MLB standings through games of May 18, 1974

MLB standings at the end of May 18, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	33	18	15	0	.545		122	138	5-7	13-8	6-4	Won 4
Milwaukee Brewers	31	16	15	0	.516	1.0	150	131	6-9	10-6	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	33	17	16	0	.515	1.0	135	137	10-8	7-8	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	39	19	20	0	.487	2.0	146	159	11-9	8-11	2-8	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	35	17	18	0	.486	2.0	152	147	9-9	8-9	5-5	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	36	17	19	0	.472	2.5	146	161	10-8	7-11	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	35	18	15	2	.545		141	152	10-7	8-8	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	37	19	18	0	.514	1.0	165	151	13-9	6-9	7-3	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	36	18	18	0	.500	1.5	173	145	8-8	10-10	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	37	18	19	0	.486	2.0	174	169	9-10	9-9	3-7	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	32	15	16	1	.484	2.0	128	143	8-6	7-10	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	38	17	20	1	.459	3.0	169	168	10-10	7-10	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	35	19	16	0	.543		157	148	14-7	5-9	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	35	19	16	0	.543		177	152	10-7	9-9	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	28	14	14	0	.500	1.5	119	131	6-3	8-11	4-6	Lost 3
New York Mets	36	17	19	0	.472	2.5	154	151	7-8	10-11	7-3	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	32	13	19	0	.406	4.5	126	180	10-6	3-13	4-6	Lost 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	32	11	21	0	.344	6.5	133	163	7-10	4-11	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	38	28	10	0	.737		221	120	17-4	11-6	9-1	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	34	19	15	0	.559	7.0	145	129	12-8	7-7	7-3	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	39	21	18	0	.538	7.5	161	146	9-7	12-11	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	41	20	21	0	.488	9.5	185	168	14-8	6-13	1-9	Lost 8
Atlanta Braves	39	19	20	0	.487	9.5	159	163	10-9	9-11	6-4	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	41	15	26	0	.366	14.5	142	228	9-13	6-13	1-9	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 10, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (day game):
The Red Sox broke a tight game apart with six runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Orioles, 10-2. The Red Sox started their spree with a single by Rico Petrocelli, who scored on a walk to Dwight Evans and single by Bernie Carbo. Danny Cater, who had batted in the first run of the game with a double in the second, hit a sacrifice fly, driving in Evans. Other runs followed on singles by Dick McAuliffe, Juan Beniquez and Mario Guerrero, a forceout by Carlton Fisk and singles by Carl Yastrzemski and Petrocelli. Cater completed his four-RBI day with a two-run single in the ninth. Boog Powell hit a homer for the Orioles.

White Sox 3, A's 2 at Chicago (night game):
One bad inning proved costly to Vida Blue when the White Sox scored all their runs to defeat the Athletics, 3-2. Bill Melton, Ron Santo and Ken Henderson hit singles in the fourth for the first run. Blue then struck out Lamar Johnson, but Bucky Dent tripled to drive in Santo and Henderson. The A's racked up a run in the fifth on consecutive singles by Joe Rudi, Reggie Jackson and Gene Tenace. However in the sixth, after Angel Mangual tripled and scored on a single by Ted Kubiak, Terry Forster relieved Bill Moran and checked the A's the rest of the way.

Tigers 3, Indians 2 at Cleveland (day game):
John Knox singled in the seventh inning for his first RBI of the season to provide the Tigers' deciding run in a 3-2 victory over the Indians. Mickey Lolich tossed a five-hitter for the Tigers, but fell behind, 2-0, when John Lowenstein homered with a man on base in the first. The Tigers picked up a run on a sacrifice fly by Ben Oglivie with the bases loaded in the third, but then were stymied by Jim Perry's pitching until the seventh when Aurelio Rodriguez singled, Ed Brinkman tripled and Knox delivered his winning single.

Rangers 7, Royals 3 at Kansas City (night game):
The Rangers, who had lost 11 of their 12 previous games, came up with a 14-hit attack and defeated the Royals, 7-3. Lenny Randle and Jeff Burroughs each drove in a run for a 2-1 lead before the Rangers pulled away with another pair in the sixth inning on a double by Toby Harrah, triple by Randle and squeeze bunt by Joe Lovitto. Two more runs counted in the seventh. Alex Johnson scored on a single by Mike Hargrove and Burroughs crossed the plate on a wild pitch. Burroughs then capped the Rangers' scoring with a homer in the ninth. The Royals' scoring included a circuit clout by Amos Otis.

