MLB standings through games of September 21, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 21, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	153	83	70	0	.542		634	600	45-32	38-38	6-4	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	153	82	71	0	.536	1.0	606	582	41-35	41-36	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	151	78	73	0	.517	4.0	647	622	45-32	33-41	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	151	73	77	1	.487	8.5	617	633	38-35	35-42	2-8	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	152	73	79	0	.480	9.5	617	618	39-39	34-40	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	152	70	82	0	.461	12.5	575	704	35-39	35-43	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	153	86	67	0	.562		668	530	45-30	41-37	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	153	79	72	2	.523	6.0	661	671	41-36	38-36	5-4-1	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	154	79	74	1	.516	7.0	655	647	46-32	33-42	7-3	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	153	75	78	0	.490	11.0	641	614	38-37	37-41	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	155	74	78	3	.487	11.5	652	701	43-34	31-44	4-5-1	Lost 1
California Angels	154	61	92	1	.399	25.0	583	634	31-45	30-47	5-5	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	152	81	71	0	.533		628	599	42-35	39-36	7-3	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	151	80	71	0	.530	0.5	696	611	49-28	31-43	3-7	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	151	74	77	0	.490	6.5	639	664	43-35	31-42	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	150	71	79	0	.473	9.0	612	627	37-36	34-43	8-2	Lost 1
New York Mets	151	68	83	0	.450	12.5	536	599	34-40	34-43	3-7	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	151	64	87	0	.424	16.5	628	762	30-44	34-43	7-3	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	152	95	57	0	.625		758	527	49-28	46-29	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	154	92	61	1	.601	3.5	732	585	44-31	48-30	5-5	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	154	84	69	1	.549	11.5	618	535	43-33	41-36	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	152	77	75	0	.507	18.0	613	585	44-33	33-42	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	154	70	84	0	.455	26.0	600	682	35-43	35-41	4-6	Won 2
San Diego Padres	154	56	98	0	.364	40.0	512	796	33-43	23-55	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, Orioles 5 at Boston (day game):
The Orioles could not hold a four-run lead and lost to the Red Sox, 6-5, in 10 innings and slipped one game behind the Yankees in the East Division race. The Orioles were ahead, 4-0, before the Red Sox scored once in the sixth inning, and then made it 5-1 with a homer by Andy Etchebarren in the ninth. However, the Red Sox rallied for four runs in their half of the ninth on a single by Tommy Harper, walk to Juan Beniquez, single by Carl Yastrzemski and homer by Dwight Evans. Then in the 10th, Tim McCarver singled, Harper doubled and Beniquez drew an intentional pass to load the bases for Deron Johnson, who singled off Dave Johnson to drive in the Red Sox' winning run.

A's 3, White Sox 2 at Chicago (night game):
Catfish Hunter pitched the Athletics to a 3-2 victory over the White Sox and tied the Oakland club record of 24 games won by Vida Blue in 1971. The A's scored an unearned run off Wilbur Wood in the first inning, but Hunter yielded a homer by Bucky Dent in the White Sox half. The A's regained the lead with a walk to Gene Tenace and triple by Angel Mangual in the second before scoring what proved to be the winning run in the seventh on a pass to Sal Bando, sacrifice by Joe Rudi and single by Claudell Washington. Ken Henderson homered in the White Sox half, but Hunter bore down thereafter to come away with his victory.

Brewers 6, Tigers 2 at Milwaukee (day game):
Al Kaline singled in the fourth inning for the 2,998th hit of his major league career, but the Tigers collected a total of only five safeties off Jim Slaton and lost to the Brewers, 6-2. Kaline drove in one run with a sacrifice fly. The Brewers had homers by Bob Coluccio and Sixto Lezcano before breaking a 2-2 tie in the seventh when Gorman Thomas singled, Charlie Moore walked and Pedro Garcia sent them home with a double.

Twins 8, Angels 1 at Minnesota (day game):
Staked to a four-run lead in the first inning, Bert Blyleven had no trouble pitching the Twins to an 8-1 victory over the Angels. The Twins' opening outburst included two singles, a walk and doubles by Eric Soderholm and Pat Bourque. A walk to Soderholm with the bases loaded forced in another run in the second. The Twins capped their scoring with three runs on two walks and three singles in the sixth before the Angels' spoiled Blyleven's bid for a shutout with a run on a walk and two singles in the eighth.

Yankees 14, Indians 7 at New York (day game):
The Yankees, who refused to cave in after the Indians scored seven runs in the third inning, battled their way back to a 14-7 victory and took over sole possession of first place in the East Division, one game ahead of the Orioles. Roy White, who had three hits for the Yankees, drove in five runs and also stole home. The Indians knocked out Doc Medich in their big inning to take a 7-3 lead. The first three runs came on a homer by John Lowenstein. The Yankees came back with a five-run rally in the fourth to tie the score. Graig Nettles led off with a homer. Singles by Thurman Munson, Gene Michael and Sandy Alomar loaded the bases. An infield out by White and sacrifice fly by Elliott Maddox produced two runs before Bobby Murcer added two more with his first homer of the season at Shea Stadium.

