MLB standings through games of June 29, 1972

MLB standings at the end of June 29, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	63	36	27	0	.571		221	185	17-13	19-14	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	63	34	29	0	.540	2.0	207	169	18-14	16-15	4-6	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	61	27	34	0	.443	8.0	266	289	15-14	12-20	4-6	Lost 1
New York Yankees	61	27	34	0	.443	8.0	200	208	18-10	9-24	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	62	27	35	0	.435	8.5	173	206	16-14	11-21	4-6	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	63	26	37	0	.413	10.0	182	238	16-16	10-21	8-2	Won 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	65	43	22	0	.662		261	187	22-11	21-11	5-5	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	65	38	27	0	.585	5.0	254	242	26-5	12-22	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	63	34	29	0	.540	8.0	230	220	18-12	16-17	4-6	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	63	31	32	0	.492	11.0	245	212	21-13	10-19	6-4	Won 5
California Angels	67	31	36	0	.463	13.0	223	262	18-16	13-20	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	64	26	38	0	.406	16.5	223	267	18-19	8-19	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	40	24	0	.625		313	218	20-13	20-11	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	66	40	26	0	.606	1.0	247	252	21-13	19-13	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	65	36	29	0	.554	4.5	291	218	22-12	14-17	3-7	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	66	33	33	0	.500	8.0	258	262	18-16	15-17	9-1	Won 2
Montreal Expos	66	29	37	0	.439	12.0	202	260	15-13	14-24	5-5	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	65	24	41	0	.369	16.5	204	275	12-18	12-23	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	67	41	26	0	.612		311	251	15-16	26-10	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	68	41	27	0	.603	0.5	318	267	17-14	24-13	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	67	36	31	0	.537	5.0	241	206	18-18	18-13	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	66	30	36	0	.455	10.5	259	296	13-14	17-22	3-7	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	73	27	46	0	.370	17.0	285	332	10-29	17-17	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	67	23	44	0	.343	18.0	196	288	13-30	10-14	3-7	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 8, Red Sox 4 at Boston (night game):
Bill Freehan capped an eight-run outburst in the ninth inning with a grand-slam homer to power the Tigers to an 8-4 victory over the Red Sox. The Tigers bunched four hits, a walk and an error for their first four runs, two scoring on a double by Dick McAuliffe, before Freehan came to the plate and whacked his homer.

[DH] White Sox 4, A's 0 (night game) / A's 3, White Sox 1 at Chicago (night game):
After being shut out by Wilbur Wood, 4-0, in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, the Athletics came back to beat the White Sox in the second game, 3-1, on a two-run homer by Mike Epstein in the eighth inning. Wood ended a personal three-game losing streak and recorded his 12th victory. Dick Allen hit his 13th homer with a man on base in the fifth inning. In the nightcap, the A's scored in the first inning after Bert Campaneris was safe on an error by Jorge Orta. In the eighth, Reggie Jackson was safe on an error by Tom Bradley before Epstein hit his decisive homer to give the victory to Blue Moon Odom.

Brewers 3, Indians 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
Taking advantage of an error by Graig Nettles, the Brewers scored three unearned runs in the first inning and defeated the Indians, 3-1. Rick Auerbach led off with a single and stopped at third on a double by Joe Lahoud. With one out, Johnny Briggs walked to load the bases. Nettles then missed a smash by Dave May, two runs scoring on the error. The third run crossed the plate while Paul Ratliff was forcing May at second.

[DH] Royals 5, Twins 3 (night game) / Royals 12, Twins 4 at Minnesota (night game):
John Mayberry and Ed Kirkpatrick batted in two runs apiece in the opener and smashed back-to-back homers in the nightcap as the Royals defeated the Twins in a twi-night doubleheader, 5-3 and 12-4. The Royals won the lidlifter with a four-run outburst in the eighth inning after they had been held to two hits by Bert Blyleven. Lou Piniella, Richie Scheinblum and Mayberry singled for the first run and Kirkpatrick doubled for two more. After advancing to third on a wild throw to the plate, Kirkpatrick scored on a squeeze bunt by Bobby Floyd. Mayberry singled for another run in the eighth. In the nightcap, Mayberry and Kirkpatrick hit their homers in the fourth inning. Mayberry also drove in two more runs with a double and single, giving him a total of five RBIs for the twin bill.

