MLB standings through games of July 7, 1974

MLB standings at the end of July 7, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Cleveland Indians	80	45	34	1	.570		338	310	23-16	22-18	8-2	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	81	44	37	0	.543	2.0	394	368	25-18	19-19	4-6	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	80	43	37	0	.537	2.5	325	337	24-18	19-19	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	82	43	39	0	.524	3.5	304	349	22-18	21-21	6-4	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	81	40	41	0	.494	6.0	365	334	21-19	19-22	4-6	Lost 1
New York Yankees	81	38	43	0	.469	8.0	315	333	19-18	19-25	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	83	46	37	0	.554		376	302	27-17	19-20	6-4	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	80	41	39	0	.512	3.5	354	322	21-17	20-22	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	82	40	40	2	.500	4.5	363	381	20-18	20-22	5-5	Won 2
Texas Rangers	84	41	42	1	.494	5.0	382	392	21-21	20-21	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	84	36	47	1	.434	10.0	329	365	18-22	18-25	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	86	32	53	1	.376	15.0	340	392	18-28	14-25	1-9	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	81	43	38	0	.531		339	311	22-18	21-20	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	82	42	40	0	.512	1.5	337	328	28-16	14-24	4-6	Won 4
Montreal Expos	79	39	40	0	.494	3.0	340	330	20-17	19-23	4-6	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	36	43	0	.456	6.0	336	327	24-14	12-29	7-3	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	80	36	44	0	.450	6.5	317	407	22-20	14-24	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	81	35	46	0	.432	8.0	287	335	17-25	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	85	58	27	0	.682		437	291	30-10	28-17	7-3	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	83	47	36	0	.566	10.0	358	298	26-18	21-18	4-6	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	85	44	41	0	.518	14.0	325	289	24-18	20-23	3-7	Lost 1
Houston Astros	84	43	41	0	.512	14.5	356	322	25-19	18-22	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	85	37	48	0	.435	21.0	322	368	19-21	18-27	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	88	36	52	0	.409	23.5	314	462	22-21	14-31	3-7	Lost 5

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Royals 11, Red Sox 9 (day game) / Red Sox 5, Royals 3 at Boston (day game):
The Red Sox snapped a five-game losing streak by winning the nightcap of a doubleheader, 5-3, after the Royals had prevailed, 11-9, in a wild 10-inning opener that included 32 hits, 12 walks and six errors. Rick Miller had five hits for the Red Sox in the lidlifter, including the first grand-slam homer of his major league career in the sixth inning. The Royals rebounded with four runs in the eighth to take a 9-8 lead, but the Red Sox tied the score with a run in their half. However in the 10th, George Brett walked, Cookie Rojas sacrificed and, after an intentional pass to Amos Otis, Hal McRae singled to break the tie. Otis advanced to third and counted an extra run on a sacrifice fly by Fran Healy. In the nightcap, the Royals tied the score at 3-3 with two runs in the eighth inning on a walk to Fred Patek, singles by Rojas and Otis and an error by Terry Hughes. The Red Sox came back to win with two runs in their half. Cecil Cooper singled, stopped at third on a double by Carl Yastrzemski and scored on a sacrifice fly by Dwight Evans before Rico Petrocelli added the final run with a double.

Indians 6, Angels 2 at California (day game):
The Indians smashed three homers in one inning and posted a 6-2 victory over the Angels, who went down to a seventh straight defeat under Dick Williams as their new manager. John Ellis led off the eighth with the Indians' first homer to break a 2-2 tie. One out later, George Hendrick also hit for the circuit to kayo Frank Tanana, who suffered his 13th defeat. After Skip Lockwood relieved, Buddy Bell singled and Oscar Gamble homered to climax the Indians' slugging outburst.

White Sox 3, Tigers 1 at Detroit (day game):
Called up from Iowa (American Association), Bart Johnson yielded only two hits and pitched the White Sox to a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. After Norm Cash homered for the Tigers' run in the second inning, Johnson retired 20 straight batters before Mickey Stanley singled for the other hit in the ninth. The White Sox scored all of their runs off Mickey Lolich in the third on a double by Bucky Dent, intentional pass to Dick Allen with two out, singles by Bill Melton and Ken Henderson and a wild throw by Jim Northrup.

[DH] Brewers 8, Twins 5 (day game) / Twins 5, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
Don Money set a major league record for consecutive errorless games at third base in one season, 78, as the Brewers split a doubleheader with the Twins, winning the opener, 8-5, and losing the nightcap, 5-3, in 11 innings. Rico Petrocelli of the Red Sox held the former mark for the hot corner. The Brewers won the first game after being held hitless by Ray Corbin for six innings. Money opened the seventh with an infield hit and was forced by Robin Yount, who in turn was forced by Johnny Briggs. But walks to George Scott and Darrell Porter then loaded the bases and Mike Hegan cleared the sacks with a double. The Brewers added five more runs in the eighth, including a triple by Porter with the bases loaded. Tony Oliva hit a homer for the Twins. In the second game, Bobby Darwin batted in the Twins' first three runs with a homer and single. After the Brewers sent the contest into overtime, Luis Gomez singled for the Twins in the 11th, moved up on an infield out and scored the tie-breaking run on a double by Steve Brye. After an intentional pass to Rod Carew and flyout by Eric Soderholm, Darwin singled to add an insurance run for his fourth RBI of the game.

