MLB standings through games of August 4, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 4, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	106	58	48	0	.547		502	462	35-22	23-26	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	106	56	49	1	.533	1.5	455	449	30-24	26-25	6-4	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	107	54	53	0	.505	4.5	439	452	28-26	26-27	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	107	52	55	0	.486	6.5	400	475	25-24	27-31	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	107	52	55	0	.486	6.5	425	435	28-23	24-32	2-8	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	108	52	56	0	.481	7.0	469	437	29-26	23-30	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	108	63	45	0	.583		502	398	35-19	28-26	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	106	54	52	0	.509	8.0	448	431	28-24	26-28	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	109	54	53	2	.505	8.5	490	510	32-22	22-31	4-6	Won 2
Texas Rangers	110	54	55	1	.495	9.5	494	522	28-24	26-31	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	109	52	56	1	.481	11.0	464	479	29-27	23-29	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	111	43	67	1	.391	21.0	455	493	20-36	23-31	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	108	56	52	0	.519		450	427	29-28	27-24	8-2	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	108	55	53	0	.509	1.0	461	459	33-22	22-31	4-6	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	109	52	57	0	.477	4.5	456	448	31-23	21-34	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	105	50	55	0	.476	4.5	430	429	22-22	28-33	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	104	46	58	0	.442	8.0	365	424	22-31	24-27	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	106	46	60	0	.434	9.0	427	543	24-29	22-31	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	109	72	37	0	.661		555	369	37-16	35-21	7-3	Won 7
Cincinnati Reds	110	66	44	0	.600	6.5	515	401	33-23	33-21	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	107	55	52	0	.514	16.0	450	422	34-22	21-30	4-6	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	108	55	53	0	.509	16.5	421	376	29-26	26-27	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	111	50	61	0	.450	23.0	442	487	27-28	23-33	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	111	45	66	0	.405	28.0	387	574	28-29	17-37	2-8	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] White Sox 6, Rangers 3 (day game) / White Sox 13, Rangers 10 at Chicago (day game):
Steve Foucault, pitching in relief, had the dubious distinction of winding up with two defeats as the Rangers lost to the White Sox in both games of a doubleheader, 6-3 and 13-10. Dick Allen and Ken Henderson hit homers for the White Sox in the opener, but the score was tied at 3-3 when Foucault replaced David Clyde in the sixth inning. Foucault struck out the first two batters in the seventh before Bill Sharp singled and Jorge Orta doubled, Sharp stopping at third. Toby Harrah then committed successive errors on grounders by Allen and Bill Melton, allowing Sharp and Orta to score. Bart Johnson, who was the winner, gained his fourth straight victory since being recalled from Iowa (American Association). In the nightcap, Jeff Burroughs batted in four runs for the Rangers with two homers and a single, but Orta had an even bigger game for the White Sox with five RBIs on a single, two doubles and a homer. Foucault replaced Steve Hargan with Rangers leading, 8-7, after Orta had doubled in the sixth inning. Tony Muser and Carlos May singled, Orta scoring. Foucault threw wildly in an attempted pickoff play, Muser scoring on the error. Melton then homered for two more runs.

[DH] Tigers 6, Orioles 1 (day game) / Orioles 9, Tigers 3 at Detroit (day game):
Joe Coleman yielded only two hits and pitched the Tigers to a 6-1 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but Brooks Robinson, back in action for the first time in a week, batted in four runs with a single and homer to lead the Orioles to a 9-3 triumph in the second game. In the lidlifter, the Tigers nicked Mike Cuellar for two runs in the first inning. Ron LeFlore walked, stole second and stopped at third on a single by Gary Sutherland, who took second on the throw. Both runners then scored on consecutive sacrifice flies by Al Kaline and Bill Freehan. Coleman gave up a single by Boog Powell, along with three walks, for an Orioles' run in the second, but the Tigers put the game beyond reach in the fourth when Dick Sharon homered with a man on base and Aurelio Rodriguez and Ed Brinkman followed with doubles. In the nightcap, Robinson singled for one of the Orioles' three runs in the first inning and homered with two men on base in the third. Rodriguez collected four hits for the Tigers, including a homer and two doubles, but the rest of the Motor City crew managed only three hits off Dave McNally.

