MLB standings through games of August 30, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 30, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	130	72	58	0	.554		583	534	41-25	31-33	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	130	68	62	0	.523	4.0	521	509	38-26	30-36	8-2	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	129	65	63	1	.508	6.0	538	544	34-31	31-32	4-6	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	130	65	65	0	.500	7.0	517	528	34-32	31-33	4-6	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	132	62	70	0	.470	11.0	534	537	32-35	30-35	3-7	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	131	61	70	0	.466	11.5	480	594	31-33	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	132	76	56	0	.576		600	461	40-26	36-30	6-4	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	131	69	62	0	.527	6.5	574	513	35-29	34-33	5-5	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	133	67	65	1	.508	9.0	586	611	34-31	33-34	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	134	65	67	2	.492	11.0	589	621	39-27	26-40	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	133	64	68	1	.485	12.0	551	577	35-30	29-38	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	133	52	80	1	.394	24.0	524	568	26-42	26-38	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	131	69	62	0	.527		596	519	40-26	29-36	7-3	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	132	68	64	0	.515	1.5	537	522	36-31	32-33	3-7	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	131	64	67	0	.489	5.0	545	562	39-29	25-38	2-8	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	129	60	69	0	.465	8.0	523	540	28-34	32-35	3-7	Won 1
New York Mets	129	58	71	0	.450	10.0	458	518	30-34	28-37	6-4	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	129	54	75	0	.419	14.0	520	656	28-37	26-38	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	131	83	48	0	.634		658	457	43-20	40-28	8-2	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	132	80	52	0	.606	3.5	625	499	38-28	42-24	7-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	132	73	59	0	.553	10.5	539	464	38-29	35-30	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	131	68	63	0	.519	15.0	535	495	40-27	28-36	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	132	59	73	0	.447	24.5	513	579	30-34	29-39	5-5	Won 2
San Diego Padres	133	50	83	0	.376	34.0	455	693	29-38	21-45	2-8	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 8, White Sox 5 at Chicago (night game):
The Yankees scored four unearned runs on three errors in the seventh inning to defeat the White Sox, 8-5. The White Sox, who had a homer by Bill Melton, were leading, 5-3, before being destroyed by their own ineptitude. Lou Piniella opened the seventh with a single and reached second when Skip Pitlock threw wildly on a bunt by Chris Chambliss. Rich Gossage, replacing Pitlock, threw away another bunt by Thurman Munson, allowing Piniella to score. Terry Forster relieved and the comedy of errors continued when Melton threw wildly to first on a grounder by Bill Sudakis. Walt Williams, running for Chambliss, and Munson both scored. Sudakis took second on the error, advanced to third on an infield out and counted the final run on a sacrifice fly by White.

A's 10, Tigers 5 at Detroit (night game):
Claudell Washington observed his last day as a teenager by collecting five hits and driving in three runs in the Athletics' 10-5 victory over the Tigers. The rookie outfielder batted in his first run of the game with a double in the sixth inning. Jesus Alou homered in the seventh and after Sal Bando was safe on an error and Gene Tenace walked, Washington sent them across the plate with a triple. Reggie Jackson homered with a man on base in the eighth. Al Kaline doubled for the Tigers in the sixth to reach a total of 2,975 hits for his career.

Orioles 9, Royals 2 at Kansas City (night game):
In a perfect night at bat, Tommy Davis rapped five singles as the Orioles' designated hitter to mark a 9-2 victory over the Royals. Davis scored two runs and drove in one. The Orioles' 17 hits also included four by Earl Williams and three by Brooks Robinson. The Orioles took command of the game with three runs in the first inning on singles by Bobby Grich, Davis and Williams, two wild pitches by Bruce Dal Canton and a sacrifice fly by Robinson. In the eighth, when the Orioles iced the verdict, Robinson accounted for his second RBI of the game with a single and Enos Cabell drove in two runs with another single. John Mayberry homered for the Royals.

Angels 9, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Nolan Ryan became first pitcher in modern history to strike out 300 or more batters in each of three consecutive seasons as the Angels' righthander defeated the Brewers, 9-2. Ryan fanned nine to bring his total to 304 after whiffing 329 in 1972 and 383 in 1973. Frank Robinson provided the principal batting support for Ryan, hitting two homers and a triple and driving in four runs. Dave Chalk also hit a round-tripper for the Angels, while Don Money had one for the Brewers. Ryan allowed seven hits.

Twins 3, Red Sox 2 at Minnesota (night game):
Making up for his damaging error, Rod Carew hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to bring the Twins a 3-2 victory over the Red Sox. Harmon Killebrew drove in the Twins' first two runs with a pair of sacrifice flies, but a fielding error by Carew with the bases loaded in the fourth enabled the Red Sox to tie the score against Bert Blyleven, who allowed only four hits and struck out 14. In the ninth, Glenn Borgmann walked, stopped at third on a double by Steve Brye and scored the Twins' winning run on Carew's fly.

