MLB standings through games of September 28, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 28, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	158	87	71	0	.551		631	593	45-35	42-36	9-1	Won 5
New York Yankees	159	87	72	0	.547	0.5	657	619	47-34	40-38	7-3	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	158	83	75	0	.525	4.0	678	640	45-33	38-42	6-4	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	158	75	82	1	.478	11.5	648	670	40-39	35-43	2-8	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	159	75	84	0	.472	12.5	640	652	39-40	36-44	3-7	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	158	71	87	0	.449	16.0	597	740	35-42	36-45	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	159	89	70	0	.560		684	544	48-32	41-38	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	158	81	75	2	.519	6.5	683	691	42-38	39-37	3-7	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	160	81	78	1	.509	8.0	666	663	47-32	34-46	5-5	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	160	78	79	3	.497	10.0	675	713	44-34	34-45	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	159	77	82	0	.484	12.0	662	650	40-40	37-42	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	160	65	94	1	.409	24.0	609	655	33-45	32-49	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	158	85	73	0	.538		736	640	49-29	36-44	7-3	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	158	84	74	0	.532	1.0	663	636	44-37	40-37	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	158	78	80	0	.494	7.0	666	687	46-35	32-45	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	158	77	81	0	.487	8.0	652	647	40-37	37-44	7-3	Won 5
New York Mets	158	69	89	0	.437	16.0	557	637	34-43	35-46	2-8	Lost 6
Chicago Cubs	158	66	92	0	.418	19.0	656	806	32-48	34-44	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	159	100	59	0	.629		784	548	52-29	48-30	7-3	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	160	97	62	1	.610	3.0	768	608	49-31	48-31	6-4	Won 5
Atlanta Braves	160	86	73	1	.541	14.0	635	553	44-34	42-39	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	158	79	79	0	.500	20.5	631	612	45-33	34-46	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	159	71	88	0	.447	29.0	619	705	36-43	35-45	3-7	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	160	59	101	0	.369	41.5	530	818	36-45	23-56	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 7, Brewers 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Don Baylor and Paul Blair each hit a two-run double in the Orioles' support of Mike Cuellar, who gained his seventh straight victory by defeating the Brewers, 7-1. Coming after the Yankees beat the Indians in an afternoon doubleheader, the triumph enabled the Orioles to cling to a lead of one-half game in the East Division race. The Orioles ran their way to two runs in the first inning. Blair and Bobby Grich singled and when catcher Charlie Moore threw wildly into left field on a double steal attempt, both Oriole runners scored. Baylor hit his double in third after a walk to Grich, forceout by Tommy Davis and pass to Boog Powell. Singles by Elrod Hendricks and Mark Belanger preceded Blair's double in the fourth. Pedro Garcia homered for the Brewers in the fifth to spoil Cuellar's shutout. Powell homered to account for the Orioles' last run in the fifth.

Angels 4, Twins 0 at California (night game):
Nolan Ryan turned in the third no-hitter of his career, pitching the Angels to a 4-0 victory over the Twins.

[DH] Yankees 9, Indians 3 (day game) / Yankees 9, Indians 7 at Cleveland (day game):
Ron Blomberg belted three homers and Graig Nettles, Roy White and Lou Piniella poked one apiece, all six blows coming with a man on base, to power the Yankees to 9-3 and 9-7 victories in a doubleheader with the Indians. Blomberg homered off Gaylord Perry after a pass to Bobby Murcer in the first inning of the opener and connected again after a run-scoring double by Elliott Maddox in the fifth. Blomberg was on base with a single when Nettles tagged Steve Kline for his round-tripper in the eighth. Frank Duffy hit a two-run homer for the Indians. In the nightcap, John Ellis hit the first grand slam of his major league career to give the Indians a 4-2 lead against Larry Gura in the fourth inning. Piniella tied the score with a two-run smash in the fifth, but the Indians went ahead again when Ellis singled and Rico Carty hit his first homer of the season in the sixth. Duffy singled for another run in the seventh before the Yankees exploded to win the game in the eighth. Chris Chambliss doubled and scored on a single by Nettles. Blomberg batted for Sandy Alomar and hit reliever Tom Buskey's first pitch for a score-tying homer. Jim Mason followed with a single and White hammered the Yankees' sixth two-run homer of the day for the game-winning blow.

Red Sox 7, Tigers 2 at Detroit (day game):
Luis Tiant pitched five innings and gained his 22nd victory, with Dick Pole finishing the game, as the Red Sox defeated the Tigers, 7-2. Tiant gave up three singles and two runs in the first but then held the Tigers hitless for the rest of his stint. Pole gave up two hits in the final four frames. The Red Sox, who had scored once in their half of the first, broke the game apart with five runs in the fourth, going ahead to stay when Fred Lynn tripled, Bob Montgomery doubled and Rick Miller singled.

Rangers 11, Royals 0 at Kansas City (night game):
While Jackie Brown pitched a shutout, the Rangers hammered out 17 hits and overwhelmed the Royals, 11-0. Cesar Tovar had a perfect night at the plate with a triple, two doubles and a single, driving in three runs and scoring three. Jeff Burroughs accounted for two RBIs with a pair of singles. Brown did not issue a pass while limiting the Royals to seven singles.

