MLB standings through games of May 13, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 13, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	27	14	13	0	.519		130	117	5-8	9-5	5-5	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	29	15	14	0	.517		118	114	8-6	7-8	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	31	16	15	0	.516		137	131	8-6	8-9	6-4	Won 1
New York Yankees	35	18	17	0	.514		134	141	11-7	7-10	3-7	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	29	14	15	0	.483	1.0	104	126	5-7	9-8	5-5	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	32	15	17	0	.469	1.5	127	143	10-8	5-9	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	32	17	15	0	.531		146	135	12-8	5-7	6-4	Won 5
Chicago White Sox	31	15	14	2	.517	0.5	129	137	7-6	8-8	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	35	17	17	1	.500	1.0	163	150	10-10	7-7	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	33	16	17	0	.485	1.5	154	154	8-10	8-7	2-8	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	31	15	16	0	.484	1.5	154	127	6-7	9-9	7-3	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	29	13	15	1	.464	2.0	116	137	6-6	7-9	4-6	Won 1

	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
Montreal Expos	23	12	11	0	.522	1.0	102	108	6-3	6-8	3-7	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	31	16	15	0	.516	1.0	143	135	7-6	9-9	4-6	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	27	12	15	0	.444	3.0	105	151	10-6	2-9	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	32	14	18	0	.438	3.5	136	137	5-8	9-10	6-4	Won 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	33	24	9	0	.727		195	106	13-3	11-6	7-3	Won 6
Houston Astros	36	20	16	0	.556	5.5	168	135	14-6	6-10	4-6	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	35	19	16	0	.543	6.0	147	133	8-6	11-10	7-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	30	16	14	0	.533	6.5	130	114	11-7	5-7	5-5	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	34	15	19	0	.441	9.5	137	156	10-9	5-10	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	36	14	22	0	.389	11.5	130	204	9-10	5-12	3-7	Lost 6

Today's scores and summaries:

Brewers 9, Orioles 4 at Baltimore (night game):
The Brewers, getting solo homers in the first, second and third frames from Dave May, Bobby Mitchell and Johnny Briggs, edged past the Orioles into first place in the East Division by beating Baltimore, 9-4. May opened the game with a homer off loser Ross Grimsley. After the Orioles tied the score in the first, Mitchell homered in the second. Briggs followed with his sixth of the year in the third to extend his hitting streak through 15 games. Milwaukee stretched the lead to 5-1 in the fourth on run-producing singles by Darrell Porter and Robin Yount and added single runs off reliever Doyle Alexander in the seventh and eighth. Boog Powell homered for Baltimore in the sixth, his first round-tripper since last September.

Twins 7, White Sox 5 at Chicago (night game):
Jerry Terrell's fourth hit of the night, a ninth-inning triple to right, drove in the deciding run as the Twins defeated the White Sox, 7-5, dropping Chicago out of first place in the West Division. Terrell scored an insurance run when the Sox' Dick Allen, playing second base, fumbled an easy grounder off the bat of Steve Brye. The Chisox had cut the Twins' 5-2 lead to one run in the eighth when Ken Henderson hit a two-run homer off reliever Bill Campbell, who had rescued starter Dave Goltz in the seventh by fanning Allen with two Chicago runners aboard. The Twins wiped out a 1-0 Chicago lead with two runs in the fifth off loser Bill Moran, who was making his first big league start, then sent eight men to the plate and scored three runs in the seventh, two crossing the plate on Glenn Borgmann's single.

Indians 4, Red Sox 1 at Cleveland (night game):
A three-run homer in the first by John Ellis carried the Indians and Jim Perry to a 4-1 victory over the Red Sox. Ellis, hitting safely in all but one of Cleveland's last 15 games, tagged loser Luis Tiant for a homer after a single by John Lowenstein and Dick McAuliffe's error which allowed Buddy Bell to reach base. McAuliffe singled home the only Bosox run in the second after Bernie Carbo had doubled. Perry allowed only two other hits over the seven innings he worked before being relieved by Tom Buskey, who worked out of a two-on, no-out jam. The Indians scored their final run in the seventh on singles by Charlie Spikes and George Hendrick and a sacrifice fly by Dave Duncan.

