MLB standings through games of July 12, 1974

MLB standings at the end of July 12, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Cleveland Indians	84	46	37	1	.554		352	331	23-16	23-21	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	86	47	39	0	.547	0.5	411	385	28-20	19-19	4-6	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	85	46	39	0	.541	1.0	349	352	24-18	22-21	7-3	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	85	43	42	0	.506	4.0	386	349	24-20	19-22	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	86	43	43	0	.500	4.5	316	376	22-18	21-25	3-7	Lost 6
New York Yankees	86	43	43	0	.500	4.5	349	345	20-18	23-25	8-2	Won 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	86	48	38	0	.558		387	308	29-17	19-21	7-3	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	85	43	42	0	.506	4.5	373	343	22-20	21-22	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	87	42	43	2	.494	5.5	382	405	22-18	20-25	5-5	Won 2
Texas Rangers	89	42	46	1	.477	7.0	396	424	21-22	21-24	3-7	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	89	40	48	1	.455	9.0	359	386	22-23	18-25	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	90	33	56	1	.371	16.5	354	410	18-31	15-25	1-9	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	86	44	42	0	.512		352	346	29-18	15-24	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	86	44	42	0	.512		357	330	23-19	21-23	3-7	Won 1
Montreal Expos	83	40	43	0	.482	2.5	351	344	21-19	19-24	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	84	37	47	0	.440	6.0	340	431	23-22	14-25	5-5	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	37	47	0	.440	6.0	349	357	25-18	12-29	3-7	Lost 3
New York Mets	85	37	48	0	.435	6.5	299	351	18-27	19-21	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	89	60	29	0	.674		455	305	30-11	30-18	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	88	51	37	0	.580	8.5	384	320	26-18	25-19	6-4	Won 3
Houston Astros	88	47	41	0	.534	12.5	377	331	29-19	18-22	8-2	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	90	47	43	0	.522	13.5	351	312	24-18	23-25	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	89	39	50	0	.438	21.0	337	385	19-22	20-28	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	92	39	53	0	.424	22.5	329	469	23-21	16-32	4-6	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 7, Red Sox 0 at Boston (night game):
The Angels' losing streak of 11 games, including 10 in a row under Williams as their new manager, came to an end when Ed Figueroa pitched a shutout for his first major league victory and beat the Red Sox, 7-0. The Angels started the scoring with a homer by Winston Llenas in the second inning. Frank Robinson hit a homer in the sixth and drove in another run with a single in the seventh. Figueroa gave up 10 hits but scattered them in holding the Red Sox scoreless.

White Sox 4, Orioles 3 at Chicago (night game):
For the second straight night, the White Sox scored with two out in the ninth inning to defeat the Orioles, 4-3. Bill Sharp, who walked with two away, raced home from first base with the winning run on a double by Ed Herrmann. The White Sox scored their three other runs in the first on a single by Jorge Orta, pass to Carlos May, single by Ken Henderson and outfield errors by Paul Blair and Jim Fuller. The Orioles tied the score with a homer by Fuller in the seventh and two-run blow by Bobby Grich in the eighth.

Royals 7, Tigers 2 at Kansas City (night game):
After giving up seven hits in the first three innings, Steve Busby yielded only three more the rest of the way and pitched the Royals to a 7-2 victory over the Tigers. Busby yielded the Tigers' pair in the first on singles by Mickey Stanley, Gary Sutherland, Jim Northrup and Bill Freehan. Amos Otis hit two doubles for the Royals, scoring both times, and also knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly. Al Cowens batted in two runs with a triple.

Rangers 4, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
Jeff Burroughs hit his first homer since June 25 to supply the Rangers' deciding run in a 4-3 victory over the Brewers. The Rangers knocked out Clyde Wright in the first inning and scored three runs on a single by Cesar Tovar, pass to Dave Nelson, single by Alex Johnson, a wild pitch and single by Jim Fregosi. Burroughs hit his homer in the third. The Brewers' eight hits off Fergie Jenkins, who recorded his 11th victory, included a circuit clout by Pedro Garcia.

Indians 9, Twins 5 at Minnesota (night game):
Charlie Spikes hit a homer, double, single and sacrifice fly, driving in three runs, to lead the Indians' attack in a 9-5 victory over the Twins. The Indians ripped Ray Corbin for four runs in the first inning on five hits, including doubles by John Ellis and George Hendrick. Spikes got his first RBI of the game with his sacrifice fly. After Larry Hisle homered for the Twins in their half of the first, Spikes countered with his round-tripper in the third. The Twins closed in with three runs in the fourth, but the Indians pulled away again by scoring three times in the fifth, one run coming on Spikes' double.

