MLB standings through games of July 6, 1974

MLB standings at the end of July 6, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Cleveland Indians	79	44	34	1	.564		332	308	23-16	21-18	8-2	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	79	43	36	0	.544	1.5	380	354	24-17	19-19	3-7	Lost 4
Baltimore Orioles	79	42	37	0	.532	2.5	321	336	24-18	18-19	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	81	43	38	0	.531	2.5	303	346	22-17	21-21	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	79	39	40	0	.494	5.5	354	324	20-18	19-22	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	80	38	42	0	.475	7.0	313	330	19-18	19-24	3-7	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	82	46	36	0	.561		375	298	27-16	19-20	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	78	40	38	0	.513	4.0	340	308	21-17	19-21	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	81	39	40	2	.494	5.5	360	380	20-18	19-22	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	83	40	42	1	.488	6.0	379	390	20-21	20-21	4-6	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	82	35	46	1	.432	10.5	319	354	18-22	17-24	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	85	32	52	1	.381	15.0	338	386	18-27	14-25	2-8	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	79	43	36	0	.544		336	298	22-18	21-18	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	77	39	38	0	.506	3.0	336	321	20-15	19-23	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	81	41	40	0	.506	3.0	328	325	27-16	14-24	3-7	Won 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	35	43	0	.449	7.5	330	323	24-14	11-29	7-3	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	79	35	44	0	.443	8.0	313	404	21-20	14-24	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	80	34	46	0	.425	9.5	281	335	16-25	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	83	56	27	0	.675		428	287	30-10	26-17	7-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	81	45	36	0	.556	10.0	345	295	24-18	21-18	3-7	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	84	44	40	0	.524	12.5	322	285	24-18	20-22	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	83	43	40	0	.518	13.0	352	316	25-18	18-22	7-3	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	84	37	47	0	.440	19.5	322	362	19-21	18-26	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	87	36	51	0	.414	22.0	311	453	22-21	14-30	3-7	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 5, Red Sox 3 at Boston (day game):
In a meeting of two injury-plagued pitchers, Nelson Briles gained his first victory of the season and Rick Wise went down to defeat as the Royals beat the Red Sox, 5-3. The Red Sox twice tied the score on homers by Rico Petrocelli and Cecil Cooper before the Royals broke a 3-3 deadlock with a run in the fourth inning on singles by Fran Healy, Fred Patek and Cookie Rojas. The Royals chased Wise in the fifth when Hal McRae doubled and John Mayberry walked. After Reggie Cleveland took over in relief, Tony Solaita singled to score McRae with an insurance run.

Indians 1, Angels 0 at California (night game):
The Indians moved into first place in the Eastern Division ahead of the Red Sox when Dick Bosman and Tom Buskey combined on a four-hitter and Buddy Bell singled for the run that beat the Angels, 1-0. Bosman, who pitched 6 1/3 innings, gained his first victory of the season. Ed Figueroa, making his first major league start, was the loser when the Indians produced their run in the fourth on a single by Oscar Gamble, a stolen base and a single by Bell. The defeat was the Angels' sixth in a row under Dick Williams, their new manager.

White Sox 9, Tigers 8 at Detroit (day game):
After building up a 9-0 lead, the White Sox had to struggle before defeating the Tigers, 9-8. Carlos May, Dick Allen and Bill Melton each hit a homer for the White Sox. May's blow with two men on base capped a six-run outburst in the second inning. Allen and Melton hit their round-trippers in the fifth and Bucky Dent drove in the ninth run with a single before the Tigers began their comeback with five runs in the home half of the fifth. Ed Brinkman homered with a man on base, Willie Horton knocked in two runs with a triple and Jim Northrup singled Horton home. Terry Forster took over for Wilbur Wood in the sixth and gave up three runs on a homer by Mickey Stanley, but the White Sox relief ace settled down thereafter to hold the Tigers at bay.

Brewers 3, Twins 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Brewers called upon three pitchers, Bill Champion, Eduardo Rodriguez and Tom Murphy, who combined on a six-hitter and shut out the Twins, 3-0. Champion, who gained his first victory since May 24, was lifted with two out in the sixth inning after yielding singles by Larry Hisle and Tony Oliva. Rodriguez retired Bobby Darwin to end the threat. After Rodriguez blanked the Twins in the seventh and eighth, Murphy took over and retired the side in order in the ninth. The Brewers scored two of their runs in the second inning on a pair of walks and a double by Dave May. The other run did not come until the eighth when Tim Johnson was safe on an error and scored on singles by Don Money and Robin Yount.

