MLB standings through games of June 21, 1974

MLB standings at the end of June 21, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	64	37	27	0	.578		308	278	21-11	16-16	8-2	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	64	34	30	0	.531	3.0	233	270	15-12	19-18	7-3	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	63	32	30	1	.516	4.0	258	245	17-15	15-15	6-4	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	65	33	32	0	.508	4.5	259	285	20-15	13-17	7-3	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	62	31	31	0	.500	5.0	273	256	16-15	15-16	3-7	Won 2
New York Yankees	68	34	34	0	.500	5.0	263	282	18-15	16-19	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	67	36	31	0	.537		301	255	22-14	14-17	4-6	Won 2
Texas Rangers	68	35	32	1	.522	1.0	318	301	19-15	16-17	6-4	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	64	32	32	0	.500	2.5	283	251	17-14	15-18	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	63	30	31	2	.492	3.0	280	292	16-13	14-18	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	64	26	37	1	.413	8.0	245	280	15-18	11-19	3-7	Lost 1
California Angels	70	28	41	1	.406	9.0	283	309	16-19	12-22	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	67	35	32	0	.522		267	269	23-16	12-16	4-6	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	64	33	31	0	.516	0.5	281	256	17-14	16-17	6-4	Won 1
Montreal Expos	59	30	29	0	.508	1.0	249	262	13-10	17-19	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	62	27	35	0	.435	5.5	262	318	18-15	9-20	5-5	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	63	27	36	0	.429	6.0	275	271	18-13	9-23	7-3	Lost 2
New York Mets	65	26	39	0	.400	8.0	228	279	11-20	15-19	3-7	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	68	45	23	0	.662		365	235	26-9	19-14	3-7	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	66	39	27	0	.591	5.0	276	224	21-12	18-15	8-2	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	64	36	28	0	.562	7.0	292	248	20-13	16-15	4-6	Lost 3
Houston Astros	68	34	34	0	.500	11.0	294	273	21-15	13-19	4-6	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	70	33	37	0	.471	13.0	281	308	17-17	16-20	3-7	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	72	29	43	0	.403	18.0	268	395	17-18	12-25	6-4	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Brewers 8, Orioles 6 at Milwaukee (night game):
The relief pitching of Jim Slaton, who yielded five hits and two runs in 6 1/3 innings, helped the Brewers defeat the Orioles, 8-6. Eleven of the game's runs, including Oriole homers by Earl Williams and Jim Fuller, were scored in the first three innings. Bill Travers, who started for the Brewers, was kayoed in the second before Slaton arrived. After trailing, 5-3, the Brewers took the lead to stay with three runs in their half. Mike Cuellar, who was working on a string of nine straight victories for the Orioles, was chased when Bobby Mitchell doubled and scored on a single by Bob Coluccio. Wayne Garland relieved and drew the defeat by walking two batters to load the bases and then giving up a two-run single by Tim Johnson. The Brewers added a run on a wild pitch by Garland in the seventh. After Brooks Robinson brought the Orioles within one run with a scoring double in the eighth, Darrell Porter got that tally back for the Brewers with a circuit clout in their half.

White Sox 11, Twins 7 at Minnesota (night game):
Ken Henderson hit two homers and a sacrifice fly, driving in six runs, and Carlos May rapped five singles to lead a 21-hit attack by the White Sox in an 11-7 victory over the Twins. Henderson homered in the first inning with two men on base, added an RBI with his sacrifice fly in the fourth and belted a homer with one aboard in the sixth. May batted in three runs and scored three. Although staked to a 7-0 lead by the White Sox, Ken Tatum couldn't stand the prosperity and was knocked out in the third inning. Joe Henderson, the second of three relief pitchers used by the White Sox, received credit for his first major league victory. Tony Oliva hit a homer for the Twins.

Tigers 3, Yankees 2 at New York (night game):
A pinch-single by Willie Horton, plus an error on the play by Elliott Maddox, brought the Tigers two runs in the ninth inning for a 3-2 victory over the Yankees. The Tigers scored an unearned run in the second, but the Yankees went ahead with a two-run homer by Bill Sudakis in the fourth. With two out for the Tigers in the the ninth, Jim Northrup singled and Bill Freehan walked. Horton then delivered his single, scoring Northrup, and when the throw by Maddox bounced away from Graig Nettles at third base, Freehan also came around to count the winning run.

A's 5, Royals 4 at Oakland (night game):
The Athletics came from behind with a four-run rally in the eighth inning to defeat the Royals, 5-4. The A's scored once in the second on singles by Gene Tenace and Dick Green, together with a wild pitch, but the Royals took a 4-1 lead in the fourth with a single by Hal McRae, pass to Fran Healy, single by George Brett, triple by Fred Patek and single by Jim Wohlford. The A's, held to three hits by Bruce Dal Canton going into the eighth, opened their rally with a walk to Bill North and singles by Bert Campaneris and Sal Bando, scoring North. Joe Hoerner relieved and hit Reggie Jackson with a pitch to load the bases. Doug Bird took over and gave up a single by Joe Rudi, driving in two runs to tie the score. Bird then retired Daron Johnson and Tenace, but Angel Mangual singled to produce the A's winning run.

