MLB standings through games of September 26, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 26, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	156	85	71	0	.545		623	592	43-35	42-36	8-2	Won 3
New York Yankees	157	85	72	0	.541	0.5	639	609	47-34	38-38	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	156	81	75	0	.519	4.0	662	635	45-33	36-42	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	156	75	80	1	.484	9.5	638	652	40-37	35-43	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	157	75	82	0	.478	10.5	639	644	39-40	36-42	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	156	71	85	0	.455	14.0	592	724	35-40	36-45	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	157	88	69	0	.561		676	536	47-31	41-38	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	156	80	74	2	.519	6.5	668	686	42-38	38-36	4-6	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	158	81	76	1	.516	7.0	664	656	47-32	34-44	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	158	77	78	3	.497	10.0	667	705	44-34	33-44	6-4	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	157	76	81	0	.484	12.0	657	635	39-39	37-42	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	158	63	94	1	.401	25.0	602	653	31-45	32-49	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	156	83	73	0	.532		727	636	49-29	34-44	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	156	83	73	0	.532		650	624	44-37	39-36	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	156	78	78	0	.500	5.0	665	682	46-35	32-43	5-5	Won 3
Montreal Expos	156	75	81	0	.481	8.0	647	646	38-37	37-44	6-4	Won 3
New York Mets	156	69	87	0	.442	14.0	553	628	34-41	35-46	3-7	Lost 4
Chicago Cubs	156	65	91	0	.417	18.0	644	793	31-47	34-44	5-5	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	157	99	58	0	.631		777	543	52-29	47-29	6-4	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	158	95	62	1	.605	4.0	751	599	47-31	48-31	5-5	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	158	85	72	1	.541	14.0	629	546	43-33	42-39	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	156	78	78	0	.500	20.5	624	606	45-33	33-45	4-6	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	157	71	86	0	.452	28.0	610	688	36-43	35-43	5-5	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	158	58	100	0	.367	41.5	525	811	35-44	23-56	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 5, Tigers 3 at Detroit (night game):
Bob Montgomery tied the score with a two-run homer in the ninth inning and then drove in two more runs with a bases-loaded single in the 10th to give the Red Sox a 5-3 victory over the Tigers. Montgomery entered the game after Bernie Carbo batted for Tim Blackwell in the seventh when the Red Sox scored their first run on a bases-loaded walk to Carl Yastrzemski. Doug Griffin singled before Montgomery came to bat in the ninth and hit his homer. In the 10th, Jim Rice walked, Terry Hughes was hit by a pitch, Rick Burleson sacrificed and Griffin was handed an intentional pass to set the stage for Montgomery's winning single.

Royals 10, Angels 1 at Kansas City (night game):
A grand-slam homer by Hal McRae in the second inning put Steve Busby on easy street as the Royals defeated the Angels, 10-1. Busby gave up the Angels' run in the first on singles by Morris Nettles, Denny Doyle and Bruce Bochte, but allowed only two hits the rest of the way in recording his 20th complete game and 22nd victory of the season. In the second, Buck Martinez drove in a run with a single to tie the score before McRae came up with the bases loaded and his his homer off Chuck Dobson. Cookie Rojas added to the Royals' lead with a two-run double in the fifth. George Brett, who had four hits, also accounted for two RBIs.

A's 2, Twins 1 at Oakland (night game):
The Athletics clinched at least a tie for their fourth straight West Division title when Catfish Hunter defeated the Twins, 2-1, for his 25th victory. The A's magic number was reduced to one as a result of their triumph and the second-place Rangers' loss of a doubleheader to the White Sox. The A's, who collected only five hits off Dave Goltz, scored a run in the first inning on a single by Claudell Washington, a stolen base and single by Sal Bando. Joe Rudi singled in the fourth and raced home to score what proved to be the winning run when Eric Soderholm threw wildly in handling a grounder by Gene Tenace. Hunter allowed seven hits with the Twins' run coming on a homer by Bobby Darwin in the ninth.

[DH] White Sox 5, Rangers 1 (night game) / White Sox 7, Rangers 2 at Texas (night game):
Jim Kaat gained his 20th victory of the season in the opening game of a twi-night doubleheader as the White Sox defeated the Rangers, 5-1 and 7-2. Kaat, who had been in the charmed circle once before with 25 victories for the Twins in 1966, scattered five hits and struck out eight to go over the 2,000 mark for his career. Jorge Orta accounted for the first three runs in support of Kaat, driving in Ed Herrmann with a sacrifice fly in the third inning and hitting a double to score Pat Kelly and Bucky Dent in the fifth. Tony Muser batted in the other pair with a triple in the eighth before the Rangers picked up their lone run off Kaat. In the nightcap, the White Sox beat Jim Bibby, who failed for the third time in a bid for his 20th victory. Bill Stein led the attack with four hits, driving in three runs.

Reds 10, Astros 6 at Cincinnati (night game):
After Jack Billingham proved ineffective in a third try for his 20th victory, the Reds rallied to defeat the Astros, 10-6. Billingham gave up the Astros' runs in the first 3 2/3 innings on 10 hits, including a homer by Cesar Cedeno with two men on base. The Reds, who were trailing, 6-2, when Billingham departed, picked up two runs in the fourth and then exploded for five in the fifth with an attack that featured doubles by Johnny Bench, Ken Griffey and Merv Rettenmund. The Reds used three relief pitchers, Pedro Borbon, Tom Hall and Rawly Eastwick, who silenced the Astros' bats in the last 5 1/3 innings. Eastwick worked the final four frames and was credited with his second save.

Pirates 11, Mets 5 at New York (night game):
Al Oliver and Willie Stargell drove in nine runs between them as the Pirates walloped the Mets, 11-5, to move into a tie with the idle Cardinals for first place in the East Division. The Pirates, who had lost to Jerry Koosman four times this season, jumped on the lefthander for six runs in the first two innings. Before Koosman could retire a batter at the start of the game, Rennie Stennett, Manny Sanguillen and Oliver singled for one run and Stargell followed with a three-run homer. Stennett singled again and Oliver homered in the second. The Pirates counted three more times in the fifth, one run scoring on a single by Stargell, before Sanguillen walked in the sixth and Oliver hit his second two-run homer of the game. Juan Pizarro pitched the first eight innings for the Pirates and gained his first major league victory since 1972.

Dodgers 5, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
Forced into overtime, the Dodgers erupted for three runs in the 10th inning and defeated the Padres, 5-2. The Padres scored off Doug Rau on singles by Dave Winfield and Enzo Hernandez and an error by Jim Wynn in the second inning. The Dodgers did not catch up against Dave Freisleben until the seventh when Willie Crawford walked, Bill Russell singled and Manny Mota, batting for Rau, was safe on an error by Glenn Beckert, allowing Crawford to score. Larry Hardy was on the mound for the Padres in the eighth when the Dodgers went ahead with singles by Wynn and Steve Garvey around a stolen base. However, Mike Marshall failed to hold the lead in the ninth, tossing a pitch that Dave Winfield smashed for a homer. In the 10th, Wynn and Joe Ferguson drew walks and Ron Cey drove them home with a double before crossing the plate himself with the final run on a single by Russell.