MLB standings through games of September 4, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 4, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	135	72	63	0	.533		591	557	41-25	31-38	2-8	Lost 6
New York Yankees	135	72	63	0	.533		554	524	40-27	32-36	8-2	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	135	70	65	0	.519	2.0	535	531	37-32	33-33	7-3	Won 7
Cleveland Indians	134	67	66	1	.504	4.0	555	566	34-31	33-35	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	137	65	72	0	.474	8.0	547	551	34-35	31-37	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	136	63	73	0	.463	9.5	500	616	33-36	30-37	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	137	79	58	0	.577		623	480	42-27	37-31	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	138	71	66	1	.518	8.0	608	626	38-32	33-34	6-4	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	136	69	67	0	.507	9.5	582	538	35-34	34-33	1-9	Lost 7
Chicago White Sox	139	68	69	2	.496	11.0	615	651	39-29	29-40	5-5	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	138	67	70	1	.489	12.0	578	595	37-30	30-40	6-4	Lost 2
California Angels	138	53	84	1	.387	26.0	539	592	26-42	27-42	3-7	Won 1

	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	137	72	65	0	.526	1.5	565	535	39-31	33-34	6-4	Won 4
Philadelphia Phillies	136	66	70	0	.485	7.0	570	595	41-29	25-41	3-7	Lost 3
New York Mets	134	63	71	0	.470	9.0	484	529	32-34	31-37	9-1	Won 7
Montreal Expos	134	61	73	0	.455	11.0	537	569	28-34	33-39	3-7	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	133	55	78	0	.414	16.5	530	674	28-40	27-38	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	136	85	51	0	.625		681	480	45-23	40-28	6-4	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	137	83	54	0	.606	2.5	648	514	39-29	44-25	6-4	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	138	77	61	0	.558	9.0	568	480	42-29	35-32	6-4	Won 4
Houston Astros	136	69	67	0	.507	16.0	552	525	41-29	28-38	3-7	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	137	62	75	0	.453	23.5	534	603	31-35	31-40	6-4	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	138	50	88	0	.362	36.0	463	721	29-39	21-49	1-9	Lost 9

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Red Sox 0 at Baltimore (night game):
The Red Sox collected only three hits off Jim Palmer and lost to the Orioles, 6-0, for their sixth straight defeat. The Red Sox dropped into a tie with the Yankees for first place in the East Division, while the Orioles were only two games behind the co-leaders after posting their seventh straight victory. The Orioles tore into Roger Moret for four runs in the third inning and completed their scoring with homers by Earl Williams in the fifth and seventh. In the fourth, Andy Etchebarren doubled, Paul Blair tripled and Bobby Grich singled to produce the first two tallies. After a double by Tommy Davis, the other pair followed on an infield out by Williams and sacrifice fly by Don Baylor.

Indians 5, Tigers 4 at Detroit (night game):
A pinch-single by Rico Carty for his 25th hit in 55 times at bat since joining the Indians from the Mexican League drove in a run in the eighth inning and beat the Tigers, 5-4. The Indians, after falling behind, 2-0, scored four runs in the seventh inning on a walk to Jack Brohamer, single by Buddy Bell, an error, a pinch-single by John Lowenstein, double by Leron Lee and sacrifice fly by George Hendrick. The Tigers tied the score in their half, but the Indians put over the winning run in the eighth on a single by John Ellis, forceout by Brohamer and singles by Bell and Carty.

White Sox 7, Royals 0 at Kansas City (night game):
Starting with a leadoff homer by Brian Downing, the White Sox erupted for six runs in the fifth inning and defeated the Royals, 7-0. After Downing's drive, singles by Bill Sharp, Bucky Dent, Jorge Orta and Dick Allen added two runs to kayo Paul Splittorff. Bill Melton greeted reliever Nelson Briles with a run-scoring double. A sacrifice fly by Ken Henderson and single by Jerry Hairston accounted for two more tallies before the inning ended. The Royals, who suffered their seventh straight loss, collected only four hits off Jim Kaat.

Yankees 3, Brewers 0 at New York (day game):
Doc Medich, who allowed only five hits and retired 15 straight batters at one stretch in his performance, shut out the Brewers, 3-0, to pitch the Yankees into a first-place tie with the Red Sox in the East Division. Kevin Kobel, a winner over the Yankees in three previous confrontations, was rapped for two runs in the first inning on doubles by Elliott Maddox and Lou Piniella and a single by Thurman Munson. The other run counted in the fifth on a walk to Gene Michael, single by Roy White and sacrifice fly by Maddox.

