MLB standings through games of August 15, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 15, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	117	64	53	0	.547		534	495	35-22	29-31	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	114	59	54	1	.522	3.0	480	478	32-27	27-27	4-6	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	117	59	58	0	.504	5.0	480	488	30-27	29-31	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	116	57	59	0	.491	6.5	453	464	30-24	27-35	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	118	56	62	0	.475	8.5	503	486	30-29	26-33	4-6	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	118	55	63	0	.466	9.5	436	536	28-29	27-34	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	119	69	50	0	.580		543	428	38-22	31-28	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	116	62	54	0	.534	5.5	521	462	34-25	28-29	8-2	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	119	59	58	2	.504	9.0	536	553	34-24	25-34	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	120	59	60	1	.496	10.0	539	571	32-29	27-31	5-5	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	120	58	61	1	.487	11.0	501	526	33-28	25-33	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	120	47	72	1	.395	22.0	485	524	23-39	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	119	62	57	0	.521		494	467	33-31	29-26	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	118	60	58	0	.508	1.5	501	500	38-26	22-32	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	118	59	59	0	.500	2.5	521	482	36-24	23-35	8-2	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	115	55	60	0	.478	5.0	467	476	24-25	31-35	5-5	Lost 2
New York Mets	114	51	63	0	.447	8.5	407	470	26-33	25-30	5-5	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	115	48	67	0	.417	12.0	452	581	26-33	22-34	2-8	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	118	75	43	0	.636		579	397	38-18	37-25	4-6	Lost 3
Cincinnati Reds	119	71	48	0	.597	4.5	552	444	34-25	37-23	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	117	63	54	0	.538	11.5	470	406	31-26	32-28	8-2	Won 6
Houston Astros	117	59	58	0	.504	15.5	493	456	35-26	24-32	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	119	54	65	0	.454	21.5	474	528	27-30	27-35	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	119	47	72	0	.395	28.5	416	619	28-31	19-41	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 2, White Sox 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Homers by Earl Williams and Paul Blair enabled Mike Cuellar to pitch the Orioles to a 2-1 victory over the White Sox in a duel with Jim Kaat. The White Sox spoiled Cuellar's shutout bid in the seventh inning when Ron Santo and Brian Downing walked and Pat Kelly, running for Santo, scored on a single by Buddy Bradford.

Indians 4, Twins 2 at Cleveland (night game):
After losing six straight times since being stopped on his 15-game winning streak, Gaylord Perry gained the victory when the Indians defeated the Twins, 4-2. However, the veteran righthander failed to hurl the route, giving way to Tom Buskey with a man on base in the eighth inning. The Indians scored off Bert Blyleven in the first on a double by Tommy McCraw, sacrifice by Frank Duffy and grounder by Jack Brohamer. Tony Oliva homered for the Twins in the fourth. The Twins loaded the bases in the sixth on a double by John Ellis and two walks and broke the tie with two runs on a single by Duffy. Perry yielded another run in the seventh, but the Indians racked up an insurance marker in the eighth on a double by George Hendrick, bunt by Ellis and sacrifice fly by McCraw.

Cubs 5, Astros 3 at Chicago (day game):
An error by Larry Milbourne, who dropped a pop fly with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth inning, allowed two runs to score and gave the Cubs a 5-3 victory over the Astros. However, all three of the Astros' runs also were tainted on errors by Don Kessinger, Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring. Jerry Morales homered for the Cubs, who trailed, 3-2, before Billy Williams sparked a rally in the eighth with a one-out single for his 2,500th major league hit. Andre Thornton walked and Morales singled, driving in pinch-runner Jim Tyrone to tie the score. Madlock drew an intentional pass, loading the bases. George Mitterwald struck out and the Astros should have been out of the inning when Steve Swisher popped up, but Milbourne dropped the ball as Thornton and Morales scored.