MLB standings through games of May 1, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 1, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	24	14	10	0	.583		103	94	10-4	4-6	6-4	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	18	10	8	0	.556	1.0	96	79	5-4	5-4	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	20	11	9	0	.550	1.0	73	77	8-5	3-4	5-5	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	20	10	10	0	.500	2.0	69	76	3-4	7-6	6-4	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	21	10	11	0	.476	2.5	100	96	7-4	3-7	6-4	Won 5
Boston Red Sox	23	10	13	0	.435	3.5	90	111	7-6	3-7	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Texas Rangers	22	13	9	0	.591		112	98	7-3	6-6	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	24	12	11	1	.522	1.5	126	106	6-4	6-7	4-6	Won 3
Oakland A's	21	10	11	0	.476	2.5	94	92	5-4	5-7	4-6	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	22	9	11	2	.450	3.0	86	103	7-5	2-6	7-3	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	21	9	11	1	.450	3.0	80	108	4-5	5-6	3-7	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	20	8	12	0	.400	4.0	99	88	4-5	4-7	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	23	13	10	0	.565		126	114	7-5	6-5	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	17	9	8	0	.529	1.0	86	83	3-0	6-8	3-7	Lost 6
Philadelphia Phillies	22	10	12	0	.455	2.5	97	101	6-3	4-9	2-8	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	19	7	12	0	.368	4.0	79	120	5-3	2-9	2-8	Lost 3
New York Mets	22	8	14	0	.364	4.5	92	104	2-5	6-9	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	6	13	0	.316	5.0	91	110	3-7	3-6	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	24	18	6	0	.750		138	67	12-3	6-3	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	25	15	10	0	.600	3.5	138	97	10-4	5-6	7-3	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	20	11	9	0	.550	5.0	101	92	7-4	4-5	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	24	12	12	0	.500	6.0	101	115	9-6	3-6	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	24	12	12	0	.500	6.0	103	99	8-6	4-6	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	25	11	14	0	.440	7.5	81	131	9-5	2-9	8-2	Won 5

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 4, Red Sox 2 at Boston (day game):
With help from Rudy May in the ninth inning, Bill Stoneman gained his first A. L. victory when the Angels defeated the Red Sox, 4-2. The Angels bunched singles by Ellie Rodriguez, Denny Doyle and Mickey Rivers and a double by Bobby Valentine for two runs in the third inning. The first of three errors by John Kennedy led to another tally in the fourth and Dave Chalk added a run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth. Carlton Fisk homered in the Red Sox half and, after Cecil Cooper followed with a single, May came in to save the game for Stoneman.

White Sox 2, Orioles 0 at Chicago (day game):
Run-producing singles by Bucky Dent and Dick Allen enabled the White Sox to defeat the Orioles, 2-0, behind the six-hit pitching of Jim Kaat and terry Forster. Brian Downing singled in the second inning, advanced to third on a single by Ed Herrmann and scored on a bunt single by Dent. Consecutive singles by Buddy Bradford, Carlos May and Allen added the other run in the fifth. Forster relieved Kaat after Earl Williams singled to lead off the ninth. Don Baylor grounded into a double play on Forster's first pitch. Brooks Robinson then singled, but Jim Fuller struck out to end the game.

Tigers 2, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
A two-out, two-run single by Ed Brinkman in the second inning provided the Tigers with a 2-1 victory over the Royals in a one-hour, 52-minute pitching duel between Lerrin LaGrow and Steve Busby. Al Kaline led off the second with a single for the 2,885th hit of his career, moving him into 17th place on the all-time list ahead of Zack Wheat. Willie Horton also singled. An intentional pass to Jerry Moses with one out loaded the bases before Brinkman came up with two away and laced his single.

Brewers 11, Rangers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
Homers by Johnny Briggs, Dave May and Pedro Garcia accounted for seven of the Brewers' runs in an 11-3 victory over the Rangers. Briggs' blast, after a single by Bob Coluccio in the third inning, put the Brewers ahead, 4-3. May hit his homer with two aboard in the fifth and Garcia connected for the circuit with a man on base in the seventh. A homer by Jim Spencer produced two of the Rangers' runs.

