MLB standings through games of July 2, 1972

MLB standings at the end of July 2, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	66	37	29	0	.561		227	195	18-15	19-14	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	66	36	30	0	.545	1.0	217	175	18-14	18-16	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	65	31	34	0	.477	5.5	217	212	22-10	9-24	5-5	Won 5
Boston Red Sox	64	30	34	0	.469	6.0	289	299	18-14	12-20	6-4	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	66	27	39	0	.409	10.0	177	223	16-14	11-25	2-8	Lost 8
Milwaukee Brewers	66	26	40	0	.394	11.0	192	261	16-16	10-24	6-4	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	68	44	24	0	.647		272	199	22-11	22-13	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	69	41	28	0	.594	3.5	271	255	29-6	12-22	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	67	36	31	0	.537	7.5	240	231	19-12	17-19	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	67	33	34	0	.493	10.5	261	226	23-14	10-20	7-3	Won 1
California Angels	70	32	38	0	.457	13.0	232	275	19-17	13-21	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	68	28	40	0	.412	16.0	242	286	19-19	9-21	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	42	25	0	.627		327	229	22-14	20-11	6-4	Won 2
New York Mets	69	42	27	0	.609	1.0	259	259	21-13	21-14	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	68	37	31	0	.544	5.5	302	232	22-12	15-19	3-7	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	70	37	33	0	.529	6.5	276	270	18-16	19-17	9-1	Won 6
Montreal Expos	69	30	39	0	.435	13.0	209	272	16-15	14-24	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	69	24	45	0	.348	19.0	212	293	12-22	12-23	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	70	43	27	0	.614		329	259	15-16	28-11	7-3	Won 2
Houston Astros	71	43	28	0	.606	0.5	329	278	19-15	24-13	6-4	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	70	36	34	0	.514	7.0	253	231	18-18	18-16	2-8	Lost 4
Atlanta Braves	69	31	38	0	.449	11.5	270	307	13-14	18-24	3-7	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	76	30	46	0	.395	16.0	310	344	13-29	17-17	8-2	Won 4
San Diego Padres	70	24	46	0	.343	19.0	204	306	14-32	10-14	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Red Sox 15, Brewers 4 (day game) / Red Sox 3, Brewers 2 at Boston (day game):
Paced by Rico Petrocelli and Reggie Smith, who drove in five runs apiece, the Red Sox pounded their way to a 15-4 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but then had a tougher time in the second game before beating the Brewers, 3-2, in 11 innings. Petrocelli started the Red Sox slugging in the opener with a grand-slam homer in the first inning and added another RBI with a single in the fifth. Smith knocked in his five runs with two homers, one batting lefthanded against Bill Parsons in the sixth inning and the other swinging righthanded against Earl Stephenson in the seventh. In the nightcap Ben Oglivie opened the 11th with a hard smash to the mound that bounced off Frank Linzy back toward the plate. Catcher Ellie Rodriguez threw wildly to first, allowing Oglivie to advance an extra base. The Brewers walked Bob Burda intentionally, Doug Griffin moved the runners along with a bunt and Juan Beniquez broke up the game with a sacrifice fly.

A's 3, Angels 1 at California (night game):
Vida Blue worked his way out of two bases-loaded jams and pitched the Athletics to a 3-1 victory over the Angels. The A's staked their southpaw to a two-run lead in the first inning on a triple by Joe Rudi, double by Reggie Jackson and single by Angel Mangual. Rudi doubled and Mike Epstein singled for the other run in the third. After the Angels scored in their half of the third, Blue struck out Leroy Stanton with the sacks filled to end the inning. With the bases loaded again in the fifth, Stanton grounded into a double play.

[DH] Twins 6, White Sox 4 (day game) / White Sox 2, Twins 1 at Chicago (day game):
Jim Kaat and Tom Bradley each became 10-game winners when the Twins and White Sox split a doubleheader. Kaat, with the help of Wayne Granger, who relieved in the eighth inning, and Dave LaRoche, who took over in the ninth, received credit for the Twins' 6-4 win in the opener, while Bradley had help from Terry Forster, who also took over in the eighth, as the White Sox won the second game, 2-1. Bobby Darwin and Eric Soderholm batted in two runs apiece in the Twins' support of Kaat. Wilbur Wood, who started for the White Sox, was knocked out in the fourth inning when the Twins scored three runs on a walk and singles by Darwin, Steve Brye and Soderholm, together with an error. In the nightcap, the White Sox scored their two runs in the third on a single by Rich Morales, double by Pat Kelly and single by Dick Allen. Rich Reese homered for the Twins' run in the seventh.

Orioles 7, Tigers 2 at Detroit (day game):
While Mike Cuellar pitched a five-hitter, Boog Powell and Don Buford smashed homers to lead the Orioles to a 7-2 victory over the Tigers. Buford, who also doubled and singled and drove in three runs, collected his first extra-base hits since May 7. Powell's homer with two men on base in the first inning was his first since May 10.

