MLB standings through games of September 5, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 5, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	135	72	63	0	.533		554	524	40-27	32-36	8-2	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	136	72	64	0	.529	0.5	594	561	41-26	31-38	2-8	Lost 7
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	138	66	72	0	.478	7.5	551	554	34-35	32-37	5-5	Won 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	138	80	58	0	.580		626	480	43-27	37-31	7-3	Won 1
Texas Rangers	139	71	67	1	.514	9.0	608	629	38-32	33-35	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	137	69	68	0	.504	10.5	583	542	35-35	34-33	1-9	Lost 8
Chicago White Sox	140	69	69	2	.500	11.0	616	651	39-29	30-40	5-5	Won 4
Minnesota Twins	139	68	70	1	.493	12.0	582	596	37-30	31-40	6-4	Won 1
California Angels	139	53	85	1	.384	27.0	539	593	26-43	27-42	3-7	Lost 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	137	67	70	0	.489	6.5	576	600	41-29	26-41	4-6	Won 1
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	134	55	79	0	.410	17.0	535	680	28-41	27-38	3-7	Lost 4

	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:

Brewers 4, Red Sox 3 at Boston (night game):
Gorman Thomas, who hit 51 homers for Sacramento (Pacific Coast), appeared in his first game with the Brewers this season and smashed a two-run homer in the ninth inning to beat the Red Sox, 4-3. The defeat was the seventh straight for the Red Sox and knocked them out of a first place tie with the idle Yankees in the East Division. Thomas' homer was the third of the game for the Brewers, who got solo swats from Mike Hegan and Pedro Garcia in the seventh to tie the score at 2-2. The Red Sox had scored in the previous stanza on a double by Cecil Cooper to break a 34-inning drouth. After Gorman's blow with Darrell Porter on base via a pass, the Red Sox fell short with a run in their half of the ninth on singles by Tommy Harper and Juan Beniquez, a sacrifice by Tim McCarver and infield out by Dwight Evans.

White Sox 1, Angels 0 at California (night game):
A run-scoring double by Ken Henderson, together with the relief pitching of Terry Forster, enabled the White Sox to defeat the Angels, 1-0. Jorge Orta singled in the sixth inning and after Dick Allen struck out, Henderson delivered his double to beat Ed Figueroa. Bart Johnson, starting for the White Sox, yielded only two infield hits until the seventh when Denny Doyle and Charlie Sands singled to put Angel runners on first and third with one out. Forster relieved and stifled the threat, striking out Morris Nettles and getting Bobby Valentine on a grounder.

Twins 4, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Steve Busby failed for the third time in a bid for his 20th victory, helping to beat himself with a wild throw, and the Royals absorbed their eighth straight defeat, losing to the Twins, 4-1. With the score tied, 1-1, Busby gave up singles by Bobby Darwin and Tony Oliva and hit Eric Soderholm with a pitch to load the bases in the sixth inning. Busby then tried to pick Darwin off third but threw wildly, two runs scoring. Soderholm took third on the error and also crossed the plate on a single by Danny Thompson.

A's 3, Rangers 0 at Oakland (night game):
Catfish Hunter became a 22-game winner, representing a high for his major league career, when the Athletics' righthander yielded only four singles and shut out the Rangers, 3-0. The A's decided the game with two runs off Jackie Brown in the third inning on singles by Ray Fosse, Bill North, Bert Campaneris and Reggie Jackson. Their other run counted in the fifth on a triple by Campaneris and a wild pitch.

Phillies 6, Cubs 5 at Chicago (day game):
A bases-loaded single by Bob Boone in the 11th inning drove in two runs and gave the Phillies a 6-5 victory over the Cubs for their first success in overtime since April 14. Since beating the Mets, 2-1, in 11 innings, the Phillies had lost seven straight games that went beyond regulation distance. With the score tied, 4-4, Dave LaRoche took the mound in the 11th as the Cubs' fifth pitcher and gave up a double by Willie Montanez and single by Mike Anderson, Montanez stopping at third. Herb Hutson relieved and retired Ollie Brown on a fly. Montanez held third, but Anderson advanced to second after the catch. The Phillies then walked Jay Johnstone intentionally to load the bases, setting the stage for Boone's two-run single.