MLB standings through games of July 7, 1972

MLB standings at the end of July 7, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	71	40	31	0	.563		241	185	18-15	22-16	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	71	39	32	0	.549	1.0	245	223	18-16	21-16	4-6	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	68	34	34	0	.500	4.5	306	304	21-14	13-20	9-1	Won 7
New York Yankees	69	33	36	0	.478	6.0	231	224	22-10	11-26	7-3	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	70	30	40	0	.429	9.5	192	237	19-15	11-25	3-7	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	70	29	41	0	.414	10.5	211	273	16-16	13-25	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	73	46	27	0	.630		288	220	23-14	23-13	4-6	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	73	41	32	0	.562	5.0	277	266	29-10	12-22	4-6	Lost 4
Minnesota Twins	71	37	34	0	.521	8.0	247	245	20-12	17-22	3-7	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	72	36	36	0	.500	9.5	277	240	25-16	11-20	6-4	Won 1
California Angels	75	33	42	0	.440	14.0	243	295	20-21	13-21	3-7	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	73	30	43	0	.411	16.0	257	303	19-19	11-24	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	73	46	27	0	.630		355	249	23-14	23-13	7-3	Lost 1
New York Mets	73	43	30	0	.589	3.0	264	270	22-16	21-14	5-5	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	73	39	34	0	.534	7.0	284	279	19-16	20-18	8-2	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	75	39	35	1	.527	7.5	319	252	22-12	17-23	3-6-1	Won 1
Montreal Expos	73	32	41	0	.438	14.0	229	295	18-17	14-24	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	74	26	48	0	.351	20.5	226	311	14-25	12-23	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	73	44	29	0	.603		338	266	16-18	28-11	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	76	44	32	0	.579	1.5	352	307	20-18	24-14	4-6	Lost 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	74	39	35	0	.527	5.5	280	245	18-18	21-17	4-6	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	77	36	40	1	.474	9.5	304	341	17-16	19-24	5-4-1	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	80	32	48	0	.400	15.5	322	360	13-29	19-19	7-3	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	75	27	48	0	.360	18.0	217	315	14-32	13-16	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Rangers 5, Orioles 4 at Baltimore (night game):
The shutout relief pitching of Jim Panther over the last five innings enabled the Rangers to gain a 5-4 victory over the Orioles, who were stopped on their five-game winning streak. After the Rangers took a 4-0 lead against Jim Palmer, who was knocked out in the second inning, the Orioles picked up a pair in the third and tied the score in the fourth when Brooks Robinson homered with a man on base.

Red Sox 5, Angels 3 at California (night game):
Ben Oglivie, who was a last-minute replacement in the Red Sox outfield for an injured Reggie Smith, smashed a two-run homer in the 10th inning to defeat the Angels, 5-3. The Red Sox also had a homer by Carlton Fisk in the second inning. Ken Berry drove in all of the Angels' runs with a single in third, homer in the eighth and single in the ninth to tie the score after Jim Spencer had rapped a pinch-double.

Tigers 6, White Sox 4 at Chicago (night game):
The Tigers scored four runs in the last two innings, with Tony Taylor supplying a triple and single, to defeat the White Sox, 6-4. The White Sox bunched four singles for two runs in the fourth, but the Tigers pulled even with homers by Ike Brown in the fifth and Al Kaline in the sixth. Paul Jata walked in the eighth and scored on a triple by Taylor, who also crossed the plate on a single by Aurelio Rodriguez. Taylor and Kaline each batted in a run in the ninth to provide the winning margin.

Royals 6, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Richie Scheinblum and Lou Piniella, who are among the league's leading batters, each collected three hits to pace the Royals to a 6-3 victory over the Indians. Scheinblum boosted his average to .340 and Piniella to .320. Ed Kirkpatrick and Amos Otis joined in the Royals' attack with homers, while the Indians had circuit clouts by Graig Nettles and Ray Fosse.

