MLB standings through games of April 20, 1974

MLB standings at the end of April 20, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	10	7	3	0	.700		48	39	4-3	3-0	7-3	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	12	7	5	0	.583	1.0	57	48	5-2	2-3	6-4	Won 2
New York Yankees	14	8	6	0	.571	1.0	61	54	5-1	3-5	4-6	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	11	6	5	0	.545	1.5	43	40	3-3	3-2	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	12	4	8	0	.333	4.0	30	48	1-3	3-5	3-7	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	13	4	9	0	.308	4.5	60	70	3-3	1-6	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	13	8	5	0	.615		54	56	5-3	3-2	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	13	8	5	0	.615		69	47	5-2	3-3	7-3	Won 5
California Angels	15	8	6	1	.571	0.5	79	63	6-4	2-2	5-5	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	13	6	6	1	.500	1.5	53	69	3-1	3-5	4-5-1	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	10	4	6	0	.400	2.5	56	47	2-2	2-4	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	14	3	9	2	.250	4.5	46	75	1-3	2-6	3-6-1	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	9	7	2	0	.778		62	43	3-0	4-2	7-2	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	13	8	5	0	.615	1.0	64	52	5-3	3-2	7-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	15	9	6	0	.600	1.0	81	77	3-1	6-5	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	10	6	4	0	.600	1.5	53	57	5-3	1-1	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	11	3	8	0	.273	5.0	45	49	2-4	1-4	3-7	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	12	2	10	0	.167	6.5	56	83	1-5	1-5	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	14	10	4	0	.714		89	38	4-1	6-3	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	15	8	7	0	.533	2.5	67	76	6-4	2-3	6-4	Won 1
Houston Astros	15	8	7	0	.533	2.5	67	53	5-4	3-3	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	15	8	7	0	.533	2.5	52	50	5-1	3-6	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	12	6	6	0	.500	3.0	69	62	4-3	2-3	4-6	Won 2
San Diego Padres	15	3	12	0	.200	7.5	34	99	2-4	1-8	3-7	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 4, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (day game):
The slugging sensation of the Yankees, Graig Nettles hit his eighth homer of the season, connecting with a man on base in the ninth inning to defeat the Orioles, 4-3. Nettles accounted for a previous RBI with a sacrifice fly when the Yankees took a 2-1 lead in the second inning, but the Orioles tied the score in the fourth and went ahead in the fifth when Tommy Davis singled and Boog Powell doubled for his second RBI of the game. In the ninth, with Grant Jackson on the mound in relief, Lou Piniella walked and Rick Dempsey came in to run before Nettles smashed a drive that was headed for foul territory until a strong wind carried the ball fair over the fence in right field.

Red Sox 5, Indians 4 at Boston (day game):
Rico Petrocelli drove in Juan Beniquez with a two-out single in the seventh inning and that run proved decisive as the Red Sox defeated the Indians, 5-4. The Red Sox bunched a single by Tommy Harper and a stolen base, double by Bernie Carbo, pass to Carl Yastrzemski, single by Petrocelli and double by Doug Griffin for three runs in the first inning and added another marker in the third on a triple by Dwight Evans and double by Griffin. But the Indians closed the gap with three runs in the seventh on a homer by Buddy Bell before Petrocelli's second RBI of the game produced the decisive tally. Charlie Spikes added the Indians' final run with a round-tripper in the ninth.

Royals 7, White Sox 3 at Chicago (day game):
A winner of one game this season, Wilbur Wood went down to his fourth defeat when the Royals erupted for four runs in the fifth inning to beat the White Sox, 7-3. The Royals already were leading, 2-0, when Wood's only walk and singles by Fernando Gonzalez and Al Cowens accounted for the first run in the fifth. Cookie Rojas then came to the plate and smashed a three-run homer to send Wood to the showers. A single by Chuck Brinkman and homers by Buddy Bradford and Dick Allen accounted for three White Sox runs in the home half of the fifth.

Brewers 3, Tigers 1 at Detroit (day game):
Backed by three homers, Clyde Wright pitched the Brewers to a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. Don Money homered on Joe Coleman's first pitch of the game, Johnny Briggs added a round-tripper in the sixth and Dave May chased Coleman with a circuit clout in the eighth. Wright held the Tigers to three hits and their lone run was unearned on an error by Robin Yount.

