MLB standings through games of September 27, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 27, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	157	86	71	0	.548		624	592	44-35	42-36	8-2	Won 4
New York Yankees	157	85	72	0	.541	1.0	639	609	47-34	38-38	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	157	82	75	0	.522	4.0	671	638	45-33	37-42	6-4	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	156	75	80	1	.484	10.0	638	652	40-37	35-43	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	158	75	83	0	.475	11.5	639	645	39-40	36-43	4-6	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	157	71	86	0	.452	15.0	595	733	35-41	36-45	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	158	88	70	0	.557		678	539	47-32	41-38	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	157	80	75	2	.516	6.5	672	691	42-38	38-37	3-7	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	159	81	77	1	.513	7.0	666	659	47-32	34-45	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	159	78	78	3	.500	9.0	670	707	44-34	34-44	6-4	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	158	77	81	0	.487	11.0	662	639	40-39	37-42	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	159	64	94	1	.405	24.0	605	655	32-45	32-49	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	157	84	73	0	.535		729	637	49-29	35-44	7-3	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	157	84	73	0	.535		660	628	44-37	40-36	5-5	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	157	78	79	0	.497	6.0	665	684	46-35	32-44	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	157	76	81	0	.484	8.0	649	646	39-37	37-44	7-3	Won 4
New York Mets	157	69	88	0	.439	15.0	554	630	34-42	35-46	2-8	Lost 5
Chicago Cubs	157	65	92	0	.414	19.0	648	803	31-48	34-44	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	158	99	59	0	.627		779	546	52-29	47-30	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	159	96	62	1	.608	3.0	755	602	48-31	48-31	5-5	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	158	85	72	1	.541	13.5	629	546	43-33	42-39	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	156	78	78	0	.500	20.0	624	606	45-33	33-45	4-6	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	158	71	87	0	.449	28.0	613	692	36-43	35-44	4-6	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	159	59	100	0	.371	40.5	528	813	36-44	23-56	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 1, Brewers 0 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles increased their lead over the rain-idled Yankees to one game in the East Division race when Bobby Grich scored on a slow roller by Bob Oliver with the bases loaded in the 17th inning to defeat the Brewers, 1-0. With one out, Grich drew a pass from Tom Murphy, Al Bumbry singled and Jim Northrup walked to load the bases. Oliver then hit his grounder to Don Money, who was unable to make the play at the plate as Grich scored. Jim Colborn pitched the first 13 innings for the Brewers before yielding to Murphy. Jim Palmer, who started for the Orioles, doled out only four hits in 12 innings. Bob Reynolds followed and had to be bailed out in the 16th by Grant Jackson, who gained the victory.

Angels 3, Twins 2 at California (night game):
Pinch-hitter Doug Howard delivered a two-run single for the Angels in the seventh inning to beat the Twins, 3-2. After the Twins took a 2-1 lead in the top half of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Steve Brye, Denny Doyle singled and took third on a single by Morris Nettles. With Howard at bat for Bob Heise, Nettles stole second. Howard then singled to drive in the tying and winning runs.

Red Sox 9, Tigers 3 at Detroit (night game):
Bob Montgomery, who drove in four runs with a homer and single in the preceding night's game, accounted for two more RBIs with a single and double as the Red Sox defeated the Tigers, 9-3. Woodie Fryman, who started for the Tigers, was able to retire only one batter in the first inning before being kayoed in a four-run attack. The Red Sox went on to pile up 13 hits in the game with every batter except Juan Beniquez sharing in the feast. Beniquez also was the only Red Sox batter who did not drive in at least one run. Danny Cater had the only homer.

Royals 5, Rangers 4 at Kansas City (night game):
George Brett climaxed his second straight four-hit game with a run-scoring single in the 12th inning to give the Royals a 5-4 victory and kill off the Rangers' last hope of tying the Athletics for the West Division title. The Rangers got to Al Fitzmorris for three runs in the second inning, but the Royals tied the score with three unearned runs off Fergie Jenkins in the third. Brett drove in two of them with a single. The Rangers went ahead in the 11th with a run on a walk to Joe Lovitto, sacrifice by Jim Sundberg and single by Dave Nelson, but Steve Foucault, who had replaced Jenkins, gave up the matching tally in the Royals' half on a single by Cookie Rojas, sacrifice by Frank White and single by Fran Healy, scoring Fred Patek, who ran for Rojas. Then the in 12th, Amos Otis singled, took third on a wild pickoff throw by Foucault and scored the winning run on Brett's single.

