MLB standings through games of May 23, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 23, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	37	20	17	0	.541		178	156	10-11	10-6	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	40	21	19	0	.525	0.5	183	176	12-8	9-11	7-3	Won 5
Baltimore Orioles	38	19	19	0	.500	1.5	149	157	12-11	7-8	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	40	20	20	0	.500	1.5	166	160	11-9	9-11	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	39	19	20	0	.487	2.0	145	172	5-7	14-13	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	43	20	23	0	.465	3.0	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	39	20	17	2	.541	1.0	161	176	12-9	8-8	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	41	20	21	0	.488	3.0	198	189	9-10	11-11	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	43	20	22	1	.476	3.5	186	180	10-10	10-12	4-6	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	40	19	21	0	.475	3.5	182	164	9-11	10-10	4-6	Lost 2
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	33	18	15	0	.545	1.5	144	149	8-4	10-11	6-4	Won 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	37	13	24	0	.351	8.5	151	180	8-11	5-13	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	31	12	0	.721		243	139	20-5	11-7	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	45	24	21	0	.533	8.0	191	178	12-10	12-11	5-5	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	39	20	19	0	.513	9.0	164	149	12-8	8-11	5-5	Lost 4
Atlanta Braves	43	22	21	0	.512	9.0	177	173	10-9	12-12	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	45	22	23	0	.489	10.0	202	188	16-10	6-13	2-8	Won 2
San Diego Padres	47	18	29	0	.383	15.0	172	263	10-13	8-16	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Indians 2, Orioles 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Gaylord Perry, Indians' star righthander, posted his seventh straight victory, shutting out the Orioles on three hits, 2-0. Jim Palmer, who lost his fifth straight start, was the victim of two unearned runs. In the fifth inning, Mark Belanger threw wildly on a grounder by Oscar Gamble, allowing the batter to reach second, and George Hendrick followed with a run-scoring single. Charlie Spikes singled in the sixth, raced to third on a single by Leron Lee and scored the Indians' second run on a throwing error by Al Bumbry.

White Sox 9, Rangers 6 at Chicago (night game):
Skip Pitlock, who pitched five innings in relief, received credit for his first A. L. victory when the White Sox defeated the Rangers, 9-6. Pitlock took over after the Rangers scored three runs off starter Bill Moran in the first on doubles by Lenny Randle and Mike Hargrove and singles by Alex Johnson and Jim Spencer. The White Sox came back with a matching trio, two runs scoring on a double by Carlos May. The White Sox then took the lead in the fourth with two runs on a walk to Ron Santo, triple by Ed Herrmann and single by Bucky Dent. Pitlock gave up a homer by Jeff Burroughs in the fifth, but the White Sox retaliated with three runs on a single by Dick Allen, pass to May, single by Ken Henderson, sacrifice by Bill Melton and single by Santo. Pitlock left the mound in the sixth in favor of Ken Tatum. In the White Sox half, Tatum became the first A. L. pitcher to come to bat this season. After a single by Pat Kelly and forceout by Tony Muser, Tatum was safe on an error by Toby Harrah. Kelly reached third and scored on a sacrifice fly by May.

Angels 3, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Although yielding only two hits in 6 1/3 innings, Bruce Dal Canton was the loser when the Angels defeated the Royals, 3-1. Nolan Ryan, pitching for the Angels, allowed four hits. The Royals scored their run in the sixth when Amos Otis singled and John Mayberry doubled. Dal Canton was lifted in the seventh after walks to Paul Schaal and Ellie Rodriguez and a sacrifice bunt by Dave Chalk put runners on second and third with one out. Joe Hoerner replaced Dal Canton and gave up a single by Mickey Rivers that drove in Schaal with the tying run. Doug Bird relieved and walked Denny Doyle intentionally to load the bases. Bobby Valentine followed with a sacrifice fly and Rodriguez scored the go-ahead run. The Angels added an insurance marker in the eighth on singles by Bob Oliver and Schaal and a grounder by Rodriguez on which pinch-runner Tommy McCraw crossed the plate.

Brewers 7, Tigers 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Brewers broke loose for a total of five runs in the seventh and eighth innings to defeat the Tigers, 7-3. Bob Hansen singled and drove in two runs for the Brewers in the first, but the Tigers picked up a matching pair in the second and went ahead when Jim Northrup singled, advanced on a passed ball and scored on a double by Aurelio Rodriguez in the seventh. In the Brewers' half, Robin Yount was safe on an error, stole second and scored the tying run with two out on a single by Dave May. George Scott followed with a triple to put the Brewers ahead. Scott picked up another RBI by walking with the bases loaded in the eighth when the Brewers clinched the victory with three runs.

Expos 5, Pirates 4 at Montreal (night game):
Willie Davis and Barry Foote drove in two runs apiece in support of Steve Rogers, who gained his seventh victory of the season when the Expos edged the Pirates, 5-4, in a game that was delayed by fog for 56 minutes in the sixth inning. Davis batted in a run with a triple in the first and scored himself on a balk by Bruce Kison. Singles by Boots Day and Jim Cox and a wild pitch added a run in the fourth. In the Pirates' sixth, with Ed Kirkpatrick on first, Al Oliver hit a fly ball that vanished in the fog and dropped for a triple, Kirkpatrick scoring. The umpires then stopped the game. When play resumed, Oliver crossed the plate on a wild pitch by Rogers. The Expos scored what proved to be the winning run in the seventh. Larry Lintz walked, stole second, continued to third on a bad throw by Manny Sanguillen and came home on a sacrifice fly by Davis. The Pirates forced the departure of Rogers in the ninth when Kirkpatrick singled and Oliver doubled. Willie Stargell greeted the arrival of Chuck Taylor with a run-scoring single. Another run counted when Richie Hebner hit into a double play before Taylor retired Sanguillen to save the game.

Padres 5, Reds 4 at San Diego (night game):
The Reds left 20 men on base before losing to the Padres in 13 innings, 5-4. Dan Driessen knocked in two of the Reds' runs with a triple in the first inning. Singles by Cesar Geronimo and Clay Kirby around an infield out made it 3-1 in the fifth before the Padres pulled even in the sixth with singles by Nate Colbert and Johnny Grubb and a double by Derrel Thomas. The Reds took the lead in the 12th with a run on a walk to Johnny Bench, balk by Dave Freisleben and single by Tony Perez, but the Padres came back with the tying tally in their half on a walk to Thomas, single by Bob Barton and error by Driessen. In the 13th, Enzo Hernandez singled and advanced to second on a balk by Fred Norman. Rich Morales bunted and when Norman threw late to third, Hernandez was safe. Grubb then lined to Joe Morgan, but Thomas came up and lofted a long sacrifice fly to score the winning run.

Giants 7, Dodgers 6 at San Francisco (night game):
The Giants rallied for four runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Dodgers, 7-6. Mike Marshall, appearing in his seventh consecutive game, was the loser in relief after a walk to Bobby Bonds and singles by Garry Maddox and Steve Ontiveros produced the first run in the rally and chased Andy Messersmith. Gary Matthews beat out an infield hit against Marshall to load the bases. Dave Kingman popped a single into short right field, scoring one run. Another counted on a forceout by Chris Speier before Dave Rader singled to drive in what proved to be the winning marker. The Giants' earlier runs included a homer by Kingman. Steve Garvey hit two for the Dodgers and drove in three runs.