MLB standings through games of August 9, 1972

MLB standings at the end of August 9, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	105	58	47	0	.552		364	337	28-22	30-25	3-7	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	104	57	47	0	.548	0.5	372	288	25-24	32-23	5-5	Won 4
New York Yankees	103	54	49	0	.524	3.0	375	327	32-18	22-31	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	103	53	50	0	.515	4.0	431	448	34-20	19-30	6-4	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	105	48	57	0	.457	10.0	313	349	30-22	18-35	5-5	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	105	41	64	0	.390	17.0	325	417	24-31	17-33	4-6	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	106	62	44	0	.585		409	321	30-20	32-24	4-6	Lost 4
Chicago White Sox	104	60	44	0	.577	1.0	395	371	42-14	18-30	8-2	Won 4
Minnesota Twins	102	54	48	0	.529	6.0	373	354	31-19	23-29	7-3	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	104	50	54	0	.481	11.0	394	369	32-23	18-31	5-5	Won 3
California Angels	105	47	58	0	.448	14.5	326	398	27-26	20-32	4-6	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	106	42	64	0	.396	20.0	331	429	24-28	18-36	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	104	65	39	0	.625		475	352	33-19	32-20	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	103	56	47	0	.544	8.5	354	362	29-24	27-23	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	107	55	51	1	.519	11.0	444	386	31-19	24-32	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	103	51	52	0	.495	13.5	391	410	27-25	24-27	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	102	46	56	0	.451	18.0	327	407	24-26	22-30	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	104	40	64	0	.385	25.0	330	418	19-33	21-31	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	103	64	39	0	.621		470	359	28-25	36-14	7-3	Won 3
Houston Astros	106	58	48	0	.547	7.5	492	443	27-25	31-23	6-4	Lost 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	103	53	50	0	.515	11.0	376	356	27-24	26-26	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	108	49	58	1	.458	17.0	430	491	26-24	23-34	3-7	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	108	48	60	0	.444	18.5	458	461	21-36	27-24	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	105	42	63	0	.400	23.0	338	440	17-38	25-25	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 5, Indians 2 at Boston (day game):
A spell of wildness by Gaylord Perry enabled the Red Sox to break a tie with two runs in the fifth inning en route to a 5-2 victory over the Indians. Perry walked Sonny Siebert, hit Doug Griffin on the hand with a pitch and uncorked a wild pitch to enable the runners to advance. Luis Aparicio then singled to drive in Siebert and pinch-runner John Kennedy. Rico Petrocelli iced the verdict with a homer off Ed Farmer in the eighth.

White Sox 1, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Wilbur Wood gained his 19th victory of the season and provided the White Sox run with a two-out single in the seventh inning to beat the Angels, 1-0. Wood, who hurled the route, gave up six hits. Nolan Ryan, who was the loser, yielded only one hit until the seventh when Ed Herrmann singled with two out. Buddy Bradford, running for Herrmann, took second on a wild pitch. Ryan passed Luis Alvarado intentionally to get at Wood, who blooped a single behind first base, Bradford scoring. The shutout was Wood's sixth, tying him with Ryan and with Dave McNally of the Orioles for the A. L. lead.

Royals 5, A's 2 at Kansas City (night game):
Although in his third season with the Royals, Cookie Rojas had never hit a homer in Kansas City until the veteran infielder connected with a man on base in the seventh inning to clinch a 5-2 victory over the Athletics. Rojas' homer was the first given up by Darold Knowles to any batter this season. However, Vida Blue was the loser after giving up the Royals' first three runs, including one scored by Rojas, who doubled in the sixth and completed his journey around the bases on a single by Amos Otis and sacrifice fly by Richie Scheinblum.

Orioles 10, Brewers 0 at Milwaukee (night game):
Dave McNally, winning for the first time since July 14, not only pitched a four-hit shutout but also smashed a homer for the Orioles' first two runs in a 10-0 romp over the Brewers.

