MLB standings through games of August 1, 1972

MLB standings at the end of August 1, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	96	55	41	0	.573		340	301	28-20	27-21	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	95	52	43	0	.547	2.5	326	264	25-24	27-19	4-6	Lost 3
New York Yankees	93	48	45	0	.516	5.5	340	291	30-17	18-28	7-3	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	94	47	47	0	.500	7.0	395	414	28-17	19-30	3-7	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	95	43	52	0	.453	11.5	283	314	26-19	17-33	7-3	Won 5
Milwaukee Brewers	96	38	58	0	.396	17.0	290	376	23-25	15-33	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	98	60	38	0	.612		386	291	29-20	31-18	6-4	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	96	53	43	0	.552	6.0	351	342	37-13	16-30	7-3	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	93	48	45	0	.516	9.5	333	330	26-17	22-28	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	96	46	50	0	.479	13.0	369	343	28-20	18-30	3-7	Lost 1
California Angels	97	44	53	0	.454	15.5	298	367	27-24	17-29	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	97	39	58	0	.402	20.5	303	381	23-27	16-31	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	60	36	0	.625		441	329	32-18	28-18	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	95	53	42	0	.558	6.5	315	335	27-21	26-21	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	99	51	47	1	.520	10.0	421	347	30-18	21-29	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	95	47	48	0	.495	12.5	359	375	23-21	24-27	3-7	Won 1
Montreal Expos	93	43	50	0	.462	15.5	300	367	22-21	21-29	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	97	35	62	0	.361	25.5	304	401	19-33	16-29	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	95	58	37	0	.611		436	331	22-24	36-13	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	99	54	45	0	.545	6.0	459	415	26-25	28-20	5-5	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	96	49	47	0	.510	9.5	350	335	23-23	26-24	4-6	Lost 5
Atlanta Braves	99	46	52	1	.469	13.5	397	451	24-22	22-30	6-4	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	99	45	54	0	.455	15.0	410	415	18-32	27-22	6-4	Won 3
San Diego Padres	97	38	59	0	.392	21.0	313	404	17-38	21-21	5-5	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 10, Red Sox 4 at Boston (night game):
Roy White batted in a run with a single in the sixth inning and subsequently stole home to start the Yankees' scoring in a 10-4 victory over the Red Sox. The Yankees erupted for five runs in the seventh and wrapped up their decision with a three-run homer by Bobby Murcer in the eighth. Mel Stottlemyre, who yielded only three hits in the first eight innings, was knocked out in the ninth when the Red Sox scored their runs on six hits and a walk issued by Fred Beene with the bases loaded.

Indians 2, Orioles 0 at Cleveland (night game):
Backed by Buddy Bell, who belted a two-run homer, Gaylord Perry pitched a two-hit shutout for his 18th victory of the season as the Indians defeated the Orioles, 2-0. Two were out in the fourth inning when Chris Chambliss singled and Bell hit his homer off Dave McNally.

Brewers 9, Tigers 0 at Detroit (night game):
With Skip Lockwood yielding only one hit, the Brewers defeated the Tigers, 9-0, in a game stopped by rain after six innings. Mickey Stanley doubled to lead off the sixth for the Tigers' only hit. The Brewers piled up 16 hits in the abbreviated game. Joe Lahoud drove in three runs with a homer and single.

A's 4, Royals 0 at Oakland (night game):
Posting his fourth shutout of the season, Ken Holtzman yielded only three hits and pitched the Athletics to a 4-0 victory over the Royals. Sal Bando drove in two runs with a single in the third inning and Reggie Jackson added the other pair a with homer in the fifth.

Twins 3, Rangers 0 at Texas (night game):
Dick Woodson pitched a three-hitter for his first shutout of the season as the Twins defeated the Rangers, 3-0. Danny Thompson batted in two runs with a triple in the third inning and Bobby Darwin homered for the other marker in the fourth.

