MLB standings through games of August 19, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 19, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	121	67	54	0	.554		556	511	38-23	29-31	6-4	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	117	60	56	1	.517	4.5	487	486	33-29	27-27	3-7	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	120	61	59	0	.508	5.5	484	491	32-28	29-31	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	121	60	61	0	.496	7.0	477	487	33-26	27-35	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	122	59	63	0	.484	8.5	516	497	30-29	29-34	6-4	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	122	57	65	0	.467	10.5	448	556	28-29	29-36	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	123	70	53	0	.569		562	441	39-25	31-28	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	119	63	56	0	.529	5.0	524	466	34-25	29-31	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	123	61	61	1	.500	8.5	547	578	32-29	29-32	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	124	60	62	2	.492	9.5	554	581	34-24	26-38	3-7	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	124	60	63	1	.488	10.0	522	544	33-28	27-35	7-3	Won 1
California Angels	124	49	74	1	.398	21.0	497	536	25-41	24-33	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	123	65	58	0	.528		511	483	36-31	29-27	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	122	62	60	0	.508	2.5	522	529	38-26	24-34	4-6	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	122	62	60	0	.508	2.5	543	495	39-25	23-35	7-3	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	119	57	62	0	.479	6.0	480	493	26-27	31-35	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	118	52	66	0	.441	10.5	417	485	26-33	26-33	5-5	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	119	50	69	0	.420	13.0	480	600	28-35	22-34	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	122	76	46	0	.623		595	423	38-18	38-28	3-7	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	123	74	49	0	.602	2.5	580	455	37-26	37-23	6-4	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	121	65	56	0	.537	10.5	495	431	33-28	32-28	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	121	62	59	0	.512	13.5	508	463	36-26	26-33	4-6	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	123	55	68	0	.447	21.5	484	542	27-30	28-38	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	123	48	75	0	.390	28.5	431	647	28-31	20-44	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, White Sox 1 at Boston (night game):
Bill Lee, with eighth-inning help from Diego Segui and run production from six players in the Boston lineup, pitched the Red Sox past the White Sox, 6-1. Chicago didn't score until the eighth when Jorge Orta walked and Pete Varney and Bucky Dent singled. Segui relieved and got Dick Allen to hit into an inning-ending double play. Bob Montgomery chased home the first Red Sox run in the third with a single after Doug Griffin had doubled. Sacrifice flies by Rico Petrocelli and rookie Jim Rice got two more across in the fourth. Boston chased loser Jim Kaat in the eighth with their final three tallies. Juan Beniquez doubled home one run, Carl Yastrzemski singled home another and Griffin drew a bases-loaded walk to climax the scoring.

Angels 1, Tigers 0 at California (night game):
Winston Llenas' sacrifice fly in the ninth scored pinch-runner Mickey Rivers to give the Angels a 1-0 victory over the Tigers. Joe Lahoud blooped a single off Detroit starter Fred Holdsworth to open the ninth, and pinch-runner Rivers was sacrificed to second by Bobby Valentine. John Hiller relieved at that point and issued an intentional walk to Leroy Stanton. A passed ball by rookie catcher John Wockenfuss with pinch-hitter Bob Oliver at the plate allowed the runners to advance, and Hiller walked Oliver intentionally to the load bases before Llenas hit his sacrifice fly. Frank Tanana shut out Detroit on six hits, striking out nine in hurling his second consecutive blank job.

Twins 6, Yankees 2 at New York (night game):
The Twins rode Bobby Darwin's three-run, first-inning homer and six-hit pitching by Joe Decker to a 6-2 triumph over the Yankees' Sam McDowell. Darwin connected with two out after Rod Carew reached first on a fielder's choice and Larry Hisle singled. Minnesota added two in the second on a walk to Craig Kusick, Glenn Borgmann's double, a single by Steve Brye, walk to Carew and reliever Dick Tidrow's wild throw to the plate on Hisle's grounder. Graig Nettles homered for New York's first run in the second, and the Yankees added one more in the fifth on singles by Nettles, Jim Mason and Sandy Alomar. Danny Thompson singled home Eric Soderholm, who had doubled, with the final Minnesota run in the sixth.

Brewers 1, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
The combined six-hit hurling of Bill Champion and Tom Murphy, plus a second-inning homer by George Scott moved the Brewers past the Athletics, 1-0. Scott's homer, his 14th of the season, was one of only four hits off loser Vida Blue. Murphy relieved in the eighth after Bert Campaneris' leadoff single. Pinch-runner Herb Washington was thrown out trying to steal, and Murphy retired five of the last six batters to gain his 15th save and give Milwaukee its sixth victory in the last seven games.