Yankees 4, A's 3 at New York (day game):
Designated-hitter Ron Blomberg homered to tie score in the sixth inning and then drove in a run with a double in the eighth to give the Yankees a 4-3 victory over the Athletics. The A's, who had a homer by Joe Rudi, led in the game by one run three different times, but after Blomberg's blast knotted the count 3-3 in the sixth, Bobby Murcer doubled in the eighth and scored the winning run on Blomberg's two-bagger.

Astros 11, Cubs 7 at Houston (night game):
Capping a hot series at bat, Lee May batted in four runs with a pair of singles as the Astros completed a three-game sweep of the Cubs, 11-7. May went 5-for-5 in the opener of the set, including a pair of two-run homers in the same inning. After a double in three trips in the second game, the Astros' first baseman wound up with two singles in four trips in the finale, giving him eight hits in 12 at-bats for the series. May batted in two runs with his first single in the third inning and singled again for two of the Astros' five runs in the fifth. Greg Gross then decided the outcome with a two-run double in the sixth. The Cubs scored five of their runs on homers by Bill Madlock, Rick Monday and Billy Williams.

Dodgers 2, Mets 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
A tremendous pitching duel between Andy Messersmith and Tom Seaver ended with neither involved in the final decision when the Dodgers defeated the Mets in 14 innings, 2-1. Seaver pitched 12 innings for the Mets, struck out 16 and allowed only three hits, but they included a homer by Steve Garvey in the fifth. Wayne Garrett homered in the eighth for the Mets' run off Messersmith, who yielded six hits in 11 innings. Mike Marshall pitched the 12th and 13th for the Dodgers and Jim Brewer took over in the 14th to emerge as the winner. Harry Parker replaced Seaver and drew the defeat when the Dodgers scored on a walk to Bill Buckner, double by Willie Crawford, intentional pass to Ron Cey and single by Garvey.

Reds 5, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A wild display by Dock Ellis, who hit the first three consecutive batters in the first inning, tying a major league record, set the tempo as the Reds gained a 5-3 victory over the Pirates. After nicking Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen with pitched balls, Ellis walked Tony Perez to force in the Reds' first run. John Morlan relieved with a count of two balls and no strikes on Johnny Bench and got out of the jam when Bench popped up and Ken Griffey grounded into a double play. The Pirates came back to take a 3-2 lead. Willie Stargell scored one run and batted in two with a single and double. The Reds then broke away with three runs in the fifth. Driessen doubled, Perez walked and Bench singled to load the bases. Griffey singled for a run, knocking out Morlan. Jim Sadowski, in relief, got Dave Concepcion on a pop fly, but walked Cesar Geronimo to force in the Reds' leading run. Terry Crowley followed with a sacrifice fly for an extra tally.

Padres 5, Expos 1 at San Diego (day game):
Making his second major league start, Dave Freisleben gained his second straight victory for the Padres, pitching a four-hitter to defeat the Expos, 5-1. The rookie righthander also doubled in the third for his first major league hit to spark a four-run inning. Singles by Derrel Thomas and Matty Alou scored Freisleben. After Bobby Tolan singled, bases-loaded walks to Dave Winfield and Dave Roberts each forced a run home and Fred Kendall capped the inning with a sacrifice fly.

Giants 13, Phillies 8 at San Francisco (night game):
The Giants sent 15 men to bat and scored nine runs on six hits and six walks in the fifth inning to defeat the Phillies, 13-8. Gary Matthews, Garry Maddox and Bobby Bonds each accounted for two RBIs during an outburst that produced four runs off Steve Carlton and five more off George Culver. Matthews finished the game with four hits, including a homer. Chris Arnold also homered in the Giants' 14-hit attack. The Phillies actually outhit the Giants, getting 15. Mike Schmidt had a homer and two singles and batted in four runs.

Braves 6, Cardinals 5 at St. Louis (night game):
After homers by Ralph Garr and Leo Foster produced their first four runs, the Braves added a pair in the ninth inning to edge the Cardinals, 6-5. A single by Craig Robinson and two walks loaded the bases before Frank Tepedino delivered a run-scoring single to break a 4-4 tie. Rowland Office followed with a sacrifice fly, driving in what proved to be the winning run, offsetting a homer by Jim Hickman in the Cardinals' half.