MLB standings through games of July 25, 1974

MLB standings at the end of July 25, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Cleveland Indians	95	50	44	1	.532		399	390	27-21	23-23	4-6	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	96	51	45	0	.531		450	425	29-21	22-24	4-6	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	96	49	47	0	.510	2.0	384	395	26-23	23-24	2-8	Lost 3
New York Yankees	96	49	47	0	.510	2.0	393	383	26-22	23-25	6-4	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	96	47	49	0	.490	4.0	429	397	26-21	21-28	3-7	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	96	45	51	0	.469	6.0	355	440	23-22	22-29	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	97	56	41	0	.577		441	351	30-17	26-24	8-2	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	97	49	46	2	.516	6.0	422	427	29-20	20-26	7-3	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	95	48	47	0	.505	7.0	407	390	25-22	23-25	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	99	48	50	1	.490	8.5	425	456	25-23	23-27	6-4	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	99	47	51	1	.480	9.5	418	433	26-24	21-27	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	100	39	60	1	.394	18.0	403	439	18-32	21-28	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	96	50	46	0	.521		397	399	29-18	21-28	6-4	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	97	48	49	0	.495	2.5	395	389	27-26	21-23	4-6	Won 4
Montreal Expos	95	46	49	0	.484	3.5	399	392	22-20	24-29	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	46	50	0	.479	4.0	404	396	29-20	17-30	9-1	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	94	41	53	0	.436	8.0	381	484	23-23	18-30	4-6	Lost 2
New York Mets	94	40	54	0	.426	9.0	331	388	18-27	22-27	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	99	65	34	0	.657		496	338	33-16	32-18	5-5	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	100	60	40	0	.600	5.5	457	369	30-20	30-20	7-3	Won 3
Houston Astros	99	51	48	0	.515	14.0	416	388	31-21	20-27	3-7	Lost 4
Atlanta Braves	100	51	49	0	.510	14.5	387	348	26-24	25-25	4-6	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	100	45	55	0	.450	20.5	398	430	25-25	20-30	5-5	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	102	43	59	0	.422	23.5	373	513	27-26	16-33	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 2, Angels 1 at California (night game):
Nolan Ryan, the major league strikeout leader, fanned nine Royals to increase his total to 210 but Kansas City's Jim Wohlford stole the show when his third single of the night drove in Tony Solaita from second base with the winning run as the Royals nipped the Angels, 2-1. With the score tied in the eighth, John Mayberry singled and Solaita walked but Vada Pinson, attempting to sacrifice, forced Mayberry at third. That's when Wohlford poked his safety into left field, driving in what proved to be the winning run. The Royals' first run came in the opening frame when Fred Patek walked, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and galloped home as Mayberry grounded out. California got its run in the second on singles by Frank Robinson, Bruce Bochte and Denny Doyle.

[DH] Indians 8, Orioles 7 (night game) / Indians 5, Orioles 4 at Cleveland (night game):
The Indians took a pair of cliffhangers from the Orioles, 8-7 and 5-4, but it took 13 innings before pinch-hitter Tommy McCraw's single drove home John Ellis with the deciding tally in the second game. After the Tribe sent the contest into extra innings on Buddy Bell's two-run ninth inning homer, the Orioles took the lead in the top of the 13th on Rich Coggins' run-scoring single off Tom Hilgendorf. In the home half of the frame, with one out, singles by Charlie Spikes and Ellis chased reliever Bob Reynolds in favor of Grant Jackson, who walked Leron Lee and Joe Lis, forcing in the tying run. Doyle Alexander relieved Jackson and McCraw sent home the winning tally when he slapped a drive over the drawn-in outfield. In the lidlifter, the Indians rolled away to an early 8-3 lead but just did hang on for a one-run edge as reliever Tom Buskey came to the rescue of Fred Beene and retired Al Bumbry on an infield fly with the bases loaded in the ninth inning.

