MLB standings through games of September 16, 1974

MLB standings at the end of September 16, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	147	80	67	0	.544		608	568	42-29	38-38	7-3	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	148	78	70	0	.527	2.5	578	571	41-35	37-35	5-5	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	146	76	70	0	.521	3.5	628	602	43-29	33-41	4-6	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	146	72	73	1	.497	7.0	598	605	38-35	34-38	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	148	71	77	0	.480	9.5	600	600	37-37	34-40	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	147	67	80	0	.456	13.0	552	681	35-39	32-41	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	148	84	64	0	.568		656	516	45-30	39-34	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	149	78	69	2	.531	5.5	652	655	40-33	38-36	7-2-1	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	150	76	73	1	.510	8.5	635	641	44-32	32-41	8-2	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	151	72	76	3	.486	12.0	645	689	41-32	31-44	3-6-1	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	148	71	77	0	.480	13.0	619	599	36-36	35-41	1-9	Lost 2
California Angels	150	60	89	1	.403	24.5	576	620	31-45	29-44	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	147	79	68	0	.537		610	565	41-34	38-34	7-3	Won 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	146	77	69	0	.527	1.5	677	595	46-26	31-43	4-6	Lost 5
Philadelphia Phillies	147	73	74	0	.497	6.0	621	646	43-32	30-42	6-4	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	147	69	78	0	.469	10.0	603	615	35-35	34-43	8-2	Lost 1
New York Mets	147	67	80	0	.456	12.0	527	586	34-40	33-40	3-7	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	146	60	86	0	.411	18.5	591	745	30-44	30-42	4-6	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	147	93	54	0	.633		740	510	47-25	46-29	7-3	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	149	91	57	1	.615	2.5	709	557	44-31	47-26	7-2-1	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	150	81	68	1	.544	13.0	604	524	43-33	38-35	4-5-1	Lost 1
Houston Astros	148	74	74	0	.500	19.5	597	577	43-32	31-42	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	149	68	81	0	.456	26.0	579	657	33-40	35-41	4-6	Won 2
San Diego Padres	149	53	96	0	.356	41.0	493	774	31-43	22-53	3-7	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Twins 7, Royals 2 at Minnesota (night game):
The Twins came up with a pair of three-run innings, got a shutout effort from Bert Blyleven for eight-plus frames and defeated the Royals, 7-2. Steve Braun delivered a two-run single in the third and Rod Carew followed with a base hit for a 3-0 lead. Minnesota kayoed loser Al Fitzmorris in the fifth with three more tallies, Eric Soderholm singling home a pair. Glenn Borgmann hit a solo homer in the eighth for the winners' final run. The Royals spoiled Blyleven's shutout in the ninth when Tony Solaita doubled home Al Cowens, who had walked. Hal McRae, who also had walked, scored on an error by outfielder Braun on Solaita's hit.

Dodgers 7, Astros 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Scoring their first six runs on only three hits, the Dodgers defeated the Astros, 7-2, to maintain a 2½-game lead over the Reds in the N. L. West. Tommy Helms singled home two runs to give the Astros the lead in the second, but the Dodgers got three in the third on a walk, hit batsman, Bill Buckner's single, a wild pitch and throwing error. L.A. made it 5-2 in the fifth with Steve Garvey singling home Andy Messersmith. Buckner then scored on the second error of the inning by Helms. The Dodgers added another unearned run in the sixth on Lee Lacy's double, a passed ball and error by Lee May. Bill Russell's sacrifice fly plated Lacy with the winners' final run in the eighth.

[DH] Expos 3, Mets 2 (night game) / Mets 3, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
The Mets and Expos traded 3-2 decisions, New York's victory in the second game ending Montreal's eight-game winning streak. In the opener, winning pitcher Mike Torrez doubled home one run in the first inning and Ron Woods delivered a two-run single in the seventh. The Mets scored an unearned run in the fourth with the help of two Expo errors, with Jerry Koosman singling home the final New York tally in the sixth. The Mets scored all of their runs in the second game in the fifth, Rusty Staub leading off that frame with a home run and Wayne Garrett singling home Ed Kranepool and Ron Hodges with two out. Tim Foli's sacrifice fly and an RBI single by Mike Jorgensen accounted for Montreal's runs in the seventh.

Reds 9, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
Scoring seven times in the first three frames, the Reds finished with 13 hits and turned back the Padres, 9-2. Cincinnati put the game away in the third with a four-run flurry ignited by solo homers by Dan Driessen and Cesar Geronimo. Pete Rose later singled home another run and a fourth came on a bases-loaded wild pitch. Johnny Bench was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth to force in the eighth Cincinnati run, then drove home Rose, who had singled, with a seventh-inning double.

Giants 4, Braves 2 at San Francisco (day game):
The smallest crowd ever (748) at Candlestick Park saw the Giants' Jim Barr dispose of the Braves, 4-2, in just one hour, 38 minutes on a seven-hitter, featuring homers by Bobby Bonds and Gary Thomasson. Bonds doubled home Thomasson, who had singled, in the first, but Dusty Baker tied the game with a solo homer in the second. A double by Steve Ontiveros and single by Mike Phillips made it 2-1 Giants in the second. Bonds homered with the bases empty in the third and Thomasson duplicated that effort in the fifth. Singles by Frank Tepedino, Craig Robinson and Johnny Oates plus a groundout produced the final Atlanta run in the seventh.