MLB standings through games of August 29, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 29, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	129	72	57	0	.558		581	531	41-25	31-32	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	129	67	62	0	.519	5.0	513	504	38-26	29-36	8-2	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	128	64	63	1	.504	7.0	531	541	34-31	30-32	4-6	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	129	64	65	0	.496	8.0	508	526	34-32	30-33	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	131	62	69	0	.473	11.0	532	528	32-34	30-35	4-6	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	130	61	69	0	.469	11.5	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	132	67	64	1	.511	8.0	583	604	34-30	33-34	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	133	65	66	2	.496	10.0	584	613	39-26	26-40	5-5	Lost 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	130	68	62	0	.523		592	516	40-26	28-36	7-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	131	68	63	0	.519	0.5	535	514	36-31	32-32	4-6	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	130	64	66	0	.492	4.0	543	559	39-28	25-38	3-7	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	128	59	69	0	.461	8.0	512	537	28-34	31-35	3-7	Lost 2
New York Mets	128	57	71	0	.445	10.0	454	516	29-34	28-37	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	127	52	75	0	.409	14.5	511	652	28-37	24-38	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	130	83	47	0	.638		655	453	43-19	40-28	8-2	Won 5
Cincinnati Reds	131	80	51	0	.611	3.5	622	488	38-27	42-24	8-2	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	131	73	58	0	.557	10.5	537	460	38-29	35-29	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	130	67	63	0	.515	16.0	532	493	40-27	27-36	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	131	58	73	0	.443	25.5	505	577	29-34	29-39	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	131	50	81	0	.382	33.5	451	684	29-36	21-45	2-8	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 3, White Sox 2 at Chicago (night game):
The Red Sox foiled Wilbur Wood's bid for his 20th victory by scoring three early runs and making them stand up for a 3-2 victory over the White Sox. A double by Tommy Harper and single by Rick Burleson produced a run in the first inning before the Red Sox added a pair in the third on singles by Rick Miller and Harper, an infield out and single by Carl Yastrzemski. The White Sox were checked by Bill Lee until the seventh when an error helped them score their two runs. Bill Melton singled to start the stanza. Ken Henderson hit a foul fly which Dwight Evans dropped for an error. Given a new chance at the plate, Henderson tripled. The Red Sox removed Lee and brought in Diego Segui. The White Sox then scored their second run on a grounder by Jerry Hairston. Segui gave up a double by Bucky Dent and pass to Dick Allen in the eighth, but clamped down to choke off that White Sox threat.

Orioles 6, Rangers 2 at Texas (night game):
Tommy Davis batted in three runs and Brooks Robinson added a homer as the Orioles ended their four-game losing streak by defeating the Rangers, 6-2. After taking a 2-0 lead, the Orioles loaded the bases in the fourth inning and when Davis followed with a long single, all three runners scored. Robinson hit his homer in the fifth. Toby Harrah rapped two doubles for the Rangers, scoring one run and driving in another.

Dodgers 3, Cubs 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
With a crowd of 26,262 on hand, the Dodgers went over the 2,000,000 total in attendance and marked the milestone by defeating the Cubs, 3-1, behind the three-hit hurling of Andy Messersmith and Mike Marshall. Messersmith held the Cubs hitless until Pete LaCock smashed his first major league homer in the seventh inning. Messersmith gave up a single by Jerry Morales before retiring the side. Marshall relieved in the eighth and yielded one hit.

Braves 7, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
A homer by Ralph Garr with two men on base in the third inning started the Braves off to a 7-2 victory over the Expos. Mike Lum also homered for the Braves' first run, but the score was tied when Vic Correll was hit by a pitch, Phil Niekro was safe on an error and Garr provided the decisive blow with his round-tripper. Ken Singleton hit a homer for the Expos in the eighth.

Mets 7, Astros 0 at New York (day game):
A winner for the first time since July 29, Tom Seaver allowed only five hits and pitched the Mets to a 7-0 victory over the Astros. The shutout was the fourth of the season for Seaver, who balanced his record at 8-8. The Mets tagged Dave Roberts for a run in the first inning and added three in the third on a walk to Bud Harrelson, consecutive triples by Felix Millan and Ted Martinez and sacrifice fly by Rusty Staub. In the sixth, when the Mets counted their last three runs, Greg Gross committed his first error of the season in the outfield for the Astros.

Cardinals 3, Padres 1 at San Diego (night game):
After retiring the first 21 batters in succession, John Curtis had to settle for a one-hitter in pitching the Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Padres. Ted Simmons homered in the seventh inning to account for the Cards' first run. Curtis' bid for a perfect game was spoiled when the lefthander walked Dave Winfield in the eighth. After a sacrifice by Cito Gaston and another pass to Derrel Thomas, Dave Hilton flied out, Winfield taking third after the catch. Fred Kendall then rapped a ground single to left field for the Padres' lone hit to drive in Winfield. Randy Jones, who started for the Padres, was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the home half of the eighth and Larry Hardy was the loser in relief in the ninth. After retiring the first two batters, the Cardinals broke away with two runs on singles by Bake McBride, Ken Reitz, pinch-hitter Jim Dwyer and Mike Tyson. Lou Brock stole his 92nd and 93rd bases of the season.

Giants 3, Pirates 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Dave Kingman singled in the 11th inning for his third hit of the game and drove in Gary Matthews to lift the Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Pirates, who were stopped on their six-game winning streak. The Giants scored a run in the first on a single by Tito Fuentes and double by Gary Thomasson. Kingman made it 2-0 with a homer in the fourth. The Pirates were checked until the eighth when Art Howe walked and scored on singles by Gene Clines and Rennie Stennett. Willie Stargell then tied the score with a homer in the ninth. Matthews set up the Giants' winning run with a single in 11th. Bruce Miller sacrificed and, after an intentional pass to Chris Speier, Kingman hit his single.