MLB standings through games of September 24, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 24, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	155	84	71	0	.542		618	588	42-35	42-36	8-2	Won 2
New York Yankees	156	84	72	0	.538	0.5	638	609	46-34	38-38	5-5	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	154	80	74	0	.519	3.5	657	631	45-33	35-41	4-6	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	156	75	81	0	.481	9.5	636	636	39-40	36-41	6-4	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	155	74	80	1	.481	9.5	630	649	39-37	35-43	3-7	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	154	71	83	0	.461	12.5	585	714	35-39	36-44	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	155	87	68	0	.561		674	534	46-30	41-38	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	154	80	72	2	.526	5.5	665	674	42-36	38-36	5-4-1	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	156	80	75	1	.516	7.0	662	654	47-32	33-43	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	156	75	78	3	.490	11.0	655	702	44-34	31-44	5-4-1	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	155	75	80	0	.484	12.0	647	627	38-38	37-42	5-5	Lost 2
California Angels	156	62	93	1	.400	25.0	594	643	31-45	31-48	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	154	82	72	0	.532		704	618	49-29	33-43	5-5	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	155	82	73	0	.529	0.5	637	612	43-37	39-36	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	154	76	78	0	.494	6.0	653	677	44-35	32-43	3-7	Won 1
Montreal Expos	154	73	81	0	.474	9.0	637	643	38-37	35-44	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	153	69	84	0	.451	12.5	543	605	34-40	35-44	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	154	65	89	0	.422	17.0	641	783	31-45	34-44	7-3	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	155	98	57	0	.632		770	536	52-28	46-29	7-3	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	156	93	62	1	.600	5.0	737	592	45-31	48-31	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	157	84	72	1	.538	14.5	624	544	43-33	41-39	5-5	Lost 4
Houston Astros	154	78	76	0	.506	19.5	617	592	45-33	33-43	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	156	71	85	0	.455	27.5	608	685	36-43	35-42	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	156	57	99	0	.365	41.5	520	804	34-43	23-56	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Tigers 4 at Baltimore (night game):
Overshadowing Al Kaline's 3,000th and 3,001st hits, the Orioles defeated the Tigers, 5-4, and moved into first place in the East Division ahead of the Yankees. Kaline doubled in the fourth inning to become the 12th player in major league history with 3,000 hits. His 3,001st hit was a single that drove a run across the plate in the sixth. A walk to Ed Brinkman and double by Ron LeFlore produced a run for the Tigers in the third inning, but after singles by Mark Belanger and Rich Coggins in the fifth, LeFlore dropped a fly by Paul Blair, allowing two runs to score. A double by LeFlore and Kaline's single equalized matters in the sixth. Singles by Tommy Davis and Don Baylor around a sacrifice by Boog Powell sent the Orioles ahead again in their half, but Aurelio Rodriguez singled and Brinkman homered for the Tigers in the seventh. The Orioles came back to win in the eighth, opening their rally with the tying run on doubles by Baylor and Brooks Robinson. A wild pitch by John Hiller, pitching in relief of Vern Ruhle, moved Robinson to third. Andy Etchebarren then laid down a squeeze bunt and beat it out for a hit as Robinson came home with the winning run.

Brewers 4, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Dave May hit two homers, tying the score with his second blow in the ninth inning, before Bobby Mitchell took over the Brewers' slugging spot with a circuit clout in the 11th to beat the Indians, 4-3.

Angels 9, Royals 3 at Kansas City (night game):
John Balaz, rookie outfielder from El Paso (Texas), shared honors with Nolan Ryan as the Angels defeated the Royals, 9-3. Ryan, in gaining his 21st victory, pitched a five-hitter and struck out nine to increase his season's total to 352. Balaz drove in two runs with his first major league homer in the first inning and added two more RBIs with a single in the second.

[DH] Red Sox 4, Yankees 0 (night game) / Red Sox 4, Yankees 2 at New York (night game):
Getting complete-game performances from Luis Tiant and Roger Moret, the Red Sox won a twi-night doubleheader, 4-0 and 4-2, to knock the Yankees out of first place in the East Division one-half game behind the Orioles. The Red Sox, in third place, were 3½ off the pace. Tiant, who had not been a winner since August 23, ended a personal five-game losing streak with his 21st victory in the lidlifter. The veteran righthander allowed six hits and posted his seventh shutout of the season. The Red Sox struck for three of their runs off Rudy May after Bob Montgomery walked and both Doug Griffin and Terry Hughes struck out in the third inning. Tommy Harper and Juan Beniquez each singled to drive in one run. Carl Yastrzemski followed with a line drive that bounced over Bobby Murcer's head for a triple, Harper and Beniquez scoring. The other run counted in the fifth on singles by Harper and Beniquez and an error by Chris Chambliss. In the nightcap, the Red Sox handed Larry Gura his first defeat, starting their scoring with two runs in the fifth inning on a single by Mario Guerrero, a walk to Harper, single by Beniquez and infield out by Yastrzemski. The Red Sox added their winning runs in the seventh on a walk to Dwight Evans, double by Jim Rice, infield out by Rick Burleson and a passed ball. Murcer batted in both runs for the Yankees.