Yankees 3, A's 0 at New York (night game):
Beating the Athletics for the third time in a row this season, Pat Dobson allowed only two hits and pitched the Yankees to a 3-0 victory. The Yankees nicked Ken Holtzman for an initial run in the second inning on a double by Thurman Munson and single by Lou Piniella. Their other tallies followed in the eighth on a double by Sandy Alomar, his first hit in a Yankee uniform, and singles by Roy White, Walt Williams and Bobby Murcer.

Astros 9, Cubs 4 at Houston (night game):
Lee May drove in two runs with a double in the third inning and two more with a homer in the fifth to highlight the Astros' scoring in a 9-4 victory over the Cubs. The Astros counted twice in the first on an error, triple by Roger Metzger and single by Cesar Cedeno before knocking out Rick Reuschel during a five-run barrage in the third. Cedeno accounted for his second RBI of the game and 72nd of the season with a sacrifice fly. May hit his double with the bases loaded. Don Kessinger rapped his first homer of the season for the Cubs.

Mets 5, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Mets knocked out Tommy John in the seventh inning and scored four runs to defeat the Dodgers, 5-2. Singles by John Milner and Jerry Grote and a safe bunt by Don Hahn, loading the bases, set the stage for the Mets' outburst. Ted Martinez singled, driving in two runs to force John's exit. Charlie Hough, in relief, passed Ed Kranepool to reload the sacks and hit Felix Millan with a pitch to force in a run before Rusty Staub accounted for the fourth tally with a sacrifice fly. Jack Aker, in relief of Bob Apodaca, gave up the Dodgers' runs in their half of the seventh on a single by Ron Cey and homer by Joe Ferguson, but Aker insured the Mets' victory, hitting a double in the ninth and coming around to score on an infield out and sacrifice fly by Millan.

[DH] Reds 7, Pirates 0 (night game) / Reds 4, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Don Gullett pitched shutout in the opener and rookie Tom Carroll gained his second straight victory in the nightcap as the Reds beat the Pirates in both ends of a twi-night doubleheader, 7-0 and 4-3. Gullett's triumph was the first of his career over the Pirates after three previous losses. The Reds backed their lefthander with a two-run single by Merv Rettenmund and three-run homer by George Foster. The Pirates' three runs off Tom Carroll in the third inning of the nightcap were unearned as the result of a two-out error by Terry Crowley, who dropped a foul pop off the bat of Richie Hebner. Returning to the plate, Hebner singled and scored on a double by Al Oliver. Following an intentional pass to Willie Stargell, Richie Zisk and Manny Sanguillen hit run-scoring singles. The Reds tied the score in the third on a walk to Johnny Bench, a passed ball, single by Dan Driessen, double by Crowley and wild throw by Mario Mendoza in handling the relay from the outfield. That run became earned however, when Carroll followed with a single. The Reds then scored the deciding run in the fifth when Johnny Bench doubled and Mendoza threw wildly on a grounder by Dan Driessen for his third error of the game.

Padres 1, Expos 0 at San Diego (night game):
Staked to a run in the first inning, Randy Jones pitched the Padres to a 1-0 victory over the Expos before a crowd of 24,511 fans, who raised the San Diego home total to 664,717, breaking the club's previous season attendance record of 644,272 in 1972. Jones' duel with Ernie McAnally was decided when Bobby Tolan singled, took second on an infield out by Derrel Thomas and scored on a double by Dave Winfield.

Phillies 6, Giants 2 at San Francisco (night game):
Dick Ruthven turned in his second complete game in 19 starts, matched his career high with 10 strikeouts and pitched the Phillies to a 6-2 victory over the Giants. Elias Sosa, in relief of John D'Acquisto, was the loser when the Phillies broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the seventh inning on singles by Mike Schmidt, Willie Montanez and Del Unser. Mike Anderson homered in the eighth for his second RBI of the game and Unser added his second RBI with a triple in the ninth before scoring himself on a single by Ollie Brown.

[DH] Braves 7, Cardinals 3 (night game) / Cardinals 10, Braves 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Gibson, needing three strikeouts to reach the 3,000 mark, fanned only two and was beaten to boot, 7-3, before the Cardinals came storming back to trounce the Braves, 12-0, behind the pitching of rookie Bob Forsch, who posted his first major league victory. In the lidlifter of the twi-night doubleheader, Ted Simmons hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning to stake Gibson to a 3-2 lead, but the Braves loaded the bases in the eighth on a single by Ralph Garr, forceout by Hank Aaron, walk to Darrell Evans and infield hit by Dusty Baker. Rowland Office grounded to Mike Tyson, who threw home too late to nail Leo Foster, running for Aaron. Davey Johnson walked to force in Evans and Marty Perez followed with a squeeze bunt to score Baker. The Cardinals, ending their six-game losing streak, made Forsch's victory easy in the nightcap by knocking out Buzz Capra and scoring nine runs in the first inning. Reggie Smith accounted for the first run with a sacrifice fly and then climaxed the outburst with a three-run double.