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Tuesday April 18, 1972
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MLB standings at the end of April 18, 1972

A.L. East
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Detroit Tigers 2 2 0 0 1.000 85 1-01-02-0Won 2
Baltimore Orioles 3 2 1 0 .6670.5 106 2-10-02-1Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers 2 1 1 0 .5001.0 53 0-01-11-1Lost 1
Boston Red Sox 3 1 2 0 .3331.5 69 1-10-11-2Won 1
Cleveland Indians 3 1 2 0 .3331.5 79 0-11-11-2Lost 1
New York Yankees 3 1 2 0 .3331.5 37 1-00-21-2Won 1


A.L. West
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Kansas City Royals 4 3 1 0 .750 108 3-00-13-1Lost 1
California Angels 3 2 1 0 .6670.5 45 2-10-02-1Won 1
Oakland A's 3 2 1 0 .6670.5 98 2-10-02-1Won 1
Minnesota Twins 3 1 2 0 .3331.5 68 0-01-21-2Lost 1
Texas Rangers 3 1 2 0 .3331.5 516 0-01-21-2Lost 1
Chicago White Sox 4 1 3 0 .2502.0 198 1-00-31-3Won 1


N.L. East
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Montreal Expos 3 3 0 0 1.000 136 1-02-03-0Won 3
Chicago Cubs 3 2 1 0 .6671.0 128 1-11-02-1Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies 4 2 2 0 .5001.5 1414 1-11-12-2Won 1
New York Mets 3 1 2 0 .3332.0 69 1-10-11-2Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 1 2 0 .3332.0 610 0-11-11-2Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals 4 1 3 0 .2502.5 1216 0-21-11-3Lost 1


N.L. West
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 3 1 0 .750 1515 0-03-13-1Won 2
San Francisco Giants 4 3 1 0 .750 2214 0-03-13-1Won 1
Houston Astros 4 2 2 0 .5001.0 2121 1-21-02-2Won 2
San Diego Padres 4 2 2 0 .5001.0 1115 2-20-02-2Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds 3 1 2 0 .3331.5 1512 1-20-01-2Lost 1
Atlanta Braves 5 1 4 0 .2002.5 1421 0-21-21-4Lost 3



Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 5, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
A two-run single by Aurelio Rodriguez in the fifth inning proved the decisive blow as the Tigers defeated the Orioles, 5-3. Joe Coleman singled, Dick McAuliffe doubled and both scored on Rodriguez' hit to break a 2-2 tie.

Red Sox 4, Indians 2 at Boston (day game):
Sonny Siebert accounted for his own winning margin with a single when the Red Sox erupted for four runs in the second inning to defeat the Indians, 4-2. A walk to Reggie Smith and singles by Rico Petrocelli, Danny Cater and Doug Griffin accounted for the first two tallies. After Bob Montgomery singled to load the bases, Siebert came through with a two-run hit.

Angels 2, Twins 0 at California (night game):
Making his A. L. debut, Nolan Ryan, formerly with the Mets, yielded only four hits and pitched the Angels to a 2-0 victory over the Twins. Ryan also scored the Angels' first run in the fifth inning after reaching base on a forceout, and drove in the other tally with a single in the sixth.

White Sox 14, Rangers 0 at Chicago (night game):
The White Sox enjoyed their home opener before a crowd of 20,943, romping to a 14-0 victory over the Rangers. While Wilbur Wood held the Rangers to three hits, the White Sox piled up 15, including a homer, double and two singles by Carlos May, who drove in six runs. Pat Kelly joined in the attack with two triples and a double.

Yankees 2, Brewers 0 at New York (night game):
With a crowd of only 11,319 on hand, the Yankees opened their home season by defeating the Brewers, 2-0, behind the three-hit pitching of Steve Kline. Two walks and a single by Horace Clarke accounted for the Yankees' initial run in the third inning. A single by Roy White, double by Ron Blomberg and sacrifice fly by Johnny Callison added the other counter in the fourth.

A's 3, Royals 2 at Oakland (night game):
Denny McLain, making his first start for the A's, won, 3-2, with help from Darold Knowles and Rollie Fingers. McLain was lifted after Cookie Rojas and Amos Otis singled in the eighth inning. Knowles struck out John Mayberry. Fingers then took over and induced Lou Piniella to ground into a double play. Mike Epstein and Dave Duncan homered for the Athletics.

Dodgers 3, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
A two-run single by Jim Lefebvre in the sixth inning and a homer by Chris Cannizzaro in the seventh carried the Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Braves. Tommy John, who pitched seven innings and gave up four hits, was the winner in his first N. L. appearance with the Dodgers.

Astros 8, Reds 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Astros broke a 4-4 tie with a homer by Doug Rader in the sixth inning and went on to defeat the Reds, 8-4. The Astros took a 4-2 lead in the fourth inning, scoring two of their runs on a homer by Tommy Helms against his former Cincy teammates. The Reds came back to tie the score in the fifth. After Rader's homer, the Astros iced the game with three runs in the eighth. Johnny Edwards batted in two tallies with a single and Cesar Cedeno doubled to drive in the final counter.

Expos 7, Mets 2 at Montreal (day game):
Ken Singleton, one of three players obtained from the Mets in the Rusty Staub deal, drove in three runs against his former teammates to lead the Expos to a 7-2 victory before an opening-day crowd of 29,102. Staub, making his first Jarry Park appearance in a New York uniform, singled to set up a run for the Mets in the first inning. However, in the Expos' half, Clyde Mashore walked, Bob Bailey doubled and Singleton drove them across with a triple. In the eighth, after another pass to Mashore and single by Bailey, Singleton singled for his third RBI.

Phillies 6, Cardinals 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
After pitching five scoreless innings, Scipi oSpinks was chased in his debut with the Cardinals and wound up being charged with a 6-3 loss to the Phillies. The former Astro was lifted after a single by Larry Bowa, double by Tim McCarver, single by Willie Montanez and double by Deron Johnson tied the score at 2-2. After Tony Cloninger relieved, Greg Luzinski hit a sacrifice fly to send the Phillies ahead. Bowa singled for another run in the seventh and Luzinski hit a two-run homer in the eighth.

Cubs 6, Pirates 4 at Pittsburgh (day game):
The world champion Pirates, opening at home before a crowd of 47,489, were victimized by two homers and lost to the Cubs, 6-4. Billy Williams connected for the circuit with two men on base in the third inning and Jose Cardenal rapped a round-tripper with one aboard in the seventh.

Giants 5, Padres 1 at San Diego (night game):
The Giants received a severe blow when Willie McCovey suffered a broken right forearm in the first inning of their 5-1 victory over the Padres. Johnny Jeter ran into McCovey as the first baseman reached for a wide throw. With McCovey out of action, Bobby Bonds and Fran Healy stepped into the slugging role, hitting homers to account for all of the Giants' runs.


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