Orioles 3, A's 0 at Oakland (day game):
Ross Grimsley pitched a five-hitter and gained his 10th victory when the Orioles defeated the Athletics, 3-0. Brooks Robinson put Grimsley ahead with a homer in the second inning. After the Orioles picked up another run on a double by Andy Etchebarren and single by Mark Belanger in the fifth, Paul Blair capped the scoring with a homer in the sixth.

Yankees 9, Rangers 3 at Texas (night game):
Homers by Thurman Munson and Chris Chambliss accounted for five runs and helped carry the Yankees to a 9-3 victory over the Rangers. Jeff Burroughs batted in three runs with a single and sacrifice fly to stake the Rangers to a 3-1 lead before Munson tied the score with a two-run homer in the fourth inning. The Yankees then broke away with four runs in the fifth. Roy White tripled and scored on a double by Bobby Murcer. After a walk, Chambliss smashed a three-run homer. Murcer batted in two more runs with his second double of the game in the sixth inning.

Braves 3, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
A double by Darrell Evans for the only extra-base hit of the game drove in Ralph Garr in the 10th inning and gave the Braves a 3-2 victory over the Cubs. The Braves bunched singles by Davey Johnson, Frank Tepedino and Roric Harrison for a run in the second and added another on two walks, a single by Dusty Baker and throwing error by Steve Swisher in the third. The Cubs pulled even in the seventh when Bill Madlock and Andre Thornton singled and Vic Harris walked to load the bases, leading to the exit of Harrison. Joe Niekro, taking over, was tagged for a single by Jose Cardenal, driving in the tying pair. However, the Braves prevailed in the 10th when Garr singled, Craig Robinson sacrificed and Evans hit his double.

Cardinals 3, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (day game):
Back in his old form, Bob Gibson yielded only three hits and pitched the Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Reds. Johnny Bench homered for the Reds in the second inning and Clay Kirby protected the lead in his duel with Gibson until the seventh when the Cardinals erupted for all their runs. Bake McBride bunted safely and reached third on an infield hit by Tim McCarver and wild throw by Dave Concepcion. McBride was caught at the plate on a grounder by Ken Reitz, but scored when Bench dropped the ball after making the tag. McCarver, who took second, advanced to third after a long fly by Jim Dwyer and scored the go-ahead run on a single by Gibson. A wild pitch by Tom Hall, after relieving Kirby, then allowed Reitz to cross the plate with an insurance run.

Astros 1, Pirates 0 at Houston (night game):
Don Wilson pitched his second shutout in six days and Cesar Cedeno provided a run with a sacrifice fly to enable the Astros to defeat the Pirates, 1-0. Larry Demery, who started for the Pirates, was hit on the right forearm by a line drive and was forced to quit the mound after two innings. Bruce Kison relieved and was the loser when Greg Gross singled in the third, took third base on a single by Roger Metzger and scored on Cedeno's long fly to left-center field.

Expos 6, Dodgers 1 at Montreal (night game):
The main disappointment of the Dodgers' staff, Don Sutton lost to the Expos, 6-1, for his fifth straight defeat, dropping his record to 6-7. Al Downing at 2-3 was the only other Dodger hurler under .500. The Expos sent Sutton on the road to defeat with three runs in the first inning on singles by Willie Davis and Ken Singleton and homer by Bob Bailey. Pepe Frias hit a sacrifice fly for another run in the fourth and the Expos' final pair counted in the seventh on a single by Davis, double by Singleton, a passed ball and single by Mike Jorgensen.

Giants 5, Mets 2 at New York (day game):
Pulling away with a two-run homer by Gary Matthews in the sixth inning, the Giants defeated the Mets, 5-2. The Giants took a 2-1 lead in the fifth with doubles by Steve Ontiveros and John Boccabella and single by Tito Fuentes. After Garry Maddox singled in the sixth to chase George Stone, Tug McGraw relieved and retired Bobby Bonds, but Matthews followed with his homer. Bruce Miller drew a pass from Bob Miller with the bases loaded in the eighth to force in the Giants' final run. John D'Acquisto was the Giants' winner, but the rookie needed help from Randy Moffitt, who relieved in the seventh and held the Mets to one hit the rest of the way.

Phillies 6, Padres 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
Dick Ruthven ended his personal six-game losing streak by pitching six innings and receiving credit for the Phillies' 6-2 victory over the Padres. Ruthven was losing, 2-1, before the Phillies came to his aid with three runs in the sixth. Del Unser walked, Tommy Hutton singled and Bob Boone sacrificed. After a pass to Mike Anderson loaded the bases, Jay Johnstone batted for Ruthven and drew a pass to force in the tying run. Dave Cash then singled to drive in the go-ahead pair. Mac Scarce took the mound after Ruthven's departure and allowed only one hit in the last three innings.