MLB standings through games of August 12, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 12, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	115	63	52	0	.548		531	490	35-22	28-30	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	112	58	53	1	.523	3.0	476	475	31-26	27-27	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	114	57	57	0	.500	5.5	466	480	28-26	29-31	5-5	Lost 4
New York Yankees	114	56	58	0	.491	6.5	448	457	30-24	26-34	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	116	55	61	0	.474	8.5	433	521	28-27	27-34	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	116	54	62	0	.466	9.5	492	480	30-29	24-33	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	117	68	49	0	.581		536	423	37-21	31-28	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	114	60	54	0	.526	6.5	506	459	34-25	26-29	8-2	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	116	58	56	2	.509	8.5	528	539	34-24	24-32	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	118	59	58	1	.504	9.0	533	560	32-27	27-31	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	118	57	60	1	.487	11.0	498	522	33-28	24-32	6-4	Won 4
California Angels	118	46	71	1	.393	22.0	480	521	22-38	24-33	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	117	61	56	0	.521		488	464	32-30	29-26	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	116	59	57	0	.509	1.5	491	489	37-25	22-32	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	116	58	58	0	.500	2.5	505	476	36-24	22-34	7-3	Won 2
Montreal Expos	113	55	58	0	.487	4.0	463	466	24-25	31-33	6-4	Won 5
New York Mets	112	49	63	0	.438	9.5	401	468	24-33	25-30	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	112	46	66	0	.411	12.5	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	116	75	41	0	.647		577	391	38-18	37-23	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	117	70	47	0	.598	5.5	546	428	33-24	37-23	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	115	61	54	0	.530	13.5	460	402	29-26	32-28	7-3	Won 4
Houston Astros	114	58	56	0	.509	16.0	482	444	35-26	23-30	3-7	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	117	53	64	0	.453	22.5	463	518	27-30	26-34	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	117	46	71	0	.393	29.5	413	613	28-31	18-40	2-8	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 4, Red Sox 2 at California (night game):
Nolan Ryan equalled the major league strikeout mark, fanning 19 while hurling the Angels past the Red Sox, 4-2, to gain his 15th victory of the season. Leading 4-1 in the ninth, Ryan walked Carl Yastrzemski and gave up a single to Dwight Evans. Bobby Valentine bobbled Doug Griffin's grounder, Yastrzemski scoring, but Ryan then struck out Rick Miller and Bob Montgomery to tie the record and got Rick Burleson to fly out to end the game. Bob Oliver's three-run homer in the fourth off loser Roger Moret was the decisive blow for the Angels, who got their final run in the fifth when Valentine singled after Ellie Rodriguez and Frank Robinson had walked. The Red Sox' first run came in the fifth on Griffin's single and a two-out triple by Juan Beniquez.

Tigers 5, Royals 1 at Detroit (night game):
A three-run third inning, which featured rookie Ron LeFlore's first major league homer, carried the Tigers and Mickey Lolich past the Royals, 5-1. Lolich, who retired the final 13 batters in order, did not issue a walk and struck out seven to bring his career total to 2,492, moving past Don Drysdale and into ninth place on the all-time strikeout list. Detroit's Gene Lamont doubled home Aurelio Rodriguez to break a scoreless tie in the third, then rode home on LeFlore's homer. The Royals scored their only run in the fourth on singles by Cookie Rojas and Hal McRae and double by Orlando Cepeda. Singles by Ben Oglivie, Jim Nettles and Rodriguez, plus a Kansas City error on an attempted forceout on a ball hit by Ed Brinkman, produced two insurance runs for the Tigers in the fourth.

