MLB standings through games of June 24, 1974

MLB standings at the end of June 24, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	68	40	28	0	.588		333	292	24-12	16-16	7-3	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	67	35	32	0	.522	4.5	239	278	15-12	20-20	6-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	67	34	32	1	.515	5.0	282	264	17-15	17-17	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	68	35	33	0	.515	5.0	273	297	21-15	14-18	6-4	Won 1
New York Yankees	71	35	36	0	.493	6.5	271	297	19-17	16-19	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	65	32	33	0	.492	6.5	284	276	17-16	15-17	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	70	38	32	0	.543		316	264	24-15	14-17	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	67	33	32	2	.508	2.5	291	299	16-13	17-19	7-3	Won 1
Texas Rangers	71	35	35	1	.500	3.0	328	326	19-18	16-17	4-6	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	67	33	34	0	.493	3.5	290	258	17-15	16-19	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	68	28	39	1	.418	8.5	259	292	16-20	12-19	3-7	Won 2
California Angels	73	30	42	1	.417	9.0	303	326	16-19	14-23	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	70	38	32	0	.543		288	278	25-16	13-16	6-4	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	68	36	32	0	.529	1.0	294	264	20-15	16-17	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	62	31	31	0	.500	3.0	258	276	13-11	18-20	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	65	28	37	0	.431	7.5	271	331	19-17	9-20	4-6	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	28	39	0	.418	8.5	285	285	18-13	10-26	5-5	Lost 3
New York Mets	68	27	41	0	.397	10.0	239	294	11-20	16-21	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	47	24	0	.662		375	244	28-10	19-14	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	68	39	29	0	.574	6.5	302	259	23-13	16-16	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	70	40	30	0	.571	6.5	285	236	21-12	19-18	6-4	Won 1
Houston Astros	71	36	35	0	.507	11.0	310	282	23-16	13-19	5-5	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	73	33	40	0	.452	15.0	287	317	17-17	16-23	2-8	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	75	31	44	0	.413	18.0	278	406	18-18	13-26	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 3, Tigers 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Bobby Grich drove in his 42nd and 43rd runs of the season with a two-run homer in the second, and Doyle Alexander evened his record at 3-3 with a five-hitter as the Orioles pinned a 3-1 defeat on the Tigers' Lerrin LaGrow. Grich's 12th round-tripper of the campaign came in the second after Boog Powell had led off with a double. Baltimore's final tally came in the seventh when Tiger reliever Luke Walker walked Brooks Robinson with the bases loaded. Alexander lost the shutout in the seventh when Willie Horton grounded a pinch-single to left after Gates Brown had doubled and advanced to third on a groundout.

Red Sox 9, Brewers 0 at Boston (night game):
Rico Petrocelli collected the ninth grand slam of his career and Luis Tiant made his 12th complete-game pitching effort of the season as the Red Sox blanked the Brewers, 9-0. Petrocelli's slam came in the fifth off loser Jim Colborn after a single by Dick McAuliffe, double by Carl Yastrzemski and intentional pass to Carlton Fisk, and gave the Sox a 6-0 lead. Boston scored two in the first when Tommy Harper walked, McAuliffe tripled and came home on a throwing error. Brewer reliever Eduardo Rodriguez walked the bases loaded in the seventh on 12 pitches, and Boston added their final three runs on Mario Guerrero's sacrifice fly, a walk and Bernie Carbo's single. Tiant struck out 10 in posting his 10th victory.

White Sox 3, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Steve Busby's bid for back-to-back no-hit outings ended with Pat Kelly's two-out single in the sixth, and the White Sox scored all their runs in next frame to hang a 3-1 defeat on the K.C. hurler, who had no-hit the Brewers five nights earlier. A two-run homer by Ron Santo following a single by Carlos May was the winning blow. The Sox added their third run on Bill Sharp's double and Bucky Dent's two-out single. Wilbur Wood took a three-hitter into the ninth, but was replaced by Terry Forster after Hal McRae singled. The Royals loaded the bases, but Forster got Al Cowens to hit into a game-ending double play to preserve Wood's 12th victory. The Royals scored their only run in the sixth on a walk, sacrifice and Cookie Rojas' single.

Indians 10, Yankees 3 at New York (night game):
Making his first start against his former teammates, Fritz Peterson got 15-hit backing, including a bases-loaded homer by John Lowenstein, as the Indians pummeled the Yankees, 10-3. Peterson allowed one unearned run in posting his fifth victory with eighth-inning relief help from Fred Beene, another onetime Yankee. Lowenstein's first career slam came in the fourth off reliever Mike Wallace after Cleveland had loaded the bases on three straight singles to dispatch starter Doc Medich. Wallace walked Jack Brohamer to force in a run before Lowenstein unloaded. The Indians scored two in the first after two were out on three singles and a double. They added a single run in the sixth and two more in the eighth. New York got on the the board in the seventh on two walks, an interference call and Fernando Gonzalez' single, and added two in the eighth, one scoring on Bill Sudakis' double.

A's 11, Angels 3 at Oakland (night game):
The A's and Sal Bando dumped the Angels into the West Division cellar and increased their lead in that same division to 2½ games with an 11-3 victory over California. Bando drove in five runs with an eighth-inning grand slam, the sixth of his career which highlighted a six-run frame, and a fifth-inning single. The Angels grabbed the lead in the second on Mickey Rivers' two-run single, but the A's tied the score in the home half of the same inning when Angel Mangual singled home a pair of runs and took the lead for keeps in the fourth on singles by Joe Rudi and Pat Bourque plus a sacrifice fly by Mangual. Vida Blue evened his record at 7-7, working eight innings before giving way to Rollie Fingers.

