MLB standings through games of August 23, 1972

MLB standings at the end of August 23, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	119	64	55	0	.538		429	402	34-29	30-26	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	118	63	55	0	.534	0.5	408	326	31-31	32-24	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	116	60	56	0	.517	2.5	422	380	36-19	24-37	4-6	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	116	59	57	0	.509	3.5	482	507	34-20	25-37	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	118	57	61	0	.483	6.5	368	384	36-25	21-36	7-3	Won 5
Milwaukee Brewers	116	45	71	0	.388	17.5	361	456	25-32	20-39	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	117	69	48	0	.590		449	410	48-16	21-32	7-3	Won 2
Oakland A's	118	69	49	0	.585	0.5	456	352	32-22	37-27	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	115	60	55	0	.522	8.0	413	410	31-19	29-36	5-5	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	115	56	59	0	.487	12.0	428	413	37-26	19-33	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	118	52	66	0	.441	17.5	359	448	29-28	23-38	3-7	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	116	47	69	0	.405	21.5	374	461	28-33	19-36	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	116	73	43	0	.629		528	398	36-20	37-23	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	115	61	54	0	.530	11.5	385	413	33-29	28-25	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	120	63	56	1	.529	11.5	511	437	34-20	29-36	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	116	56	60	0	.483	17.0	434	461	27-25	29-35	4-6	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	116	54	62	0	.466	19.0	377	459	29-30	25-32	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	117	43	74	0	.368	30.5	371	478	22-43	21-31	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	117	73	44	0	.624		545	414	28-26	45-18	8-2	Lost 1
Houston Astros	120	67	53	0	.558	7.5	562	490	30-26	37-27	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	116	62	54	0	.534	10.5	419	391	32-28	30-26	6-4	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	122	55	66	1	.455	20.0	485	561	28-27	27-39	4-6	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	120	53	67	0	.442	21.5	511	510	25-40	28-27	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	117	45	72	0	.385	28.0	379	495	20-47	25-25	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 7, Angels 1 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles erupted for six runs in the fourth inning and breezed to a 7-1 victory over the Angels behind the pitching of Jim Palmer. A walk to Don Baylor and singles by Brooks Robinson and Andy Etchebarren produced the first tally. Palmer bunted and when Rudy May threw wildly to the plate, another run scored. Mark Belanger followed with a single to drive in the third tally and Paul Blair then accounted for three more with a homer.

White Sox 5, Yankees 2 at Chicago (day game):
Dick Allen, who won the previous night's game with a two-run homer, smashed a titanic blow to clinch Wilbur Wood's 22nd victory as the White Sox defeated the Yankees, 5-2. Allen came up with a man on base in the seventh inning and hit a pitch by Lindy McDaniel into the center field bleachers, about 460 feet from home plate. Only three other players -- Hank Greenberg, Jimmie Foxx and Alex Johnson -- ever had hit drives into that area.

Indians 5, Twins 1 at Cleveland (night game):
A three-run double by Buddy Bell in the seventh inning escorted the Indians to a 5-1 victory over the Twins. The Indians had a 2-1 lead, the Twins' run coming on a homer by Rich Reese, before Bell delivered his clinching blow after a double by Ray Fosse, single by Del Unser and intentional pass to Tommy McCraw had loaded the bases.

Tigers 7, A's 5 at Detroit (night game):
A grand slam by Bill Freehan climaxed a seven-run outburst in the second inning and enabled the Tigers to defeat the Athletics, 7-5. Singles by Willie Horton, Mickey Stanley and Ed Brinkman, a pass to Joe Coleman and single by Tony Taylor accounted for the first three Tiger tallies and kayoed Ken Holtzman. After Joe Horlen relieved, Aurelio Rodriguez forced Coleman at third, but Al Kaline walked to load the bases and Freehan followed with his jackpot wallop. Coleman was chased in the ninth inning but emerged with his first victory since June 22.

Royals 3, Red Sox 0 at Kansas City (night game):
Roger Nelson pitched hitless ball for 7 2/3 innings before yielding a solitary single by Ben Oglivie as the Royals' righthander defeated the Red Sox, 3-0. Ed Kirkpatrick provided the winning support for Nelson by smashing a three-run homer in the sixth following a single by Amos Otis and pass to John Mayberry.

Dodgers 3, Cardinals 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Ending his personal four-game losing streak, Bill Singer pitched the Dodgers to a 3-0 victory over the Cardinals. Manny Mota and Willie Davis collected five hits between them and each drove in one of the Dodgers' runs.

Expos 11, Reds 0 at Montreal (night game):
Ron Woods whacked a pair of three-run homers and Balor Moore pitched his first major league shutout as the Expos walloped the Reds, 11-0. Moore allowed only four hits and struck out 13. Woods, who bats righthanded and had been platooned previously, faced righthanded pitchers for the first time this season and thumbed his nose at the percentage theory by hitting both his homers off righthanders. Wayne Simpson was the victim of the first blow in the third inning and Ed Sprague served up Woods' second homer in the sixth.

Astros 7, Mets 4 at New York (day game):
The Astros combined six hits and a sacrifice fly for five runs in the fourth inning and defeated the Mets, 7-4. The first five hits came in succession off Jerry Koosman. Jim Wynn and Bob Watson led off with singles. Wynn scored on a double by Doug Rader. Tommy Helms singled to drive in Watson and Wynn. Jesus Alou followed with a double, Helms stopping at third. After Gary Gentry replaced Koosman, Bob Stinson hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Helms and Roger Metzger singled to score Alou.

Braves 9, Phillies 6 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Braves built up a 9-0 lead with the aid of a two-run double by Darrell Evans and two-run homer by Dusty Baker, and then outlasted the Phillies, 9-6. The Braves scored five times in the fourth inning, featuring Evans' double and other two-baggers by Mike Lum and Marty Perez. Baker drove in a run with a grounder before coming up in the fifth and smashing his homer. The Phillies' futile comeback included a three-run double by Willie Montanez and two-run homer by Don Money.

Cubs 7, Padres 5 at San Diego (night game):
Billy Williams, Joe Pepitone and Paul Popovich took care of the run production as the Cubs defeated the Padres, 7-5. Williams batted in three runs with a single, infield out and sacrifice fly. Pepitone hit two sacrifice flies and Popovich accounted for two runs with a bases-loaded single. Dave Roberts drove in four runs for the Padres with a homer and single. Garry Jestadt added a homer for the Padres' other marker.

Giants 8, Pirates 0 at San Francisco (day game):
Posting his first major league shutout, Jim Barr allowed only two hits, retired the last 21 batters in succession and pitched the Giants to an 8-0 victory over the Pirates. The Giants' eight hits included a two-run homer by Willie McCovey. Ken Henderson was stopped on his 18-game batting streak, drawing the collar in three official trips to the plate.