MLB standings through games of May 10, 1972

MLB standings at the end of May 10, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Cleveland Indians	19	12	7	0	.632		65	48	6-3	6-4	8-2	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	18	11	7	0	.611	0.5	62	49	10-3	1-4	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	18	11	7	0	.611	0.5	77	48	6-3	5-4	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	19	6	13	0	.316	6.0	53	69	5-4	1-9	3-7	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	16	5	11	0	.312	5.5	52	78	3-5	2-6	2-8	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	17	5	12	0	.294	6.0	30	57	2-6	3-6	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	18	14	4	0	.778		88	41	5-1	9-3	8-2	Won 2
Oakland A's	17	12	5	0	.706	1.5	61	42	9-2	3-3	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	19	10	9	0	.526	4.5	59	63	8-1	2-8	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	19	8	11	0	.421	6.5	49	78	5-4	3-7	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	19	8	11	0	.421	6.5	57	76	6-5	2-6	3-7	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	21	8	13	0	.381	7.5	56	60	6-2	2-11	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	19	13	6	0	.684		74	73	6-3	7-3	6-4	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	21	13	8	0	.619	1.0	78	63	5-4	8-4	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	20	12	8	0	.600	1.5	66	76	6-3	6-5	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	21	10	11	0	.476	4.0	104	77	7-3	3-8	8-2	Won 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	20	9	11	0	.450	4.5	92	99	4-7	5-4	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	21	9	12	0	.429	5.0	85	86	4-6	5-6	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	20	13	7	0	.650		107	89	5-4	8-3	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	22	13	9	0	.591	1.0	94	58	7-5	6-4	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	22	10	12	0	.455	4.0	63	73	6-9	4-3	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	23	9	14	0	.391	5.5	94	124	4-7	5-7	4-6	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	21	8	13	0	.381	5.5	95	115	2-7	6-6	4-6	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	24	8	16	0	.333	7.0	100	119	2-11	6-5	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 1, Rangers 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Posting his fourth shutout of the season, Dave McNally pitched the Orioles to a 1-0 victory over the Rangers in a heartbreaking loss for Pete Broberg, who yielded only two hits and was beaten on an unearned run. Broberg gave up a lone single until the ninth inning when Don Buford beat out an infield hit with one out. Merv Rettenmund and Boog Powell both walked to load the bases. Brooks Robinson then grounded to Dave Nelson, who fired home, forcing Buford, but catcher Ken Suarez, trying for a double play, hit Robinson with his throw to first, allowing Rettenmund to cross the plate with the game's only run.

Angels 5, Red Sox 1 at California (night game):
Eddie Fisher yielded only one hit in the last 4 1/3 innings, after coming to the rescue of Nolan Ryan, and gained his first victory of the season when the Angels defeated the Red Sox, 5-1. In addition, Fisher rapped two hits, one more than he had collected in any previous season with the Angels. Ryan retired the first 13 batters before doubles by Duane Josephson and John Kennedy produced the Red Sox run in the fifth. Ryan pulled a groin muscle pitching to Kennedy and was forced to give way to Fisher. Carlton Fisk greeted Fisher with a single, but Kennedy was thrown out trying to score.

White Sox 7, Tigers 0 at Chicago (day game):
Yielding only four hits, Tom Bradley turned in his first complete game in six starts this season and pitched the White Sox to a 7-0 victory over the Tigers. Tom Timmerman, who started for the Tigers, injured a finger on a play at first base in the fourth inning and was forced to leave the game. The White Sox then did all their scoring at the expense of two rookie righthanders, Phil Meeler and Bob Strampe, who made their major league debuts in relief for the Tigers. Meeler was rapped for three runs in the sixth and Strampe was tagged for four in the eighth.

Indians 7, Royals 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Gaylord Perry pitched a five-hitter and Alex Johnson smashed a three-run homer as the Indians defeated the Royals, 7-2, for their fourth straight victory and eighth in the last nine games. Johnson belted his homer in the third inning after a pass to Del Unser and single by Jack Brohamer.

