MLB standings through games of September 10, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 10, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	141	76	65	0	.539		575	549	42-29	34-36	7-3	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	141	74	67	0	.525	2.0	556	551	37-32	37-35	8-2	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	141	74	67	0	.525	2.0	610	580	43-29	31-38	2-8	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	140	70	69	1	.504	5.0	583	583	37-34	33-35	5-5	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	143	68	75	0	.476	9.0	573	577	35-36	33-39	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	142	65	77	0	.458	11.5	528	648	33-36	32-41	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	143	82	61	0	.573		643	498	45-30	37-31	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	144	75	68	1	.524	7.0	632	643	38-32	37-36	7-3	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	143	71	71	1	.500	10.5	601	609	39-30	32-41	7-3	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	142	70	72	0	.493	11.5	590	568	36-36	34-36	1-9	Lost 4
Chicago White Sox	145	70	73	2	.490	12.0	628	669	39-29	31-44	5-5	Lost 2
California Angels	145	57	87	1	.396	25.5	561	605	30-45	27-42	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	141	77	64	0	.546		660	556	46-26	31-38	8-2	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	142	74	68	0	.521	3.5	575	551	41-34	33-34	6-4	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	142	71	71	0	.500	6.5	601	618	41-29	30-42	6-4	Won 3
New York Mets	139	65	74	0	.468	11.0	501	544	33-35	32-39	7-3	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	139	62	77	0	.446	14.0	552	596	28-34	34-43	2-8	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	139	57	82	0	.410	19.0	564	711	30-44	27-38	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	141	89	52	0	.631		705	493	45-23	44-29	6-4	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	142	86	56	0	.606	3.5	673	534	42-31	44-25	6-4	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	143	78	65	0	.545	12.0	574	500	43-33	35-32	5-5	Lost 2
Houston Astros	141	71	70	0	.504	18.0	574	552	43-32	28-38	3-7	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	142	66	76	0	.465	23.5	559	619	31-35	35-41	7-3	Won 2
San Diego Padres	143	51	92	0	.357	39.0	481	745	29-39	22-53	1-9	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 2, Red Sox 1 at Boston (night game):
Alex Johnson, playing in his first game with the Yankees after being acquired from the Rangers, homered in the 12th inning to defeat the Red Sox, 2-1. The victory moved the Yankees two games ahead of the Red Sox and Orioles in the East Division race. The Red Sox run off Pat Dobson came in the first inning and was unearned. Tommy Harper led off with a single and was forced by Juan Beniquez, who stole second and continued to third on a wild throw by Thurman Munson before scoring on an infield out by Dwight Evans. The Yankees did not catch up against Luis Tiant until the ninth when Lou Piniella walked and Larry Murray, running for him, raced home on a double by Chris Chambliss. Johnson, batting for Fred Stanley, struck out, but remained in the game as the left fielder. His homer in the 12th came off Diego Segui. Sparky Lyle pitched the last half of the 12th for the Yankees in relief of Dobson, who gained his sixth straight victory. Dobson allowed four hits.

Angels 8, Royals 2 at California (night game):
A bases-loaded triple by Joe Lahoud, who drove in a total of five runs in the game, paced the Angels to an 8-2 victory over the Royals. With the score tied, 2-2, John Doherty opened the sixth inning with a single and, after a sacrifice, Morris Nettles walked. Dennis Leonard, rookie righthander from Omaha (American Association) who made his first start for the Royals, was lifted in favor of Joe Hoerner, who retired Winston Llenas. The Royals then called in Lindy McDaniel. Rudy Meoli grounded to Fred Patek, who threw wildly to first, allowing Doherty to score. Frank Robinson walked to load the bases, setting the stage for Lahoud's triple. Ellie Rodriguez doubled to drive in Lahoud.

Indians 12, Tigers 6 at Cleveland (night game):
Oscar Gamble batted in three runs in the first two innings as the Indians knocked out Mickey Lolich and defeated the Tigers, 12-6. After Gamble homered in the first inning, the Indians put together six straight singles off Lolich for five runs in the second. Gamble capped the string with a single, accounting for two tallies. The Indians proceeded to score twice off each of three relievers who saw service for the Tigers over the balance of the game. The Tigers had two-run homers by Marvin Lane and Reggie Sanders.

Brewers 6, Orioles 5 at Milwaukee (night game):
Playing his first major league game, Sixto Lezcano drove in a run with a single in the 10th inning to give the Brewers a 6-5 victory over the Orioles. Enos Cabell and Paul Blair hit homers for the Orioles, who held a 5-3 lead before the Brewers rallied to tie the score in the seventh. Johnny Briggs walked in the 10th, Bob Coluccio sacrificed and Lezcano, rookie outfielder from Sacramento (Pacific Coast), followed with a single for his third hit of the game.