[DH] Padres 9, Braves 0 (night game) / Padres 11, Braves 7 at Atlanta (night game):
In a fantastic slugging outburst, Nate Colbert set a major league record by driving in 13 runs in a doubleheader to lead the Padres to 9-0 and 11-7 victories in a twi-night pair with the Braves. The former record of 11 RBIs was held jointly by Earl Averill of the Indians (1930), Jim Tabor of the Red Sox (1939) and Boog Powell of the Orioles (1966). Colbert hit five homers in the twin bill, tying the major league mark set by Stan Musial with the Cardinals in 1954, and also set the majors' record for most total bases in a doubleheader with 22 on his five homers and two singles. As an oddity, each of Colbert's homers came off different pitchers. In the opener, the big first baseman connected off Ron Schueler with two men on base in the first inning, singled a run home in the third and added a solo swat off Mike McQueen in the seventh. Continuing his assault in the nightcap, Colbert smashed a grand slam off Pat Jarvis in the second, homered with a man on base off Jim Hardin in the seventh and wrapped up his record performance with another two-run wallop off Cecil Upshaw in the ninth.

Reds 3, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
A two-run homer by Joe Morgan against his former Houston teammates enabled Wayne Simpson to pitch the Reds to a 3-1 victory over the Astros. Walks to Pete Rose and Morgan and a double by Johnny Bench produced the Reds' initial tally in the first inning. Jim Wynn homered for the Astros' run in the fourth. Rose walked again in the fifth and Morgan decided the outcome of the game with his round-tripper off George Culver.

Giants 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Racing home from third base on a sacrifice fly to shallow right field, Tito Fuentes scored the run that enabled the Giants to defeat the Dodgers, 4-3. After Bernie Williams hit a two-run homer for the Giants in the sixth to tie the score at 3-3, Fuentes opened the eighth with a double. Al Gallagher bunted and was safe when Lee Lacy, covering first base, dropped the throw from Jim Brewer. Then, with one out, Ken Henderson lifted a fly that Lacy caught with his back to the plate and Fuentes, after tagging up, beat the second baseman's throw home.

Expos 3, Cubs 2 at Montreal (night game):
Pinch-runner Carl Morton raced home on a sacrifice fly by Tim Foli in the 10th inning to give the Expos a 3-2 victory over the Cubs. Clyde Mashore led off the stanza with a single and was forced by Ron Fairly, but Ken Singleton singled and Boots Day walked to load the bases before Morton came in to run for Fairly.

[DH] Mets 3, Phillies 2 (night game) / Phillies 4, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
Steve Carlton gained his 16th victory of the season and 11th in succession when the Phillies won the nightcap of a twi-night doubleheader, 4-1, after the Mets had captured a opener, 3-2, in 18 innings. Cleon Jones of the Mets and Bill Robinson of the Phillies were the batting heroes. In the first game, Jones batted in all three of the Mets' runs with a sacrifice fly in the sixth, homer in the eighth and single with the bases loaded in the 18th. Tommie Agee opened the final frame with a double, Ray Sadecki beat out a bunt and, after Dave Schneck grounded out, Agee holding third, an intentional pass to Ed Kranepool loaded the bases and set the stage for Jones' winning hit. Robinson and Don Money homered for the Phillies' runs. In the second game, Carlton and Jerry Koosman were locked in a 1-1 duel going into the ninth when Money and Greg Luzinski singled with two out, Deron Johnson walked and Robinson cleared the sacks with a double.

Cardinals 7, Pirates 4 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals exploded for six runs in the fifth inning and defeated the Pirates, 7-4, to end a five-game losing streak. Lou Brock singled, Ted Sizemore walked and Matty Alou doubled for the first two runs of the rally to tie the score at 3-3. Joe Torre followed with a double to send the Cardinals ahead. After an intentional pass to Ted Simmons, three other runs scored on singles by Bernie Carbo and Dal Maxvill, together with an error by Vic Davalillo in handling Maxvill's hit to right field.