MLB standings through games of May 5, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 5, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	27	15	12	0	.556		111	111	10-4	5-8	5-5	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	24	12	12	0	.500	1.5	85	104	3-4	9-8	7-3	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	25	12	13	0	.480	2.0	118	107	7-4	5-9	7-3	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	23	11	12	0	.478	2.0	81	90	8-5	3-7	4-6	Lost 5
Milwaukee Brewers	21	10	11	0	.476	2.0	104	97	5-7	5-4	3-7	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	26	11	15	0	.423	3.5	103	125	8-8	3-7	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Texas Rangers	25	15	10	0	.600		126	111	7-3	8-7	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	27	15	11	1	.577	0.5	139	114	9-4	6-7	6-4	Won 6
Chicago White Sox	25	12	11	2	.522	2.0	104	111	7-5	5-6	8-2	Won 5
Oakland A's	25	12	13	0	.480	3.0	105	110	7-6	5-7	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	24	11	12	1	.478	3.0	101	115	6-6	5-6	4-6	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	24	10	14	0	.417	4.5	123	105	6-7	4-7	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	26	14	12	0	.538		132	122	7-5	7-7	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	25	13	12	0	.520	0.5	109	107	9-3	4-9	4-6	Won 3
Montreal Expos	20	10	10	0	.500	1.0	91	97	4-2	6-8	2-8	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	22	9	13	0	.409	3.0	90	132	7-4	2-9	3-7	Lost 1
New York Mets	25	10	15	0	.400	3.5	108	116	4-6	6-9	6-4	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	22	8	14	0	.364	4.0	101	118	5-8	3-6	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	27	18	9	0	.667		144	79	12-3	6-6	6-4	Lost 3
Houston Astros	28	17	11	0	.607	1.5	146	103	12-5	5-6	7-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	23	12	11	0	.522	4.0	113	103	7-4	5-7	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	27	14	13	0	.519	4.0	117	104	8-6	6-7	5-5	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	27	13	14	0	.481	5.0	109	125	9-6	4-8	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	28	12	16	0	.429	6.5	93	147	9-5	3-11	7-3	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Rangers 5, Red Sox 3 (day game) / Red Sox 10, Rangers 8 at Boston (day game):
Led by Jeff Burroughs, who had three hits, the Rangers won the first game of a doubleheader, 5-3, but the Red Sox came back to gain a 10-8 victory in the second game on rookie shortstop Rick Burleson's first major league homer. In the opener, Burroughs singled to set up the Rangers' initial run in the first inning. After Carlton Fisk sent the Red Sox ahead with a two-run double, the Rangers counted twice in the sixth on singles by Burroughs, Jim Spencer and Tom Grieve and a sacrifice fly by Toby Harrah. The Rangers then posted their winning margin in the eighth when Alex Johnson singled, Burroughs doubled and Grieve singled. Juan Beniquez homered in the Red Sox half. In the nightcap, Dwight Evans drove in four runs, including three with a homer, to pace the Red Sox to a 7-1 lead before the Rangers erupted for five runs in the seventh. Burleson then hit his homer with two men on base to negate the Rangers' final pair on a circuit clout by Dave Nelson in the eighth.

Angels 8, Orioles 7 at California (day game):
Climaxing a comeback by the Angels, Dave Chalk smashed a homer in the ninth inning to defeat the Orioles, 8-7. The drive was the fourth of the game for the Angels, who also had a solo swat by Mickey Rivers in the first and back-to-back homers by Bobby Valentine and Frank Robinson in the fourth. The Orioles held a 4-1 lead early in the game and later led, 7-5, but the Angels picked up a run in the seventh on a double by Denny Doyle, a wild pitch and infield out before tying the score in the eighth on a walk to Robinson, a sacrifice and single by Tommy McCraw.

Royals 8, Yankees 2 at Kansas City (day game):
Vada Pinson broke a tie with a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Royals erupted for four more runs in the eighth to defeat the Yankees, 8-2. Pinson, who drove in the Royals' first run with a single, hit his homer after a double by Cookie Rojas. Amos Otis doubled in the eighth and John Mayberry was handed an intentional pass. After two out, Pinson also was passed intentionally in a move that backfired when Fran Healy cleared the bases with a double. George Brett followed with a single to add the Royals' final tally.

White Sox 4, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
Bucky Dent hit his first major league homer, connecting after a single by Ron Santo in the eighth inning, to enable the White Sox to defeat the Brewers, 4-3. Pat Kelly scored the first two White Sox runs, each time after hitting a single and stealing second. Dick Allen drove in Kelly with a single in the first and Bill Melton singled for an RBI in the fifth. After Dent's homer, the Brewers rose up with three runs in the ninth on a circuit clout by Don Money to kayo Jim Kaat. Cy Acosta, relieving with one out, put the next two men on base, but Terry Forster took over and saved the game.

Twins 8, Tigers 3 at Minnesota (day game):
The Twins smashed four homers, including a pair by Harmon Killebrew, and defeated the Tigers, 8-3. Killebrew began with a two-run drive in the first inning. Bobby Darwin homered in the second and Larry Hisle followed suit in the fifth. Two outs after Hisle's smash, Killebrew hit his second homer of the game to raise his career total to 550. Steve Brye doubled with the bases loaded on three walks to add the Twins' final runs in the eighth. The Tigers' tallies came on circuit clouts by Jerry Moses and Gary Sutherland.