Angels 5, A's 2 at Oakland (night game):
Although walking 10 batters, Andy Hassler offset his wildness by doling out just six hits in pitching the Angels to a 5-2 victory over the Athletics. The A's scored their runs in the first inning on a walk to Reggie Jackson and homer by Sal Bando. The Angels tied the count in the second and went ahead in the fourth with another pair on a single by Winston Llenas, an error and singles by Bobby Valentine and Bob Oliver. Morris Nettles singled in the seventh, stole second and scored the final run on a double by Bob Heise. The victory was the Angels' first under manager Dick Williams in seven meetings with his former club.

Rangers 1, Twins 0 at Texas (night game):
Fergie Jenkins gained his 21st victory with his sixth shutout of the season, pitching the Rangers past the Twins, 1-0. The veteran righthander was able to win by a 1-0 score for the fourth time when Jim Spencer hit a two-out single off Dave Goltz in the sixth inning to score Jeff Burroughs from second base.

Braves 5, Padres 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Mike Lum and Davey Johnson batted in two runs apiece to lead the Braves to a 5-3 victory over the Padres, who suffered their ninth straight defeat. Two walks and singles by Lum and Johnson accounted for two runs in the first inning. Passes then helped the Padres take the lead in the fourth. After Lew Krausse issued three walks to load the bases, Dave Winfield drove in two runs with a single and another run followed when Lum threw wildly after catching a line drive by Bill Almon. The Braves came back with three runs in the seventh. Darrell Evans walked and Dusty Baker was safe on an error by Willie McCovey. Lum and Johnson then drove in runs with singles. Max Leon, who was the winner in relief of Krausse, added an insurance marker with another single.

Mets 4, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
The Mets extended their winning streak to seven games with a 4-2 victory over the Cubs. Steve Stone, who started for the Cubs, yielded only one hit until the sixth inning when the Mets put together consecutive singles by Ray Sadecki, Bud Harrelson, Felix Millan and John Milner for two runs. Sadecki also singled in the seventh when the Mets added another run on a pass by Dave LaRoche to Harrelson with the bases loaded. In the Cubs' half, Jim Tyrone reached second on two errors and scored with one out on a single by Rick Monday. Don Kessinger also singled, forcing the exit of Sadecki. Bob Apodaca, in relief, yielded a run-scoring double by Jose Cardenal and walked Andre Thornton to load the bases, but Jerry Morales forced Kessinger at the plate and Bill Madlock popped up. The Mets added an insurance run in the ninth on a double by Apodaca, two walks and an infield out by Milner.

Reds 2, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
Although Don Wilson was pitching a no-hitter, manager Preston Gomez removed the Astros' righthander for a pinch-batter in the eighth inning in an attempt to prevent a 2-1 loss to the Reds. Tommy Helms swung for Wilson and grounded out. Mike Cosgrove took over the pitching in the ninth and yielded a single by Tony Perez for the Reds' only hit. The Reds scored their runs off Wilson in the fifth on walks to Cesar Geronimo and George Foster, a sacrifice by Jack Billingham and wild throw by Roger Metzger after fielding a grounder by Pete Rose.

Dodgers 6, Giants 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Capping a comeback by the Dodgers, Jim Wynn smashed a homer with two men on base in the 11th inning to defeat the Giants, 6-3. The homer was the third of the game for the Dodgers, who tied the score at 1-1 in the seventh when Davey Lopes hit for the circuit. The Giants regained the lead at 3-1 when Dave Rader hit a two-run double off Mike Marshall in the eighth. The Dodgers picked up a run in their half on singles by Steve Garvey and Ron Cey, a sacrifice by Manny Mota and infield out by Bill Russell before tying the score in the ninth with a homer by Joe Ferguson. In the 11th, Ferguson was on second with two out when the Giants walked Bill Buckner intentionally to get at Wynn, who upset the strategy with his homer off Randy Moffitt. The wallop was Wynn's 30th of the season.

Cardinals 5, Expos 4 at St. Louis (night game):
Bake McBride singled in the eighth inning for his third hit of the game and, after two out, scored on a pinch-single by Jim Dwyer to bring the Cardinals a 5-4 victory over the Expos. Mike Jorgensen batted in three of the Expos' runs with a homer and double. After the Expos counted three times in the third inning on a single by Larry Lintz, a stolen base, single by Willie Davis and homer by Jorgensen, the Cardinals pecked away to go ahead, 4-3. But the Expos tied the score in the eighth when Davis singled and Jorgensen doubled. McBride's single in Cardinals' half, followed by a sacrifice and infield out, then led to the winning run on Dwyer's hit.