MLB standings through games of June 4, 1972

MLB standings at the end of June 4, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	41	24	17	0	.585		153	113	13-9	11-8	7-3	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	39	20	19	0	.513	3.0	111	112	11-8	9-11	2-8	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	41	21	20	0	.512	3.0	130	119	15-9	6-11	5-5	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	39	17	22	0	.436	6.0	151	180	8-7	9-15	6-4	Won 1
New York Yankees	42	18	24	0	.429	6.5	143	152	12-8	6-16	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	38	15	23	0	.395	7.5	102	144	8-11	7-12	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	41	28	13	0	.683		160	128	15-5	13-8	8-2	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	42	25	17	0	.595	3.5	163	155	19-3	6-14	4-6	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	39	23	16	0	.590	4.0	156	118	12-4	11-12	5-5	Lost 4
California Angels	44	20	24	0	.455	9.5	141	179	14-11	6-13	8-2	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	44	18	26	0	.409	11.5	145	171	11-11	7-15	3-7	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	42	17	25	0	.405	11.5	152	136	13-9	4-16	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	44	31	13	0	.705		174	150	17-6	14-7	6-4	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	43	27	16	0	.628	3.5	212	159	15-8	12-8	7-3	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	42	24	18	0	.571	6.0	181	128	13-6	11-12	7-3	Won 4
Montreal Expos	43	19	24	0	.442	11.5	128	181	12-8	7-16	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	45	17	28	0	.378	14.5	157	194	10-12	7-16	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	44	16	28	0	.364	15.0	132	172	7-15	9-13	1-9	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	46	28	18	0	.609		181	125	12-10	16-8	7-3	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	45	27	18	0	.600	0.5	215	185	8-10	19-8	9-1	Won 7
Houston Astros	45	26	19	0	.578	1.5	210	185	10-12	16-7	3-7	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	43	20	23	0	.465	6.5	176	206	9-10	11-13	7-3	Won 1
San Diego Padres	45	16	29	0	.356	11.5	120	161	9-20	7-9	1-9	Lost 5
San Francisco Giants	51	17	34	0	.333	13.5	202	242	6-23	11-11	3-7	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] A's 2, Orioles 0 (day game) / A's 2, Orioles 0 at Baltimore (day game):
After Catfish Hunter gained the 100th victory of his major league career by defeating the Orioles, 2-0, in the first game of a doubleheader, the Athletics also won the second game by the same 2-0 score behind the combined pitching of Dave Hamilton, Rollie Fingers and Darold Knowles. The A's decided Hunter's decision in the opener when Bert Campaneris doubled in the first inning and Sal Bando homered. In the nightcap, the A's again scored all their runs in the first. A walk to Marty Martinez and singles by Joe Rudi and Reggie Jackson accounted for the inital tally. When Bando bounced into a double play, Rudi came across the plate with the second marker.

[DH] White Sox 6, Yankees 1 (day game) / White Sox 5, Yankees 4 at Chicago (day game):
Playing before a Bat Day throng of 51,904, their largest crowd since 1954, the White Sox beat the Yankees in both ends of a doubleheader, 6-1 and 5-4. The White Sox clinched the opener with four runs in the third inning on bases-loaded singles by Mike Andrews and Carlos May. Victory in the nightcap was achieved more dramatically when Dick Allen came up as a pinch-hitter in the ninth and smashed a three-run homer.

Indians 6, Angels 4 at Cleveland (day game):
The Angels, who had won five straight games, were stopped on that streak by the Indians, 6-4. Alex Johnson homered for the Indians and Milt Wilcox helped himself to victory with a two-run double. However, Wilcox had to leave the mound in favor of Ed Farmer in the seventh inning when the Angels rallied for three runs, two scoring on a circuit clout by Leroy Stanton.

Tigers 3, Twins 0 at Detroit (day game):
Although allowing only two hits in seven innings, Bert Blyleven was the loser in a duel with Tom Timmerman when the Tigers defeated the Twins, 3-0. Blyleven gave up a single by Aurelio Rodriguez in the third but nothing more until the seventh when the Twins' righthander hit Jim Northrup with a pitch and Mickey Stanley followed with a homer. The Tigers' other run counted off reliever Wayne Granger in the eighth on an error after singles by Dick McAuliffe and Rodriguez.

