MLB standings through games of April 21, 1974

MLB standings at the end of April 21, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	11	7	4	0	.636		53	45	4-3	3-1	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	13	8	5	0	.615		63	53	6-2	2-3	7-3	Won 3
New York Yankees	16	9	7	0	.562	0.5	69	60	5-1	4-6	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	13	7	6	0	.538	1.0	49	48	4-4	3-2	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	13	5	8	0	.385	3.0	36	53	2-3	3-5	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	14	4	10	0	.286	4.5	65	76	3-3	1-7	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	16	9	6	1	.600		88	68	6-4	3-2	5-5	Won 1
Oakland A's	14	8	6	0	.571	0.5	59	65	5-4	3-2	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	14	8	6	0	.571	0.5	71	55	5-3	3-3	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	14	7	6	1	.538	1.0	61	71	3-1	4-5	4-5-1	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	11	4	7	0	.364	3.0	63	58	2-2	2-5	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	15	4	9	2	.308	4.0	57	82	2-3	2-6	4-5-1	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	10	8	2	0	.800		71	48	3-0	5-2	8-2	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	14	9	5	0	.643	1.0	71	55	6-3	3-2	8-2	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	16	9	7	0	.562	2.0	86	86	3-2	6-5	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	11	6	5	0	.545	2.5	56	64	5-3	1-2	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	12	3	9	0	.250	6.0	45	56	2-5	1-4	2-8	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	13	3	10	0	.231	6.5	63	83	1-5	2-5	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	15	10	5	0	.667		93	44	4-2	6-3	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	16	9	7	0	.562	1.5	71	56	6-4	3-3	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	16	9	7	0	.562	1.5	58	54	5-1	4-6	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	16	8	8	0	.500	2.5	70	80	6-4	2-4	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	14	7	7	0	.500	2.5	81	70	5-4	2-3	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	17	4	13	0	.235	7.0	42	111	2-4	2-9	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Orioles 6, Yankees 5 (day game) / Yankees 3, Orioles 0 at Baltimore (night game):
After the Orioles went 13 innings to win the first game of a doubleheader, 6-5, the Yankees got four-hit pitching from Sam McDowell and Fred Beene to a gain 3-0 victory in the second game. Brooks Robinson homered in the opener for the Orioles, who failed to hold a 4-0 lead. After pulling even and sending the game into overtime, the Yankees went ahead as Graig Nettles hit his ninth homer of the season in the 12th, but the Orioles regained a tie in their half on a single by Rich Coggins, a sacrifice and double by Tommy Davis. In the 13th, Earl Williams singled for the Orioles, Mark Belanger walked and Mike Reinbach singled to drive in the winning run. Lou Piniella, who hit a double and two singles, figured in all of the Yankees' runs in the nightcap, driving in one, scoring one and setting up another by Elliott Maddox, who replaced him as a pinch-runner.

Red Sox 6, Indians 5 at Boston (day game):
In a unique ending that saw a relief pitcher come into the game and not face a single batter, Dick McAuliffe scored from second base on a wild pickoff throw to give the Red Sox a 6-5 victory over the Indians. McAuliffe drew a walk from Cecil Upshaw to open the 10th inning and when Bob Montgomery bunted, both runners were safe. Milt Wilcox relieved and, before throwing a delivery to Cecil Cooper, who was batting, wheeled and tried to pick McAuliffe off second, but his throw went into center field and McAuliffe raced home with the winning run. The Red Sox were losing, 5-1, going into the ninth but rallied to tie the score with a walk, three singles, a forceout, a sacrifice fly and double by Rico Petrocelli.

White Sox 11, Royals 7 at Chicago (day game):
A seven-run explosion in the sixth inning, including a bases-loaded triple by Brian Downing, propelled the White Sox to an 11-7 victory over the Royals. Homers by Tony Solaita and John Mayberry helped the Royals take a 6-4 lead before the White Sox began their outburst in the sixth with a run on a wild pitch by Steve Busby with the bases loaded. After an intentional pass to Ron Santo, Downing, who had homered earlier in the game, smashed his bases-clearing triple. The White Sox, by no means through, then added three more runs on singles by Bucky Dent and Pat Kelly and a double by Jorge Orta, who finished the game with five hits.

Tigers 6, Brewers 5 at Detroit (day game):
Veteran star Al Kaline, who is enjoying new life as the Tigers' designated hitter, drove in a run with a two-out single in the 14th inning to beat the Brewers, 6-5. Jim Northrup, who had doubled, crossed the plate on Kaline's hit, which was the 2,877th of his career, moving him into 20th place on the all-time list. Since the start of the season, Kaline has passed Jesse Burkett, Babe Ruth and Mel Ott. The Tigers scored their first four runs on homers by Willie Horton, Bill Freehan and Norm Cash before knotting the count in the ninth on a single by Cash and double by Mickey Stanley.