Rangers 3, Twins 2 at Minnesota (day game):
Three unearned runs, scored with the benefit of only one hit, enabled the Rangers to defeat the Twins, 3-2. The Rangers loaded the bases in the third inning when Rich Reese dropped a fly by Elliott Maddox and Vic Harris and Dave Nelson walked. Toby Harrah drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly. Harris then scored on the front end of a double steal with Nelson. Nelson beat out an infield hit in the eighth, stole second, continued to third on a throwing error by Phil Roof and scored the deciding run on a sacrifice fly by Dick Billings.

[DH] Tigers 6, Yankees 0 (day game) / Yankees 2, Tigers 1 at New York (day game):
Making his first A. L. start, Woodie Fryman pitched the Tigers to a 6-0 victory in the opener of a doubleheader before the Yankees came back to win the nightcap, 2-1. Fryman allowed only six hits. Aurelio Rodriguez led the Tigers' attack in support of the former N. L. lefthander, hitting two doubles and a single, driving in three runs and scoring two. The Tigers, who collected only two hits in the second game off Rob Gardner, scored their run in the first inning on an error by Ron Blomberg, a long fly, an infield out and single by Bill Freehan. The Yankees were held in check by Tom Timmerman until the seventh when Roy White singled, Blomberg doubled and Celerino Sanchez drove them home with a single.

Braves 6, Astros 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Hank Aaron hit his 23rd homer of the season and 662nd of his major league career for two runs in the first inning to start the Braves off to a 6-0 victory over the Astros behind the pitching of George Stone. Aaron also singled and scored in the seventh.

Expos 8, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
Mike Marshall, who relieved Balor Moore and pitched out of a jam in the seventh inning, was rewarded when the Expos broke a tie with a run in the eighth and added five more runs in the ninth to defeat the Cubs, 8-2. After Marshall took over with Glenn Beckert on third and Carmen Fanzone on first, Don Kessinger struck out. Beckert was out at the plate trying to score on a roller by Jose Cardenal and the inning ended when Marshall picked Fanzone off second. In the eighth, Boots Day was safe on an error by Beckert and scored on a double by Ken Singleton and single by Tim McCarver.

Reds 6, Dodgers 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Pete Rose batted in three runs to account for the Reds' winning margin in a 6-3 victory over the Dodgers. Tom Hall, who gained the victory with the help of Clay Carroll, bunted successfully three times, once for a sacrifice and twice for safe hits. In the fourth inning, Hall's safe bunt loaded the bases and Rose drove in a run with an infield out. Hall beat out another bunt to fill the sacks again in the sixth and Rose followed with a two-run double.

Phillies 2, Pirates 0 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Continuing his fabulous work, Steve Carlton extended his winning streak to 13 games by pitching the Phillies to a 2-0 victory over the Pirates. As the N. L.'s leading candidate for the Cy Young Award, the southpaw struck out 12 to raise his major league leading total to 232. The shutout was Carlton's second in succession and seventh of the season and gave him a streak of 54 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run. The Phillies reached Steve Blass for a run in the second on singles by Willie Montanez and Greg Luzinski, together with an error by Gene Clines on Luzinski's hit to left field. Carlton then gave himself more elbow room by smashing a homer in the third.

Padres 5, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
The clutch relief pitching of Fred Norman, who worked out of a bases-loaded jam with none out in the eighth inning, saved the Padres' 5-2 victory over the Giants. Clay Kirby, who was the winner on Norman's save, gave up back-to-back homers by Willie McCovey and Ken Henderson for the Giants' runs in the fourth. Cito Gaston batted in two runs for the Padres with a single, Garry Jestadt accounted for a pair with an infield out and homer and Jerry Morales produced a run with a round-tripper.

Mets 8, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
Ed Kranepool and Ken Boswell batted in three runs apiece to back up the pitching of Jim McAndrew as the Mets defeated the Cardinals, 8-3. Kranepool accounted for his RBIs with a double and two singles, while Boswell produced his runs with a homer, single and sacrifice fly.