MLB standings through games of May 27, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 27, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	44	24	20	0	.545		197	191	15-9	9-11	8-2	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	41	22	19	0	.537	0.5	193	167	10-11	12-8	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	43	21	22	0	.488	2.5	171	183	12-11	9-11	4-6	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	43	21	22	0	.488	2.5	155	192	7-8	14-14	3-7	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	44	21	23	0	.477	3.0	174	174	11-9	10-14	4-6	Lost 3
New York Yankees	48	22	26	0	.458	4.0	182	210	13-12	9-14	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	45	25	20	0	.556		216	182	14-9	11-11	7-3	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	44	23	21	0	.523	1.5	203	171	13-11	10-10	6-4	Won 4
Chicago White Sox	43	21	20	2	.512	2.0	172	191	12-9	9-11	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	45	22	23	0	.489	3.0	209	207	10-10	12-13	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	47	22	24	1	.478	3.5	203	193	12-12	10-12	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	41	18	22	1	.450	4.5	163	177	11-11	7-11	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	45	25	20	0	.556		186	179	16-9	9-11	6-4	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	37	20	17	0	.541	1.0	158	160	8-4	12-13	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	43	23	20	0	.535	1.0	206	178	12-10	11-10	6-4	Won 2
New York Mets	45	20	25	0	.444	5.0	187	193	8-12	12-13	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	40	17	23	0	.425	5.5	165	219	12-8	5-15	4-6	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	42	16	26	0	.381	7.5	175	197	11-13	5-13	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	47	33	14	0	.702		270	165	20-5	13-9	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	43	24	19	0	.558	7.0	190	159	13-8	11-11	6-4	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	46	24	22	0	.522	8.5	190	179	12-10	12-12	7-3	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	49	25	24	0	.510	9.0	214	215	13-12	12-12	4-6	Lost 3
Houston Astros	47	23	24	0	.489	10.0	207	192	16-10	7-14	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	52	18	34	0	.346	17.5	187	299	10-16	8-18	3-7	Lost 5

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 3, Twins 2 at Boston (day game):
Bernie Carbo, who had given Boston a 2-1 lead in the fourth with his eighth homer of the season, singled home the deciding run in the 10th as Boston edged Minnesota, 3-2, behind the six-hit pitching of Luis Tiant, who went the distance despite allowing 10 hits. Walks to Dwight Evans and Carl Yastrzemski with two out by reliever and loser Tom Burgmeier set the stage for Carbo's game-winning hit. The Twins grabbed a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Tony Oliva's infield hit, a walk and Bobby Darwin's single. Carbo homered to put the Sox in front after Yastrzemski had singled in the fourth, but the Twins tied it in the eighth on a walk, sacrifice and Steve Braun's single. Tiant pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the ninth by striking out Randy Hundley and pinch-hitter Larry Hisle.

Brewers 2, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Walking only one and striking out five, Kevin Kobel made his second complete game in the major leagues a six-hit shutout as the Brewers defeated the Angels, 2-0. Don Money's fifth-inning homer with Robin Yount aboard via a single off Nolan Ryan accounted for the game's only scoring. Ryan lost for the fifth time in 11 decisions although he allowed but seven hits, struck out eight and got a big defensive assist from batterymate Ellie Rodriguez, who threw out a club record four runners attempting to steal second.

Royals 9, Orioles 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Bruce Dal Canton, using his newly perfected knuckleball with good effect, limited the Orioles to five hits while the Royals pounded three Baltimore hurlers for 14 en route to a 9-1 victory. Kansas City hung a sixth straight defeat on Jim Palmer, with Fran Healy breaking the ice in the second with a long home run after George Brett had singled with two out. The Royals got rid of Palmer in the next inning when Vada Pinson delivered a two-run double and Jim Wohlford followed with a triple. Healy singled, stole second, took third on an infield hit and scored the Royals' sixth run on Amos Otis' sacrifice fly in the fourth. Fred Patek and Cookie Rojas drove in runs in the fifth with a sacrifice fly and single and added the final marker off Jesse Jefferson in the eighth. Dal Canton lost his shutout in the fifth when Daon Baylor singled, stole second and scored on Rich Coggins' triple.

White Sox 5, Yankees 3 at New York (day game):
Benefiting from Yankee mistakes and their own 13-hit attack, the White Sox defeated New York, 5-3, with Skip Pitlock getting credit for the victory with 6 2/3 innings of five-hit work. The Sox had a 1-0 lead when they loaded the bases with nobody out in the fourth. Loser Doc Medich got the next two batters, but Thurman Munson threw wildly past third on an attempted pickoff, allowing Ken Henderson to score. Pat Kelly followed with a two-run single. The Yankees cut the Chicago lead to 4-2 in the fifth when Munson hit a two-run homer. The Sox scored their final run in the seventh when Kelly singled, Medich balked and then threw a sacrifice bunt by Jorge Orta into right field. Kelly scored on Dick Allen's sacrifice fly. Roy White's pinch-hit double scored Chris Chambliss, who had singled, with the last Yankee run in the eighth.

