MLB standings through games of September 3, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 3, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	134	72	62	0	.537		591	551	41-25	31-37	2-8	Lost 5
New York Yankees	134	71	63	0	.530	1.0	551	524	39-27	32-36	8-2	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	134	69	65	0	.515	3.0	529	531	36-32	33-33	6-4	Won 6
Cleveland Indians	133	66	66	1	.500	5.0	550	562	34-31	32-35	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	136	65	71	0	.478	8.0	547	548	34-35	31-36	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	135	63	72	0	.467	9.5	496	611	33-35	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	136	79	57	0	.581		621	475	42-26	37-31	8-2	Won 3
Texas Rangers	137	70	66	1	.515	9.0	607	626	37-32	33-34	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	135	69	66	0	.511	9.5	582	531	35-33	34-33	2-8	Lost 6
Chicago White Sox	138	67	69	2	.493	12.0	608	651	39-29	28-40	5-5	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	137	67	69	1	.493	12.0	578	594	37-30	30-39	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	137	52	84	1	.382	27.0	534	590	26-42	26-42	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	136	73	63	0	.537		628	535	43-26	30-37	8-2	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	136	71	65	0	.522	2.0	560	531	38-31	33-34	5-5	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	136	66	70	0	.485	7.0	570	595	41-29	25-41	3-7	Lost 3
New York Mets	133	62	71	0	.466	9.5	480	527	32-34	30-37	9-1	Won 6
Montreal Expos	133	61	72	0	.459	10.5	533	564	28-34	33-38	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	132	55	77	0	.417	16.0	528	670	28-39	27-38	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	135	84	51	0	.622		675	477	44-23	40-28	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	136	82	54	0	.603	2.5	646	513	39-29	43-25	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	137	76	61	0	.555	9.0	563	477	41-29	35-32	6-4	Won 3
Houston Astros	135	69	66	0	.511	15.0	551	523	41-28	28-38	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	136	62	74	0	.456	22.5	531	597	31-35	31-39	6-4	Won 2
San Diego Padres	137	50	87	0	.365	35.0	460	716	29-39	21-48	1-9	Lost 8

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Indians 5, Tigers 1 (day game) / Tigers 5, Indians 4 at Detroit (night game):
John Hiller gained his 16th victory, tying the A. L. record for most games won by a relief pitcher, when the Tigers defeated the Indians, 5-4, in 11 innings in the nightcap of a twi-night doubleheader. The Indians took a 5-1 decision in the opener behind the six-hit hurling of Gaylord Perry. Oscar Gamble backed Perry with two homers, driving in three runs. Al Kaline deprived Perry of a shutout by hitting for the circuit in the ninth inning. In the second game, Gamble hit his third homer of the doubleheader after a single by Frank Duffy to tie the score at 2-2 in the sixth. With Hiller on the mound in relief, Gamble singled and Charlie Spikes homered to put the Indians ahead, but Gates Brown saved the Tigers from defeat in their half, delivering a two-run homer for the 100th pinch-hit of his major league career. In the 11th, Ben Oglivie doubled and Reggie Sanders was passed intentionally. After Leon Roberts grounded out, the Indians chose to pitch to Tom Veryzer, who singled to drive in the winning run.

White Sox 2, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Scoring twice in the first inning, the White Sox brought Jack Kucek his first major league victory by defeating the Royals, 2-1. Kucek, a righthander from Miami (Ohio) University, needed help from Terry Forster after Frank White doubled and Vada Pinson singled in the eighth inning. Forster gave up a run-scoring single by Cookie Rojas, but then retired the next three batters to end the threat. Pat Kelly singled for the White Sox in the first, stole second and was doubled home by Tony Muser. Ken Henderson followed with a single to score Muser with what proved to be the winning run.

A's 7, Angels 0 at Oakland (night game):
The Athletics knocked out strikeout king Nolan Ryan and defeated the Angels, 7-0, behind the five-hit pitching of Ken Holtzman. Ryan yielded only three hits, but walked eight and fanned just two before being lifted with one out in the fifth inning. In the first, a double by Claudell Washington, three walks and an error by Bobby Valentine resulted in three runs. Reggie Jackson walked in the fifth, stole second and scored on a single by Sal Bando. After another pass and error by Dave Chalk, Skip Lockwood relieved and gave up a two-run single by Ray Fosse.

Rangers 6, Twins 3 at Texas (night game):
Two errors on one play with two out in sixth inning enabled the Rangers to score three unearned runs to defeat the Twins, 6-3. Toby Harrah hit a grounder that bounced off Rod Carew's glove. Danny Thompson grabbed the ball on the run, but threw wildly to first. As a result, Jim Fregosi, who had walked, scored to break a 3-3 tie. Mike Hargrove followed with double, driving in Harrah, and Joe Lovitto singled, scoring Hargrove. The Rangers' earlier scoring included a homer by Harrah. Bobby Darwin batted in the Twins' tallies with a pair of round-trippers.

