MLB standings at the end of August 22, 1974

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Red Sox	123	69	54	0	.561		568	514	40-23	29-31	7-3	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	120	61	58	1	.513	6.0	495	497	34-31	27-27	4-6	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	123	62	61	0	.504	7.0	489	503	33-30	29-31	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	123	62	61	0	.504	7.0	483	489	35-26	27-35	6-4	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	124	60	64	0	.484	9.5	522	507	30-29	30-35	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	124	58	66	0	.468	11.5	449	558	28-29	30-37	4-6	Lost 1

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Oakland A's	125	71	54	0	.568		572	447	40-26	31-28	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	122	65	57	0	.533	4.5	535	474	34-25	31-32	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	126	63	62	1	.504	8.0	559	583	32-29	31-33	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	126	60	64	2	.484	10.5	557	593	34-24	26-40	2-8	Lost 5
Minnesota Twins	126	60	65	1	.480	11.0	524	550	33-28	27-37	5-5	Lost 2
California Angels	126	50	75	1	.400	21.0	499	537	26-42	24-33	5-5	Won 1

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
St. Louis Cardinals	125	65	60	0	.520		521	496	36-31	29-29	5-5	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	124	63	61	0	.508	1.5	533	539	38-26	25-35	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	124	63	61	0	.508	1.5	554	505	40-26	23-35	7-3	Won 1
Montreal Expos	121	58	63	0	.479	5.0	488	503	27-28	31-35	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	120	53	67	0	.442	9.5	429	493	26-33	27-34	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	121	50	71	0	.413	13.0	493	625	28-37	22-34	4-6	Lost 3

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Los Angeles Dodgers	124	78	46	0	.629		620	436	38-18	40-28	4-6	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	125	75	50	0	.600	3.5	590	466	38-27	37-23	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	123	67	56	0	.545	10.5	508	441	35-28	32-28	8-2	Won 3
Houston Astros	123	63	60	0	.512	14.5	516	475	37-27	26-33	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	125	56	69	0	.448	22.5	494	553	27-30	29-39	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	125	49	76	0	.392	29.5	441	655	28-31	21-45	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Rangers 6, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (night game):
A homer by Toby Harrah with two men on base ignited a five-run explosion in the fourth inning that propelled the Rangers to a 6-2 victory over the Orioles. Harrah's homer followed a single by Mike Hargrove and pass to Lenny Randle. With two out, the Rangers went on to add two more runs on a double by Jim Sundberg and singles by Dave Nelson, Cesar Tovar and Jeff Burroughs. Fergie Jenkins, pitching for the Rangers, allowed only three hits until the seventh when the Orioles counted on singles by Bobby Grich and Don Baylor and double by Brooks Robinson.

Royals 3, Indians 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Homers by Amos Otis and Hal McRae supported the pitching of Paul Splittorff as the Royals defeated the Indians, 3-1. Vada Pinson was on base with a single in the fourth inning when Otis homered off Jim Perry. McRae added a solo shot in the ninth. The Indians avoided a shutout with a homer by Joe Lis in their half of the final frame. The crowd of 17,723 at the game brought the Cleveland attendance to 1,009,056, putting the Indians over the million mark for the first time since 1959.