Red Sox 12, Tigers 4 at Detroit (night game):
With Carl Yastrzemski hitting the 300th homer of his career to become the 36th player to accomplish that feat, and Rico Petrocelli and Tommy Harper adding round-trippers, the Red Sox coasted to a 12-4 slaughter of the Tigers. Mickey Lolich, Detroit starter, was racked for 11 hits and eight runs in three innings as he lost his sixth straight in a 10-13 season. Yaz's homer, his 12th of the season, came in the second inning after the Red Sox had scored four runs in the first. Every player in the Boston starting lineup got at least one hit as the club piled up a total of 17. The beneficiary of the slugging was substitute hurler Roger Moret (4-3) who was rushed into action when scheduled starter Rick Wise reported a sore arm.

Yankees 1, Brewers 0 at New York (night game):
Bobby Murcer singled in the game's only run in the first inning and Doc Medich unfurled a nifty five-hitter for his 13th victory in 20 decisions as the Yankees beat the Brewers, 1-0. The New York righthander fanned six and walked four in hurling his second shutout of the year. Clyde Wright yielded the tally when Roy White singled, advanced on Elliott Maddox' sacrifice and scooted home on Murcer's base hit.

A's 5, Twins 1 at Oakland (day game):
Sal Bando hit a pair of homers and Vida Blue yielded only three hits as Oakland waltzed to a 5-1 victory over the Twins, marking the seventh straight time the A's have whipped the Minnesotans without a loss this year. Vida missed the shutout in the seventh inning when Craig Kusick sent a blast out of the park. Bando, who missed the All-Star Game with a knee injury, homered off loser Joe Decker (10-9) in the opening frame following a single by Bert Campaneris. He added a solo shot, No. 13 for the season, in the third. A round-tripper by Dick Green gave Oakland a 4-0 lead in the fourth and they added their final run in the fifth on a pair of walks and Joe Rudi's double.

Rangers 4, White Sox 1 at Texas (night game):
Aided by Jim Fregosi's 10th homer, a fourth-inning drive with a mate aboard, Fergie Jenkins stopped the White Sox, 4-1, on seven hits in capturing his fourth straight victory, upping his record to 13-9. Wilbur Wood, the majors' winningest pitcher in 1974 with 16, suffered his 12th loss. Leo Cardenas also drove in a pair of Ranger tallies, one with an infield out in the second and other on a single in the sixth. Chicago's run came in the third when Jorge Orta singled and crossed the plate on a two-out double by Ken Henderson.

Braves 1, Padres 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Clyde King celebrated his first game as Atlanta manager with a 1-0 victory over San Diego in 10 innings. The game's only run came when Rowland Office, used as a pinch-runner in the ninth, stayed in the lineup and singled home Darrell Evans. Evans had opened the extra frame with a walk, moved up on Dusty Baker's sacrifice and, after Mike Lum was intentionally passed, tallied when Office slashed his game-winning single to right-center. The victory went to Tom House (2-2), who worked just one inning after replacing Ron Reed who had given up only two hits in nine stanzas. Randy Jones, Padre starter, also gave up only two safeties until he was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth. The loss was charged to Mike Johnson, the last of four San Diego hurlers, who was making his major league debut.

Phillies 10, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
Steve Carlton fanned 11 Chicago batters, running his league-leading total to 151 as the Phillies smothered the Cubs, 10-2, and ruined the managerial debut of Jim Marshall. The Phillies used the long ball to take an early lead, rolling up three runs in the third on Larry Bowa's single, Mike Schmidt's triple and Willie Montanez' homer. In the sixth, the division leaders struck heavily again, pushing over five tallies on a pass to Bob Boone, singles by Tommy Hutton and Carlton, doubles by Dave Cash and Schmidt and Del Unser's one-bagger. The Cubs scored in the third when Billy Grabarkewitz walked, took second on a wild pitch and crossed the plate on Rick Monday's two-bagger. In the seventh, they added a run as Andre Thornton doubled and ambled home on Schmidt's error on Steve Swisher's grounder. Carlton improved his season's record to 12-7, while Burt Hooton, who dropped to 3-9, failed for the fifth straight time against the Phillies who he has not beaten since May 16, 1972.

