MLB standings through games of September 18, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 18, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	149	80	69	0	.537		612	582	42-31	38-38	6-4	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	150	80	70	0	.533	0.5	592	575	41-35	39-35	6-4	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	148	77	71	0	.520	2.5	639	612	44-30	33-41	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	148	73	74	1	.497	6.0	606	611	38-35	35-39	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	150	72	78	0	.480	8.5	606	608	38-38	34-40	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	149	68	81	0	.456	12.0	562	692	35-39	33-42	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	150	85	65	0	.567		662	522	45-30	40-35	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	151	79	70	2	.530	5.5	655	659	41-34	38-36	6-3-1	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	152	77	74	1	.510	8.5	644	644	44-32	33-42	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	153	73	77	3	.487	12.0	648	698	42-33	31-44	3-6-1	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	150	72	78	0	.480	13.0	625	605	37-37	35-41	2-8	Lost 1
California Angels	152	61	90	1	.404	24.5	580	623	31-45	30-45	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	149	80	69	0	.537		613	570	41-34	39-35	6-4	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	148	78	70	0	.527	1.5	682	598	47-27	31-43	3-7	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	149	73	76	0	.490	7.0	625	655	43-34	30-42	5-5	Lost 5
Montreal Expos	149	71	78	0	.477	9.0	610	617	37-35	34-43	9-1	Won 2
New York Mets	149	67	82	0	.450	13.0	529	593	34-40	33-42	2-8	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	148	62	86	0	.419	17.5	600	749	30-44	32-42	5-5	Won 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	149	93	56	0	.624		742	520	47-27	46-29	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	151	91	59	1	.607	2.5	715	569	44-31	47-28	6-3-1	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	152	83	68	1	.550	11.0	612	529	43-33	40-35	5-4-1	Won 2
Houston Astros	150	76	74	0	.507	17.5	607	579	43-32	33-42	5-5	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	151	68	83	0	.450	26.0	584	665	33-42	35-41	3-7	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	151	55	96	0	.364	39.0	505	780	33-43	22-53	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 8, Tigers 5 at Boston (night game):
Fred Lynn, rookie outfielder from Pawtucket (International), rapped four hits, driving in three runs, to lead the Red Sox to an 8-5 victory over the Tigers. Lynn also was on base with one of his hits when Dick McAuliffe homered. The Tigers scored an unearned run off Juan Marichal in the first inning, but the Red Sox got it back with a single by Carl Yastrzemski, a walk and Lynn's first hit. After the Tigers counted again in the second, the Red Sox came back with a pair in their half on singles by Doug Griffin, Rick Burleson, Tommy Harper and Cecil Cooper. Both clubs traded runs in the third before the Red Sox broke away in the fourth when Jim Rice singled, Dwight Evans walked and Lynn drove them across the plate with a double. McAuliffe hit his homer in the sixth. Reggie Cleveland, the winner in relief of Marichal, gave up a two-run homer by Al Kaline in the ninth. Kaline had three hits in the game to raise his career total to 2,996.

White Sox 3, Twins 1 at Chicago (night game):
Jim Kaat was stopped on a streak of 27 scoreless innings, but the White Sox southpaw defeated the Twins, 3-1. A triple by Pat Kelly and infield out by Bucky Dent put the White Sox on the scoreboard against Dave Goltz in the first inning before the Twins picked up their run off Kaat in the third on two walks and a single by Rod Carew. Ken Henderson broke the tie with a homer in the fourth and the White Sox added their last run on a triple by Dent and single by Jorge Orta in the fifth.

A's 5, Royals 4 at Kansas City (night game):
The Athletics erupted for four runs in the fifth inning but then needed another tally in the eighth to stave off the Royals, 5-4. Ted Kubiak walked in the fifth and gave way to pinch-runner Herb Washington, who stole second. After an infield hit by Ray Fosse, Washington scored on a single by Bert Campaneris. Bill North sacrificed and Reggie Jackson followed with a single to drive in Fosse and Campaneris. That spelled the exit of Paul Splittorff. With Bruce Dal Canton on the mound in the relief, Jackson stole second, took third on a passed ball and scored on a wild pitch. The Royals rallied for two runs in the seventh on a single by Hal McRae, double by Amos Otis and single by Cookie Rojas. The A's then scored what proved to be the deciding run in the eighth on a pass to Jackson, forceout by Sal Bando, his theft of second and single by Joe Rudi. The Royals fell short with two runs in their half of the eighth on singles by Frank White and Vada Pinson, an infield out and single by McRae.

