MLB standings through games of August 11, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 11, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	114	63	51	0	.553		529	486	35-22	28-29	6-4	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	112	58	53	1	.523	3.5	476	475	31-26	27-27	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	114	57	57	0	.500	6.0	466	480	28-26	29-31	5-5	Lost 4
New York Yankees	113	56	57	0	.496	6.5	446	454	30-24	26-33	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	115	54	61	0	.470	9.5	428	520	27-27	27-34	3-7	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	115	53	62	0	.461	10.5	487	479	30-29	23-33	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	116	67	49	0	.578		533	421	36-21	31-28	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	113	60	53	0	.531	5.5	505	454	34-25	26-28	8-2	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	116	58	56	2	.509	8.0	528	539	34-24	24-32	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	117	59	57	1	.509	8.0	532	555	32-26	27-31	6-4	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	118	57	60	1	.487	10.5	498	522	33-28	24-32	6-4	Won 4
California Angels	117	45	71	1	.388	22.0	476	519	21-38	24-33	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	116	60	56	0	.517		482	459	31-30	29-26	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	115	58	57	0	.504	1.5	487	488	36-25	22-32	4-6	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	115	57	58	0	.496	2.5	498	472	36-24	21-34	7-3	Won 1
Montreal Expos	113	55	58	0	.487	3.5	463	466	24-25	31-33	6-4	Won 5
New York Mets	111	48	63	0	.432	9.5	398	467	23-33	25-30	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	112	46	66	0	.411	12.0	440	570	24-32	22-34	3-7	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	115	75	40	0	.652		576	388	38-18	37-22	7-3	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	116	70	46	0	.603	5.5	542	421	33-23	37-23	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	115	61	54	0	.530	14.0	460	402	29-26	32-28	7-3	Won 4
Houston Astros	114	58	56	0	.509	16.5	482	444	35-26	23-30	3-7	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	116	53	63	0	.457	22.5	462	514	27-30	26-33	5-5	Won 3
San Diego Padres	116	46	70	0	.397	29.5	408	607	28-31	18-39	2-8	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 5, Angels 4 at California (day game):
A wild throw by Rudy Meoli that led to two unearned runs in the seventh inning helped the Yankees defeat the Angels, 5-4. A homer by Lou Piniella, pass to Chris Chambliss, single by Thurman Munson and infield out by Jim Mason gave the Yankees two runs in the second. Munson was safe with two out in the seventh on Meoli's bad throw. Mason walked and Sandy Alomar and Elliott Maddox followed with run-scoring singles. The Yankees added what proved to be the deciding run in the eighth on a single by Piniella, forceout by Chambliss and singles by Graig Nettles and Munson. The Yankees had to use three pitchers, with Cecil Upshaw coming in to save the game.

Indians 3, White Sox 2 at Cleveland (day game):
Jim Perry pitched six scoreless innings before being lifted in the seventh, but that was enough for the Indians' veteran righthander to beat the White Sox, 3-2. Charlie Spikes homered in the second inning and then singled and scored in the fourth before Frank Duffy drove in the Indians' third run with a single in the fifth. Perry was removed after giving up a homer by Bucky Dent in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Buddy Bradford greeted the arrival of Tom Hilgendorf with another round-tripper. Tom Buskey relieved Hilgendorf in the eighth and recorded his 12th save.

Royals 5, Brewers 2 at Kansas City (day game):
A five-run outburst in the first inning carried the Royals to a 5-2 victory over the Brewers. Paul Splittorff, who started for the Royals, gave up a leadoff homer by Ken Berry, but his teammates quickly got that back against Clyde Wright in their half. Fred Patek tripled and scored on one-out double by Amos Otis. After Orlando Cepeda was retired for the second out, the Royals ripped off five straight hits -- singles by Jim Wohiford and Kurt Bevacqua, a double by Fran Healy and singles by George Brett and Al Cowens -- for four more runs. Lindy McDaniel replaced Splittorff in the ninth and was chased when three Brewer pinch-hitters, Dave May, Mike Hegan and Bob Hansen, all singled to produce a run, but Doug Bird took over and nailed down the victory.

Twins 5, Orioles 4 at Minnesota (day game):
Harmon Killebrew, honored in pregame ceremonies, rose to the occasion with two run-scoring singles to lead the Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Orioles. A single by Bobby Darwin, a passed ball and single by Killebrew accounted for a run in the first inning. Singles by Glenn Borgmann and Larry Hisle and double by Darwin added a run in the third. The Orioles came back with a two-run homer by Tommy Davis in the fourth and went ahead when Earl Williams hit for the circuit in the fifth. However in the Twins' half, singles by Hisle, Darwin and Killebrew produced the tying tally. Darwin and Killebrew moved up an extra base on an error in the outfield by Don Baylor and both then scored when Jerry Terrell singled.