Twins 5, Yankees 2 at Minnesota (night game):
Frank Quilici made a winning debut as manager, succeeding Bill Rigney, when the Twins defeated the Yankees, 5-2. Harmon Killebrew provided the big blow for his new boss, hitting a homer after a single by Rod Carew in the seventh inning to wipe out the Yankees' 2-1 lead. Carew, who had three hits, as did Bobby Darwin, plated an insurance pair with a single in the eighth.

Brewers 9, A's 4 at Oakland (night game):
The Brewers handed Vida Blue his worst defeat, banging the southpaw for eight runs, six of them earned, en route to a 9-4 victory over the Athletics. Blue had never surrendered more than five unearned and four earned runs runs in any single game since his debut with the A's in August, 1969. After the lefty was knocked out in the seventh, the A's announced he had suffered a strained muscle just above his left knee while trying to field a smash through the mound by Ellie Rodriguez in the fourth inning. Blue gave up only six hits, but they included homers by Dave May, George Scott and Ollie Brown.

[DH] Pirates 10, Braves 2 (night game) / Braves 3, Pirates 2 at Atlanta (night game):
After piling up 20 hits to win the first game, 10-2, the Pirates were held to seven hits by Jim Hardin and lost the second game of a twi-night doubleheader to the Braves, 3-2. The outcome of the lidlifter never was in doubt after Gene Alley hit a three-run homer in the second inning. Milt May rapped five straight singles in the biggest game at bat of his major league career. The young catcher followed with two more hits in the nightcap and drove in one of the Pirates' runs. Earl Williams homered for the Braves, who broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh when Dusty Baker singled to score Darrell Evans.

Cubs 2, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
Joe Pepitone, who rejoined the Cubs June 30 after a brief retirement, hit his first homer of the season to help defeat the Reds, 2-1. After Pepitone's smash in the seventh inning, the Cubs added what proved to be the winning run in the eighth when Rick Monday walked, Don Kessinger grounded out and, after an intentional pass to Billy Williams, Ron Santo doubled. Burt Hooton allowed only two hits until the ninth when the Reds scored on singles by Pete Rose, Johnny Bench and Tony Perez. Jack Aker, taking over with one out, retired the side to save the game.

Expos 7, Giants 2 at Montreal (night game):
Back in the Expos' starting lineup for the first time since June 27, Ken Singleton drove in three runs with a double and single to support Bill Stoneman's pitching in a 7-2 victory over the Giants. Singleton was outfitted with a special uniform to prevent a rash that had developed because of his allergy to materials in the Expos' regular regalia.

Dodgers 6, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
Allowing only three hits, Don Sutton pitched the Dodgers to a 6-1 victory over the Mets. Sutton deprived himself of a shutout with a wild throw that led to an unearned run for the Mets in the first inning. The Dodgers tied the score with a double by Chris Cannizzaro and single by Maury Wills in the fourth and then broke away with two runs in the fifth. Lee Lacy singled and took third when Bobby Valentine was safe on a wild throw by Jim Fregosi. Willie Davis hit a sacrifice fly to score Lacy. Frank Robinson singled, sending Valentine to third, and Jim Lefebvre followed with another sacrifice fly.

[DH] Phillies 4, Padres 2 (night game) / Padres 6, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Steve Carlton gained his sixth straight victory and 11th of the season when the Phillies rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Padres, 4-2, in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader. However, the Padres won the second game, 6-1, behind the pitching of Clay Kirby. Carlton fell behind in the lidlifter, 2-0, before the Phillies forged ahead with their three runs in the sixth on a combination of two walks and three hits. Greg Luzinski batted in one run with a single and John Bateman plated a pair with another single. Luzinski iced the game with a homer in the eighth. Fred Kendall, catching Kirby in the nightcap, provided the principal support for the Padres' pitcher by smashing two homers.

Cardinals 3, Astros 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Gibson extended his personal winning streak to eight games by pitching the Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Astros. Jim Wynn homered for the Astros' run in the fourth inning. The Cardinals came back with their tallies in the fifth. Donn Clendenon singled, Luis Melendez bunted safely and Dal Maxvill singled to tie the score. After Gibson forced Melendez and Lou Brock flied out, singles by Ted Sizemore and Matty Alou drove in Maxvill and Gibson.