A's 11, Royals 2 at Oakland (night game):
Vida Blue, going the route for first time in nine assignments this season, got 19-hit backing and coasted to an 11-2 victory over the Royals. Blue gave up a first-inning run when Jim Wohlford doubled and rode home on Amos Otis' single, then blanked the Royals until Hal McRae homered in the ninth. Meanwhile the A's were chipping away with single runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings against loser Marty Pattin and reliever Gene Garber. Oakland sewed up the game with a four-run sixth, Ray Fosse driving in a pair with a single. Ted Kubiak collected four hits and Bert Campaneris three. The Royals, who had won seven of their last eight games, contributed to the Oakland cause by making eight errors as the A's climbed into first place in the West Division.

Angels 8, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
The fading Rangers were pinned with their eighth defeat in the last nine games, while the Angels ended a three-game spin behind the six-hit hurling of Bill Singer and the power hitting of Charlie Sands and Paul Schaal, 8-4. Sands got California in front, 1-0, with a bases-empty blast in the second, his first of the year and second in the major leagues. Schaal wrapped up a four-run Angel fourth with a two-run homer, which gave California a 5-2 lead. Jeff Burroughs hit a solo homer, his seventh four-bagger of the year, for the Rangers in the fifth, but the Angels scored two more in the top of the sixth and Singer went on to post his fifth victory against two defeats.

Reds 4, Giants 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
Johnny Bench's leadoff homer in the fourth broke a scoreless tie and got the Reds started on their way to a 4-1 victory over the Giants and John D'Acquisto. Tony Perez followed Bench's blow with a triple and scored on an infield out for a 2-0 lead. Gary Matthews' homer in the fifth was the only Giant run off Don Gullett, who gave way to Pedro Borbon in the eighth but evened his record at 3-3. The Reds added two insurance runs in the seventh off reliever Jim Willoughby, one scoring on a double by Pete Rose.

Dodgers 8, Astros 4 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Dodgers scored their sixth straight victory, 8-4, over the Astros, with former Houston player Jim Wynn doing the most damage to his old teammates. Wynn raised his major league-leading RBI total to 34 with a two-run single in a five-run L. A. fifth and a sacrifice fly in the sixth. The Astros had taken a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Cesar Cedeno's sixth homer of the year, but Wynn put the Dodgers ahead to stay with his bases-loaded single in the next frame. Andy Messersmith went the distance to up his record to 4-0 with L. A., but not before he was tagged for a solo homer by Doug Rader and a two-run shot by pinch-hitter Ollie Brown in the ninth.

Braves 7, Padres 5 at San Diego (night game):
Dusty Baker hit his fourth homer of the season and added three singles to drive in four runs and lead the Braves to a 7-5 victory over the Padres before the third-ranked crowd in San Diego's six-year major league history, 36,052. Craig Robinson's single, Ralph Garr's triple and the first of Baker's singles made it 2-0 Atlanta in the first. The Padres scored an unearned run in the fifth, but Baker increased the Atlanta lead to 3-1 with a leadoff homer in the sixth. The Braves scored another run in that same frame on Enzo Hernandez' first error in 23 games and added single tallies in each of the last three innings. Willie McCovey hit his first homer of the season for the Padres, as did Dave Roberts, both with the bases empty. Roberts' blow came in the ninth to cut the final Brave margin to two.

Mets 5, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Apodaca, making his first major league start, needed late-inning help but beat the Cardinals and Bob Gibson with the help of the long ball, 5-3. Cleon Jones, who drove in the first Met run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning, socked a two-out homer in the third after Ken Boswell's single. The Mets kayoed Gibson in the seventh when Dave Schneck doubled and Jerry Grote followed with his fourth round-tripper of the season. The Cardinals scored single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh, with Ted Sizemore, Ken Reitz and Lou Brock getting the RBIs. Apodaca left the game in the sixth after developing a blister on his pitching hand. Harry Parker allowed the final St. Louis run in the seventh, giving up a pinch-triple to Jose Cruz, who scored when Brock grounded out.