cooper, Doug Griffin and Tommy Harper produced the Red Sox tally in the fifth, but Bobby Murcer singled in the Yankees' half, advanced to second on an error and scored the deciding run on a single by Nettles.

A's 4, White Sox 3 at Oakland (night game):
A triple by Angel Mangual and safe bunt by Bert Campaneris in the seventh inning provided the Athletics with a run to defeat the White Sox, 4-3. Homers by Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando accounted for the other runs off Wilbur Wood, who lost to the A's for the seventh straight time. Jackson rapped his round-tripper in the fourth inning and Bando connected for the circuit after an error by Dick Allen in the sixth.

Rangers 3, Royals 2 at Texas (night game):
A wild throw by catcher Fran Healy, after an attempted squeeze bunt failed, enabled Lenny Randle to score from third base with the run that gave the Rangers a 3-2 victory over the Royals. With one out in the eighth inning, pinch-hitter Jim Spencer tripled for the Rangers and gave way on the paths to Randle. Dave Nelson, with a count of 3-and-1, tried a squeeze bunt, but missed the ball. When Healy threw to third in an attempt to catch Randle, who was scrambling back to the bag, his peg sailed into left field and Randle came home with the winning run.

Braves 4, Padres 2 at Atlanta (night game):
The Braves had to use three pitchers in the ninth inning to choke off a Padres' rally before emerging with a 4-2 victory. Rowland Office batted in two of the Braves' runs with an infield out and sacrifice fly and Darrell Evans accounted for two others with a homer. In the ninth, Ron Reed was lifted after walking Willie McCovey. Jack Aker relieved and passed Johnny Grubb. Fred Kendall reached base on an infield hit, but Grubb overslid second and was tagged out. When another walk loaded the bases, Danny Frisella came in to pitch and Dave Winfield greeted the change with a single, driving in two runs. However, Frisella then retired Dave Hilton to end the game.

Pirates 8, Cubs 5 at Chicago (day game):
Although collecting 15 hits, including homers by Al Oliver and Richie Hebner, the Pirates had to travel 12 innings before defeating the Cubs, 8-5. Jose Cardenal hit a two-run homer for the Cubs. In the 12th, Hebner singled and was forced by Willie Stargell, but Dave Parker and Frank Taveras followed with singles to drive in the tie-breaking run. Manny Sanguillen then doubled and two more runs crossed the plate to ice the Pirates' victory, only their second in the first nine games of the season.

Dodgers 5, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
After a rally to tie the score with two runs in the ninth inning, the Dodgers scored twice on a bases-loaded double by Bill Russell in the 11th to defeat the Reds, 5-3. Clay Kirby, who started for the Reds, had a 3-0 lead and had allowed only one hit until Andy Messersmith homered for the Dodgers' first run in the sixth. After Kirby left the game with a stiff back, the Dodgers jumped on Pedro Borbon in the ninth. Jim Wynn homered and the tying run followed on singles by Ron Cey and Willie Crawford and an infield out by Steve Garvey. In the 11th, against Fred Norman, a single by Rick Auerbach, a sacrifice, intentional pass to Joe Ferguson and infield hit by Garvey loaded the bases and set the stage for Russell's two-bagger.

Astros 4, Giants 0 at Houston (night game):
Tom Griffin not only pitched his first shutout since May 23, 1972, but the Astros' righthander also homered with a man on base in the fifth inning for the first two runs in a 4-0 victory over the Giants.

Expos 4, Mets 1 at Montreal (day game):
The Expos, whose opening home series on April 6-7 was prevented by bad weather, finally made their first appearance of the season at Jarry Park and defeated the Mets, 4-1, before a crowd of 18,425. The Mets took a 1-0 lead on a homer by Rusty Staub in the first inning and Tom Seaver protected the advantage until the Expos tied the score in the seventh on a boundary belt by Bob Bailey. With two out in the eighth, Willie Davis singled and stole second. Ken Singleton walked and Ron Fairly then broke the tie with a single, scoring Davis. After a pass to Bailey loaded the bases, Ted Martinez missed a grounder by Jim Cox and two runs scored to clinch the Expos' victory.

Phillies 10, Cardinals 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies fell on Bob Gibson for five runs in the sixth inning to enable Steve Carlton to defeat the Cardinals, 10-3. Del Unser, who reached base five straight times on two hits and three walks, opened the sixth with a safe bunt. Tommy Hutton singled and then Mike Anderson doubled, driving in both baserunners to put the Phillies ahead, 4-3. After an intentional pass to Bob Boone, a single by Mike Schmidt, sacrifice fly by Carlton and triple by Dave Cash added three runs to seal Gibson's defeat.