Orioles 4, A's 1 at Oakland (day game):
The Orioles exploded with two homers and two triples to gain a 4-1 victory over the Athletics behind the five-hit flinging of Dave McNally. The A's scored on two walks and a single by Reggie Jackson in the first inning. Ken Holtzman protected the lead until Paul Blair tied the score with a homer in the sixth. Don Baylor broke the tie with another homer in the seventh. The Orioles then added their last two runs in the eighth on back-to-back triples by Blair and Bobby Grich and single by Tommy Davis.

Rangers 3, Yankees 2 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers scored three runs in the third inning and held on for a 3-2 win over the Yankees. With a crowd of 11,251 at the game, Rangers' attendance went up to 693,452, exceeding their total for the entire 1973 season. With two out in the third, both Dave Nelson and Alex Johnson beat out infield hits. Following a wild pitch, Mike Hargrove smashed a hit off Chris Chambliss' glove, Nelson and Johnson scoring. When Jim Spencer and Lenny Randle followed with singles, Hargrove scored what proved to be the deciding run. Chambliss singled in the Yankees' first run in the fourth and set up their other tally with a single in the sixth.

Cubs 4, Braves 3 at Chicago (day game):
Buzz Capra's string of nine straight victories ended when Rick Monday hit two-run homer for the Cubs in the seventh inning to beat the Braves, 4-3. Hank Aaron hit his 12th homer of the season and 725th of his career in the fourth inning and also drove in the Braves' second run with an infield out in the fifth. The Cubs picked up one run on singles by Andre Thornton and Vic Harris and infield out by Steve Swisher in the second and got their second run on a homer by Bill Madlock in the fourth. Don Kessinger singled in the seventh ahead of Monday's circuit clout. The Braves rallied for a run in the ninth on a double by Johnny Oates and single by Ralph Garr, but Horacio Pina relieved Rick Reuschel and retired pinch-hitter Ivan Murrell to save the game.

[DH] Reds 2, Cardinals 1 (day game) / Reds 11, Cardinals 2 at Cincinnati (day game):
Cesar Geronimo batted in both Reds' runs in the first game and Darrel Chaney hit the first grand slam of his major league career in the second game to mark a 2-1 and 11-2 sweep of a doubleheader with the Cardinals. Two rookies, Bob Forsch for the Cardinals and Tom Carroll for the Reds, made their major league debuts as starters in the opener. Another rookie, Will McEnaney, pitched the last two innings for the Reds. The Cardinals scored on a homer by Ted Simmons in the second inning, but Geronimo batted in the tying tally with a double in the Reds' half, plating Dan Driessen, who had walked and stolen second. Geronimo then broke the tie with his winning homer in the seventh. The Cardinals committed six errors in the nightcap and their pitchers issued nine walks. In the second inning, three passes by Mike Thompson loaded the bases and brought in Rich Folkers who became the victim of Chaney's slam.

Pirates 6, Astros 4 at Houston (day game):
Richie Zisk hit two homers and drove in three of the Pirates' runs before Bob Robertson took over the slugging role with a two-run smash in the 10th inning to beat the Astros, 6-4. Gene Clines singled in the first, stole second and scored on a single by Willie Stargell to get the Pirates started in the first inning. Zisk's homers in the third and fifth increased the lead to 4-0, but the Astros rallied for two runs with the aid of an error by Stargell in the seventh and tied the score in the ninth on a homer by Cesar Cedeno, triple by Bob Watson and sacrifice fly by Lee May. The Pirates could not be denied their victory when Stargell drew a walk in the 10th, Dave Augustine ran for him and Robertson followed with his homer.

[DH] Dodgers 4, Expos 1 (day game) / Dodgers 5, Expos 3 at Montreal (night game):
With Mike Marshall continuing his ironman work, appearing in relief in both games, the Dodgers swept a doubleheader with the Expos, 4-1 and 5-3. Tommy John, who gained his 13th victory in the lidlifter, yielded the Expos' run in the first inning on a double by Ron Hunt, a wild pitch and error by Rick Auerbach. Willie Crawford doubled home the tying run in the fourth and scored the go-ahead run on a single by Joe Ferguson. The Dodgers added another run on a sacrifice fly by Ron Cey in the sixth. Marshall replaced John with one man on base and one out in the eighth and gained his 12th save. The Dodgers clinched the verdict with a run in the ninth on a double by Crawford and single by Steve Garvey. In the nightcap, Cey drove in two runs with a pair of singles to help the Dodgers take a 4-0 lead before the Expos loaded the bases with none out against Doug Rau in the seventh. Marshall allowed one run on a single by Hunt before retiring the side. In the ninth, Willie Davis smashed a two-run homer for the Expos, but Marshall bore down to record his 13th save.

Mets 6, Giants 0 at New York (day game):
A triple by Ted Martinez with the bases loaded highlighted a five-run outburst in the first inning as the Mets defeated the Giants, 6-0, behind the combined pitching of Tom Seaver and Bob Apodaca. Seaver aggravated his persistent hip injury and left the mound after five innings but received credit for his third straight victory to balance his record at 6-6. Seaver allowed two hits and Apodaca gave up only one in the final four frames. In the first inning, with two out, Rusty Staub singled, Cleon Jones walked and John Milner and Jerry Grote followed with run-scoring singles. After Don Hahn walked to load the bases, Charlie Williams relieved Ron Bryant to face Martinez, who cleared the sacks with his triple. Martinez also accounted for a fourth RBI with a single in the eighth inning.

Phillies 9, Padres 3 at Philadelphia (day game):
The Phillies piled up nine runs in the first four innings to enable Jim Lonborg to breeze to a 9-3 victory over the Padres. Seven of the Phillies' nine starters drove in at least one run apiece in a 13-hit attack that a included double and two singles by Willie Montanez.