MLB standings through games of September 14, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 14, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	146	79	67	0	.541		598	566	42-29	37-38	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	147	78	69	0	.531	1.5	578	570	41-34	37-35	6-4	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	145	76	69	0	.524	2.5	623	593	43-29	33-40	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	145	71	73	1	.493	7.0	597	605	38-35	33-38	4-6	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	147	70	77	0	.476	9.5	591	595	36-37	34-40	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	146	67	79	0	.459	12.0	550	671	35-38	32-41	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	147	83	64	0	.565		652	515	45-30	38-34	4-6	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	148	78	68	2	.534	4.5	651	651	40-32	38-36	7-2-1	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	148	74	73	1	.503	9.0	623	637	42-32	32-41	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	150	72	75	3	.490	11.0	643	683	41-31	31-44	3-6-1	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	146	71	75	0	.486	11.5	615	587	36-36	35-39	2-8	Won 1
California Angels	149	59	89	1	.399	24.5	570	618	31-45	28-44	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	146	78	68	0	.534		607	564	41-34	37-34	7-3	Won 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	145	77	68	0	.531	0.5	673	590	46-26	31-42	5-5	Lost 4
Philadelphia Phillies	146	73	73	0	.500	5.0	620	643	43-31	30-42	7-3	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	144	67	77	0	.465	10.0	593	606	33-34	34-43	6-4	Won 6
New York Mets	144	66	78	0	.458	11.0	518	576	34-39	32-39	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	145	59	86	0	.407	18.5	586	741	30-44	29-42	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	145	91	54	0	.628		726	507	45-25	46-29	7-3	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	147	90	56	1	.616	1.5	699	548	44-31	46-25	7-2-1	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	148	80	67	1	.544	12.0	599	519	43-33	37-34	3-6-1	Won 2
Houston Astros	145	73	72	0	.503	18.0	585	562	43-32	30-40	4-6	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	146	66	80	0	.452	25.5	567	645	31-39	35-41	4-6	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	147	53	94	0	.361	39.0	490	762	31-41	22-53	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 7, Indians 1 at Baltimore (night game):
After completing the curfew-suspended game of the previous night in which the Orioles posted an 8-6 victory, they went on to defeat Indians in the regularly-scheduled contest, 7-1, behind the pitching of Dave McNally. The Indians scored their run in the first inning on a double by John Jeter and single by Frank Duffy. The Orioles put the game away with five runs in the third, two scoring on a double by Bob Oliver and two on a single by Brooks Robinson. Tommy Davis added the last two runs to the Orioles' total with a homer in the eighth.

Angels 5, White Sox 0 at Chicago (night game):
Dick Allen's announcement of his retirement at a clubhouse meeting 30 minutes before the game had a stunning effect on the White Sox, who lost to the Angels, 5-0. The Angels decided the outcome in the first inning, rapping Wilbur Wood for four runs on five singles, a walk and sacrifice fly. Frank Tanana held the White Sox to six hits.

Yankees 10, Tigers 7 at Detroit (day game):
The Yankees smashed three homers in the first inning and added another in the seventh while slugging their way to a 10-7 victory over the Tigers. In the first, Roy White singled and Elliott Maddox homered. After Bobby Murcer flied out, Lou Piniella hit for the circuit. Thurman Munson grounded out, but Graig Nettles followed with the Yankees' third round-tripper of the inning to kayo Mickey Lolich. Jim Nettles, Graig's brother, got two runs back for the Tigers with a homer in the second. Munson batted in a pair for the Yankees with a double in the third, but Al Kaline singled a run home in the Tigers' half. Then in the fifth, the Tigers tied the score when Gary Sutherland singled and Kaline and Bill Freehan homered. The Yankees came back to smash the tie with four runs in the seventh. Maddox drew a walk from John Hiller and Murcer hit his first homer since July 31. Singles by Piniella, Nettles and Bill Sudakis produced two more runs off Hiller before Jim Ray relieved and allowed a fourth run to count on a wild pitch.

Brewers 3, Red Sox 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
Bill Champion allowed only two hits in his second complete game of the season and pitched the Brewers to a 3-1 victory over the Red Sox. George Scott homered for the Brewers in the first inning and another run followed in the second on a single by Gorman Thomas, walk to Mike Hegan and single by Pedro Garcia. The Red Sox got their two hits -- a double by Bernie Carbo and single by Dick McAuliffe -- for a run in the fifth before the Brewers clinched the verdict with an insurance marker in the seventh when Mike Hegan walked and Bobby Mitchell, taking over as a pinch-runner, scored on a sacrifice by Bob Coluccio and single by Tim Johnson.

