MLB standings through games of September 8, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 8, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	139	74	65	0	.532		606	572	43-27	31-38	2-8	Won 2
New York Yankees	139	74	65	0	.532		567	545	42-29	32-36	7-3	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	139	73	66	0	.525	1.0	545	540	37-32	36-34	9-1	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	138	68	69	1	.496	5.0	564	576	35-34	33-35	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	141	67	74	0	.475	8.0	562	566	34-35	33-39	5-5	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	140	65	75	0	.464	9.5	521	629	33-36	32-39	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	141	80	61	0	.567		633	498	43-30	37-31	5-5	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	142	74	67	1	.525	6.0	626	636	38-32	36-35	7-3	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	139	70	69	0	.504	9.0	588	550	36-36	34-33	1-9	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	143	70	71	2	.496	10.0	620	658	39-29	31-42	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	141	69	71	1	.493	10.5	590	601	37-30	32-41	6-4	Won 1
California Angels	142	55	86	1	.390	25.0	546	597	28-44	27-42	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	139	76	63	0	.547		644	543	46-26	30-37	8-2	Won 6
St. Louis Cardinals	140	74	66	0	.529	2.5	573	541	41-32	33-34	7-3	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	140	69	71	0	.493	7.5	591	616	41-29	28-42	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	137	64	73	0	.467	11.0	490	537	32-34	32-39	8-2	Won 1
Montreal Expos	137	61	76	0	.445	14.0	545	585	28-34	33-42	2-8	Lost 6
Chicago Cubs	137	56	81	0	.409	19.0	551	695	29-43	27-38	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	139	87	52	0	.626		696	492	45-23	42-29	5-5	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	140	84	56	0	.600	3.5	660	529	40-31	44-25	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	141	78	63	0	.553	10.0	573	491	43-31	35-32	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	139	71	68	0	.511	16.0	563	538	43-30	28-38	4-6	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	140	64	76	0	.457	23.5	545	608	31-35	33-41	7-3	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	141	51	90	0	.362	37.0	476	732	29-39	22-51	1-9	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 8, Brewers 6 at Boston (day game):
The Red Sox overcame a 4-0 deficit and defeated the Brewers, 8-6, to move into a tie with the Yankees for first place in the East Division. Dick Pole, who pitched seven innings of relief, received credit for his first victory of the season. Juan Marichal, who started for the Red Sox, retired only one batter in the first inning before being knocked out. Ken Berry singled, George Scott walked and Johnny Briggs doubled to plate one run. After an intentional pass to Porter, Gorman Thomas walked to force in a second run. Pole relieved and yielded a two-run single by Tim Johnson before retiring the side. The Red Sox began their comeback with a run in the fourth and tied the score in the fifth on singles by Tim McCarver and Doug Griffin, a sacrifice by Mario Guerrero, pass to Tommy Harper, sacrifice fly by Juan Beniquez and double by Bernie Carbo. Two more runs followed in the sixth when Rico Petrocelli walked, McCarver sacrificed, Griffin doubled and Guerrero singled. Dwight Evans then provided the deciding blow with a two-run homer in the seventh. Pole ran out of steam in the eighth and the Red Sox had to use both Bob Veale and Diego Segui in relief.

White Sox 1, Angels 0 at California (day game):
Although Andy Hassler allowed only one hit, the Angels' lefthander was the victim of an error by Dave Chalk and lost to the White Sox, 1-0. Lee Richard doubled for the White Sox to open the third inning and Bucky Dent was hit by a pitch. After an infield out by Dick Allen advanced the runners, Ken Henderson grounded to Chalk, whose throw home hit Richard in the back, allowing him to score. The error was one of three in the game for the Angels' third baseman. Jim Kaat and Terry Forster combined to shut out the Angels. Forster saved the game for Kaat, striking out Frank Robinson with the bases loaded in the seventh.

Indians 7, Orioles 4 at Cleveland (day game):
The Orioles' 10-game winning streak came to an end with a 7-4 loss to the Indians, who gained their victory with the aid of three homers. The Indians, who had scored a total of only two runs in three previous games in this series with the Orioles, got that much in the first inning when John Lowenstein singled and George Hendrick homered. Tommy McCraw added a solo swat in the second. Charlie Spikes doubled in a run in the third and hit for the circuit in the eighth. The Orioles had a two-run homer by Enos Cabell.

Twins 8, Royals 4 at Kansas City (day game):
Phil Roof, who went into the game batting only .213 with just nine RBIs to his credit this season, smashed the first grand-slam homer of his major league career to carry the Twins to an 8-4 victory over the Royals. The Twins were trailing, 3-1, when they opened the sixth inning by loading the bases with singles by Tony Oliva and Jerry Terrell and a pass to Pat Bourque. Danny Thompson walked, forcing in Oliva and leading to the exit of Bruce Dal Canton. Steve Mingori relieved and was the victim of Roof's jackpot wallop. Bobby Darwin also homered for the Twins, hitting a solo shot in the ninth.

Tigers 11, Yankees 3 at New York (day game):
Bill Freehan collected four hits, including a grand-slam homer, and drove in seven runs to lead the Tigers to an 11-3 victory over the Yankees. Al Kaline accounted for three RBIs. Freehan's jackpot wallop came in the third inning. With two out, Ron LeFlore singled, stole second and scored on a single by Gary Sutherland. A single by Kaline and pass to Ben Oglivie then loaded the bases for Freehan's drive off Dick Tidrow. Chris Chambliss had a homer for the Yankees.

