MLB standings at the end of August 14, 1972

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	110	60	50	0	.545		390	304	28-26	32-24	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	110	59	51	0	.536	1.0	371	360	29-25	30-26	3-7	Lost 1
New York Yankees	109	58	51	0	.532	1.5	398	347	36-19	22-32	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	107	54	53	0	.505	4.5	441	464	34-20	20-33	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	109	51	58	0	.468	8.5	335	356	30-22	21-36	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	110	43	67	0	.391	17.0	343	439	25-31	18-36	2-8	Lost 3

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Oakland A's	111	65	46	0	.586		423	330	32-22	33-24	4-6	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	108	62	46	0	.574	1.5	402	380	42-14	20-32	7-3	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	106	56	50	0	.528	6.5	383	364	31-19	25-31	6-4	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	108	52	56	0	.481	11.5	403	385	33-23	19-33	6-4	Won 1
California Angels	109	49	60	0	.450	15.0	336	408	29-28	20-32	5-5	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	109	44	65	0	.404	20.0	347	435	26-29	18-36	4-6	Won 2

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Pittsburgh Pirates	108	68	40	0	.630		498	369	36-20	32-20	7-3	Won 1
New York Mets	106	57	49	0	.538	10.0	362	377	29-24	28-25	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	111	58	52	1	.527	11.0	467	394	34-20	24-32	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	107	52	55	0	.486	15.5	408	433	27-25	25-30	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	107	49	58	0	.458	18.5	343	423	24-26	25-32	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	108	41	67	0	.380	27.0	338	434	20-36	21-31	5-5	Lost 1

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Cincinnati Reds	108	66	42	0	.611		500	385	28-26	38-16	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	111	62	49	0	.559	5.5	520	462	30-26	32-23	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	107	57	50	0	.533	8.5	394	364	27-24	30-26	7-3	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	113	51	61	1	.455	17.0	456	528	28-27	23-34	5-5	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	112	49	63	0	.438	19.0	471	480	21-36	28-27	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	108	42	66	0	.389	24.0	344	452	17-41	25-25	3-7	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 5, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (night game):
Mike Epstein and Joe Rudi hit homers and Bert Campaneris singled twice, stole three bases and scored two runs to lead the Athletics to a 5-2 victory over the Orioles. Ken Holtzman, who started for the A's, was knocked out in the fifth inning when the Orioles scored their runs on a homer by Davey Johnson, double by Chico Salmon and singles by Paul Blair and Bobby Grich. Rollie Fingers relieved, cut off further scoring and checked the Orioles on two hits the rest of the way to gain credit for the victory.

Royals 3, Yankees 0 at Kansas City (night game):
While Bruce Dal Canton and Norm Angelini combined on a shutout, the Royals scored three unearned runs and defeated the Yankees, 3-0. Paul Schaal was safe on an error by Gene Michael in the third inning and Bobby Floyd singled. Then, after two outs, infield hits by Cookie Rojas and Richie Scheinblum produced two runs. Dal Canton reached base on an error by Horace Clarke in the seventh and counted on singles by Steve Hovley and Lou Piniella. Dal Canton allowed only two hits until Clarke and Thurman Munson singled with one out in the ninth. Angelini relieved and ended the threat to record his first major league save.

Reds 12, Braves 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Johnny Bench batted in five runs and Pete Rose drove in three as the Reds whipped the Braves, 12-2. Bench homered with a man on base in the first inning, added an RBI with a single in the sixth and wound up his production with a two-run double in the seventh. Rose knocked in two runs with a single in the sixth and one more with a double in the seventh.

Astros 7, Giants 5 at Houston (night game):
The Astros, who were trailing 5-0 after three innings, rallied to defeat the Giants, 7-5. The Giants' scoring included a homer by Bobby Bonds. The Astros began their comeback with three runs in the fourth on singles by Bob Watson, Tommy Helms and Norm Miller and a double by Roger Metzger. Then, in the sixth, after the Astros loaded the bases on two walks around a single by Helms, Cesar Cedeno drove in two runs with a single to tie the score. Jim Wynn followed with a single for another run to send the Astros ahead and the final marker followed when Cedeno scored on a wild pitch.