MLB standings through games of August 28, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 28, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	128	71	57	0	.555		578	529	41-25	30-32	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	129	67	62	0	.519	4.5	513	504	38-26	29-36	8-2	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	128	64	63	1	.504	6.5	531	541	34-31	30-32	4-6	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	128	63	65	0	.492	8.0	502	524	34-32	29-33	3-7	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	131	62	69	0	.473	10.5	532	528	32-34	30-35	4-6	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	130	61	69	0	.469	11.0	475	584	31-32	30-37	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	131	75	56	0	.573		590	456	40-26	35-30	6-4	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	130	69	61	0	.531	5.5	572	504	35-28	34-33	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	131	67	63	1	.515	7.5	581	598	34-29	33-34	7-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	132	65	65	2	.500	9.5	582	610	39-25	26-40	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	132	63	68	1	.481	12.0	548	575	34-30	29-38	4-6	Lost 2
California Angels	132	51	80	1	.389	24.0	515	566	26-42	25-38	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	129	68	61	0	.527		590	513	40-26	28-35	8-2	Won 6
St. Louis Cardinals	130	67	63	0	.515	1.5	532	513	36-31	31-32	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	130	64	66	0	.492	4.5	543	559	39-28	25-38	3-7	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	127	59	68	0	.465	8.0	510	530	28-33	31-35	3-7	Lost 1
New York Mets	127	56	71	0	.441	11.0	447	516	28-34	28-37	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	126	52	74	0	.413	14.5	510	649	28-37	24-37	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	129	82	47	0	.636		652	452	42-19	40-28	7-3	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	131	80	51	0	.611	3.0	622	488	38-27	42-24	8-2	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	130	72	58	0	.554	10.5	530	458	38-29	34-29	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	129	67	62	0	.519	15.0	532	486	40-27	27-35	7-3	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	130	57	73	0	.438	25.5	502	575	28-34	29-39	3-7	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	130	50	80	0	.385	32.5	450	681	29-35	21-45	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 3, Red Sox 0 at Chicago (night game):
Posting his second straight shutout, Bart Johnson allowed only four hits in pitching the White Sox to a 3-0 victory over the Red Sox. The White Sox, who reached Luis Tiant for 11 hits, scored their first run on a homer by Bill Sharp in the fifth inning. Other tallies followed in the eighth on a triple by Carlos May, two walks and a double by Bucky Dent.

Tigers 2, Angels 1 at Detroit (night game):
Two homers -- one by Ed Brinkman in the eighth inning and the other by Al Kaline in the ninth -- carried the Tigers to a 2-1 victory over the Angels. Mickey Lolich walked Ellie Rodriguez with the bases loaded in the sixth to force in the Angels' run before Frank Tanana drew the loss on his gopher pitches.

Indians 7, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Staked to a 7-0 lead in the first three innings, Gaylord Perry had no trouble pitching the Indians to a 7-1 victory over the Royals. Al Fitzmorris, who started for the Royals, helped doom himself by twice walking batters with the bases loaded. Oscar Gamble drew a pass to force a run across plate in the first inning. After the Indians loaded the bases again in the second, Frank Duffy walked to force in another run before Charlie Spikes singled to drive in two more. Passes to Rusty Torres and John Lowenstein, a single by Duffy, double steal and single by Rico Carty completed the Indians' scoring in the third.

A's 3, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Thanks to the slugging of Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter became a 20-game winner for the fourth consecutive year when the Athletics defeated the Brewers, 3-1. Manager Alvin Dark lifted Hunter after Tim Johnson singled with one out in the ninth inning. Paul Lindblad came in and struck out Johnny Briggs. Dark then called on Rollie Fingers, who retired Ken Berry on a pop fly to end the game. The A's scored their first run in the fourth on singles by Bert Campaneris and Claudell Washington, infield out by Jackson and sacrifice fly by Sal Bando. Don Money homered for the Brewers to tie the score in the sixth, but then Jackson took charge, smashing a homer in the seventh and another in the ninth to provide the A's winning margin.

Yankees 5, Twins 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Thurman Munson drove in three runs with a homer, single and sacrifice fly to support Pat Dobson, who pitched the Yankees to a 5-0 victory over the Twins.

Rangers 4, Orioles 2 at Texas (night game):
Jackie Brown became the fourth Ranger pitcher with 10 or more victories to his credit this season, joining Fergie Jenkins, Jim Bibby and Steve Hargan, when the righthander defeated the Orioles, 4-2. Brown gave up the Orioles' runs in the second inning on a single by Don Baylor, a stolen base, single by Brooks Robinson and double by Earl Williams. The Rangers immediately tied the score with a single by Jim Fregosi and homer by Toby Harrah. Doubles by Dave Nelson and Jeff Burroughs provided the go-ahead run in the fifth and Fregosi put the icing on Brown's 10th victory with a round-tripper in the sixth.

