MLB standings through games of August 9, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 9, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	112	62	50	0	.554		524	480	35-22	27-28	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	110	57	52	1	.523	3.5	472	468	30-25	27-27	5-5	Lost 3
Baltimore Orioles	112	57	55	0	.509	5.0	461	470	28-26	29-29	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	111	54	57	0	.486	7.5	439	449	30-24	24-33	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	113	54	59	0	.478	8.5	424	506	27-27	27-32	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	113	53	60	0	.469	9.5	480	466	30-29	23-31	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	114	66	48	0	.579		527	416	35-20	31-28	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	111	58	53	0	.523	6.5	492	447	32-25	26-28	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	114	57	55	2	.509	8.0	521	535	34-24	23-31	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	115	57	57	1	.500	9.0	518	551	30-26	27-31	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	116	55	60	1	.478	11.5	488	517	31-28	24-32	4-6	Won 2
California Angels	115	45	69	1	.395	21.0	471	512	21-36	24-33	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	114	60	54	0	.526		479	450	31-28	29-26	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	113	58	55	0	.513	1.5	478	471	36-23	22-32	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	113	56	57	0	.496	3.5	486	463	35-23	21-34	7-3	Won 5
Montreal Expos	111	53	58	0	.477	5.5	456	463	24-25	29-33	5-5	Won 3
New York Mets	109	48	61	0	.440	9.5	391	452	23-31	25-30	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	110	46	64	0	.418	12.0	433	559	24-30	22-34	4-6	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	113	73	40	0	.646		567	385	38-18	35-22	7-3	Lost 3
Cincinnati Reds	114	68	46	0	.596	5.5	527	414	33-23	35-23	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	113	59	54	0	.522	14.0	443	393	29-26	30-28	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	112	58	54	0	.518	14.5	479	437	35-24	23-30	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	114	51	63	0	.447	22.5	451	507	27-30	24-33	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	114	45	69	0	.395	28.5	399	595	28-31	17-38	2-8	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 7, Yankees 1 at California (night game):
A winner as a starter for the first time since May 25, Frank Tanana pitched the Angels to a 7-1 victory over the Yankees. The Angels jumped on Doc Medich for three runs in the first inning. Mickey Rivers singled and scored on a double by Bruce Bochte, who crossed the plate on another two-bagger by Frank Robinson. Joe Lahoud also doubled, but Robinson was thrown out trying to score. However, Bobby Valentine followed with a single to drive in Lahoud. The Angels kayoed Medich in the third when they added two runs on a single by Bochte, a walk, infield out and single by Valentine. Tanana gave up the Yankees' tally in the sixth on doubles by Lou Piniella and Bill Sudakis.

White Sox 5, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Three homers, including back-to-back blows by Pat Kelly and Jorge Orta in the sixth inning, helped carry the White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Indians and sent Gaylord Perry down to his sixth straight defeat. Perry had a 2-0 lead and was sailing along with a two-hitter until the homers by Kelly and Orta tied the score. The White Sox went on to score two more runs before the inning ended on a walk to Dick Allen, double by Carlos May, single by Bill Melton and sacrifice fly by Bill Sharp. Allen added a run with a homer in the eighth.

Royals 13, Brewers 3 at Kansas City (night game):
Orlando Cepeda drove in five runs with a pair of doubles and Amos Otis tripled with the bases loaded to lead the Royals' attack in a 13-3 trouncing of the Brewers. The Royals scored 12 of their runs in the first three innings. Cepeda batted in the first two runs with a double in the opening frame. Otis' triple was the big blow in the second when the Royals scored five times. Cepeda's second double, accounting for three RBIs, climaxed another five-run outburst by the Royals in the third. Jim Wohlford produced the last run with an inside-the-park homer in the sixth.

Twins 6, Orioles 2 at Minnesota (night game):
The Twins scored two runs in each of the first three innings and defeated the Orioles, 6-2. In the opening frame, Steve Brye doubled and counted on a single by Larry Hisle, who took second on the throw and crossed the plate on a single by Harmon Killebrew. A single by Danny Thompson and doubles by Phil Roof and Brye added a pair in the second before the Twins wound up their scoring with two unearned runs in the third. The Orioles reached paydirt with singles by Mark Belanger, Paul Blair, Tommy Davis and Bobby Grich in the fifth.

Red Sox 6, A's 2 at Oakland (night game):
Staked to a four-run lead in the second inning, Bill Lee pitched the Red Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Athletics. Singles by Dwight Evans and Bob Montgomery, plus a pass to Danny Cater, loaded the bases for the Red Sox in the second. Juan Beniquez delivered two runs with a double and two more followed on an infield out by Doug Griffin and error by Dal Maxvill. Rico Petrocelli homered in the third. The A's runs included a circuit clout by Joe Rudi in the sixth.

