MLB standings through games of July 1, 1974

MLB standings at the end of July 1, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	74	42	32	0	.568		356	318	24-13	18-19	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	74	40	33	1	.548	1.5	312	286	22-16	18-17	7-3	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	73	38	35	0	.521	3.5	287	309	24-17	14-18	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	75	39	36	0	.520	3.5	263	313	18-15	21-21	4-6	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	73	36	37	0	.493	5.5	322	303	17-16	19-21	5-5	Lost 3
New York Yankees	75	35	40	0	.467	7.5	276	309	19-18	16-22	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	77	42	35	0	.545		350	284	26-15	16-20	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	74	38	36	0	.514	2.5	326	287	21-17	17-19	6-4	Won 3
Texas Rangers	78	39	38	1	.506	3.0	362	358	20-19	19-19	4-6	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	75	36	37	2	.493	4.0	323	347	18-17	18-20	4-6	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	76	32	43	1	.427	9.0	301	330	16-21	16-22	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	80	32	47	1	.405	11.0	325	359	18-22	14-25	4-6	Lost 2

	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	70	36	34	0	.514	2.0	312	297	18-14	18-20	6-4	Won 2
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	73	31	42	0	.425	8.5	297	388	19-19	12-23	4-6	Lost 2
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	78	42	36	0	.538	11.0	307	263	23-16	19-20	3-7	Lost 1
Houston Astros	78	39	39	0	.500	14.0	331	306	23-18	16-21	5-5	Won 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:

Red Sox 6, Orioles 4 at Baltimore (night game):
The Red Sox tallied three times in the first on a two-run homer by Cecil Cooper, double by Bernie Carbo which scored Carl Yastrzemski, who had walked, from first, never trailed and turned back the Orioles, 6-4. Baltimore counted twice in the first on a bases-loaded walk to Don Baylor and Brooks Robinson's sacrifice fly. Yastrzemski's sacrifice fly scored Rick Miller, who had singled and taken third on a wild pickoff throw by loser Doyle Alexander, in the top of third to give the Red Sox a 4-2 lead. The winners chased Alexander in the seventh when Doug Griffin doubled and Tommy Harper walked. Danny Cater singled off reliever Grant Jackson to score Griffin and Harper scored from third on a forceout. Singles by Jim Fuller, Mark Belanger and Paul Blair gave the Orioles a run in the seventh, and Earl Williams hit his fourth homer in the eighth to complete the Baltimore scoring off Diego Segui, working in relief of winner Bill Lee.

A's 5, Angels 3 at California (night game):
A three-run, eighth-inning rally, in which a wild pitch by loser Nolan Ryan figured prominently, enabled the Athletics to turn back the Angels, 5-3, and spoil the return to the managerial ranks by Dick Williams. California led, 3-2, when Bert Campaneris got the A's comeback started with a one-out single, moved to second on a passed ball and scored on Sal Bando's double. With a two-ball count on Reggie Jackson, the Angels decided to walk the Oakland slugger, but Ryan wild-pitched Bando to third. After Jackson was passed, Joe Rudi hit a sacrifice fly to bring home Bando with the eventual winning run. Gene Tenace walked and Angel Mangual doubled to score Jackson. Tenace was thrown out at the plate to end the inning. Ryan's wildness enabled the A's to tie the score in the fourth after the Angels had taken a 2-0 lead in the third. Ryan gave up a single to Campaneris, walked Bando, Jackson and Rudi and then hit Tenace on the wrist to force home the other run.

Royals 9, White Sox 0 at Chicago (night game):
Bruce Dal Canton, subbing for scheduled starter Paul Splittorff, who developed muscle spasms in his back, hurled his first major league shutout as the Royals stymied the White Sox, 9-0. Giving up only one hit after the third inning, Dal Canton benefited from a 14-hit K.C. attack which included a two-run homers by Hal McRae in the fifth and Cookie Rojas in the sixth and a solo shot by Fred Patek leading off the four-run Royal fifth during which Kansas City chased White Sox starter and loser Stan Bahnsen. Rojas had a four-hit night, driving home the game's first two runs with a single in the second.

[DH] Indians 3, Brewers 1 (night game) / Indians 9, Brewers 3 at Cleveland (night game):
John Ellis and George Hendrick each drove in five runs as the Indians swept a pair from the Brewers, 3-1 and 9-3. Sidelined with a broken bone in his foot since May 31, Ellis had a pair of singles as the designated hitter in the first game, then hit a three-run homer in the third inning of the nightcap and delivered a two-run single in the fifth. Hendrick, with six homers and 20 RBIs in the last 14 games, touched loser Clyde Wright for a two-run round-tripper in the Indians' decisive sixth inning in the first game, then came back with a three-run homer to cap a four-run Cleveland rally in the seventh inning of the second game. Reliever Fred Beene came on in the sixth inning of the first game, got out of a two-on, none-out situation with only one run scoring, then blanked the Brewers the rest of the way on one hit to pick up his second victory.

Tigers 4, Yankees 3 at Detroit (night game):
Jim Northrup's opposite-field solo homer with two out in the eighth enabled the Tigers to nip the Yankees, who dropped their fifth straight, 4-3. Detroit had tied the score to give reliever John Hiller a chance at his 10th victory, on bases-empty leadoff homers by Ben Oglivie in the sixth and pinch-hitter Gates Brown in the seventh off loser Dock Medich. Ron Blomberg singled home the Yankees' first run in the first inning, then gave New York a short-lived 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth when he homered on the heels of a single by Bobby Murcer. Winner Hiller hurled the final two innings in relief of Joe Coleman, who failed in his 11th try for victory No. 7.

Rangers 6, Twins 2 at Minnesota (night game):
The Rangers scored four times in the ninth to make a 6-2 winner of Jackie Brown, who claimed his seventh victory in 12 decisions although he gave up a dozen hits to the Twins. Leading 2-1 on the strength of solo homers by Jim Sundberg in the third, his first in the majors, and Toby Harrah in the seventh, Texas kayoed loser Joe Decker in the final frame. Base hits by Lenny Randle and Harrah, Sundberg's sacrifice and former Twin Cesar Tovar's single chased home two runs. Dave Nelson followed with a single, stole second, and Tovar scored from third when he beat the throw to the plate on Alex Johnson's grounder. When the throw eluded catcher Glenn Borgmann, Nelson also scored. Harmon Killebrew hit a pinch-homer in the ninth, the 553rd four-bagger of his career, for the final Minnesota tally.

Astros 3, Braves 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Don Wilson pitched and batted the Astros to a 3-0 victory over the Braves, limiting Atlanta to five hits, four of them singles. Wilson's double, on the heels of Tommy Helms' two-bagger with one out in the fourth, broke a scoreless tie. Roger Metzger followed with a single for a 2-0 Houston advantage. Bob Watson's two-out double and single by Lee May accounted for the final Astro run in the seventh. The victory moved the Astros to three games behind the third-place Braves in the N. L. West.

Expos 10, Cubs 4 at Montreal (night game):
The Expos collected 16 hits and scored in all but three innings to rake the Cubs, 10-4. Ron Hunt got the first of his four hits, a leadoff single in the first, and scored on Willie Davis' triple. A single by Ken Singleton made it 2-0. After Chicago tied the score in the second, the Expos came back with three in the same inning on five consecutive singles after two were out. Montreal kayoed loser Bill Bonham in the fourth with a single tally, added two in the fifth, one in the sixth on Bob Bailey's homer and a final marker on Mike Jorgensen's single and a double by Bob Stinson in the eighth. Ernie McAnally went the distance for the Expos and claimed his sixth victory despite allowing 11 hits.