MLB standings through games of July 14, 1972

MLB standings at the end of July 14, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	79	44	35	0	.557		278	249	22-17	22-18	7-3	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	79	43	36	0	.544	1.0	263	212	21-20	22-16	4-6	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	75	37	38	0	.493	5.0	330	336	21-14	16-24	6-4	Lost 2
New York Yankees	76	37	39	0	.487	5.5	259	247	22-12	15-27	6-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	78	33	45	0	.423	10.5	214	267	21-19	12-26	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	76	31	45	0	.408	11.5	226	305	17-16	14-29	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	80	50	30	0	.625		316	239	25-17	25-13	4-6	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	81	45	36	0	.556	5.5	303	295	31-11	14-25	4-6	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	78	41	37	0	.526	8.0	289	268	24-15	17-22	5-5	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	80	41	39	0	.512	9.0	312	265	25-16	16-23	6-4	Won 1
California Angels	81	36	45	0	.444	14.5	260	320	23-23	13-22	4-6	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	81	34	47	0	.420	16.5	279	326	20-20	14-27	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	49	30	0	.620		375	271	24-14	25-16	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	79	46	33	0	.582	3.0	280	286	24-19	22-14	4-6	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	79	42	37	0	.532	7.0	308	303	22-19	20-18	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	83	43	39	1	.524	7.5	367	296	24-15	19-24	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	79	35	44	0	.443	14.0	257	327	20-20	15-24	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	81	28	53	0	.346	22.0	258	349	16-29	12-24	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	80	49	31	0	.613		365	289	20-20	29-11	6-4	Won 4
Houston Astros	83	48	35	0	.578	2.5	395	342	20-18	28-17	4-6	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	81	42	39	0	.519	7.5	301	280	18-19	24-20	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	83	37	45	1	.451	13.0	324	375	17-18	20-27	4-6	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	86	37	49	0	.430	15.0	358	372	14-29	23-20	7-3	Won 1
San Diego Padres	81	30	51	0	.370	19.5	246	344	14-33	16-18	6-4	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Orioles 7, White Sox 4 (night game) / Orioles 3, White Sox 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Yielding only two hits, Doyle Alexander pitched his first major league shutout as the Orioles defeated the White Sox in a twi-night doubleheader, 7-4 and 3-0. Dave McNally, who started the opener, was knocked out in the sixth inning but received credit for the victory. Before departing, McNally batted in two runs with a double in the fourth. Davey Johnson accounted for three RBIs with a double and single, while Boog Powell contributed a homer to the Orioles' attack. Dick Allen hit a two-run homer for the White Sox. In the nightcap Paul Blair singled in the third inning and Bobby Grich homered to put Alexander on top. The Orioles added their last run in the seventh on a walk, sacrifice and single by Merv Rettenmund.

Royals 1, Tigers 0 at Detroit (night game):
A double by Amos Otis and single by John Mayberry in the fourth inning provided the Royals with a 1-0 victory over the Tigers behind the pitching of Bruce Dal Canton, Tom Burgmeier and Ken Wright. Dal Canton was lifted in the eighth after walking Dick McAuliffe. Burgmeier, relieving, grabbed a bunt by Aurelio Rodriguez and forced McAuliffe at second. Wright took over and yielded a single by Al Kaline, but then struck out Willie Horton and retired Norm Cash on a pop fly to end the threat.

Brewers 7, Angels 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
Johnny Briggs belted two homers, one of them with the bases loaded, and drove in six runs to power the Brewers to a 7-3 victory over the Angels. In the third inning, two walks around a single by Joe Lahoud set the stage for Briggs' slam off Nolan Ryan. Ron Clark added a run with a round-tripper in the sixth and singled ahead of Briggs' second homer of the game in the eighth.

Twins 7, Red Sox 6 at Minnesota (night game):
Capping a three-run rally in the ninth inning, Harmon Killebrew drew a pass with the bases loaded to force in the run that gave the Twins a 7-6 victory over the Red Sox. Juan Beniquez, a Red Sox rookie, committed three errors, giving him six in two consecutive games for the A. L. record for shortstops. With one out in the ninth, Jim Nettles was safe on a bobble by Beniquez. Rich Reese, Cesar Tovar, Danny Thompson and Rod Carew followed with successive singles for two runs to tie the score and leave the bases loaded. Don Newhauser then took the mound for the Red Sox and walked Killebrew on a 3-2 pitch to force in Tovar.

