MLB standings through games of June 26, 1974

MLB standings at the end of June 26, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	69	40	29	0	.580		334	299	24-13	16-16	7-3	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	68	35	32	1	.522	4.0	285	266	17-15	18-17	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	69	36	33	0	.522	4.0	245	283	15-12	21-21	6-4	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	70	36	34	0	.514	4.5	278	303	22-16	14-18	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	66	33	33	0	.500	5.5	291	277	17-16	16-17	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	72	35	37	0	.486	6.5	273	300	19-18	16-19	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	72	40	32	0	.556		327	265	26-15	14-17	7-3	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	69	34	33	2	.507	3.5	302	310	16-13	18-20	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	73	36	36	1	.500	4.0	339	338	20-19	16-17	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	69	34	35	0	.493	4.5	301	269	18-16	16-19	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	70	29	40	1	.420	9.5	271	303	16-20	13-20	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	75	30	44	1	.405	11.0	304	337	16-19	14-25	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	70	37	33	0	.529		304	278	21-16	16-17	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	72	38	34	0	.528		288	285	25-16	13-18	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	64	33	31	0	.516	1.0	265	276	15-11	18-20	6-4	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	29	40	0	.420	7.5	299	295	18-13	11-27	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	67	28	39	0	.418	7.5	276	341	19-19	9-20	3-7	Lost 3
New York Mets	70	29	41	0	.414	8.0	249	299	11-20	18-21	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	49	24	0	.671		382	249	30-10	19-14	6-4	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	70	41	29	0	.586	6.5	314	262	23-13	18-16	6-4	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	72	40	32	0	.556	8.5	290	243	21-12	19-20	5-5	Lost 2
Houston Astros	73	36	37	0	.493	13.0	313	294	23-18	13-19	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	75	33	42	0	.440	17.0	288	324	17-17	16-25	2-8	Lost 6
San Diego Padres	77	33	44	0	.429	18.0	285	407	20-18	13-26	7-3	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Tigers 4 at Baltimore (night game):
After power produced their earlier runs, the Orioles turned to a pair of singles around a sacrifice in the ninth inning to defeat the Tigers, 5-4. The Orioles hit three homers, while the Tigers had two. Mickey Stanley produced the Tigers' first two runs with a round-tripper in the third inning, but a double by Earl Williams and homers by Don Baylor and Jim Fuller sent the Orioles ahead in the fourth. The Tigers regained the lead in the seventh with a triple by Jim Northrup, sacrifice by Jerry Moses and boundary belt by Ed Brinkman, but Paul Blair tied the score with a homer in the Orioles' half. Brooks Robinson paved the way for the winning run in the ninth with a single. Al Bumbry came in to run for Robinson, advanced on a sacrifice by Fuller and scored on a single by Andy Etchebarren to bring Ross Grimsley his fourth straight victory.

Brewers 7, Red Sox 1 at Boston (day game):
Staked to a five-run lead in the first inning, Ed Sprague pitched the Brewers to a 7-1 victory over the Red Sox. Don Money, Dave May and George Scott hit consecutive singles, loading the bases, to start the Brewers' attack on Bill Lee. Johnny Briggs doubled, driving in Money and May. Bob Coluccio singled, scoring Scott, and when Carl Yastrzemski made a poor throw from the outfield, Briggs also crossed the plate. Robin Yount added the fifth run with a single. Deron Johnson, playing in his first game since being acquired from the Athletics, homered with a man on base in the seventh to produce the Brewers' final tallies.

Royals 2, White Sox 1 at Kansas City (night game):
The Royals scored in the 12th inning on a single by Frank White, pass to Amos Otis and single by Hal McRae to beat the White Sox, 2-1, and give Paul Splittorff his eighth straight victory over the Pale Hose since September 11, 1972. The Royals scored their initial run in the sixth on a double by Cookie Rojas, infield hit by McRae and sacrifice bunt by Fran Healy. Dick Allen forced the game into overtime with a homer in the ninth.

Indians 3, Yankees 2 at New York (day game):
Steve Arlin received credit for his first A. L. victory when the Indians defeated the Yankees, 3-2. Oscar Gamble, who had four hits, accounted for the Indians' first run with a homer in the second inning. George Hendrick hit for the circuit in the sixth. Gamble followed with a triple and scored on a single by Rusty Torres, who drove in his first run of the season. Arlin, who was obtained by the Indians from the Padres, needed relief in the Yankees' half of the sixth when they scored their two runs on singles by Gene Michael, Elliott Maddox, Chris Chambliss and Bobby Murcer.

