MLB standings through games of May 21, 1972

MLB standings at the end of May 21, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Cleveland Indians	27	17	10	0	.630		84	68	9-5	8-5	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	28	16	12	0	.571	1.5	112	77	9-7	7-5	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	28	15	13	0	.536	2.5	95	84	10-4	5-9	4-6	Won 2
New York Yankees	27	12	15	0	.444	5.0	83	86	8-4	4-11	6-4	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	26	9	17	0	.346	7.5	94	124	3-5	6-12	4-6	Lost 5
Milwaukee Brewers	25	8	17	0	.320	8.0	49	88	4-9	4-8	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	28	18	10	0	.643		103	91	16-2	2-8	9-1	Won 3
Oakland A's	27	17	10	0	.630	0.5	104	95	10-4	7-6	5-5	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	28	17	11	0	.607	1.0	117	73	7-2	10-9	3-7	Lost 4
Texas Rangers	30	15	15	0	.500	4.0	92	107	10-5	5-10	6-4	Won 5
Kansas City Royals	30	12	18	0	.400	7.0	103	92	10-7	2-11	4-6	Lost 2
California Angels	30	11	19	0	.367	8.0	77	128	8-9	3-10	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	32	25	7	0	.781		131	102	14-4	11-3	10-0	Won 11
Pittsburgh Pirates	30	18	12	0	.600	6.0	148	116	11-7	7-5	9-1	Won 7
Chicago Cubs	30	15	15	0	.500	9.0	132	99	7-3	8-12	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	31	15	16	0	.484	9.5	101	105	7-12	8-4	2-8	Lost 6
Montreal Expos	32	13	19	0	.406	12.0	92	141	7-6	6-13	1-9	Lost 8
St. Louis Cardinals	33	12	21	0	.364	13.5	115	145	7-8	5-13	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	31	19	12	0	.613		150	125	9-6	10-6	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	33	20	13	0	.606		123	76	9-7	11-6	7-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	33	18	15	0	.545	2.0	144	147	6-7	12-8	8-2	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	33	15	18	0	.455	5.0	98	106	9-13	6-5	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	32	12	20	0	.375	7.5	119	165	5-8	7-12	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	36	11	25	0	.306	10.5	135	161	4-17	7-8	2-8	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 9, Angels 8 at Chicago (day game):
With two out in the ninth inning, Carlos May smashed a three-run homer to lift the White Sox to a 9-8 victory over the Angels. Mike Andrews opened the ninth with a single for his fourth hit of the game and when Bill Melton also singled with one away, Alan Foster replaced Eddie Fisher. Ed Herrmann flied out, but May swung at Foster's first pitch to him for the game-winning homer.

Tigers 5, Indians 0 at Detroit (day game):
Mickey Lolich, who had been wondering if he ever would pitch a shutout this season, achieved it in his eighth victory for the Tigers, defeating the Indians, 5-0. Five times previously, the ace lefthander had missed a shutout by one run. Mickey Stanley, a substitute for a substitute, sent Lolich on his way to victory with a two-run triple in the sixth inning. Willie Horton pulled a muscle in his left thigh in the first inning and Gates Brown, his replacement, suffered a pulled groin muscle in the fourth before Stanley entered the game. The Bat Day crowd of 52,150 also saw Norm Cash clout a homer for the Tigers.

A's 5, Royals 2 at Kansas City (day game):
Two homers by Dave Duncan and one by Sal Bando accounted for all of the Athletics' runs in a 5-2 victory over the Royals. Bando, who hit 31 homers in 1969, 20 in 1970 and 24 in 1971, whacked his first of the current campaign after a triple by Joe Rudi in the first inning. Duncan connected with Mike Epstein on base in the fourth and added the final run with a solo swat in the ninth. Richie Scheinblum homered for the Royals.

Orioles 5, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Orioles hit the ball before a Ball Day crowd of 21,897, getting two homers from Don Baylor and one from Merv Rettenmund to defeat the Brewers, 5-0, behind the four-hit pitching of Pat Dobson. Rettenmund connected with two men on base in the third inning and Baylor accounted for the last two tallies with drives in the sixth and eighth.

[DH] Yankees 6, Red Sox 3 (day game) / Yankees 3, Red Sox 2 at New York (day game):
"Psyched up" to pitch against his former teammates, Sparky Lyle received credit for a save in each game of a doubleheader when the Yankees defeated the Red Sox, 6-3 and 3-2. Fritz Peterson, who had lost six straight decisions, was the winner of the first game with ninth-inning help from Lyle. The reliever returned in the second game and worked two innings to preserve the victory for Mike Kekich. Roy White led the Yankees at bat, collecting three hits in each contest.

