MLB standings through games of August 1, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 1, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	103	56	47	0	.544		486	448	34-22	22-25	6-4	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	102	53	48	1	.525	2.0	433	430	29-24	24-24	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	103	52	51	0	.505	4.0	418	434	28-26	24-25	3-7	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	104	51	53	0	.490	5.5	451	419	28-23	23-30	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	104	51	53	0	.490	5.5	414	418	27-22	24-31	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	103	50	53	0	.485	6.0	385	458	24-22	26-31	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	105	61	44	0	.581		488	390	35-19	26-25	7-3	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	105	52	51	2	.505	8.0	464	482	30-20	22-31	3-7	Won 1
Texas Rangers	106	53	52	1	.505	8.0	469	494	28-24	25-28	8-2	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	102	51	51	0	.500	8.5	428	423	25-23	26-28	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	106	51	54	1	.486	10.0	456	465	28-25	23-29	6-4	Won 1
California Angels	107	41	65	1	.387	20.5	444	475	20-36	21-29	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	104	54	50	0	.519		450	440	33-21	21-29	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	104	54	50	0	.519		432	415	27-27	27-23	9-1	Won 6
Pittsburgh Pirates	105	50	55	0	.476	4.5	440	437	29-21	21-34	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	103	49	54	0	.476	4.5	427	424	22-21	27-33	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	103	45	58	0	.437	8.5	362	424	22-31	23-27	5-5	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	103	44	59	0	.427	9.5	418	530	24-29	20-30	3-7	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	106	69	37	0	.651		546	366	34-16	35-21	6-4	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	107	64	43	0	.598	5.5	499	394	33-23	31-20	7-3	Won 2
Houston Astros	105	55	50	0	.524	13.5	448	415	34-22	21-28	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	105	54	51	0	.514	14.5	414	366	29-26	25-25	4-6	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	107	48	59	0	.449	21.5	428	471	25-26	23-33	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	108	44	64	0	.407	26.0	383	565	27-28	17-36	2-8	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 11, Orioles 3 at Boston (night game):
Cecil Cooper, Rick Burleson and Carl Yastrzemski drove in nine runs among them to lead the Red Sox to an 11-3 victory over the Orioles. The Red Sox decided the game in the first inning, piling up five runs. Tommy Harper led off by drawing a walk and scored on a double by Cooper. Yastrzemski singled Cooper home. After a single by Rico Petrocelli and pass to Rick Miller loaded the bases, Burleson cleared the sacks with a double. Earl Williams homered for the Orioles.

White Sox 7, A's 3 at Chicago (night game):
A bases-loaded single by Ron Santo in the seventh inning drove in two runs and sparked the White Sox to a 7-3 victory over the Athletics. Sal Bando batted in the A's three runs with a homer and infield out to produce a 3-3 tie. In the seventh, Bill Melton beat out an infield hit and stopped at third on a double by Carlos May. After an intentional pass to Brian Downing, Santo rapped his single. Bucky Dent added another run with a sacrifice, scoring Downing.

Indians 9, Yankees 2 at Cleveland (night game):
The Indians rang the bell with Buddy Bell, who drove in four runs with three hits to help defeat the Yankees, 9-2. After the Yankees took a 2-0 lead in the second inning, Bell singled to drive in one of the Indians' matching tallies in their half. The Indians then knocked out Dave Pagan during a five-run outburst in the third. Bell batted in a pair with a single and added his fourth RBI with a double in the fifth when the Indians completed their scoring.

Rangers 3, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
After trailing, 1-0, for six innings, the Rangers caught up with Bruce Dal Canton and defeated the Royals, 3-1. Jackie Brown, pitching for the Rangers, yielded the Royals' run in the first on a triple by Fred Patek and sacrifice fly by Cookie Rojas. The Rangers tied the score in the seventh. Lenny Randle singled, took third on a single by Jim Spencer and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Toby Harrah. Cesar Tovar singled in the eighth and stole second as Alex Johnson struck out. After an intentional pass to Jeff Burroughs, Mike Hargrove singled to break the tie. Harrah then clinched the victory with a homer in the ninth.

Tigers 2, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (night game):
Woodie Fryman pitched a one-hitter and Norm Cash drove in both of the Tigers' runs in a 2-0 victory over the Brewers. Fryman, who made his first appearance since July 19, was deprived of a no-hitter when Bobby Mitchell singled with two out in the seventh inning. Cash homered in the second and singled home Ben Oglivie, who had tripled, in the ninth.