Indians 6, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
After going hitless for the first five innings, the Indians scored four runs in the sixth to defeat the Brewers, 6-3. The Brewers, after picking up an unearned run in the second, made it 3-0 in the third on a double by George Scott, triple by Johnny Briggs and infield out by Darrell Porter. Dave Duncan drew a pass from Kevin Kobel to open the Indians' sixth and Angel Hermoso was safe on an error by Scott. John Lowenstein doubled for the Indians' first hit, driving in Duncan. George Hendrick lofted a sacrifice fly, scoring Hermoso. Frank Robinson followed with a homer to cross the plate behind Lowenstein. Charlie Spikes and Rico Carty batted in two extra runs for the Indians with singles in the ninth.

Orioles 10, Yankees 4 at New York (night game):
Mike Cuellar gained his 20th victory of the season and the Orioles pulled to one-half game behind the Yankees by defeating the East Division leaders, 10-4. With the score tied, 2-2, the Orioles broke the game apart with a seven-run outburst in the sixth inning. A walk to Bobby Grich and singles by Tommy Davis and Boog Powell produced the first run to chase Pat Dobson. Dick Tidrow, in relief, gave up an infield hit by Paul Blair and walked Brooks Robinson to force in a second tally. After retiring the next two batters, Tidrow passed Al Bumbry, handing the Orioles another run. The Yankees then called on Mike Wallace. Rich Coggins greeted the change with a double, driving in two runs, and Grich, up for a second time, also doubled, adding two more tallies. Elrod Hendricks accounted for the Orioles' last run with a homer off Cecil Upshaw in the seventh.

[DH] Angels 4, Rangers 1 (night game) / Rangers 2, Angels 0 at Texas (night game):
Two homers off Fergie Jenkins, who had not thrown a gopher pitch in 75 innings, started the Angels off to a 4-1 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Rangers came back to win the second game, 2-0, when Steve Hargan pitched a three-hitter and Tom Robson batted in the first runs of his major league career. With two out in the first inning of the lidlifter, Bruce Bochte broke Jenkins' no-homer streak with a drive over the right field fence. Joe Lahoud followed by hitting the next pitch deep into the right field seats. The Rangers picked up their run on two walks and a single by Toby Harrah in the second, but the Angels pulled away with a pair in the third on singles by Denny Doyle and Bochte, a forceout of Doyle by Lahoud and double by Charlie Sands. In the nightcap, Robson, rookie designated hitter from Spokane (Pacific Coast), drove in Jeff Burroughs with a single in the fourth inning and plated Dave Nelson with another single in the eighth.

Astros 3, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Pinch-hitting in the 10th inning, Bob Watson came through with a run-scoring double to give the Astros a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers. Al Downing, who started for the Dodgers, pitched seven scoreless innings before giving way to Mike Marshall. The Astros then scored two runs in the eighth. Greg Gross doubled and Cesar Cedeno singled. Willie Crawford bobbled the ball, Gross scoring, and when the right fielder made a poor throw to third for a second error, Cedeno also crossed the plate. However, both runs became earned when Lee May followed with a double. The Dodgers tied the score in the ninth. Steve Garvey singled, leading to the removal of Larry Dierker. Ken McMullen then batted for Crawford and homered to send the game into extra innings. Ken Forsch was the Astros' winner in relief when Gross singled off Charlie Hough in the 10th. Cedeno sacrificed and Watson doubled, batting for Dave Campbell.

