MLB standings through games of August 24, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 24, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	125	70	55	0	.560		572	518	41-24	29-31	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	125	64	61	0	.512	6.0	496	494	37-26	27-35	8-2	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	122	61	60	1	.504	7.0	496	502	34-31	27-29	3-7	Lost 3
Baltimore Orioles	125	63	62	0	.504	7.0	498	513	34-31	29-31	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	127	61	66	0	.480	10.0	527	519	31-31	30-35	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	126	58	68	0	.460	12.5	455	569	28-31	30-37	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	127	72	55	0	.567		576	451	40-26	32-29	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	125	67	58	0	.536	4.0	547	479	34-25	33-33	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	128	65	62	1	.512	7.0	570	589	32-29	33-33	6-4	Won 4
Chicago White Sox	128	62	64	2	.492	9.5	562	594	36-24	26-40	3-7	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	128	61	66	1	.480	11.0	534	559	33-28	28-38	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	128	50	77	1	.394	22.0	504	550	26-42	24-35	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	127	66	61	0	.520		523	500	36-31	30-30	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	125	64	61	0	.512	1.0	560	507	40-26	24-35	7-3	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	126	63	63	0	.500	2.5	533	541	38-26	25-37	4-6	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	123	58	65	0	.472	6.0	499	519	27-30	31-35	3-7	Lost 2
New York Mets	123	53	70	0	.431	11.0	435	507	26-33	27-37	3-7	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	123	52	71	0	.423	12.0	496	626	28-37	24-34	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	126	79	47	0	.627		624	438	39-19	40-28	4-6	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	127	77	50	0	.606	2.5	606	477	38-27	39-23	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	126	70	56	0	.556	9.0	522	447	38-28	32-28	8-2	Won 6
Houston Astros	125	65	60	0	.520	13.5	518	475	39-27	26-33	6-4	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	127	56	71	0	.441	23.5	495	556	27-32	29-39	3-7	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	126	49	77	0	.389	30.0	443	661	28-32	21-45	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Twins 9, Orioles 5 at Baltimore (night game):
Larry Hisle hit the first grand slam of his major league career to supply the Twins' big blow in a 9-5 victory over the Orioles. A double by Steve Brye, sacrifice bunt by Rod Carew and infield out by Hisle brought the Twins their initial run in the first before they exploded for six in the second. The first run of the outburst counted on a single by Eric Soderholm, double by Craig Kusick and single by Danny Thompson. A walk to Glenn Borgmann loaded the bases and another run scored on a sacrifice fly by Brye. Carew then drew a pass to fill the sacks again before Wayne Garland came in to relieve Mike Cuellar and served up the pitch for Hisle's grand slam. The Orioles came back with four runs in their half, thanks to five walks issued by Joe Decker, but the Twins pulled away in the fifth when Soderholm was safe on an error and Kusick homered.

A's 4, Red Sox 1 at Boston (night game):
A wild throw by Carl Yastrzemski to the plate, after making a diving stop of a hot grounder by Reggie Jackson, opened the gates for the Athletics, who scored three runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Red Sox, 4-1. Larry Haney homered for the A's first run in the seventh. The Red Sox pulled even in their half when Bernie Carbo was safe on an error by Bert Campaneris, Doug Griffin doubled and Rick Burleson hit a sacrifice fly. In the A's ninth, pinch-hitter Claudell Washington singled. Bill North came in to run and stole second. Jesus Alou singled North to third and gave way on the paths to Blue Moon Odom. Jackson's grounder to Yastrzemski followed. Throwing while on his knees, Yastrzemski bounced the ball past catcher Tim Blackwell as North scored. Sal Bando singled, driving in Odom, but Jackson was thown out at the plate. However, Joe Rudi followed with a single to drive in Bando.

White Sox 3, Indians 0 at Chicago (day game):
Gaylord Perry's difficulties since winning 15 straight games earlier in season continued when the Indians' veteran righthander lost to the White Sox, 3-0. The defeat was Perry's eighth in his last nine decisions. Bart Johnson pitched the shutout on a five-hitter. Perry, who gave up seven hits, yielded two runs in the first inning on a walk to Pat Kelly and singles by Jorge Orta, Carlos May and Bill Melton. Ken Henderson scored the other run after hitting a double in the fourth. Perry threw wildly attempting to pick Henderson off second, and Rusty Torres, who retrieved the ball in center field, followed with a bad throw to third, allowing Henderson to cross the plate.

Rangers 6, Tigers 4 at Detroit (day game):
Saved from defeat when Toby Harrah homered in the ninth inning, the Rangers scored twice off Mickey Lolich in the 10th and beat the Tigers, 6-4. While losing, Lolich struck out 10 to bring his career total to 2,510, good for eighth place on the major leagues' all-time list ahead of Christy Mathewson. After Harrah's homer sent the game into overtime, Jeff Burroughs singled for the Rangers in the 10th and Tom Grieve sacrificed. Lenny Randle singled to drive in Burroughs with the tie-breaking run. Jim Fregosi beat out an infield hit on which Aurelio Rodriguez made a wild throw, Randle going to third on the error. Harrah then laid down a safe squeeze bunt to plate an insurance marker.

