MLB standings through games of September 30, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 30, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	160	89	71	0	.556		647	602	46-35	43-36	9-1	Won 7
New York Yankees	160	88	72	0	.550	1.0	667	619	47-34	41-38	8-2	Won 4
Boston Red Sox	160	83	77	0	.519	6.0	683	649	45-34	38-43	6-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	160	76	83	1	.478	12.5	650	681	40-40	36-43	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	160	75	85	0	.469	14.0	643	656	39-40	36-45	3-7	Lost 4
Detroit Tigers	160	72	88	0	.450	17.0	610	756	36-43	36-45	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	160	90	70	0	.562		687	546	49-32	41-38	5-5	Won 2
Texas Rangers	159	82	75	2	.522	6.5	688	691	42-38	40-37	4-6	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	161	81	79	1	.506	9.0	666	667	47-32	34-47	4-6	Lost 4
Chicago White Sox	161	78	80	3	.494	11.0	677	716	44-34	34-46	6-4	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	160	77	83	0	.481	13.0	662	655	40-41	37-42	5-5	Lost 2
California Angels	161	66	94	1	.412	24.0	613	655	34-45	32-49	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	160	86	74	0	.537		740	648	50-29	36-45	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	160	86	74	0	.537		675	640	44-37	42-37	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	160	78	82	0	.487	8.0	659	655	41-38	37-44	7-3	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	160	78	82	0	.487	8.0	671	698	46-35	32-47	5-5	Lost 4
New York Mets	160	71	89	0	.444	15.0	569	641	36-43	35-46	4-6	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	160	66	94	0	.412	20.0	660	815	32-49	34-45	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	160	100	60	0	.625		785	552	52-29	48-31	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	161	98	62	1	.613	2.0	775	611	50-31	48-31	7-3	Won 6
Atlanta Braves	161	86	74	1	.537	14.0	641	562	44-35	42-39	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	160	81	79	0	.506	19.0	644	619	46-33	35-46	5-5	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	160	71	89	0	.444	29.0	622	712	36-43	35-46	3-7	Lost 5
San Diego Padres	160	59	101	0	.369	41.0	530	818	36-45	23-56	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Indians 2, Red Sox 1 at Boston (night game):
The Indians bunched three of their six hits in the fourth inning and nipped the Red Sox, 2-1, behind Jim Perry. Charlie Spikes opened the fourth with a single, moved to third on John Ellis' double to right, then scored on George Hendrick's infield roller. Ellis came home on Dave Duncan's single to left. Boston scored its lone run in the fourth on singles by Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans and an infield out.

Orioles 12, Tigers 6 at Detroit (night game):
The Orioles, with Earl Williams and Bobby Grich homering and driving in three runs apiece, increased their A. L. East lead over the idle Yankees to a full game with a 12-6 victory over the Tigers. Baltimore tallied five times in the second, Brooks Robinson plating the first two with a single, then scoring ahead of Williams' homer. Dave Lemanczyk, relieving loser Mickey Lolich, walked two batters and gave up an RBI single to Grich. Williams singled home a run in the third, and Paul Blair, Grich and Tommy Davis delivered RBI hits in a three-run fourth. Grich hit a solo homer in the sixth and Mark Belanger drove in the final two Baltimore runs in the ninth with a bases-loaded single. Bill Freehan doubled to knock in the Tigers' first two runs in the third, then singled home another with two out in the fifth to start a three-run rally. A double by Gary Sutherland and single by Ron LeFlore produced Detroit's final run in the eighth.

Astros 4, Dodgers 1 at Houston (night game):
The Astros' Larry Dierker and Ken Forsch, combining on a six-hitter, held the Dodgers scoreless until the ninth and prevented Los Angeles from clinching the N. L. West crown as Houston won, 4-1. Dierker drove home the Astros' first run in the fourth, singling across Doug Rader, who had doubled. Houston made it 3-0 in the fifth on Lee May's RBI single and a sacrifice fly by Milt May. A passed ball by Joe Ferguson in the sixth allowed Dave Campbell, the pinch-runner for pinch-hitter Johnny Edwards, who had doubled, to score after Campbell had moved to third on a groundout. The Dodgers avoided being shutout when they pushed across a run in the final frame on two walks and a single by pinch-hitter Manny Mota. Dierker worked six innings before his arm stiffened and he was relieved by Forsch.

Cardinals 5, Expos 1 at Montreal (night game):
Ted Simmons' three-run homer in the first and Reggie Smith's two-run triple in the eighth backed three-hit hurling by rookie Bob Forsch as the Cardinals remained in a tie with the Pirates in the N.L. East by beating the Expos, 5-1. Simmons rapped his 20th round-tripper after a single by Ted Sizemore and walk to Smith. Forsch held Montreal hitless through six innings, the Expos finally breaking through for their only tally in the seventh on a double by Mike Jorgensen and single by Ken Singleton. Forsch opened the eighth with a single and Lou Brock reached on an error before Smith swatted his triple. The Expos' only other hit was a two-out single by Willie Davis in the ninth.

Mets 5, Phillies 2 at New York (night game):
The Mets snapped a 1-1 tie with a four-run rally in the sixth to hand the Phillies a 5-2 defeat. Wayne Garrett delivered the biggest blow, a three-run homer after Ted Martinez singled, stole second and moved to third on a fly ball. Rusty Staub had walked and Benny Ayala singled across the go-ahead run to knock out Philadelphia starter Larry Christenson. Mac Scarce relieved and was greeted by Garrett's 13th homer of the year. Both clubs tallied single runs in the fourth, and the Phillies tacked on their final counter in the ninth against Jerry Koosman, who went the distance for his 15th victory.

Pirates 2, Cubs 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Pinch-hitter Richie Zisk tripled home Manny Sanguillen, who had bunted for a single and moved to second on a wild pitch in the seventh inning, to give the Pirates a 2-1 victory over the Cubs. The RBI was Zisk's 100th of the season and broke a tie which had stood since the third inning when the Pirates scored a run off Bill Bonham. The Cubs scored their only run off Bruce Kison in the first when the Pirate winner gave up two singles, hit a batter and walked Pete LaCock on four pitches. Kison gave up only one hit after the first frame. The Pirates got the tying tally two innings later when Frank Taveras was hit by a pitch, then broke for second as Rennie Stennett bounced to third. Stennett was thrown out at first, but Taveras continued to third and came around to score when the return throw from LaCock to third baseman Bill Madlock was wild. The run became earned when Richie Hebner walked and Al Oliver singled.