MLB standings through games of June 30, 1974

MLB standings at the end of June 30, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	73	41	32	0	.562		350	314	24-13	17-19	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	72	38	33	1	.535	2.0	300	282	20-16	18-17	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	72	38	34	0	.528	2.5	283	303	24-16	14-18	6-4	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	74	38	36	0	.514	3.5	259	310	17-15	21-21	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	71	36	35	0	.507	4.0	318	291	17-16	19-19	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	74	35	39	0	.473	6.5	273	305	19-18	16-21	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	76	41	35	0	.539		345	281	26-15	15-20	6-4	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	73	37	36	0	.507	2.5	317	287	21-17	16-19	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	74	36	36	2	.500	3.0	323	338	18-16	18-20	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	77	38	38	1	.500	3.0	356	356	20-19	18-19	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	75	32	42	1	.432	8.0	299	324	16-20	16-22	6-4	Won 1
California Angels	79	32	46	1	.410	10.0	322	354	18-21	14-25	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	74	40	34	0	.541		320	288	21-16	19-18	7-3	Won 2
Montreal Expos	69	35	34	0	.507	2.5	302	293	17-14	18-20	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	75	38	37	0	.507	2.5	301	305	25-16	13-21	3-7	Lost 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	32	40	0	.444	7.0	319	308	21-13	11-27	5-5	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	72	31	41	0	.431	8.0	293	378	19-19	12-22	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	74	30	44	0	.405	10.0	259	315	12-23	18-21	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	52	24	0	.684		404	259	30-10	22-14	8-2	Won 5
Cincinnati Reds	75	44	31	0	.587	7.5	331	279	23-13	21-18	7-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	77	42	35	0	.545	10.5	307	260	23-15	19-20	3-7	Won 1
Houston Astros	77	38	39	0	.494	14.5	328	306	23-18	15-21	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	79	34	45	0	.430	19.5	302	348	17-20	17-25	1-9	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	82	35	47	0	.427	20.0	299	426	22-21	13-26	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 3, Yankees 0 at Baltimore (day game):
Posting his third shutout of the season, Mike Cuellar pitched the Orioles to a 3-0 victory over the Yankees. Cuellar allowed six hits, while the Orioles won with only four off Rudy May. Two of their runs scored in the third inning when Jim Fuller was safe on an error by Bill Sudakis, Paul Blair doubled, Bobby Grich hit a sacrifice fly and Tommy Davis singled. The other tally in the sixth counted on a walk to Don Baylor, a balk, infield out by Brooks Robinson and single by Boog Powell.

Rangers 9, Angels 2 at California (day game):
The Rangers put together seven hits for six runs in the fifth inning to clinch a 9-2 victory over the Angels. Bill Stoneman, who suffered his seventh straight setback, was lifted in the fifth after Cesar Tovar and Dave Nelson singled. Lenny Randle and Jeff Burroughs rapped singles, each driving in a run, after Skip Lockwood relieved. John Cumberland then came to the mound and gave up a single by Mike Hargrove for the Rangers' fifth straight hit and third run of the inning. After the next two batters struck out, Toby Harrah batted in a run with a double. Tovar, coming up for his second time at bat, then singled to drive in the final two tallies of the outburst.

[DH] White Sox 8, Twins 3 (day game) / Twins 6, White Sox 3 at Chicago (day game):
Jorge Orta was the batting leader for the White Sox in the first game and Eric Soderholm filled that role for the Twins in the second game as the clubs split a doubleheader. Orta hit two singles, two doubles and a triple in five trips as the White Sox won the opener, 8-3, while Soderholm drove in three runs with a homer and single to feature the Twins' 6-3 victory in the nightcap. Ray Corbin, who had won 10 straight decisions for the Twins -- his last five in 1973 and first five this year -- was kayoed without retiring a batter in the first inning of the lidlifter. Bill Sharp tripled, Orta doubled and Dick Allen and Carlos May singled before Corbin gave way to Tom Burgmeier. Ken Henderson then doubled and Tony Muser singled to complete the five-run outburst. In the nightcap, after Tony Oliva drove in a run with a single and Soderholm hit a homer for a 2-0 lead, the Twins iced the decision with four runs in the fifth inning. Soderholm capped that inning with a two-run single.

