MLB standings through games of July 30, 1972

MLB standings at the end of July 30, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	94	54	40	0	.574		335	290	27-19	27-21	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	92	52	40	0	.565	1.0	323	255	25-22	27-18	6-4	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	92	47	45	0	.511	6.0	389	399	28-16	19-29	4-6	Lost 1
New York Yankees	90	45	45	0	.500	7.0	323	284	30-17	15-28	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	92	40	52	0	.435	13.0	277	312	23-19	17-33	6-4	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	93	37	56	0	.398	16.5	279	372	23-25	14-31	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	96	58	38	0	.604		380	291	27-20	31-18	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	95	52	43	0	.547	5.5	343	341	37-13	15-30	7-3	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	91	47	44	0	.516	8.5	329	322	26-16	21-28	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	94	45	49	0	.479	12.0	368	339	28-20	17-29	2-8	Lost 3
California Angels	96	44	52	0	.458	14.0	298	366	27-23	17-29	6-4	Won 5
Texas Rangers	95	39	56	0	.411	18.5	303	376	23-26	16-30	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	94	59	35	0	.628		435	322	32-18	27-17	6-4	Won 2
New York Mets	92	51	41	0	.554	7.0	307	327	25-20	26-21	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	97	50	46	1	.521	10.0	415	344	29-18	21-28	5-5	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	93	46	47	0	.495	12.5	352	367	22-21	24-26	3-7	Lost 4
Montreal Expos	91	42	49	0	.462	15.5	295	361	21-21	21-28	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	94	34	60	0	.362	25.0	298	395	19-32	15-28	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	93	57	36	0	.613		431	323	22-23	35-13	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	97	53	44	0	.546	6.0	455	410	25-24	28-20	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	94	49	45	0	.521	8.5	344	327	23-22	26-23	5-5	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	96	45	50	1	.474	13.0	386	428	23-20	22-30	7-3	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	97	43	54	0	.443	16.0	399	410	18-32	25-22	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	94	36	58	0	.383	21.5	291	394	17-38	19-20	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Yankees 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Boog Powell homered with a man on base and Brooks Robinson drove in two runs with a pair of singles to support Mike Cuellar, who allowed only three hits and pitched the Orioles to a 5-0 victory over the Yankees.

Angels 4, Royals 3 at California (night game):
Lloyd Allen, who had been relegated to the bullpen after losing five straight starts, gained his first victory since July 13 when Bob Oliver homered in the 11th inning to defeat the Royals, 4-3. Allen took over in the eighth with a 3-2 lead and yielded the tying run on a walk to John Mayberry, an infield out and single by Freddie Patek before Oliver won for him.

[DH] Indians 3, Brewers 2 (day game) / Indians 6, Brewers 1 at Cleveland (day game):
After the Indians won the first game, 3-2, Tom Hilgendorf, a 30-year-old rookie lefthander picked up from Omaha (American Association), completed the sweep by defeating the Brewers in the second game, 6-1, for his first major league victory. George Scott hit a homer and double to bat the Brewers to a 2-1 lead in the lidlifter before the Indians rallied in the ninth inning. Tommy McCraw led off with a homer to tie the score. After Frank Duffy flied out, Jack Brohamer walked and stopped at second on a single by Buddy Bell. Graig Nettles hit a long fly, enabling Brohamer to take third after the catch. Ray Fosse then hit a grounder to Rick Auerbach, who booted the ball, enabling Brohamer to score the winning run. Hilgendorf pitched a six-hitter in the nightcap. Jerry Moses led the Indians at bat with three hits, driving in two runs.

[DH] Red Sox 4, Tigers 3 (day game) / Tigers 7, Red Sox 2 at Detroit (day game):
A single by John Kennedy, who had only one hit in 21 previous times at bat, drove in the tie-breaking run in the sixth inning to give the Red Sox a 4-3 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Tigers came back to win the second game, 7-2. In the opener, singles by Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli for the Red Sox in the sixth knocked out Chuck Seelbach and brought in Joe Coleman for his first relief appearance of the season. Coleman retired the next two batters, but Kennedy dropped a single down the right field line to drive in Smith with the winning run. Gates Brown homered for the Tigers in the opener and then hit for the circuit again in the fifth inning of the nightcap to snap a 2-2 tie. The Tigers iced the verdict with four unearned runs in the sixth.

Twins 1, White Sox 0 at Minnesota (day game):
A homer by Harmon Killebrew in the sixth inning for the Twins' fifth and last hit off Wilbur Wood was enough to beat the White Sox, 1-0. Jim Perry, who yielded six hits, gave up a double by Jay Johnstone in the ninth and was lifted after Dick Allen grounded out, Johnstone holding second. Wayne Granger, in relief, passed Carlos May intentionally and then saved the game when Ed Spiezio flied out and Luis Alvarado grounded into a forceout.

[DH] Rangers 2, A's 1 (day game) / Rangers 4, A's 2 at Oakland (day game):
Dave Nelson, who was 7-for-60 going into the doubleheader, had a hand in every run as the Rangers defeated the Athletics, 2-1 and 4-2. In the opener, Nelson walked in the first inning, stole second and scored on the first of four hits by Larry Biittner. Then in the ninth, after a single by Jim Mason, a sacrifice and a wild pitch by Blue Moon Odom, Nelson doubled to drive in the winning run. In the nightcap, Nelson walked in the first inning, stole second and scored on a double by Ted Ford. A single by Mason, pass to Don Stanhouse and single by Nelson tied the score at 2-2 in the second. Mason walked in the seventh, moved up on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Nelson, who also crossed the plate when Elliott Maddox tripled. Stanhouse received credit for his first major league victory.