A's 5, Twins 1 at Oakland (night game):
Gene Tenace, who hit his 25th homer for a personal season high, made it a big blow by connecting with the bases loaded in the fourth inning to power the Athletics to a 5-1 victory over the Twins. Bert Campaneris doubled, Claudell Washington beat out an infield hit and Sal Bando walked to set the stage for Tenace's third grand slam of the season. His former high in homers was 24 last year. Ray Fosse batted in the A's other run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Vida Blue, who was the winner with help from Rollie Fingers, gave up the Twins' tally in the seventh on a single by Craig Kusick and double by Steve Brye.

[DH] Cubs 6, Expos 4 (day game) / Expos 11, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
Rick Monday and Bill Madlock twice hit homers to help the Cubs win the first game of a doubleheader, 6-4, before the Expos stole seven bases for a Montreal club record while posting an 11-2 victory in the second game. Monday and Madlock homered in the first inning and repeated their act in the sixth. The Cubs then added two runs for their winning margin in the eighth on singles by Don Kessinger, Madlock and Jose Cardenal and an error by Larry Lintz. Barry Foote had a homer in the game for the Expos. In the nightcap, Willie Davis drove in four runs, including three with a homer, to lead the Expos' attack. Davis also stole two bases as did Lintz. Ron Fairly, Ken Singleton and Tim Foli swiped one apiece. George Mitterwald homered for the Cubs.

Reds 5, Astros 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
Johnny Bench and Dave Concepcion collected three hits apiece to lead the Reds to a 5-1 victory over the Astros. After the Reds scored in the fourth inning on singles by Dan Driessen, Concepcion and Ken Griffey, Bob Watson homered in the fifth for the Astros' lone run off Fred Norman. The Reds came back with three runs in their half. Joe Morgan walked and scored on a triple by Bench, who also crossed the plate on a passed ball. Driessen followed with a single, moved up on an infield out and scored on a single by Concepcion. The Reds added their last run in the seventh on a single by Bench, pass to Driessen and single by Concepcion.

Dodgers 2, Braves 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Dodgers scored on a passed ball with the bases loaded and two out in the 10th inning to defeat the Braves, 2-1. Andy Messersmith, who started for the Dodgers, yielded the Braves' run in the first on a double by Ralph Garr and infield outs by Marty Perez and Darrell Evans. Ron Cey tied the score with a homer off Phil Niekro in the eighth. Mike Marshall, making his 102nd relief appearance of the season, took over for Messersmith in the ninth. With two away in the 10th, Steve Yeager doubled. After an intentional pass to Bill Russell, Niekro walked Gal Hopkins on four pitches to load the bases. Then, facing Davey Lopes, Niekro threw a knuckleball on his first delivery and the ball got away from catcher Johnny Oates, allowing Yeager to score.

Phillies 6, Mets 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Starting with a three-run homer by Greg Luzinski in the first inning, the Phillies defeated the Mets, 6-3. Luzinski's wallop off Hank Webb followed singles by Dave Cash and Willie Montanez. Steve Carlton, who had two hits, scored on a single by Larry Bowa in the second. The Phillies loaded the bases and added a run on an infield out by Del Unser in the fifth before Bowa drove in his second run of the game in the eighth. The Mets counted twice with the aid of an error by Montanez in the fourth and forced the exit of Carlton in the ninth. Gene Garber, taking over with two men on base after a run-scoring single by Rusty Staub with one out, retired the last two batters to save the game.

Padres 3, Giants 2 at San Diego (night game):
Making his first start after 22 relief appearances, Rusty Gerhardt gained a victory with the help of Randy Jones when the Padres defeated the Giants, 3-2. The Padres collected only four hits to 11 for the Giants. However, with the score tied, 2-2, in the seventh inning, Dave Hilton drew a pass from Elias Sosa, pitching in relief of John D'Acquisto. Fred Kendall bunted and when Sosa threw wildly, Hilton reached third. Johnny Grubb then batted for Gerhardt and hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the deciding run.

Pirates 7, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
Held scoreless on two hits in the first five innings, the Pirates broke loose for four runs in the sixth and added three on a homer by Willie Stargell in the seventh to defeat the Cardinals, 7-3, and take over first place in the East Division by one-half game. John Curtis, pitching for the Cardinals, lost his stuff and his control in the sixth. Rennie Stennett and Manny Sanguillen singled and Stargell was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Richie Zisk grounded out, Stennett scoring to tie the game at 1-1. Curtis walked Bob Robertson intentionally and then also passed Richie Hebner to force in the Pirates' go-ahead run. Mike Garman relieved and was greeted with a two-run single by Dave Parker. In the seventh, Stennett and Al Oliver singled. The Cardinals brought in southpaw Rich Folkers to face lefthanded-hitting Stargell, who upset the percentage with his homer. Ted Sizemore batted in all three of the Cardinals' runs with a double in the first, grounder in the seventh and single in the ninth.