Brewers 5, Yankees 2 at Milwaukee (day game):
Kevin Kobel, the Brewers' 20-year-old lefthander, gained a 5-2 decision for his second major league victory, both at the expense of the Yankees, whom he beat previously, 5-1 on May 12. This time the youngster needed help from Tom Murphy in the eighth inning after the Yankees scored their two runs on a double by Lou Piniella and homer by Bill Sudakis. The Brewers had two homers, one by Dave May in the first inning and the other by Johnny Briggs in the sixth. In between, the Brewers counted twice in the second. Bobby Mitchell walked and, running with the pitch. scored from first base on a single by Pedro Garcia, who took second on the throw and crossed the plate on a single by Robin Yount. An error and a double by Don Money added a run in the fifth.

Twins 10, Angels 4 at Minnesota (day game):
In a free-swinging contest, the Twins piled up 17 hits and defeated the Angels, 10-4. Bobby Valentine had a double and three singles for the Angels, whose 13-hit attack largely proved unproductive. Steve Braun and Luis Gomez each had three hits for the Twins, while Rod Carew drove in three runs with two singles and an infield out.

Reds 7, Astros 6 at Houston (night game):
A three-run homer by Johnny Bench in the seventh inning brought the Reds a 7-6 victory over the Astros, who went down to their eighth straight defeat. The Reds started the game with four runs in the first on doubles by Joe Morgan and Bench, a pass to Dan Driessen and homer by Merv Rettenmund, but then their attack bogged down while the Astros went on the attack. Tommy Helms homered with a man on base in the third, Cesar Cedeno added a solo swat in the fourth and Milt May drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. The Astros went ahead, 5-1, on doubles by Greg Gross and Cedeno in the sixth, but Pete Rose singled in the seventh, Morgan walked and Bench turned the tide with his homer.

Dodgers 1, Braves 0 at Los Angeles (day game):
Breaking up a scoreless duel, Steve Garvey drove in a run with a single in the 13th inning to give the Dodgers a 1-0 victory over the Braves. Davey Lopes, who singled and advanced on successive groundouts, scored on Garvey's hit off Lew Krausse, who was the loser in relief after having been the winner in the previous night's game in his first appearance with the Braves.

Mets 6, Expos 0 at New York (day game):
Following the shutout example set by Tom Seaver in the previous night's game, Jon Matlack pitched the Mets to a 6-0 victory over the Expos to mark the lefthander's return to action after being sidelined since May 8 by a pulled leg muscle. Matlack allowed four hits. The Mets decided the outcome quickly, scoring four runs in the first inning. Bud Harrelson singled and was forced by Ken Boswell, who came in to bat after Felix Millan hit himself on the left shin with a foul ball. Cleon Jones singled and moved up an extra base on the throw while Boswell was taking third. Rusty Staub singled to drive in both runners. John Milner also singled and Wayne Garrett added two more runs with a double.

Phillies 9, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Mike Schmidt homered with a man on base and Del Unser connected for the circuit with two aboard when the Phillies exploded for seven runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Pirates, 9-2. Tommy Hutton singled ahead of Schmidt's smash. After the attack continued with run-scoring singles by Dave Cash and Larry Bowa, Unser hit his homer to cap the outburst. Every batter in the lineup, with the exception of the pitchers, collected one or more of the Phillies' 18 hits.

Giants 4, Padres 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Mike Phillips, filling in at shortstop for Chris Speier, hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to carry the Giants to a 4-2 victory over the Padres. The Giants scored in the first on a double by Bobby Bonds, bunt by Tito Fuentes and sacrifice fly by Garry Maddox, but the Padres took a 2-1 lead with successive homers by Nate Colbert and Willie McCovey in the fourth. Maddox started the Giants' eighth with a single, but was thrown out trying to steal second. Ed Goodson grounded out, but Gary Matthews kept the inning going by drawing a walk and Steve Ontiveros hit a ground-rule double before Phillips came up and whacked his homer at the expense of Steve Arlin.

Cardinals 11, Cubs 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Ted Sizemore started the Cardinals' scoring with a two-run homer in the first inning and Bake McBride wrapped up an 11-2 victory over the Cubs with a two-run drive in the eighth. After Sizemore's smash with Lou Brock on base, a walk to Reggie Smith, singles by Ted Simmons and McBride and sacrifice flies by Ken Reitz and Mike Tyson added two runs to the Cards' count. Reitz and Tyson each had two-run singles later in the game, giving them three RBIs apiece. Billy Williams batted in both of the Cubs' runs with a single in the first.