MLB standings through games of July 28, 1972

MLB standings at the end of July 28, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	91	53	38	0	.582		322	276	26-18	27-20	7-3	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	90	50	40	0	.556	2.5	314	252	23-22	27-18	6-4	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	89	46	43	0	.517	6.0	382	381	28-16	18-27	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	88	44	44	0	.500	7.5	315	278	29-17	15-27	7-3	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	89	38	51	0	.427	14.0	265	305	21-19	17-32	4-6	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	90	36	54	0	.400	16.5	268	360	22-25	14-29	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	93	57	36	0	.613		370	283	26-18	31-18	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	93	51	42	0	.548	6.0	339	337	36-13	15-29	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	89	46	43	0	.517	9.0	326	315	25-16	21-27	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	92	45	47	0	.489	11.5	362	331	28-20	17-27	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	94	42	52	0	.447	15.5	286	362	25-23	17-29	4-6	Won 3
Texas Rangers	92	37	55	0	.402	19.5	296	365	23-26	14-29	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	57	34	0	.626		423	314	32-18	25-16	6-4	Won 2
New York Mets	90	50	40	0	.556	6.5	301	320	24-19	26-21	3-7	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	90	46	44	0	.511	10.5	346	355	22-21	24-23	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	94	47	46	1	.505	11.0	403	338	26-18	21-28	4-6	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	89	41	48	0	.461	15.0	288	355	21-21	20-27	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	91	33	58	0	.363	24.0	290	383	18-30	15-28	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	90	56	34	0	.622		423	313	21-21	35-13	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	94	51	43	0	.543	7.0	437	395	23-23	28-20	3-7	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	91	49	42	0	.538	7.5	334	301	23-22	26-20	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	93	43	49	1	.467	14.0	365	415	21-19	22-30	6-4	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	94	41	53	0	.436	17.0	388	403	18-32	23-21	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	91	34	57	0	.374	22.5	274	380	17-38	17-19	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Indians 4, Orioles 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Gaylord Perry helped himself to his 17th victory with a squeeze bunt in the 10th inning as the Indians broke loose for three runs to defeat the Orioles, 4-1. Chris Chambliss opened that stanza with single and stopped at third on a double by Ray Fosse. After an intentional pass to Del Unser, Perry laid down his bunt to score Chambliss, breaking a 1-1 tie. A walk to Frank Duffy reloaded the sacks. Jack Brohamer, trying to bunt, missed the pitch and Fosse was tagged out at home. Returning to the plate, Brohamer made up for his failure by hitting a single to drive in two insurance runs.

Angels 3, Rangers 2 at California (night game):
A double by Leo Cardenas with two out in the ninth inning scored Curt Motton from second base and brought the Angels a 3-2 victory over the Rangers. Motton ran for Ken McMullen, who walked and advanced on a one-out sacrifice by Steve Barber. The Rangers then passed Vada Pinson intentionally to get at Cardenas, who foiled the move with his two-bagger.

White Sox 5, Royals 0 at Chicago (night game):
Dick Allen rapped his 25th homer of the season, connecting after a double by Jay Johnstone in the first inning, to start the White Sox off to a 5-0 victory over the Royals behind the four-hit hurling of Tom Bradley. The White Sox added their other runs in the seventh on three walks, two hits and a wild pitch.

Brewers 3, Tigers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Coming out ahead in managerial maneuvering, the Brewers broke their five-game losing streak when Tommie Reynolds drove in a run with a pinch-single in the ninth inning to defeat the Tigers, 3-2. Dave May led off with a single and was sacrificed to second by Mike Ferraro. After an intentional pass to Joe Lahoud, Brock Davis was announced as a pinch-hitter for Jim Lonborg. When the Tigers replied by bringing in Fred Scherman to pitch, replacing Chuck Seelbach, Reynolds batted for Davis and delivered the winning hit.

