MLB standings through games of August 20, 1972

MLB standings at the end of August 20, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	116	63	53	0	.543		418	386	33-27	30-26	5-5	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	115	61	54	0	.530	1.5	398	322	29-30	32-24	4-6	Lost 1
New York Yankees	114	60	54	0	.526	2.0	416	370	36-19	24-35	5-5	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	114	58	56	0	.509	4.0	472	497	34-20	24-36	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	115	54	61	0	.470	8.5	350	378	33-25	21-36	6-4	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	115	45	70	0	.391	17.5	360	454	25-31	20-39	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	115	67	48	0	.583		439	404	46-16	21-32	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	115	67	48	0	.583		440	341	32-22	35-26	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	112	60	52	0	.536	5.5	407	392	31-19	29-33	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	113	55	58	0	.487	11.0	418	403	36-25	19-33	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	115	51	64	0	.443	16.0	355	438	29-28	22-36	4-6	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	115	46	69	0	.400	21.0	372	460	28-33	18-36	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	114	72	42	0	.632		527	390	36-20	36-22	7-3	Won 3
New York Mets	112	59	53	0	.527	12.0	373	402	31-28	28-25	4-6	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	117	61	55	1	.526	12.0	495	423	34-20	27-35	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	113	55	58	0	.487	16.5	430	457	27-25	28-33	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	113	53	60	0	.469	18.5	362	450	28-28	25-32	7-3	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	114	43	71	0	.377	29.0	357	456	22-40	21-31	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	114	71	43	0	.623		536	399	28-26	43-17	7-3	Won 3
Houston Astros	117	66	51	0	.564	6.5	551	478	30-26	36-25	7-3	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	113	60	53	0	.531	10.5	415	387	30-27	30-26	7-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	119	52	66	1	.441	21.0	463	547	28-27	24-39	3-7	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	118	52	66	0	.441	21.0	503	509	24-39	28-27	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	114	44	70	0	.386	27.0	365	479	19-45	25-25	3-7	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Twins 4, Orioles 1 at Baltimore (night game):
A homer by Bobby Darwin with two men on base in the first inning started the Twins off to a 4-1 victory over the Orioles behind the four-hit hurling of Ray Corbin. Terry Crowley homered for the Orioles to ruin Corbin's shutout bid.

[DH] White Sox 9, Red Sox 7 (day game) / Red Sox 5, White Sox 4 at Chicago (day game):
The White Sox, who staged a dramatic ninth-inning rally to win the first game of a doubleheader, 9-7, moved into a first-place tie with the Athletics in West division, although losing the second game to the Red Sox, 5-4. The White Sox led in the opener, 5-1, before the Red Sox scored three runs off Wilbur Wood in the eighth and three off Terry Forster in the ninth. The White Sox began their rally with a single by Rich Morales and walk to Ed Spiezio. After the next two batters went out, Walt Williams drove in one run with a single and Pat Kelly followed with the winning three-run homer. In the nightcap, the Red Sox broke a 1-1 tie with a four-run outburst in the fifth. Singles by Bob Montgomery, John Curtis and Tommy Harper produced the first run and, after John Kennedy walked, Carl Yastrzemski cleared the bases with a triple.

Indians 3, A's 1 at Cleveland (day game):
The Indians scored three runs in the first two innings and that was enough for Dick Tidrow, who posted a 3-1 victory to drop the Athletics into a first-place tie with the White Sox in the West division race. A walk to Eddie Leon and double by Alex Johnson accounted for the Indians' initial tally in the first. The two other runs in the second resulted from a walk to Ray Fosse, single by Roy Foster, double by Graig Nettles and sacrifice fly by Frank Duffy.

Tigers 11, Angels 9 at Detroit (day game):
The Angels erupted for nine runs in the fourth inning to take a 9-2 lead, but the Tigers came back with an eight-run rally in the sixth to win a wild game, 11-9. The Angels sent 13 men to the plate in their outburst. Vada Pinson ignited the explosion with a homer and was hit by a pitch on his second trip to the plate. The Angels also collected eight singles, including two each by Sandy Alomar and Chris Coletta, plus a walk, before their spree subsided. Aurelio Rodriguez touched off the Tigers' comeback in the sixth with a double and capped the rally with a two-run homer. In between, the Tigers rapped six singles and a sacrifice fly.

