MLB standings through games of April 26, 1972

MLB standings at the end of April 26, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	8	5	3	0	.625		30	18	1-0	4-3	5-3	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	10	5	5	0	.500	1.0	28	27	4-1	1-4	5-5	Lost 4
Cleveland Indians	9	4	5	0	.444	1.5	26	32	2-2	2-3	4-5	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	8	3	5	0	.375	2.0	24	38	3-2	0-3	3-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	8	3	5	0	.375	2.0	24	31	3-1	0-4	3-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	7	2	5	0	.286	2.5	14	21	1-3	1-2	2-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	7	5	2	0	.714		41	16	3-0	2-2	5-2	Won 4
Chicago White Sox	10	7	3	0	.700	-0.5	41	18	7-0	0-3	7-3	Won 7
Oakland A's	8	5	3	0	.625	0.5	26	24	4-1	1-2	5-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	10	5	5	0	.500	1.5	31	42	4-2	1-3	5-5	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	11	5	6	0	.455	2.0	23	25	5-0	0-6	4-6	Won 2
California Angels	10	4	6	0	.400	2.5	26	42	2-2	2-4	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	8	6	2	0	.750		30	19	4-1	2-1	6-2	Won 5
Montreal Expos	8	5	3	0	.625	1.0	23	26	3-1	2-2	5-3	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	9	5	4	0	.556	1.5	31	29	3-2	2-2	5-4	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	5	4	0	.556	1.5	36	33	3-2	2-2	5-4	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	10	3	7	0	.300	4.0	36	39	0-2	3-5	3-7	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	11	2	9	0	.182	5.5	37	50	1-1	1-8	2-8	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	11	9	2	0	.818		67	46	4-2	5-0	9-1	Won 9
Los Angeles Dodgers	11	9	2	0	.818		52	21	4-1	5-1	8-2	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	11	5	6	0	.455	4.0	45	54	1-4	4-2	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	11	4	7	0	.364	5.0	22	41	3-5	1-2	3-7	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	9	3	6	0	.333	5.0	43	48	1-3	2-3	3-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	12	4	8	0	.333	5.5	46	62	3-6	1-2	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 7, Indians 5 at Chicago (day game):
The White Sox extended their winning streak to seven games when Dick Allen hit a homer with a man on base in the 10th inning to defeat the Indians, 7-5. The White Sox were losing, 4-0, until Mike Andrews smashed a grand-slam to tie the score in the seventh inning. After the White Sox went ahead with an unearned run in the eighth, the Indians pulled even in the ninth on a double by Alex Johnson and single by John Lowenstein.

Royals 5, Orioles 3 at Kansas City (night game):
The Orioles, who rallied for three runs before rain stopped the game with two out in the top half of the sixth inning, lost to the Royals, 5-3, for their fourth straight defeat, equaling the club's longest losing streak in 1971. The Royals exploded for all their runs in the fifth on four hits and two walks, plus a sacrifice and a wild pitch. John Mayberry and Cookie Rojas drove in two apiece with singles. Paul Blair and Merv Rettenmund singled and Davey Johnson and Andy Etchebarren doubled in the Orioles' rain-cut rally.

Angels 3, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
A double by Vada Pinson figured in the Angels' scoring of two runs in the fourth inning to account for a 3-1 victory over the Brewers. Pinson's double drove in Mickey Rivers. Pinson then scored himself on a single by Jim Spencer.

Twins 3, Red Sox 1 at Minnesota (day game):
Run-scoring singles by Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew and Steve Braun paced the Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Red Sox, who were the victims of a baserunning blunder in the eighth inning. Carlton Fisk led off with a single and was forced by Ben Oglivie. Tommy Harper was safe on an error, but Oglivie failed to touch second base on his way to third and was called out on appeal. As a result, the Red Sox failed to score, although Luis Aparicio doubled and Carl Yastrzemski was hit by a pitch before Reggie Smith ended the inning by striking out.

Yankees 4, A's 2 at New York (night game):
Showing unexpected muscle, Gene Michael hit a three-run homer off Denny McLain in the fourth inning to carry the Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Athletics. The homer by the light-hitting infielder was only the ninth of his major league career. Johnny Callison doubled and Rich McKinney walked before Michael connected for the circuit.

Tigers 8, Rangers 1 at Texas (night game):
The Tigers sent 10 men to the plate in the fifth inning and scored five runs to lead to an 8-1 victory over the Rangers. Joe Coleman, who pitched for the Tigers, gave up a run in the first on singles by Lenny Randle and Don Mincher, around a sacrifice, and then held the Rangers to one hit the rest of the way. A single by Aurelio Rodriguez and double by Bill Freehan each drove in two runs for the Tigers in the fifth. Norm Cash homered with a man on base in the seventh.

Cardinals 9, Braves 4 at Atlanta (night game):
Living up to his reputation as a good-hitting pitcher, Rick Wise drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single to send the Cardinals on their way to a 9-4 victory over the Braves. In his last previous start, Wise tied a major league record by leaving nine men on base. This time, Wise's single in the second sent the Cardinals ahead, 3-2, and before the inning ended, three more runs counted on a single by Lou Brock, sacrifice fly by Ted Sizemore and single by Matty Alou. Hank Aaron hit his fourth homer in the last four games for the Braves.

Astros 5, Cubs 4 at Houston (night game):
Coach Pete Reiser, serving as acting manager in the absence of Leo Durocher, ordered an intentional pass with nobody on base and two out in the 10th inning in a rare move that backfired as the Astros defeated the Cubs, 5-4. The walk went to hot-hitting Lee May after Dan McGinn had missed the plate with his first two pitches to the Astros' slugger. Bob Watson, coming up next, then doubled and May raced home from first to score the winning run.

Dodgers 2, Expos 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
A two-run homer by Willie Crawford with two out in the ninth inning broke up a scoreless duel and gave the Dodgers a 2-0 victory over the Expos. Willie Davis drew a walk to open the ninth, but Bill Stoneman retired Frank Robinson and Jim Lefebvre before Crawford came through with his homer to win the game for Claude Osteen.

Reds 7, Pirates 6 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A single by Dave Concepcion, driving in two runs in the eighth inning, produced a 7-1 lead and enabled the Reds to stand off the the Pirates, 7-6. Before Concepcion's deciding hit, Bobby Tolan held the batting spotlight for the Reds, driving in three runs with a single and homer.

Mets 5, Padres 1 at San Diego (night game):
Supported by two homers, Tom Seaver pitched the Mets to a 5-1 victory for his 10th straight conquest of the Padres since the expansion club's entrance into the N. L. in 1969. Jim Fregosi homered with two men on base in the sixth inning and Tommie Agee connected for the circuit with one aboard in the seventh to account for the Mets' runs.

Giants 8, Phillies 6 at San Francisco (day game):
After falling behind in the 10th inning, the Giants rallied for four runs to defeat the Phillies, 8-6. The Phillies went ahead in the top half, 6-4, with two runs on a double by Greg Luzinski, walk to Mike Anderson and double by Tim McCarver. In the Giants' half, a pass to Willie Mays, single by Chris Arnold, a wild pitch and an infield out by Fran Healy produced one run. Chris Speier tripled to send Arnold home with the tying tally. After Tito Fuentes grounded out, Speier holding third, Bobby Bonds unloaded a homer to win the game. The Giants' earlier scoring included two homers by Dave Kingman.