MLB standings through games of August 10, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 10, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	113	62	51	0	.549		527	485	35-22	27-29	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	111	57	53	1	.518	3.5	473	473	30-26	27-27	5-5	Lost 4
Baltimore Orioles	113	57	56	0	.504	5.0	462	475	28-26	29-30	5-5	Lost 3
New York Yankees	112	55	57	0	.491	6.5	441	450	30-24	25-33	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	114	54	60	0	.474	8.5	428	511	27-27	27-33	3-7	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	114	53	61	0	.465	9.5	485	474	30-29	23-32	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	115	67	48	0	.583		532	419	36-20	31-28	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	112	59	53	0	.527	6.5	500	452	33-25	26-28	8-2	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	115	58	55	2	.513	8.0	526	536	34-24	24-31	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	116	58	57	1	.504	9.0	523	555	31-26	27-31	5-5	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	117	56	60	1	.483	11.5	493	518	32-28	24-32	5-5	Won 3
California Angels	116	45	70	1	.391	22.0	472	514	21-37	24-33	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	115	60	55	0	.522		481	456	31-29	29-26	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	114	58	56	0	.509	1.5	482	482	36-24	22-32	4-6	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	114	56	58	0	.491	3.5	490	471	35-24	21-34	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	112	54	58	0	.482	4.5	458	464	24-25	30-33	5-5	Won 4
New York Mets	110	48	62	0	.436	9.5	394	457	23-32	25-30	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	110	46	64	0	.418	11.5	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	114	74	40	0	.649		573	387	38-18	36-22	7-3	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	115	69	46	0	.600	5.5	532	417	33-23	36-23	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	114	60	54	0	.526	14.0	454	397	29-26	31-28	7-3	Won 3
Houston Astros	113	58	55	0	.513	15.5	480	439	35-25	23-30	4-6	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	114	51	63	0	.447	23.0	451	507	27-30	24-33	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	115	46	69	0	.400	28.5	407	599	28-31	18-38	2-8	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 2, Angels 1 at California (night game):
Rudy May, facing his former teammates for the first time since changing uniforms in June, pitched the Yankees to a 2-1 victory over the Angels. May gave up seven hits, but the Angels' only run in the third inning was unearned on an error by Sandy Alomar. The Yankees, who were held to four hits by Andy Hassler, tied the score with a double by Lou Piniella and single by Thurman Munson in the fourth before winning with an unearned run in the seventh. Graig Nettles walked and took second on a sacrifice by Alomar. Facing Jim Mason, Hassler uncorked a wild pitch. Catcher Ellie Rodriguez retrieved the ball and followed with a wild throw to third base, allowing Nettles to score.

White Sox 5, Indians 1 at Cleveland (day game):
Dick Allen drove in four runs with a homer and single to provide the winning support for Wilbur Wood, who pitched the White Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Indians. Allen hit his homer off Dick Bosman after singles by Pat Kelly and Jorge Orta in the first inning. Tommy McCraw accounted for the Indians' tally with a round-tripper in their half of the first. Singles by Kelly and Allen produced the last two runs for the White Sox in the fourth.

Royals 8, Brewers 5 at Kansas City (night game):
Marty Pattin allowed only three hits and one run in 6 2/3 innings of relief and gained his first victory since June 27 when the Royals defeated the Brewers, 8-5. The Brewers knocked out starter Bruce Dal Canton in the third after building up a 4-0 lead. The Royals rallied for the tying quartet in their half of the third. One run scored on a pass with the bases loaded and another on a single by Hal McRae before Orlando Cepeda cracked a two-run double. The Royals smashed the tie in the fifth. Fred Patek doubled and scored on a single by Amos Otis. McRae then supplied the deciding blow, hitting a two-run homer. The Brewers' only run off Pattin came with two out in the ninth on a round-tripper by Bob Hansen.

Twins 5, Orioles 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Ending his personal three-game losing streak, Bert Blyleven allowed only five hits and pitched a 5-1 victory over the Orioles. Mike Cuellar suffered his third straight defeat. The Twins rapped Cuellar for a run in the first inning on singles by Steve Brye, Rod Carew and Larry Hisle. An error by Carew led to the Orioles' tally in the sixth, but the Twins broke away with two runs in their half on a single by Carew, pass to Hisle and singles by Harmon Killebrew and Bobby Darwin. The final pair registered in the seventh on consecutive two-out singles by Brye, Carew, Killebrew and Hisle.