Twins 2, Yankees 0 at Minnesota (night game):
A homer by Harmon Killebrew in the second inning and doubles by Cesar Tovar and Danny Thompson in the third produced the Twins' runs in a 2-0 victory over the Yankees. Jim Perry gave up nine hits in the first eight innings and Wayne Granger yielded one more in the ninth, but they were able to hold the Yankees scoreless.

Brewers 4, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
The Athletics, who had won five straight games. were stopped on their streak when they collected only three hits off Ken Brett and lost to the Brewers, 4-0. The Brewers scored twice in the fourth inning on doubles by Dave May and George Scott, an infield out and an error. The other pair followed in the seventh on a pass to Johnny Briggs and homer by Billy Conigliaro.

Braves 8, Pirates 4 at Atlanta (night game):
Earl Williams and Ralph Garr each collected three of the Braves' 15 hits in an 8-4 victory over the Pirates. The Braves jumped off to a 4-0 lead, but Al Oliver homered with two men on base for the Pirates in the sixth. The Braves decided the outcome with four runs in the seventh on five hits, including a pinch-double by Dusty Baker, plus an error by Oliver. Bob Robertson homered for the Pirates in the ninth.

Cubs 4, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (day game):
An error by Denis Menke opened the door for the Cubs, who scored four unearned runs off Gary Nolan in the fourth inning to defeat the Reds, 4-2. After Menke failed to hang on to a line drive by Billy Williams, Jim Hickman and Rick Monday singled for one run and Carmen Fanzone doubled for two more. Following an intentional pass to Randy Hundley, Milt Pappas singled to drive in the fourth run of the frame.

Giants 7, Expos 3 at Montreal (night game):
Sam McDowell gained his fifth straight victory without a defeat when the Giants erupted for six runs in the eighth inning to beat the Expos, 7-3. Garry Maddox batted in the Giants' first run with a single in the seventh and then knocked in two more with a bases-loaded single in the eighth. As compared with McDowell's five victories, the rest of the Giants' staff had won a total of only three games.

Mets 4, Dodgers 3 at New York (night game):
The speed of Ted Martinez, who beat out an infield hit with two away in the 14th inning, enabled Bud Harrelson to score the run that gave the Mets a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers. Harrelson singled, stole second and reached third on a wild pitch before Martinez hit a grounder deep near second and beat Jim Lefebvre's throw to first. Before the game went into overtime, Rusty Staub drove in two runs for the Mets and Frank Robinson two for the Dodgers, each with a single and homer.

Padres 5, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Backed by two homers, Clay Kirby pitched the Padres to a 5-3 victory over the Phillies. Nate Colbert hit his seventh homer of the season for the Padres in the second inning. Colbert also doubled in the fourth and scored on a single by Ollie Brown. One out later, Fred Kendall hit his first homer of the year and drove in his first two runs.

Astros 10, Cardinals 7 at St. Louis (night game):
Although Ted Simmons hit the first grand-slam of his major league career, the Cardinals were unable to hold a 7-3 lead and lost to the Astros, 10-7. Sparked by Roger Metzger, who hit his first big-time homer, the Astros exploded for six runs in the eighth inning. After Metzger's blow, Cesar Cedeno, Jim Wynn and Lee May hit singles, Bob Watson lofted a sacrifice fly and Tommy Helms singled to add three runs, tying the score. Helms took second on the throw to the plate and, with first base open, the Cardinals passed Johnny Edwards intentionally. Jimmy Stewart then batted for Tom Griffin and tripled to drive in two runs. May homered for the Astros' final tally in the ninth. Although Griffin was the pitcher of record, the official scorer gave credit for the victory to Jim Ray, who retired the last six Cardinals. The win was Ray's fifth straight, all in relief.