MLB standings through games of June 17, 1972

MLB standings at the end of June 17, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	52	30	22	0	.577		177	137	16-11	14-11	9-1	Won 9
Detroit Tigers	52	30	22	0	.577		184	153	15-13	15-9	5-5	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	50	23	27	0	.460	6.0	141	154	13-12	10-15	3-7	Lost 2
New York Yankees	53	24	29	0	.453	6.5	179	180	16-9	8-20	6-4	Won 4
Boston Red Sox	49	22	27	0	.449	6.5	207	231	12-11	10-16	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	50	16	34	0	.320	13.0	130	203	8-13	8-21	1-9	Lost 9

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	52	35	17	0	.673		207	156	17-8	18-9	6-4	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	53	32	21	0	.604	3.5	201	194	24-4	8-17	7-3	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	50	27	23	0	.540	7.0	180	162	13-8	14-15	3-7	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	53	25	28	0	.472	10.5	199	181	17-11	8-17	7-3	Won 3
California Angels	55	25	30	0	.455	11.5	181	217	16-14	9-16	5-5	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	55	23	32	0	.418	13.5	187	205	16-15	7-17	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	54	35	19	0	.648		265	190	18-10	17-9	7-3	Lost 1
New York Mets	55	35	20	0	.636	0.5	216	200	19-10	16-10	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	53	31	22	0	.585	3.5	232	157	17-7	14-15	7-3	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	55	24	31	0	.436	11.5	194	222	12-14	12-17	7-3	Won 1
Montreal Expos	54	22	32	0	.407	13.0	160	224	13-12	9-20	3-7	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	55	20	35	0	.364	15.5	167	223	11-17	9-18	4-6	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	55	35	20	0	.636		268	209	12-11	23-9	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	56	33	23	0	.589	2.5	248	222	14-13	19-10	6-4	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	56	32	24	0	.571	3.5	203	159	15-13	17-11	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	55	27	28	0	.491	8.0	229	254	13-12	14-16	6-4	Won 2
San Diego Padres	56	19	37	0	.339	16.5	154	223	10-25	9-12	3-7	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	62	20	42	0	.323	18.5	234	287	7-28	13-14	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] White Sox 5, Red Sox 4 (day game) / Red Sox 10, White Sox 8 at Boston (night game):
Wilbur Wood gained his 11th victory of the season when the White Sox won the first game of a day-night doubleheader, 5-4, but the Red Sox rallied to triumph in the second game, 10-8. Bill Melton homered with two men on base for the White Sox in the first inning of the sunshine contest, but Wood then fell behind, 4-3, but his teammates rallied to score two runs in the sixth. After Carlos May and Melton walked and Rick Reichardt singled to load the bases, Walt Williams drew a pass to force in May. Melton followed across the plate with the deciding run as Rich Morales rolled into a double play. In the night game, the White Sox exploded for six runs in the third inning, three scoring on a homer by Ed Herrmann, to take a 7-3 lead. The Red Sox cut the deficit and then gained their victory with three runs in the eighth. Duane Josephson batted in the tying tally with a triple and scored the go-ahead run on a single by Phil Gagliano. Carl Yastrzemski subsequently singled to drive in Gagliano for his fourth RBI of the game.

Tigers 3, Angels 2 at California (night game):
Tony Taylor drove in a run with a single in the ninth inning to give the Tigers a 3-2 victory over the Angels. Mickey Stanley led off the inning with a single and Ed Brinkman sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Gates Brown, Taylor came through with his game-winning hit.

Royals 6, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
Freddie Patek batted in two runs with a single and the Mayberry accounted for three with a homer as the Royals gained a 6-3 victory over the Brewers, who went down to their ninth straight defeat.

Orioles 4, Twins 1 at Minnesota (day game):
The Orioles ran their winning streak to nine games with a 4-1 victory over the Twins behind the pitching of Pat Dobson, who also set up three runs with sacrifice bunts. On each occasion, Dobson's bunts advanced Mark Belanger, who reached base with a single in the third, walk in the fifth and double in the seventh.

