MLB standings through games of May 22, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 22, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	36	19	17	0	.528		171	153	9-11	10-6	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	40	21	19	0	.525		183	176	12-8	9-11	7-3	Won 5
Baltimore Orioles	37	19	18	0	.514	0.5	149	155	12-10	7-8	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	38	19	19	0	.500	1.0	142	165	5-7	14-12	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	39	19	20	0	.487	1.5	164	160	11-9	8-11	4-6	Lost 2
New York Yankees	43	20	23	0	.465	2.5	162	184	11-9	9-14	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	41	23	18	0	.561		193	163	13-9	10-9	7-3	Won 4
Chicago White Sox	38	19	17	2	.528	1.5	152	170	11-9	8-8	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	40	20	20	0	.500	2.5	192	180	9-10	11-10	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	39	19	20	0	.487	3.0	181	161	9-10	10-10	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	42	19	22	1	.463	4.0	183	179	10-10	9-12	3-7	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	37	16	20	1	.444	4.5	143	169	9-10	7-10	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	40	23	17	0	.575		174	156	14-7	9-10	7-3	Won 3
Montreal Expos	32	17	15	0	.531	2.0	139	145	7-4	10-11	6-4	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	39	20	19	0	.513	2.5	187	170	11-10	9-9	4-6	Lost 3
New York Mets	41	18	23	0	.439	5.5	175	179	8-12	10-11	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	36	15	21	0	.417	6.0	147	203	10-6	5-15	4-6	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	36	13	23	0	.361	8.0	147	175	8-11	5-12	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	42	31	11	0	.738		237	132	20-5	11-6	8-2	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	38	20	18	0	.526	9.0	160	144	12-8	8-10	6-4	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	44	23	21	0	.523	9.0	184	172	11-10	12-11	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	43	22	21	0	.512	9.5	177	173	10-9	12-12	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	45	22	23	0	.489	10.5	202	188	16-10	6-13	2-8	Won 2
San Diego Padres	46	17	29	0	.370	16.0	167	259	9-13	8-16	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 1, Indians 0 at Baltimore (night game):
A run-scoring single by Paul Blair in the 12th inning broke up a scoreless battle and gave the Orioles a 1-0 victory over the Indians. Boog Powell opened the inning with a double and was replaced by pinch-runner Enos Cabell. After Bobby Grich went out, the Indians walked Brooks Robinson intentionally in a move that failed when Blair rapped his single.

Red Sox 6, Yankees 3 at Boston (night game):
Fenway Park continued to be an inhospitable place for the Yankees, who lost to the Red Sox, 6-3, for their eighth straight defeat in the Boston playground over two seasons and their 17th in 18 games since August, 1972. The Red Sox jumped off to a 2-0 lead, but the Yankees tied the score in the fifth inning with a homer by Jim Mason, single by Elliott Maddox, double by Bobby Murcer and infield hit by Ron Blomberg. The Red Sox came back immediately in their half with two runs on a single by Juan Beniquez, double by Cecil Cooper on which Beniquez scored and single by Bernie Carbo. Another pair in the eighth clinched the verdict. Dwight Evans tripled, Carl Yastrzemski walked, Carbo hit a sacrifice fly and Bob Montgomery singled.

[DH] White Sox 6, Rangers 2 (night game) / Rangers 8, White Sox 2 at Chicago (night game):
The White Sox broke a tie with four runs in the seventh inning and won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-2, but the Rangers came back behind the pitching of Fergie Jenkins to gain an 8-2 victory in the second game. Jeff Burroughs homered with a man on base in the first inning for the Rangers' runs in the lidlifter. The White Sox, after tying the score, began their outburst in the seventh with a leadoff double by Ron Santo. Jim Bibby retired Ed Herrmann, but pinch-hitter Jerry Hairston singled, scoring pinch-runner Jorge Orta with the go-ahead run. A single by Pat Kelly and sacrifice fly by Tony Muser off reliever Jim Merritt added another tally. Steve Foucault replaced Merritt and gave up run-scoring singles by Dick Allen and Carlos May. In the nightcap, Kelly hit an inside-the-park homer for the White Sox in the first inning, but Jenkins got batting support from Toby Harrah, Burroughs and Joe Lovitto, who drove in two runs apiece.

