MLB standings through games of July 16, 1974

MLB standings at the end of July 16, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	90	48	42	0	.533		421	405	29-21	19-21	5-5	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	88	46	41	1	.529	0.5	362	354	23-18	23-23	3-7	Lost 4
Baltimore Orioles	89	47	42	0	.528	0.5	359	366	24-20	23-22	5-5	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	90	46	44	0	.511	2.0	412	367	26-21	20-23	6-4	Won 1
New York Yankees	90	45	45	0	.500	3.0	367	364	22-20	23-25	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	90	44	46	0	.489	4.0	327	389	22-18	22-28	1-9	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	91	52	39	0	.571		416	331	29-17	23-22	6-4	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	89	46	43	0	.517	5.0	385	358	25-21	21-22	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	91	45	44	2	.506	6.0	395	410	25-19	20-25	6-4	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	93	43	49	1	.467	9.5	375	400	25-24	18-25	8-2	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	93	43	49	1	.467	9.5	406	444	21-22	22-27	3-7	Lost 1
California Angels	94	36	57	1	.387	17.0	381	418	18-31	18-26	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	90	46	44	0	.511		371	370	29-18	17-26	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	87	43	44	0	.494	1.5	372	359	21-19	22-25	4-6	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	90	44	46	0	.489	2.0	365	360	23-23	21-23	1-9	Lost 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	89	40	49	0	.449	5.5	366	373	28-20	12-29	4-6	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	88	39	49	0	.443	6.0	360	447	23-22	16-27	4-6	Won 2
New York Mets	88	38	50	0	.432	7.0	308	363	18-27	20-23	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	61	31	0	.663		465	318	31-13	30-18	5-5	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	93	55	38	0	.591	6.5	412	335	26-18	29-20	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	92	49	43	0	.533	12.0	391	346	31-19	18-24	7-3	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	94	49	45	0	.521	13.0	371	327	24-20	25-25	5-5	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	93	41	52	0	.441	20.5	365	404	21-24	20-28	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	96	41	55	0	.427	22.0	342	486	25-23	16-32	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 4, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
The Athletics survived trouble caused by two errors in the eighth inning and emerged with a 4-3 victory over the Orioles. Claudell Washington, serving as the designated hitter, rapped a single and double, scoring one run and driving in another, to pace the A's to a 4-0 lead. Ken Holtzman, who was the winner, ending his personal three-game losing streak, gave up a single by Mark Belanger to open the Orioles' eighth, retired Paul Blair and then yielded a single by Bobby Grich. Tommy Davis followed with a single, scoring Belanger, and when the ball went through Joe Rudi's legs in left field, Grich also crossed the plate. Rollie Fingers replaced Holtzman and struck out Earl Williams, but Sal Bando threw wildly on a grounder by Don Baylor, Davis scoring, before Fingers fanned Brooks Robinson to end the threat.

White Sox 6, Tigers 0 at Chicago (night game):
Jim Kaat pitched a two-hitter for his first shutout of the season and Brian Downing, Dick Allen and Bill Melton smashed homers to account for all of the White Sox runs in a 6-0 victory over the Tigers. Downing started the scoring with a solo swat off Mickey Lolich in the fifth inning. Bucky Dent singled in the sixth, Carlos May walked and both scored ahead of Allen when the White Sox first baseman cracked a pitch 450 feet into the center field bullpen. Melton added the final two runs with his blow in the eighth.

Angels 11, Indians 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Frank Tanana, who had one of the worst records in the major leagues, 9-13, pitched six innings of brilliant relief and gained his first victory since May 25 when the Angels defeated the Indians, 11-2. The young lefthander allowed only two hits after taking over from Ed Figueroa. The relief appearance was the third of the season for Tanana, who had started 20 games. The Angels scored three runs in the first and were leading by only 3-2 until the sixth when they broke the game open with four runs. Joe Lahoud then took care of the other Angels' scoring, hitting two-run homers in the seventh and ninth.

Royals 5, Red Sox 4 at Kansas City (night game):
Winding up the game with a flurry of strikeouts, Steve Busby came out a winner when the Royals rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Red Sox, 5-4. Busby, who turned in his 13th complete game of the season, did not strike out anyone in the first four innings but fanned nine in the last five, including six in a row at one stretch. The Red Sox got two runs in the first on scoring singles by Carl Yastrzemski and Rico Petrocelli. Bernie Carbo batted in a pair with a double in the third. John Mayberry singled and scored the Royals' first run in the second and homered in the fourth. Mayberry walked in the sixth and was thrown out trying to score on a double by Hal McRae. Fran Healy walked and Jim Wohlford doubled to drive in McRae. Al Cowens then singled, Healy and Wohlford scoring to put the Royals ahead.