A's 5, Angels 0 at Oakland (day game):
Dave Hamilton, who allowed only two hits in pitching the Athletics to a 5-0 victory over the Angels, posted his first major league shutout and only his third complete game in 36 starts stretching back to 1972. Angel Mangual and Bert Campaneris hit homers in the A's support of Hamilton. Mangual also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Twins 9, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
The Twins scored three runs in each of the first three innings, giving them more than enough margin to defeat the Rangers, 9-4. Tony Oliva homered after walks to Steve Brye and Rod Carew for the initial trio. A pass to Phil Roof, single by Brye, triple by Carew and single by Oliva added three more in the second. The Twins then capped the attack with their last three runs in the third on singles by Jim Holt, Eric Soderholm and Danny Thompson, a sacrifice by Roof and single by Brye. Alex Johnson and Toby Harrah accounted for the Rangers' tallies, each hitting a homer with a man on base.

Mets 5, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
Jack Aker gained his first victory with the Mets when Cleon Jones drove in a run with a single in the 12th inning to defeat the Cubs, 5-4. Aker, who worked the last two frames, was the fourth pitcher used by the Mets, while the Cubs called on three with the loss going to Burt Hooton. The Cubs, after trailing, 2-0, took the lead in the sixth when Rick Monday batted in two runs with a single and a third run scored on a passed ball by Jerry Grote. The Mets came back with a pair in the seventh on a single by Don Hahn, pass to Ron Hodges, single by Wayne Garrett and error by Jose Cardenal, but the Cubs pulled even in their half with singles by Jim Tyrone and Don Kessinger and sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales. In the 12th, Grote was credited with an infield hit on a weak grounder to Kessinger and advanced to second on the shortstop's wild throw. John Milner came in to run for Grote and scored on Jones' single.

Reds 9, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
The Reds, who had homers by Dave Concepcion and Dan Driessen in taking a 3-1 lead, broke the close game apart with six runs in the ninth inning and defeated the Astros, 9-1. Fred Norman, who gained his fifth straight victory, gave up a homer by Bob Watson for the Astros' run in the fourth. Singles by Merv Rettenmund and Concepcion and infield out by Norman produced the tying run in the fifth. Concepcion put the Reds ahead with his homer in the seventh. Driessen added his drive in the eighth. Joe Morgan had the big blow in the ninth, driving in two runs with a double.

Dodgers 5, Braves 4 at Los Angeles (day game):
For the second night in succession, the Dodgers staged a ninth-inning rally and scored two runs to defeat the Braves, 5-4, giving Mike Marshall his fifth victory in relief in six days. The Dodgers gave Don Sutton a 3-0 lead, scoring one run on a single by Jim Wynn in the first inning and two on a homer by Joe Ferguson in the fourth. Sutton, who had not been a winner since May 14, was removed in the sixth when the Braves loaded the bases on singles by Ralph Garr and Rowland Office and a walk to Darrell Evans. Jim Brewer, taking over, uncorked a wild pitch, allowing a run to score, and Mike Lum followed with a two-run single to tie the game. The Braves then took a 4-3 lead against Marshall in the ninth on a triple by Craig Robinson and grounder by Garr, but the Dodgers took their ace reliever off the hook in the home half. Ferguson led off with his second homer of the game to tie the score. Tom House retired the next two batters, but Davey Lopes walked and stole second. Manny Mota then batted for Bill Buckner and singled to drive in the Dodgers' winning run.

Expos 2, Phillies 0 at Montreal (night game):
A double by Ron Hunt was the key hit when the Expos scored twice in the eighth inning to beat the Phillies, 2-0, in a duel between Steve Rogers and Steve Carlton. Barry Foote led off the frame with a single and Rogers sacrificed. Hunt then hit his double to drive in Foote before scoring himself on a single by Bob Bailey. As a result, Rogers was able to end his personal six-game losing streak. The route-going performance was his first since May 14.

Padres 4, Giants 0 at San Diego (night game):
Bill Greif, who had lost his last six straight decisions with the Padres, snapped back by pitching his first shutout of the season and defeating the Giants, 4-0. Bobby Tolan drove in a run in the third inning to stake Greif to a slim lead before Fred Kendall clinched the outcome with a bases-loaded triple in the sixth. Enzo Hernandez opened that stanza with a single. Dave Winfield grounded to Tito Fuentes and when Chris Speier dropped the throw to second, both runners were safe. Willie McCovey popped up, but Johnny Grubb singled to load the bases. Derrel Thomas then forced Hernandez at the plate before Kendall came up and hit his three-bagger.

Pirates 7, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
With a homer by Willie Stargell as the big blow, the Pirates erupted for four runs in the first inning and breezed to a 7-2 victory over the Cardinals behind the three-hit pitching of Jim Rooker. Gene Clines walked and scored on singles by Richie Hebner and Al Oliver before Stargell came to the plate and smashed his homer. The Pirates added their last three tallies in the fifth on a single by Manny Sanguillen with the bases loaded. Rooker had a shutout in his grasp until the ninth when the Cardinals scored two unearned runs on errors by Hebner and Paul Popovich.