MLB standings through games of May 15, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 15, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	29	15	14	0	.517		143	126	5-8	10-6	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	31	16	15	0	.516		127	127	9-7	7-8	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	31	16	15	0	.516		115	133	5-7	11-8	5-5	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	33	17	16	0	.515		147	140	9-7	8-9	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	37	18	19	0	.486	1.0	141	152	11-9	7-10	3-7	Lost 5
Boston Red Sox	34	16	18	0	.471	1.5	136	153	10-8	6-10	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	32	16	14	2	.533		130	137	8-6	8-8	7-3	Won 1
Oakland A's	34	18	16	0	.529		150	140	13-9	5-7	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	34	17	17	0	.500	1.0	160	155	9-10	8-7	2-8	Won 1
California Angels	36	17	18	1	.486	1.5	164	156	10-10	7-8	3-7	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	33	16	17	0	.485	1.5	159	131	6-7	10-10	7-3	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	30	13	16	1	.448	2.5	116	138	6-6	7-10	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Montreal Expos	25	14	11	0	.560		116	114	6-3	8-8	5-5	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	32	17	15	0	.531	0.5	153	136	8-6	9-9	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	33	17	16	0	.515	1.0	142	143	13-7	4-9	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	29	13	16	0	.448	3.0	114	155	10-6	3-10	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	33	14	19	0	.424	4.0	137	147	5-8	9-11	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	30	10	20	0	.333	6.5	126	152	6-9	4-11	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	36	27	9	0	.750		217	115	16-3	11-6	9-1	Won 9
San Francisco Giants	37	20	17	0	.541	7.5	154	137	8-6	12-11	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	32	17	15	0	.531	8.0	134	121	12-8	5-7	6-4	Won 1
Houston Astros	39	20	19	0	.513	8.5	177	157	14-6	6-13	2-8	Lost 6
Atlanta Braves	36	17	19	0	.472	10.0	143	158	10-9	7-10	5-5	Won 3
San Diego Padres	38	14	24	0	.368	14.0	132	210	9-12	5-12	2-8	Lost 8

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Brewers 5 at Baltimore (night game):
Tommy Davis rapped three singles, drove in two runs and scored two in leading the Orioles to a 6-5 victory over the Brewers. Singles by Davis and Earl Williams around a wild pitch started the Orioles' scoring in the first inning. An error by Robin Yount led to another run in the second before the Orioles pushed three across the plate in the third. Rich Coggins singled, stole second and scored on a single by Davis, who continued to second when the throw from the outfield got past catcher Darrell Porter. Davis then stole third and counted on a single by Williams. Singles by Boog Powell and Bobby Grich added the third tally of the inning. The Orioles scored what proved to be the deciding run in the fourth when Al Bumbry walked, took second on an error by Jerry Bell and scored on a single by Davis. Dave May drove in three runs for the Brewers with a homer and single.

White Sox 1, Twins 0 at Chicago (night game):
Stan Bahnsen retired the first 23 batters in succession while pitching the White Sox to a 1-0 victory over the Twins in a duel with Bert Blyleven. Bahnsen's bid for a no-hitter was spoiled when Bobby Darwin singled with two out in the eighth inning. Jerry Terrell added a single in the ninth. Blyleven, who yielded five hits, was beaten when the White Sox scored in the second on a single by Carlos May, a stolen base, infield out and single by Ron Santo.

Red Sox 7, Indians 4 at Cleveland (night game):
Homers by Rico Petrocelli, Bernie Carbo and Carlton Fisk supplied the power for the Red Sox in a 7-4 victory over the Indians. Petrocelli hit for the circuit following a single by Carl Yastrzemski in the second inning. Cecil Cooper walked and Dick McAuliffe singled ahead of Carbo's clout in the third. Fisk added a solo swat in the eighth. Juan Marichal was the winner with the aid of Dick Drago.

Tigers 6, Yankees 5 at New York (day game):
Sparky Lyle walked Al Kaline with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, forcing in the run that gave the Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Yankees. Lyle took over as the Yankees' third pitcher of the game with two men on base and two out and should have gotten out of the jam, but Jim Mason fumbled a grounder by Jim Northrup, filling the sacks, before Kaline drew his pass. Lou Piniella drove in two runs to help the Yankees take an early 5-2 lead before Willie Horton swung into action for the Tigers. Horton homered with a man on base in the fifth inning and then tied the score with a run-producing single in the seventh.

Rangers 6, Angels 1 at Texas (night game):
With Alex Johnson providing the principal batting support, David Clyde pitched the Rangers to a 6-1 victory over the Angels. Clyde, winning for the third straight time, gave up nine hits and walked six, but three double plays helped the youngster out of trouble. The Rangers got to Nolan Ryan for their first three runs in the third inning on a single by Jim Sundberg, pass to Cesar Tovar, triple by Johnson and double by Jeff Burroughs. Sundherg and Toby Harrah walked in the eighth, Johnson chased them home with a double and then scored himself on a single by Mike Hargrove. The Angels had scored their lone run in the top half of the eighth. Bobby Valentine and Frank Robinson singled and Valentine crossed the plate while the Rangers were working a double play on a grounder by Bob Oliver.

