MLB standings through games of June 17, 1974

MLB standings at the end of June 17, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	62	35	27	0	.565		300	276	21-11	14-16	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	61	32	28	1	.533	2.0	251	223	17-13	15-15	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	61	32	29	0	.525	2.5	226	260	15-12	17-17	8-2	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	61	31	30	0	.508	3.5	237	265	18-15	13-15	6-4	Won 1
New York Yankees	65	33	32	0	.508	3.5	259	275	18-14	15-18	7-3	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	58	29	29	0	.500	4.0	259	241	14-13	15-16	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	63	34	29	0	.540		290	243	20-12	14-17	3-7	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	60	30	30	0	.500	2.5	270	242	17-14	13-16	5-5	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	63	31	31	1	.500	2.5	285	288	15-14	16-17	5-5	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	59	27	30	2	.474	4.0	245	275	16-13	11-17	3-7	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	60	25	34	1	.424	7.0	229	251	14-17	11-17	3-7	Lost 2
California Angels	65	27	37	1	.422	7.5	270	282	15-18	12-19	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	63	34	29	0	.540		260	259	22-13	12-16	5-5	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	61	31	30	0	.508	2.0	269	250	15-13	16-17	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	56	28	28	0	.500	2.5	242	254	13-10	15-18	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	58	25	33	0	.431	6.5	252	306	16-13	9-20	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	59	25	34	0	.424	7.0	264	262	16-13	9-21	7-3	Won 4
New York Mets	61	24	37	0	.393	9.0	222	266	11-18	13-19	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	65	44	21	0	.677		358	223	25-9	19-12	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	61	36	25	0	.590	6.0	289	241	20-10	16-15	6-4	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	63	36	27	0	.571	7.0	264	223	21-12	15-15	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	65	32	33	0	.492	12.0	287	268	20-15	12-18	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	67	32	35	0	.478	13.0	273	297	17-17	15-18	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	69	27	42	0	.391	19.0	258	389	17-18	10-24	7-3	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 1, Twins 0 at Baltimore (night game):
A two-out, bases-empty homer in the sixth by Bobby Grich was all the margin needed by Mike Cuellar, who won his ninth straight game by blanking the Twins, 1-0. Cuellar tossed a five-hitter for Baltimore. Two of Minnesota's hits were by Rod Carew, who raised his average to .398. Cuellar, who got away to an 0-3 start, had not been beaten since May 6.

Yankees 5, Angels 1 at California (night game):
The Angels went down to their 11th defeat in 14 games as the Yankees struck in the late innings for a 5-1 victory. Rookie Frank Tanana nursed a 1-0 lead into the seventh. Gene Michael ignited the decisive New York rally in that frame with a single. Roy White hit into a force play and was replaced by pinch-runner Fred Stanley. With two out, Lou Piniella cracked the game-deciding homer into the left field seats. The Yanks tacked on three more runs off reliever Barry Raziano in the eighth. An infield hit by Bill Sudakis, a walk and singles by Michael and Stanley completed the scoring for New York. California's only run was driven home by rookie first baseman John Doherty when he bounced into a fielder's choice in the second inning with runners at first and third.

Indians 4, White Sox 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Jack Brohamer's ninth-inning single drove home Frank Duffy with the winning run as the Indians' Gaylord Perry stretched his personal winning streak to 12 games with a 4-3 triumph over the White Sox. Perry, taking a 2-1 lead into the eighth, had retired 16 straight Chicago batters when Pat Kelly singled with two out. Jorge Orta followed with his first homer of the season for a 3-2 White Sox edge. The Indians tied the score in their half of the frame on first baseman Dick Allen's two-base error and single by Joe Lis, which scored John Lowenstein. His complete-game effort was the eighth in succession by Perry.

A's 3, Red Sox 2 at Oakland (night game):
An errant pickoff throw by catcher Carlton Fisk which sailed into right field enabled Gene Tenace to score from third base with one out in the bottom of the ninth, giving the Athletics a 3-2 decision over the Red Sox. Fisk had tied the score in the top of the frame with his 11th homer. Tenace opened the ninth with a walk, was sacrificed to second by Dal Maxvill and moved to third on a single by Jesus Alou. Fisk tried to pick off Alou, but his throw bounced into the right field corner and Tenace trotted home with the deciding tally. The A's took the lead for the first time in the seventh when Angel Mangual homered after a single by Dick Green.

