MLB standings through games of June 28, 1974

MLB standings at the end of June 28, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	71	40	31	0	.563		336	303	24-13	16-18	5-5	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	70	37	32	1	.536	2.0	289	268	19-15	18-17	6-4	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	71	37	34	0	.521	3.0	255	295	16-13	21-21	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	70	36	34	0	.514	3.5	278	303	22-16	14-18	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	68	34	34	0	.500	4.5	303	287	17-16	17-18	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	72	35	37	0	.486	5.5	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	74	41	33	0	.554		338	271	26-15	15-18	7-3	Won 1
Texas Rangers	75	37	37	1	.500	4.0	344	346	20-19	17-18	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	71	35	36	0	.493	4.5	307	280	19-17	16-19	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	71	34	35	2	.493	4.5	308	326	16-15	18-20	5-5	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	72	31	40	1	.437	8.5	287	309	16-20	15-20	6-4	Won 3
California Angels	77	31	45	1	.408	11.0	312	342	17-20	14-25	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	71	38	33	0	.535		310	279	21-16	17-17	7-3	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	72	38	34	0	.528	0.5	288	285	25-16	13-18	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	67	34	33	0	.507	2.0	291	289	16-13	18-20	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	70	30	40	0	.429	7.5	289	367	19-19	11-21	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	29	40	0	.420	8.0	299	295	18-13	11-27	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	71	29	42	0	.408	9.0	250	305	11-21	18-21	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	74	50	24	0	.676		393	252	30-10	20-14	6-4	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	73	43	30	0	.589	6.5	326	271	23-13	20-17	7-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	75	41	34	0	.547	9.5	299	255	22-14	19-20	3-7	Won 1
Houston Astros	74	36	38	0	.486	14.0	317	299	23-18	13-20	4-6	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	77	34	43	0	.442	17.5	295	337	17-18	17-25	2-8	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	79	34	45	0	.430	18.5	292	415	21-19	13-26	7-3	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Rangers 5, Angels 3 at California (night game):
Toby Harrah hit a single, double and his sixth homer in eight days to pace the Rangers to a 5-3 victory over the Angels. The Rangers got off to a two-run start in the first inning on a single by Cesar Tovar, double by Dave Nelson and single by Jeff Burroughs. The Angels picked up a run in the second with singles by Frank Robinson, Joe Lahoud and Tommy McCraw. The Rangers did not pull away until the seventh when they scored twice on Harrah's double, a single by Tovar and error by Dave Chalk. Harrah added his homer in the eighth to minimize the importance of the two errors that the shortstop committed in the ninth to enable the Angels to score a pair of tainted tallies.

Twins 10, White Sox 3 at Chicago (night game):
In a perfect night at bat, Tony Oliva smashed two homers and two singles to lead the Twins' attack in a 10-3 victory over the White Sox. Oliva singled in the first inning when the Twins scored four runs off Wilbur Wood with the aid of a double by Harmon Killebrew and triple by Steve Braun. Oliva homered in the third and fifth innings and was on base with a single when Killebrew hit for the circuit in the seventh. Brian Downing accounted for one of the White Sox runs with a homer.

Indians 2, Red Sox 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Gaylord Perry posted his 14th straight victory for the Indians when Leron Lee scored from first base on a two-out double by George Hendrick in the ninth inning to beat the Red Sox, 2-1. Carlton Fisk, who was straddling the plate awaiting the throw from relay man Mario Guerrero, was knocked over as Lee slid home and suffered major ligament damage to his left knee. Dick Drago, pitching for the Red Sox, yielded a homer by Charlie Spikes for the Indians' first run in the fourth inning. The Red Sox, who collected only three singles off Perry, tied the score in their half of the sixth when Rick Miller walked, Rick Burleson sacrificed and Cecil Cooper singled.

Tigers 9, Brewers 7 at Detroit (night game):
Luke Walker pitched 6 2/3 innings in his first A. L. start and got credit for the Tigers' 9-7 victory over the Brewers. Marvin Lane hit a two-run homer and Mickey Stanley drove in two runs with a single as the Tigers staked Walker to a 6-1 lead, the Brewers' run coming on a round-tripper by Bobby Mitchell. However in the seventh, Walker gave way to John Hiller after Robin Yount doubled home two runs for the Brewers. Yount later scored on a sacrifice fly by John Vukovich. The Tigers bounced back with three runs in their half. Gary Sutherland singled and scored on a triple by Al Kaline, who also crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Aurelio Rodriguez. Another run followed on a single by Bill Freehan, pass to Lane and single by Gene Lamont. As a result, the Tigers were able to win although the Brewers scored three runs in the eighth on homers by George Scott and Deron Johnson.