[DH] A's 3, Indians 0 (day game) / Indians 9, A's 3 at Oakland (day game):
The Indians, who were held to five hits by Catfish Hunter and lost the opener of a doubleheader, 3-0, rallied behind the batting of Charlie Spikes to beat the Athletics in the nightcap, 9-3. Hunter's shutout was the first to the credit of Oakland's staff this season. The A's, who were limited to five hits in the lidlifter, scored their first run in the fifth on a balk by Steve Kline, who argued with the umpires after the inning was over and was thrown out of the game. Sal Bando homered after a double by Bert Campaneris for the other runs off Fred Beene in the sixth. Spikes batted in four runs for the Indians in the nightcap with a single and homer. Oscar Gamble joined in the attack, accounting for three RBIs with three singles.

Reds 5, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
Jack Billingham, who pitched the Reds' only complete game so far this season in beating the Cubs, 1-0, April 24, defeated the Cubs again, 5-2, but this time the Reds' righthander needed help from Pedro Borbon. Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench hit homers to start the Reds' scoring. Bench accounted for another RBI with a single in the eighth when the Reds added two runs, one unearned. Their final tally in the ninth also was tainted. The Cubs chased Billingham in the eighth, loading the bases on a single by Rick Monday, pass to Billy Williams and error by Morgan. Borbon yielded a two-run single by Carmen Fanzone before putting down the Cubs' threat.

Cardinals 3, Astros 1 at Houston (day game):
Luis Alvarado singled in the sixth inning for his first N. L. hit and Reggie Smith followed with a homer to carry the Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Astros. A double by Bake McBride and single by Mike Tyson in the second accounted for the first Cardinal run before Smith's smash. Bob Gibson allowed the Astros' run in the seventh on two walks and a single by Bob Gallagher. A painful knee forced Gibson's exit after eight innings and Mike Garman retired the final three Astros.

[DH] Giants 4, Expos 0 (day game) / Giants 8, Expos 1 at Montreal (day game):
Mike Caldwell pitched a six-hitter in the first game and Tom Bradley followed with a four-hitter in the second game as the Giants swept a doubleheader with the Expos, 4-0 and 8-1. Steve Ontiveros and Dave Rader each drove in a run with a double in the opener and Caldwell scored himself on a wild pitch by loser Steve Renko. Seven of the Giants' runs in the nightcap were unearned. Larry Lintz committed three errors at shortstop for the Expos. In the sixth inning, after Willie Davis dropped a fly by Ontiveros and Lintz threw wildly on a grounder by Chris Speier, Dave Kingman hit a three-run homer. The Expos' only run off Bradley also was unearned on an error by Kingman.

[DH] Padres 5, Mets 4 (day game) / Mets 6, Padres 4 at New York (day game):
Larry Hardy, Padres' rookie righthander from Hawaii (Pacific Coast), relieved in both ends of a doubleheader with the Mets and wound up with a 5-4 victory in the first game and a 6-4 defeat in the second game. Dave Winfield and Nate Colbert homered for the Padres in the opener, while the Mets had round-trippers by Rusty Staub and John Milner. Tug McGraw took the mound for the Mets in the ninth inning, relieving Jerry Koosman, but failed to protect a 4-3 lead. Winfield drew a walk and raced home with the tying run on a double by Cito Gaston. Then, with two out, Derrel Thomas singled to score Gaston with the deciding run. It was the Padres' turn to lose a 4-3 lead in the nightcap when the Mets rallied to tie the score in the ninth on a single by Ron Hodges, a sacrifice and single by Ken Boswell. In the 10th, Staub singled and Milner homered off Hardy to win the game for the Mets.

Phillies 3, Dodgers 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
Tommy John's streak of five straight victories this year and 10 in a row over two seasons was stopped, but reliever Mike Marshall was responsible when the Dodgers lost to the Phillies, 3-2. Bill Russell batted in the first run and scored the second for the Dodgers before the Phillies got on the board with a marker in the sixth on a double by Larry Bowa, a passed ball and sacrifice fly by Mike Schmidt. In the ninth, Schmidt singled and when John threw wildly to second on a bunt by Greg Luzinski, both runners were safe. Marshall relieved and, after a sacrifice by Bill Robinson, Del Unser was handed an intentional pass. Marshall then walked Tommy Hutton to force in the tying run. Bob Boone was retired, but another pass to Mike Rogodzinski on four pitches gave the Phillies their winning run.

Braves 3, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
A winner of only four games last year, Ron Reed gained his fifth victory of the season when the Braves edged the Pirates, 3-2. Reed also contributed a single in the second inning when the Braves scored all their runs off Ken Brett. With one out, a pass to Ivan Murrell, Reed's hit and another single by Ralph Garr produced the first tally before Davey Johnson decided the outcome with a two-run homer. The Pirates picked up a run in the fourth on a double by Willie Stargell and single by Dave Parker. Brett tried to help himself with a homer in the eighth, but it was not enough. Tom House relieved Reed in the ninth and retired the Pirates in order.