Tigers 6, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
Shut out through eight innings by Woodie Fryman, the Rangers rallied to tie the score with four runs in the bottom of the ninth, but fell to the Tigers in 10 innings when Al Kaline rapped a two-run homer good for a 6-4 victory. Kaline's fourth four-bagger of the season, which came after a single by Mickey Stanley and a forceout, made a winner of reliever John Hiller, who had given up a game-tying homer to Lenny Randle in the ninth after replacing Fryman. Walks to Jeff Burroughs and Tom Grieve and a three-run blast by Jim Fregosi off Fryman brought on Hiller. The Tigers tallied three in the second against loser Fergie Jenkins on singles by Jim Northrup, Bill Freehan and Ed Brinkman, a double by Ben Oglivie and sacrifice fly by Aurelio Rodriguez. Freehan's third homer of the season in the fourth made it 4-0.

Padres 7, Cubs 5 at Chicago (day game):
Dave Winfield's RBI single and a successful suicide squeeze bunt by Enzo Hernandez in the 13th enabled the Padres to get past the Cubs in a walk-filled contest, 7-5. San Diego batters received 13 bases on balls and Chicago 12 to equal the National League record of 25 in one game, set by Cincinnati and Montreal last season. The Cubs once led, 5-0, but the Padres pecked away and tied the score in the top of the ninth. In the 13th, a walk to Johnny Grubb, Bobby Tolan's sacrifice and a single by Horace Clarke set the stage for the tie-breaking hit by Winfield, who had homered in the sixth. Hernandez then squeezed Clarke home from third with an insurance run.

Reds 12, Expos 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Battering Steve Rogers for nine hits and eight runs in less than four innings, the Reds pounded out a 12-3 victory over the Expos. Cincinnati got enough to insure Fred Norman's sixth victory in the first when the club scored four times on singles by Pete Rose, who was thrown out stealing, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez and Dan Driessen and a double by Terry Crowley. The Reds bunched five hits again in the fourth to add four more runs, then tacked on their final four in the next frame, three scoring on a double by Perez off rookie Terry Enyart. Norman yielded two runs in the second when the Expos bunched four hits, including doubles by Jim Cox and Barry Foote.

Braves 8, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
The Braves jumped on starter and loser Harry Parker for five runs in the first two innings and went on to beat the Mets behind a solid four-hit effort by Phil Niekro, 8-1. Niekro allowed only two hits over the final eight innings. Darrell Evans gave Atlanta a 1-0 lead with his sixth homer in the first. The Mets tied the score in the same inning on Wayne Garrett's single and stolen base, plus a double by Rusty Staub. A walk to Mike Lum, Davey Johnson's double, Johnny Oates' RBI grounder, an error by shortstop Ted Martinez and Ralph Garr's 10th triple of the season dispatched Parker in the second. Evans greeted reliever Ray Sadecki with an RBI single. The Braves tacked on a single run in eighth and a pair in the ninth, both driven across by Rowland Office's double.

Phillies 7, Astros 5 at Philadelphia (night game):
Tony Taylor's two-run pinch-homer with two out in the eighth lifted the Phillies to a 7-5 victory over the Astros. The round-tripper was Taylor's first since May of 1971, coming after a single by Bob Boone, and gave reliever Wayne Twitchell his first victory since suffering a knee injury late last season. The Astros took a 3-0 lead in the second, but the Phils tied the score in the third, went ahead 4-3 in the fourth on doubles by Mike Anderson and starting pitcher Steve Carlton. Mike Schmidt hit his 17th homer of the year in the fifth, but the Astros came back with two to tie in the seventh on a pair of walks and singles by Roger Metzger and Lee May.

Pirates 7, Dodgers 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Scoring six unearned runs, the Pirates benefited from loose defensive play by the Dodgers to score a 7-3 victory. Richie Zisk's single and a three-base error by right fielder Joe Ferguson, who let the ball get through to the wall, enabled Pittsburgh to tie the score at 1-1 in the second. Four more tainted runs crossed the plate in the fourth on two-out singles by Mario Mendoza and Ken Brett and double by Gene Clines, following an error by shortstop Bill Russell. Richie Hebner was credited with a double when Jim Wynn lost his fly ball in the lights, Brett and Clines scoring. Two Buc boots in the sixth helped Los Angeles score twice, but the Pirates got both runs back in that same frame, Brett scoring the second one on a passed ball by Steve Yeager. The victory was only the third for Pittsburgh in their last 16 meetings with the Dodgers over two seasons.

Giants 3, Cardinals 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Jim Barr allowed eight hits, but became only the second hurler to shut out St. Louis this season as the Giants prevailed, 3-0. Gary Thomasson's infield single with the bases loaded in the third produced the first Giant run off loser John Curtis. Barr drew a one-out walk in the seventh, moved to third on Bobby Bonds' double to right center and scored on a wild pitch by Curtis. Thomasson drove in the final run of the game with a single to left. St. Louis, which outhit the Giants, 8-7, left 11 runners stranded, eight of them in the first four innings.