MLB standings through games of August 31, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 31, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	131	72	59	0	.550		585	540	41-25	31-34	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	131	69	62	0	.527	3.0	539	515	38-26	31-36	9-1	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	130	65	64	1	.504	6.0	538	546	34-31	31-33	4-6	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	131	66	65	0	.504	6.0	520	530	34-32	32-33	4-6	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	133	63	70	0	.474	10.0	540	542	33-35	30-35	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	132	62	70	0	.470	10.5	487	597	32-33	30-37	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	133	76	57	0	.571		603	468	40-26	36-31	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	132	69	63	0	.523	6.5	576	516	35-30	34-33	4-6	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	134	68	65	1	.511	8.0	588	611	35-31	33-34	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	135	65	68	2	.489	11.0	595	639	39-28	26-40	5-5	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	134	65	68	1	.489	11.0	557	579	36-30	29-38	5-5	Won 2
California Angels	134	52	81	1	.391	24.0	529	574	26-42	26-39	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	132	70	62	0	.530		600	522	40-26	30-36	8-2	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	133	68	65	0	.511	2.5	539	525	36-31	32-34	3-7	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	132	65	67	0	.492	5.0	555	568	40-29	25-38	3-7	Won 1
Montreal Expos	130	60	70	0	.462	9.0	526	550	28-34	32-36	3-7	Lost 1
New York Mets	130	59	71	0	.454	10.0	464	523	31-34	28-37	6-4	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	129	54	75	0	.419	14.5	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	132	83	49	0	.629		661	461	43-21	40-28	7-3	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	133	81	52	0	.609	2.5	635	502	39-28	42-24	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	133	73	60	0	.549	10.5	544	470	38-29	35-31	6-4	Lost 2
Houston Astros	132	68	64	0	.515	15.0	541	505	40-27	28-37	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	133	60	73	0	.451	23.5	516	581	31-34	29-39	5-5	Won 3
San Diego Padres	133	50	83	0	.376	33.5	455	693	29-38	21-45	2-8	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 18, White Sox 6 at Chicago (night game):
The Yankees exploded for 25 hits, high in the A.L. this season, and walloped the White Sox, 18-6. Roy White collected five hits and Gene Michael and Thurman Munson rapped four apiece. Munson, who had a homer, double and two singles, drove in five runs. Doc Medich, pitching with a 10-0 lead, couldn't stand the prosperity and was knocked out in the sixth inning when the White Sox rallied for six runs, two coming on a homer by Carlos May and three on a homer by Ed Herrmann. Sparky Lyle took over and held the White Sox to two hits in last 3 2/3 innings.

Tigers 7, A's 3 at Detroit (night game):
Erupting for six runs in the sixth inning, the Tigers defeated the Athletics, 7-3. Ray Fosse homered for the A's, who held a 3-1 lead before the Tigers bared their teeth. Consecutive singles by Ron LeFlore, Gary Sutherland and Al Kaline produced the first run of the rally and kayoed Vida Blue. Bill Freehan bunted and when reliever Rollie Fingers threw late to third, all hands were safe. Ben Oglivie drew a walk, forcing in Sutherland. Aurelio Rodriguez struck out but Gates Brown singled, driving in two runs to send the Tigers ahead. Ed Brinkman laid down a sacrifice bunt, scoring Oglivie. John Wockenfuss followed with a sacrifice fly and Jim Nettles, running for Brown, counted the sixth run of the stanza.

Orioles 3, Royals 2 at Kansas City (night game):
After Bobby Grich batted in two runs with a bases-loaded double in the seventh inning, the Orioles added a run on an error by George Brett to defeat the Royals, 3-2. Enos Cabell and Andy Etchebarren singled and Paul Blair walked to fill the sacks. Blair forced Cabell at the plate before Grich came through with his two-bagger. Blair then scored from third base when Brett erred on a grounder by Earl Williams. However, Williams was given credit for an RBI and the run was ruled earned.

Brewers 6, Angels 5 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Brewers scored three runs in the ninth inning, capping their rally with a single by Johnny Briggs, to defeat the Angels, 6-5. Bruce Bochte hit two homers for the Angels. The Brewers, who had collected only four hits off Andy Hassler previously in the game, opened the ninth with a single by Bob Coluccio. John Vukovich went out, but when Pedro Garcia singled, Horacio Pina relieved Hassler. Don Money singled, scoring Coluccio. The Angels then changed pitchers again, bringing in Luis Quintana. The Brewers, who had announced Darrell Porter as a pinch-hitter, switched to Bobby Mitchell, who singled to drive in Garcia with the tying run. Briggs followed with his winning hit.

Twins 6, Red Sox 2 at Minnesota (day game):
Tony Oliva and Steve Braun hit homers and knocked in two runs apiece to lead the Twins to a 6-2 victory over the Red Sox. Oliva rapped his round-tripper in the third inning. Braun connected for the circuit after a pass to Eric Soderholm in the sixth. Oliva then accounted for his second RBI of the game with a single in the seventh. Carl Yastrzemski batted in both of the Red Sox runs with a single and homer.

