MLB standings through games of August 5, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 5, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	107	58	49	0	.542		502	470	35-22	23-27	7-3	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	106	56	49	1	.533	1.0	455	449	30-24	26-25	6-4	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	109	56	53	0	.514	3.0	452	459	28-26	28-27	6-4	Won 3
New York Yankees	108	53	55	0	.491	5.5	433	435	29-23	24-32	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	108	52	56	0	.481	6.5	469	437	29-26	23-30	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	109	52	57	0	.477	7.0	407	488	25-26	27-31	5-5	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	110	64	46	0	.582		507	403	35-19	29-27	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	110	54	54	2	.500	9.0	498	523	32-23	22-31	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	111	55	55	1	.500	9.0	507	530	28-24	27-31	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	111	53	57	1	.482	11.0	469	484	30-28	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	109	57	52	0	.523		453	429	30-28	27-24	8-2	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	109	55	54	0	.505	2.0	463	462	33-22	22-32	3-7	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	109	52	57	0	.477	5.0	456	448	31-23	21-34	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	106	50	56	0	.472	5.5	434	439	22-23	28-33	4-6	Lost 2
New York Mets	105	47	58	0	.448	8.0	375	428	22-31	25-27	6-4	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	106	46	60	0	.434	9.5	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	110	73	37	0	.664		561	372	38-16	35-21	8-2	Won 8
Cincinnati Reds	111	66	45	0	.595	7.5	518	407	33-23	33-22	6-4	Lost 2
Houston Astros	108	56	52	0	.519	16.0	457	424	34-22	22-30	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	109	56	53	0	.514	16.5	430	383	29-26	27-27	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	112	50	62	0	.446	24.0	444	494	27-29	23-33	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	112	45	67	0	.402	29.0	394	583	28-30	17-37	2-8	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Rangers 13, White Sox 8 at Chicago (night game):
Cesar Tovar, who scored the first run, drove in the final two in a six-run first inning which sent the Rangers winging toward a 13-8 victory over the White Sox. Texas kayoed starter Stan Bahnsen in the opening frame, and Chicago never caught up although the Sox pulled to within two (9-7) in the fourth. The Rangers took advantage of two Chicago errors and added four singles and a sacrifice fly to score three more in the top of the fifth. The third Texas hurler, Don Stanhouse, earned his first victory, hurling one-run relief over the final four innings.

[DH] Orioles 7, Tigers 4 (night game) / Orioles 6, Tigers 3 at Detroit (night game):
The two-man offensive punch of Paul Blair and Bobby Grich, who scored 10 runs between them and drove in six and contributed one homer each, guided the Orioles to a 7-4, 6-3 sweep of the Tigers. Grich hit a three-run homer in the second inning of the opener and singled home Blair, who had doubled, in the sixth, to expand the Baltimore lead to 6-1. Blair broke a 3-3 tie in the sixth inning of the second game when he homered after Mark Belanger had singled with two out. Grich and Blair scored the Orioles' first two runs in the second game, crossing the plate on Earl Williams' single in the third.

[DH] A's 2, Twins 1 (night game) / Twins 4, A's 3 at Minnesota (night game):
After the A's had won the doubleheader opener, 2-1, on Reggie Jackson's tie-breaking homer in the eighth inning, the Twins salvaged a split, 4-3, when Craig Kusick singled home Harmon Killebrew, who had doubled, with the deciding run in the fifth frame of the nightcap. Minnesota scored three in the fourth on a walk and singles by Steve Braun, Jerry Terrell and Rod Carew, plus Eric Soderholm's sacrifice fly. Winner Bill Hands worked six innings and gave up the final two A's runs in the sixth when Sal Bando homered with a mate aboard. In the first game, Jackson snapped a 1-1 tie with his 20th homer in the eighth to break up a pitching duel between winner Ken Holtzman and loser Bert Blyleven.