[DH] Red Sox 6, Yankees 5 (night game) / Yankees 3, Red Sox 1 at New York (night game):
The Red Sox rallied for four runs in the ninth inning, three scoring on Bob Montgomery's first homer of the season, to win the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-5, but the Yankees came back to take the second game, 3-1. Mel Stottlemyre, pitching the opener for the Yankees, went into the ninth with a 5-2 lead before losing his control after retiring 15 straight batters. When Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli walked, Sparky Lyle replaced Stottlemyre. Danny Cater singled, scoring Smith. After John Kennedy struck out, Montgomery came through with his homer. Steve Kline beat Sonny Siebert in the nightcap. Siebert, who had not issued a pass in his 25 2/3 previous innings, walked two batters to lead to a Yankee run on a single by Roy White in the first. Another pass set up a Yankee tally in the sixth. The Red Sox rapped Kline for four of their seven hits in the seventh but a double play intervened and only one run scored. A walk issued by Lew Krausse then paved the way for the final Yankee marker in the home half of the seventh.

Twins 4, A's 3 at Oakland (night game):
The Twins, after scoring three runs in the ninth inning, survived a rally by the Athletics to emerge with a 4-3 victory. Bobby Darwin homered for the Twins and Dave Duncan for the A's to account for the only runs until the ninth. Harmon Killebrew then hit a two-run homer to break a 1-1 tie and the Twins added what proved to be the deciding run when Darwin was safe on an error by Sal Bando, took second on Eric Soderholm's grounder and scored on a single by Steve Brye. In the A's half, Dick Woodson was lifted after giving up a single to Bando and walking Duncan. Jim Strickland, relieving, passed George Hendrick and gave up a two-run single by Gene Tenace. A walk to Bert Campaneris reloaded the bases. Wayne Granger came in and struck out Joe Rudi. Dave LaRoche took over the pitching and fanned Reggie Jackson and retired Tim Cullen on a pop fly.

Braves 4, Giants 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Homers in the seventh inning by Earl Williams, Darrell Evans and Paul Casanova helped carry the Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Giants in the first game of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader. The second game was rained out after one inning with the Braves leading, 1-0. After their slugging burst in the opener, the Braves added what proved to be the winning run in the eighth when Ralph Garr doubled and Dusty Baker singled. Al Gallagher homered for the Giants in the ninth.

Padres 3, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
Dave Roberts, who was The Sporting News' 1972 college Player of the Year at Oregon, drove in two runs with a single and homer to lead the Padres to a 3-1 victory over the Reds. Clay Kirby, pitching for the Padres, gave up only five hits, but lost his bid for a shutout when Pete Rose homered for the Reds' run in the eighth inning.

Dodgers 6, Astros 5 at Houston (night game):
Bill Buckner hit the first homer given up by Fred Gladding in 90 games to power the Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the Astros. With the Astros leading, 9-1, Wes Parker drew a walk from Don Wilson in the seventh inning and scored on a double by Bobby Valentine. After Wilson struck out the next two batters, manny Mota singled to drive in Valentine. Gladding then replaced Wilson and gave up a single by Lee Lacy before Buckner unloaded the first homer off Gladding since Willie Mays hit one for the Giants August 9, 1970. Tommy Helms drove in four runs for the Astros, including their last tally with a double in the eighth.

Expos 3, Cardinals 1 at Montreal (night game):
Bob Gibson's 11-game winning streak was stopped when the Expos scored three runs in the first inning to defeat the Cardinals, 3-1. Singles by Ron Hunt and Jim Fairey, around a pass to Bob Bailey, produced the first run. Bailey was caught trying to steal third, but Fairey moved to second on the play. After a single by Ron Fairly, Fairey scored on a wild pitch. Ken Singleton then doubled to drive in Fairly.

Phillies 2, Cubs 0 at Philadelphia (day game):
Steve Carlton gained his 10th straight victory, breaking the Phillies' club record, when Greg Luzinski singled off Milt Pappas in the ninth inning and Willie Montanez homered to defeat the Cubs, 2-0. The former Phillies' record of nine victories in a row was set by Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1915 and was tied by Ken Heintzelman in 1949 and Robin Roberts in 1952.

Pirates 3, Mets 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Willie Stargell drove in two runs with a homer and single to enable the Pirates to defeat the Mets, 3-1, for their first victory over Tom Seaver since September 14, 1968. Seaver had beaten the Bucs six straight times. Dave Cash walked in the first inning, Stargell was hit by a pitch and Manny Sanguillen singled for the Pirates' initial run. Stargell hit his homer in the fourth. After the Mets picked up their run off Dock Ellis in the seventh on a double by Dave Schneck and single by Wayne Garrett, the Pirates added their last tally off Tug McGraw in the eighth on a single by Vic Davalillo, a wild pitch and Stargell's single.