MLB standings through games of August 7, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 7, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	110	61	49	0	.555		515	473	35-22	26-27	7-3	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	108	57	50	1	.533	2.5	466	459	30-24	27-26	6-4	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	111	57	54	0	.514	4.5	459	464	28-26	29-28	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	110	54	56	0	.491	7.0	438	442	30-24	24-32	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	111	53	58	0	.477	8.5	417	499	26-27	27-31	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	111	52	59	0	.468	9.5	472	450	29-29	23-30	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	112	65	47	0	.580		515	408	35-19	30-28	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	109	57	52	0	.523	6.5	477	441	31-24	26-28	7-3	Won 5
Chicago White Sox	112	56	54	2	.509	8.0	512	526	34-23	22-31	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	113	56	56	1	.500	9.0	512	538	29-25	27-31	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	114	53	60	1	.469	12.5	479	513	30-28	23-32	3-7	Lost 3
California Angels	113	43	69	1	.384	22.0	458	507	20-36	23-33	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	112	59	53	0	.527		472	444	30-28	29-25	7-3	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	111	57	54	0	.514	1.5	474	467	35-22	22-32	4-6	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	111	54	57	0	.486	4.5	475	457	33-23	21-34	6-4	Won 3
Montreal Expos	109	51	58	0	.468	6.5	449	458	23-25	28-33	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	107	47	60	0	.439	9.5	384	447	22-31	25-29	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	108	46	62	0	.426	11.0	432	554	24-29	22-33	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	112	73	39	0	.652		564	380	38-18	35-21	8-2	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	113	68	45	0	.602	5.5	526	410	33-23	35-22	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	110	58	52	0	.527	14.0	476	432	35-22	23-30	6-4	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	111	57	54	0	.514	15.5	439	391	29-26	28-28	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	113	50	63	0	.442	23.5	448	507	27-30	23-33	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	113	45	68	0	.398	28.5	396	588	28-31	17-37	2-8	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 2, Angels 1 at Chicago (night game):
Within two outs of pitching the third no-hitter of his career, Nolan Ryan not only lost the bid, but also lost the game, as the White Sox defeated the Angels, 2-1. Frank Robinson homered off Jim Kaat in the second inning to produce the Angels' run and Ryan, who walked five and struck out 13, held onto the slim lead until hard luck struck him in the ninth. With one out, Dick Allen got a scratch single for the first White Sox hit. Carlos May grounded to Bruce Bochte, who booted the ball, and both runners were safe. Ken Henderson followed with a single, scoring Allen with the tying run. After Bill Melton fouled out, Bill Sharp singled on a 2-2 pitch to pin Ryan with his loss.

Tigers 3, Indians 2 at Detroit (night game):
The Tigers bunched five straight singles for all their runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Indians, 3-2. The Indians reached Mickey Lolich for a run in the sixth on a triple by George Hendrick and sacrifice fly by Charlie Spikes, then made it 2-0 in the seventh with a double by Joe Lis and single by Luis Alvarado. The Tigers then rallied in their half of the seventh. After singles by Ed Brinkman and Jerry Moses chased Fritz Peterson, Fred Beene relieved and was tagged for run-scoring singles by Ron LeFlore, Gary Sutherland and Al Kaline.

[DH] Royals 7, Twins 6 (night game) / Royals 5, Twins 1 at Kansas City (night game):
A single by Amos Otis for his third hit of the game scored George Brett in the eighth inning and gave the Royals a 7-6 victory to start a sweep of a twi-night twin bill with the Twins. The Royals cracked five triples in winning the second game, 5-1. With the score tied, 6-6, Brett opened the eighth with a double, Cookie Rojas walked with two out and Otis followed with his winning hit. Hal McRae, who also had three hits, and Orlando Cepeda each drove in two runs for the Royals, while Rod Carew had three hits and three RBIs for the Twins. In the nightcap, after the Twins led off with their run, the Royals came back with a pair on a pass to Fred Patek, triple by Jim Wohlford and sacrifice fly by Otis. Fran Healy drew a pass in the fourth and two more runs followed on triples by Brett and Frank White. Otis tripled and scored on a double by McRae in the fifth.

Red Sox 1, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (night game):
Roger Moret pitched no-hit ball for 7 2/3 innings, but the Red Sox then had to call on both Dick Drago and Bob Veale before defeating the Brewers, 1-0. Moret issued his third pass of the game to Bob Coluccio with one away in the eighth. After Robin Yount was retired, Pedro Garcia singled for the Brewers' first hit. Dick Drago relieved and got Don Money on a fly to end the threat. When Mike Hegan singled off Drago to open the ninth, the Red Sox turned to Bob Veale, who set down the side and received credit for the save. The Red Sox scored their run off Jim Colborn in the third inning when Doug Griffin tripled and Rick Burleson singled.