Angels 9, A's 5 at Oakland (day game):
Skip Lockwood, who lost his last seven straight decisions as a reliever with the Brewers last season, gained victory in a California uniform when the Angels erupted for six runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Athletics, 9-5. With the A's leading, 4-3, the Angels opened their rally with a single by Denny Doyle and sacrifice by Mickey Rivers. Rollie Fingers then replaced Vida Blue, but in quick order Joe Lahoud doubled, Bobby Valentine tripled and Frank Robinson hit a sacrifice fly for three runs to put the Angels ahead. After Bob Oliver followed with a single to finish Fingers, Darold Knowles took over, but Winston Llenas walked and Leroy Stanton hit a three-run homer to climax the attack.

Twins 8, Rangers 2 at Texas (day game):
The Twins capped a 15-hit attack with a three-run homer by Larry Hisle in the eighth inning and defeated the Rangers, 8-2.

[DH] Reds 10, Padres 1 (day game) / Padres 7, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (day game):
Dave Concepcion hit the first grand-slam homer of his major league career to feature a 10-1 victory in the opener of a doubleheader, but the Reds were less potent at bat in the second game and lost to the Padres, 7-2. In the opener, the Reds scored seven of their runs in the first inning. Jim McAndrew, who started for the Padres, yielded a one-out double by Joe Morgan and a walk to Dan Driessen before leaving the game with a pulled muscle in his thigh. Tony Perez greeted Ralph Garcia with a double, driving in one run. After two passes forced in another run, Concepcion hit his grand slam. The Reds added an unearned run for their seventh tally before the inning ended. Bob Barton and Bobby Tolan each drove in three runs for the Padres in the second game to support the pitching of Bill Greif, who held the Reds to five hits.

Astros 4, Braves 3 at Houston (day game):
Hank Aaron hit the 717th homer of his career, but that was not enough for the Braves, who lost to the Astros, 4-3. After Aaron's smash with Mike Lum on base had given the Braves a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning, the Astros came back with a three-run rally in the eighth. Roger Metzger doubled and Bob Watson homered to tie the score. Lee May doubled and yielded the paths to Larry Milbourne. An intentional pass to Milt May and another walk, not intentional, to Doug Rader, loaded the bases before Tommy Helms came up and stroked a single to drive in the winning run.

Giants 6, Dodgers 4 at Los Angeles (night game):
Sending 10 men to bat, the Giants scored five times in the eighth inning to defeat the Dodgers, 6-4. Andy Messersmith, pitching for the Dodgers with a 4-1 lead, left the game with the bases loaded after a double by Dave Rader and walks to Gary Matthews and Bobby Bonds. Mike Marshall then failed in relief. Mike Phillips doubled, clearing the sacks, and scored himself on a single by Steve Ontiveros. Later, Ontiveros also crossed the plate on a single by Chris Speier.

Pirates 7, Mets 0 at New York (day game):
The game's highest paid pitcher at $170,000, Tom Seaver still was winless in four starts and suffered his second defeat when the Pirates shut out the Mets, 7-0, behind the three-hit flinging of Ken Brett. Seaver held the Pirates scoreless until the fifth inning when his stuff suddenly failed him. With one out, Manny Sanguillen homered, Brett doubled and scored on a single by Rennie Stennett before Richie Hebner unloaded another homer to climax the outburst. Al Oliver also hit for the circuit, but his blow came off Tug McGraw in the ninth inning.

Phillies 7, Cubs 3 at Philadelphia (day game):
Entering the game with a .167 batting average, Greg Luzinski broke his slump with three hits and three runs batted in to lead the Phillies to a 7-3 victory over the Cubs. Luzinski singled a run across in the third inning, accounted for another with a sacrifice fly in the fifth and added his third RBI with a double in the sixth. The Phillies' support of Steve Carlton also included a homer by Mike Anderson.

Expos 9, Cardinals 5 at St. Louis (day game):
After a quick trip to Springfield, Mo., for a visit with his new son, Steve Rogers rejoined the Expos in St. Louis and beat the Cardinals, 9-5, with the aid of Chuck Taylor, who relieved in the ninth inning. The Expos jumped on Bob Gibson for five runs in the first three innings on only four hits, but with five walks, a double steal and an error thrown in. The Expos then used a walk, three singles and two errors for four runs and their winning margin in the seventh.