MLB standings through games of August 26, 1972

MLB standings at the end of August 26, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	120	65	55	0	.542		418	330	31-31	34-24	5-5	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	120	65	55	0	.542		434	405	34-29	31-26	6-4	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	118	61	57	0	.517	3.0	493	513	36-20	25-37	6-4	Won 2
New York Yankees	119	61	58	0	.513	3.5	430	392	37-21	24-37	3-7	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	120	58	62	0	.483	7.0	371	392	36-25	22-37	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	120	47	73	0	.392	18.0	371	466	27-34	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	119	70	49	0	.588		452	415	48-16	22-33	7-3	Lost 1
Oakland A's	120	69	51	0	.575	1.5	460	362	32-24	37-27	5-5	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	116	60	56	0	.517	8.5	416	415	31-20	29-36	4-6	Lost 4
Kansas City Royals	118	58	60	0	.492	11.5	440	421	37-26	21-34	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	120	53	67	0	.442	17.5	367	451	30-29	23-38	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	120	48	72	0	.400	22.5	387	477	28-33	20-39	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	119	74	45	0	.622		537	411	37-22	37-23	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	122	64	57	1	.529	11.0	523	457	35-21	29-36	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	117	61	56	0	.521	12.0	392	422	33-29	28-27	3-7	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	119	58	61	0	.487	16.0	457	476	29-26	29-35	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	119	55	64	0	.462	19.0	386	474	29-31	26-33	5-5	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	119	44	75	0	.370	30.0	376	487	22-43	22-32	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	120	75	45	0	.625		560	419	29-27	46-18	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	122	68	54	0	.557	8.0	571	499	31-27	37-27	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	119	64	55	0	.538	10.5	432	400	32-28	32-27	6-4	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	124	57	66	1	.463	19.5	494	568	30-27	27-39	6-4	Won 5
San Francisco Giants	122	54	68	0	.443	22.0	531	522	25-40	29-28	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	120	46	74	0	.383	29.0	394	518	20-47	26-27	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 7, Rangers 6 at Boston (night game):
A five-run rally in the ninth inning brought the Red Sox a 7-6 victory over the Rangers. Until breaking loose, the Red Sox were held to only two hits, both coming in the fifth when a triple by Carlton Fisk, infield out by Ben Oglivie and pinch-homer by Andy Kosco produced two runs. In the ninth, Carl Yastrzemski and Reggie Smith walked, Rico Petrocelli doubled and Oglivie and John Kennedy singled to account for the first three runs of the rally. Phil Gagliano then batted for Don Newhauser and doubled to drive in the tying and winning runs.

Angels 7, Indians 1 at California (night game):
The Angels pounded Gaylord Perry for five runs in the first 1 1/3 innings en route to a 7-1 victory over the Indians. Chris Coletta batted in two runs with a single in the first and Bob Oliver drove in two runs with a single in the second before adding two more RBIs with a homer off Tom Hilgendorf in the sixth.

[DH] White Sox 3, Brewers 1 (day game) / Brewers 4, White Sox 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
The White Sox, after winning the first game of a doubleheader, 3-1, in 13 innings, collected only three hits off Jim Colborn and Frank Linzy in the second game and lost to the Brewers, 4-0. The White Sox opened the scoring in the lidlifter with a run in the fourth inning on singles by Dick Allen and Ed Spiezio around an infield out. The Brewers tied the score in the ninth when Brock Davis walked and Joe Lahoud tripled. Allen singled with one out in the 13th. Carlos May grounded to Ken Sanders and when Rick Auerbach missed the throw to second, Allen advanced to third on the error. Mike Andrews hit a sacrifice fly to score Allen. Spiezio followed with single to drive in May. Colborn gave up a single by Allen in the seventh inning of the nightcap for the only hit off his deliveries until May and Jay Johnstone singled with one away in the ninth. Linzy took over and quickly retired the next two batters. George Scott hit a single, double and triple for the Brewers and had a hand in all their runs, driving in two and scoring two.

Tigers 5, Twins 3 at Minnesota (day game):
Aurelio Rodriguez homered with a man on base in the 11th inning to give the Tigers a 5-3 victory over the Twins in the opener of a scheduled doubleheader. The nightcap was postponed due to rain. Mickey Lolich, who started for the Tigers, was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning after giving up the Twins' runs on homers by Glenn Borgmann and Bobby Darwin. The Tigers, who were losing, 3-1, tied the score in the eighth on run-scoring singles by Willie Horton and Duke Sims. Ed Brinkman drew a walk in the 11th and was forced by Bill Slayback on an attempted sacrifice. After Tony Taylor went out, Rodriguez hit his homer to enable the Tigers to remain in a first-place tie with the Orioles in the A. L. East.

Royals 6, Yankees 3 at New York (day game):
Two errors on one play by Celerino Sanchez opened the gates for the Royals, who scored five unearned runs in the third inning to defeat the Yankees, 6-3. Dick Drago drew a walk to open the stanza and when Freddie Patek grounded to Sanchez, the Yankee third baseman not only fumbled the ball but also threw wildly to first. Drago reached third and scored on a single by Amos Otis. After an infield out by Richie Scheinblum advanced Patek and Otis, Lou Piniella drew an intentional pass to load the bases. Cookie Rojas hit a sacrifice fly to score Patek. John Mayberry then came to the plate and capped the inning with a three-run homer.

Orioles 5, A's 1 at Oakland (day game):
A throwing error and a fly ball lost in the sun helped the Orioles score four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Athletics, 5-1. The Orioles counted their initial run in the fifth on a single by Bobby Grich, a stolen base and double by Brooks Robinson. Mike Hegan hit a pinch-double for the A's in the eighth and scored the tying run on a single by Joe Rudi. Robinson doubled to lead off the ninth and, with one out, the A's decided to walk Johnny Oates intentionally. Tommy Davis batted for Pat Dobson and grounded to Bert Campaneris, who flipped to second, forcing Oates, but when Tim Cullen threw wildly to first, Robinson scored on the error. Davis stole second, leading to another intentional pass to Don Buford. Paul Blair then lofted a fly to center and when Reggie Jackson was blinded at the last second by the sun, the ball hit him and bounced away for a double, Davis and Buford scoring. Terry Crowley added the final touch with a single to drive in Blair.

Braves 7, Mets 6 at Atlanta (night game):
A three-run homer by Darrell Evans in the eighth inning enabled the Braves to defeat the Mets, 7-6, for their fifth straight victory. Earl Williams and Dusty Baker hit earlier homers to pace the Braves to a 4-1 lead, but the Mets erupted for five runs in the eighth. Ed Kranepool and Dave Marshall each walked with the bases loaded, Jim Beauchamp put the Mets ahead with a two-run single and Duffy Dyer added a run with another single. Hank Aaron singled for the Braves in their half of the eighth and was forced by Baker. Williams flied out but Rico Carty drew a walk and Evans followed with his homer.

Cubs 10, Giants 9 at Chicago (day game):
A slugfest marked by nine homers, the most in any game in N. L. this season, wound up in undramatic fashion when Joe Pepitone was hit by a pitched ball with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to force in the run that gave the Cubs a 10-9 victory over the Giants. Billy Williams and Ron Santo each hit two homers for the Cubs and Paul Popovich poked one. Santo's first circuit clout with two men on base in the third inning was the 2,000th hit of his major league career. The Giants had two homers by Ken Henderson and one each by Willie McCovey and Dave Rader. In the 10th, Jose Cardenal and Williams singled and, after Rick Monday struck out, an intentional pass to Santo loaded the bases. Randy Moffitt's first pitch to Pepitone grazed his knee, sending him to first base and pushing Cardenal over the plate.

Phillies 4, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Steve Carlton gained his 21st victory of the season, but the Phillies' ace lefthander needed the help of rookie Mac Scarce to save a 4-3 decision over the Reds. Carlton, who was tagged for 12 hits, was lifted with none out in the ninth after a single by Dave Concepcion, double by Bill Plummer and single by Julian Javier gave the Reds one run with men on first and third. Scarce induced Pete Rose to ground to Denny Doyle, who threw home to nail Plummer. Scarce then uncorked a wild pitch, moving the runners to second and third, but the young southpaw bore down and pitched himself out of the jam by striking out both Joe Morgan and Bobby Tolan.

Astros 6, Expos 5 at Houston (night game):
With the firing of manager Harry Walker, the Astros played under coach Salty Parker and defeated the Expos, 6-5, when Cesar Cedeno drove in two runs with a double in the ninth inning. Leo Durocher was named to succeed Walker. A three-run double by Terry Humphrey helped the Expos take a 5-3 lead before Cedeno homered in the seventh. Tommy Helms walked for the Astros in the ninth and pinch-runner Bobby Fenwick was forced by Norm Miller. Roger Metzger, however, singled, Miller stopping at second. After both runners advanced on a wild pitch by Mike Marshall, Cedeno hit his game-winning double.

Dodgers 7, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Staked to a four-run lead in the first inning, Don Sutton pitched the Dodgers to a 7-3 victory over the Pirates. Bill Buckner and Willie Davis hit singles and when Gene Clines missed connections with Davis' hit to right field, Buckner scored. Davis took third on the error and counted on an infield out by Wes Parker. A walk to Willie Crawford, double by Steve Garvey and single by Bill Russell added two more runs. A walk to Buckner, double by Davis and single by Parker produced a pair in the third. Davis homered in the eighth.

Cardinals 9, Padres 3 at St. Louis (night game):
Lou Brock collected four hits to lead the Cardinals' support of Bob Gibson, who gained his 15th victory by defeating the Padres, 9-3. Brock batted in two runs and scored two. Three of the Cardinals' runs came on passes with the bases loaded, Joe Torre getting two RBIs that way and Matty Alou picking up one.