[DH] Rangers 5, Twins 2 (day game) / Rangers 3, Twins 1 at Texas (day game):
Completing a sweep of the four-game series, the surprising Rangers defeated the Twins in a doubleheader, 5-2 and 3-1. After the Twins took a 2-0 lead in the opener, the Rangers erupted for three runs in the sixth inning on singles by Elliott Maddox and Dave Nelson, infield out by Don Mincher and homer by Jeff Burroughs. Joe Lovitto knocked in two extra tallies with a single in the eighth. The Rangers stepped off in the nightcap with two runs in the second inning. After two walks around a single by Burroughs loaded the bases, runs counted on a grounder by Toby Harrah and single by Jim Shellenback. Eric Soderholm homered for the Twins in the seventh, but Hal King batted an insurance run across for the Rangers with a double in the eighth.

Astros 2, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (day game):
A homer by Bob Watson after a double by Lee May in the sixth inning carried the Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers. Manny Mota homered for the Dodgers' run in the home half of the sixth.

Mets 4, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (day game):
Playing before a record Philadelphia crowd of 57,267 on Bat Day, the Mets extended their winning streak to 11 games when Tommie Agee and Willie Mays each hit a two-run homer to beat the Phillies, 4-3. The Phillies took a 3-0 lead against Tom Seaver, two runs scoring on a circuit clout by Tommy Hutton, before Mays doubled in the sixth inning for the first hit off Steve Carlton and Agee followed with his homer. Jim Beauchamp, batting for Seaver, singled in the eighth and Mays hit his homer for the game-winning blow. The Mets had won all four games in which Mays had appeared since his acquisition from the Giants, three of them directly on hits by the veteran superstar.

[DH] Pirates 1, Expos 0 (day game) / Pirates 5, Expos 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
After winning the opener of a doubleheader, 1-0, for their fourth straight shutout, the Pirates couldn't continue the scoreless pitching in the nightcap but nevertheless beat the Expos, 5-3, to extend their winning streak to seven games. Luke Walker, Bob Miller and Ramon Hernandez combined their talents in the Pirates' shutout with the victory going to Walker, who hurled the first seven innings. A double by Jackie Hernandez and single by Dave Cash produced the game's lone run off Ernie McAnally in the third. The Expos wasted no time ending the Pirates' shutout streak in the nightcap, scoring a run off Bob Johnson in the first inning on a double by Ron Hunt and single by Ron Fairly. In the eighth, with the game tied, 3-3, Milt May singled for the Pirates. Dock Ellis, running for May, took third on a single by Gene Clines and scored the tie-breaking run on a sacrifice fly by Bill Mazeroski. Clines stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and counted an extra run on an error.

[DH] Reds 7, Padres 2 (day game) / Padres 7, Reds 0 at San Diego (day game):
Making his eighth try, Gary Nolan turned in his first complete game of the season and pitched the Reds to a 7-2 victory in the opener of a doubleheader, but the Padres won the nightcap, 7-0, behind Fred Norman, who posted his third straight shutout. Darrel Chaney drove in three of the Reds' runs in the first game on a walk with the bases loaded and a single. Norman held the Reds to five hits in the second game, three of them by Pete Rose. The Padres attack included seven doubles, two each by Ed Spiezio, Nate Colbert and Jerry Morales and one by Enzo Hernandez. Spiezio batted in three runs and Colbert accounted for two RBIs.

[DH] Braves 6, Giants 4 (day game) / Giants 2, Braves 1 at San Francisco (day game):
The Giants, who lost the first game of a doubleheader, 6-4, in 10 innings, although smashing three homers, came back with a two-run wallop by Bobby Bonds in the second game to defeat the Braves, 2-1. Chris Arnold, Ed Goodson and Dave Kingman rapped round-trippers for the Giants in the lidlifter and they added a run in the eighth on singles by Dave Rader and Arnold, around a sacrifice, to tie the score at 4-4. In the 10th, Earl Williams doubled for the Braves and crossed the plate on a single by Darrell Evans, who drove in his third run of the game. Evans took third on a single by Mike Lum and scored an insurance run on a sacrifice fly by Dusty Baker. A walk, single by Baker and wild pitch gave the Braves a 1-0 lead in the second inning of the nightcap. Ron Reed held the Giants to two hits unti lthe eighth when Rader singled and Bonds blasted his homer.

Cubs 3, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (day game):
After Billy Williams batted in the Cubs' first two runs with a single and homer, Glenn Beckert doubled in the seventh inning and scored on a single by Randy Hundley to beat the Cardinals, 3-2.