Yankees 8, Red Sox 0 at New York (night game):
Rudy May tossed his first shutout of the year, limiting the Red Sox to two singles while Thurman Munson, Roy White and Jim Mason provided batting punch in the Yankees' 8-0 triumph over Boston. Munson hit his 10th homer to begin the New York scoring in the second, and the Yankees wrapped it up with three in the fifth, Mason tripling home Graig Nettles, who had singled, then scoring ahead of White's third homer of the season. Mason drove in two more in the eighth with a bases-loaded single. The Yanks finally beat Bill Lee, who was 4-0 this season and 8-0 lifetime against New York entering the game.

Dodgers 6, Reds 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
The first grand slam of Steve Yeager's career snapped a 2-2 tie in the seventh and carried the Dodgers to a 6-3 victory over the Reds. Jim Wynn gave Los Angeles an early lead with a two-run homer in the first, but George Foster pulled the Reds into a tie with a duplicate blow for Cincinnati in the top of the seventh. Loser Don Gullett gave up an infield single to Ron Cey in the seventh, walked Joe Ferguson, and Tom Paciorek beat out a bunt to load the bases for Yeager. The Reds got their final run in the eighth on singles by Pete Rose and Johnny Bench and an infield out. The victory was the eighth straight for the Dodgers, their ninth in 10 meetings with the Reds this season.

Mets 10, Expos 4 at Montreal (night game):
The Mets scored eight times in the final three innings to defeat the Expos, who had grabbed an early 3-0 lead against Tom Seaver, 10-4. Reliever and winner Tug McGraw, who hurled three scoreless frames, broke the game open with his first hit of the season, a three-run double in the eighth which broke a 4-4 tie. Ken Boswell's two-run pinch-homer had pulled the New Yorkers even in the seventh. Montreal reliever John Montague forced home two ninth-inning runs with bases-loaded walks, and the final Met tally came on a fielder's choice.

Braves 9, Padres 7 at San Diego (night game):
Hank Aaron's RBI single and Dusty Baker's sacrifice fly in the ninth boosted the Braves to a 9-7 decision over the Padres, who had battled back to tie the game at 7-7 after trailing at one point, 7-2. The Braves snapped a 2-2 tie with a five-run fifth inning, helped by four walks and an infield error. The Padres got one back in the bottom of the fifth, another on Willie McCovey's homer in the sixth and three more in the eighth to tie the score, two runs counting on Nate Colbert's single. In the ninth, Mike Lum singled and was replaced by pinch-runner Leo Foster. Darrell Evans, who had homered for the Braves' first run in the opening inning, drew a walk and Aaron greeted reliever Vicente Romo with a single.

Astros 7, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Rookie Greg Gross collected five singles and Don Wilson threw shutout ball for seven innings and chipped in with three hits himself as the Astros defeated the Giants, 7-2. Wilson doubled and scored the first run of the game in the third, and the Astros broke it open with a four-run seventh, Gross and Lee May each driving in a run, while Milt May sent in two. The Giants picked up their first run in the eighth on pinch-singles by Dave Rader and Gary Thomasson around a Wilson balk. The Astros counted two more runs in the top of the ninth to offset Bobby Bonds' solo homer in the bottom of the inning.

Cardinals 3, Phillies 2 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals came from behind to tie the score in the ninth on Ted Simmons' two-run homer, then beat the Phillies, 3-2, in the 13th on Joe Torre's bases-loaded single off the left field wall in a battle for first place in the East Division. The Phils' Wayne Twitchell had St. Louis shut out, 2-0, when Bake McBride opened the ninth with a single. Simmons followed with his homer. Willie Montanez and Bob Boone had singled home Philadelphia runs in the first and ninth. In the 13th, Ted Sizemore opened with a double and McBride was intentionally walked. With Simmons at the plate, catcher Boone's pickoff throw to second was wild. The runners advanced and Simmons was intentionally passed to load the bases, setting the stage for Torre's game winner.