Yankees 4, Orioles 3 at New York (day game):
Jim Palmer's eight-game winning streak came to an end when the Yankees chased the righthander in the second inning and defeated the Orioles, 4-3. Ron Blomberg opened the stanza with a homer and two other runs followed on singles by Thurman Munson, Jerry Kenney and Mel Stottlemyre before Palmer was removed. However, what proved to be the winning run counted off Dave Leonhard in the third when Bobby Murcer tripled and Roy White singled.

Angels 12, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
Art Kusyner batted in five runs with a triple and double and Vada Pinson drove in three runs with a homer to lead the Angels' attack in a 12-4 romp over the Rangers. Pinson hit his homer after walks to Sandy Alomar and Ken Berry in the third inning. With two out, Ken McMullen singled, Syd O'Brien walked and Kusyner sent them home with a triple. Kusyner added his three other RBIs with a bases-loaded double in the sixth.

Astros 8, Dodgers 6 at Los Angeles (day game):
After failing to hold a 5-1 lead, the Astros came back with three unearned runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Dodgers, 8-6. Cesar Cedeno and Tommy Helms hit homers to pace the Astros to their early margin, but the Dodgers tied the score with the aid of a three-run blast by Jim Lefebvre in the sixth and went ahead in the eighth with another homer by Steve Garvey. Norm Miller singled for the Astros in the ninth and, with one out, Cedeno grounded to Garvey, who threw to second in an attempt to start a double play, but Bobby Valentine dropped the ball, Miller going to third on the error. Jim Wynn then hit another grounder to Garvey, who fumbled it this time, allowing Miller to score. After an intentional pass to Lee May, Bob Watson singled to drive in Cedeno and Wynn.

Phillies 9, Mets 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies collected 17 hits, their highest total of the season, and defeated the Mets, 9-4, behind the pitching of Steve Carlton, who struck out 13 to increase his league-leading total to 159. The Phils' attack included homers by Bill Robinson and Don Money. Robinson's blow was his first in the N. L. since being called up from Eugene (Pacific Coast).

Pirates 9, Expos 0 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Except for Boots Day, who collected three hits, Nelson Briles handcuffed the Expos completely and pitched the Pirates to a 9-0 victory. Richie Hebner backed Briles with a three-run homer.

Padres 8, Braves 6 at San Diego (night game):
Enjoying the biggest game of his brief major league career, Dave Roberts smashed four hits, including his first homer, to help the Padres defeat the Braves, 8-6. The Padres sent 11 men to bat in the third inning and scored five runs on six hits, including a homer by Leron Lee. Roberts, a rookie third baseman from Oregon University, belted his round-tripper in the fourth. The Padres then added what proved to be their winning margin on doubles by Roberts, Lee and Nate Colbert in the sixth. Earl Williams and Hank Aaron (No. 654) homered for the Braves.

Giants 3, Reds 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Although Jim Barr served up consecutive homers to Johnny Bench and Tony Perez in the fourth inning, the Giants' righthander was able to beat the Reds, 3-2, for his first victory of the season. The Giants scored one run on a double by Dave Kingman and two wild pitches in the second and tied the count at 2-2 in their half of the fourth when Willie McCovey walked and Dave Rader and Tito Fuentes singled. The winning run followed in the seventh on a single by Fuentes, sacrifice by Barr and single by Chris Speier.

Cardinals 4, Cubs 2 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals caught up with Burt Hooton in the sixth inning and scored four runs, two of them unearned on an error by Ron Santo, to defeat the Cubs, 4-2. Rick Wise, helping himself to the victory, set off the Cards' uprising with a single, stopped at third on a double by Lou Brock and scored on an infield out by Ed Crosby. After Matty Alou fouled out, Joe Torre singled to score Brock. Ted Simmons followed with another single. Jose Cruz then grounded to Santo, who threw wildly to first, Torre scoring. Bernie Carbo added a single to plate Simmons with an insurance run.