MLB standings through games of August 3, 1972

MLB standings at the end of August 3, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	98	55	43	0	.561		344	320	28-22	27-21	4-6	Lost 3
Baltimore Orioles	98	53	45	0	.541	2.0	339	274	25-24	28-21	3-7	Lost 2
New York Yankees	96	49	47	0	.510	5.0	351	306	30-17	19-30	6-4	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	97	49	48	0	.505	5.5	410	425	30-18	19-30	4-6	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	98	45	53	0	.459	10.0	293	327	28-20	17-33	8-2	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	98	40	58	0	.408	15.0	309	380	23-25	17-33	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	99	61	38	0	.616		391	291	30-20	31-18	6-4	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	98	55	43	0	.561	5.5	365	353	39-13	16-30	8-2	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	95	49	46	0	.516	10.0	343	335	26-17	23-29	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	97	46	51	0	.474	14.0	369	348	28-20	18-31	3-7	Lost 2
California Angels	99	44	55	0	.444	17.0	309	381	27-24	17-31	6-4	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	99	40	59	0	.404	21.0	308	391	24-28	16-31	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	61	37	0	.622		448	340	32-18	29-19	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	97	53	44	0	.546	7.5	319	344	27-23	26-21	4-6	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	102	53	48	1	.525	9.5	430	353	30-18	23-30	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	97	48	49	0	.495	12.5	370	382	24-22	24-27	3-7	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	96	44	52	0	.458	16.0	306	376	23-23	21-29	5-5	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	99	37	62	0	.374	24.5	313	405	19-33	18-29	6-4	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	96	58	38	0	.604		437	341	22-24	36-14	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	100	55	45	0	.550	5.0	469	416	27-25	28-20	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	98	51	47	0	.520	8.0	365	346	25-23	26-24	4-6	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	101	46	54	1	.460	14.0	402	462	24-24	22-30	5-5	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	101	45	56	0	.446	15.5	421	430	18-32	27-24	6-4	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	99	40	59	0	.404	19.5	324	409	17-38	23-21	7-3	Won 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 7, Yankees 2 at Boston (night game):
Carlton Fisk tied the Red Sox record for homers by a catcher, hitting his 17th of the season, to mark a 7-2 victory over the Yankees. Bob Tillman set the record with the Hub club in 1964. Fisk hit his homer with Rico Petrocelli on base in the second inning and the Red Sox stayed in front the rest of the way.

White Sox 4, Angels 2 at Chicago (night game):
With batting help from Ed Herrmann and Luis Alvarado, who drove in two runs apiece, Wilbur Wood became a 17-game winner, pitching the White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Angels. Herrmann batted in his runs with a single in the fourth inning. After homers by Ken Berry and Jack Hiatt tied the score, Carlos May and Mike Andrews walked in the eighth and Alvarado drove them home with a triple to give Wood his winning margin.

Indians 4, Orioles 3 at Cleveland (night game):
A pair of two-run innings, each including a double by Chris Chambliss, provided the Indians with a 4-3 victory over the Orioles. In the fourth, Jack Brohamer singled, Chambliss doubled and Roy Foster walked to load the bases. One run scored on a sacrifice fly by Graig Nettles and another on a double by Ray Fosse. Back-to-back doubles by Chambliss and Foster and a single by Nettles added a pair in the fifth. Brooks Robinson homered with a man on base for the Orioles.

Brewers 6, Tigers 3 at Detroit (night game):
The Brewers, who collected 11 hits to give them a total of 45 in three games with the Tigers, completed the sweep of the series by posting a 6-3 victory. Ellie Rodriguez batted in two runs with a double to start the Brewer scoring in the second inning. Dave May and George Scott each drove a run home with a double in the third and Woodie Fryman allowed another tally with a wild pitch after relieving Fred Holdsworth in his first appearance with the Tigers since being obtained from the Phillies. Johnny Briggs homered off Chuck Seelbach in the sixth.

Twins 9, Rangers 1 at Texas (night game):
Jim Perry pitched a three-hitter and Rich Reese and Bobby Darwin batted in five runs between them to pace the Twins to a 9-1 victory over the Rangers. Dave Nelson had the only Ranger hit until the ninth inning when he singled again and scored on a single by Elliott Maddox and sacrifice fly by Ted Ford.

Padres 6, Braves 5 at Atlanta (night game):
Singles by Jerry Morales, Derrel Thomas and Dave Roberts in the 11th inning gave the Padres a 6-5 victory and a sweep of the four-game series with the Braves. Nate Colbert, resuming his slugging heroics, smashed a two-run homer for the Padres in the first inning. Cito Gaston followed with a double and counted on a single by Curt Blefary for another run. Blefary added a homer in the sixth. The Braves eventually caught up and forced the game into overtime when Jim Breazeale hit a pinch-homer with a man on base in the eighth to tie the score at 5-5.

Dodgers 3, Giants 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Posting his first N. L. shutout, Tommy John allowed only three hits and pitched the Dodgers to a 3-0 victory over the Giants. Willie Davis singled an unearned run across the plate in the first inning and scored the Dodgers' second run after hitting another single in the fourth. A walk to Steve Yeager, a sacrifice and single by Manny Mota added the final tally in the eighth.

[DH] Expos 2, Cubs 1 (night game) / Cubs 3, Expos 0 at Montreal (night game):
Bill Hands yielded only one hit and pitched the Cubs to a 3-0 victory in a split of a twi-night doubleheader with the Expos, who won the first game, 2-1, in 13 innings. Mike Marshall, who pitched the last 6 1/3 innings and allowed only three hits, was the winner of the lidlifter. In the 13th, John Boccabella singled off Jack Aker and Ron Hunt was hit by a pitch. Carl Morton, running for Boccabella, and Hunt moved up on a wild pitch. Steve Hamilton, after replacing Aker, struck out Clyde Mashore. The Cubs then decided to pass Hal Breeden intentionally, but the move failed when Ron Woods singled to drive in the Expos' winning run. Hands pitched perfect ball for 6 1/3 innings in the nightcap before walking Mashore. Ken Singleton followed with a single for the Expos' only hit. Ron Fairly then walked to load the bases, but Hands pitched out of the jam by inducing Boots Day to ground into a double play.

Phillies 4, Mets 1 at New York (day game):
Denny Doyle homered in the third inning and singled in the sixth when the Phillies added two runs to defeat the Mets, 4-1. After Doyle's single, Larry Bowa sacrificed, Tommy Hutton walked and Willie Montanez beat out an infield hit to load the bases. Gary Gentry then passed Deron Johnson to force in Doyle. Another run scored after Bob Rauch relieved on a sacrifice fly by Don Money. Bowa singled and Montanez doubled for the Phillies' final run off Ray Sadecki in the eighth.

Pirates 2, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Rick Wise lost by a one-run margin for the eighth time this season when the Pirates scored on singles by Gene Alley, Milt May and Vic Davalillo in the 10th inning to beat the Cardinals, 2-1.