Red Sox 2, A's 1 at Oakland (day game):
Looking again like the pitching star of his former Giants' days, Juan Marichal yielded only three hits in eight innings as the Red Sox defeated the Athletics, 2-1. Diego Segui replaced Marichal in the ninth and gave up the A's run on an infield hit by Bill North, throwing error by Rico Petrocelli and sacrifice fly by Jesus Alou. The Red Sox picked up their first tally when Rick Miller walked in the second, stole second and scored on a single by Doug Griffin. The other run followed in the eighth on a single by Tim Blackwell and double by Cecil Cooper.

Rangers 9, Tigers 0 at Texas (night game):
Dave Nelson drove in four runs and Jim Bibby pitched a four-hitter for his fifth shutout of the season as the Rangers defeated the Tigers, 9-0. Nelson homered with two men on base in the fifth inning and added an RBI with a single in the sixth when the Rangers scored three more runs on two walks and three hits.

[DH] Giants 5, Cubs 3 (day game) / Giants 6, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
After winning the first game, 5-3, the Giants erupted for four runs in the ninth inning of the second game and posted a 6-4 victory to complete the sweep of a doubleheader with the Cubs. Rob Sperring, Cubs' rookie second baseman, doubled for his first major league hit and followed with his first major league homer to bat in two of the Cubs' runs in the opener. Bobby Bonds and Gary Matthews homered for the Giants, Matthews' blow coming in the seventh inning to break a 3-3 tie. The Giants added their final run in the ninth on a delayed double steal by Dave Kingman and Chris Speier, with Kingman scoring. In the nightcap, Garry Maddox hit two homers and Kingman one for the Giants, while the Cubs had a circuit clout by Billy Williams. The Giants opened their rally in the ninth with Maddox' second homer of the game. After Matthews fouled out, Speier singled, Ed Goodson doubled and Steve Ontiveros drew an intentional pass to load the bases. Tito Fuentes then batted for Dave Rader and singled to drive in two runs to put the Giants ahead. A walk to Bonds reloaded the sacks and Chris Arnold was hit by a pitch to force in the fourth run of the frame.

Expos 5, Astros 2 at Houston (day game):
Jim Northrup drove in two runs with his second homer in three games with the Expos and Jose Morales added two runs with a pinch-double to defeat the Astros, 5-2. Northrup's homer followed a pass to Mike Jorgensen in the fourth inning. The Expos added their remaining three runs in the eighth. Jorgensen walked, Willie Davis doubled and Morales drove them home with his two-bagger. Ron Woods ran for Morales and scored on a single by Tim Foli. The Astros rallied in their half of the eighth and scored twice on a bases-loaded single by Roger Metzger and sacrifice fly by Cesar Cedeno before Chuck Taylor, in relief of Steve Renko, struck out Lee May to end the threat.

Reds 10, Mets 4 at New York (day game):
Johnny Bench and George Foster batted in all but one of the Reds' runs in a 10-4 victory over the Mets. Bench accounted for five runs with two doubles and a homer, while Foster hit three singles and a double and sent four runs across the plate. Ed Kranepool homered for the Mets.

Braves 6, Phillies 5 at Philadelphia (day game):
Davey Johnson, who doubled to drive in the Braves' first run in the second inning, added two more tallies with a single in the eighth to beat the Phillies, 6-5. The Phillies knocked out Joe Niekro in the first, scoring three runs on a combination of singles by Mike Schmidt and Ollie Brown, doubles by Larry Bowa and Del Unser and a passed ball. After Dusty Baker walked and counted on Johnson's double in the second, the Phillies matched with a run in their half on a triple by Dave Cash and error by Ralph Garr. The Braves rallied to tie the score with three runs in the fourth, but the Phillies regained the lead again in the sixth when Mike Schmidt walked and Willie Montanez doubled. In the eighth, Darrell Evans walked and Baker singled, sending Evans to third. Baker moved to second on the throw. The Phillies removed Steve Carlton and brought in Gene Garber, who issued an intentional pass to Mike Lum to load the bases before Johnson rapped his single.

Pirates 8, Padres 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Willie Stargell collected four hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs in the Pirates' support of Dock Ellis, who defeated the Padres, 8-1, for his fifth straight victory. A walk to Rennie Stennett and triple by Al Oliver accounted for the Pirates' initial run in the first before the Padres picked up their lone tally in the fourth when Dave Winfield singled and Nate Colbert doubled. The Pirates shattered the tie in the bottom of the frame with a run on a pass to Frank Taveras and two-out single by Stennett. Three runs crossed the plate in the seventh, again with two out, on singles by Oliver, Stargell and Richie Zisk and double by Manny Sanguillen. Stargell iced the victory with his homer with two men on base in the eighth.

Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (day game):
His ire aroused during an argument with an umpire in the first inning, Don Sutton took out his anger on the Cardinals and allowed only five hits in pitching the Dodgers to a 3-1 victory. Sutton became "hot" when umpire Shag Crawford warned that he was not bringing his hands to a set position before pitching. Steve Garvey, who had a perfect day at bat with three hits and a walk, tripled to drive in two runs for the Dodgers in the third inning. Sutton added to his lead with a single that produced an unearned run in the fourth. The Cardinals picked up their lone run in the home half of the fourth on a safe bunt by Bake McBride, a walk and single by Ken Reitz.