MLB standings through games of May 24, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 24, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	41	22	19	0	.537		188	179	13-8	9-11	7-3	Won 6
Milwaukee Brewers	38	20	18	0	.526	0.5	181	161	10-11	10-7	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	39	20	19	0	.513	1.0	155	160	12-11	8-8	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	41	21	20	0	.512	1.0	169	161	11-9	10-11	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	40	19	21	0	.475	2.5	146	175	5-8	14-13	4-6	Lost 2
New York Yankees	44	20	24	0	.455	3.5	165	190	11-10	9-14	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	42	23	19	0	.548		196	167	13-9	10-10	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	40	20	18	2	.526	1.0	163	180	12-9	8-9	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	44	21	22	1	.488	2.5	190	183	11-10	10-12	5-5	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	41	20	21	0	.488	2.5	186	166	10-11	10-10	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	42	20	22	0	.476	3.0	198	198	9-10	11-12	4-6	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	38	17	20	1	.459	3.5	152	169	10-10	7-10	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	41	23	18	0	.561		176	160	14-8	9-10	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	34	19	15	0	.559	0.5	148	151	8-4	11-11	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	40	21	19	0	.525	1.5	188	170	11-10	10-9	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	42	18	24	0	.429	5.5	176	183	8-12	10-12	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	37	15	22	0	.405	6.0	147	204	10-7	5-15	3-7	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	38	14	24	0	.368	7.5	155	181	9-11	5-13	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	44	31	13	0	.705		250	148	20-5	11-8	6-4	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	46	25	21	0	.543	7.0	200	185	13-10	12-11	5-5	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	40	21	19	0	.525	8.0	170	152	12-8	9-11	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	44	23	21	0	.523	8.0	180	173	11-9	12-12	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	46	22	24	0	.478	10.0	202	191	16-10	6-14	2-8	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	48	18	30	0	.375	15.0	175	269	10-14	8-16	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 5, Brewers 3 at Boston (night game):
Bernie Carbo and Cecil Cooper had three hits apiece, including a homer by Carbo, to lead the Red Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Brewers. Carbo's clout accounted for the first run in the second inning. Juan Beniquez opened the third with a homer and the Red Sox followed with two more runs on a double by Cooper and singles by Carbo and Rico Petrocelli. The Brewers chased Rick Wise in the fourth, scoring twice on two walks and a double by Darrell Porter. Cooper added an extra run to the Red Sox total with a single in the home half of the fourth. Dick Drago, who replaced Wise and gained the victory, allowed only one run on singles by Don Money, Dave May and George Scott in the last 4 2/3 innings.

Angels 4, A's 3 at California (night game):
The Angels, who had lost to Catfish Hunter eight straight times since July 10, 1971, turned around and beat the Athletics' ace righthander, 4-3. The Angels nicked Hunter for a run in the second inning on a walk to Frank Robinson, single by Bob Oliver and infield out by Joe Lahoud. Singles by Dave Chalk and Denny Doyle, plus an error by Angel Mangual, led to an unearned run on a groundout by Bobby Valentine in the third. Lahoud singled and Tommy McCraw doubled for another run in the fourth before Mickey Rivers cracked a homer for the deciding marker in the fifth. A's runs included a round-tripper by Mangual.

Indians 3, Tigers 1 at Detroit (night game):
Turning in his first complete game of the season, Fritz Peterson pitched the Indians to a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. Jack Brohamer, who wound up with three hits, singled in the first inning and scored the Indians' initial run on a wild pitch and an infield out by John Lowenstein. The Tigers countered with a run on a double by Bill Freehan, scoring Al Kaline, in home half, but the Indians pulled away in the third with singles by Frank Duffy, Brohamer and Lowenstein. A single by Oscar Gamble, double by Charlie Spikes and single by George Hendrick added an insurance marker in the fourth.

Royals 4, White Sox 2 at Kansas City (night game):
John Mayberry, who homered in the second inning. was hit by a pitch in the next frame and precipitated a brawl that resulted in his ejection from the game, but the Royals went on to win in his absence, beating the White Sox, 4-2. Following Mayberry's solo swat, the Royals opened the third with singles by George Brett and Fran Healy. Both subsequently scored on a single by Amos Otis. Mayberry then came to the plate and was hit just below the knee by a pitch thrown by Stan Bahnsen. Dropping his bat, the Royals' slugger strode to the mound and exchanged punches with the White Sox pitcher. Mayberry was banished by the umpires, but Bahnsen remained on the mound and finished the game.

Twins 9, Rangers 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Bert Blyleven allowed only five hits, struck out 11 and pitched the Twins to a 9-0 victory over the Rangers. Blyleven also stopped the RBI streak of Jeff Burroughs, who had driven in one or more runs in each of 10 straight games, one short of the major league record held by Babe Ruth and Mel Ott. The Twins settled the game in Blyleven's favor in the third inning when Larry Hisle homered, Tony Oliva singled and Harmon Killebrew homered.

