MLB standings through games of August 26, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 26, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	126	70	56	0	.556		572	525	41-25	29-31	6-4	Lost 2
New York Yankees	127	65	62	0	.512	5.5	504	502	38-26	27-36	7-3	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	126	63	63	0	.500	7.0	499	518	34-32	29-31	5-5	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	125	62	62	1	.500	7.0	510	519	34-31	28-31	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	129	62	67	0	.481	9.5	529	522	32-32	30-35	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	128	60	68	0	.469	11.0	467	576	30-31	30-37	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	129	73	56	0	.566		584	453	40-26	33-30	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	127	68	59	0	.535	4.0	550	483	34-26	34-33	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	129	65	63	1	.508	7.5	575	595	32-29	33-34	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	130	64	64	2	.500	8.5	578	604	38-24	26-40	5-5	Won 4
Minnesota Twins	130	63	66	1	.488	10.0	546	566	34-28	29-38	5-5	Won 3
California Angels	130	50	79	1	.388	23.0	507	558	26-42	24-37	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	127	66	61	0	.520		574	510	40-26	26-35	7-3	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	128	66	62	0	.516	0.5	526	509	36-31	30-31	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	128	64	64	0	.500	2.5	540	552	39-26	25-38	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	125	58	67	0	.464	7.0	502	525	27-32	31-35	3-7	Lost 4
New York Mets	125	55	70	0	.440	10.0	441	511	27-33	28-37	3-7	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	124	52	72	0	.419	12.5	499	630	28-37	24-35	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	127	80	47	0	.630		633	441	40-19	40-28	5-5	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	129	78	51	0	.605	3.0	615	485	38-27	40-24	7-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	128	71	57	0	.555	9.5	525	450	38-29	33-28	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	127	66	61	0	.520	14.0	527	480	40-27	26-34	7-3	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	128	57	71	0	.445	23.5	499	559	28-32	29-39	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	128	49	79	0	.383	31.5	446	675	28-34	21-45	2-8	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 6, Angels 2 at Detroit (night game):
With home-run help from Bill Freehan, Ed Brinkman and Ron LeFlore, Lerrin LaGrow snapped his personal seven-game losing streak as the Tigers turned back the Angels, 6-2. Freehan led off the second inning with a home run, and Brinkman connected later in the same inning with Aurelio Rodriguez aboard. Loser Andy Hassler gave up a single and three consecutive bases on balls to force in the Tigers' fourth run in the third. California got on the board in the fifth on singles by John Doherty and Ellie Rodriguez, plus a groundout, but LeFlore made it 5-1 with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the fifth for Detroit. Leroy Stanton homered with the bases empty for the Angels in the eighth, while Brinkman's sacrifice fly brought home the final Tiger run in the home half of the same frame.

Indians 4, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Jim Perry pitched the Indians out of their five-game swoon and won his 14th game as he stopped the Royals on five hits, 4-1. Rusty Torres drove in the first Cleveland run with a third-inning sacrifice fly, and Frank Duffy followed suit in the fifth. Rico Carty, who had doubled and moved to third on an infield out in the sixth, scored the third run for the Tribe as Joe Lis hit into a forceout. Carty then drove in the final Cleveland tally with a seventh-inning single. The Royals managed their only run in the fifth on singles by Cookie Rojas, George Brett and Fred Patek.

Brewers 2, A's 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Darrell Porter's two-out RBI single in the third drove in the deciding run as the Brewers nipped the Athletics, 2-1, behind the combined six-hit hurling of Bill Champion and Tom Murphy. Milwaukee touched loser Blue Moon Odom for a run in the second when Deron Johnson doubled, moved to third on Mike Hegan's single and scored as Dave May hit into a double play. In the third, Porter delivered the key hit after Don Money's single and Ken Berry's groundout. Murphy relieved Champion in the seventh with one on and one out, threw a wild pitch and gave up a run-scoring single to Jesus Alou. But he blanked Oakland afterward to earn his 16th save.

Twins 7, Yankees 6 at Minnesota (night game):
A three-run sixth inning highlighted by Rod Carew's two-run, bases-loaded single, carried the Twins past the Yankees, 7-6, as New York had its five-game winning streak snapped. Both clubs scored three times in the second, the Yankees getting two runs on Sandy Alomar's first homer of the season with a mate aboard. Steve Brye drove home a pair of runs with a single in the Twins' half. Bobby Darwin's RBI single gave Minnesota a 4-3 lead in the third, but Jim Mason's sacrifice fly in the fourth pulled New York even, and the Yankees took a 5-4 lead in the fifth on singles by Bobby Murcer and Lou Piniella and Thurman Munson's double play ball. Pat Bourque, Steve Braun and Danny Thompson singled for the Twins' tying marker in the sixth before Glenn Borgmann walked and Eric Soderholm forced Bourque at home, leaving the bases loaded for Carew. Elliott Maddox singled home the final New York run in the ninth.

Braves 3, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
Dusty Baker's eighth-inning homer and strong pitching efforts by Buzz Capra and Max Leon enabled the Braves to edge past the Expos, 3-2. Capra carried a three-hit shutout into the ninth before singles by Ron Fairly, Mike Jorgensen and Jim Northrup produced the first Expo run. Leon relieved and got Bob Bailey to hit into a double play as Jorgensen crossed the plate. Vic Correll scored the Braves' first run in the third when he doubled and Montreal starter and loser Steve Renko uncorked two wild pitches. Ralph Garr singled and scored the Braves' second run in the seventh on Marty Perez' triple, and Baker made it 3-0 with his bases-empty homer in the eighth.

Mets 5, Astros 4 at New York (night game):
The Mets rallied with three runs in the bottom of the ninth to nip the Astros, 5-4, the winning tally crossing the plate on Rusty Staub's two-out single. Pinch-hitter Duffy Dyer began the comeback with a single and scored on a pinch-double by Ted Martinez, who took third on Roger Metzger's throwing error on the same play. Bud Harrelson drew a walk and Felix Millan's bunt single scored Martinez with the tying run. After Ken Boswell was retired, Staub delivered his game-winning single to right Four singles, two of them bunts by J.R. Richard and Greg Gross, plus a throwing error by winner Jerry Koosman, moved Houston in front, 3-2, in the fourth. The Astros added a fourth run in the seventh when Cesar Cedeno singled home Gross, who had doubled and moved to third on a sacrifice. Ron Hodges hit a solo homer for the Mets' first run in the second. Both clubs scored once in the third.

Phillies 7, Reds 6 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Reds' Junior Kennedy, inserted as a defensive replacement at second base in the eighth, threw late and wild to home plate with the bases loaded and the Phils, scoring twice on the miscue, went on to edge Cincinnati, 7-6. With the score tied, 5-5, Mike Anderson and Del Unser singled off loser Clay Carroll. Bob Boone sacrificed the runners to second and third and pinch-hitter Bill Robinson was intentionally passed. Dave Cash then grounded to Kennedy, who had no play at the plate as Anderson scored. But Kennedy threw the ball past Johnny Bench and Unser also scored. The Phils scored three in the third on an RBI single by Cash and Jay Johnstone's two-run double. Tony Perez cut the lead to one with a homer on the heels of a single by Bench in the fourth, and the Reds got three more on singles by Ken Griffey and Dave Concepcion and doubles by Darrel Chaney and Pete Rose. Tony Taylor's pinch-double with the bases loaded tied the score in the fifth. Cincinnati closed the gap to one run in the ninth on Concepcion's triple and a groundout.