MLB standings through games of July 18, 1974

MLB standings at the end of July 18, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	92	49	43	0	.533		428	410	29-21	20-22	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	90	47	43	0	.522	1.0	359	368	24-21	23-22	4-6	Lost 4
Cleveland Indians	90	46	43	1	.517	1.5	369	364	23-20	23-23	1-9	Lost 6
Milwaukee Brewers	91	46	45	0	.505	2.5	417	377	26-21	20-24	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	92	46	46	0	.500	3.0	377	372	23-21	23-25	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	92	45	47	0	.489	4.0	333	399	23-18	22-29	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	93	54	39	0	.581		421	333	29-17	25-22	8-2	Won 6
Chicago White Sox	92	46	44	2	.511	6.5	402	411	26-19	20-25	6-4	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	91	46	45	0	.505	7.0	394	374	25-22	21-23	4-6	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	95	45	49	1	.479	9.5	410	445	22-22	23-27	4-6	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	95	44	50	1	.468	10.5	388	410	26-24	18-26	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	95	37	57	1	.394	17.5	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	92	47	45	0	.511		380	390	29-18	18-27	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	89	44	45	0	.494	1.5	382	370	21-19	23-26	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	92	44	48	0	.478	3.0	371	374	23-25	21-23	1-9	Lost 6
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	42	49	0	.462	4.5	381	376	29-20	13-29	5-5	Won 5
Chicago Cubs	90	40	50	0	.444	6.0	365	456	23-22	17-28	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	89	38	51	0	.427	7.5	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	94	62	32	0	.660		476	328	32-14	30-18	5-5	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	95	56	39	0	.589	6.5	420	342	26-19	30-20	8-2	Lost 1
Houston Astros	94	50	44	0	.532	12.0	402	359	31-19	19-25	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	96	50	46	0	.521	13.0	378	333	25-21	25-25	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	94	42	52	0	.447	20.0	371	406	22-24	20-28	5-5	Won 2
San Diego Padres	98	42	56	0	.429	22.0	362	495	26-24	16-32	6-4	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 3, Indians 2 at Cleveland (night game):
The Athletics, who stopped Gaylord Perry's 15-game winning streak July 8, defeated the Cleveland ace again, 3-2. Catfish Hunter, who gained his sixth straight victory, gave up the Indians' runs in the second inning on a single by Charlie Spikes, triple by Oscar Gamble and single by Leron Lee. The A's picked up a run in the fifth on a double by Joe Rudi and single by Claudell Washington, the rookie outfielder whose single beat Perry in the July 8 game, 4-3. The A's then put over the tying and winning runs in the sixth when Larry Haney and Bill North doubled and Sal Bando singled.

Tigers 5, Twins 3 at Detroit (night game):
Sparked by Bill Freehan, who hit a homer, the Tigers scored four runs in the third inning and defeated the Twins, 5-3. The Twins counted twice off Joe Coleman in the second before Aurelio Rodriguez homered in the Tigers' half. Al Kaline walked in the third and Freehan followed with his round-tripper. The deciding pair followed on two walks, a sacrifice, infield out by Ed Brinkman and single by Jerry Moses. The Twins scored their final run in the fifth when Steve Braun doubled and Tony Oliva singled.

Yankees 10, Royals 6 at New York (night game):
After failing to hold a 4-0 lead, the Yankees came back to defeat the Royals, 10-6. The Royals, who had a two-run homer by Tony Solaita, pulled ahead in the sixth inning, 5-4, but Otto Velez tied the score with a circuit clout in the Yankees' half. The Royals regained the lead in the seventh when Amos Otis was safe on an error and scored on a single by John Mayberry and infield out by Hal McRae. However, the Yankees took advantage of two errors and pushed over three runs in their half. Sandy Alomar opened the inning with a single and moved up on a sacrifice. After Fred Patek booted a grounder by Elliott Maddox, Bobby Murcer singled to score Alomar with the tying run. And when McRae let Murcer's hit get away from him in right field, Maddox also scored and Murcer reached third, in position to cross the plate on a sacrifice fly by Lou Piniella. The Yankees iced the verdict with two more runs in the eighth.

