MLB standings through games of July 9, 1972

MLB standings at the end of July 9, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	74	40	34	0	.541		245	193	18-18	22-16	5-5	Lost 4
Detroit Tigers	74	40	34	0	.541		255	235	18-16	22-18	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	71	35	36	0	.493	3.5	241	230	22-10	13-26	8-2	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	70	34	36	0	.486	4.0	309	311	21-14	13-22	7-3	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	73	31	42	0	.425	8.5	203	252	20-17	11-25	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	72	29	43	0	.403	10.0	212	283	16-16	13-27	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	75	48	27	0	.640		298	221	25-14	23-13	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	76	43	33	0	.566	5.5	289	276	31-11	12-22	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	73	37	36	0	.507	10.0	253	255	20-14	17-22	3-7	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	75	38	37	0	.507	10.0	292	251	25-16	13-21	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	77	35	42	0	.455	14.0	250	298	22-21	13-21	4-6	Won 2
Texas Rangers	76	33	43	0	.434	15.5	265	307	19-19	14-24	6-4	Won 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	48	27	0	.640		367	256	23-14	25-13	8-2	Won 2
New York Mets	75	44	31	0	.587	4.0	268	273	23-17	21-14	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	75	40	35	0	.533	8.0	292	292	20-17	20-18	8-2	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	78	41	36	1	.532	8.0	336	260	22-12	19-24	4-5-1	Won 2
Montreal Expos	75	32	43	0	.427	16.0	231	312	18-19	14-24	3-7	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	76	26	50	0	.342	22.5	235	324	14-27	12-23	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	76	45	31	0	.592		346	283	17-20	28-11	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	78	45	33	0	.577	1.0	365	315	20-18	25-15	4-6	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	40	36	0	.526	5.0	283	249	18-18	22-18	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	79	36	42	1	.462	10.0	311	353	17-18	19-24	5-4-1	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	82	34	48	0	.415	14.0	339	362	13-29	21-19	8-2	Won 2
San Diego Padres	77	29	48	0	.377	16.5	230	324	14-32	15-16	6-4	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Rangers 3, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (night game):
Joe Lovitto, who tied the score with a triple in the eighth inning, batted in the winning run with a double in the 10th as the Rangers defeated the Orioles, 3-2, to complete the sweep of the four-game series. Toby Harrah opened the 10th with a single and advanced on a sacrifice by Ted Ford. After an intentional pass to Dick Billings, Tom Grieve struck out, but Lovitto came through with his decisive double.

Angels 3, Red Sox 0 at California (night game):
Nolan Ryan, who struck out a total of 16, set an A. L. record by fanning eight batters in succession while pitching the Angels to a 3-0 victory over the Red Sox. Ryan walked Tommy Harper to open the game, whiffed Doug Griffin and then yielded a single to Carl Yastrzemski for the only hit off his deliveries before striking out the next eight straight men. In the second inning, the hard-throwing righthander fanned Carlton Fisk, Bob Burda and Juan Beniquez on nine pitches to tie the major league record for the second time in his career. After Yastrzemski's hit, Ryan retired the last 26 consecutive batters.

[DH] White Sox 5, Tigers 4 (day game) / Tigers 4, White Sox 2 at Chicago (day game):
Tom Haller made sure his third extra-base blow was not wasted by hitting a homer with a man on base in the ninth inning to give the Tigers a 4-2 victory in a split of a doubleheader with the White Sox, who won the first game, 5-4, with a run in the ninth on a single by Rick Reichardt. Pat Kelly and Rich Morales singled and Dick Allen walked to load the bases before Reichardt hit his single to decide the opener. Mickey Stanley drove in three runs for the Tigers, two of them with a homer, and then homered again to produce the Tigers' first two runs in the nightcap. Haller, who hit a wasted double and triple earlier in the game, whacked his winning homer after a safe bunt by Aurelio Rodriguez to enable Mickey Lolich to gain his 14th victory of the season.