Twins 8, White Sox 7 at Minnesota (night game):
After tying the score in three different innings in the overtime, the Twins pushed a run across the plate in the 15th to defeat the White Sox, 8-7. Bobby Darwin and Danny Thompson hit homers for the Twins in the early going, but the White Sox sent the game into extra innings with three runs in the ninth inning on a single by Ken Henderson, double by Nyls Nyman and homer by Brian Downing. Bucky Dent drove in a run for the White Sox with a single in the 11th, but Craig Kusick kept the Twins alive with a homer in their half. The White Sox went ahead again in the 13th when Jerry Hairston doubled and Dent singled, but the Twins rallied for the tying run on two walks and a single by Glenn Borgmann. Once more the White Sox took the lead in the 14th on a single by Jorge Orta, wild pickoff throw and single by Nyman and once more the Twins pulled even, scoring on a single by Eric Soderholm and double on 3-and-2 pitch by Tony Oliva. After the White Sox failed to score in the 15th, Rod Carew singled in the Twins' half, stole his third base of the game and raced home to register the winning run on a single by Larry Hisle.

Dodgers 1, Braves 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Posting his fifth shutout of the season, Don Sutton pitched the Dodgers to a 1-0 victory over the Braves. The run that decided Sutton's duel with Carl Morton scored in the second inning on consecutive singles by Steve Garvey, Willie Crawford and Ron Cey.

Pirates 12, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
The Pirates concentrated 18 of their 20 hits in the first five innings to produce all their scoring in a 12-4 trouncing of the Cubs. Richie Hebner, Rennie Stennett and Ken Brett hit three singles apiece as the Pirates counted twice in each of the first four frames. Then in the fifth, Hebner homered for his fourth hit of the game. A single by Al Oliver, doubles by Richie Zisk and Manny Sanguillen and an error added three more runs before the Pirates subsided in their scoring. Brett, making his first start since being sidelined by an elbow injury August 6, left the game after six innings. Juan Pizarro and Bruce Kison finished. The Cubs got homers from two pinch-hitters, Carmen Fanzone and Jim Tyrone.

Reds 5, Padres 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Don Gullett allowed only six hits and pitched the Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Padres. A walk to Cesar Geronimo and singles by Johnny Bench and Tony Perez produced a run for the Reds in the first inning and they added another in the second on a triple by Darrel Chaney and a wild pitch. Doubles by Perez and Ken Griffey accounted for a tally in the third and the Reds' final pair scored in the sixth on singles by Griffey and Chaney, a double by Pete Rose and sacrifice fly by Geronimo.

Giants 6, Astros 5 at Houston (night game):
After scoring four runs on nine hits in the first three innings, the Giants went through a string of ciphers before counting twice in the 11th to defeat the Astros, 6-5. The Astros picked up a run in the third on a single by Larry Milbourne and double by Roger Metzger and then tied the score with homers by Lee May in the fourth and by Cesar Cedeno and Milt May in the eighth. Two pinch-hitters came through for the Giants in 11th when Ed Goodson singled and Dave Rader doubled. Following an intentional pass to Gary Matthews, Tito Fuentes singled to drive in the tie-breaker and Bobby Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to add what proved to be the winning run. The Astros rallied in their half of the 11th, but fell short with one run on a pinch-single by Cliff Johnson.

Expos 6, Mets 4 at New York (night game):
Larry Lintz batted in three runs with a pair of singles and Willie Davis hit a two-run homer to enable the Expos to defeat the Mets, 6-4. Ernie McAnally, who started for the Expos, lasted only one inning after giving up three runs, two on a double by John Milner and one on a sacrifice by Ron Hodges. The Expos came back with two runs on a single by Lintz in the second and went ahead when Davis hit his homer in the fifth. What proved to be the deciding pair counted in the ninth. Pepe Mangual singled and stole second and Larry Parrish walked. Don Carrithers, winning his own game in relief, singled to drive in Mangual. Lintz added an extra run with a single. Carrithers, after replacing McAnally, retired 18 batters before Ed Kranepool singled in the eighth for his 17th pinch-hit of the season, setting a Mets' club record. The Mets threatened in the ninth, loading the bases, but scored only once on a sacrifice fly by Hodges before Dale Murray retired the side to record his first save of the season.

Phillies 8, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Lou Brock stole his 104th and 105th bases, breaking Maury Wills' one-season modern record, but his speed failed to offset the power of Mike Schmidt, who drove in four runs with a homer and two doubles to lead the Phillies to an 8-2 victory over the Cardinals. Brock's two thefts raised his career total to 740 for the modern N. L. record, surpassing Max Carey's mark of 738. Schmidt hit his homer after a triple by Larry Bowa in the first inning. Brock's first stolen base of the game helped the Cardinals tie the score in their half of the first, but the Phillies went ahead to stay in the third when Bowa singled, stole second and Schmidt doubled. Three more runs followed in the fifth on a triple by Dave Cash, pass to Bowa, double by Schmidt and single by Willie Montanez. Brock stole his 105th base of the season, one more than Wills, in the seventh. However, he was thrown out by Phillies' catcher Bob Boone on another theft attempt in the ninth.