MLB standings through games of August 27, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 27, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	127	71	56	0	.559		578	526	41-25	30-31	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	128	66	62	0	.516	5.5	508	504	38-26	28-36	8-2	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	127	63	63	1	.500	7.5	524	540	34-31	29-32	3-7	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	127	63	64	0	.496	8.0	500	520	34-32	29-32	4-6	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	130	62	68	0	.477	10.5	531	525	32-33	30-35	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	129	60	69	0	.465	12.0	473	583	30-32	30-37	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	130	74	56	0	.569		587	455	40-26	34-30	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	129	69	60	0	.535	4.5	571	497	35-27	34-33	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	130	66	63	1	.512	7.5	577	596	33-29	33-34	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	131	64	65	2	.496	9.5	579	610	38-25	26-40	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	131	63	67	1	.485	11.0	548	570	34-29	29-38	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	131	51	79	1	.392	23.0	514	564	26-42	25-37	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	128	67	61	0	.523		587	512	40-26	27-35	8-2	Won 5
St. Louis Cardinals	129	66	63	0	.512	1.5	527	512	36-31	30-32	4-6	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	129	64	65	0	.496	3.5	540	555	39-27	25-38	3-7	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	126	59	67	0	.468	7.0	508	526	28-32	31-35	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	126	56	70	0	.444	10.0	445	513	28-33	28-37	4-6	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	125	52	73	0	.416	13.5	504	642	28-37	24-36	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	128	81	47	0	.633		645	446	41-19	40-28	6-4	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	130	79	51	0	.608	3.0	618	485	38-27	41-24	8-2	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	129	71	58	0	.550	10.5	526	456	38-29	33-29	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	128	66	62	0	.516	15.0	529	484	40-27	26-35	6-4	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	129	57	72	0	.442	24.5	501	572	28-33	29-39	3-7	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	129	50	79	0	.388	31.5	449	676	29-34	21-45	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, White Sox 1 at Chicago (night game):
When Juan Marichal was unable to start because of illness, Reggie Cleveland stepped into his spot and pitched the Red Sox to a 6-1 victory over the White Sox. Pat Kelly tripled and Jorge Orta hit a sacrifice fly for the White Sox run in the first inning. The Red Sox loaded the bases against Jim Kaat on singles by Rick Burleson and Dwight Evans and a pass to Rico Petrocelli in the fourth and took the lead when Jim Rice singled to drive in two runs. An error by Bucky Dent led to three unearned runs in the seventh before the Red Sox wound up their scoring with singles by Rick Miller and Tommy Harper around a stolen base in the eighth.

Angels 7, Tigers 6 at Detroit (night game):
John Hiller, bidding for his 16th victory to tie the A. L. record for relief pitchers, drew his ninth defeat instead when the Angels scored in the 13th inning to edge the Tigers, 7-6. Hiller, who worked 7 2/3 innings in relief of Joe Coleman, allowed only five hits. However in the 13th, Ellie Rodriguez doubled, Hiller threw late to third on a bunt by Bob Heise and Bob Oliver followed with a sacrifice fly for the Angels' winning run. The RBI was the third of the game for Oliver, who batted in two runs with a pinch-single in the sixth before taking his place in the outfield. The Angels, who had a homer by Frank Robinson, held 6-3 lead before the Tigers tied the score in the ninth. Pinch-hitter Gates Brown homered with a man on base to start the rally. Ron LeFlore then singled, stole second and came home with the tying tally on a single by Al Kaline.

[DH] Indians 12, Royals 8 (night game) / Royals 13, Indians 2 at Kansas City (night game):
The Indians, who piled up 19 hits, broke away with six runs in the last two innings to win the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 12-8, but the Royals came slugging back to gain a 13-2 victory in the second game. Hal McRae hit three doubles and a homer for the Royals in the opener and drove in six of their runs. The Royals held a 7-6 lead going into the eighth inning when the Indians scored twice to beat Steve Busby, who was bidding for his 20th victory. John Ellis doubled and counted the tying tally on a single by Frank Duffy. After an infield out and sacrifice, Rico Carty doubled to drive in Duffy with the go-ahead run. The Indians iced the verdict with four runs off Lindy McDaniel in the ninth, three counting on a bases-loaded triple by Ellis. The Royals settled the issue quickly in the nightcap, scoring seven runs in the first inning. McRae hit his fourth double of the night to produce one run and George Brett batted in a pair with a triple. Joe Lis broke up Nelson Briles' shutout bid with a homer for the Indians' runs in the eighth. John Mayberry, just off the disabled list, matched that with a two-run drive in the Royals' half of the eighth.

A's 3, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
An error by Mike Hegan with two out in the eighth inning enabled the Athletics to score two runs to defeat the Brewers, 3-2. The A's picked up their initial marker in the fourth on a double by Jesus Alou and single by Sal Bando, but the Brewers came back with a pair in the seventh on a single by George Scott, a wild pitch, double by Charlie Moore and single by Bobby Mitchell. In the eighth, Jim Holt singled for the A's and gave way to pinch-runner Herb Washington, who stole second. Bert Campaneris singled, but Washington fell down rounding third base and was tagged out. Campaneris, who took second on the play, advanced to third on an infield out by Alou. Reggie Jackson drew an intentional pass and stole second. Bando then grounded to Don Money, who threw to first where Hegan dropped the ball, allowing Campaneris to score the tying run. Joe Rudi followed with a single for the deciding tally.