A's 7, Angels 6 at Oakland (day game):
With two out in the 10th inning, Bert Campaneris and Bill North drew walks from Dick Selma and those passes proved fatal to the Angels when Sal Bando singled, scoring Campaneris, to provide the Athletics with a 7-6 victory. The Athletics had a homer by Joe Rudi in building up a 6-2 lead against Nolan Ryan, who started for the Angels. Ken Holtzman, pitching for the A's, was lifted after Dave Chalk singled to open the eighth. Bobby Valentine and Bob Oliver followed with singles to drive in Chalk and Mike Epstein then smashed a three-run homer to tie the score and send the game into overtime.

Rangers 1, Twins 0 at Texas (night game):
A great pitching duel between Steve Hargan and Bert Blyleven ended in the ninth inning when the Rangers scored on a two-out single by Jim Fregosi to defeat the Twins, 1-0. Hargan gave up only two hits. Blyleven allowed seven hits, including a single by Jim Spencer with one away in the ninth. Lenny Randle came in to run for Spencer and advanced to second on a passed ball by Randy Hundley before scoring on Fregosi's single.

Reds 11, Padres 0 at Cincinnati (day game):
Enjoying a 15-hit spree including homers by Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench and Tony Perez, the Reds walloped the Padres, 11-0. Pete Rose had four hits, two of them doubles. Morgan, who also had two doubles in addition to his homer, drove in five runs. Don Gullett pitched the first eight innings for the Reds, allowing three hits, before Clay Carroll hurled the final frame.

Braves 4, Astros 3 at Houston (night game):
Ron Reed had the satisfaction of scoring his own winning run in the ninth inning when the Braves defeated the Astros, 4-3. Reed drew a walk from Ken Forsch, stopped at third on a double by Ralph Garr and crossed the plate when Mike Lum grounded out. The RBI was the third of the game for Lum and the run was Reed's second. Reed previously singled in the fourth inning and scored when Lum homered.

Dodgers 4, Giants 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Undefeated Tommy John, who pitched seven innings before going out for a pinch-hitter, gained his fourth straight victory and ninth in a row over two seasons when the Dodgers beat the Giants, 4-2. After the Giants took a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning on singles by Bobby Bonds, Mike Phillips and Garry Maddox, the Dodgers tied the score in the fourth with a walk to Jim Wynn, double by Ron Cey and infield out by Willie Crawford. Joe Ferguson and Bill Russell then hit homers on consecutive pitches by Jim Willoughby in the fifth to the break tie. The Giants closed in with a run in the seventh, but a throwing error by Dave Kingman in the Dodgers' half allowed an insurance run to cross the plate.

Mets 5, Pirates 2 at New York (day game):
The Mets ended their seven-game losing streak by scoring three runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Pirates, 5-2. Jerry Koosman, who allowed only five hits, was wrapped in a 2-2 tie with Bob Moose until the Mets finally broke loose. Bud Harrelson opened the eighth with a single, moved up on a sacrifice and scored the tie-breaking run on a single by Cleon Jones, who took second on the throw to the plate. After an intentional pass to Rusty Staub, John Milner and Don Hahn came through with run-scoring singles to clinch the decision.

Cubs 5, Phillies 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
A double by Billy Williams with two out in the 13th inning put the Phillies on the spot and their decision about what to do went wrong in a 5-4 loss to the Cubs. After Williams' two-bagger, the Phillies elected to pass Jose Cardenal intentionally to get at Bill Madlock, who already had three hits in the game. But Madlock then made it four hits with a single that sent Williams across the plate with the deciding run. The Phillies sent the game into extra innings when Del Unser beat out an infield hit and Greg Luzinski homered to tie the score at 4-4 in the eighth.

Cardinals 10, Expos 4 at St. Louis (night game):
Hitting safely in his 14th straight game since the start of the season, Ted Simmons rapped a double and single, driving in three runs, as the Cardinals defeated the Expos, 10-4. Alan Foster, who pitched the route for the Cardinals, contributed three singles to the 15-hit attack. Foster had control trouble at the start, issuing three walks and giving up two runs on a single by Bob Bailey in the first inning. However, after allowing another run in the third, Foster kept the Expos under control except for a homer by Ken Singleton in the seventh.