[DH] Royals 6, Indians 4 (day game) / Royals 8, Indians 5 at Cleveland (day game):
Led by Amos Otis and Richie Scheinblum, who batted in nine runs between them, the Royals defeated the Indians in a doubleheader, 6-4 and 8-5. Otis hit a homer, double and two singles in the first game to produce four runs and homered again in the second game for his fifth RBI of the day. He also walked twice in the nightcap and scored on both occasions. Scheinblum hit a sacrifice fly and three-run double in the second game. Graig Nettles homered in each half of the twinbill for the Indians.

Yankees 9, Twins 6 at Minnesota (day game):
Rich Reese set an A. L. record and tied the major league mark with the third pinch-hit grand-slam homer of his career, but the blow was not enough for the Twins, who lost to the Yankees, 9-6. Ron Blomberg hit a pair of two-run doubles and Horace Clarke drove in two with a double to pace the Yankees to a 9-1 lead before Reese batted for Bob Gebhard and hit his grand slam off Lindy McDaniel in the seventh inning.

A's 3, Brewers 1 at Oakland (day game):
After retiring 22 straight batters, Blue Moon Odom faltered in the ninth inning, but Rollie Fingers relieved and saved the Athletics' 3-1 victory over the Brewers. With two away in the final frame, George Scott and Johnny Briggs singled and Dave May doubled to produce the Brewers' run. Fingers then took over and struck out Ron Clark on four pitches to end the game.

Pirates 7, Braves 4 at Atlanta (day game):
The Pirates pounded three homers off Denny McLain and beat the Braves, 7-4. Willie Stargell and Bob Robertson teed off on the former A. L. Cy Young Award winner in the second inning, Robertson's blow coming with a man on base. Then, in the third, Bill Mazeroski doubled, Stargell walked and Al Oliver homered. Manny Sanguillen added the Pirates' other run with a circuit clout off Cecil Upshaw in the eighth. Hank Aaron and Oscar Brown hit homers for the Braves. Aaron's blow was the 657th of his career.

[DH] Cubs 5, Reds 0 (day game) / Cubs 10, Reds 5 at Cincinnati (day game):
Playing before the largest baseball crowd in Cincinnati's history, 52,116, the Reds failed to rise to the occasion and lost both games of a doubleheader to the Cubs, 5-0 and 10-5. Fergie Jenkins, who beat the Reds in the opener, pitched his first shutout of the season and turned in his 15th complete game. Tommy Davis, signed as a free agent, made his first appearance with the Cubs. After hitting a single and driving in one run in the lidlifter, Davis batted in two more with a pair of singles in the nightcap. Carmen Fanzone accounted for five RBIs with a double and homer.

Giants 5, Expos 1 at Montreal (day game):
Homers by Bobby Bonds and Dave Kingman powered the Giants to a 5-1 victory over the Expos. Bonds led off the game with his round-tripper. Ron Fairly homered for the Expos' run in the second, but the Giants took the lead again with a single by Garry Maddox and double by Chris Speier in the third and iced the game when Kingman hit his homer with two men on base in the fifth.

Dodgers 2, Mets 0 at New York (day game):
Lee Lacy, the Dodgers' rookie second baseman, decided a duel between Claude Osteen and Tom Seaver by scoring one run and driving in another to beat the Mets, 2-0. Lacy singled in the first inning and crossed the plate on singles by Bill Buckner and Willie Davis. In the ninth, Duke Sims was safe on an error and, after a sacrifice, Lacy singled for his third hit of the game to score pinch-runner Billy Grabarkewitz.

Padres 5, Phillies 4 at Philadelphia (day game):
Although the Phillies smashed three homers, the Padres were able to gain a 5-4 victory with the aid of three unearned runs resulting from a wild throw by Darrell Brandon in the third inning. Cito Gaston batted in the Padres' two other tallies with a single in the fifth and double in the seventh.

Astros 12, Cardinals 6 at St. Louis (day game):
Taking over in relief, Jim Ray put a stop to the Cardinals' hitting while the Astros continued to whack the ball to gain a 12-6 victory. Dal Maxvill hit an inside-the-park homer and Matty Alou and Bernie Carbo each belted a drive over the fence with a man on base for the Cardinals, but Ray took over with two out in the fifth inning and yielded only one hit over the rest of the game. The Astros had a three-run homer by Lee May, two-run blow by Doug Rader and solo swat by Johnny Edwards. Five of the Astros' last six runs were unearned.