Brewers 2, Royals 1 at Kansas City (day game):
Syd O'Brien and Johnny Briggs rapped run-scoring singles to enable the Brewers to defeat the Royals, 2-1. In the third inning, Ellie Rodriguez singled and was forced by Bob Heise. Rick Auerbach singled Heise to third and O'Brien sent him home with his hit. Auerbach was safe on an error in the eighth, stole second and crossed the plate on Briggs' single. John Mayberry doubled and Cookie Rojas singled for the Royals' run in the home half of the eighth.

Yankees 2, Rangers 0 at Texas (night game):
Continuing his sensational relief work, Sparky Lyle gained a victory and also scored the first run as the Yankees defeated the Rangers, 2-0, in 10 innings. Rob Gardner hurled the first seven innings for the Yankees and allowed only three hits before going out for a pinch-batter. Lyle yielded three more hits in next three stanzas. In the 10th, Lyle led off with a single. Horace Clarke was hit by a pitch and Thurman Munson sacrificed. Bobby Murcer then grounded to Frank Howard and when the first baseman threw wildly to the plate, Lyle scored. Roy White followed with a single to drive in Clarke with another run.

Cubs 5, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (day game):
Jim Hickman homered with a man on base in the first inning and Billy Williams and Ron Santo each hit a run-producing single in the third to lead the Cubs to a 5-3 victory over the Dodgers. After Hickman's homer, the Dodgers came back with two in their half on a single by Bill Buckner, pass to Wes Parker and double by Willie Crawford. However, in the third, Paul Popovich singled, took second on an infield out and scored on a single by Williams. After a walk to Hickman, Santo singled to drive in Williams.

Expos 1, Braves 0 at Montreal (day game):
Bill Stoneman allowed only two hits and pitched the Expos to a 1-0 victory over the Braves. Ron Schueler dueled on equal terms with Stoneman until the eighth inning when Hector Torres was hit by a pitch and scored on singles by Tim McCarver and Tim Foli.

Reds 8, Mets 1 at New York (day game):
Taking advantage of three errors, the Reds scored six runs in the seventh inning to clinch an 8-1 victory over the Mets. Cesar Geronimo started the stanza with a single and Darrel Chaney was safe on a bunt when Jim McAndrew threw high to first. McAndrew hurt his knee on the play and left the game in favor of Ray Sadecki. Bill Plummer bunted and all hands were safe on Sadecki's late throw to third. Lute Barnes booted a grounder by Don Gullett, allowing a run to score. Two more counted on a single by Pete Rose. Jim Beauchamp fielded a grounder by Joe Morgan and made a bad throw home as another run scored. A sacrifice fly by Tony Perez and double by Denis Menke added two more tallies before Danny Frisella was able to end the inning.

Astros 3, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (day game):
Striking out 14, Don Wilson pitched the Astros to a 3-1 victory over the Phillies. Greg Luzinski homered for the Phillies' run in the fourth inning and Cesar Cedeno tied the score with a circuit clout in the sixth. Tommy Helms singled to lead off the eighth and counted the tie-breaking run on a double by Jesus Alou. Larry Howard followed with a single to score Alou.

[DH] Pirates 9, Padres 3 (day game) / Pirates 5, Padres 2 at San Diego (day game):
The hitting of Stargell in first game and homers by Robertson and Hebner in second game led Pirates to 9-3 and 5-2 victories in sweep of doubleheader with Padres. Stargell drove in three runs with two singles and sacrifice fly in opener. Stargell's first hit accounted for one of Pirates' three runs in third inning, but Kendall homered in Padres' half and Gaston also hit for circuit with man on base in fourth to tie score. Pirates broke away with two runs on three walks, error and single by Hebner in fifth. Stargell hit his sacrifice fly in sixth and singled for one of Pirates' three runs in seventh. In nightcap, Robertson broke a 2-2 tie with his homer in sixth inning and Hebner put game away with two-run smash in eighth.

Giants 5, Cardinals 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Ron Bryant, coming back after a bout with pneumonia, gained his first victory since July 23 when the Giants defeated the Cardinals. 5-3. Dave Kingman homered after a double by Garry Maddox in the second inning and the Giants added two more runs in the third on singles by Chris Speier and Ken Henderson, an infield out, balk by Reggie Cleveland and single by Dave Rader. Bobby Bonds homered for the Giants' last run in the seventh. The defeat was the fifth in a row for Cleveland.