MLB standings through games of May 22, 1972

MLB standings at the end of May 22, 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	29	19	10	0	.655		110	97	16-2	3-8	9-1	Won 4
Oakland A's	28	18	10	0	.643	0.5	110	98	11-4	7-6	6-4	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	28	17	11	0	.607	1.5	117	73	7-2	10-9	3-7	Lost 4
Texas Rangers	31	15	16	0	.484	5.0	98	114	10-6	5-10	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	30	12	18	0	.400	7.5	103	92	10-7	2-11	4-6	Lost 2
California Angels	31	11	20	0	.355	9.0	80	134	8-9	3-11	3-7	Lost 4

	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	32	15	17	0	.469	10.0	104	111	7-12	8-5	1-9	Lost 7
Montreal Expos	33	14	19	0	.424	11.5	98	144	8-6	6-13	2-8	Won 1
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	32	20	12	0	.625		157	125	9-6	11-6	7-3	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	34	20	14	0	.588	1.0	131	85	9-8	11-6	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	33	18	15	0	.545	2.5	144	147	6-7	12-8	8-2	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	34	15	19	0	.441	6.0	98	113	9-14	6-5	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	32	12	20	0	.375	8.0	119	165	5-8	7-12	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	37	12	25	0	.324	10.5	144	169	4-17	8-8	3-7	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 6, Angels 3 at Oakland (night game):
The Athletics erupted for five runs in the seventh inning, featuring a homer by Reggie Jackson with two men on base, to defeat the Angels, 6-3. Nolan Ryan held the A's to two hits until the seventh when Catfish Hunter and Joe Rudi singled and Jackson rapped his homer to break a 1-1 tie. When Ryan issued his seventh pass in the game, walking Sal Bando, Steve Barber relieved. Two more free tickets filled the bases. After Mel Queen took over, a wild pitch, another walk and a sacrifice fly by Larry Brown added the A's final tallies.

White Sox 7, Rangers 6 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers, who had won five straight games, were stopped on their streak by a 7-6 loss to the White Sox in 10 innings after a Texas rally was chilled when Don Mincher batted out of turn. Bill Melton walked, Jay Johnstone sacrificed and Tom Egan doubled to produce the tie-breaking run for the White Sox in the 10th. With one out in the home half, Hal King and Mincher both singled. However, Mincher batted out of turn in place of Paul Lindblad. Under the rules, Lindblad was called out. Elliott Maddox, the Rangers' next batter, was retired to end the game.

Giants 9, Dodgers 8 at Los Angeles (night game):
Led by Dave Kingman, who hit two homers including a grand slam, the Giants outslugged the Dodgers, 9-8. Bobby Bonds walked and Tito Fuentes and Ed Goodson singled in the third inning to load the bases for Kingman's slam. Bernie Williams followed with another homer to put the Giants ahead, 6-2. The Dodgers rallied for two in their half and tied the score when Willie Davis hit a two-run homer in the fifth. Kingman broke the deadlock with his second homer of the game in the sixth and, after Chris Speier doubled, Ken Henderson also hit for the circuit to enable the Giants to withstand a two-run rally by the Dodgers in the ninth inning.

Expos 6, Phillies 3 at Montreal (day game):
In a meeting of two clubs with long losing streaks, the Expos snapped their string of eight straight defeats by posting a 6-3 victory over the Phillies, who went down to their seventh setback in succession. Ron Fairly was chiefly responsible for the Expos' triumph, driving in three runs with a homer in the fifth inning and accounting for another RBI with a single in the seventh.

Astros 7, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
Larry Dierker pitched his second straight shutout and Bob Watson and Lee May hit homers to account for five runs as the Astros defeated the Padres, 7-0. Watson hit his homer with two men on base in the first inning and May connected for the circuit with one aboard in the eighth.