Reds 4, Giants 3 at Cincinnati (day game):
Roger Nelson pitched seven innings of no-hit ball before yielding two homers and requiring relief from Pedro Borbon as the Reds defeated the Giants, 4-3. After Dave Rader drew a walk to open the eighth, Bobby Bonds homered for the Giants' first hit off Nelson. Chris Speier hit the other homer with two out in the ninth. Borbon, taking over, walked Rader but then struck out Bonds to end the game. Johnny Bench blasted a two-run homer for the Reds in the first inning and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly after Pete Rose doubled and Joe Morgan singled in the third. The Reds' deciding run followed in the seventh on a double by Cesar Geronimo, bunt by Nelson and sacrifice fly by Rose.

[DH] Dodgers 11, Astros 7 (night game) / Dodgers 10, Astros 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Dodgers, after coming from behind with a seven-run explosion in the fifth inning to win the first game, 11-7, pounded their way to a 10-2 victory in the second game to sweep a doubleheader with the Astros. In the opener, the Astros took a 6-3 lead with six runs in the top half of the fifth, three scoring on a homer by Cesar Cedeno, before the Dodgers went into high gear with their seven runs on five hits, three walks and two errors. Bill Russell and Bill Buckner each singled home two runs. Willie Crawford added the Dodgers' final tally with a homer in the eighth. Joe Ferguson, playing his first game since May 5, snapped out of a slump with two homers, driving in five runs, as the Dodgers breezed to victory in the nightcap. Russell was right behind Ferguson in the RBI department, accounting for four runs with a triple and single. Steve Garvey joined in the attack with a homer.

Expos 5, Phillies 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
Ken Singleton, who tripled to knock in two of the Expos' four runs in the first inning, came through with a single in the ninth to score Ron Hunt and beat the Phillies, 5-4. The Expos' opening burst included a pass to Hunt, single by Willie Davis, Singleton's triple, a double by Ron Fairly, two walks and a sacrifice fly by Barry Foote. The Phillies came back to tie the score with a double by Greg Luzinski, triple by Larry Bowa and double by Mike Anderson as their key ingredients. In the ninth, Hunt was hit by a pitch, Larry Lintz sacrificed and, after an intentional pass to Davis, Singleton delivered the winning hit.

Pirates 3, Cubs 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A wild pitch by Bill Bonham with the bases loaded in the 14th inning allowed Richie Zisk to score the Pirates' winning run in a 3-2 victory over the Cubs. Zisk opened the inning with a single and when Richie Hebner bunted, both runners were safe on a wild throw by Carmen Fanzone. Following George Mitterwald's third passed ball of the game, Bonham walked Rennie Stennett intentionally to fill the sacks before his wild pitch with Manny Sanguillen at the plate. The Cubs scored both their runs in the first on a single by Don Kessinger and doubles by Fanzone and Andre Thornton. The Pirates picked up a marker in their half when Dave Parker struck out but reached base on a passed ball and scored on a double by Willie Stargell. Hebner singled in the seventh, moved up on a sacrifice and counted the tying tally on a pinch-single by Ed Kirkpatrick.

Braves 3, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
Ron Reed, pitching to Bobby Tolan, the leadoff batter in the first inning, suffered a fractured right hand when hit by a line drive, but the Braves combined the relief work of Buzz Capra, Gary Gentry and Danny Frisella to shut out the Padres, 3-0. Capra worked six innings, allowed only one hit and received credit for his first victory in an Atlanta uniform. The Braves began the scoring with a homer by Ralph Garr in the first. A single by Craig Robinson and triple by Darrell Evans produced another tally in the third. Garr beat out an infield hit to Enzo Hernandez in the fifth, raced to third on the shortstop's wild throw and scored the final run on an infield out by Robinson.

Cardinals 10, Mets 1 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals hit four homers in one game at Busch Memorial Stadium for the first time since moving into the park in 1966 and walloped the Mets, 10-1. Jerry Koosman, who had won four straight games for the Mets, was the victim of two successive homers by Ted Simmons. The Cardinals' catcher connected after a single by Ted Sizemore in the sixth inning. Then, in the seventh, after Sizemore singled and Reggie Smith tripled, Simmons homered again. Tom Heintzelman batted in three runs against Tug McGraw with his first major league homer in the eighth. Ray Sadecki then came to the mound and Smith greeted the change with the Cardinals' fourth circuit clout of the game. John Milner saved Mets from being shut out at the hands of Lynn McGlothen by hitting a homer in the ninth.