Rangers 2, Indians 0 at Texas (night game):
Fergie Jenkins, who won 20 games six times with the Cubs, entered the charmed circle again in his first season in the A. L. by pitching the Rangers to a 2-0 victory over the Indians. The veteran righthander also struck out nine to bring his career total to an even 2,000. The Rangers scored their initial run off Jim Perry in the first inning when Jim Spencer hit a sacrifice fly after Lenny Randle and Jeff Burroughs singled and Mike Hargrove walked to load the bases. Their other run in the third was unearned. Charlie Spikes dropped a fly by Dave Nelson, who then took second on a sacrifice by Randle and scored on a single by Burroughs.

Reds 10, Expos 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Johnny Bench drove in seven runs with a bases-loaded double and grand-slam homer, raising his season's RBI total to 105, as the Reds walloped the Expos, 10-3. In the second inning, singles by George Foster, Darrel Chaney and Pete Rose produced one run before Cesar Geronimo walked to load the bases and set the stage for Bench's double. In the sixth, Dale Murray, pitching for the Expos in relief of Steve Renko, issued four passes to force in one run. Don Carrithers then relieved to face Bench, who smashed his homer.

Pirates 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
A homer by Richie Zisk with two men on base climaxed a four-run outburst in the sixth inning and enabled the Pirates to defeat the Dodgers, 4-3. Larry Demery, who pitched the first seven innings before giving way to Dave Giusti, gained his sixth straight victory. The Dodgers counted twice in the fifth on successive singles by Geoff Zahn, Davey Lopes, Bill Buckner and Jim Wynn after two out. Demery singled for the Pirates' only hit off Zahn in the first five innings before the rookie pitcher doubled to lead off the sixth. Demery then attempted to take third on a grounder by Rennie Stennett, but was thrown out. Zahn retired Manny Sanguillen, but Al Oliver beat out an infield hit and Willie Stargell singled to score Stennett before Zisk came to plate and smashed his decisive homer. The Dodgers picked up a futile run on a homer by Steve Yeager in the seventh.

Mets 6, Braves 5 at New York (day game):
Rusty Staub batted in three runs, including two with a single in the eighth inning, to lead the Mets to a 6-5 victory over the Braves. Ron Reed was scheduled to pitch for the Braves but was sidelined by muscle spasms in his back. As a result, Danny Frisella drew his first start since August 5, 1970, snapping his string of 188 consecutive relief appearances. The Mets jumped on their former teammate for four runs, counting three times in the third and once in the fourth on a walk to Ed Kranepool and triple by Staub. The Braves came back with three runs in the sixth and went ahead with two in the seventh on a double by Ralph Garr, two walks, an infield hit by Davey Johnson and infield out by Mike Lum. Garr's hit was his 200th of the season. However, the Mets rallied to win in the eighth when Ken Boswell and Bud Harrelson singled, Felix Millan sacrificed and Staub drove both runners home with a single.

Phillies 10, Astros 6 at Philadelphia (night game):
Jay Johnstone homered with two men on base in the second inning and Willie Montanez accounted for three RBIs with a double in the fourth when the Phillies exploded for seven runs to defeat the Astros, 10-6. Larry Christenson, who relieved when Jim Lonborg went out for a pinch-hitter in the fourth, gained his first victory of the season. Johnstone's homer followed a double by Greg Luzinski and single by Del Unser. In the fourth, Luzinski, Unser and Bob Boone singled for a run to chase J.R. Richard. Ollie Brown, batting for Lonborg, greeted Mike Cosgrove with a double to drive in another run. Larry Bowa hit a sacrifice fly. After the Phillies loaded the bases, Montanez cleared the sacks with his double and then scored himself on a single by Luzinski. Milt May, Doug Rader and Cesar Cedeno homered for the Astros.

Giants 3, Cardinals 2 at San Francisco (day game):
John D'Acquisto, with relief help from John Morris, became the first rookie pitcher in the San Francisco club's history to win 10 games when the Giants defeated the Cardinals, 3-2. Before being lifted, D'Acquisto struck out eight to bring his season's total to 143, an all-time record for a freshman hurler in the Giants' modern annals, including the New York era. The Cards counted once in the first inning. Reggie Smith singled and took third on a single by Ted Simmons. Simmons was caught off first but before he could be retired in a rundown, Smith scored from third. The Giants struck for all their runs in the fourth, two of them unearned. Gary Thomasson singled, Gary Matthews walked and Ed Goodson singled to produce the first tally. Matthews and Goodson worked a double steal as Dave Kingman was called out on strikes. Bruce Miller then hit a grounder that skipped past Mike Tyson for an error, Matthews and Goodson scoring. Lou Brock, who was scheduled to have the day off for rest, singled as a pinch-hitter for the Cardinals in the eighth and stole his 94th base. A walk to Ted Sizemore and single by Smith allowed Brock to score before Morris took over in relief of D'Acquisto.