Indians 9, Red Sox 2 at Cleveland (day game):
Steve Arlin turned in his first complete game in the A. L. and George Hendrick batted in four runs to lead the Indians to a 9-2 victory over the Red Sox. The Indians decided the outcome with four runs off Rick Wise in the second inning. Charlie Spikes, leading off, was hit by a pitch. After stopping at second on a single by Oscar Gamble, Spikes scored when Leron Lee doubled. Hendrick followed with a three-run homer. John Lowenstein added to the Indians' total with a round-tripper in the third. Hendrick got his fourth RBI with a single in the sixth.

[DH] Brewers 4, Tigers 1 (day game) / Tigers 3, Brewers 2 at Detroit (day game):
After being held hitless until one out in sixth inning, the Brewers erupted for three runs and won the first game of a doubleheader, 4-1, but the Tigers came back to gain a 3-2 victory in the second game. Johnny Briggs singled for the Brewers' first hit off Woodie Fryman in the opener, George Scott walked and Deron Johnson singled to load the bases. Bobby Mitchell drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and Charlie Moore followed with a double to send two more runs across the plate. In the nightcap, the Tigers scored twice in the first inning on a pass to Ben Oglivie and homer by Jim Northrup. The deciding run followed in the third when Gary Sutherland, Northrup and Gates Brown hit singles. Mitchell homered for the Brewers.

Royals 8, A's 7 at Kansas City (day game):
A pinch-single by Buck Martinez climaxed a two-run rally in the ninth inning and brought the Royals an 8-7 victory over the Athletics. The Royals scored five of their runs in the sixth. Tony Solaita and George Brett singled, but the threat seemed over when Fred Patek and Cookie Rojas were retired. However, Amos Otis tripled for two runs and scored himself on a double by Hal McRae. Fran Healy walked, Vada Pinson was safe on an error and John Mayberry, who had been out with a pulled hamstring, delivered a pinch-single, driving in two runs. The A's came back to take a 7-5 lead before the Royals opened their rally in the ninth with consecutive singles by Otis, McRae and Healy, loading the bases. Richie Scheinblum, pinch-hitting, drew a pass to force in the tying run. After Al Cowens forced McRae at the plate, Martinez came through with his winning pinch-single.

Braves 7, Reds 3 at Atlanta (day game):
After a rocky first inning, Carl Morton steadied and pitched the Braves to a 7-3 victory over the Reds. In the first, Pete Rose singled, Dan Driessen doubled and Joe Morgan singled for two runs before Morton could get his bearings. Morgan later crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Merv Rettenmund, but that was the extent of the Reds' scoring. The Braves came back with two runs in the fourth on a double by Ralph Garr and then took command of the game with four runs in the fifth. Singles by Dusty Baker, Mike Lum, Paul Casanova and Craig Robinson accounted for two runs and chased Fred Norman. Morton singled off reliever Tom Hall to drive in another tally and the fourth run of the frame followed on walks to Garr and Darrell Evans.

Expos 10, Cubs 2 at Montreal (day game):
Ken Singleton, Ron Fairly and Mike Jorgensen accounted for eight hits and eight runs batted in among them to lead the Expos' attack in a 10-2 victory over the Cubs. In the first inning, Willie Davis singled and scored on a double by Singleton. Fairly singled to drive in Singleton. Jorgensen followed with a two-run homer. In the eighth, when the Expos scored five runs, Singleton accounted for one with a single and Fairly homered with two men on base. Billy Williams and Jerry Morales hit homers for the Cubs.