A's 5, Red Sox 3 at Oakland (day game):
Vida Blue proved his heart was okay by pitching the Athletics to a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox. Earlier in the week, Blue was hospitalized in Dallas for observation after suffering chest pains that led to false fears of a heart attack. The A's southpaw might have pitched a shutout except for a misjudged fly ball that fell for a triple, driving in the first Red Sox run, and two errors that resulted in a pair of unearned tallies. The A's broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the seventh inning on singles by Dal Maxvill and Bill North, double by Gene Tenace and error by Tommy Harper on Tenace's hit to left field.

Rangers 5, Tigers 4 at Texas (night game):
Backed by Mike Hargrove, who tripled with the bases loaded, Fergie Jenkins turned in his 21st complete game of the season and pitched the Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Tigers before 37,737, second largest crowd in Arlington Stadium history. Gene Lamont homered with a man on base in the third inning before Rangers came back with five runs off Lerrin LaGrow in their half. Jim Sundberg and Alex Johnson singled and Cesar Tovar walked to load the bases. Jeff Burroughs lifted a fly to right center field, where Ron LeFlore ran into Jim Nettles, who dropped the ball. LeFlore was charged with the error. Sundberg scored. Hargrove then hit his triple and scored himself on a sacrifice fly by Jim Spencer. The Tigers were able to tighten the game with two unearned runs in the seventh on a pair of errors by Dave Nelson.

Expos 2, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
A homer by Barry Foote in the eighth inning decided a pitching duel between Steve Rogers and Tom Griffin and gave the Expos a 2-1 victory over the Astros. Cesar Cedeno beat out an infield hit, stole second and scored the Astros' run on a single by Lee May in the first inning. Griffin had himself to blame for the Expos' tying run in the sixth. Griffin walked Ron Hunt and, after a sacrifice, the Astros' righthander uncorked two wild pitches to allow Hunt to score.

Reds 5, Mets 3 at New York (day game):
Pete Rose singled with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, driving in two runs, to enable the Reds to defeat the Mets, 5-3. Tom Seaver, who started for the Mets, was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the seventh when the Mets tied the score at 3-3 with a pass to Wayne Garrett and singles by Felix Millan and Rusty Staub. Ray Sadecki, replacing Seaver, retired Junior Kennedy on a fly to open the Reds' eighth, but Cesar Geronimo was safe on an error by Millan. Dave Concepcion singled, sending Geronimo to third, and when Bud Harrleson bobbled the throw from the outfield Concepcion took second on the error. Sadecki then walked Phil Gagliano intentionally to load the bases before yielding the mound to Bob Miller. Miller struck out Merv Rettenmund, but he couldn't get past Rose, who rapped his single to win the game for the Reds.

Braves 11, Phillies 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
Ralph Garr, the N. L.'s leading batter, raised his average to .370 with a homer, double and two singles in five trips as the Braves defeated the Phillies, 11-4. Garr drove in three runs. So did Dusty Baker, who hit a single and homer. The Phillies led, 3-2, until run-scoring doubles by Vic Correll and Garr sent the Braves ahead in the seventh. They turned game into a rout with four more runs in the eighth and three in the ninth.

Padres 8, Pirates 4 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A double by Gene Locklear and triple by Dave Winfield produced three runs in a seventh inning rally that carried the Padres to an 8-4 victory over the Pirates. Willie McCovey homered with two men on base for the Padres in the first inning, but the Pirates struck back with three in their half, two scoring on a double by Richie Zisk. The Padres went ahead again in the second with a run-scoring single by Derrel Thomas, and Pirates again tied the score with a double by Rennie Stennett and single by Ed Kirkpatrick. With two out in the seventh, Enzo Hernandez walked and scored the tie-breaking tally on Locklear's double. After an intentional pass to McCovey, Winfield hit his clinching triple.

Dodgers 6, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Jim Wynn's 27th homer of the season, after a single by Bill Buckner in the first inning, started the Dodgers off to a 6-2 victory over the Cardinals. Wynn, who walked three times in the game, drew a pass in the third, stole second and scored on a single by Steve Garvey. The Dodgers then chased Bob Gibson in the fifth. Davey Lopes singled, stole second and third and scored on a single by Garvey. After another single by Willie Crawford, Ron Cey doubled to drive in two runs. Doug Rau, who was the winner, pitched 5 2/3 innings before Mike Marshall made his 77th relief appearance and recorded his 17th save.