Twins 8, Rangers 4 at Texas (day game):
Led by Danny Thompson's four hits, including a two-run, inside-the-park homer in the fourth off loser David Clyde, the Twins and Bert Blyleven recorded an 8-4 victory at the expense of the Rangers. Blyleven, making his first appearance in nine days because of a muscle pull, went six innings and gave up two homers to Toby Harrah which accounted for Texas' first three runs. Thompson's inside job, a drive off the center field wall on which outfielder Joe Lovitto crashed into the barrier trying for the catch, came with Steve Braun at second. The Twins got two more in the sixth on Thompson's double, single by Phil Roof and triple by Steve Brye. Larry Hisle cracked a three-run homer for the final Minnesota tallies in the top of the ninth and Cesar Tovar produced the final run of the game with the contest's fifth homer in the bottom of the last inning.

Mets 4, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
An error by Dave Rosello on a potential game-ending double play ball, and Jose Cardenal's wild throw which allowed two runners to score, provided the Mets with a 4-2 victory over the Cubs. Chicago took a 2-1 lead into the ninth, scoring twice on an infield forceout by Bill Madlock in the fourth. With the bases loaded, Madlock smashed a hot shot at Ken Boswell, who scrambled to second for the forceout, but not before Rick Monday scored from third and Cardenal from second. The Mets got one run back in the sixth on singles by Ted Martinez and Wayne Garrett, plus a sacrifice fly by Jerry Grote. In the ninth, Ed Kranepool's grounder went through Rosello's legs, allowing Grote and Cleon Jones to advance to second and third. Cardenal's throw in an attempt to nab Jones at third was wild, and both runners scored.

Astros 6, Reds 1 at Houston (night game):
Holding the Reds to one hit over the first four innings and getting home-run backing from Doug Rader and Cesar Cedeno, Tom Griffin chalked up his eighth victory in 11 decisions as the Astros stopped the Reds, 6-1. Rader followed Lee May's inning-opening double in the second and walk to Cliff Johnson with his homer off loser on Gullett. Tommy Helms' single, Griffin's sacrifice and Roger Metzger's bloop single made it a four-run inning. Cedeno's 15th homer of the season came in the bottom of the seventh after Griffin had singled. The Reds managed their only run off Griffin, who hurled his fifth complete game of the season, in the fifth on Merv Rettenmund's double and a single by Hal King.

Braves 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Given a defensive lift by Ivan Murrell's spectacular outfield catch, Buzz Capra settled down to hurl the Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers. After Ron Cey's two-run homer had put L. A. ahead by three in the second, Murrell robbed Jim Wynn of a three-run homer, tumbling into the left field stands after grabbing a long drive. Capra settled down to hurl shutout ball the rest of the way, retiring 16 straight hitters in one stretch. Loser Doug Rau had a three-hit shutout in the works until the Braves erupted for all their runs in the seventh, the clincher coming when Capra, batting for himself with the score tied and one out, laid down a perfect squeeze bunt to get Craig Robinson home from third. Robinson had singled home the tying run, stolen second and advanced to third on catcher Joe Ferguson's throwing error.

Phillies 8, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
Jim Lonborg helped himself to his sixth straight victory and 10th of the season with the first grand-slam homer of his career as the Phillies pasted the Expos, 8-2. Staked to a 2-0 lead in the first on RBI singles by Mike Schmidt and Ron Hunt, Lonborg delivered his bases-loaded blast off Expo reliever Chuck Taylor's second pitch in the third. Singles by Del Unser and Schmidt, fielder's choice and a balk by loser Mike Torrez were followed by a two-run base-hit by Willie Montanez, giving the Phils a 4-0 lead. Anderson's double and a walk to Bob Boone loaded the bases, and Lonborg hit his first homer since the 1970 season into the left field seats. Montreal tallied its runs in the fourth on Larry Lintz' single and a stolen base, Ken Singleton's double and Ron Fairly's single.

Padres 2, Giants 1 at San Diego (night game):
Reliever Vicente Romo snuffed out a Giant rally in the ninth, stranding the tying run at third as the Padres dealt San Francisco its 12th defeat in the last 15 games, 2-1. San Diego scored both its runs in the first on singles by Bobby Tolan and Enzo Hernandez, an infield out, intentional walk to Nate Colbert and unintentional pass to Cito Gaston which forced home one run. Hernandez raced home with the second run on a forceout. Rookie starter Dan Spillner checked the Giants until the ninth. A walk to Gary Matthews brought on Dave Tomlin, who gave up singles to Gary Thomasson and Chris Arnold to score Matthews. Dave Rader's sacrifice moved the runners to second and third, but Romo came in and got Mike Phillips on an infield grounder, walked Bobby Bonds intentionally, then retired Chris Speier on a liner to Derrel Thomas to end the game.

[DH] Cardinals 3, Pirates 1 (night game) / Cardinals 4, Pirates 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Gibson, struggling with a 3-8 record, hung up his first shutout of the year to cap a Cardinal sweep of the Pirates with a 4-0 victory. Aided by Ted Simmons' three-run homer in the third and Jim Dwyer's first major league round-tripper in the previous frame, Gibson became the winningest active hurler in baseball with his 241st career victory, breaking a deadlock with Juan Marichal. The righthander held the Pirates to four hits and struck out 11 to raise his career total to 2,988. St. Louis took the first game, 3-1, bunching singles by Luis Melendez, Bake McBride, Ken Reitz and Mike Tyson with a throwing error by Richie Zisk to score all their runs in the second inning. A leadoff homer by Richie Hebner in sthe ixth was the only Pirate tally off winner Alan Foster. The victories gave the Cardinals a 7-1 record against the Pirates this season and moved St. Louis to one game behind the division-leading Phillies.