[DH] Expos 3, Mets 2 (night game) / Expos 4, Mets 0 at Montreal (night game):
Tim Foli plated the winning run with a squeeze bunt in the first game and accounted for two more RBIs in the second game as the Expos swept a doubleheader with the Mets, 3-2 and 4-0. In the opener, John Milner gave the Mets a 2-0 lead with a single in second inning, but the Expos cut into the deficit with a triple by Bob Bailey and single by Barry Foote in the fourth. Jim Cox walked in the seventh, advanced on a sacrifice and took third on a single by Gary Carter. Pepe Mangual singled, scoring Cox. Larry Lintz, running for Carter, raced to third and then scored what proved to be the deciding run on Foli's squeeze bunt. In the nightcap, Dennis Blair and Dale Murray combined to pitch the Expos' shutout. Tom Seaver, who started for the Mets, suffered a recurrence of sciatic nerve trouble in his hip and left the game in the sixth inning in the midst of a three-run outburst by the Expos. Carter singled to lead off, Blair sacrificed and Lintz singled. Carter scored when Ron Fairly grounded out. Willie Davis followed with a single, driving in Lintz, and Seaver left the game in favor of Bob Apodaca. The Expos went on to register another run on a walk to Mike Jorgensen and single by Davis. Singles by Mangual and Foli, sandwiching a sacrifice, produced the final run in the seventh.

Cubs 5, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
Three Cubs' pitchers -- Rick Reuschel, Steve Stone and Ken Frailing -- combined on a five-hitter to defeat the Phillies, 5-2. Reuschel left the mound after three innings with a slightly pulled hamstring. Stone relieved and was the winner with last-out help from Frailing. Ron Dunn batted in the Cubs' first run with a single in the second inning. A double by Dunn between singles by Bill Madlock and Reuschel produced two runs in the fourth. Reuschel hurt himself running the bases. A double by Don Kessinger and fly balls by Pete LaCock and Jose Cardenal accounted for another marker in the fifth before the Cubs wound up their scoring in the seventh with a walk to Rick Monday, an error and single by LaCock.

Pirates 4, Cardinals 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates pulled back within 1½ games of the Cardinals by defeating the East Division leaders, 4-1, behind the six-hit hurling of Jim Rooker. The Cards counted their run in the first inning on singles by Ted Sizemore and Joe Torre around a pass to Ted Simmons. The Pirates retaliated with two runs off Lynn McGlothen in the fourth. Al Oliver doubled and Willie Stargell caromed a single off McGlothen's leg. Mike Tyson retrieved the ball and threw wildly, Oliver scoring, but Stargell was nailed trying for second. Dave Parker and Manny Sanguillen followed with singles and when Tyson dropped a pop fly by Ed Kirkpatrick for his second error of the inning, Parker scored the Pirates' go-ahead run. Two insurance runs followed in the seventh after a single by Rooker led to the removal of McGlothen. Richie Hebner drew a walk from Rich Folkers, who relieved, and Oliver drove in both runners with his second double of the game.

Padres 6, Reds 5 at San Diego (night game):
For the second straight night, the Reds blew a chance to close in on the Dodgers in the West Division race. The Dodgers lost to the Astros, 3-2, but the Reds also bowed to the Padres, 6-5. Nate Colbert hit a homer and Enzo Hernandez drove in two runs with a single to give the Padres a 3-1 lead before the Reds erupted for four runs in the sixth. Roger Freed, pinch-hitting, capped the outburst by smashing a homer with a man on base. The Padres came back to win with a three-run rally in the seventh. Fred Kendall walked and when Cito Gaston grounded to Darrel Chaney, Junior Kennedy dropped the throw to second. Hernandez doubled, driving in pinch-runner Dave Roberts and John Scott to tie the score. Hernandez took third on an infield out by Glenn Beckert and counted the deciding run on a sacrifice fly by Johnny Grubb. The crowd of 33,237 raised the Padres' attendance to 1,004,573, the first time over a million in their six-year history in the league.

Braves 4, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Hank Aaron accounted for two runs with a homer and single and Rowland Office produced two more with a single and triple to enable the Braves to defeat the Giants, 4-2. Aaron's homer off John Montefusco in the second inning was the superstar's 19th of the season and 732nd of his career. A walk to Carl Morton and singles by Office and Aaron added a run in the third. The Braves then posted the winning margin in the fourth on a pass to Vic Correll and their last two hits of the game -- a single by Craig Robinson and triple by Office. Dave Kingman homered for the Giants in their half of the fourth and the other run counted on singles by Tito Fuentes, Bobby Bonds and Gary Matthews in the eighth.