MLB standings through games of July 17, 1974

MLB standings at the end of July 17, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	91	49	42	0	.538		427	408	29-21	20-21	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	89	46	42	1	.523	1.5	367	361	23-19	23-23	2-8	Lost 5
Baltimore Orioles	90	47	43	0	.522	1.5	359	368	24-21	23-22	4-6	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	91	46	45	0	.505	3.0	417	377	26-21	20-24	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	91	45	46	0	.495	4.0	367	366	22-21	23-25	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	91	44	47	0	.484	5.0	328	396	22-18	22-29	1-9	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	92	53	39	0	.576		418	331	29-17	24-22	7-3	Won 5
Chicago White Sox	92	46	44	2	.511	6.0	402	411	26-19	20-25	6-4	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	90	46	44	0	.511	6.0	388	364	25-22	21-22	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	94	44	49	1	.473	9.5	385	405	26-24	18-25	8-2	Won 1
Texas Rangers	94	44	49	1	.473	9.5	408	444	21-22	23-27	3-7	Won 1
California Angels	95	37	57	1	.394	17.0	388	423	18-31	19-26	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	91	46	45	0	.505		372	385	29-18	17-27	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	88	44	44	0	.500	0.5	377	363	21-19	23-25	5-5	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	91	44	47	0	.484	2.0	369	366	23-24	21-23	1-9	Lost 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	41	49	0	.456	4.5	377	376	29-20	12-29	5-5	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	89	39	50	0	.438	6.0	362	454	23-22	16-28	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	89	38	51	0	.427	7.0	310	369	18-27	20-24	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	93	61	32	0	.656		469	323	31-14	30-18	5-5	Lost 3
Cincinnati Reds	94	56	38	0	.596	5.5	418	339	26-18	30-20	8-2	Won 3
Houston Astros	93	49	44	0	.527	12.0	394	357	31-19	18-25	6-4	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	95	50	45	0	.526	12.0	378	329	25-20	25-25	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	94	42	52	0	.447	19.5	371	406	22-24	20-28	5-5	Won 2
San Diego Padres	97	42	55	0	.433	21.0	357	487	26-23	16-32	6-4	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 2, Orioles 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Reggie Jackson scored one run and drove in another to provide support for Vida Blue, who pitched the Athletics to a 2-0 victory over the Orioles with last-out help from Rollie Fingers. Jackson singled in the sixth inning, stopped at third on a double by Joe Rudi and came home on a wild pitch by Mike Cuellar. Sal Bando singled in the eighth and scored on a double by Jackson. Fingers, who relieved Blue with two men on base and two out in the ninth, gave up an infield hit by Brooks Robinson but then got Rich Coggins on a grounder to end the game.

White Sox 7, Tigers 1 at Chicago (night game):
While Wilbur Wood yielded only three hits, the White Sox had a homer by Dick Allen among their 13 hits in posting a 7-1 victory over the Tigers. After Bill Freehan singled and Marvin Lane doubled for the Tigers' run in the second inning, Wood retired 20 consecutive batters before giving up a single by Ed Brinkman in the ninth. Allen drove in two runs with his homer and also accounted for a third RBI with a sacrifice fly.

Angels 7, Indians 5 at Cleveland (night game):
After being held scoreless on two hits in the first seven innings, the Angels rallied for seven runs in the last two frames to defeat the Indians, 7-5. Leroy Stanton provided the spark, driving in four runs. Budy Bell hit a three-run homer and Luis Alvarado batted in two runs with a bases-loaded single to stake the Indians to a 5-0 lead. The Angels began their comeback in the eighth, ripping off consecutive doubles by Ellie Rodriguez, Denny Doyle and Bobby Valentine for two runs to chase Jim Perry. After Fred Beene relieved, Mickey Rivers beat out an infield hit and stole second. Stanton then singled to drive in two more runs. Tom Buskey, on the mound for the Indians in the ninth, walked Rodriguez and gave up infield hits by Doyle and Rivers to load the bases with one out. Paul Schaal singled, driving in Rodriguez to tie the score. Stanton followed with his second successive two-run single for the Angels' winning hit.

Red Sox 6, Royals 3 at Kansas City (night game):
A twelve-hit attack that included homers by Carl Yastrzemski and Tommy Harper carried the Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Royals. Yastrzemski hit his homer to open the fourth inning, tying the score at 2-2, and the Red Sox added the go-ahead run before the stanza ended on singles by Rico Petrocelli and Dick McAuliffe and sacrifice fly by Rick Burleson. Harper homered in the fifth. Roger Moret held the Royals to six hits. A single by Fran Healy, triple by Jim Wohlford and infield out by Al Cowens produced two K. C. runs in the second and Cowens added another tally with a homer in the ninth.