Dodgers 7, Cubs 6 at Los Angeles (night game):
A sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Willie Crawford with the bases loaded in the ninth inning provided the Dodgers with a 7-6 victory over the Cubs. Rick Monday homered with a man on base for the Cubs in the second, but the Dodgers forged ahead, 6-2, before Bill Madlock hit the first grand slam of his major league career to kayo Don Sutton in the eighth. Mike Marshall relieved and picked up his 13th victory on the Dodgers' run in the ninth. The inning began with an infield single by Steve Garvey for his fifth hit of the game. Ron Cey bunted and was safe on an error by Oscar Zamora. Joe Ferguson then moved the runners along with a sacrifice and Von Joshua was passed intentionally before Crawford batted for Bill Russell and delivered his sacrifice fly.

Braves 4, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
A triple by Ralph Garr was the decisive blow in the ninth inning when the Braves scored three runs to defeat the Expos, 4-2. With the score tied, 1-1, Vic Correll led off the ninth with a double and Hank Aaron, batting for Carl Morton, walked. Garr, whose error led to an Expos' run in the first, then hit his triple to drive in Correll and Rowland Office, who ran for Aaron. Marty Perez followed with a single to score Garr. The Expos could counter with only one run off Tom House in their half of the ninth.

Astros 3, Mets 2 at New York (day game):
Cliff Johnson, batting in the 10th inning, delivered his fifth pinch-homer of the season, one short of the major league record, to provide the Astros with a 3-2 victory over the Mets. John Frederick holds the record with six pinch-homers for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932. Johnson's drive off Jerry Cram enabled Ramon de los Santos to receive credit for his first major league victory after pitching to one batter in relief. The Astros got off to a 2-0 lead before the Mets began the ninth with a homer by Rusty Staub. Mike Cosgrove, relieving Larry Dierker, gave up a one-out single to Benny Ayala. Ken Forsch took over and the Mets then scored the tying run on a single by Duffy Dyer and sacrifice fly by Ted Martinez. After Forsch walked George Theodore, de los Santos came in and retired Bud Harrelson to end the rally.

Reds 4, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Pinch-hitter Terry Crowley doubled in the eighth inning and scored Darrel Chaney, who had singled, to bring the Reds a 4-3 victory over the Phillies. A streak of wildness by Steve Carlton, who walked three batters in the third inning, set up the Reds' first run on an infield out by Dave Concepcion. Bob Boone tied the score with a homer in the Phillies' half, but the Reds took advantage of an error by Bill Robinson to go ahead again with two runs in the seventh. Don Gullett singled and scored when Robinson let a single by Pete Rose get past him for a two-base error. Tony Perez followed with a sacrifice fly to drive in Rose. The Phillies pulled even in their half when Greg Luzinski, starting in the outfield for the first time since damaging his knee on June 5, singled with the bases loaded.

Cardinals 5, Padres 1 at San Diego (night game):
Lou Brock, becoming only the third man in modern baseball history to steal 90 bases in one season, ignited a four-run rally in the seventh inning as the Cardinals defeated the Padres, 5-1. Brock, who was thrown out for the 21st time in the first inning, pilfered his 90th base in the fifth and then singled and stole No. 91 in the seventh. After walks to Reggie Smith and Joe Torre loaded the bases, Bake McBride batted in two runs with a single and Ted Simmons drove in two more with a double. Simmons also doubled home the Cards' first run following a triple by McBride in the sixth. Johnny Grubb homered for the Padres' run in their half of the sixth. The only previous major league thieves with at least 90 stolen bases in the present era were Ty Cobb in 1915 and Maury Wills in 1962 and '65.

Pirates 3, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Ed Kirkpatrick doubled home two runs with two out in the 11th inning to enable the Pirates to extend their winning streak to six games with a 3-1 victory over the Giants. The Pirates scored their initial run in the third on singles by Rennie Stennett, Richie Hebner and Al Oliver. The Giants knotted the count in their half. Garry Maddox singled and stole second. Gary Thomasson walked and, after a double steal, Maddox scored on an infield out by Gary Matthews. The Giants, who collected 11 hits off Jerry Reuss and three more off Dave Giusti, stranded 16 runners, including three in the seventh, three in the ninth and three more in the 10th. Jim Barr, who hurled the route for the Giants, walked Dave Parker and Richie Zisk in the 11th. After Manny Sanguillen forced Zisk at second, Kirkpatrick came through with his double.