MLB standings through games of May 9, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 9, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	31	17	14	0	.548		121	124	10-4	7-10	5-5	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	28	15	13	0	.536	0.5	131	115	7-4	8-9	8-2	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	26	13	13	0	.500	1.5	99	103	8-5	5-8	3-7	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	26	13	13	0	.500	1.5	90	109	4-5	9-8	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	28	13	15	0	.464	2.5	109	125	10-8	3-7	4-6	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	22	10	12	0	.455	2.5	104	100	5-8	5-4	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	27	13	12	2	.520		109	116	7-5	6-7	7-3	Won 1
California Angels	30	15	14	1	.517		147	127	9-7	6-7	6-4	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	29	15	14	0	.517		136	131	7-7	8-7	4-6	Lost 5
Minnesota Twins	25	12	12	1	.500	0.5	104	115	6-6	6-6	4-6	Won 3
Oakland A's	28	13	15	0	.464	1.5	118	128	8-8	5-7	3-7	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	26	12	14	0	.462	1.5	133	108	6-7	6-7	5-5	Won 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	28	16	12	0	.571		135	122	7-5	9-7	6-4	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	28	14	14	0	.500	2.0	122	119	10-5	4-9	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	21	10	11	0	.476	2.5	94	103	4-3	6-8	1-9	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	24	11	13	0	.458	3.0	96	135	9-4	2-9	5-5	Won 2
New York Mets	28	11	17	0	.393	5.0	115	125	5-8	6-9	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	25	9	16	0	.360	5.5	112	129	5-8	4-8	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	29	20	9	0	.690		156	82	12-3	8-6	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	31	19	12	0	.613	2.0	157	114	14-6	5-6	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	30	16	14	0	.533	4.5	126	111	8-6	8-8	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	25	12	13	0	.480	6.0	113	106	7-6	5-7	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	29	13	16	0	.448	7.0	112	131	9-6	4-10	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	32	14	18	0	.438	7.5	105	166	9-6	5-12	6-4	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 2, Yankees 0 at Boston (night game):
A homer by Bernie Carbo in the seventh inning broke up a scoreless duel between Luis Tiant and Pat Dobson and sent the Red Sox on their way to a 2-0 victory over the Yankees. The Red Sox picked up another run after Carbo's clout on a single by Juan Beniquez and double by Dick McAuliffe. Tiant, who yielded only three hits, posted the Red Sox' second straight shutout of the Yankees, following Bill Lee's 4-0 victory in the previous night's game.

Royals 6, Rangers 1 at Texas (night game):
The Royals got four-hit pitching from Marty Pattin and breezed to a 6-1 victory over the Rangers. Dave Nelson, leading off for the Rangers in the first inning, bunted safely, but Cesar Tovar hit into a double play. Pattin then retired the next 17 straight batters before Toby Harrah singled in the seventh. The Rangers scored their run in the eighth on singles by Mike Hargrove and Duke Sims, a fielder's choice and an infield out by Joe Lovitto. Mix-ups in the Rangers' outfield allowed the Royals to score three of their runs. Lovitto and Jeff Burroughs let a fly by Fran Healy drop between them, driving in a run in the fourth inning, and two more scored in the seventh when Lovitto crashed into Burroughs as the right fielder attempted to catch a fly by Hal McRae.

Cubs 3, Braves 1 at Chicago (day game):
Although Rick Reuschel pitched a four-hitter, the Cubs needed two unearned runs to gain a 3-1 victory over the Braves. Reuschel gave up a run in the fourth inning when Hank Aaron, after forcing Dusty Baker, stole second and scored on a single by Darrell Evans. The Cubs, held to four hits by Roric Harrison through six innings, got going with singles by Rick Monday and Jose Cardenal in the seventh. After a pass to Carmen Fanzone loaded bases, Chris Ward grounded into a forceout at second, but Craig Robinson threw wildly to first trying for a double play, as Monday and Cardenal scored. Cardenal's run was unearned. Another error, two walks and a safe bunt by Cardenal added a tainted tally to the Cubs' total in the eighth.

Pirates 4, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
Jim Rooker collected a single and double among the Pirates' 15 hits while pitching seven innings in a 4-1 victory over the Astros. Dave Giusti worked the last two frames. The Pirates began the scoring in the second on singles by Richie Hebner, Frank Taveras and Rooker, with the run being unearned because catcher Cliff Johnson bobbled the throw to the plate. A single by Willie Stargell, pass to Richie Zisk and singles by Manny Sanguillen and Hebner added two runs in the third. Rooker doubled and counted on a single by Rennie Stennett in the eighth before surrendering the mound to Giusti. Lee May homered for the Astros' run off Rooker in the fourth inning.

Dodgers 6, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
Don Sutton, allowing only a single by Johnny Grubb in the second inning, posted the third one-hitter of his career in pitching the Dodgers to a 6-0 victory over the Padres. Jim Wynn had three hits and Bill Buckner two in the Dodgers' support of Sutton. Wynn singled in the first inning and scored on an error and a sacrifice fly by Ron Cey. Singles by Buckner and Wynn, together with an infield out by Steve Garvey, added a tally in the sixth. Buckner singled and Wynn tripled for another run in the eighth before the Dodgers wound up with their final trio in the ninth, two scoring on a pinch-double by Manny Mota.