MLB standings through games of May 14, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 14, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	28	15	13	0	.536		138	120	5-8	10-5	5-5	Won 5
Cleveland Indians	32	17	15	0	.531		143	133	9-6	8-9	7-3	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	30	15	15	0	.500	1.0	121	122	8-7	7-8	4-6	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	30	15	15	0	.500	1.0	109	128	5-7	10-8	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	36	18	18	0	.500	1.0	136	146	11-8	7-10	3-7	Lost 4
Boston Red Sox	33	15	18	0	.455	2.5	129	149	10-8	5-10	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	34	18	16	0	.529		150	140	13-9	5-7	6-4	Won 1
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
Kansas City Royals	33	16	17	0	.485	1.5	159	131	6-7	10-10	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	33	16	17	0	.485	1.5	154	154	8-10	8-7	2-8	Lost 2
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
Montreal Expos	24	13	11	0	.542		111	110	6-3	7-8	4-6	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	32	17	15	0	.531		138	138	13-6	4-9	7-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	31	16	15	0	.516	0.5	143	135	7-6	9-9	4-6	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	28	13	15	0	.464	2.0	112	152	10-6	3-9	6-4	Won 2
New York Mets	32	14	18	0	.438	3.0	136	137	5-8	9-10	6-4	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	29	9	20	0	.310	6.5	123	150	5-9	4-11	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	34	25	9	0	.735		196	106	14-3	11-6	7-3	Won 7
San Francisco Giants	36	20	16	0	.556	6.0	151	133	8-6	12-10	7-3	Won 1
Houston Astros	37	20	17	0	.541	6.5	168	136	14-6	6-11	3-7	Lost 4
Cincinnati Reds	31	16	15	0	.516	7.5	130	118	11-8	5-7	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	35	16	19	0	.457	9.5	140	158	10-9	6-10	4-6	Won 2
San Diego Padres	37	14	23	0	.378	12.5	132	207	9-11	5-12	2-8	Lost 7

Today's scores and summaries:

Brewers 8, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
With four of their batters driving in two runs apiece, the Brewers defeated the Orioles, 8-3. Pedro Garcia singled across two tallies in the second inning, Johnny Briggs homered with a man on base in the third and Bobby Mitchell accounted for two runs with a single in the fifth. George Scott also had a run-scoring single in the fifth and added an RBI with another single in the seventh. Bill Champion, pitching for the Brewers, was kayoed in the eighth when the Orioles scored all their runs, but Eduardo Rodriguez relieved and retired the last six straight batters.

Indians 6, Red Sox 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Gaylord Perry brought his career record against the Red Sox to 11-1 by pitching the Indians to a 6-2 victory. The veteran righthander allowed only five hits with Red Sox runs coming on homers by Carlton Fisk and Dick McAuliffe. The Indians, after building up a 3-0 lead against Reggie Cleveland, clinched their victory with two homers. George Hendrick connected for the circuit following a single by Charlie Spikes in the fifth inning and Frank Duffy smashed a drive over the wall in the sixth.

Tigers 5, Yankees 2 at New York (night game):
Manager Ralph Houk made his first appearance in New York in a visiting uniform and Mickey Lolich made it successful by allowing only three hits and pitching the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Yankees. The last two men in the Tigers' batting order, Aurelio Rodriguez and Ed Brinkman, had seven hits between them. The Tigers got to Pat Dobson for three runs in the fifth inning. Singles by Rodriguez, Brinkman and Mickey Stanley accounted for the first tally. After a bunt by Gary Sutherland, other runs scored on a sacrifice fly by Stanley and single by Al Kaline. The Tigers then picked up two insurance runs in the eighth on a hit batsman and singles by Rodriguez, Brinkman and Sutherland.

[DH] Royals 4, A's 2 (night game) / A's 2, Royals 1 at Oakland (night game):
Cookie Rojas smashed a two-run homer in the sixth inning to provide the Royals with a 4-2 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Athletics got two run-scoring doubles from Gaylen Pitts, their rookie third baseman, and won the second game in 10 innings, 2-1. In the opener, the A's scored on a double by Bill North and single by Joe Rudi in the first inning and added another tally on a double by Gene Tenace, a throwing error by Rojas and sacrifice fly by Angel Mangual in the second. The Royals tied the score with consecutive singles by Jim Wohlford, Fran Healy and George Brett, together with an error by North, in the fifth before breaking ahead in the sixth when John Mayberry singled and Rojas hit his homer. In the nightcap, Pitts drove in Mangual with his first double of the game in the fifth inning. The Royals pulled even with two-baggers by Wohlford and Mayberry in the sixth. Pitts' second double scored Ted Kubiak to decide the game in the overtime stanza.

Giants 4, Reds 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Giants' acquisition of Mike Caldwell from the Padres continued to pay dividends when the lefthander hurled a five-hitter and shut out the Reds, 4-0, for his sixth victory against one defeat. A triple by Gary Thomasson and infield out by Tito Fuentes started the Giants' scoring in the first inning. Garry Maddox knocked in a run with a double in the third and then homered in the sixth before the Giants added their last run on a triple by Dave Rader and grounder by Fuentes in the seventh.

Dodgers 1, Astros 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Don Sutton decided his own pitching duel with Larry Dierker by batting in a run with a bloop single in the second inning to give the Dodgers a 1-0 victory over the Astros. The shutout was his second straight and third of the year for Sutton, who allowed four hits. Dierker yielded only two hits in six innings on the mound. However in the second, the Dodgers loaded the bases when Willie Crawford and Ron Cey walked and Steve Yeager was hit by a pitch. Bill Russell forced Crawford at the plate, but Sutton looped his single for the game's only run.

Expos 9, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
While Steve Rogers was pitching a six-hitter, the Expos piled up 15 hits and defeated the Phillies, 9-2. Rogers got a working margin in the first inning when the Expos scored three runs on five singles. Ron Fairly homered in the third and the Expos then made it 9-0 with five runs in the fourth. Larry Lintz opened the inning with a triple and scored on a single by Willie Davis. After a walk to Ken Singleton, George Culver booted a bunt by Fairly, allowing Davis to cross the plate. A single by Bob Bailey, double by Jim Cox and single by Barry Foote added three other runs. The Phillies bunched four singles for their tallies off Rogers in the sixth inning.

Cubs 7, Pirates 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Getting four-hit pitching from Rick Reuschel, the Cubs defeated the Pirates, 7-1. Jose Cardenal had three hits for the Cubs, scored two runs and drove in one. Reuschel also scored a run, hitting a double in the fifth inning and coming around on an infield out and a sacrifice fly by Rick Monday. The Pirates counted their lone runs when Willie Stargell tripled in the seventh and Richie Hebner hit a sacrifice fly.

Braves 3, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
The Braves scored three runs in the fourth inning and made them stand up for a 3-2 victory over the Padres. Hank Aaron and Darrell Evans sparked the stanza with singles and Davey Johnson walked to load the bases. Frank Tepedino singled, scoring Aaron and Evans. Johnson reached third and counted what proved to be the deciding run on a sacrifice fly by Craig Robinson. Dave Winfield homered for the Padres in the sixth. However, in the seventh, when the Padres succeeded in forcing the exit of Phil Niekro and loaded the bases with none out, Cito Gaston struck out and Winfield hit into a double play. Tom House, who saved the game for Niekro, allowed the Padres' second run with two out in the ninth on a double by Bobby Tolan and single by Derrel Thomas.