Braves 11, Cardinals 6 at Atlanta (night game):
Making his first Cardinal appearance since coming over from Houston, Claude Osteen was roughed up by the Braves, who overcame a 5-0 deficit to paste the Cardinals, 11-6. The Cards tagged Carl Morton for five runs in the third on a double by Mike Tyson and five consecutive singles, but Hank Aaron got two of them back in the home half with his 17th homer of the season and 14th of his career off Osteen. The Braves took the lead for keeps and kayoed Osteen with a four-run fourth, Marty Perez' two-run double the key blow. Atlanta added three in the fifth off reliever Rich Folkers, Perez again contributing a two-run double. Darrell Evans smacked his 14th homer with a mate aboard for the final Atlanta runs in the seventh.

Dodgers 8, Cubs 7 at Chicago (day game):
Reliever Mike Marshall hurled six scoreless innings and raced home with two out in the top of the 12th with the deciding run from second base on an infield out as the Dodgers ended their six-game losing streak at the Cubs' expense, 8-7. Marshall opened the inning with a single off Rob Sperring's glove, was sacrificed to second by Steve Yeager and scored when Rick Auerbach hit a slow roller down the first-base line, which was fielded by catcher Steve Swisher. Neither Cub reliever Oscar Zamora nor third baseman Bill Madlock backed up the plate, and Marshall scored without a play. Los Angeles took a 2-0 lead in the third on Yeager's solo homer and singles by Davey Lopes, Bill Buckner and Jim Wynn, but the Cubs tallied six in the third, with the big hits being triples by Jose Cardenal and Andre Thornton, and tacked on one run in the fourth. The Dodgers got back in the game with three in the fifth off starter Rick Reuschel and tied it in the seventh when Steve Garvey homered with Wynn aboard.

Reds 15, Phillies 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Joe Morgan drove home seven runs in two plate appearances, smacking a three-run homer in the second and his first career grand slam during a nine-run third, as the Reds humbled the Phillies, 15-2. Don Gullett, treated to a 14-0 lead after three innings, worked seven frames, allowing only Mike Schmidt's 30th homer in the fourth, to claim his 14th victory. Loser Wayne Twitchell surrendered two runs in the first and was the victim of Morgan's first homer in the second. Rookie reliever Tom Underwood was touched for Morgan's slam in the third and charged with six of nine runs in the big Cincinnati inning, the final three scoring after Jesus Hernaiz had relieved. Dave Concepcion homered for the Reds' final run in the sixth.

Astros 2, Mets 1 at Houston (night game):
Milt May tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the ninth and won it for the Astros in the 11th with a two-out RBI single as Houston edged the Mets' Seaver, 2-1. The game was scoreless until the top of the ninth when New York scored an unearned run on an error by Tommy Helms and singles by Jerry Grote and pinch-hitter Rusty Staub. Seaver, who went the distance, walked Cesar Cedeno in the bottom of the ninth. A single by Bob Watson moved Cedeno to third, and May lofted his sacrifice fly to right center. Greg Gross opened the Houston 11th with a single, was sacrificed to second by Roger Metzger and scored easily as May singled to left center.

Expos 7, Padres 4 at Montreal (night game):
Barry Foote's seventh-inning homer snapped a 3-3 tie and got the Expos started toward a 7-4 victory over the Padres. A triple by Tim Foli and single by Hal Breeden drove in two more runs in the inning, and Montreal tacked on their final run in the eighth on Ron Hunt's RBI single. The Expos jumped to a 3-0 lead in the second on two walks, a sacrifice, infield out and doubles by Foote and starting pitcher Dennis Blair. But Willie McCovey's 18th homer, a three-run shot in the sixth, tied the score against reliever Don Carrithers, who came away the winner thanks to a seventh-inning rally and stout relief work by Chuck Taylor, who entered the game in the ninth with one Padre run home and the bases loaded. He retired three straight batters.

Giants 5, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Ron Bryant won his first game since May 31 as the Giants snapped a tie in the ninth inning on Dave Kingman's RBI double and went on to defeat the Pirates, 5-3. A walk, sacrifice and Kingman's double broke a 3-3 tie, and Bryant drove home an insurance run with a two-out single to lock up only his third victory in 15 decisions. Singles by Richie Zisk and Frank Taveras ahead of a two-out triple by losing pitcher Jim Rooker boosted the Pirates to a 2-0 lead in the second, but the Giants went ahead in fifth, 3-2, Garry Maddox driving in two with a single. The Pirates tied it in the home half of the inning on a walk, single by Rennie Stennett and sacrifice fly by Manny Sanguillen.