[DH] Rangers 7, Royals 5 (day game) / Royals 8, Rangers 3 at Kansas City (day game):
Although Richie Scheinblum and Cookie Rojas collected three hits apiece in each half of a doubleheader, the Royals lost the first game to the Rangers, 7-5, in 10 innings, before coming back to win the second game, 8-3. Rojas rapped three doubles and Scheinblum hit a double and two singles in the lidlifter. The Rangers, after taking a 4-0 lead, dropped behind but then tied the score on a homer by Hal King in the seventh inning. Ted Ford walked in the 10th and scored on singles by Joe Lovitto and Ted Kubiak to break the tie. Frank Howard followed with a pinch-single to drive in an extra run. In the nightcap, Scheinblum hit a single, double and homer, batting in two runs, while Rojas accounted for three RBIs with three singles.

[DH] Yankees 6, Indians 1 (day game) / Yankees 5, Indians 2 at New York (day game):
The Yankees extended their winning streak to five games by sweeping a doubleheader with the Indians, 6-1 and 5-2. Fritz Peterson hurled the route in the opener and received his chief batting support from Bobby Murcer, who doubled and scored in the first inning, batted in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the second and added another RBI with a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Ron Blomberg homered for the Yankees in the second inning of the nightcap, but the Indians went ahead with the aid of a double and homer by Graig Nettles before the Yankees decided the outcome of the game with two runs in the sixth on consecutive two-out singles by Murcer, Roy White, Blomberg and Bernie Allen.

Astros 5, Braves 4 at Houston (day game):
Although Hank Aaron hit his 16th homer of the season and 655th of his career, the Braves fell apart on defense with five errors and lost to the Astros, 5-4. Aaron's homer followed a single by Marty Perez in the first inning. Dave Roberts hit a two-run homer for the Astros in the second. Roberts was forced to leave the game after injuring himself sliding into third base in the seventh and Tom Griffin was the winner in relief when the Astros broke a 4-4 tie in the eighth. Doug Rader led off with a single and advanced to second on Oscar Brown's fumble of the hit in the outfield. Rader moved to third on a grounder by Norm Miller and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Tommy Helms.

Expos 4, Mets 3 at Montreal (day game):
The wildness of rookie Bob Rauch, who walked four batters to force a run home in the ninth inning, enabled the Expos to defeat the Mets, 4-3. Ron Fairly, who had three singles, batted in the first two Expo runs and scored the third before the Mets rallied to pull even in the ninth on a double by John Milner, error by Tim Foli, double by Wayne Garrett, sacrifice fly by Ken Boswell and pinch-single by Willie Mays. In the Expos' half, Rauch walked Terry Humphrey to start his trouble, and Clyde Mashore sacrificed pinch-runner Carl Morton to second. After an intentional pass to Ron Hunt, Mike Jorgensen also walked to load the bases. Fairly then worked the count to 3-and-2 and drew the fourth pass of the inning to force in Morton.

Cardinals 7, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (day game):
Dal Maxvill was named the N. L.'s Player of the Week after capping his batting spree by driving in four runs with a double and single to enable the Cardinals to defeat the Phillies, 7-3. Maxvill batted in one run with a bases-loaded single in the second inning and then came up again with three men aboard in the third and cleared the sacks with a double. For the week's play, Maxvill batted .462 with 12-for-26.

Pirates 7, Cubs 4 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Bob Robertson, playing third base for the first time since June 12, 1970, thumbed his nose at his .147 batting average and hit a homer and single, driving in two runs, to help the Pirates defeat the Cubs, 7-4. Manny Sanguillen also smashed a homer. However, the Pirates' catcher grounded into an around-the-horn triple play, Ron Santo to Glenn Beckert to Jim Hickman, in the seventh inning.

Reds 12, Padres 2 at San Diego (day game):
The Reds exploded for eight runs in the eighth inning and overpowered the Padres, 12-2. The Reds sent 13 men to bat in their big inning and collected eight hits, including a homer by Tony Perez with two men on base. Johnny Bench drove in a run with a sacrifice fly after hitting a homer earlier in the game. Cesar Geronimo had a big day at bat for the Reds with a single, triple and inside-the-park homer.

Giants 9, Dodgers 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Willie McCovey hit the 14th grand-slam homer of his career, tying Hank Aaron and the late Gil Hodges for the all-time N. L. lead as the Giants walloped the Dodgers, 9-3. Juan Marichal made his first start for the Giants since June 11 but was removed in the fifth inning when the Dodgers tied the score at 2-2. The Giants went ahead with a pair in their half, aided by two errors. McCovey then broke the game wide apart in the seventh with his slam off Don Sutton after the Giants had loaded the bases on singles by Tito Fuentes, Don McMahon and Jim Howarth. Dave Kingman followed McCovey to the plate and also hit a homer.