Twins 6, Angels 5 at Minnesota (night game):
A two-run homer by Bobby Darwin in the eighth inning climaxed a comeback by the Twins and produced a 6-5 victory over the Angels. Triples by Mickey Rivers and Leroy Stanton, sandwiching a walk to Rudy Meoli, sent the Angels ahead in the third, but Rod Carew singled and Harmon Killebrew homered for the tying tallies in the fourth. The Twins took the lead when Danny Thompson walked and Eric Soderholm and Carew singled in the fifth. The Angels boomed out in front, 5-3, when Bobby Valentine homered with two men on base in the sixth. Carew singled for his third hit of the game in the eighth and scored on a single by Larry Hisle before Darwin rapped his decisive homer.

Dodgers 8, Padres 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Al Downing and Mike Marshall, who divided the pitching duties, yielded only three hits apiece as the Dodgers defeated the Padres, 8-1. Davey Lopes and Willie Crawford hit homers for the Dodgers, holding a 3-0 lead before the Padres settled for one run on an infield out by Dave Winfield after loading the bases in the sixth when Dan Spillner walked and Glenn Beckert and Johnny Grubb singled. Marshall, making his 71st appearance of the season, took over for Downing in the seventh. In the home half of the seventh, when the Dodgers broke the game apart with five runs, Marshall drove in a pair with a single. Steve Yeager also accounted for two RBIs with a double.

[DH] Cubs 7, Mets 4 (night game) / Cubs 3, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
Snapping a six-game losing streak, the Cubs swept both ends of a twi-night doubleheader with the Mets, 7-4 and 3-1, with the opener being decided in the 10th inning. John Milner and Wayne Garrett homered for the Mets in the lidlifter, while the Cubs had a round-tripper by Jerry Morales. In the 10th, Bill Madlock singled for his fourth hit of the game and, after two out, the Cubs loaded the bases on a single by Billy Grabarkewitz and pass to Billy Williams. Tug McGraw then walked Don Kessinger on four straight balls to force in the tie-breaking tally. That brought Bob Miller to the mound for the Mets. Chris Ward welcomed the change with a single, driving in two runs to ice the Cubs' triumph. In the nightcap, the Cubs scored one run without the benefit of a hit in the fourth on a walk, hit batsman, error and sacrifice fly by Madlock. A single by Grabarkewitz, safe bunt by Dave LaRoche and single by Dave Rosello added a tally in the fifth. After Cleon Jones homered for the Mets in the sixth, Oscar Zamora replaced LaRoche and allowed only two hits in the last 3 1/3 innings. In addition, the 29-year-old rookie reliever singled in the seventh for his first major league hit and drove in the Cubs' third run.

Phillies 6, Expos 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies exploded for five runs in the third inning, with a homer by Del Unser as the big blow, to defeat the Expos, 6-4. The Expos scored two of their runs in the first on a single by Tim Foli, throwing error by Wayne Twitchell, sacrifice fly by Willie Davis, double by Ken Singleton and single by Mike Jorgensen. The Phils picked up a run in the second on a walk to Unser and singles by Bob Boone and Tommy Hutton before their outburst in the third. Larry Bowa led off the stanza with a single and, after a forceout by Mike Schmidt, Willie Montanez singled and Unser hit his homer. The Phils then went on to add two more runs for their winning margin when Jay Johnstone walked, Boone tripled and Hutton hit a sacrifice fly. Ron Fairly homered for the Expos in the fifth.

Cardinals 5, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
When both clubs dipped into their bullpens, the Cardinals came up with a winner in Rich Folkers, but Dave Giusti failed in relief as the Pirates lost, 5-2, in 11 innings. Folkers hurled the last two frames after replacing Lynn McGlothen and allowed only one hit. Giusti, taking over for Ken Brett in the 11th, retired pinch-hitter Jim Dwyer on a pop-up, but Joe Torre doubled. The Pirates then passed Ted Simmons intentionally to get at Ken Reitz, who doubled for his third hit of the game, driving in Torre and Simmons. Mike Tyson followed with a single to score Reitz.

Reds 9, Giants 7 at San Francisco (night game):
In a power display, the Reds outslugged the Giants, 9-7, capping their attack with a two-run homer by Johnny Bench in the ninth inning for the winning margin. Bench also drove in two earlier runs with a double. Ed Goodson homered to account for two of the Giants' three runs in the fourth inning and Bobby Bonds hit a grand slam off Pedro Borbon in the sixth to put the Frisco crew ahead, 7-4. The Reds came back with a two-run homer by Joe Morgan in the seventh and tied the score with a circuit clout by Tony Perez in the eighth.