MLB standings through games of August 21, 1972

MLB standings at the end of August 21, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	117	63	54	0	.538		419	391	33-28	30-26	5-5	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	116	62	54	0	.534	0.5	401	323	30-30	32-24	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	114	60	54	0	.526	1.5	416	370	36-19	24-35	5-5	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	114	58	56	0	.509	3.5	472	497	34-20	24-36	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	116	55	61	0	.474	7.5	360	381	34-25	21-36	6-4	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	115	45	70	0	.391	17.0	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
Oakland A's	116	68	48	0	.586		445	342	32-22	36-26	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	115	67	48	0	.583	0.5	439	404	46-16	21-32	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	113	60	53	0	.531	6.5	410	402	31-19	29-34	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	113	55	58	0	.487	11.5	418	403	36-25	19-33	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	116	51	65	0	.440	17.0	356	441	29-28	22-37	3-7	Lost 4
Texas Rangers	115	46	69	0	.400	21.5	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	113	60	53	0	.531	11.5	377	404	32-28	28-25	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	118	61	56	1	.521	12.5	500	429	34-20	27-36	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	114	56	58	0	.491	16.0	434	457	27-25	29-33	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	114	53	61	0	.465	19.0	363	454	28-29	25-32	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	115	43	72	0	.374	29.5	358	458	22-41	21-31	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	115	72	43	0	.626		540	400	28-26	44-17	8-2	Won 4
Houston Astros	118	66	52	0	.559	7.5	553	482	30-26	36-26	6-4	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	114	60	54	0	.526	11.5	415	391	30-28	30-26	6-4	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	120	53	66	1	.445	21.0	465	548	28-27	25-39	3-7	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	118	52	66	0	.441	21.5	503	509	24-39	28-27	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	115	45	70	0	.391	27.0	371	484	20-45	25-25	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 3, Angels 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Pat Dobson pitched a three-hitter and Boog Powell smashed a two-run homer to provide the Orioles with a 3-1 victory over the Angels.

Indians 10, Twins 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Homers by Jack Brohamer, Buddy Bell, Alex Johnson and Graig Nettles powered the Indians to a 10-3 victory over the Twins. Brohamer hit his homer with a man on base in the second inning. Bell and Johnson rapped their round-trippers in the fourth and Nettles added his circuit clout in the sixth. Johnson also drove in two runs with a single in the first inning.

A's 5, Tigers 1 at Detroit (night game):
The Athletics moved back into first place in the West division, breaking a tie with the idle White Sox, by defeating the Tigers, 5-1. The A's jumped on Woodie Fryman for three runs in the first inning and handed the lefthander his first A. L. loss. Bert Campaneris doubled, stole third and scored on a single by Joe Rudi. Sal Bando also singled and Mike Epstein then drove both runners home with a double.

Cardinals 4, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Bob Gibson pitched the Cardinals to a 4-0 victory for his second shutout of the Dodgers by that score in Los Angeles this season. Gibson previously blanked the Dodgers June 4. The Cardinals' attack included a homer by Bernie Carbo.

Reds 4, Expos 1 at Montreal (night game):
Reserve catcher Bill Plummer, filling in for Johnny Bench who was out with an injured finger, drove in two runs with a single to help the Reds defeat the Expos, 4-1. Joe Morgan homered for the Reds in the first inning and Plummer added his pair in the fifth after a single by Denis Menke, forceout by Cesar Geronimo, single by Darrel Chaney and passed ball by Tim McCarver. Tony Perez doubled and Menke singled for another run in the sixth. Mike Jorgensen homered in the ninth to prevent an Expos' shutout.

Mets 4, Astros 2 at New York (night game):
Jim Beauchamp celebrated his 33rd birthday with his first two homers of the season, including a smash with a man on base and two out in the ninth inning to carry the Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Astros. Cesar Cedeno batted in both Astro runs with a homer and double. Beauchamp, who first hit for the circuit in the seventh inning, delivered his winning blow in the ninth after a pass to John Milner.

Braves 2, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Steve Carlton's string of 15 consecutive victories was snapped when the Braves scored in the 11th inning to defeat the Phillies' southpaw, 2-1, before a crowd of 41,212. The Braves, who had been held scoreless for 20 consecutive innings, ended their drouth with a run off Carlton in the third on a two-out double by Felix Millan and single by Hank Aaron. The Phillies tied the score against Phil Niekro with doubles by Willie Montanez and Greg Luzinski in the eighth but then failed to score again after loading the bases. Tommy Hutton struck out, but Don Money was safe on an error. Bill Robinson flied to right field and Luzinski held third while Money advanced to second after the catch. Niekro passed John Bateman intentionally to load the bases and pitched out of the jam by getting Carlton on a pop fly. Carlton disposed of Millan and Aaron to open the 11th, giving him a string of 19 batters retired in a row. However, Dusty Baker doubled and, after an intentional pass to Earl Williams, Mike Lum singled to drive in the Braves' winning run and hand Carlton his first defeat since losing to the Mets on May 30.

Padres 6, Cubs 5 at San Diego (night game):
Although Joe Pepitone, Ron Santo and Billy Williams homered for the Cubs, Johnny Jeter came up with a more dramatic blow when the Padres rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to gain a 6-5 victory. Pepitone and Santo hit their homers in succession in the fourth. After Cito Gaston doubled in two runs to tie the score in the seventh, Williams hit a three-run homer for the Cubs in the ninth. The Padres started their rally when Dave Roberts and Cito Gaston singled and Derrel Thomas walked to load the bases with one away. Roberts scored on an infield out by Fred Kendall. Jeter then came to the plate and smashed his homer for three runs to give the Padres their victory.