MLB standings through games of April 28, 1974

MLB standings at the end of April 28, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	18	11	7	0	.611		72	73	8-5	3-2	7-3	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	16	9	7	0	.562	1.0	75	64	4-3	5-4	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	22	12	10	0	.545	1.0	95	88	8-4	4-6	5-5	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	20	10	10	0	.500	2.0	80	84	7-3	3-7	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	18	8	10	0	.444	3.0	60	73	3-4	5-6	5-5	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	19	8	11	0	.421	3.5	89	91	7-4	1-7	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Texas Rangers	20	12	8	0	.600		97	77	7-3	5-5	7-3	Won 1
Oakland A's	19	10	9	0	.526	1.5	88	84	5-4	5-5	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	19	9	9	1	.500	2.0	75	97	4-3	5-6	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	21	9	11	1	.450	3.0	99	96	6-4	3-7	2-8	Lost 5
Kansas City Royals	18	8	10	0	.444	3.0	96	79	4-3	4-7	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	20	7	11	2	.389	4.0	82	102	5-5	2-6	6-4	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	15	9	6	0	.600		84	76	3-0	6-6	5-5	Lost 4
St. Louis Cardinals	21	12	9	0	.571		114	106	6-4	6-5	5-5	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	20	9	11	0	.450	2.5	83	83	6-3	3-8	2-8	Lost 6
Chicago Cubs	16	7	9	0	.438	2.5	68	87	5-3	2-6	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	19	7	12	0	.368	4.0	76	87	2-5	5-7	5-5	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	18	6	12	0	.333	4.5	88	105	3-6	3-6	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	21	16	5	0	.762		121	51	10-2	6-3	8-2	Won 6
Houston Astros	22	12	10	0	.545	4.5	105	86	7-4	5-6	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	19	10	9	0	.526	5.0	96	89	7-4	3-5	6-4	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	22	11	11	0	.500	5.5	93	103	9-6	2-5	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	22	11	11	0	.500	5.5	85	85	7-5	4-6	5-5	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	23	9	14	0	.391	8.0	74	129	7-5	2-9	6-4	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, A's 3 at Baltimore (day game):
A double by Bobby Grich and single by Tommy Davis in the eighth inning provided the Orioles with a 4-3 victory over the Athletics. Ken Holtzman, who started for the A's, was lifted after Grich's two-bagger. Davis then singled off Rollie Fingers, who took over in relief. The A's jumped off to a 2-0 lead against Ross Grimsley, but Earl Williams homered with a man on base to tie the score in the fourth. After the Orioles went ahead, 3-2, Bill North tied the score with a homer for the A's.

Tigers 6, White Sox 4 at Chicago (day game):
Wilbur Wood, who won 24 games and lost 20 with the White Sox last season, saw his current record drop to 2-5 when the veteran knuckleballer was kayoed in the third inning and lost to the Tigers, 6-4. The Tigers started with two runs in the first inning on a single by Gary Sutherland and doubles by Mickey Stanley and Willie Horton, but the White Sox came back with a two-run homer by Dick Allen. Singles by Dick Sharon and Sutherland, around Sharon's stolen base, added a run in the second and Horton then finished off Wood with a homer in the third. Horton was hit by a pitch and scored again in the fifth on singles by Bill Freehan and Jim Northrup. Sharon and Sutherland each came up with his third hit of the game when the Tigers scored an unearned run on an error by Jorge Orta in the ninth.

Indians 10, Angels 2 at Cleveland (day game):
George Hendrick hit two homers, including the first grand slam of his major league career, and Gaylord Perry pitched a four-hitter as the Indians defeated the Angels, 10-2. Perry struck out nine, raising his career total to 2,114, putting him in 20th place on the all-time list. Hendrick, after rapping a solo swat in the sixth inning, connected for his grand slam off Dick Selma in the eighth when the Indians erupted for eight runs. Charlie Spikes delivered one marker with a single, hitting safely in his 17th straight game.

Red Sox 5, Royals 4 at Kansas City (day game):
In a game marked by five homers, the Red Sox came up with the last and deciding blow when Cecil Cooper hit for the circuit in the 13th inning to beat the Royals, 5-4. The Red Sox had previous homers by Rick Miller and Dwight Evans, each with the bases empty, while Fran Healy and Hal McRae hit two-run blows for the Royals. McRae's homer tied the score at 4-4 in the ninth. Doug Griffin hit safely in his 15th straight game for the Red Sox.

Twins 6, Brewers 5 at Minnesota (day game):
Leading both leagues in saves, Bill Campbell picked up his sixth of the season with 2 2/3 innings of one-hit pitching as the Twins eked out a 6-5 victory over the Brewers. Larry Hisle and Eric Soderholm hit homers for the Twins to help them build up a 6-2 lead over the Brewers, who had a round-tripper by George Scott. However, Dick Woodson almost blew the lead, giving up three runs to the Brewers in the seventh. Don Money batted in a pair with a double and scored himself on a single by Johnny Briggs before Campbell arrived to save the game.