Angels 6, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
A controverial rundown play opened the gates for three runs in the first inning and started the Angels off to a 6-1 victory over the Royals. Mickey Rivers led off with a triple. After Denny Doyle grounded out, Bobby Valentine bounced to Fred Patek, who threw home, catching Rivers in a rundown. Patek joined in the chase and appeared to tag Rivers before throwing to second too late to nail Valentine. Rivers crossed the plate and the umpires allowed the run, ruling that he had evaded Patek's tag. Before the inning ended, Bob Oliver and Paul Schaal each drove in a run with a single. The Angels turned on the power in the fifth when Frank Robinson and Joe Lahoud hit homers. Bill Singer held the Royals to five hits, but lost his bid for a shutout when Amos Otis tripled and John Mayberry doubled for a run in the ninth inning.

Tigers 6, Brewers 4 at Milwaukee (night game):
Mickey Lolich pitched a four-hitter and got batting support from Al Kaline and Willie Horton to enable the Tigers to defeat the Brewers, 6-4. Horton collected three hits including a two-run homer. Kaline rapped three singles, drove in one run and scored two. One of his singles came ahead of Horton's homer in the seventh inning. Bob Coluccio hit a homer for the Brewers.

A's 7, Twins 4 at Minnesota (night game):
Reggie Jackson batted in five runs with a homer, double and single, while Joe Rudi accounted for two runs with a triple as the Athletics defeated the Twins, 7-4. Jackson homered in the fifth inning, but the A's trailed, 4-1, until the seventh when Gaylen Pitts, Champ Summers and Rudi walked and Jackson cleared the sacks with a double to tie the score. Rudi broke the deadlock with his triple in the ninth and Jackson added the final run with his single.

Astros 5, Padres 1 at Houston (night game):
Pinch-hitting with two out in the ninth inning, Milt May came through with a grand-slam homer to power the Astros to a 5-1 victory over the Padres. Bob Watson opened the stanza with a single and yielded the paths to Bob Gallagher. After the Padres changed pitchers, Lee May bunted and when Vicente Romo threw wildly to second, Gallagher reached third on the error and May was safe at first. The Padres then walked Cliff Johnson intentionally to load the bases and the strategy appeared to be working when Romo struck out both Doug Rader and Tommy Helms, but May proved to be a tougher customer as the pinch-hitter for Ken Boswell.

Dodgers 6, Reds 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Led by Steve Garvey, who batted in four runs in the first two innings, the Dodgers gained a 6-3 victory over the Reds. Garvey lashed a two-run double in the first and drove in two more with a single in the second. Lee Lacy singled for another run in the second and accounted for the Dodgers' final marker with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Cubs 9, Mets 6 at New York (night game):
Jerry Morales batted in six runs with two homers and a single, his second circuit clout coming with two men on base and two out in the ninth inning to give the Cubs a 9-6 victory over the Mets. The Cubs built up a 6-3 lead at the expense of Tom Seaver in the first five innings. Rick Monday and Morales hit back-to-back homers in the fourth and Morales drove in two more runs with a bases-loaded single in the fifth. The Mets took Seaver off the hook by rallying to the tie score in the sixth. Ed Kranepool was announced as a pinch-hitter, but when the Cubs brought in lefthander Dave LaRoche to replace righthander Steve Stone, Duffy Dyer batted for Kranepool and singled to drive in two runs. Wayne Garrett sent the tying tally home with a sacrifice fly. However in the ninth, Matt Alexander walked, stole second and took third after Billy Williams flied out. Jose Cardenal grounded out, Alexander holding third. The Mets then walked Monday intentionally to get at Morales, who upset the applecart with his second homer of the game.

Braves 6, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Sparked by Hank Aaron's tie-breaking double, the Braves scored four runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Giants, 6-2. Ralph Garr tripled and Darrell Evans singled for the Braves' initial run in the first and Davey Johnson homered for another run in the fifth. The Giants came up with matching tallies, but they had no answer to the Braves' outburst in the sixth. Garr and Evans started things going with singles. Dusty Baker forced Garr, but Aaron followed with his double, scoring Evans. After a walk to Mike Lum, Johnson singled to drive in Baker. Johnny Oates completed the scoring with a single, plating Aaron and Lum.

Phillies 7, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
The Phillies got two-hit pitching from Ron Schueler and defeated the Cardinals, 7-1, to complete a sweep of the three-game series. Lou Brock doubled in the first inning and Jose Cruz homered in the fifth for the Cardinals' hits. Del Unser batted in three runs for the Phillies with a single and homer. Mike Anderson accounted for two RBIs with a bases-loaded single in the eighth and Bob Boone added the final tally with a sacrifice fly.