MLB standings through games of June 29, 1974

MLB standings at the end of June 29, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	72	41	31	0	.569		348	305	24-13	17-18	6-4	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	71	37	33	1	.529	3.0	291	280	19-16	18-17	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	71	37	34	0	.521	3.5	280	303	23-16	14-18	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	72	37	35	0	.514	4.0	255	304	16-14	21-21	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	69	35	34	0	.507	4.5	312	287	17-16	18-18	6-4	Won 1
New York Yankees	73	35	38	0	.479	6.5	273	302	19-18	16-20	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	75	41	34	0	.547		338	273	26-15	15-19	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	72	35	35	2	.500	3.5	312	329	17-15	18-20	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	72	36	36	0	.500	3.5	309	280	20-17	16-19	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	76	37	38	1	.493	4.0	347	354	20-19	17-19	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	73	31	41	1	.431	8.5	290	313	16-20	15-21	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	78	32	45	1	.416	10.0	320	345	18-20	14-25	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	72	38	34	0	.528		310	283	21-16	17-18	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	73	38	35	0	.521	0.5	291	291	25-16	13-19	4-6	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	68	34	34	0	.500	2.0	292	291	16-14	18-20	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	71	31	40	0	.437	6.5	291	368	19-19	12-21	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	70	30	40	0	.429	7.0	305	298	19-13	11-27	4-6	Won 2
New York Mets	72	30	42	0	.417	8.0	254	305	12-21	18-21	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	75	51	24	0	.680		399	256	30-10	21-14	7-3	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	74	44	30	0	.595	6.5	328	272	23-13	21-17	8-2	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	76	41	35	0	.539	10.5	300	257	22-15	19-20	2-8	Lost 1
Houston Astros	75	37	38	0	.493	14.0	320	299	23-18	14-20	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	78	34	44	0	.436	18.5	299	343	17-19	17-25	2-8	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	80	34	46	0	.425	19.5	292	418	21-20	13-26	6-4	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 2, Yankees 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Dave McNally allowed only two hits in pitching the Orioles to a 2-0 victory over the Yankees. Dick Tidrow matched ciphers with McNally until the seventh inning when the Orioles scored on singles by Don Baylor and Brooks Robinson and ground-rule double by Earl Williams. Their other run came off Sparky Lyle in the eighth on a single by Tommy Davis, pass to Boog Powell and single by Baylor.

Angels 8, Rangers 3 at California (night game):
Leroy Stanton, Frank Robinson and Bob Oliver hit two-run homers in support of Dick Lange, who turned in his first complete game in 10 starts for the Angels this season and defeated the Rangers, 8-3. All three of the Rangers' runs came on a pair of round-trippers by Jim Fregosi. Stanton's homer tied the score at 2-2 in the fourth inning and Robinson's drive broke a deadlock in the sixth. Oliver hit his homer and Lahoud drove in two runs with a double when the Angels wrapped up their scoring in the eighth inning.

White Sox 4, Twins 3 at Chicago (day game):
A perfectly-executed squeeze bunt by Bill Sharp capped a two-run rally in the eighth inning and enabled the White Sox to defeat the Twins, 4-3. The Twins jumped off to a two-run lead in the third on a single by Steve Brye and doubles by Rod Carew and Bobby Darwin, but the White Sox got one back in their half with a single by Bucky Dent and double by Jorge Orta. Danny Thompson homered for the Twins in the sixth and Carlos May countered with a round-tripper for the White Sox. In the eighth, Orta singled and Tony Muser sacrificed. After a pass to May, Ken Henderson singled to score Orta with the tying run. May took third and counted the winning run when Sharp placed a safe bunt past the pitcher's mound between first and second.

Red Sox 12, Indians 2 at Cleveland (day game):
Juan Beniquez hit two homers, including the first grand slam of his major league career, to lead the slugging of the Red Sox in a 12-2 victory over the Indians. Terry Hughes and Danny Cater also hit homers for the Red Sox, each with a man on base. Hughes' homer was the first of his major league career. The Red Sox piled up six of their runs in the second inning. Mario Guerrero singled with the bases loaded to drive in two runs and, after a walk to Tommy Harper filled the sacks again, Beniquez connected for his grand-slam off Fritz Peterson. Luis Tiant, who gave up three hits including a homer by Dave Duncan, left the game with a 10-1 lead after six innings and two relievers finished for the Red Sox. Oscar Gamble homered for the Indians' other run off Bob Veale in the seventh.

Brewers 9, Tigers 0 at Detroit (day game):
Pitching only six innings, Mickey Lolich was stopped on his string of 11 straight complete games when the Tigers lost to the Brewers, 9-0. Jim Colborn limited the Tigers to six singles in posting the shutout. The Brewers scored five of their runs off Lolich, including one on a pass to Darrell Porter with the bases loaded in the first inning and another on a homer by John Vukovich in the fourth. Johnny Briggs also had a homer, connecting with two men on base in the seventh inning after Dave Lemanczyk had replaced Lolich.