A's 3, Yankees 2 at Oakland (night game):
The A's scored two runs on a two-base throwing error by Graig Nettles with two out in the eighth inning to snap a tie and defeat the Yankees, 3-2. With runners at first and third, Nettles booted Joe Rudi's hard smash to third, then threw wildly past first, giving Oakland a 3-1 advantage. The Yankees closed to one run in the ninth when Elliott Maddox' single got past Rudi in left for a two-base error and Maddox scored from third on Lou Piniella's infield out. New York scored once in the third on Nettles' single, a walk and base hit by Maddox, but the A's tied the score in their half of the frame on Larry Haney's single and stolen base, plus a two-out single by Bill North.

Brewers 5, Rangers 1 at Texas (night game):
Jim Colborn ended a personal five-game losing streak when he was credited with his first victory since July 13, a 5-1 decision over the Rangers, gained with the help of Brewer reliever Tom Murphy. Milwaukee staked Colborn to a 5-0 lead, getting a pair in the first off loser Steve Hargan on singles by Don Money, Johnny Briggs and George Scott. Dave May opened the three-run Milwaukee seventh with a double. Briggs stroked an RBI single and, after Scott walked, David Clyde relieved Hargan and was greeted by Darrell Porter's two-run double. Colborn held the Rangers to two infield hits until the seventh, but three singles and a walk gave Texas their single run and Murphy came on to register his 12th save of the season.

Pirates 7, Reds 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
With Willie Stargell and Ed Kirkpatrick smacking two-run homers, the Pirates built a 5-0 lead against Clay Kirby and went on to a 7-4 triumph, their seventh in the last eight games. Richie Zisk singled home Richie Hebner in the seventh and Hebner hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the eighth to account for the final two Pittsburgh runs. The Reds got their first marker in the bottom of the fourth on Bill Plummer's RBI double. They added two in the fifth on Tony Perez' sacrifice fly and run-scoring single by Dave Concepcion off winner Jerry Reuss. A double by Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench's single and sacrifice fly by Concepcion accounted for the final Cincinnati run in the seventh. Al Oliver finished with four hits for the Pirates.

Mets 3, Dodgers 1 at New York (night game):
Harry Parker hurled the first complete game of his major league career and the Mets, although they got only five hits off Andy Messersmith and Mike Marshall, turned back the Dodgers, 3-1. New York used singles by John Milner and Rusty Staub after a walk to Bud Harrelson to score once in the first. After Milner and Staub executed a double steal, Ed Kranepool stroked a sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead. The Dodgers scored their only run in the fifth on Messersmith's two-out double and single by Davey Lopes. Milner provided the Mets with an insurance run in the sixth with a long home run.

Phillies 4, Giants 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Willie Montanez' two-run double in the first gave Jim Lonborg all the edge he needed to pitch the Phillies past the Giants, 4-1. Montanez' two-bagger came after Larry Bowa's one-out single and a ground-rule double by Mike Schmidt. The Giants picked up their only run in the fifth on a walk to Dave Rader, single by Bruce Miller, walk to Bobby Bonds and Tito Fuentes' single. In the eighth, Montanez doubled again, took third on Del Unser's sacrifice and scored on Mike Anderson's bloop double to right. Ollie Brown singled for the fourth Phillie run.

Cardinals 6, Padres 5 at St. Louis (night game):
Bake McBride's sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 13th eased the Cardinals past the Padres, 6-5, and made a winner of Al Hrabosky, who hurled four-plus innings of hitless relief. San Diego took a 2-0 lead in the first on a walk, double by Derrel Thomas and single by Dave Winfield, but St. Louis, bunching singles by Reggie Smith, Ted Simmons, Joe Torre and Ken Reitz with a walk and two Padre errors, scored five times in the fourth. Enzo Hernandez tripled home Fred Kendall, who had doubled, in the fifth, then scored on a groundout to cut St. Louis' lead to 5-4. Cito Gaston got the tying run home in the eighth with a sacrifice fly. Danny Godby opened the Cardinal 13th with a pinch-hit single in his first big league at-bat, was sacrificed to second and moved to third on Lou Brock's infield hit. Ted Sizemore was walked intentionally before McBride flied deep to center to plate Godby.