[DH] Cardinals 5, Mets 2 (day game) / Cardinals 5, Mets 3 at New York (day game):
The Cardinals, who won the first game of a doubleheader, 5-2, completed the sweep when Bake McBride hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning of the second game to beat the Mets, 5-3. Every Cardinal except Ted Simmons participated in the 14-hit attack in the opener. Alan Foster, who was the winner with the help of Al Hrabosky, rapped three singles. Singles by Joe Torre, Ken Reitz, Mike Tyson and Foster, a forceout by Lou Brock and error by Wayne Garrett produced three runs in the fourth inning. After the Mets picked up their pair in the fifth on doubles by Don Hahn and Ted Martinez and single by Jerry Koosman, the Cards wrapped it up in the eighth with a homer by Reitz, single by Foster, a wild pitch and single by Ted Sizemore. In the nightcap, the Cardinals had a 3-1 lead in the ninth when the Mets rallied to tie the score. The inning ended in a rhubarb when two umpires disagreed on a call on a sinking liner that Cleon Jones hit to Reggie Smith in right field. Chris Pelekoudas signaled that Smith had trapped the ball, while Paul Pryor raised his fist to indicate an out. The umpiring crew conferred and accepted Pryor's judgment, preventing the Mets from scoring what would have been the winning run. In the 10th, with Tug McGraw on the mound for the Mets, Reitz singled and McBride hit his winning homer.

[DH] Pirates 11, Phillies 8 (day game) / Pirates 3, Phillies 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
The Pirates extended their winning streak at Three Rivers Stadium to 12 games by sweeping a doubleheader with the Phillies, 11-8 and 3-2. In the opener, the Pirates built up an 11-1 lead and then survived a seven-run rally by the Phillies in the ninth inning. Richie Hebner drove in three of the Pirates' runs with a homer, triple and single. Ken Brett, who gained his 10th victory, helped his own cause with a single and double, scoring one run and batting in another. Brett left the mound with one out in the ninth after the Phillies had scored three runs on an error and four hits, including a two-run double by Tommy Hutton. Dave Giusti, in relief, threw a wild pitch, issued a pass with the bases loaded and gave up a single by Bob Boone for three more runs while retiring one batter before giving way to Ramon Hernandez. Del Unser singled to drive in the Phils' seventh run of the stanza before Dave Cash flied out to end the game. In the nightcap, Willie Montanez batted in the Phillies' two runs with a double in the sixth inning, but the Pirates exploded for three extra-base hits -- a double by Al Oliver, triple by Dave Parker and homer by Richie Zisk -- for their winning trio in the eighth.

[DH] Astros 3, Padres 1 (day game) / Padres 6, Astros 5 at San Diego (day game):
The Astros were held to three hits but bunched them for three runs in the sixth inning to win the opener of a doubleheader, 3-1, before handing a 6-5 victory to the Padres in the nightcap on a pass with the bases loaded in the 11th inning. The Padres' run in the lidlifter counted in the first inning on a double by Bobby Tolan and single by Cito Gaston. Greg Gross got the Astros' first hit off Lowell Palmer, starting the sixth with a single. Roger Metzger sacrificed and Cesar Cedeno doubled to tie the score. Cedeno took third on the throw to the plate and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bob Watson. Lee May then insured the victory with a homer. In the nightcap, the Astros temporarily avoided defeat when Doug Rader hit for the circuit in the seventh inning to tie the score at 5-5. However in the 11th, Nate Colbert doubled, Gaston beat out a bunt and Derrel Thomas was passed intentionally to load the bases. Fred Kendall popped up, but Horace Clarke then drew a pass from Jerry Johnson to force in the Padres' winning run.

Dodgers 5, Giants 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Davey Lopes doubled and Bill Buckner homered in the eighth inning to lift the Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Giants in a game that saw Mike Marshall appear in relief for the 11th consecutive game. The Giants reached Andy Messersmith for a run in the second on a single by Steve Ontiveros, double by Tito Fuentes and infield out by Dave Rader before the Dodgers posted a pair in the third when Steve Yeager singled, Messersmith doubled and Buckner and Steve Garvey singled. Yeager made it 3-1 with a homer in the fifth, but the Giants came back to tie the score in the seventh on a single by Mike Phillips, triple by Bobby Bonds and infield out by Ed Goodson.