Yankees 4, Orioles 3 at New York (day game):
Four double plays, one of them coming to take the sting out of an Orioles' rally, enabled the Yankees to emerge with a 4-3 victory. The Yankees, who collected nine hits off Ross Grimsley, built up a 4-0 lead, scoring what proved to be their deciding run in the sixth inning when Thurman Munson singled, Graig Nettles sacrificed and Sandy Alomar singled. The Orioles, who piled up 14 hits, started the eighth with a run on a pass to Tommy Davis and singles by Bobby Grich and Boog Powell, chasing Pat Dobson. After Sparky Lyle relieved, Blair lined to Nettles for an unassisted double play at third base. The Orioles came back to fill the bases on a walk to Brooks Robinson and single by Earl Williams. Don Baylor, batting for Mark Belanger, singled, driving in two runs, but Al Bumbry went out to end the rally. Cecil Upshaw relieved Lyle when the Orioles threatened again in the ninth and retired the side, getting the last two outs when Grich grounded into the Yankees' fourth DP.

A's 8, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
Reggie Jackson, who has been feasting on Texas pitching, smashed his eighth homer in 10 games against the Rangers this season to start the Athletics off to an 8-4 victory. Jesus Alou singled to open the first inning and Claudell Washington walked before Jackson connected for his circuit clout off Jim Bibby. A double by Gene Tenace and triple by Dick Green helped the A's add two runs in the fourth and they wrapped up their scoring with three in the sixth, including a homer by Joe Rudi. Darold Knowles made his first start of the season for the A's and yielded only three hits and one run in five innings. Paul Lindblad relieved in the sixth and gave up a homer by Jeff Burroughs and two other hits before Rollie Fingers came to the rescue.

Astros 6, Braves 4 at Houston (night game):
Pinch-hitting after the Astros had tied the score in the eighth inning, Cliff Johnson hit a two-run homer to beat the Braves, 6-4. The Astros took a 3-0 lead in the second with singles by Bob Watson and Johnny Edwards, a double by Doug Rader, long fly that advanced Rader to third and squeeze bunt by Larry Dierker. The Braves came back with a run in the seventh on a walk to Mike Lum and double by Vic Correll before going ahead, 4-3, in the eighth when Darrell Evans and Dusty Baker hit homers, Evans' blow coming with a man on base. In the Astros' half, Roger Metzger walked and counted the tying run on a double by Lee May. After Watson fanned for the second out, the Braves brought in southpaw Tom House to face lefthanded-hitting Edwards. The Astros then called upon Johnson to pinch hit, with rewarding results.

Reds 2, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Johnny Bench, who won the preceding night's game with a two-run homer in the 10th inning, smashed another two-run drive to give the Reds a 2-0 victory over the Dodgers in a duel between Jack Billingham and Andy Messersmith. The largest single-game crowd in the N. L. so far this season, 54,038, saw Joe Morgan single in the third inning before Bench belted his round-tripper. Messersmith allowed only two other hits, but Bench's blow was enough to end his streak of seven straight victories. The Dodgers collected six singles off Billingham.

Expos 7, Cardinals 5 at Montreal (night game):
Three unearned runs on errors by Joe Torre and Tim McCarver helped the Expos gain a 7-5 victory over the Cardinals, After the Expos picked up a run in the third inning, singles by Larry Biittner and Barry Foote around a pass to Ken Singleton added a tally in the fourth. Steve Renko then hit a one-out grounder to Torre, who threw the ball away, allowing Singleton to score. Ron Hunt sacrificed Foote home. The Expos pecked away for three subsequent runs, their final tally in the eighth being unearned on an error by McCarver. The Cardinals staged a rally against Renko in the ninth, loading the bases and scoring three runs on an infield out by Reggie Smith, error by Renko and sacrifice fly by Ted Sizemore. Bake McBride kept the rally going with a single, but Ted Simmons grounded out to end the game.

Phillies 3, Cubs 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
A three-run rally in the eighth inning, capped with a double by Bob Boone, brought the Phillies a 3-2 victory over the Cubs. Billy Williams homered for the Cubs in the first inning and Bill Madlock drove in another run with a single in the eighth. The Phillies began their rally against Oscar Zamora, pitching in relief of Rick Reuschel, with a run on singles by Larry Bowa, Willie Montanez and Del Unser. Dave LaRoche took over and walked Tony Taylor to load the bases. Tom Dettore relieved and apparently had Bob Boone fooled on a pitch, but the Phillies' catcher got the end of his bat on the ball and looped a double down the right field line, driving in the tying and winning runs.

Pirates 10, Mets 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Larry Demery pitched a three-hitter and Ed Kirkpatrick and Manny Sanguillen smashed homers, driving in five runs between them, as the Pirates walloped the Mets, 10-1. The Pirates decided the outcome with three runs off Harry Parker in the third inning. Frank Taveras singled and Rennie Stennett tripled for the first run. After a pass to Kirkpatrick, singles by Al Oliver and Richie Zisk produced two more tallies. Kirkpatrick hit his homer with two men on base in the fourth and Sanguillen connected with one aboard in the seventh. The Mets averted a shutout when Ed Kranepool tripled and Felix Millan hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth.