MLB standings through games of May 12, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 12, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	28	15	13	0	.536		114	105	8-5	7-8	4-6	Won 2
New York Yankees	35	18	17	0	.514	0.5	134	141	11-7	7-10	3-7	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	30	15	15	0	.500	1.0	133	130	7-6	8-9	6-4	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	26	13	13	0	.500	1.0	121	113	5-8	8-5	4-6	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	31	15	16	0	.484	1.5	126	139	10-8	5-8	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	29	14	15	0	.483	1.5	104	126	5-7	9-8	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	30	15	13	2	.536		124	130	7-5	8-8	8-2	Won 1
Oakland A's	31	16	15	0	.516	0.5	135	133	11-8	5-7	6-4	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	30	15	15	0	.500	1.0	152	116	6-7	9-8	7-3	Won 3
Texas Rangers	32	16	16	0	.500	1.0	150	146	8-9	8-7	3-7	Lost 1
California Angels	34	16	17	1	.485	1.5	155	146	10-10	6-7	4-6	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	28	12	15	1	.444	2.5	109	132	6-6	6-9	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	31	17	14	0	.548		136	129	13-5	4-9	7-3	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	30	16	14	0	.533	0.5	140	130	7-5	9-9	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	23	12	11	0	.522	1.0	102	108	6-3	6-8	3-7	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	27	12	15	0	.444	3.0	105	151	10-6	2-9	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	31	13	18	0	.419	4.0	131	134	5-8	8-10	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	28	9	19	0	.321	6.5	122	143	5-8	4-11	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	32	23	9	0	.719		187	102	12-3	11-6	6-4	Won 5
Houston Astros	35	20	15	0	.571	4.5	164	127	14-6	6-9	5-5	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	34	19	15	0	.559	5.0	146	129	8-6	11-9	7-3	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	29	15	14	0	.517	6.5	126	113	10-7	5-7	5-5	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	33	14	19	0	.424	9.5	130	151	10-9	4-10	3-7	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	35	14	21	0	.400	10.5	125	197	9-9	5-12	3-7	Lost 5

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Royals 3, Angels 2 (day game) / Royals 5, Angels 2 at California (day game):
Hal McRae, who had three hits including a homer in the first game and drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth inning, also contributed a two-run double in the second game when the Royals erupted for all their scoring in the eighth inning to sweep a doubleheader with the Angels, 3-2 and 5-2. Dave Chalk stole home in the third inning for the Angels' first run in the lidlifter, but McRae and Fran Healy hit homers in the fifth to put the Royals on top. The Angels tied the score in their half of the fifth on a walk to Tom Egan and singles by Mickey Rivers and Denny Doyle. Amos Otis singled for the Royals in the ninth, stole second and scored the deciding run on McRae's single. In the nightcap, the Angels held a 2-0 lead going into the eighth when McRae knotted the count with his double. Cookie Rojas followed with a single to score McRae. The Royals went on to load the bases and Frank White wrapped up the victory with a single, driving in the final two tallies.

Red Sox 4, Tigers 3 at Detroit (day game):
Relieving for the third straight day, John Hiller suffered his second consecutive defeat when the Red Sox scored in the 10th inning to beat the Tigers, 4-3. The Tigers' runs came on a homer by Willie Horton in the first. The Red Sox had a two-run drive by Bernie Carbo in the sixth and tied the score when Carlton Fisk doubled off Lerrin LaGrow in the eighth and Dwight Evans greeted the arrival of Hiller with a run-scoring single. In the 10th, Carl Yastrzemski and Rico Petrocelli singled and, with two out, Dick McAuliffe doubled to drive in Yastrzemski and beat his former teammates.

[DH] Brewers 7, Yankees 3 (day game) / Brewers 5, Yankees 1 at New York (day game):
After Clyde Wright won the first game, 7-3, the Brewers completed a sweep of a doubleheader with the Yankees when Kevin Kobel pitched a three-hitter and gained his first major league victory in the second game, 5-1. The nightcap was halted after eight innings by rain. George Scott, Johnny Briggs and Don Money provided batting support for Wright in the opener. Scott drove in two runs with a pair of singles, Briggs batted in two with a triple and Money produced two with a double. Lou Piniella accounted for the Yankees' RBIs with a homer, single and forceout. Dave May and Scott each hit round-trippers for the Brewers in the nightcap, while the Yankees' only run off Kobel came on Rick Dempsey's first major league homer in the eighth.

A's 9, Twins 2 at Oakland (day game):
Angel Mangual, playing right field in place of injured Reggie Jackson, homered in the third inning to start the Athletics' scoring in a 9-2 victory over the Twins. The A's added another run in the same stanza on an error, walk and single by Joe Rudi. A double by Ray Fosse and single by Ted Kubiak accounted for a tally in the fourth before the A's broke the game apart by scoring five times in the fifth. Fosse batted in a pair with his second double of the game. Dave Hamilton made his first start of the year for the A's and pitched seven innings to gain his first victory. The Twins scored an unearned run off Hamilton and picked up their other marker when Bobby Darwin homered off Paul Lindblad, who relieved Hamilton.

White Sox 5, Rangers 4 at Texas (day game):
Fergie Jenkins pitched his ninth complete game in nine starts, but the former Cub star's record dropped to 6-3 when the White Sox edged the Rangers, 5-4. The White Sox jumped on Jenkins for three runs in the third inning on a single by Bucky Dent, homer by Pat Kelly, double by Jorge Orta and single by Tony Muser. After the Rangers drew within one run, the White Sox pulled away with a pair in the seventh on a walk to Carlos May, double by Ken Henderson and single by Ed Herrmann. Jeff Burroughs doubled to drive in two runs for the Rangers in the eighth, but Cy Acosta relieved and saved the game for Wilbur Wood.

[DH] Braves 5, Giants 1 (day game) / Giants 6, Braves 2 at Atlanta (day game):
Carl Morton pitched a three-hitter and Hank Aaron smashed the 721st homer of his career as the Braves won the first game of a doubleheader, 5-1, but the Giants came back to take the second game, 6-2, on the strength of a four-run outburst in the eighth inning. Aaron hit his homer off Charlie Williams in the seventh inning. Bobby Bonds homered in the ninth to save the Giants from being shut out. In the nightcap, the Giants had a round-tripper by Dave Kingman for their only hit in the first seven innings, but also scored an unearned run on an error by Craig Robinson before breaking loose in the eighth. Chris Speier walked, Bonds singled and Tito Fuentes was safe on Robinson's second error, Speier scoring. Garry Maddox followed with a two-run double and the crossed plate himself on a single by Gary Matthews. Rowland Office hit his first major league homer for the Braves.

Cubs 4, Mets 3 at Chicago (day game):
Tom Seaver, who had won only one game so far this season, suffered his fourth defeat when the Cubs counted in the ninth inning to beat the Mets, 4-3. Rusty Staub drove in all of the Mets' runs, one with an infield out in the first inning and two with a homer in the eighth. The Cubs had a two-run homer by Jose Cardenal in the first and scored another run on a walk to Billy Williams, a stolen base and single by Chris Ward in the fourth. Carmen Fanzone drew Seaver's fifth pass of the game in the ninth and gave way on the paths to Matt Alexander, who stole second. George Mitterwald then singled to drive in the deciding run.

[DH] Reds 5, Astros 0 (day game) / Reds 4, Astros 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Reds, who obtained Fred Norman from the Padres last June and acquired Clay Kirby from the same club during the winter, got sterling pitching performances from both of them in taking a doubleheader with the Astros, 5-0 and 4-2. Norman doled out five hits in the first-game shutout, while the Reds turned on the power with three homers. Dave Concepcion tagged Claude Osteen for a two-run drive in the fourth inning and Merv Rettenmund added a solo swat in the seventh. Johnny Bench homered in the eighth off Jerry Johnson, who relieved Osteen. In the nightcap, Kirby allowed only two hits, but lost his bid for a shutout when Cesar Cedeno connected for the circuit with a man on base in the ninth inning. The Reds had an inside-the-park homer by Rettenmund in the fourth. Bob Watson crashed into the wall trying for the drive and was forced to leave the game. The Reds picked up two runs in the seventh on a single by Cesar Geronimo, triple by Pete Rose and sacrifice fly by Joe Morgan before calling it a day with a tally in the eighth on a single by Concepcion and double by Geronimo for his third hit of the game.

Phillies 8, Pirates 7 at Philadelphia (night game):
A triple by Dave Cash and infield out by Greg Luzinski in the seventh inning produced the Phillies' deciding run in an 8-7 victory over the Pirates. Al Oliver drove in three runs with a homer and double to pace the Pirates to a 4-0 lead before the Phillies came back to tie the score in the third on a walk with the bases loaded and singles by Larry Bowa and Del Unser. The Pirates went ahead again with an unearned run in the fourth, but the Phillies picked up a tally in the fifth and took a 7-5 lead when Mike Schmidt doubled and Mike Anderson homered in the sixth. Richie Zisk singled a run home for the Pirates in the seventh before Cash's triple and Luzinski's grounder in the home half enabled the Phillies to squeeze past the Pirates, who scored in the ninth on a double by Zisk for his fourth hit of the game and a single by Manny Sanguillen.

Dodgers 15, Padres 9 at San Diego (day game):
The Padres rallied for six runs in the seventh inning to tie the score at 9-9, but their efforts went for naught when the Dodgers exploded for six runs in the 13th to gain a 15-9 victory. Jim Wynn hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers to help them to an early 9-3 lead before the Padres staged their uprising in the seventh. An error, walk and single by Derrel Thomas led to the exit of Al Downing, but Mike Marshall proved ineffective in relief. Enzo Hernandez and Johnny Grubb walked, each forcing in one run. Dave Winfield singled to drive in another run and Cito Gaston added a pair with a single to knock out Marshall. After Jim Brewer took over, Fred Kendall tied the score with a sacrifice fly. The Dodgers laid in wait until two were out in the 13th when Bill Buckner, Wynn and Steve Garvey hit singles to produce the tie-breaking tally. Ron Cey accounted for another run with a single. Manny Mota walked to load the bases and Bill Russell also drew a pass to force in the third run of the inning. Steve Yeager followed with a two-run single and Willie Crawford capped the scoring with a single for the sixth run.