A's 7, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Nelson Briles came off the Royals' disabled list for his first pitching appearance since April 22 and was knocked out in the fifth inning in a 7-1 loss to the Athletics. The Royals, who were held to six hits by Glenn Abbott, scored their run in the second on doubles by Hal McRae and Fran Healy. The A's began taking aim at Briles with three runs in the third on four straight hits -- a single by Bill North, triple by Bert Campaneris, single by Sal Bando and double by Reggie Jackson. In the fifth, North singled, stole second and scored on a single by Campaneris. After an intentional pass to Jackson and forceout by Joe Rudi, Gene Garber relieved and the A's greeted the change with consecutive run-scoring singles by Gene Tenace, Angel Mangual and Dick Green.

[DH] Reds 6, Braves 5 (night game) / Braves 1, Reds 0 at Atlanta (night game):
The Reds erupted for five runs in the second inning and added a homer by Tony Perez in the fifth to gain a 6-5 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Braves combined the shutout pitching of Buzz Capra and a circuit clout by Dusty Baker to win the second game in 10 innings, 1-0. In the opener, the Reds loaded the bases on a single by Dan Driessen, a walk and hit batsman in the second inning before pushing over their four runs on a pass to Pete Rose, single by Cesar Geronimo, infield out by Joe Morgan and single by Johnny Bench. After Perez hit his homer in the fifth to put the Reds ahead, 6-1, Darrell Evans hit for the circuit with a man on base in the Braves' half. The Braves then rallied for two more runs in the eighth on a bases-loaded single by Baker. However after a pass to Davey Johnson with one out filled the sacks again, the rally died when Johnny Oates fouled out and Marty Perez grounded into a forceout. Capra allowed only three hits in the nightcap in a duel with Don Gullett, who was beaten when the eighth hit off his deliveries proved to be Baker's homer in the 10th. The Braves' Frisbee Day promotion brought out a crowd of 33,728. The first game was stopped twice in the fourth inning when kids littered the field with the missiles in protest against an umpire's decision.

[DH] Cubs 8, Expos 7 (night game) / Expos 15, Cubs 0 at Montreal (night game):
The Cubs won the longest game in Jarry Park's history, beating the Expos in 18 innings, 8-7, to open a twi-night doubleheader, but the Expos gained revenge in the second game by trouncing the Cubs, 15-0, behind the two-hit pitching of Dennis Blair. The Expos, after starting the long night by giving up two runs in the first inning of the opener, came back with five runs in their half in an outburst that included a grand-slam homer by Ron Fairly. However, the Cubs batted their way to a 7-5 lead with the aid of two-run homers by Steve Swisher and Rick Monday. The Expos bounced back with a run in the eighth on doubles by Bob Bailey and Mike Jorgensen and tied the score in the ninth on a single by Ron Hunt, a pair of passed balls by Swisher and wild pitch by Burt Hooton. The contest then wended its way through eight scoreless innings before Don Kessinger walked in the 18th and Jerry Morales, hitless in eight previous times at bat, tripled to drive in the Cubs' deciding run. The Expos went down in order in their half to end the four-hour, 55- minute game. Hunt was the Expos' leading batter in the nightcap, driving in five runs with two doubles and a single.

Padres 5, Astros 4 at San Diego (night game):
After failing to hold a 3-0 lead, the Padres scored two runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Astros, 5-4. It took five hits and a sacrifice fly to do it, but the Astros tied the score in the top half of the seventh with a double by Tommy Helms, singles by Greg Gross, Roger Metzger, Cesar Cedeno and Bob Watson and a sacrifice fly by Lee May. In the Padres' half, Bobby Tolan tripled on the first pitch thrown by reliever Ken Forsch and scored on a single by Enzo Hernandez. Dave Winfield followed with a single, sending Hernandez to third, and Nate Colbert hit a sacrifice fly to plate what proved to be the deciding run. The Astros rallied for a run in the ninth on a single by Watson, but Larry Hardy came in and retired Doug Rader on a fly with the bases loaded to save the game.

Dodgers 11, Giants 3 at San Francisco (night game):
Piling up nine runs in the last three innings, the Dodgers rolled to an 11-3 victory to spoil the debut of Wes Westrum as manager of the Giants succeeding Charlie Fox. The Giants were ahead, 3-2, going into the seventh when the Dodgers erupted for four runs. Von Joshua knocked in two runs with a bases-loaded single and another run scored on an error by Dave Kingman, one of five by the Giants in the game, before Steve Garvey capped the outburst with a single for the fourth run. The Dodgers added three more runs in the eighth with the aid of three errors and wound up their scoring in the ninth when Joe Ferguson homered with a man on base. Tommy John gained his 11th victory, pitching six innings before going out for a pinch-hitter, and Mike Marshall finished, appearing in relief for the ninth consecutive game.