[DH] Royals 10, Angels 4 (day game) / Royals 3, Angels 0 at Kansas City (day game):
Steve Busby and Al Fitzmorris failed to turn in complete games, but both were winners when the Royals swept a doubleheader with the Angels, 10-4 and 3-0. Busby fell behind in the lidlifter, 4-3, before the Royals rallied for three runs in the sixth inning on run-scoring singles by Kurt Bevacqua and Fran Healy and double by Fred Patek. Steve Mingori pitched the last three frames and gained an easy save when the Royals added four runs in the seventh. John Mayberry and Hal McRae opened with singles and when Jim Wohlford followed with a single to center, Mickey Rivers let the ball get past him and all three runners scored. Bevacqua then singled and crossed the plate with the final run on Patek's second double of the game. The Royals used Fitzmorris, Joe Hoerner and Doug Bird in the nightcap. Loser Frank Tanana hit Mayberry with a pitch in the sixth, gave up a single by Wolford and walked Bevacqua to load the bases. Healy capitalized on the opportunity with a single, driving in two runs. The Royals' other tally counted in the seventh on a single by Cookie Rojas, a walk, wild pitch and forceout by McRae.

[DH] Indians 4, Brewers 3 (day game) / Brewers 8, Indians 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
Handing Gaylord Perry his fifth straight defeat, the Brewers won the nightcap of a doubleheader, 8-3, after the Indians gained a 4-3 victory in the opener. The Indians took the lidlifter with a pair of two-run innings. In the fifth, Oscar Gamble singled, Tommy McCraw doubled and runs scored on a sacrifice fly by Buddy Bell and double by Luis Alvarado. Gamble doubled in the seventh, Bell singled, Alvarado laid down a squeeze bunt and John Lowenstein singled to add the Indians' other pair. Don Money batted in two runs for the Brewers with a homer and sacrifice fly. Perry held the Brewers hitless in the second game until he gave up two runs in the fifth. The Brewers then knocked out the Indians' ace in a six-run outburst in the sixth. Johnny Briggs walked and scored on singles by Dave May and Mike Hegan. May was out trying to take third on the play, but Darrell Porter walked and when Ken Berry doubled, both Hegan and Porter scored. Pedro Garcia drove in Berry with a single before Money applied the finishing blow to Perry with a two-run homer.

[DH] A's 10, Twins 4 (day game) / Twins 2, A's 1 at Minnesota (day game):
A crowd of 34,145, largest of the season so far at Minnesota, saw the Twins lose the first game of a doubleheader, 10-4, before coming back to beat the Athletics in the second game, 2-1, behind the six-hit pitching of Bill Butler. In the opener, Bobby Darwin and Glenn Borgmann homered for the Twins, while Angel Mangual had a three-run blow for the A's, as the clubs went through six innings in a 4-4 tie. However in the seventh, the A's erupted for six runs, including a homer by Joe Rudi with a man on base. Sal Bando homered in the fifth inning of the nightcap for the A's run off Butler, but the Twins retaliated with their pair off Glenn Abbott in the sixth on doubles by Steve Braun and Eric Soderholm and single by Jim Holt.

Red Sox 7, Yankees 3 at New York (day game):
Although giving up 10 hits, Luis Tiant was able to gain his 17th victory when the Red Sox defeated the Yankees, 7-3, in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was rained out. Bernie Carbo and Rico Petrocelli each drove in two runs in support of Tiant and Rick Miller hit a homer. After the Red Sox scored an unearned run off Doc Medich in the first, Petrocelli singled and Carbo doubled for another marker in the fourth. Petrocelli accounted for his two RBIs with a triple in the sixth and scored himself on a squeeze bunt by Carbo.

Dodgers 2, Astros 1 at Los Angeles (day game):
Davey Lopes stole four bases and one of his thefts led to the Dodgers' first run in a 2-1 victory over the Astros. Another stolen base by Bill Russell paved the way for the second run. Lopes became first the Dodger player to steal four bases in one game since Maury Wills in 1962. In the first inning, Lopes singled, swiped second and scored on a single by Russell. It was Russell's turn in the fifth. After beating out an infield hit, Russell stole second and counted on a single by Jim Wynn. The Astros' run in the first also scored with the aid of a stolen base. Greg Gross opened with a single and was forced by Cesar Cedeno, who pilfered second and crossed the plate on a single by Lee May.