Braves 7, Padres 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Davey Johnson homered for the third game in a row to start the Braves' scoring in a 7-2 victory over the Padres. After Johnson's drive in the second inning, the Padres tied the score with an unearned run in the sixth, but the Braves came back with two tallies in their half. Dusty Baker walked, stole second and scored on a single by Mike Lum, who took second on the throw and counted on a single by Craig Robinson. A homer by Willie McCovey for the Padres in the eighth proved of no consequence when the Braves clinched the victory with four runs in their half on a base on balls, four singles and a sacrifice fly by Baker, who went through the game without an official time at bat, walking in his first four trips. A blister forced Buzz Capra to leave after seven innings. Tom House finished.

[DH] Mets 2, Cubs 0 (day game) / Mets 11, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
After Jon Matlack pitched a 2-0 victory in the first game, the Mets piled up 13 hits and defeated the Cubs, 11-4, to complete the sweep of a doubleheader. Matlack yielded only four hits and struck out 10. John Milner drove in both runs, one with a single in the first inning and the other with a homer in the sixth. The second game was a tight contest until the Mets scored five runs in the seventh inning and five more in the eighth. After the outburst in the seventh put the Mets ahead, 6-2, Tom Seaver faltered in the Cubs' half and gave way to Harry Parker. However, any doubt over the game's outcome was erased in the eighth when singles by Bud Harrelson and Felix Millan, a walk to Milner, single by Benny Ayala and homer by Wayne Garrett added the final five runs to the Mets' total.

Reds 7, Astros 5 at Houston (night game):
The Reds completed their comeback with two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Astros, 7-5. The Reds scored twice in the first, but the Astros jumped on Clay Kirby for four runs in their half, two counting on a single by Doug Rader. Lee May added a run to the Astros' total with a homer in the fifth, but the Reds picked up a tally in the sixth and tied the score when Tony Perez batted in two runs with a single in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Terry Crowley drew a walk to open the ninth and raced to third on a wild pickoff throw by Ken Forsch. Crowley held third on an infield hit by Rose, but then scored the tie-breaking run on a single by Joe Morgan. Rose took third on the hit and crossed the plate with an insurance run on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Bench.

Giants 9, Dodgers 5 at Los Angeles (night game):
Although Gary Matthews smashed a grand slam, John Montefusco grabbed the spotlight for the Giants by pitching nine innings of relief and hitting a homer on his first official time at bat in the major leagues to defeat the Dodgers, 9-5. Dave Kingman batted in two runs for the Giants with a single in the first, but Giants' starter Ron Bryant failed to retire a batter in the Dodgers' half. Four runs scored on one hit, three walks and two errors before Montefusco retired the side. Doug Rau, pitching for the Dodgers, loaded the bases on three walks in the third and then was the victim of Matthews' grand slam. Montefusco, who had walked in the second inning, hit his homer off Charlie Hough with a man on base in the third. Oddly, the rookie righthander had not had a previous time at bat this season, having pitched for Amarillo (Texas) and Phoenix (Pacific Coast) in leagues which employed designated hitters for pitchers.

Pirates 8, Phillies 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Jim Rooker pitched a six-hitter and also doubled and singled in the fifth inning when the Pirates exploded for seven runs to defeat the Phillies, 8-2. Rooker opened the big inning with a double and scored on singles by Rennie Stennett and Al Oliver. Mike Anderson fumbled Oliver's hit, allowing Stennett to take third and Oliver second. After an intentional pass to Willie Stargell loaded the bases, Richie Zisk cleared the sacks with a triple. Manny Sanguillen followed with a single, scoring Zisk. Frank Taveras singled, Sanguillen going to third and Taveras taking second on the throw. Rooker, coming to bat for a second time, then climaxed the outburst with a two-run single.

[DH] Cardinals 5, Expos 1 (night game) / Cardinals 8, Expos 4 at St. Louis (night game):
Reggie Smith hit two homers and Joe Torre one in the first game and the Cardinals got a two-run homer by Bake McBride and a pair of run-scoring doubles by Ken Reitz in the second game to defeat the Expos, 5-1 and 8-4, in a twi-night doubleheader. In addition to his two homers in the opener, Smith also singled and scored another run. Tony Scott singled in the third inning for his first major league hit and scored the Expos' only run off Lynn McGlothen, who gained his 16th victory. In the second game, Lou Brock stole his 99th base of the season to help the Cardinals take a 4-0 lead before the Expos rallied for three runs in the fifth, two scoring on a pinch-single by Willie Davis, but the Cardinals retaliated with a pair in their half on a single by Ted Simmons, pass to Torre, wild throw by Larry Lintz and Reitz' second double in the game. McBride clinched matters by hitting his two-run homer in the seventh.