MLB standings through games of September 6, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 6, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	136	73	63	0	.537		560	526	41-27	32-36	8-2	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	137	72	65	0	.526	1.5	538	531	37-32	35-33	9-1	Won 9
Boston Red Sox	137	72	65	0	.526	1.5	594	563	41-27	31-38	1-9	Lost 8
Cleveland Indians	136	67	68	1	.496	5.5	555	569	34-33	33-35	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	139	67	72	0	.482	7.5	553	554	34-35	33-37	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	137	63	74	0	.460	10.5	502	622	33-36	30-38	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	139	80	59	0	.576		630	485	43-28	37-31	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	140	72	67	1	.518	8.0	613	633	38-32	34-35	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	137	69	68	0	.504	10.0	583	542	35-35	34-33	1-9	Lost 8
Chicago White Sox	141	69	70	2	.496	11.0	618	655	39-29	30-41	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	139	68	70	1	.493	11.5	582	596	37-30	31-40	6-4	Won 1
California Angels	140	54	85	1	.388	26.0	543	595	27-43	27-42	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	137	74	63	0	.540		630	536	44-26	30-37	8-2	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	138	73	65	0	.529	1.5	568	535	40-31	33-34	7-3	Won 5
Philadelphia Phillies	138	68	70	0	.493	6.5	580	603	41-29	27-41	4-6	Won 2
New York Mets	135	63	72	0	.467	10.0	484	532	32-34	31-38	8-2	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	135	61	74	0	.452	12.0	538	571	28-34	33-40	3-7	Lost 4
Chicago Cubs	135	55	80	0	.407	18.0	538	684	28-42	27-38	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	137	86	51	0	.628		684	481	45-23	41-28	6-4	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	138	83	55	0	.601	3.5	649	517	39-30	44-25	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	139	77	62	0	.554	10.0	568	482	42-30	35-32	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	137	70	67	0	.511	16.0	556	528	42-29	28-38	4-6	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	138	63	75	0	.457	23.5	536	603	31-35	32-40	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	139	50	89	0	.360	37.0	466	725	29-39	21-50	0-10	Lost 10

Today's scores and summaries:

Brewers 2, Red Sox 0 at Boston (night game):
Shut out for the fourth time in their last five games, the Red Sox bowed to the Brewers, 2-0, for their eighth straight defeat. Jim Slaton held the Red Sox to four hits before being removed with two out in the eighth inning in favor of Tom Murphy, who retired the last four straight batters. Luis Tiant, who was on losing end of a shutout for the third straight time, gave up run a in the first on a double by Don Money and single by Ken Berry. Tiant did not allow another hit until the Brewers added their other tally in the eighth on singles by Pedro Garcia, Money and George Scott.

Angels 4, White Sox 2 at California (night game):
Scoring all their runs in the fourth inning, the Angels defeated the White Sox, 4-2. Three runs were unearned as the result of an error by Bill Melton, leading to the loss for Wood. Bobby Valentine beat out an infield roller to open the inning and stole second. After Frank Robinson was retired, Leroy Stanton walked and Bob Oliver doubled to drive in Valentine. Dave Chalk then grounded to Melton, who threw wildly to the plate in an attempt to retire Stanton. Bob Heise followed with a squeeze bunt, scoring Oliver. Tom Egan, with only two hits in 53 previous at-bats, came through with a single for his first RBI of the season, sending Chalk across the plate with the fourth run of the frame.

[DH] Orioles 2, Indians 0 (night game) / Orioles 1, Indians 0 at Cleveland (night game):
Dave McNally pitched a three-hitter in the first game and Mike Cuellar followed with a five-hitter in the second game as the Orioles swept a twi-night doubleheader with the Indians, 2-0 and 1-0, to rack up their fourth and fifth consecutive shutouts, breaking the A.L. record. Four clubs -- the 1903 Indians, 1932 Yankees, 1948 Indians and 1957 Orioles -- had shared the former mark of four whitewashings in a row. McNally was wrapped in a scoreless duel with Fritz Peterson in the opener until Enos Cabell hit his first homer of the season in the eighth inning. The Orioles added their other run in the ninth. Paul Blair doubled, advanced to third after a fly by Bobby Grich and scored on a sacrifice fly by Tommy Davis. In the nightcap, the Orioles provided Cuellar with a run on a single by Mark Belanger and double by Rich Coggins in the seventh inning to beat Jim Kern, who was a loser in his major league debut with the Indians.