[DH] Cubs 4, Pirates 3 (day game) / Pirates 7, Cubs 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Bill Bonham helped himself with a two-run single and Andre Thornton added a two-run homer to enable the Cubs to win the opener of a doubleheader, 4-3, before the Pirates gained a split with a 7-1 victory in the nightcap. Bonham fell behind, 3-0, before hitting his single in the fourth inning to drive in Jerry Morales and Carmen Fanzone. They had singled and moved up after Steve Swisher flied out. Billy Williams was on base in the fifth when Thornton hit his game-winning homer. Dave Parker, who drove in two runs for the Pirates with a single and infield out, swung a more potent bat in the nightcap, smashing a homer with two men on base. The Cubs' lone run off Bruce Kison counted in the eighth on a triple by Don Kessinger and sacrifice fly by Chris Ward. Kison, who developed a blister on his pitching hand, left the game for a pinch-hitter in the Pirates' half of the eighth and Ramon Hernandez hurled the final frame.

[DH] Reds 7, Padres 2 (day game) / Padres 1, Reds 0 at San Diego (day game):
Ending a magnificent duel, the Padres scored in the 14th inning to gain a 1-0 victory in the nightcap of a doubleheader for a split with the Reds, who won the opener, 7-2. Dick Baney, pitching in relief of Fred Norman, picked up his first victory of the season in the lidlifter. The Reds wiped out a 2-1 deficit with two runs in the sixth inning on doubles by Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Tony Perez before icing the verdict with three more runs in the eighth and one in the ninth. In the nightcap, Dave Freisleben pitched 13 innings for the Padres and then yielded the mound to Rusty Gerhardt, who gained his first major league victory. Clay Kirby, Clay Carroll and Pedro Borbon toiled for the Reds. In the 14th, with Borbon on the mound, Nate Colbert doubled and Dave Winfield was passed purposely. After Cito Gaston grounded out to advance the runners, an intentional pass to Dave Roberts loaded the bases. Fred Kendall then broke up the marathon contest with a sacrifice fly.

[DH] Braves 4, Giants 2 (day game) / Giants 5, Braves 2 at San Francisco (day game):
After winning the first game, 4-2, on a two-run homer by Dusty Baker in the ninth inning, the Braves collected only four hits off Mike Caldwell and Elias Sosa in the second game and lost to the Giants, 5-2. The Braves scored their initial run in the opener with a single by Craig Robinson, a stolen base and two infield outs in the third inning. The Giants came back with back-to-back homers by Gary Matthews and Chris Speier in the fourth before the Braves turned on their power. Mike Lum tied the score with a circuit clout in the seventh and, after Darrell Evans walked in nthe inth, Baker banged his game-winning blow. In the nightcap, the Giants tagged Max Leon for doubles by Bruce Miller, Garry Maddox, Bobby Bonds and Matthews for three runs in the first inning. Dave Kingman homered in the fifth. Caldwell gave up a run to the Braves on a double by Hank Aaron and single by Ivan Murrell in the seventh, but got it back with a single tally in the eighth. In the ninth, after the Braves scored on doubles by Baker and Aaron, Sosa relieved and retired the last two batters.

[DH] Phillies 6, Cardinals 1 (day game) / Cardinals 11, Phillies 0 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cardinals, who lost opener of a doubleheader, 6-1, retained their one-game lead over the Phillies in the N. L. East by breezing to an 11-0 victory in the nightcap. Mike Schmidt hit two homers for the Phillies in the first game and drove in three runs. Jay Johnstone added two runs with a triple. After a solo swat by Schmidt in the first inning, the Cardinals tied the score in the second. Ted Simmons singled and was thrown out trying to take third on a single by Joe Torre, but Torre advanced to second on the throw and crossed the plate on a single by Jose Cruz. The Phillies broke away with three runs in the seventh. Tommy Hutton and Dave Cash singled around a sacrifice by Ron Schueler before Schmidt hit his second homer of the game. Johnstone rapped his triple in the ninth. Lou Brock, who stole one base for the Cardinals in the opener, was successful on three more thefts in the nightcap to bring his season's total to 72. The Cardinals collected 11 hits, including five doubles for the only extra-base blows of the game.