MLB standings through games of June 2, 1974

MLB standings at the end of June 2, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	49	27	22	0	.551		229	211	18-11	9-11	7-3	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	46	24	22	0	.522	1.5	213	189	10-11	14-11	5-5	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	49	24	25	0	.490	3.0	194	185	13-10	11-15	5-5	Won 2
New York Yankees	52	25	27	0	.481	3.5	204	223	14-12	11-15	5-5	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	48	23	25	0	.479	3.5	200	211	12-11	11-14	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	48	23	25	0	.479	3.5	165	206	7-8	16-17	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	50	29	21	0	.580		236	193	18-10	11-11	7-3	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	49	25	24	0	.510	3.5	223	198	14-12	11-12	6-4	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	50	25	25	0	.500	4.0	228	229	13-12	12-13	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	47	22	23	2	.489	4.5	184	213	12-9	10-14	3-7	Lost 2
California Angels	52	24	27	1	.471	5.5	219	212	14-15	10-12	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	46	20	25	1	.444	6.5	184	209	12-13	8-12	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	48	26	22	0	.542		230	200	15-12	11-10	6-4	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	50	27	23	0	.540		199	193	18-10	9-13	4-6	Won 2
Montreal Expos	42	21	21	0	.500	2.0	175	192	9-8	12-13	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	49	21	28	0	.429	5.5	195	211	9-13	12-15	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	45	19	26	0	.422	5.5	184	251	14-11	5-15	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	46	18	28	0	.391	7.0	208	213	12-13	6-15	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	52	37	15	0	.712		310	182	20-5	17-10	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	48	28	20	0	.583	7.0	213	183	17-9	11-11	8-2	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	50	27	23	0	.540	9.0	208	187	14-10	13-13	7-3	Won 1
Houston Astros	52	27	25	0	.519	10.0	232	206	16-10	11-15	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	54	27	27	0	.500	11.0	233	236	13-12	14-15	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	56	18	38	0	.321	21.0	196	329	10-16	8-22	1-9	Lost 9

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 9, White Sox 7 at Boston (day game):
Two homers by Rico Petrocelli and one by Tommy Harper, each with a man on base, helped power the Red Sox to a 9-7 victory over the White Sox. Petrocelli's first homer came in the third inning when the Red Sox scored five times to take a 5-3 lead. Harper added his two-run blow in the fourth. After the White Sox picked up a pair in the fifth, Carl Yastrzemski walked in the Red Sox half and Petrocelli hit his second homer of the game to provide the winning margin. Bill Melton homered for the White Sox in the eighth and Dick Allen hit for the circuit in the ninth to account for his fourth RBI of the game.

Tigers 2, Angels 0 at California (day game):
Woodie Fryman yielded only four hits before giving way to John Hiller, who retired the last five straight batters to wrap up the Tigers' 2-0 victory over the Angels. The Tigers were held scoreless by Dick Lange until two out in the eighth inning when Norm Cash homered. Bill Freehan followed with a double for his fourth hit of the game and scored the other run on a single by Mickey Stanley.

Indians 5, Royals 2 at Cleveland (day game):
Undefeated since an opening-day loss to the Yankees, Gaylord Perry extended his personal winning streak to nine games by pitching the Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Royals. However, his string of 22 scoreless innings came to an end in the first when the Royals counted on a walk to Fred Patek, a sacrifice and single by John Mayberry. The Indians then swung into action with a homer by Leron Lee in their half of the first and back-to-back blows by Oscar Gamble and Dave Duncan in the fourth. The Royals did not get a hit off Perry after the first until singles by Richie Scheinblum and Fran Healy around a walk to Tony Solaita produced their other run in the seventh.

Yankees 11, Twins 1 at Minnesota (day game):
The Yankees exploded for seven runs on three homers in the sixth inning to clinch an 11-1 victory over the Twins. Mel Stottlemyre, ending a personal five-game losing streak, held the Twins to six hits and posted his first victory since April 30 and his first complete game since April 26. In the Yankees' big inning, Lou Piniella led off with a homer. After Bill Sudakis and Graig Nettles singled, Rick Dempsey hit for the circuit to kayo Vic Albury. Bill Butler relieved and gave up singles by Jim Mason and Elliott Maddox before Ron Blomberg capped the outburst with the third homer of the inning. The Twins scored their lone run in the seventh on a single by Luis Gomez and double by Glenn Borgmann.

A's 6, Brewers 4 at Oakland (day game):
Joe Rudi drove in three runs with a homer and Reggie Jackson accounted for two with a pair of solo swats as the Athletics defeated the Brewers, 6-4. Jackson hit his homers in the second and fourth innings. The A's added another run in the fourth on a triple by Deron Johnson and single by Gene Tenace. Rudi's round-tripper followed in the eighth after a single by Sal Bando and pass to Jackson. Brewers' runs included a homer by Bob Coluccio.

