MLB standings through games of May 25, 1972

MLB standings at the end of May 25, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Cleveland Indians	30	18	12	0	.600		89	74	9-5	9-7	6-4	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	31	17	14	0	.548	1.5	117	85	10-9	7-5	4-6	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	31	16	15	0	.516	2.5	105	93	10-4	6-11	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	30	14	16	0	.467	4.0	89	91	10-5	4-11	7-3	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	29	11	18	0	.379	6.5	103	134	5-6	6-12	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	28	10	18	0	.357	7.0	57	93	4-9	6-9	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	31	21	10	0	.677		117	99	16-2	5-8	9-1	Won 6
Minnesota Twins	30	19	11	0	.633	1.5	124	78	8-2	11-9	4-6	Won 2
Oakland A's	30	19	11	0	.633	1.5	118	106	12-5	7-6	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	34	15	19	0	.441	7.5	105	127	10-8	5-11	5-5	Lost 4
Kansas City Royals	32	13	19	0	.406	8.5	108	95	10-8	3-11	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	34	12	22	0	.353	10.5	90	147	8-10	4-12	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	35	26	9	0	.743		136	111	14-4	12-5	8-2	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	33	20	13	0	.606	5.0	165	126	11-7	9-6	9-1	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	33	17	16	0	.515	8.0	141	104	9-4	8-12	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	35	16	19	0	.457	10.0	108	147	10-6	6-13	3-7	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	34	15	19	0	.441	10.5	107	121	7-12	8-7	1-9	Lost 9
St. Louis Cardinals	36	13	23	0	.361	13.5	125	162	8-10	5-13	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Houston Astros	35	23	12	0	.657		170	128	9-6	14-6	8-2	Won 5
Los Angeles Dodgers	36	21	15	0	.583	2.5	139	91	10-9	11-6	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	35	18	17	0	.514	5.0	147	153	6-9	12-8	6-4	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	34	14	20	0	.412	8.5	125	168	5-8	9-12	5-5	Won 2
San Diego Padres	37	15	22	0	.405	9.0	101	126	9-17	6-5	3-7	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	39	13	26	0	.333	12.0	150	177	4-17	9-9	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 2, Orioles 1 at Boston (night game):
With the help of the first triple play by the Red Sox since July 15, 1967, Marty Pattin beat the Orioles, 2-1, for his first victory of the season. In the fourth inning, after Terry Crowley singled and Don Baylor walked for the Orioles, Elrod Hendricks lined to Duane Josephson, who stepped on first base to double Baylor and threw to Luis Aparicio at second in time to catch Crowley off the bag for the third out.

Royals 5, Angels 2 at California (night game):
Aided by three unearned runs, the Royals defeated the Angels, 5-2. After two errors on one play by Rudy May allowed a pair of tainted tallies in the first inning, Paul Schaal homered for the Royals in the second. A passed ball led to another unearned run in the seventh and Freddie Patek added the Royals' final marker with a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Brewers 2, Tigers 0 at Detroit (night game):
Mickey Lolich's mastery of the Brewers came to an end when Skip Lockwood posted his first victory of the season and Ellie Rodriguez hit his first homer of the year to defeat the Tigers, 2-0. Lolich had beaten the Brewers seven straight times. However, the veteran lefthander received no scoring support from his teammates and wound up the loser when Mike Ferraro doubled and Rodriguez hit his homer in the fourth inning.

Twins 6, Rangers 5 at Minnesota (night game):
A double by Cesar Tovar, sacrifice by Danny Thompson and squeeze bunt by Rod Carew produced the Twins' winning run in the seventh inning of a 6-5 victory over the Rangers. Don Mincher fielded Carew's bunt but had no chance for a play at the plate and had to settle for retiring the batter at first base.

Yankees 2, Indians 0 at New York (day game):
Fritz Peterson scattered seven hits to post his first shutout of the season and Roy White smashed a two-run homer to give the Yankees a 2-0 victory over the Indians.

Mets 3, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
Willie Mays came through with his third game-winning hit since joining the Mets when the 41-year-old superstar drove in Wayne Garrett with a two-out single in the 14th inning to beat the Cubs, 3-2. Garrett singled and Jim Beauchamp drew a pass as a pinch-hitter for Tug McGraw before Wondrous Willie came to the plate. Carmen Fanzone batted in the Cubs' runs with a double in the sixth inning. After Duffy Dyer cut the deficit with a homer in the eighth, the Mets tied the score in the ninth when Rusty Staub doubled and Cleon Jones singled for his first hit in 19 at bats.

Cardinals 4, Pirates 2 at St. Louis (day game):
After losing his first five decisions of the season, Bob Gibson entered the Cardinals' winning column with a seven-hit, 10-strikeout performance to beat the Pirates, 4-2. Lou Brock, who singled twice off Dock Ellis and stole second on each occassion, scored the first two Cardinal runs. Ted Sizemore hit a homer in the fifth inning and singles by Ted Simmons and Dal Maxvill, around an error, added an insurance run in the sixth.