A's 12, Tigers 2 at Oakland (day game):
Reggie Jackson stretched his hitting streak to 15 games and upped his average to .404 with three singles in pacing the A's and Vida Blue to an easy 12-2 victory over the Tigers. Oakland racked loser Joe Coleman for six runs in the first on singles by Bert Campaneris, Jackson and Ted Kubiak, two walks, an error and a double by Joe Rudi. Coleman also gave up four more runs in the third. Blue worked seven innings to gain credit for his third victory. He was touched for single runs in the fourth and fifth innings.

Rangers 6, Indians 0 at Texas (night game):
Gaining his first victory since April 30, Jim Bibby shut out the Indians on three hits, 6-0. The Rangers locked up the game with a four-run fifth inning, keyed by a two-run double by Jeff Burroughs, who upped his major league-leading RBI total to 48. Joe Lovitto doubled home Burroughs and Toby Harrah after they had singled for the final two runs in the eighth. Bibby, breaking a personal five-game losing streak, was in trouble only in the third when Charlie Spikes got an infield hit and Ossie Blanco walked. Bibby got Rusty Torres on a tap to the mound, Spikes was thrown out at the plate on a grounder to Harrah at short and Bibby got Frank Duffy on a pop-up. The Indians had no more than one baserunner in any other frame.

Braves 9, Phillies 1 at Atlanta (night game):
The Braves backed the five-hit pitching of Phil Niekro with a 13-hit attack, including a homer and double by Dusty Baker, in routing the Phillies and Ed Farmer, 9-1. Ralph Garr singled in the first, his ninth consecutive hit, and later scored on a base hit by Darrell Evans for a 1-0 lead. The Braves batted out Farmer in the third, Hank Aaron delivering a bases-loaded single good for two runs. Davey Johnson, who had three RBIs in the game, greeted reliever George Culver with a two-run double. Mike Lum drew a walk and Johnny Oates singled for a 6-0 Atlanta lead. Atlanta made it 8-0 in the fourth on run-producing singles by Johnson and Craig Robinson, and Baker's bases-empty homer in the fifth completed the Braves' scoring. Niekro lost the shutout in the seventh when Mike Schmidt belted his eighth homer of the season.

Cubs 12, Giants 4 at Chicago (day game):
Despite giving up 15 hits, Ken Frailing had a relatively easy time in going the route, chipping in with three hits and three RBIs as the Cubs pasted the Giants, 12-4. The Cubs spotted the Giants a 2-0 lead in the first, then countered with single runs in each of their first two at-bats before taking the lead for keeps on Frailing's two-run single in the fourth. Chicago batted out loser Mike Caldwell during a five-run sixth in which they sent 10 men to the plate. Jose Cardenal drove in two runs with a single and Frailing added another RBI with a hit. Andre Thornton capped the 18-hit Cub attack with a three-run homer in the eighth.

Reds 4, Mets 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Reaching loser Tom Seaver for all their runs in the first two innings, the Reds pinned a fifth defeat on the Met ace, who had only two victories to show for 11 starts, 4-2. Cincinnati blended singles by Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Dave Concepcion with a walk, infield out and Terry Crowley's sacrifice fly to grab a 3-0 advantage in the first. Back-to-back doubles by Morgan and Johnny Bench made it 4-0 in the second. A rare homer by Bud Harrelson, only the fourth of his career, accounted for both New York runs off winner Fred Norman in the fifth. Harrelson connected after a walk to Don Hahn, but Norman allowed only three other hits.

[DH] Pirates 6, Padres 0 (day game) / Pirates 8, Padres 7 at Pittsburgh (day game):
The Pirates' Ken Brett hurled eight innings of perfect ball in the opener and settled for a two-hit, 6-0 victory over the Padres, then came back as a pinch-hitter in the second game to deliver a game-tying triple which helped Pittsburgh to an 8-7 decision and a sweep. Brett had retired 24 straight San Diego batters when Fred Kendall opened the ninth with a ground single to left. Derrel Thomas' two-out double was the only other Padre safety. Brett was protecting a 1-0 lead, the result of Richie Zisk's second-inning homer, until the Pirates' five-run eighth, highlighted by doubles by Paul Popovich, Rennie Stennett and Bob Robertson and Brett's RBI single. The Padres, with Bobby Tolan opening the game with a homer, held a 3-0 lead in the nightcap when Pittsburgh rallied with five in the seventh, Brett tying the game with a two-run triple and Zisk sending the Pirates ahead with a double. But the Padres bounced back to tie with three in the eighth and took a 7-6 lead on Johnny Grubb's ninth-inning homer. Richie Hebner provided a dramatic finish to the Pirate sweep by belting a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of ninth, giving reliever Kent Tekulve his first victory.

Cardinals 7, Dodgers 2 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cardinals used offense -- homers by Joe Torre, Reggie Smith and Ted Simmons -- and defense -- five double plays -- to defeat the Dodgers, 7-2, and hand Andy Messersmith his first loss after four victories. St. Louis got three in the first on a single by Bake McBride, errant pickoff throw by Messersmith, RBI single by Simmons and Torre's third homer of the year. The Cards added one in the second on McBride's double and a single by Simmons, padded their lead to 7-0 in the fifth on back-to-back homers by Smith and Simmons which kayoed Messersmith, and singles by Ken Reitz, Jose Cruz and Luis Alvarado off reliever Geoff Zahn. Winner John Curtis was tagged for two runs in the eighth on a single by Davey Lopes, double by Tom Paciorek and RBI singles by Steve Garvey and Joe Ferguson.