[DH] Braves 14, Dodgers 4 (day game) / Braves 5, Dodgers 4 at Atlanta (day game):
Ralph Garr and Earl Williams, who collected 10 hits in 17 trips between them, led the Braves to 14-4 and 5-4 victories over the Dodgers. Eight of the Braves' runs in the first game were unearned on three errors. Garr scored four times, in addition to driving in one run. Williams and Mike Lum batted in three apiece. In the nightcap, Frank Robinson accounted for the Dodgers' initial run with the first homer of his career in Atlanta. After the Dodgers took a 4-0 lead, the Braves began their comeback with a homer by Williams in the fourth. Singles by Williams and Darrell Evans, around a wild pitch, added a tally in the sixth. The Braves then gained their victory when Larvell Blanks doubled in the seventh, Oscar Brown singled and Garr smashed a three-run homer off Jim Brewer.

[DH] Cubs 4, Cardinals 0 (day game) / Cubs 5, Cardinals 4 at Chicago (day game):
Rick Reuschel shut out the Cardinals, 4-0, in the first game of a doubleheader and the Cubs then completed the sweep by coming from behind to win the second game, 5-4, on a two-run double by Glenn Beckert with two out in the eighth inning. The Cubs scored their first run in the lidlifter when Randy Hundley doubled and Reuschel singled in the second inning. Their three other runs off Don Durham in the third were unearned on two errors by Joe Torre. The Cardinals, in their only outburst of the day, scored four runs in the first inning of the nightcap, two counting on a bases-loaded double by Ted Simmons. The Cubs pecked away for three runs off Dennis Higgins and John Cumberland before rallying to win against Diego Segui in the eighth. Rick Monday led off with a double and Frank Coggins walked. After an infield out by Don Kessinger, an intentional pass to Jim Hickman loaded the bases. Bill North forced Monday at the plate, but Beckert, who had been hitless in 12 previous trips in the series, came through in the clutch with his game-winning double.

[DH] Reds 4, Giants 0 (day game) / Giants 6, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (day game):
The Giants, after being shut out in the first game, 4-0, scored only one run in the first nine innings of the second game before erupting in the 10th to beat the Reds, 6-1. Ross Grimsley pitched his first shutout of the season in the opener. The Reds bunched a double by Johnny Bench, triple by Denis Menke and double by Darrel Chaney for two runs in the second inning and added two more in the third to send Juan Marichal down to defeat. In the nightcap, Bobby Bonds homered off Tom Hall in the fifth inning. The Reds came up with a matching run in their half off Jim Barr on a double by Bench, an infield out and sacrifice fly by Hal McRae. In the 10th, with Clay Carroll on the mound for the Reds, Chris Speier walked, Dave Kingman was safe on an error and, after a sacrifice, Ken Henderson drew an intentional pass to load the bases. Tito Fuentes followed with an infield hit to drive in the tie-breaking tally. Ed Goodson then cleared the sacks with a triple and scored himself on a wild pitch.

[DH] Padres 10, Astros 7 (day game) / Astros 4, Padres 3 at Houston (day game):
In a split of two overtime games, the Padres won the opener of a doubleheader, 10-7, in 19 innings, and the Astros took the nightcap, 4-3, in 10 innings. In the lidlifter, Fred Stanley opened the 14th for the Padres with a single and took second on a sacrifice by Garry Jestadt. After an intentional pass to Nate Colbert, Derrel Thomas singled and Stanley scored the tie-breaking run. Colbert and Thomas, who took an extra base on the throw home, then counted on a single by Dave Roberts, who finished the game with five RBIs. Roberts homered with two men on base in the eighth to put the Padres ahead, 7-6, but the Astros pulled even in the ninth with successive singles by Jim Wynn, Lee May and Bob Watson. Colbert hit two homers to account for all of the Padres' runs in the nightcap. The Astros, after scoring three unearned runs, pushed over their deciding tally in the 10th when Jimmy Stewart singled with the bases loaded.

Mets 3, Expos 1 at New York (day game):
Cleon Jones batted in one run with a sacrifice fly and scored another after hitting a triple to lead the Mets to a 3-1 victory over the Expos. Clyde Mashore stole home for the Expos in the fourth inning. The Mets tied the score in their half on Jones' sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and went ahead in the seventh when Jones hit his triple and Duffy Dyer singled. Tommie Agee clinched the decision in the eighth with his first homer since May 21.

Pirates 7, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (day game):
The Pirates, after being held in check for seven innings, exploded for seven runs in their last two turns at bat to defeat the Phillies, 7-1. The Phillies scored in the seventh on a triple by Greg Luzinski and single by Willie Montanez. In the eighth, Gene Clines singled and counted the tying run on a double by Al Oliver. After a pass to Manny Sanguillen, Richie Hebner hit a three-run homer. The Pirates added their final three runs in the ninth to clinch the victory for Bruce Kison.