MLB standings through games of July 10, 1972

MLB standings at the end of July 10, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	75	41	34	0	.547		263	238	19-16	22-18	4-6	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	75	40	35	0	.533	1.0	247	196	18-19	22-16	5-5	Lost 5
Boston Red Sox	71	35	36	0	.493	4.0	313	313	21-14	14-22	8-2	Won 1
New York Yankees	72	35	37	0	.486	4.5	244	234	22-10	13-27	7-3	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	74	32	42	0	.432	8.5	205	253	21-17	11-25	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	73	29	44	0	.397	11.0	213	291	16-16	13-28	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	76	48	28	0	.632		300	225	25-15	23-13	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	77	43	34	0	.558	5.5	290	278	31-11	12-23	3-7	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	74	38	36	0	.514	9.0	261	256	21-14	17-22	3-7	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	76	39	37	0	.513	9.0	295	253	25-16	14-21	7-3	Won 3
California Angels	78	36	42	0	.462	13.0	254	301	23-21	13-21	5-5	Won 3
Texas Rangers	77	33	44	0	.429	15.5	268	315	19-19	14-25	5-5	Lost 1

	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	76	44	32	0	.579	4.5	272	278	23-18	21-14	4-6	Lost 2
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	76	33	43	0	.434	15.5	237	315	19-19	14-24	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	78	27	51	0	.346	22.5	248	331	15-28	12-23	3-7	Won 1

	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	78	41	37	0	.526	5.0	290	262	18-18	23-19	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	79	36	42	1	.462	10.0	311	353	17-18	19-24	5-4-1	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	83	35	48	0	.422	13.5	344	366	13-29	22-19	8-2	Won 3
San Diego Padres	78	29	49	0	.372	17.0	233	330	14-32	15-17	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 3, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (night game):
The Royals' two leading hitters came through with two out in the ninth inning when Richie Scheinblum singled and Lou Piniella homered to defeat the Orioles, 3-2.

Angels 4, Yankees 3 at California (night game):
A winner for the first time since June 24, Clyde Wright pitched the Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Yankees, who made the game close with two unearned runs. Ron Swoboda hit a pinch-homer for the Yankees' other tally. The Angels had a homer by Ken McMullen in the second inning and picked up a run on a walk and singles by Leo Cardenas and Art Kusnyer in the fourth before adding their other pair on a single by Cardenas, triple by Sandy Alomar and single by Ken Berry in the sixth.

Indians 2, White Sox 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Thanks to Ron Lolich, who hit his first major league homer, Gaylord Perry was able to pitch the Indians past the White Sox, 2-1, and gain his 14th victory. The Indians tallied initially in the first inning when Buddy Bell and Alex Johnson singled and Graig Nettles hit a sacrifice fly before Lolich rapped his homer for the deciding run in the fourth. The White Sox run was unearned off Perry, who yielded four hits.

Tigers 8, Rangers 3 at Detroit (night game):
Two homers by Norm Cash and one by Jim Northrup accounted for five runs and enabled the Tigers to defeat the Rangers, 8-3. After the Tigers took a 3-0 lead in the first two innings, Cash and Northrup each homered with a man on base in the third to break the game wide open. Don Mincher and Hal King homered, Mincher's blow coming with one aboard, to produce the Rangers' runs in the seventh. Cash then hit his second homer of the game for the Tigers in the eighth.

Twins 8, Brewers 1 at Minnesota (day game):
Bobby Darwin hit a grand-slam homer in the first inning and the Twins added four more runs in the second to defeat the Brewers, 8-1. Danny Thompson and Rod Carew singled and Harmon Killebrew walked before Darwin connected off Earl Stephenson for the first grand slam of his major league career. Darwin also walked with the bases loaded in the second to pick up another RBI.

Red Sox 4, A's 2 at Oakland (night game):
Rico Petrocelli, who struck out twice and hit into a double play in previous trips to the plate, smashed a two-run homer in the eighth inning to carry the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Athletics. Petrocelli's poke followed a single by Carl Yastrzemski. The Red Sox set an A. L. record and tied the major league mark for going down most often on strikes in two consecutive games, 29. Nolan Ryan of the Angels fanned 16 Red Sox batters in the previous night's game and Ken Holtzman and Bob Locker of the A's whiffed 13 more.

Expos 6, Padres 3 at Montreal (night game):
Although held to five hits by Steve Arlin, the Expos were able to defeat the Padres, 6-3. Two of the Expos' first four runs were unearned. Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen then clinched the decision with consecutive homers in the eighth inning. Nate Colbert hit a homer for the Padres.

Giants 5, Mets 4 at New York (night game):
The Giants rallied for two runs in the eighth inning on a single by Chris Speier to defeat the slumping Mets, 5-4. Willie McCovey and Dave Rader hit homers to account for the Giants' first three runs. Jim Fregosi, who hit a two-run homer for the Mets in the sixth, snapped a 3-3 tie with a single in the seventh. However, in the eighth, Jim Howarth and Bobby Bonds singled and, after a sacrifice by Garry Maddox, both runners scored on Speier's single.

[DH] Dodgers 6, Phillies 4 (night game) / Phillies 9, Dodgers 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
General manager Paul Owens, making his debut as manager, succeeding Frank Lucchesi, gained a split when the Phillies won the second game of a twi-night doubleheader, 9-1, after losing the first game to the Dodgers, 6-4, in 11 innings. Don Money smashed a three-run homer for the Phillies in the lidlifter, while Dick Dietz and Willie Davis hit round-trippers for the Dodgers. Davis' blow tied the score in the ninth. Mac Scarce, brought up from Reading (Eastern), was a loser in his first relief appearance, being lifted after Davis and Manny Mota singled in the 11th. Darrell Brandon, taking over, walked Frank Robinson to load the bases and the Dodgers then broke the tie with two runs on a sacrifice fly by Wes Parker and single by Bill Buckner. In the nightcap, Willie Montanez led the Phillies' attack with a single, triple and homer, driving in five runs. Woodie Fryman, who held the Dodgers to six hits, gained his first victory since May 15 to end the lefthander's personal seven-game losing streak.