Twins 10, Brewers 5 at Minnesota (night game):
Bobby Darwin and Steve Braun batted in four runs apiece to power the Twins to a 10-5 victory over the Brewers. Darwin homered with two men on base in the third inning and added another run with a round-tripper in the fifth. Braun accounted for his four RBIs with three singles. Don Money homered for the Brewers, but his streak of 86 games without an error at third base came to an end with a miscue in the first inning.

Rangers 2, Yankees 0 at New York (day game):
Toby Harrah smashed a two-run homer and Jim Bibby pitched a three-hitter as the Rangers defeated the Yankees, 2-0. With one out in the second inning, Jim Spencer singled. Then with two away, Harrah unloaded his homer to beat Pat Dobson, who lost to the Rangers for the third time this season among his 12 defeats.

Braves 7, Cubs 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Backed by the Braves' 12-hit attack, Buzz Capra gained his 10th victory, beating the Cubs, 7-2. Before being acquired by the Braves, who converted him into a starter, Capra had only five victories to his credit in 41 games of relief service with the Mets over three seasons. The Braves decided the game with three runs in the seventh inning, breaking a 2-2 tie. Ralph Garr singled with one out and advanced to second on a grounder by Craig Robinson. The Cubs then walked Darrell Evans intentionally before bringing in Burt Hooton to replace Ray Burris. Dusty Baker rapped a long drive that bounced over the left field fence for a ground-rule double, scoring Garr, and Rowland Office followed with a single to drive in Evans and Baker.

Expos 5, Dodgers 4 at Los Angeles (night game):
Seven innings of shutout relief pitching earned Don Carrithers his first victory since May 6. 1973, when the Expos rallied to defeat the Dodgers, 5-4. The Dodgers built up a 4-0 lead at the expense of Steve Rogers before Carrithers, formerly with the Giants, arrived on the scene. Tommy John, who started for the Dodgers, was forced to leave the mound in the third inning because of arm pain in the area of his left elbow. John gave up a single by Willie Davis and pass to Bob Bailey before departing. Geoff Zahn, in relief, threw wildly on a pickoff attempt, advancing the runners, and both scored on a single by Ron Woods. Woods also crossed the plate on singles by Ken Singleton and Barry Foote. The Expos then gained their victory with two more runs in the fourth on singles by Larry Lintz, Davis and Bailey and sacrifice fly by Mike Jorgensen.

Pirates 11, Astros 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A loser of four previous decisions, Larry Demery gained his first major league victory as the Pirates piled up 17 hits to beat the Astros, 11-3. Demery tired in the eighth inning when the Astros scored their three runs and Ramon Hernandez finished. Richie Zisk hit a double, two singles and a sacrifice fly to account for four of the Pirates' runs. Richie Hebner contributed four hits to the attack. In the third inning, when the Pirates scored five runs, Demery drove in one of them with a triple for his first major league hit.

Padres 15, Phillies 1 at San Diego (night game):
Led by Bobby Tolan, who smashed a pair of three-run homers, the Padres trounced the Phillies, 15-1. Tolan clubbed his round-trippers, each time with Enzo Hernandez and Randy Jones on base, in successive trips to the plate in the second and third innings. Fred Kendall joined in the slugging with a three-run homer in the sixth.

Giants 6, Mets 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Bobby Bonds batted in two runs with a homer and accounted for another run with a sacrifice fly to lead the Giants to a 6-2 victory over the Mets. John D'Acquisto and Randy Moffitt, who relieved with one out in the seventh inning, limited the Mets to three hits. Bonds' homer followed a double by Garry Maddox in the first. Maddox had two other hits in the game and stole three bases. In the fifth, Maddox singled, stole second and third and scored on Bonds' sacrifice fly.

Reds 6, Cardinals 4 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Gibson became the first N. L. pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts, but the Cardinals failed to live up to the occasion and lost to the Reds, 6-4, in 12 innings. Gibson made Cesar Geronimo his 3,000th victim in the second inning and added three more strikeouts before leaving the game for a pinch-hitter in the seventh to bring his career total to 3,003. Walter Johnson holds the major league record of 3,508 strikeouts. The Cardinals were held to five hits, but scored on two walks and a homer by Joe Torre in the second inning before adding another run on a homer by Reggie Smith in the third. The Reds, who tied the score before Gibson departed, broke the deadlock in the 12th when Darrel Chaney walked, Dave Concepcion singled and George Foster sent them home with a double.