[DH] Reds 14, Giants 13 (night game) / Reds 5, Giants 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Reds swept a twin bill from the Giants, 5-0 and 14-13, when Fred Norman blanked the Californians on five hits in the nightcap after Tony Perez' two-run homer climaxed a five-run ninth inning uprising that accounted for the lidlifter. With the Giants leading, 13-9, following a six-run fifth inning outburst in the first game, Dan Driessen's one-out pinch-single was followed by a walk to Merv Rettenmund. Pete Rose singled for his fourth hit of the game, scoring Driessen and sending Rettenmund to third from where he scored on Joe Morgan's infield out. Johnny Bench singled, scoring Rose and setting the stage for Perez' game-winning wallop, his 17th homer of the season. Jack Billingham, last of the Reds' seven pitchers, was credited with the win, his 11th against seven losses. In the afterpiece, Ken Griffey homered and Cesar Geronimo rapped two singles and a triple to lead the attack on rookie Ed Halicki, who was suffering his third straight loss while southpaw Norman was bettering his record to 10-9.

[DH] Dodgers 11, Astros 3 (day game) / Dodgers 2, Astros 0 at Houston (night game):
The Dodgers, who had lost 10 of their previous 17 games, thumped the Astros twice, 11-3 and 2-0. In the opener, Don Sutton scored his first victory since May 14, after 15 attempts to win No. 7 to go with eight losses. Don scattered eight hits over seven innings, then needed relief help from Mike Marshall, appearing in his 67th game. Jim Wynn was the big gun in the 15-hit Los Angeles attack with his 22nd homer and three singles, though a six-run fifth inning outburst, highlighted by Tom Paciorek's bases-clearing triple, clinched the issue. The Dodgers practically won the game in the first inning when they teed off on Claude Osteen, an ex-Dodger, and J.R. Richard, just up from the minors, for four tallies. In the second game, Doug Rau hurled his first shutout, improving his record to 9-6, as the Dodgers got to Don Wilson for single runs in the sixth and seventh innings. In the sixth, Bill Russell singled, moved up on a sacrifice and infield hit and tallied as the Astros misfired on an attempted double play on Bill Buckner's grounder. One frame later, Steve Garvey doubled, took third on a wild pitch and rambled home on Joe Ferguson's sacrifice fly.

[DH] Expos 10, Pirates 5 (night game) / Pirates 3, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
Homers by Manny Sanguillen and Willie Stargell enabled the Pirates to take a 3-2 decision over Montreal in the second game after the Expos had snapped the Bucs' eight-game winning streak with a 10-5 triumph in the opener of a twin bill. Actually, rookie Art Howe accounted for the deciding run in the nightcap when he tripled and scored on a single by Al Oliver in the eighth. For in the ninth, the Expos scored and had to be set down by Dave Giusti who saved Jerry Reuss' 10th victory in 17 decisions. Steve Rogers took the loss, his 12th to go with 10 victories. In the opener, Ron Hunt led the 10-hit Montreal attack off four Pirate hurlers, as he drove in three runs. Winning pitcher Steve Renko (7-10) yielded six safeties. Jim Rooker took the loss, dropping his record to 6-8.

[DH] Cardinals 4, Mets 3 (night game) / Cardinals 4, Mets 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Alan Foster's three-hitter, resulting in a 4-1 victory, enabled the Cardinals to complete a doubleheader sweep over the Mets after reliever Jack Aker hit Jerry DaVanon with the bases loaded in the tenth, forcing in a run and giving the Redbirds a 4-3 decision in the opener. Foster lost the shutout in the seventh when Ed Kranepool, batting for losing pitcher Jon Matlack, hit the Mets' first pinch-homer of the year. Lou Brock gave the Cards an early lead, reaching first on an error, stealing second for his 61st theft of the year and advancing on catcher Ron Hodges' throw into center field. Lou later dashed home on a passed ball. The Birds added a pair in the fourth on Bake McBride's single, Reggie Smith's double and Marc Hill's single and his first major league RBI. Mike Tyson added the final St. Louis run in the seventh on a single, passed ball, sacrifice and infield out. In the opener, the Mets took advantage of Bob Gibson's wildness to score three runs in the second inning, but the Cards, fighting an uphill battle, finally tied the score in the ninth on Joe Torre's two-out single that drove in Jose Cruz, running for Ted Sizemore who had singled. In the tenth, the Cards loaded the bases on a double by Ken Reitz and passes to pinch-hitter Jim Dwyer and Luis Melendez, setting the scene for Aker's errant pitch that nicked DaVanon.