[DH] Royals 4, Rangers 1 (night game) / Royals 8, Rangers 5 at Texas (night game):
Steve Busby became the biggest winner in Kansas City's major league history with his 21st victory of the season as the Royals swept a doubleheader with the Rangers, 4-1 and 8-5. In the opener, Al Fitzmorris pitched a four hitter and beat Jim Bibby, who was turned back in a bid for his 20th victory. John Mayberry tripled and scored the Royals' first run on an error in the second inning. A double by Buck Martinez, single by Vada Pinson, an error and wild pitch added two Royal runs in the third and another tally followed in the fifth on singles by Pinson and George Brett around a stolen base. The Rangers' run in the ninth was unearned. In the nightcap, Busby surpassed Paul Splittorff's former K. C. record of 20 victories in 1973. Busby gave up 10 hits and finally gave way to Doug Bird with two out in the eighth inning. Toby Harrah hit a two-run homer for the Rangers. Fred Patek batted in four runs and Brett three for the Royals, who broke a 4-4 tie with a four-run outburst in the eighth. The Rangers threatened in their half and scored once before Bird retired Jeff Burroughs on a fly with the bases loaded.

Astros 6, Braves 5 at Houston (night game):
Relieving in the 10th inning, Max Leon failed to retire a batter and was the loser when Doug Rader singled with the bases loaded to give the Astros a 6-5 victory over the Braves. Paul Siebert, who shut out the Giants for his first major league victory September 15, started for the Astros and was kayoed in the second inning when the Braves scored four times. The Astros came back with three runs, two coming on a homer by Tommy Helms, and tied the score in the third, but the Braves regained the lead in the fourth before Helms batted in the tying run with a single in the sixth. Leon, taking over in the 10th, issued a pass to Cesar Cedeno, who stole second and continued to third on a bad throw by Vic Correll. After also passing Lee May, Leon walked Milt May intentionally to load the bases. The Braves' outfield was forced to play in and Rader ended the game with a long single, driving in Cedeno.

Padres 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (day game):
The Padres, who had lost 13 straight games to the Dodgers this year and 16 in a row over two seasons, ended their patsy role with a 4-3 victory. The Padres jumped on Doug Rau for two runs in the first inning on a walk to Enzo Hernandez, single by Bobby Tolan and triple by Dave Winfield. In the third, Glenn Beckert and Tolan singled and both scored on a double by Nate Colbert. Dan Spillner held the Dodgers to five hits. Bill Buckner, who had three safeties, singled and scored in the fourth and doubled to drive in another run in the sixth. Jim Wynn accounted for the Dodgers' final tally in the ninth with his 32nd homer, breaking Frank Howard's Los Angeles club record of 31 in 1962.

Mets 4, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Juan Pizarro, making his first start for the Pirates since coming back to the major leagues from Mexico, was tagged for a three-run homer by Wayne Garrett in the sixth inning and lost to the Mets, 4-2. Bob Robertson homered for the Pirates in the fifth before Cleon Jones led off the Mets' seventh with a double. John Milner was retired, but Duffy Dyer reached base on a throwing error by Frank Taveras. Ted Martinez went out, but Garrett, a strikeout victim in two previous times at bat, lashed his homer over the left field wall. The Pirates narrowed the gap with a run on singles by Rennie Stennett, Manny Sanguillen and Al Oliver in the eighth, but Jerry Koosman helped clinch his victory with a double in the ninth, scoring Martinez.

Giants 8, Reds 6 at San Francisco (day game):
The Giants scored five runs in a first-inning kayo of Jack Billingham but then had to play 10 innings before Gary Thomasson singled and Ed Goodson homered to defeat the Reds, 8-6. Billingham, attempting to become the first 20-game winner in the N. L. this season, started his own downfall by walking Bobby Bonds and Tito Fuentes. Thomasson went out, but Gary Matthews tripled, Goodson singled and Steve Ontiveros doubled to bring Pat Darcy to the mound for the Reds. The Giants added a fifth run before the inning ended on an error by Darrel Chaney. However, Chaney started the Reds on their road to a comeback with a homer in the second. The Reds' final two runs that tied the score at 6-6 in the ninth came on a triple by Ken Griffey, single by Chaney and double by Terry Crowley, but Pedro Borbon drew the defeat on Goodson's homer in the 10th.

Cubs 19, Cardinals 4 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cardinals were humiliated by the Cubs, 19-4, but kept their one-half-game lead in the East Division when the Pirates lost to the Mets. The Cubs collected 18 hits, including a three-run homer by Jose Cardenal and grand slam by Steve Swisher. The Cubs also drew nine walks, three of them coming with the bases loaded. The Cubs had a 7-0 lead before Barry Lersch made his first appearance in a Cardinal uniform in the sixth inning. Lersch issued four walks to force in a run and Swisher then made it five runs on only one hit with the first grand slam of his major league career.