[DH] Yankees 11, Rangers 2 (day game) / Rangers 8, Yankees 5 at New York (day game):
Although Graig Nettles broke the A. L. record and tied the N. L. mark for most homers in April with his 11th of the month, the Yankees lost the second game of a doubleheader to the Rangers, 8-5, after winning the first game, 11-2. The Yanks settled the issue quickly in the opener, erupting for seven runs in the third inning. After triples by Roy White and Bobby Murcer helped produce the first three tallies, the Rangers walked Nettles intentionally, only to have Ron Blomberg smash a three-run homer off Steve Dunning. On the reliever's next pitch, Thurman Munson also hit for the circuit. Fergie Jenkins brought his record to 5-1 as the winner of the nightcap for the Rangers. Blomberg hit his second homer of the day in the second inning and Nettles smashed his drive with a man on base in the seventh. The blow wiped out Frank Robinson's former A. L. mark of 10 with the Orioles in 1969 and tied Willie Stargell's N. L. record of 11 with the Pirates in 1971. Alex Johnson, Tom Grieve and Cesar Tovar each had three hits in support of Jenkins.

Cubs 4, Braves 3 at Atlanta (day game):
Craig Robinson drove in all three of the Braves' runs, but the young shortstop also committed two errors that resulted in a 4-3 loss to the Cubs. Robinson accounted for one run with an infield out in the first inning and drove in two with a bases-loaded single in the seventh to put the Braves ahead, 3-2. One of the Cubs' two runs was unearned on an error by Robinson. His second boot proved fatal. Bill Madlock was safe on the shortstop's error in the eighth and Billy Williams followed with a homer to win the game for the Cubs.

Dodgers 4, Expos 0 at Los Angeles (day game):
Steve Yeager smashed a three-run homer while Doug Rau and Mike Marshall combined on a four-hitter, as the Dodgers defeated the Expos, 4-0, for their sixth straight victory. Mike Torrez, who started for the Expos, helped beat himself with a streak of wildness in the fourth inning. After Bill Buckner led off with a single, Torrez walked Jim Wynn, Ron Cey and Willie Crawford to force in the Dodgers' first run. Steve Garvey flied out and Wynn was thrown out trying to score after the catch, but Yeager then came to the plate and hit his homer. Rau yielded only one hit until the seventh when the Expos loaded the bases with two out on singles by Hal Breeden and Ken Singleton and a walk to Jim Cox. Marshall relieved and choked off the threat of his former teammates by retiring Ron Fairly on a fly.

Pirates 7, Astros 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Ken Brett hit a homer in the third inning to account for the Pirates' first run and beat the Astros, 7-3, with relief assistance from Dave Giusti. After Brett's blast, the Pirates padded their lead with three runs in the fourth on a single by Al Oliver, homer by Willie Stargell, single by Richie Zisk, double by Manny Sanguillen and single by Frank Taveras. Doug Rader hit a two-run homer for the Astros in the fifth. Giusti bailed Brett out of trouble in the eighth, striking out Lee May with the bases loaded. Then in the home half, the Bucs' bullpen ace clinched the outcome with a two-run single.

Padres 5, Phillies 4 at San Diego (day game):
After being shut out for eight innings, the Padres suddenly erupted for five runs in the ninth and defeated the Phillies, 5-4. Jim Lonborg, pitching for the Phils, was in reach of his first N. L. shutout when the Padres began their rally with a walk to Dave Roberts and singles by Fred Kendall and Cito Gaston to load the bases with one out. Derrel Thomas doubled, driving in two runs and forcing the exit of Lonborg. Frank Linzy relieved and failed to retire a batter. Rich Morales singled, sending in two runs to tie the score. Nate Colbert also singled and Willie McCovey followed with the Padres' sixth hit of the inning to drive in the winning tally.

[DH] Mets 6, Giants 0 (day game) / Mets 6, Giants 4 at San Francisco (day game):
Two homers by ave Schneck in the first game and circuit clouts by John Milner and Ron Hodges in the second game paced the Mets to 6-0 and 6-4 victories in a doubleheader with the Giants. In the opener, Schneck homered after a walk to Milner in the second inning and again after a double by Rusty Staub in the fourth to provide the principal batting support for Jon Matlack, who held the Giants to four hits. Steve Ontiveros had three hits, including a homer, and drove in three of the Giants' runs in the nightcap. Milner homered for the Mets in the fourth inning. With the score tied, 3-3, Wayne Garrett singled in the seventh and Hodges shattered the deadlock with his round-tripper. Milner batted in another run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Cardinals 9, Reds 2 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cardinals went on a scoring spree in the first three innings, making it possible for Bob Gibson to beat the Reds, 9-2, for his first victory of the season. The Cards collected 13 hits off Clay Kirby and Mike McQueen in the first three frames while scoring all their runs. Ken Reitz continued his hot hitting with two singles in four trips.