Yankees 6, Tigers 2 at New York (night game):
Pat Dobson scattered seven hits and Otto Velez and Graig Nettles each drove in two runs to lead the Yankees to a 6-2 victory over the Tigers in the rain-shortened opener of a scheduled doubleheader. Play was halted after 6½ innings. The second game was postponed. The Yankees loaded the bases in the first and scored two runs when Velez delivered his first hit since July 18. In the third, singles by Lou Piniella and Thurman Munson around a pass to Elliott Maddox and sacrifice fly by Nettles added another pair. The Yankees completed their scoring in the fifth with singles by Piniella, Munson and Velez, a grounder by Nettles and single by Sandy Alomar. Ron LeFlore hit a sacrifice fly for a Tiger run in the fifth and their other tally scored while Reggie Sanders was grounding into a double play in the sixth.

Rangers 5, A's 4 at Oakland (night game):
Although first base was open with one out in the 11th inning, manager Alvin Dark of the Athletics ordered Rollie Fingers to pitch to Jeff Burroughs, who wrecked the move with a single, scoring Dave Nelson, to give the Rangers a 5-4 victory. Nelson opened the inning with a single and took second on a sacrifice by Cesar Tovar before Burroughs came to the plate. Burroughs previously drove in a run with a triple and scored himself when the Rangers took a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning. Sal Bando belted a three-run homer to put the A's ahead in the eighth, but Burroughs singled to drive in Nelson with the Rangers' tying tally in the ninth.

Giants 2, Braves 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Posting his first major league shutout, John D'Acquisto pitched the Giants to a 2-0 victory over the Braves. The rookie righthander yielded only four hits. The Giants put together a double by Dave Kingman and single by Chris Speier for a run off Carl Morton in the second inning and added their other tally when Garry Maddox doubled and Tito Fuentes singled in the fifth.

Phillies 4, Cubs 3 at Chicago (day game):
Dick Ruthven hurled the route, giving up eight hits, and also drove in one of the Phillies' runs in a 4-3 victory over the Cubs. The Phillies began their scoring with two runs in the second inning on consecutive singles by Jay Johnstone, Bob Boone, Ruthven and Dave Cash. Mike Schmidt singled, stole second and counted on a single by Greg Luzinski in the fifth. The Phillies then beat Burt Hooton for the sixth straight time since May 16, 1972, putting over their deciding run in the seventh on a single by Cash, sacrifice by Larry Bowa and single by Willie Montanez. Bill Madlock batted in two of the Cubs' runs with a single and double.

Dodgers 3, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
A three-run homer by Steve Garvey in the first inning enabled the Dodgers to defeat the Reds, 3-1. Bill Buckner doubled and Jim Wynn walked before Garvey hammered his homer off Don Gullett. Don Sutton, who started for the Dodgers, held the Reds scoreless until Dan Driessen homered in eighth. When Cesar Geronimo followed with a single, Mike Marshall relieved Sutton. The Reds staged a threat in the ninth, loading the bases on a single by Johnny Bench, double by Driessen and pass to Geronimo. However, with two out, Marshall retired Dave Concepcion on a soft liner to Garvey to end the game.

Astros 4, Padres 3 at Houston (night game):
After getting seven innings of shutout pitching from J.R. Richard, the Astros almost blew the game before winding up with a 4-3 victory over the Padres. The Astros scored twice in the first inning on triples by Greg Gross and Roger Metzger and a wild throw by Dave Winfield. Their two other runs followed in the second on a double by Wilbur Howard, single by Larry Milbourne, a stolen base and single by Gross. Ken Forsch took the mound for the Astros in the eighth and gave up three unearned runs resulting from an error by Metzger before quelling the Padres' uprising. Winfield, who had three of the Padres' seven hits, drove in two runs with a single.

Pirates 2, Expos 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Dock Ellis pitched a three-hitter and Ed Kirkpatrick smashed a game-winning homer as the Pirates defeated the Expos, 2-1. Larry Lintz singled off Ellis in the first inning and was forced by Willie Davis, who stole second and scored on a single by Ken Singleton. The Pirates came back a with run off Steve Renko in their half of the first when Rennie Stennett tripled and Richie Hebner lofted a sacrifice fly. Larry Parrish doubled in the second, but that was the Expos' last hit, while Kirkpatrick decided the outcome of the game with his circuit clout in the Pirates' half.

Cardinals 3, Mets 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Lou Brock stole his 100th and 101st bases of the season, leaving him only three short of Maury Wills' modern major league record, and Bob Forsch pitched a four-hitter as the Cardinals defeated the Mets, 3-0. The Cards clipped Jerry Koosman for a run in the fourth inning on successive singles by Joe Torre, Ted Simmons and Bake McBride. Mike Tyson singled and Brock tripled for another run in the fifth. With Harry Parker on the mound in relief, Brock singled in the eighth and stole both second and third before crossing the plate on a single by Torre. The Mets were stopped on their eight-game winning streak.