A's 6, White Sox 5 at Oakland (day game):
Although their pitchers gave up 13 walks, the Athletics were able to defeat the White Sox, 6-5, with the aid of two homers. Gene Tenace hit for the circuit with two men on base in the first inning and when the A's added three runs in the third, Joe Rudi homered with one aboard. Vida Blue pitched the first five innings and walked seven. Blue Moon Odom failed to retire a batter in the sixth, giving up one hit and three passes. Darold Knowles, Bill Parsons and Paul Lindblad followed. Lindblad was the only one of the five who did not give up a walk. The White Sox left 18 men on base.

[DH] Astros 5, Braves 0 (night game) / Braves 6, Astros 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Trading two-hitters, the Astros won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 5-0, before the Braves gained a spilt with a 6-2 victory in the second game. Don Wilson pitched the shutout for the Astros and got his principal batting support from Tommy Helms, who hit a three-run homer. Darrell Evans and Vic Correll homered for the Braves in the nightcap and Hank Aaron drove in two runs with a double to back up the pitching of Phil Niekro. Milt May accounted for both Astros' runs with a circuit clout.

Cubs 8, Cardinals 3 at Chicago (day game):
Bill Madlock, who was involved in a fight in the game in St. Louis September 22, gained what he called "sweet revenge" with a three-run triple that helped the Cubs defeat the Cardinals, 8-3. Rick Reuschel, who started for the Cubs, walked Ted Simmons and Joe Torre in the fourth inning before calling it quits because of a blister on his pitching hand during a 29-minute rain delay. Dave LaRoche relieved. Bake McBride walked to load the bases, Ken Reitz drove in two runs with a single and Mike Tyson doubled to add a third tally. LaRoche stifled Cardinals for the next 4 2/3 innings and also contributed two hits to the Cubs' comeback. After Billy Williams hit a homer in the fourth, LaRoche singled in the sixth, Rick Monday beat out an infield hit and Don Kessinger walked to load the bases. Madlock then cleared the sacks with his triple. In the seventh, the Cubs clinched their victory with four extra runs on a single with the aid of three errors by the Cardinals. LaRoche contributed a bunt single. With righthanded batters coming up, Oscar Zamora took over for LaRoche in the ninth and finished the job of knocking the Cardinals out of their first-place tie with the Pirates in the East Division.

Reds 13, Giants 6 at Cincinnati (day game):
A three-run homer by Dave Concepcion in the seventh inning broke a 6-6 tie and led to the Reds' 13-6 victory over the Giants. The Reds earlier in the game had back-to-back homers by Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench in the second inning off John Montefusco. Ed Halicki, who relieved Montefusco, hit the first homer of his major league career and Dave Kingman also rapped a round-tripper before Concepcion smashed the deadlock with his circuit clout off Gary Lavelle after a walk to Bench and single by Tony Perez. The Reds then iced their victory with four runs in the eighth on the combination of a triple by Pete Rose, double by Ray Knight, singles by Perez and Ken Griffey and two walks.

Expos 3, Phillies 1 at Montreal (day game):
Although a catcher by trade, Gary Carter went into right field for the Expos and provided the big bat to account for a 3-1 victory over the Phillies. The youngster from Memphis (international) hit his first major league homer in the second inning and drove in another run with a single in the sixth. The Expos added a tally with a double by Larry Parrish and single by Pepe Mangual in the seventh before the Phillies broke through for their lone run off Steve Renko in the ninth.

Pirates 7, Mets 3 at New York (day game):
Homers by Richie Hebner and Richie Zisk overpowered the Mets, 7-3, and carried the Pirates into first place in the East Division by one game over the Cardinals, who lost to the Cubs. Rennie Stennett, who collected four hits, opened with a double, stopped at third on a single by Manny Sanguillen and scored when Al Oliver hit into a double play. The Mets came back with a run off Jim Rooker in their half of the first on a double by Don Hahn, safe bunt by Felix Millan and infield out by Rusty Staub. The Pirates then took command in the third when Willie Stargell and Zisk walked with one away and, after the second out, Hebner homered off Tug McGraw. Oliver doubled and Zisk hit for the circuit to kayo McGraw in the fifth. Staub homered for the Mets in the sixth, but the Pirates added a run in the eighth on a single by Hebner, a sacrifice and Stennett's fourth hit before Benny Ayala ended the scoring with a homer for the Mets in the ninth.

Dodgers 5, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
Andy Messersmith became the N. L.'s first 20-game winner of the season when the Dodgers defeated the Padres, 5-2, to clinch at least a tie for the West Division crown. Messersmith pitched 7 2/3 innings before giving way to Mike Marshall, who made his 105th appearance of season. Davey Lopes got the Dodgers off to a lead with a homer in the first, but the Padres pulled even in their half on a walk to Enzo Hernandez, single by Bobby Tolan and infield out by Willie McCovey. Jim Wynn doubled for the Dodgers in the sixth and raced home from second when Bill Greif uncorked a wild pitch that bounced in front of the plate and caromed toward the Dodger dugout on the third base side. The Dodgers then put over their three winning runs in the eighth on a single by Bill Buckner, sacrifice by Wynn and singles by Ron Cey, Bill Russell and Steve Yeager. Larry Hardy replaced Greif and set a major league record for rookie pitchers with his 75th appearance of the season. Messersmith was lifted after the Padres counted their second run on doubles by Nate Colbert and Fred Kendall in the eighth.