[DH] Twins 7, Royals 5 (night game) / Royals 13, Twins 3 at Minnesota (night game):
Although collecting 14 hits, the Royals lost the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 7-5, but they came back with 17 hits in the second game and trounced the Twins, 13-3. The Twins, who had 11 hits in the lidlifter, broke a 2-2 tie with four runs off Paul Splittorff on two walks and four singles in the fifth inning. Eric Soderholm knocked in two runs and Craig Kusick and Danny Thompson accounted for one apiece. In the nightcap, the Royals had two big innings, scoring six runs in the second and seven in the third. Buck Martinez had the biggest blow in the second, socking a homer with two men on base. The Royals had four other hits during the stanza and also benefited from two errors. In the third, the Royals put together a homer by Tony Solaita, five singles and two walks, making it easy for Nelson Briles to coast to victory.

Rangers 8, A's 3 at Texas (night game):
Growing stronger as the game went along, Jackie Brown pitched the Rangers to an 8-3 victory over the Athletics. Brown gave up six hits and three runs in the first four innings, but then allowed only one baserunner during the remainder of the contest and retired the last 11 batters in a row. Joe Rudi batted in two runs for the A's with a single in the first and Reggie Jackson homered in the fourth. The Rangers, who picked up their initial tally in the first, exploded for five runs to kayo Vida Blue in the fourth. The five-hit attack included a two-run single by Jim Sundberg with the bases loaded. Joe Lovitto added another marker with a homer in the fifth.

Reds 4, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Joe Morgan and Tony Perez drove in two runs apiece in a 4-2 victory to enable the Reds to pull within 1½ games of the Dodgers in the N. L.'s West Division race. The Reds scored two runs off Geoff Zahn in the first inning. Davey Lopes fumbled a grounder by Pete Rose leading off and then overthrew first, allowing Rose to reach second. Morgan doubled to drive in Rose and then scored himself on a single by Perez. The Dodgers nicked Don Gullett for a run in the second on a double by Steve Garvey, a wild pitch and sacrifice fly by Joe Ferguson. Then in the third, Steve Yeager singled and, with two out, scored the tying run on a single by Bill Buckner. Perez smashed the deadlock with a homer in the fourth and Morgan tied ribbons on the victory with a circuit clout off Mike Marshall in the eighth.

Expos 17, Pirates 2 at Montreal (day game):
The Pirates were blasted out of first place in the East Division by the Expos, 17-2, and fell one-half game behind the Cardinals, who defeated the Phillies, 9-2. The Expos piled up 17 hits and drew a club record 13 walks. Larr yLintz drove in four runs, accounting for one with a bases-loaded walk in the third inning, another with a single in the sixth and a pair with a bases-loaded single in the seventh. Mike Jorgensen hit a sacrifice fly and two-run homer. Barry Foote also drove in three runs. Dennis Blair held the Pirates to six hits, including a homer by Richie Hebner, in the first seven innings before giving way to Chuck Taylor.

Cubs 12, Mets 0 at New York (day game):
Burt Hooton posted his first shutout of the season and the Cubs made it easy for their righthander by walloping the Mets, 12-0. Hooton allowed only four hits, while the Cubs collected 15. Andre Thornton rapped a double and two singles, driving in four runs. Jim Tyrone started the Cubs' scoring with a homer in the first inning and another run followed on singles by Jerry Morales, Bill Madlock and Thornton. The Cubs kayoed Ray Sadecki in the second, scoring four times on three singles, three walks and an error. Thornton's double added a pair in the fourth. Tyrone tripled in the fifth when the Cubs counted twice more and the final pair scored in the eighth on doubles by Gene Hiser and Rob Sperring and a single by Thornton.

Cardinals 9, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Cardinals moved ahead of the Pirates into first place in the N. L. East by defeating the Phillies, 9-2. John Curtis held the Phillies to four hits. The Cardinals decided the outcome with four runs in the second inning. Bake McBride singled for one of his four hits in the game and Ken Reitz and Curtis walked to load the bases. Lou Brock singled, driving in McBride and Reitz. When Bill Robinson in center field let the ball get past him, Curtis and Brock also scored on the error. The Cardinals added three runs in the fifth with the aid of a triple by Keith Hernandez and another single by McBride. Brock stole his 107th base in the sixth.

Braves 7, Padres 3 at San Diego (night game):
After Hank Aaron hit his 18th homer of the year and 731st of his career to tie the score in the fifth inning, the Braves smashed the deadlock with four runs in the eighth to defeat the Padres, 7-3. Carl Morton helped himself to the victory, leading off the eighth with a double. Darrell Evans walked and Marty Perez singled to load the bases. Dusty Baker singled, scoring Morton, and when Nate Colbert booted the ball in left field, Evans also crossed the plate. Mike Lum beat out an infield hit to load the bases again and Davey Johnson delivered a two-run single to clinch the victory.

Astros 5, Giants 0 at San Francisco (day game):
While Larry Dierker pitched a shutout, the Astros handed John Montefusco his first major league defeat, beating the Giants, 5-0. Montefusco, who had two victories to his credit, yielded only four hits but gave up two runs in the first inning on walks to Roger Metzger and Bob Watson, a single by Milt May and throwing error by Gary Thomasson. The Astros added their other runs in the third on a double by Cesar Cedeno, single by May, walk to Cliff Johnson and double by Tommy Helms.