Rangers 4, Tigers 3 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers had to travel 14 innings to do it, but they defeated the Tigers, 4-3, for their 58th victory of the season, one more than their total for the entire 1973 campaign. Al Kaline accounted for the Tigers' first run with a homer in the first inning for the 1,560th RBI of his career, moving him ahead of Tris Speaker into 15th place on the major leagues' all-time list. The Rangers struck for three runs in the fifth on singles by Jim Sundberg and Cesar Tovar, double by Jeff Burroughs and single by Jim Spencer. After Gates Brown delivered a pinch-single for the Tigers, driving in the tying runs in the ninth, the game proceeded until the 14th when Sundberg singled and Tovar sacrificed. Lenny Randle was retired for the second out. With first base open, the Tigers passed Burroughs intentionally, bringing up Mike Hargrove, who singled to drive in the winning run. The Tigers used three pitchers, who issued 17 walks, 11 by John Hiller in last 5 2/3 innings.

Giants 3, Cubs 0 at Chicago (day game):
Jim Barr won his sixth straight game and 10th of the season, pitching the Giants to a 3-0 victory over the Cubs. Gary Matthews and Dave Kingman hit homers.

Expos 4, Astros 3 at Houston (night game):
Jim Northrup, playing in his first N. L. game after being obtained from the Tigers, hit a homer and single to help the Expos defeat the Astros, 4-3. The Expos scored inititally in the first inning. Ron Hunt doubled, took third on a single by Tim Foli and crossed the plate while the Astros were executing a double play on a grounder by Willie Davis. The Astros, taking advantage of an error by Dennis Blair, went ahead with two unearned runs in the fourth. Northrup hit his homer to tie the score in the seventh and then singled with one out in the ninth. Ken Singleton walked, Barry Foote singled, scoring Northrup with the tie-breaking tally, and Hunt followed with a single to add what proved to be the winning run. In the Astros' half of the ninth, a single by Greg Gross, pass to Roger Metzger and single by Cesar Cedeno put the Expos in danger, but Don Carrithers retired Lee May for the final out.

Mets 4, Reds 1 at New York (night game):
The Mets got four-hit pitching from Bob Apodaca and Tug McGraw, plus a three-run homer by Don Hahn, to defeat the Reds, 4-1. Apodaca doubled in the Mets' first run following a single by Hahn in the fourth inning. Then in the seventh, after a pass to Rusty Staub, forceout by Cleon Jones and single by John Milner, Hahn hit his homer. Apodaca was forced off the mound by a blister on his pitching hand in the eighth. McGraw gave up the Reds' run on a homer by Johnny Bench in the ninth.

Braves 3, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
A double by Ralph Garr in the 11th inning led to the Braves' winning run in a 3-2 victory over the Phillies. Garr moved to third after Marty Perez flied deep to right field and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly to center by Darrell Evans. The Braves' first two runs in the fifth were unearned on throwing errors by Mike Schmidt and Dick Ruthven. The Phillies tied the score in the seventh with the aid of a tainted tally on a double by Larry Bowa, single by Schmidt and wild throw by Craig Robinson after the shortstop fielded a grounder by Bill Robinson.

Pirates 7, Padres 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates scored three unearned runs in the first inning on two errors by Enzo Hernandez and went on from there to defeat the Padres, 7-3. Rennie Stennett, leading off for the Bucs, reached base on a fumble by Hernandez. Manny Sanguillen singled, Willie Stargell grounded to Hernandez and when the shortstop overthrew second base trying for a forceout, Stennett and Sanguillen scored. Stargell counted the third run on a single by Bob Robertson. Stennett homered in the second. The Pirates bunched three singles for a run in fourth, added another on a single by Robertson, double by Art Howe and sacrifice fly by Jim Rooker in the fifth and wound up their scoring with three singles in the eighth. Nate Colbert batted in two runs for the Padres.

Cardinals 5, Dodgers 3 at St. Louis (night game):
Celebrating his 25th birthday, Ted Simmons smashed a grand-slam homer in the sixth inning to power the Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the Dodgers. A walk to Steve Yeager and triple by Von Joshua gave the Dodgers a 1-0 lead in the third before their troubles started in the sixth when Joshua dropped a fly by Alan Foster for a two-base error. Lou Brock beat out an infield hit, Foster holding second. Ted Sizemore, trying to sacrifice, forced Foster at third. Joe Torre then walked to load the bases for Simmons' slam on Geoff Zahn's first pitch to him.