Yankees 4, Twins 2 at Minnesota (night game):
The Yankees rallied for four runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Twins, 4-2. Singles by Phil Roof and Steve Braun and double by Rod Carew accounted for the Twins' tallies in the fifth. The Yankees started their comeback in the seventh by loading the bases with singles by Lou Piniella and Thurman Munson around a walk to Chris Chambliss. Bill Sudakis delivered the first run with a sacrifice fly. After Sandy Alomar singled to fill the sacks again, Roy White singled, driving in two runs to put the Yankees ahead. Bobby Murcer added an insurance marker with a single.

Rangers 2, Orioles 1 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers, playing their third season in Texas, went over 1,000,000 in attendance for the first time and marked the milestone by defeating the Orioles, 2-1. The crowd of 29,699 brought the club's total to 1,016,838. The Rangers scored their runs off Jim Palmer in the first inning on a single by Dave Nelson and doubles by Cesar Tovar and Jeff Burroughs. Fergie Jenkins made those tallies stand up for his 19th victory. The Orioles' lone run counted in the sixth on singles by Paul Blair and Tommy Davis and a grounder by Bobby Grich.

Dodgers 12, Cubs 5 at Los Angeles (night game):
After Doug Rau gave up five runs on seven hits in the first 2 1/3 innings, Charlie Hough relieved and yielded only one hit the rest of the way to pitch the Dodgers to a 12-5 victory over the Cubs. Jose Cardenal homered off Rau with a man on base in the first, but the Dodgers bounced back with four runs in their half on a homer by Bill Buckner, double by Steve Garvey, infield hit by Willie Crawford and errors by Rick Reuschel and Steve Swisher. Jerry Morales homered with a man on base in the third when the Cubs regained the lead with three runs, but the Dodgers went ahead to stay with a trio in their half. The remainder of the Dodgers' scoring included homers by Jim Wynn and Joe Ferguson.

Expos 6, Braves 1 at Montreal (night game):
Jim Northrup and Mike Jorgensen drove in two runs apiece and Bob Bailey and Ron Fairly hit homers to account for the Expos' scoring in a 6-1 victory over the Braves. After Bailey started the scoring with his blow in the third inning, Darrell Evans homered off Mike Torrez for a Braves' run in the fourth. The Expos promptly broke the tie in their half. Willie Davis doubled, Fairly walked and after both advanced on a wild pitch by Ron Reed, Northrup drove them home with a single. Fairly hit his homer in the sixth. The final two runs counted in the eighth. Larry Lintz singled and took third on a single by Davis, who then stole second. Jorgensen followed with his scoring single.

Mets 4, Astros 2 at New York (night game):
Batting for the first time in the major leagues, Benny Ayala homered in the second inning to start the Mets off to a 4-2 victory over the Astros. Ayala, who came up from Tidewater (International), became the 40th rookie in big league history to homer on his first trip. After Ayala's drive, the Mets added two more runs in the second on a single by Ted Martinez, two walks and a single by Felix Millan. Their other run counted in the eighth on two more passes and an error by Doug Rader. Tug McGraw, coming out of the bullpen, made his first start for the Mets since June 30 last year, and pitched six innings before giving way to Harry Parker. McGraw gave up only one run on a homer by Milt May. The victory as a starter was his first since May 4, 1969.

Reds 3, Phillies 0 at Philadelphia (night game):
Jack Billingham scattered seven hits and pitched the Reds to a 3-0 victory over the Phillies in a hard-luck defeat for Dick Ruthven, who was on the losing end of a shutout for the sixth time this season. All of the Reds' runs were unearned. In the sixth inning, with one out, Cesar Geronimo singled. Dan Driessen grounded to Dave Cash, who threw high to second in an attempted forceout. After Johnny Bench went out on an infield fly, Tony Perez singled to drive in both runners. The Reds added their other tally off Gene Garber in the ninth. Perez walked, was safe attempting to steal second when Cash dropped the throw for his third error of the game, and scored on a single by Dave Concepcion.

Padres 3, Cardinals 1 at San Diego (night game):
Although the Padres collected only four hits off Bob Gibson, they included homers by Willie McCovey and Dave Winfield in a 3-1 victory over the Cardinals. Gibson gave up two walks and a single by Dave Hilton for a run in the second inning and then yielded McCovey's homer in the fourth. The Cards counted off Dan Spillner on singles by Reggie Smith, Joe Torre and Ted Simmons in the sixth, but Winfield offset that with his homer in the seventh.

Pirates 13, Giants 2 at San Francisco (night game):
The Pirates scored nine runs on only three hits in the third inning and whipped the Giants, 13-2, as Dock Ellis recorded his eighth straight victory. Al Oliver, batting twice in the Pirates' big inning, singled with the bases loaded on his first trip, driving in two runs, and doubled to produce two more runs on his second appearance. The Pirates' only other hit in the stanza was a single by Richie Zisk, but they also profited from five walks, two hit batsmen and an error while sending 14 men to the plate. Oliver drove in another run with a single in the ninth for his fifth RBI.