[DH] A's 9, Yankees 3 (night game) / A's 1, Yankees 0 at New York (night game):
After scoring three runs in the first inning of the opener, the Yankees were collared the rest of the way and lost both games of a twi-night doubleheader to the Athletics, 9-3 and 1-0. Catfish Hunter, who had pitched two straight shutouts, gave up the Yankee runs on a single by Bobby Murcer, three walks and a double by Ron Swoboda. Hunter yielded only one more hit thereafter. Meanwhile, the A's went down in order against Steve Kline until the seventh when Bert Campaneris was hit by a pitch, Joe Rudi singled and Reggie Jackson and Mike Epstein smashed successive homers. Campaneris added two runs with a round-tripper in the eighth. Campaneris and Angel Mangual led off the nightcap with consecutive doubles to produce the only run of that game.

Indians 2, Rangers 0 at Texas (night game):
Gaylord Perry gained his 15th victory when the Indians took advantage of two errors in the 14th inning to defeat the Rangers, 2-0. With two out, Dave Nelson bobbled a grounder by Frank Duffy, who then stole second. Del Unser was safe on an error by Lenny Randle, Duffy stopping at third. Buddy Bell singled to score Duffy. Jack Brohamer followed with a single to drive in Unser. Until picking up those tainted tallies, the Indians had not scored in 26 innings.

Cubs 9, Braves 8 at Chicago (day game):
The Cubs rallied for three runs in the ninth inning and defeated the Braves, 9-8, in a slugfest marked by a total of seven homers. Mike Lum hit two and Earl Williams whacked one for the Braves, while the Cubs had circuit clouts by Billy Williams, Joe Pepitone, Rick Monday and Carmen Fanzone. Lum's second smash with a man on base in the eighth put the Braves ahead, 8-6. In the Cubs ninth, Williams singled and scored on a one-out double by Jose Cardenal, who also crossed the plate on a single by Glenn Beckert. After Fanzone was retired, J.C. Martin singled. Ron Schueler took the mound as the Braves' third pitcher of the inning, following Joe Hoerner and Cecil Upshaw. Paul Popovich, batting for Jack Aker, then singled to drive in the winning run.

Expos 9, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Expos set a Montreal club record for most hits in a game with 17 to enable Balor Moore to defeat the Dodgers, 9-1, for the rookie lefthander's first major league victory. Ron Fairly and Bob Bailey led the Expos' attack with three hits apiece. Fairly drove in four runs.

Pirates 5, Astros 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Ending a three-game losing streak, the Pirates defeated the Astros, 5-2, behind the four-hit pitching of Nelson Briles. Gene Alley batted in two runs for the Pirates with a double and triple. Briles helped himself with a run-scoring single. Lee May homered with a man on base for the Astros.

Mets 3, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
Playing his first major league game, Dave Schneck smashed a two-run homer in the sixth inning to bring the Mets a 3-2 victory over the Padres in a duel between Tom Seaver and Steve Arlin. The Padres scored their runs in the first when Larry Stahl was safe on an error by Bud Harrelson and Nate Colbert homered. Arlin yielded only two hits. However, his string of 28 innings of scoreless pitching against the Mets came to an end in the third when Duffy Dyer singled, Ted Martinez walked, Seaver sacrificed and Harrelson hit a sacrifice fly. In the sixth, Harrelson walked and Schneck, a rookie outfielder from Memphis (Texas), smacked his winning homer.

Giants 8, Phillies 1 at San Francisco (night game):
Led by Bobby Bonds, who had a perfect night at bat with a homer, triple, two singles and a walk, the Giants defeated the Phillies, 8-1. Tito Fuentes chipped in with a two-run homer to aid Juan Marichal, who pitched the first six innings before leaving the mound because of back trouble.

Reds 6, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
The Reds rapped Rick Wise for four runs in the first two innings and proceeded to defeat the Cardinals, 6-3. Singles by Joe Morgan, Bobby Tolan and Johnny Bench produced a run in the first and three more followed in the second on two walks and singles by Darrel Chaney and Pete Rose. The Reds then subsided until the ninth when they picked up their final two runs with the aid of an error by Moe Drabowsky. Ross Grimsley was the winner with the aid of Clay Carroll, who gained his 20th save of the season.