Orioles 6, Yankees 3 at New York (night game):
After taking the lead with two runs in the seventh inning, the Orioles scored three times on only one hit in the ninth to defeat the Yankees, 6-3. Mel Stottlemyre, pitching for the Yankees, had a 2-1 lead going into the seventh when his troubles started with a single by Don Baylor. Elrod Hendricks forced Baylor before stopping at second on a single by Paul Blair. Jim Fuller doubled, scoring Hendricks, and Enos Cabell followed with a sacrifice fly to drive in Blair. In the ninth, Blair doubled for the Orioles' only hit of the stanza. Brooks Robinson walked with one out and Mark Belanger was safe on an error by Fernando Gonzalez. Bobby Grich was hit by a pitch, forcing in Blair. Sparky Lyle relieved Stottlemyre and got Tommy Davis to ground out as Robinson scored, but successive walks to Boog Powell and Baylor followed to give the Orioles their final marker. The Yankees got a run in their half of the ninth on a double by Graig Nettles and singles by Horace Clarke and Elliott Maddox, but Bob Reynolds replaced Dave McNally and struck out Thurman Munson to end the game.

Braves 3, Astros 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Ralph Garr hit two homers in one game for the first time in his major league career to lead the Braves to a 3-0 victory over the Astros behind the pitching of Buzz Capra. Garr homered as the Braves' first batter and then connected for the circuit again as the leadoff man in the third. He also singled and walked in a perfect night at the plate. The Braves' other run counted on a double by Darrell Evans and single by Dusty Baker in the fifth. Capra held the Astros to three hits.

Cardinals 1, Cubs 0 at Chicago (day game):
The Cubs' failure to protect the plate during a rundown play in the ninth inning enabled the Cardinals to gain a 1-0 victory. Ted Simmons paved the way for the run with a double and advanced on a sacrifice by Bake McBride. After an intentional pass to Joe Torre, Tim McCarver grounded to first baseman Billy Williams, who threw home. Catcher Tom Lundstedt closed in on Simmons before tossing the ball to third baseman Matt Alexander. Simmons turned, raced past Lundstedt and scored ahead of Alexander, who chased him down the line in vain. Neither Rick Reuschel nor Williams came down to cover the plate. As a result, Reuschel was the loser in his duel with Sonny Siebert.

Expos 4, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
Although held to only five hits, the Expos enjoyed a pair of two-run innings and defeated the Phillies, 4-2. In the first, Ron Hunt drew a pass from Jim Lonborg and, after a sacrifice, scored on a single by Ken Singleton. Ron Fairly walked and Bob Bailey singled to drive in Singleton. Hunt doubled with two out in the fifth and crossed the plate on a single by Larry Lintz, who took second on the throw home and then scored on a single by Willie Davis. Doubles by Greg Luzinski and Tommy Hutton drove in the Phillies' runs off Ernie McAnally.

Pirates 4, Mets 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Jerry Reuss, who has had relatively little success against the Mets during his career, turned against his jinx club and pitched the Pirates to a 4-1 victory. Don Hahn homered for the only run off Reuss, who beat the Mets for only the third time in 11 decisions. The Pirates sent their lefthander on the way to victory with two runs in the first inning. Willie Stargell drove in Al Oliver with a double and scored himself on a single by Richie Zisk. A single by Stargell, double by Zisk and single by Richie Hebner added a run in the third before the final marker counted in the eighth on a double by Hebner, error by Hahn in fielding the ball, and safe bunt by Frank Taveras.

Reds 6, Padres 3 at San Diego (night game):
Don Gullett got off to a shaky start and then needed relief in the ninth, but in between the Reds' lefthander pitched brilliantly to gain a 6-3 victory over the Padres. At one stretch Gullett retired 20 straight batters. The Padres scored twice in the first inning, one run being unearned on an error by Joe Morgan, but the Reds came back with three runs in the second. Walks to Dan Driessen and Cesar Geronimo around a single by Terry Crowley loaded the bases. Driessen scored on a wild pitch by Bill Greif. Gullett singled to drive in another run and the third scored on a sacrifice fly by Pete Rose. The Reds then held their scant lead until the eighth when they pulled away with two runs on a triple by Tony Perez, singles by Driessen and Crowley and a double by Darrel Chaney. After Gullett weakened in the ninth, Pedro Borbon finished the game at the expense of only one run.

Giants 9, Dodgers 7 at San Francisco (night game):
The Giants built up a 9-0 lead with the aid of a seven-run outburst in the third inning, but then had trouble outlasting the Dodgers, 9-7. Steve Ontiveros started the scoring with a two-run homer in the first. The Giants then sent 11 men to bat in the third, knocking out Don Sutton. Bobby Bonds climaxed the inning with a two-run single, producing what proved to be the Giants' winning margin. Bill Buckner began the Dodgers' comeback with a three-run homer in the fifth. Tom Bradley, pitching for the Giants, was routed in the sixth when the Dodgers scored four runs, but Charlie Williams snuffed out that rally and Randy Moffitt wrapped up the victory, retiring the last five straight batters.