MLB standings through games of September 1, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 1, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	132	72	60	0	.545		591	549	41-25	31-35	4-6	Lost 3
New York Yankees	132	70	62	0	.530	2.0	546	520	38-26	32-36	9-1	Won 5
Baltimore Orioles	132	67	65	0	.508	5.0	527	531	34-32	33-33	5-5	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	131	65	65	1	.500	6.0	541	556	34-31	31-34	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	134	64	70	0	.478	9.0	543	543	34-35	30-35	4-6	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	133	62	71	0	.466	10.5	490	602	32-34	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	134	77	57	0	.575		608	471	40-26	37-31	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	133	69	64	0	.519	7.5	577	523	35-31	34-33	3-7	Lost 4
Texas Rangers	135	69	65	1	.515	8.0	598	614	36-31	33-34	7-3	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	135	66	68	1	.493	11.0	566	585	37-30	29-38	6-4	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	136	65	69	2	.485	12.0	600	646	39-29	26-40	5-5	Lost 4
California Angels	135	52	82	1	.388	25.0	530	577	26-42	26-40	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	133	70	63	0	.526		602	528	40-26	30-37	8-2	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	134	69	65	0	.515	1.5	547	526	36-31	33-34	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	133	66	67	0	.496	4.0	563	569	41-29	25-38	4-6	Won 2
Montreal Expos	131	61	70	0	.466	8.0	528	551	28-34	33-36	3-7	Won 1
New York Mets	131	60	71	0	.458	9.0	467	523	32-34	28-37	7-3	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	130	55	75	0	.423	13.5	524	657	28-37	27-38	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	133	84	49	0	.632		667	463	44-21	40-28	7-3	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	134	81	53	0	.604	3.5	636	504	39-29	42-24	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	134	73	61	0	.545	11.5	544	473	38-29	35-32	5-5	Lost 3
Houston Astros	133	68	65	0	.511	16.0	542	513	40-27	28-38	5-5	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	134	60	74	0	.448	24.5	517	589	31-35	29-39	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	134	50	84	0	.373	34.5	456	697	29-39	21-45	1-9	Lost 5

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 7, White Sox 5 at Chicago (day game):
The Yankees knocked out Bart Johnson, who had previously pitched two straight shutouts, and defeated the White Sox, 7-5, for their fifth straight victory and 10th in the last 11 games. The Yankees scored their first six runs off Johnson and added another tally off Skip Pitlock for a 7-0 lead before the White Sox made the game close. Jorge Orta knocked in two runs with a triple in the seventh and in the eighth Ken Henderson and Ed Herrmann hit homers, Herrmann's blow coming with a man on base, to chase Pat Dobson. Mike Wallace finished. The Yankees' 14 hits gave them a total of 50 in the three-game sweep of the White Sox.

A's 5, Tigers 3 at Detroit (day game):
Homers by Sal Bando and Gene Tenace, together with two stolen bases by Bert Campaneris that set up runs, enabled the Athletics to defeat the Tigers, 5-3. Catfish Hunter, with help from Rollie Fingers in the eighth inning, gained his 21st victory. Campaneris singled in the first, stole second and scored on a single by Reggie Jackson before Bando came to the plate and hit for the circuit. In the Tigers' half, Reggie Sanders became the 41st player to homer on his first time at bat in the major leagues. Campaneris walked in the third, stole second again and scored on a single by Joe Rudi. Al Kaline drove in a Tiger run with a double in the fifth and subsequently counted himself on a sacrifice fly by Ben Oglivie before Tenace wound up the scoring with his homer in the ninth. Tenace tied two major league records for idleness at first base, going through the entire game without handling a putout or accepting a fielding chance.

Orioles 7, Royals 1 at Kansas City (day game):
Steve Busby, trying for the second time to gain his 20th victory, was foiled by the Orioles, who got seven-hit hurling from Dave McNally and beat the Royals, 7-1. The Orioles tagged Busby for a run in the first inning on a double by Al Bumbry and single by Tommy Davis. Earl Williams homered in the second and another run followed on a walk to Elrod Hendricks and triple by Enos Cabell. Busby yielded two more tallies before being lifted in the sixth. The Royals counted their lone run off McNally in the eighth on singles by Jim Wohlford and Amos Otis and a pair of grounders.

Brewers 3, Angels 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
A double steal on which Johnny Briggs scored marked the Brewers' three-run start in the first inning en route to a 3-1 victory over the Angels. An error by George Scott enabled the Angels to score an unearned run off Jim Slaton to begin the game before the Brewers beat Ed Figueroa in their half. With two out, Scott doubled to make up for his error and Briggs walked. Darrell Porter singled, scoring Scott and sending Briggs to third. Briggs then worked his double steal with Porter. Deron Johnson followed with a single to drive in Porter. Figueroa allowed only one more hit the rest of the way, but Angels were unable to catch up against Slaton.