[DH] Rangers 12, Angels 3 (night game) / Rangers 6, Angels 2 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers piled up 19 hits, their biggest total since the club moved to Dallas-Fort Worth from Washington, and whipped the Angels, 12-3, before completing a sweep of the twi-night doubleheader with a 6-2 victory. In the opening slugfest, Lenny Randle collected five hits, Jeff Burroughs had three, Cesar Tovar smashed a three-run homer and Toby Harrah rapped a pair of solo swats. All this made it easy for Fergie Jenkins to end his personal four-game losing streak. Steve Hargan, making his first start since May 28, was the winner of the nightcap. The Rangers scored two runs in the fourth inning on a double by Tovar, singles by Dave Nelson and Alex Johnson and sacrifice fly by Burroughs before clinching the game in the fifth when Nelson drove in two runs with a single and Mike Hargrove plated a pair with a pinch-double.

Cubs 3, Pirates 2 at Chicago (day game):
After four days on the bench, Jerry Morales returned to the Cubs' lineup and batted in two runs with a homer and single to help beat the Pirates, 3-2. After the Pirates counted their initial tally on singles by Al Oliver, Manny Sanguillen and Rennie Stennett in the fourth inning, Morales tied the score with his homer in the Cubs' half. The Cubs followed with two runs in the seventh. Don Kessinger singled, Rick Monday walked and Morales singled for one run before Jose Cardenal produced the deciding tally with a sacrifice fly. Willie Stargell brought the Pirates within one run with a homer in the eighth.

Braves 1, Reds 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Although Carl Morton was tagged for 9 hits, the Braves were able to beat the Reds, 1-0, thanks to game-saving relief work by Tom House. Morton gave up successive two-out singles by Dan Driessen and Pete Rose in the ninth inning before House took over. House walked Joe Morgan to load the bases but then retired Johnny Bench on a fly for the final out. The Braves, who were held to five hits, scored their run off Jack Billingham in the seventh. Hank Aaron doubled and Mike Lum was handed an intentional pass. Davey Johnson followed with an infield hit to load the bases. Frank Tepedino then dribbled a slow roller for an infield out on which Aaron scored.

Astros 2, Padres 0 at Houston (night game):
Larry Dierker allowed only four hits before being relieved by Fred Scherman in the ninth inning and also scored one of the Astros' runs in a 2-0 victory over the Padres. Dierker doubled in the third and crossed the plate on singles by Greg Gross and Roger Metzger. The Astros' other run counted in the sixth on a triple by Milt May and single by Doug Rader. Dierker was lifted in the ninth with one out after issuing two passes. Scherman retired Willie McCovey on a fly and Johnny Grubb on a pop-up to save the game.

Dodgers 4, Giants 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Bill Buckner homered in the 10th inning for his fourth hit of the game to bring the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over the Giants. Ed Goodson drove in all three of the Giants' runs, two with a double in the third inning and one with a single in seventh. Randy Moffitt, who made his first major league start after 129 relief appearances, was chased in the eighth when the Dodgers rallied to tie the score. The first run scored on singles by Buckner, Jim Wynn and Steve Garvey. The Giants brought in Elias Sosa, but Willie Crawford knocked in a run with a single and Ron Cey tied the score with a sacrifice fly.

Mets 3, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Tom Seaver, who pitched five scoreless innings before being forced off the mound by a sore left hip, received credit for his first victory since June 1 when the Mets defeated the Phillies, 3-1. Steve Carlton was the loser on two circuit clouts by John Milner, who became the first lefthanded batter to homer off the Phils' southpaw ace this season. Rusty Staub accounted for the Mets' final run with a round-tripper off Mac Scarce in the eighth. Although the Mets committed five errors, the Phils were unable to score until the ninth. Del Unser and Tommy Hutton each singled to chase Bob Miller, who had relieved Seaver. Tug McGraw took over and induced Mike Anderson to ground into a double play. Bob Boone then walked and Bill Robinson beat out an infield hit, scoring Unser, but Dave Cash flied out to end the game.

Cardinals 5, Expos 1 at St. Louis (night game):
As native of the St. Louis area, Sonny Siebert continued to be unbeatable at home, gaining his fifth straight victory at Busch Stadium when the Cardinals defeated the Expos, 5-1. The Cardinals held a slim 2-1 lead before breaking away with three runs in the seventh on five straight singles by Mike Tyson, Jim Dwyer, Lou Brock, Ted Sizemore and Ted Simmons. Dwyer batted for Siebert. Al Hrabosky and Orlando Pena finished on the mound for the Cardinals.