Royals 2, A's 0 at Kansas City (night game):
The largest regular-season crowd in Royals' history, 39,474, saw Steve Busby pitch a five-hitter and shut out the Athletics, 2-0. The Royals were held to four hits by Vida Blue, but Amos Otis tripled in the first inning and scored on a single by Hal McRae for the only run that Busby needed. Just to make sure, the Royals added a tally in the fifth on a double by Jim Wohlford, long fly by Al Cowens on which Wohlford moved to third, and single by George Brett.

Reds 2, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Joe Morgan decided a tight game with a run-scoring single in the seventh inning to bring the Reds a 2-1 victory over the Braves. Johnny Bench homered for the Reds' initial run off Ron Reed in the fourth. Jack Billingham yielded the tying tally in the Braves' half on a double by Dusty Baker, single by Mike Lum and infield out by Davey Johnson. Pete Rose singled for the Reds in the seventh, moved to second on a grounder by Cesar Geronimo and scored when Morgan singled for his third hit of the game.

Cubs 2, Expos 1 at Montreal (night game):
A sacrifice fly by Bill Madlock with the bases loaded in the eighth inning enabled the Cubs to defeat the Expos, 2-1. The Expos also scored on a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded, getting their run in the first inning with the RBI going to Willie Davis. The Cubs pulled even in the second. George Mitterwald singled, stole second, stopped at third on a single by Rick Reuschel and scored on a wild pitch by Steve Renko. In the eighth, Rick Monday singled, Jose Cardenal doubled and Vic Harris drew an intentional pass to load the bases before Madlock decided the game with his long fly to center field.

Mets 4, Cardinals 0 at New York (day game):
Ironically, the weakest batter in the Cardinals' lineup collected their only hit off Jon Matlack, who pitched the Mets to a 4-0 victory. John Curtis, the Cards' losing pitcher, accounted for the hit with a single in the third inning. Matlack walked three. The Mets jumped on Curtis for two runs in the first inning on a single by Wayne Garrett and homer by Cleon Jones. Garrett got into the slugging act with a homer in the fifth and the final run followed off Mike Thompson in the seventh when Garrett walked and scored on a two-out double by Jones.

Pirates 6, Phillies 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Jim Lonborg's string of six straight victories in June came to an end when the Pirates defeated the Phillies, 6-3. After the Pirates scored on a single by Manny Sanguillen and triple by Mario Mendoza in the second inning, the Phillies sent Lonborg ahead, 2-1. Dave Cash tripled and Larry Bowa singled for a run in the third and Mike Schmidt hit a homer in the fourth. However, the Pirates took the lead with two runs in the sixth. After Richie Zisk and Sanguillen singled and Rennie Stennett walked to load the bases, Ed Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Jerry Reuss put himself ahead with a single. The Pirates then decided the outcome with three runs in the seventh. A single by Richie Hebner, double by Al Oliver and intentional pass to Willie Stargell loaded the bases for Zisk, who cleared the sacks with a double. The Phillies' only answer was a homer by Cash in the eighth.

Astros 3, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
A crowd of 21,594 boosted the San Diego attendance to 617,499, surpassing the entire 1973 total of 611,806, but the Padres failed to measure up to the occasion and lost to the Astros, 3-0. Tom Griffin posted the shutout on a six-hitter. Dan Spillner, who had won four straight decisions for the Padres, was stopped on his streak when Griffin doubled and Cesar Cedeno homered in the fifth inning. The other run came in the eighth on a single by Lee May, infield out by Milt May and single by Griffin, scoring Wilbur Howard, who ran for May.

Dodgers 6, Giants 4 at San Francisco (day game):
Mike Marshall set a major league record for most consecutive appearances, pitching in his 10th straight game, as the Dodgers defeated the Giants, 6-4. However, Iron Mike had his troubles after relieving Doug Rau and the Dodgers had to use three more pitchers in the ninth before stopping the Giants. The Dodgers built up a 5-0 lead with the aid of a two-run single by Bill Russell before the Giants picked up their first run on a homer by Dave Kingman in the fifth. When the Giants threatened with one out in the sixth, Marshall replaced Rau. Kingman drove in two runs with a single in the eighth. Marshall's weariness became apparent in the ninth when the Giants loaded the bases with none out. Jim Brewer came in and struck out Chris Speier. Geoff Zahn took over and walked Gary Thomasson to force in a run before striking out Ed Goodson. Charlie Hough then became the Dodgers' third reliever of the inning and retired Gary Matthews on a grounder for the final out.