Rangers 2, Red Sox 1 at Texas (night game):
Fergie Jenkins, who has become the bane of Boston since coming over from the N. L. this season, pitched the Rangers to a 2-1 victory for his third triumph over the Red Sox in three meetings. Carl Yastrzemski homered for the Red Sox in the second inning, but the Rangers tied score in the third with a double by Mike Hargrove and single by Jim Spencer. The winning run followed in the sixth. Toby Harrah walked to open the inning, advanced to second on a grounder by Joe Lovitto, moved to third after a long fly by Duke Sims and crossed the plate on a single by Cesar Tovar.

Pirates 4, Braves 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Jerry Reuss scattered eight hits and pitched the Pirates to a 4-0 victory over the Braves. Ron Reed, who started for the Braves, retired the first 12 batters before Willie Stargell singled in the fifth inning. Richie Zisk followed with a single and when Dusty Baker not only fumbled the hit but then threw wildly back to the infield for two errors on one play, Stargell scored and Zisk reached third. An infield out by Frank Taveras then enabled Zisk to score. The Pirates added their last two runs off reliever Tom House in the ninth when Bob Robertson doubled with the bases loaded.

Cubs 3, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Bill Bonham, who doubled and scored what proved to be the Cubs' winning run, defeated the Reds, 3-2, with relief help from Oscar Zamora. The Cubs took a 2-1 lead in the second inning with a homer by Jose Cardenal, triple by Bill Madlock and sacrifice fly by Billy Grabarkewitz. The Reds tied the score in the fourth. Johnny Bench singled, took third on a single by Tony Perez and crossed the plate while the Cubs were executing a double play on a grounder by Dan Driessen. Bonham hit his double in the fifth and crossed the plate on another two-bagger by Rick Monday. Zamora replaced Bonham with one out in the seventh and retired two batters, including Bench on a fly with the bases loaded. The Reds tagged Zamora for five hits in the last two innings, but failed to break through against the 29-year-old reliever.

Dodgers 7, Expos 5 at Los Angeles (night game):
Erupting for seven runs in the fourth inning, the Dodgers defeated the Expos, 7-5, to snap a three-game losing streak. Ron Cey ignited the Dodgers' outburst with a two-run homer and Jim Wynn capped it with another two-run blow. Andy Messersmith, who pitched his 11th complete game of the season, gave up a run in the first inning and then had a streak of wildness in the sixth when the Expos scored three times on only one hit. Willie Davis smashed a homer for the Expos' final run in the seventh to complete the three-game series against his old club with 10 hits in 15 times at bat.

Phillies 8, Padres 5 at San Diego (night game):
The Phillies rallied for five runs in the eighth inning, climaxing their comeback with a three-run homer by Mike Schmidt, to defeat the Padres, 8-5. The Phillies took an early 3-0 lead before Willie McCovey and Dave Winfield hit back-to-back homers for the Padres in the sixth. The Padres then knocked out Steve Carlton in the seventh, scoring three runs, two of them unearned on an error by Jay Johnstone, who dropped a fly ball with two out. Johnstone made amends with a single in the eighth and took third on a one-out single by Tommy Hutton. After Ollie Brown fouled out, Dave Cash drove in Johnstone with a single. Larry Bowa also singled, batting in Terry Harmon, who ran for Hutton, to tie the score. Schmidt then followed with his homer for the Phillies' decisive blow.

Astros 8, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
The Astros broke a tight game apart with six runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Cardinals, 8-2. Lee May homered for the Astros' initial run in the second. With the score tied, 2-2, the Astros loaded the bases in the seventh on singles by Tommy Helms and Claude Osteen and error by Ken Reitz on a bunt by Greg Gross. Joe Torre mishandled a grounder by Roger Metzger and Larry Milbourne, running for Helms, scored to break the tie. Cesar Cedeno made it 4-2 with a single. Bob Watson fouled out, but Lee May hit a ground-rule double, driving in two runs. Milt May was passed intentionally and the final two tallies followed on Reitz' second error of the inning and a single by Milbourne.