Indians 7, Rangers 3 at Texas (night game):
Rico Carty, a former member of the Rangers, made his first appearance against his old club and drove in three runs with a double to lead the Indians to a 7-3 victory. Carty also rapped two singles in five trips. Oscar Gamble singled and Rusty Torres homered for the Indians in the second inning, but the score was tied, 2-2, when the Indians began the fourth with a single by Gamble. Torres also singled and when Jeff Burroughs threw wildly from the outfield, Gamble scored. Dave Duncan was hit by a pitch, Luis Alvarado sacrificed and John Lowenstein walked to load the bases. Steve Foucault took over as the Rangers' third pitcher of the inning and struck out Frank Duffy, but Carty then beat his former teammates with a double that drove in three runs.

Expos 11, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Expos set a Montreal club record for most homers in one game, smashing five among their 16 hits, in an 11-3 trouncing of the Reds. Bob Bailey belted two of the Expos' homers and Ken Singleton, Ron Woods and Mike Jorgensen rapped one apiece. Bailey's first round-tripper and Singleton's blow came off Clay Kirby, who was the Reds' loser. Woods connected as a pinch-hitter and Bailey homered for the second time in the seventh with Will McEnaney on the mound for the Reds. Jorgensen rapped his drive off Tom Hall in the ninth. Despite an 11-0 lead, Dennis Blair was unable to finish, going out after George Foster knocked in two runs with a single. Chuck Taylor gave up a run-scoring double by Pete Rose before retiring the side.

Pirates 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
A three-run rally at the expense of Mike Marshall in the eighth inning enabled the Pirates to defeat the Dodgers, 4-3. The Dodgers collected all their runs off Jim Rooker in the first on a single by Davey Lopes, pass to Jim Wynn, single by Steve Garvey, sacrifice fly by Joe Ferguson and double by Ron Cey. Richie Zisk started the Pirates' comeback with a homer off Doug Rau in the sixth. Rau was lifted after walking Rennis Stennett to open the eighth. The Pirates greeted Marshall with singles by Al Oliver and Willie Stargell, Stennett scoring. Zisk followed with a sacrifice fly on which Oliver crossed the plate. Bob Robertson then doubled and Stargell raced home from first base with the deciding run. The Dodgers threatened in the ninth when Rooker gave up two singles, but Dave Giusti relieved with one out and retired the next two batters.

Mets 4, Braves 2 at New York (night game):
Ted Martinez, who tripled and scored in the fifth inning, batted in two runs with a single in the sixth to lead the Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Braves. Davey Johnson and Vic Correll hit homers for the Braves' runs off Ray Sadecki. After hitting his triple in the fifth, Martinez crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Duffy Dyer. In the next stanza, Felix Millan doubled and Ed Kranepool walked. Buzz Capra struck out the next two batters, but then passed Wayne Garrett to load the bases before Martinez delivered his single.

Astros 3, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
The relief pitching of Ken Forsch, who took over for Don Wilson in the ninth inning, saved the Astros' 3-2 victory over the Phillies. Tommy Hutton doubled and stopped at third on a single by Mike Anderson to force the exit of Wilson. Forsch then quelled the threat, inducing Dave Cash to bounce into a double play via the plate and retiring Larry Bowa on a grounder. The Astros scored their runs with the benefit of only one hit. In the fourth, Milt May was hit by a pitch and Cliff Johnson and Doug Rader walked. After Larry Milbourne forced May at the plate, Wilson laid down a sacrifice bunt to score Johnson. Roger Metzger tripled in the fifth and Cesar Cedeno walked. When Cedeno stole second, Bob Boone made a wild throw, allowing Metzger to cross the plate. Cedeno took third on the error and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bob Watson. Del Unser batted in both of the Phillies' runs with a single and homer.

[DH] Cubs 5, Padres 1 (night game) / Cubs 4, Padres 3 at San Diego (night game):
The Cubs were forced into overtime in both ends of a twi-night doubleheader with the Padres but succeeded in winning the first game, 5-1, in 12 innings and the second game, 4-3, in 10 innings. The Cubs tied the lidlifter at 1-1 when George Mitterwald homered in the eighth. Dave Freisleben allowed only three other hits until the rookie righthander weakened in the 12th. With one out, Chris Ward singled, Don Kessinger doubled and Mitterwald drew an intentional pass to load the bases. Carmen Fanzone followed with a single to plate Ward with the tie-breaking run. Rick Stelmaszek hit a sacrifice fly to score Kessinger. Billy Grabarkewitz then capped the inning with a triple, driving in Bill Bonham, running for Mitterwald, and Fanzone. The Cubs won the nightcap with an unearned run. Grabarkewitz singled in the 10th. Jose Cardenal grounded to Dave Hilton, who threw wildly to second trying for a forceout. Grabarkewitz took third on the error and continued across the plate when Derrel Thomas bobbled the throw from the outfield.

Giants 8, Cardinals 2 at San Francisco (night game):
A homer by Dave Kingman with two men on base in the first inning capped a five-run outburst that propelled the Giants to an 8-2 victory over the Cardinals. Singles by Tito Fuentes and Gary Thomasson and a wild throw by Reggie Smith from the outfield produced the Giants' first run. After a pass to Gary Matthews, Ed Goodson singled for another tally before Kingman clouted his homer. The Cardinals, after picking up a run in the fifth, added another in the ninth on a single by Keith Hernandez for the rookie first baseman's first RBI in the major leagues. Elias Sosa relieved Mike Caldwell and retired the last three batters. The victory was Caldwell's eighth straight without a defeat in Candlestick Park this year.