MLB standings at the end of May 2, 1974
| A.L. East | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | .524 | 1.5 | 78 | 83 | 3-4 | 8-6 | 7-3 | Won 5 | |||||||
 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 | |||||||
| A.L. West | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .381 | 4.5 | 106 | 97 | 4-6 | 4-7 | 4-6 | Lost 4 | |||||||
| N.L. East | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 | |||||||
| N.L. West | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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:
Tigers 9, Royals 7 at Kansas City (night game):
The Tigers built up an 8-0 lead and then withstood the rallying Royals to emerge with a 9-7 victory. The Tigers had consecutive three-run innings in the second and third. Aurelio Rodriguez drove in a run in each stanza with a single and double. The Tigers added two more tallies in the sixth on a single by Jerry Moses, another double by Rodriguez and single by Mickey Stanley. The Royals began their comeback with a two-run homer by Hal McRae in the seventh before they knocked out Joe Coleman during a five-run outburst in the eighth, but Jim Northrup homered in the ninth to clinch things for the Tigers.