Royals 4, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
Allowing three hits, Al Fitzmorris faced only 29 batters while pitching the Royals to a 4-0 victory over the Brewers. Johnny Briggs and Bobby Mitchell singled in the fifth inning, but Fitzmorris put down that threat by getting Bob Coluccio to ground into a double play. Tim Johnson singled for the other safety in the ninth. Eduardo Rodriguez, pitching for the Brewers, retired the first 12 batters before Hal McRae and Tony Solaita singled in the fifth. After Orlando Cepeda walked to load the bases, a run scored while the Brewers were executing a double play on a grounder by George Brett. The Royals did not break the game wide open until the ninth when they added their last three runs, two scoring on a double by Cepeda.

Yankees 3, Angels 1 at New York (day game):
Going against the percentages, Bobby Murcer doubled off Frank Tanana in the sixth inning, driving in two runs, to give the Yankees a 3-1 victory over the Angels. Elliott Maddox homered for the Yankees in the first and John Doherty hit the first of his major league career for the Angels in the second. With one out in the sixth, Sandy Alomar doubled and Roy White struck out. Tanana then passed Maddox intentionally, preferring to throw his southpaw shoots at Murcer, who bats lefthanded, but the Yankees' outfielder proved the decision was wrong by rapping his two-run double.

Braves 4, Mets 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Playing before an Old-Timers' Night crowd of 34,060, the Braves scored on a pass with the bases loaded in the 10th inning and defeated the Mets, 4-3. The Mets scored twice in the first, one run coming on a homer by Rusty Staub, but the Braves picked up a matching pair in their half on a circuit clout by Ralph Garr, double by Darrell Evans and single by Dusty Baker. A single by Vic Correll, high throw by Tom Seaver to second on a bunt by Carl Morton and single by Garr sent the Braves ahead in the second, but the Mets caught up in the ninth when Cleon Jones singled and scored from second with two out on a single by Jerry Grote. In the 10th, Evans singled off Bob Miller. Hank Aaron flied out, but Baker singled Evans to third and took second on the throw. Miller passed Mike Lum intentionally and retired Frank Tepedino on a pop-up before walking Norm Miller to force in the winning run.

Astros 1, Phillies 0 at Houston (night game):
The Phillies, who collected only three hits off Larry Dierker in losing the previous night's game, 1-0, were held to just one hit by Dave Roberts and bowed to the Astros again by the same 1-0 score. Bob Boone singled in the sixth inning for the Phillies' lone safety. The Astros did not decide Roberts' duel with Steve Carlton until the eighth. Larry Milbourne, playing second for the injured Tommy Helms, singled. After the next two batters struck out, Milbourne stole second. Roger Metzger then singled to drive in the lone run.

Dodgers 3, Cardinals 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Davey Lopes stole five bases to tie the N. L. record set by Dan McGann of the New York Giants in 1904 as the Dodgers defeated the Cardinals, 3-0. Don Sutton pitched a shutout, scattering seven hits. Lopes' thievery set up the Dodgers' first two runs. After hitting a single in the third inning, Lopes stole second, continued to third on a throwing error by Cardinal catcher Ted Simmons and scored on a sacrifice fly by Steve Garvey. Lopes singled in the fifth and swiped both second and third. The Dodgers then loaded the bases and Joe Ferguson walked to force in Lopes. Their last run counted on a double by Tom Paciorek and single by Lopes in the eighth. The Dodgers also had two stolen bases by Bill Russell and one by Jim Wynn for a club record total of eight in one game. Lou Brock pilfered his 88th base of the season for the Cardinals.

Reds 6, Expos 4 at Montreal (day game):
Pete Rose doubled for his fourth hit of the game and Cesar Geronimo singled for his fourth RBI when the Reds scored twice in the ninth inning to defeat the Expos, 6-4. After Rose's double, Joe Morgan walked and Tony Perez singled, driving in Rose to break the tie. Geronimo followed with his single for another run to insure victory for Don Gullett.

Cubs 2, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
The Cubs employed five pitchers who yielded six hits among them and combined to shut out the Giants, 2-1. The Cubs counted both their runs off Ron Bryant in the first inning on a walk to Jim Tyrone, triple by Jerry Morales and infield out by Andre Thornton. Steve Stone, who started for the Cubs, was lifted after Bobby Bonds doubled and Gary Matthews singled in the sixth. Ken Frailing relieved and struck out Chris Arnold. Burt Hooton then took over and retired the next two batters without a run scoring. When Hooton walked Dave Kingman to open the ninth, Oscar Zamora relieved. Two infield outs and a single by Bruce Miller then produced the Giants' run. Matthews kept the inning going with a ground-rule double, but Dave LaRoche came in as the Cubs' fifth pitcher and retired Gary Thomasson to end the game.