[DH] Royals 7, Red Sox 5 (day game) / Red Sox 4, Royals 0 at Kansas City (day game):
The first grand slam of Paul Schaal's major league career powered the Royals to a 7-5 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Red Sox came back to win the second game, 4-0, behind the pitching of John Curtis, who posted his first major league shutout. The Royals, who were losing the opener, 4-1, got a break in the sixth inning when both Lou Piniella and Cookie Rojas were safe on errors. Gail Hopkins singled to drive in Piniella. After Amos Otis walked to load the bases, Schaal smashed his homer off Ray Culp. In the nightcap, Rick Miller scored twice for the Red Sox after reaching base on a single and a walk and also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Rangers 10, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Rangers scored six runs in the first inning and rode off with a 10-0 victory over the Brewers. Dave Nelson opened the game with a safe bunt and after four more hits, a walk and two sacrifice flies produced five runs, Nelson came to bat again and singled to drive in the sixth run.

Cardinals 4, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (day game):
In addition to pitching his second straight shutout, Bob Gibson smashed a two-run homer in the ninth inning to clinch the Cardinals' 4-0 victory over the Dodgers. A homer by Joe Torre in the fifth and singles by Luis Melendez, Jose Cruz and Dal Maxvill in the seventh produced the Cards' first two tallies before Maxvill singled again and Gibson hit his homer.

Astros 5, Expos 0 at Montreal (day game):
Don Wilson came within six outs of the third no-hitter of his major league career and then settled for a two-hitter as the Astros defeated the Expos, 5-0. Ron Fairly broke up Wilson's bid with a single as the leadoff batter in the eighth inning. Boots Day also singled in the ninth. Cesar Cedeno smashed a homer for the first Astro run in the eighth after Carl Morton had engaged in a scoreless duel with Wilson. The Astros iced the decision with their final four runs off Mike Marshall in the ninth.

Braves 9, Mets 3 at New York (day game):
Darrell Evans batted in five runs and Ron Schueler pitched 6 1/3 innings of three-hit relief as the Braves defeated the Mets, 9-3, before a Shea Stadium crowd of 52,216. Evans drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the third inning and homered for his other RBIs with two aboard in the fourth.

Reds 2, Phillies 0 at Philadelphia (day game):
Scoring two runs on a double by Johnny Bench in the first inning, the Reds extended their winning streak to seven games with a 2-0 victory over the Phillies, who went down to their eighth straight loss. Pete Rose and Bobby Tolan, who singled, crossed the plate on Bench's double. Jack Billingham, Tom Hall and Clay Carroll combined to pitch the shutout.

Cubs 3, Padres 1 at San Diego (day game):
Randy Hundley hit his first homer in two years to break a 1-1 tie and send the Cubs on their way to a 3-1 victory over the Padres. Going to the other extreme, Hundley had the misfortune of hitting into a triple play in the ninth inning. After Carmen Fanzone was safe on an error and Jose Cardenal singled, Hundley grounded to Sergio Robles, who tagged Fanzone and threw to Derrel Thomas to force Cardenal. Thomas' relay to Nate Colbert at first arrived in time to retire Hundley.

[DH] Pirates 4, Giants 3 (day game) / Pirates 9, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
The Pirates, after winning the opener, 4-3, with a two-run rally in the eighth inning, completed the sweep of a doubleheader when Bruce Kison made his first start of the season and pitched a three-hitter to beat the Giants, 9-1. Homers by Chris Speier and Dave Kingman helped the Giants take a 3-2 lead in the lidlifter. Consecutive singles by Manny Sanguillen, pinch-hitter Vic Davalillo and Al Oliver produced the tying run for the Pirates in the eighth and, after Willie Stargell struck out as a pinch-hitter, Milt May hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the winning run. Two earlier Pirate runs also had scored on sacrifice flies by Bob Robertson and Sanguillen. Stargell, returning to the Pirates' lineup in the nightcap, drove in four runs with an infield out, single, sacrifice fly and homer.