Orioles 6, Rangers 5 at Texas (day game):
Wayne Garland, relieving in his third game since coming up from Rochester (International), received credit for his first major league victory when the Orioles defeated the Rangers in 10 innings, 6-5. Earl Williams led off the 10th with a single. Al Bumbry, going in to run, moved to second on a ground ball by Brooks Robinson and scored the winning run on a single by Rich Coggins. Jeff Burroughs batted in four of the Rangers' runs with two singles and a homer. The Orioles picked up two unearned runs in the fourth inning before knocking out David Clyde in the fifth when Mark Belanger and Bobby Grich hit homers, Grich's blow following a pass to Paul Blair. The Rangers came back in their half to chase Mike Cuellar, who had pitched six straight complete games. Cesar Tovar and Lenny Randle drew walks, Alex Johnson beat out a bunt to load the bases and Burroughs drove in two runs with a single to tie the score at 5-5.

Cubs 7, Dodgers 6 at Chicago (day game):
Making his 34th relief appearance of the season, Mike Marshall drew the defeat when the Cubs erupted for four runs in the seventh to beat the Dodgers, 7-6. Jim Wynn of the Dodgers and Jerry Morales of the Cubs each hit a two-run homer in the first. The Cubs picked up a run off Don Sutton on a pass to Billy Williams with the bases loaded in the fifth. Sutton went out for a pinch-hitter in the sixth when the Dodgers took a 4-3 lead with two runs driven in by Von Joshua. Marshall relieved, blanked the Cubs in their half of the sixth and retired the first two batters in the seventh before his control deserted him. Morales and Williams walked on eight consecutive pitches. Marshall then worked the count to one ball and two strikes on Jose Cardenal, but on his next delivery Cardenal smashed a three-run homer. Rick Monday followed with a double and scored what proved to be the winning run on a single by Carmen Fanzone before Marshall made his exit. The Dodgers fell short with two runs in a ninth-inning rally on a walk, a triple by Bill Russell and single by Ken McMullen.

Reds 5, Pirates 1 at Cincinnati (day game):
Fred Norman yielded only two hits in 6 2/3 scoreless innings and gained the victory when the Reds defeated the Pirates, 5-1. A pulled muscle in his right side forced Norman's departure. The Pirates scored an unearned run off reliever Pedro Borbon in the eighth on an error by Dave Concepcion and singles by Manny Sanguillen and Al Oliver. Norman singled and drove in one of the Reds' two runs in the second inning. The Reds then clinched the verdict with three runs in the third on a homer by Tony Perez, single by Terry Crowley, triple by Cesar Geronimo and single by Concepcion.

Braves 9, Expos 0 at Montreal (day game):
The Braves' recent conversion of Buzz Capra into a starting pitcher continued to pay off when the righthander shut out the Expos, 9-0. In four starts since coming out of the bullpen, Capra had three victories with a no decision in his other outing. Although collecting 10 hits, the Expos were unable to put them together to avoid a shutout. The Braves piled up 16 hits, including a homer and three singles by Rowland Office. Craig Robinson had a double and single and drove in three runs.

Phillies 4, Giants 3 at Philadelphia (day game):
Taking advantage of two errors, the Phillies scored four unearned runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Giants, 4-3. The Giants also had two tainted tallies with their only legitimate run scoring without the benefit of a hit in the third when Bobby Bonds walked, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and counted on a sacrifice fly by Mike Phillips. Bill Robinson, batting for the Phillies in the eighth, was safe on an error by Dave Kingman and stopped at third on a double by Dave Cash. Larry Bowa lined to Chris Speier, who threw wildly trying to double Cash off second and Robinson scored on the error. Mike Schmidt followed with a single, driving in Cash and chasing John D'Acquisto. Randy Moffitt relieved and was the victim when Greg Luzinski smashed a homer to produce the tying and winning runs.

Cardinals 9, Padres 6 at St. Louis (day game):
The Padres collected 17 hits to no avail when four unearned runs in the eighth inning enabled the Cardinals to gain a 9-6 victory. The Cardinals had nine hits, including three by Reggie Smith, who drove in four runs. In the eighth, Bake McBride was safe on an error by Rich Morales. After McBride moved to second when Joe Torre grounded out, the Padres walked Ken Reitz intentionally. Luis Melendez followed with a single, driving in McBride to tie the score at 6-6. Jack Heidemann, playing his first game with the Cardinals, hit a pop-up which Morales trapped, but the Padres blew a chance for a double play, getting only one out on a force play at second. Tom Heintzelman beat out an infield hit to load the bases. Ted Sizemore then walked, forcing in Reitz with the Cardinals' go-ahead run before Smith clinched the victory by driving in two runs with a single.