Brewers 5, Twins 4 at Minnesota (night game):
Led by Johnny Briggs and Bob Coluccio, who collected three hits apiece, the Brewers defeated the Twins, 5-4. Coluccio singled and Briggs homered for the Brewers' initial two runs in the first inning. A triple by Don Money, singles by Coluccio and Briggs and sacrifice fly by George Scott added a pair in the third before the Brewers scored what proved to be the deciding tally on a walk to Mike Hegan, a wild pitch and single by Pedro Garcia in the sixth. Coluccio was hit on the batting helmet by a pitch in the seventh, precipitating a melee in which several punches were thrown. No players were ejected but Coluccio was forced to leave the game. Craig Kusick hit a homer for the Twins in the fourth and also scored after rapping a double in the seventh.

Yankees 2, Rangers 0 at New York (night game):
Doc Medich pitched a five-hitter and Sandy Alomar and Bobby Murcer each drove in a run in the third inning to provide the Yankees with a 2-0 victory over the Rangers. Walt Williams led off the third with a single and stopped at third on a double by Jim Mason. Alomar followed with a sacrifice fly, scoring Williams, but Mason was thrown out trying to take third. However, Roy White followed with a double and scored the Yankees' second run on a single by Murcer.

Cubs 7, Braves 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Billy Williams singled in the first and doubled in the second to mark a pair of two-run innings by the Cubs, who went on to defeat the Braves, 7-2. In the first, Don Kessinger walked and Jose Cardenal, Williams and Andre Thornton singled to start the Cubs' scoring. Rick Reuschel walked in the second and raced home with two out when Darrell Evans threw wildly on a grounder by Cardenal. Williams then hit his double to drive in Cardenal. Evans made two more errors in the game, including a boot of a pickoff throw that allowed two runs to cross the plate in the seventh inning.

Expos 8, Dodgers 7 at Los Angeles (night game):
Only the second player in Expos' history to collect five hits in one game, Willie Davis singled in the ninth inning to spark a two-run rally that beat the Dodgers, 8-7. Rusty Staub, formerly with the Expos, had five hits in a game May 30, 1970. The Dodgers bunched eight of their 12 hits in the seventh and eighth innings to take a 7-6 lead before the Expos began the ninth with a single by Barry Foote and pass to Larry Lintz. Davis followed with his single, driving in pinch-runner Boots Day and sending Lintz to third. Ken Singleton then hit a sacrifice fly to plate the deciding marker.

Pirates 6, Astros 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A four-run outburst in the third inning provided the Pirates with a 6-2 victory over the Astros. The Pirates, who were trailing, 2-1, opened their rally with the tying tally on a single by Richie Hebner, pass to Al Oliver and single by Richie Zisk. After Manny Sanguillen was hit by a pitch, Ed Kirkpatrick drove in the go-ahead pair with a single. The fourth run of the frame followed on a sacrifice fly by Rennie Stennett. Doug Rader hit a homer for the Astros' runs.

Padres 5, Phillies 4 at San Diego (night game):
Staging a dramatic rally in the ninth inning, the Padres came up with three consecutive homers before adding another run to defeat the Phillies, 5-4. Dick Ruthven, pitching for the Phillies with a 4-1 lead, gave up homers by Nate Colbert and Willie McCovey in the ninth before being removed. Dave Winfield greeted the arrival of Jesus Hernaiz with a circuit clout to tie the score. Fred Kendall kept the rally going with a single and when Dave Roberts bunted, both runners were safe on an error by Hernaiz. Rod Gaspar, running for Kendall, was picked off second and Enzo Hernandez flied out but Glenn Beckert singled, sending Roberts to third. Bobby Tolan then singled after Pete Richert relieved to drive in the Padres' winning run. The victory was the Padres' 22nd against seven defeats in games decided by one run.

Giants 9, Mets 4 at San Francisco (night game):
Triples by Chris Arnold and Garry Maddox, who drove in two runs apiece, were the big blows in the fifth inning when the Giants scored six times to defeat the Mets, 9-4. Gary Matthews had two singles during the stanza and wound up the game with four hits in four times at bat, accounting for two RBIs. After their big inning, the Giants scored a run in the sixth and added the final pair in the seventh. Matthews drove in a run with a double and Arnold received credit for his third RBI of the game by drawing a walk with the bases loaded.

Reds 12, Cardinals 7 at St. Louis (night game):
In a swift change of fortune, Bob Forsch was knocked out in the first inning as the Reds piled up seven runs en route to a 12-7 victory over the Cardinals. In Forsch's previous start against the Braves, the Cardinals scored nine runs in the first to start the rookie off to a 12-0 victory. But this time, the Reds jumped on the young righthander from the outset. Cesar Geronimo singled and Pete Rose and Joe Morgan doubled for two runs before Johnny Bench grounded out. Tony Perez singled for an RBI. Two walks loaded the bases. Bill Plummer hit a sacrifice fly and Don Gullett then applied the finishing touch to Forsch with a two-run double. Geronimo, up for a second time, singled off John Curtis to drive in the seventh run. The Reds padded their lead with the next five runs off Curtis before the Cardinals finally snapped their string of 23 scoreless innings, but their late rush could not wipe out the Reds' big lead.