Twins 9, Red Sox 6 at Minnesota (day game):
A pinch-homer by Pat Bourque for his first hit since being acquired by the Twins climaxed a four-run rally in the ninth inning that beat the Red Sox, 9-6. Carl Yastrzemski homered and Rico Petrocelli knocked in two runs with a double to help the Red Sox take a 6-2 lead before the Twins chased Reggie Cleveland while scoring three runs in the seventh. Still trailing by one run, the Twins opened the ninth with a single by Tony Oliva. Eric Soderholm sacrificed and, after a walk to Steve Braun, Bobby Darwin hit a pinch-single to drive in Luis Gomez, running for Oliva. Bourque then batted for Danny Thompson and delivered his three-run homer.

Rangers 10, Indians 3 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers sent 12 men to bat and scored eight runs in the third inning to defeat the Indians, 10-3. The big blow of the outburst was a three-run double by Cesar Tovar. Dave Nelson hit two singles and scored twice in the stanza.

Expos 2, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (day game):
Mike Torrez yielded only five hits and pitched the Expos to a 2-1 victory over the Reds in a duel with Don Gullett. Ron Hunt scored both Expos' runs. After being hit by a pitch in the third inning, Hunt crossed the plate on singles by Bob Bailey and Ron Woods. Hunt followed with a single in the fifth, advanced on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Hal Breeden. The only run off Torrez came in the seventh on a double by Tony Perez and two grounders.

Dodgers 6, Pirates 2 at Los Angeles (day game):
Steve Yeager and Davey Lopes hit two-run homers off Dock Ellis with two out in the sixth inning to power the Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Pirates. Ellis, who was stopped on his eight-game winning streak, yielded the Dodgers' initial run in the third on a single by Bill Buckner and two-out double by Willie Crawford. With two away in the sixth, Bill Russell singled and Yeager homered. Don Sutton then walked and Lopes also hit for the circuit. The Dodgers added their last run in the seventh on a single by Steve Garvey, double by Ron Cey and sacrifice fly by Yeager. The Pirates disposed of Sutton with a run in the ninth on a single by Manny Sanguillen, pass to Ed Kirkpatrick and single by Paul Popovich. Mike Marshall relieved and forced in a run by walking Richie Hebner with the bases loaded before Al Oliver lined into a double play to end the game.

Mets 3, Braves 0 at New York (day game):
Tug McGraw posted the first shutout of his major league career, pitching the Mets to a 3-0 victory over the Braves. In gaining his second triumph as a starter in one week since coming out of the bullpen, McGraw turned in his first complete game since May 4, 1969. The Mets provided their lefthander with a run in the fourth inning on singles by John Milner and Rusty Staub and sacrifice fly by Benny Ayala. Two other tallies followed in the fifth on an infield hit by Ted Martinez, walk to McGraw, a passed ball, single by Bud Harrelson and grounder by Felix Millan.

Phillies 8, Astros 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Dick Ruthven not only pitched a three-hitter, but also collected three hits himself as the Phillies defeated the Astros, 8-1. Del Unser rapped three hits for the third straight game and Mike Schmidt smashed a homer as the other highlights in the Phillies' attack. Ruthven batted in one run and scored one. Dave Cash accounted for three RBIs with a grounder, and the Astros' run off Ruthven counted without benefit of a hit in the eighth inning on two walks, an infield out and sacrifice fly by Milt May.

Cubs 4, Padres 1 at San Diego (day game):
The Cubs scored three runs in the first inning, two coming on a homer by Andre Thornton, and went on to defeat the Padres, 4-1. Billy Grabarkewitz, leading off, was safe on an error, stole second and scored on a single by Pete LaCock before Thornton rapped his round-tripper. The Padres' run came in the second on a walk to Willie McCovey, single by Dave Winfield and infield out by Dave Hilton. The Cubs got that run back in the ninth with a single by LaCock, pass to Rick Monday and single by Jerry Morales.

Cardinals 8, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Lou Brock stole four bases, bringing his season's total to 98, in leading the Cardinals to an 8-1 victory over the Giants behind the pitching of Bob Gibson. With his four thefts, Brock became the second highest base-stealer in modern history, passing Ty Cobb's total of 96 in 1915. Only Maury Wills, who pilfered 104 bases in 1962, was ahead of Brock. The Cardinals scored a run off Ed Halicki in the first inning on a triple by Reggie Smith and error by Dave Kingman before the Giants picked up their lone tally in the second when Dave Rader tripled and Bruce Miller doubled. The Cards then broke the game apart with four runs in the fourth, two scoring on a single by Ted Simmons.