[DH] Yankees 2, Rangers 0 (day game) / Yankees 3, Rangers 2 at New York (day game):
The terrific relief pitching of Sparky Lyle enabled the Yankees to complete a sweep of a doubleheader with the 3-2 victory over the Rangers after Steve Kline won the first game, 2-0. Bernie Allen, who hit a double and single, scored both Yankee runs in the lidlifter, crossing the plate on a sacrifice fly by Horace Clarke in the fourth inning and on a perfect squeeze bunt by Kline in the sixth. In the nightcap, John Ellis drove in the Yankees' deciding run with a single in the fifth inning. Mel Stottlemyre faltered in the ninth and was removed with runners on second and third and none out. Lyle issued an intentional pass to Frank Howard and then struck out the next three straight batters on a total of only 10 pitches.

A's 3, Indians 2 at Oakland (day game):
With a Helmet Day crowd of 28,934 on hand, Dave Hamilton gained his fourth straight victory when the Athletics defeated the Indians, 3-2. The A's scored all their runs off Gaylord Perry in the fourth inning. Joe Rudi was hit by a pitch and crossed the plate on a double by Reggie Jackson. After an intentional pass to Mike Epstein with one out, Angel Mangual drove in a run with a single and Dave Duncan followed with a double to plate what proved to be the winning marker.

Braves 3, Expos 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Saved from defeat by pinch-hitter Jim Breazeale in the ninth inning, the Braves scored a run in the 10th to defeat the Expos, 3-2. Tim McCarver hit his first homer since being acquired by the Expos in the first inning and another run scored when catcher's interference was called against Earl Williams with the bases loaded in the fourth. However, Breazeale came through for the Braves with a two-run homer in the ninth to tie the score. In the 10th, after a single by Ralph Garr and a passed ball, the Expos walked Hank Aaron intentionally, but the move failed when Rico Carty singled to drive in the Braves' winning run.

Cubs 7, Dodgers 2 at Chicago (day game):
Helped by three errors, the Cubs took a 4-0 lead against Al Downing on five hits in the first four innings and proceeded to defeat the Dodgers, 7-2. Jose Cardenal homered for the Cubs' first two runs in the second after Jim Hickman was safe on a fumble by Billy Grabarkewitz. Frank Robinson dropped a fly by Hicicman in the fourth. Ron Santo singled and when Willie Crawford booted the ball in left field, Hickman scored. Randy Hundley followed with a single to drive in Santo.

Reds 8, Mets 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Homers by Tony Perez, Denis Menke and Johnny Bench powered the Reds to an 8-2 victory over the Mets before an Old-Timers' Night crowd of 51,617.

Astros 10, Phillies 5 at Houston (night game):
Lee May and Larry Howard drove in three runs apiece and Jim Wynn hit a homer as the Astros batted their way to a 10-5 victory over the Phillies. After Wynn's homer broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth inning, the Astros went on to score three more runs in the same stanza. May doubled, Bob Watson walked and Doug Rader singled to score May. After an intentional pass to Tommy Helms, Howard drove in two runs with a single.

Padres 4, Pirates 0 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Nate Colbert drove in all of the Padres' runs and Clay Kirby scattered nine hits to shut out the Pirates, 4-0. Colbert hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning, picked up two RBIs with a double in the third and climaxed his one-man batting show with a homer in the fifth.

Cardinals 4, Giants 3 at St. Louis (day game):
Although Jerry Johnson allowed only one single in 2 2/3 innings of relief, that hit by Jose Cruz helped the Cardinals score in the 11th to defeat the Giants, 4-3. With one out, Dwain Anderson walked. Cruz then singled, sending Anderson to third. When Bobby Bonds threw to third, Cruz advanced to second. The Giants then walked Ed Crosby to load the bases. Lou Brock followed with a sacrifice fly.