White Sox 3, A's 2 at Oakland (night game):
Although losing to the White Sox, 3-2, the Athletics wrapped up their fourth straight West Division title when the Rangers were defeated by the Royals. News of the Rangers' elimination reached the A's in the third inning and manager Alvin Dark immediately took most of his regulars out of the game. The White Sox scored their runs, all unearned, off Ken Holtzman in the first inning on singles by Bucky Dent and Jorge Orta, a wild throw by Ray Fosse, bunt by Bill Stein and single by Brian Downing. The A's picked up a run on a single by Angel Mangual and double by Dick Green in the fifth. Mangual homered in the seventh.

Cardinals 10, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
With Bob Gibson leading way at bat before a stiff shoulder forced his exit after six innings, the Cardinals defeated the Cubs, 10-4. Gibson, who had only two RBIs to his credit previously this season, drove in four runs. The Cardinals loaded the bases in the second on walks to Ted Simmons and Joe Torre and a single by Bake McBride. Ken Reitz struck out and Mike Tyson grounded into a forceout at the plate, but Gibson came through with a double, driving in three runs. Gibson accounted for his other RBI with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. The Cardinals then clinched their victory with four runs in the fifth, two scoring on a single by Simmons and two on a homer by Torre after Burt Hooton replaced Tom Dettore. Tyson hit his first homer of the season in the sixth. Lou Brock singled later in the same stanza and stole his 117th base.

Reds 4, Giants 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Dave Concepcion kept the Reds' West Division hopes alive with a run-scoring dash on an error in the ninth inning to beat the Giants, 4-3. Bobby Bonds homered following a walk to Gary Thomasson and single by Tito Fuentes to account for the Giants' runs in the first. Tony Perez started the Reds' comeback with a round-tripper in the fourth. A double by Ken Griffey led to another run on a sacrifice fly by Pete Rose in the fifth before Concepcion tied the score with a homer in the seventh. Concepcion singled in the ninth for his third hit of the game. Griffey bunted and when Gary Lavelle, pitching in relief for the Giants, uncorked a wild throw, Concepcion raced home from first base to score the winning run.

Expos 2, Phillies 0 at Montreal (night game):
Mike Torrez turned in his first shutout of the season and extended his personal winning streak to six games, pitching the Expos to a 2-0 victory over the Phillies. Pat Scanlon, who singled in the third inning for his first major league hit, scored the Expos' initial run when Torrez followed with a single and Jerry White doubled. The other run counted on singles by Willie Davis, Ken Singleton and Barry Foote in the fourth.

Pirates 2, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
Under pressure after the Cardinals beat the Cubs in an afternoon game, the Pirates got a tight pitching performance from Jerry Reuss and defeated the Mets, 2-1, to remain in a first-place tie in the East Division. Reuss, who allowed only one hit and faced just 18 batters in the first six innings, did not issue a pass in the game for the first time this season. The lefthander yielded six hits in the last three frames, but the Mets scored only in the eighth on a single by Wayne Garrett, pinch-double by George Theodore and single by Don Hahn. With two out, Reuss retired Felix Millan on a grounder to escape from the jam. The Pirates counted their two runs off Jon Matlack in the sixth. Rennie Stennett led off with a single and took third on a single by Manny Sanguillen. After Al Oliver popped up, Willie Stargell doubled to drive in Stennett. Sanguillen, who stopped at third, then scored what proved to be the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Bob Robertson. Reuss ran into trouble in the seventh, giving up singles to Hahn and Millan, but the lefthander escaped from that jam by striking out Rusty Staub, retiring Benny Ayala on a fly and inducing John Milner to ground out. After giving up a run in the eighth, Reuss yielded a single by Staub before retiring the side in the ninth. The Mets turned four double plays to hold down the Pirates' scoring.

Padres 3, Dodgers 2 at San Diego (night game):
An error by Bill Russell with two out in the ninth inning enabled the Padres to defeat the Dodgers, 3-2. Dave Winfield homered for the Padres and Bill Buckner for the Dodgers to help forge a 2-2 tie before Willie McCovey doubled for the Padres with one away in the ninth. After an intentional pass to Winfield, Derrel Thomas flied out and John Scott, running for McCovey, advanced to third after the catch. Dave Hilton then hit a grounder which Russell booted, allowing Scott to score. The victory on a six-hitter by Dan Spillner was only the second for the Padres in 17 meetings with the Dodgers this season.