Rangers 5, A's 1 at Oakland (day game):
Continuing his sensational performance with the Rangers after coming over from the Cubs this season, Fergie Jenkins posted his 22nd victory, beating the Athletics, 5-1. The veteran righthander's triumph was his fourth in a row over the A's. The defending world champions did not score until the ninth when they broke Jenkins' streak of 29 shutout innings with their run on singles by Reggie Jackson and Joe Rudi and a sacrifice fly by Ray Fosse. The Rangers put the game away early, counting twice in the first on a walk, double by Jim Fregosi and single by Lenny Randle. Cesar Tovar doubled, stole second and scored on an error in the fifth. Jim Sundberg homered in the seventh. Joe Lovitto hit his third single of the game in the ninth and counted the final run on an error, a hit batsman and infield out.

Braves 5, Giants 3 at Atlanta (day game):
Catcher Vic Correll provided the principal batting support for Ron Reed, driving in three runs with a double and single to lead the Braves to a 5-3 victory over the Giants. Gary Matthews homered with a man on base and Glenn Redmon drove in a run with a double to account for the Giants' scoring in the fourth inning. The Braves pulled even in their half. Hank Aaron batted in one run with a single and Correll plated a pair with his double. Davey Johnson sent the Braves ahead with a run-scoring single in the fifth and Correll added an insurance run with a single in the seventh.

Phillies 11, Cubs 10 at Chicago (day game):
Two big innings saw the Phillies score seven runs in the third and four in the eighth to emerge with an 11-10 victory over the Cubs, who fell short with a grand-slam homer by Jerry Morales in the final frame. A homer by Rick Monday helped the Cubs score three times in the first before the Phillies went on their spree in the third. Five of their seven runs were unearned on an error by Don Kessinger. Mike Schmidt batted in two runs with a single and Bob Boone, coming up with the bases loaded, cleared the sacks with a double. The Cubs narrowed the deficit to 7-6 before the Phillies had their other big inning in the eighth. With one out, a single by Boone, double by Bill Robinson and intentional pass to Dave Cash loaded the bases. Larry Bowa hit a sacrifice fly. After another pass on purpose to Schmidt filled the sacks again, Willie Montanez drove in three runs with a long single. In the Cubs' ninth, Larry Christenson issued three walks and then gave up the first grand slam of Morales' major league career before retiring the side to end the game.

Dodgers 7, Reds 4 at Cincinnati (day game):
Mike Marshall made his 93rd appearance of the season, breaking his own major league record, and pitched two hitless innings in relief as the Dodgers defeated the Reds, 7-4, to take a 3½-game lead in the West Division race. The Dodgers bunched two-out singles by Jim Wynn, Steve Garvey and Willie Crawford for a run in the first inning and added a pair in the fourth on a homer by Joe Ferguson, single by Bill Russell, sacrifice by Doug Rau and double by Davey Lopes. The Reds came back with a homer by Tony Perez in their half and tied the score in the fifth when Cesar Geronimo singled and Dan Driessen hit a homer. The Dodgers retaliated with three runs in the sixth. Singles by Ron Cey and Ferguson and a sacrifice by Russell led to an intentional pass for Von Joshua. Lopes forced Joshua, Cey scoring. Bill Buckner then provided the clinching hit with a double that drove in two runs. Ferguson singled in the eighth for his third hit of the game, stole second, continued to third on an error by Dave Concepcion and scored on a sacrifice fly by Manny Mota. Pete Rose led off the Reds' eighth with a homer. When Charlie Hough, on the mound in relief of Rau, walked Joe Morgan, Marshall entered the game. The relief ace retired Johnny Bench on a liner to right and induced Perez to bounce into a double play. Marshall then finished the game with a flourish, striking out the side in the ninth.

Astros 3, Padres 2 at Houston (day game):
Although Randy Jones allowed only four hits, the lefthander suffered his 20th defeat of the season when Wilbur Howard rapped his first major league homer to give the Astros a 3-2 victory over the Padres. The Astros' first two runs were unearned. Greg Gross reached base on a wild throw by Bill Almon in the first inning and scored with two out when Dave Hilton failed to come up with a grounder by Lee May. Tom Griffin doubled in the sixth and advanced an extra base when Almon, handling the relay from the outfield, overthrew third. Lee May plated the run with a sacrifice fly. The Padres got their first run on a homer by Hilton in the second and added their other tally on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Grubb in the third. Howard's homer snapped a tie in the seventh and gave the decision to Griffin.

Pirates 8, Expos 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Pinch-hitting, Dave Parker came through with a grand-slam homer in the eighth inning to clinch the Pirates' 8-2 victory over the Expos. Steve Rogers, who started for the Expos, suffered his 20th defeat of the season. Rogers allowed only two hits and had a 1-0 lead in the fifth when the Pirates erupted for three runs. With two out, Frank Taveras walked and scored on singles by Jim Rooker and Rennie Stennett. Richie Hebner followed with a triple. The Expos picked up a run in sixth, but the Pirates put the game away against Tom Walker in the eighth. Richie Zisk walked with the bases loaded to force in one run before Parker batted for Taveras with two out and hit the first grand slam of his major league career.

Mets 5, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (day game):
Lou Brock stole his 102nd and 103rd bases of the season, but the Cardinals were victims of a three-run homer by Wayne Garrett and lost to the Mets, 5-3. Tom Seaver, who was locked in a 1-1 duel with Lynn McGlothen, helped start himself off to victory with a single in the eighth inning. After a sacrifice by Bud Harrelson, Seaver scored the tie-breaking tally on a single by Ed Kranepool, who advanced to second on the throw to the plate. The Cardinals then passed John Milner intentionally in a move that backfired when Garrett followed with his homer. The Cardinals tried to pull the game out of the fire in their half of the eighth, but had to settle for only two runs on a walk to Jim Dwyer, forceout by Brock, Lou's second theft of the game, an infield hit by Ron Hunt and double by Ted Simmons.