MLB standings through games of August 30, 1972

MLB standings at the end of August 30, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	124	67	57	0	.540		431	343	31-31	36-26	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	124	67	57	0	.540		442	415	34-29	33-28	6-4	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	122	64	58	0	.525	2.0	514	524	39-21	25-37	7-3	Won 2
New York Yankees	124	65	59	0	.524	2.0	460	420	41-22	24-37	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	124	58	66	0	.468	9.0	375	401	36-25	22-41	5-5	Lost 5
Milwaukee Brewers	123	48	75	0	.390	18.5	381	481	28-36	20-39	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	124	73	51	0	.589		470	367	36-24	37-27	6-4	Won 4
Chicago White Sox	123	71	52	0	.577	1.5	463	430	48-16	23-36	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	121	61	60	0	.504	10.5	430	433	32-24	29-36	2-8	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	122	60	62	0	.492	12.0	466	443	37-26	23-36	5-5	Won 2
California Angels	123	56	67	0	.455	16.5	375	453	33-29	23-38	5-5	Won 4
Texas Rangers	124	49	75	0	.395	24.0	404	501	28-33	21-42	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	123	77	46	0	.626		562	424	40-23	37-23	6-4	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	125	67	57	1	.540	10.5	543	469	38-21	29-36	7-3	Won 4
New York Mets	121	63	58	0	.521	13.0	412	437	33-29	30-29	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	123	60	63	0	.488	17.0	472	486	31-28	29-35	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	122	57	65	0	.467	19.5	395	487	29-31	28-34	5-5	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	122	44	78	0	.361	32.5	382	501	22-43	22-35	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	124	78	46	0	.629		576	428	32-28	46-18	7-3	Won 1
Houston Astros	125	71	54	0	.568	7.5	586	505	34-27	37-27	6-4	Won 4
Los Angeles Dodgers	122	65	57	0	.533	12.0	448	415	32-28	33-29	5-5	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	127	57	69	1	.452	22.0	505	588	30-30	27-39	5-5	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	126	56	70	0	.444	23.0	542	537	25-40	31-30	5-5	Won 2
San Diego Padres	124	46	78	0	.371	32.0	402	548	20-47	26-31	2-8	Lost 5

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 4, White Sox 2 at Boston (day game):
In a duel between rookie and veteran, Lynn McGlothen not only outpitched local native Wilbur Wood, but also helped himself with the bat as the Red Sox defeated the White Sox, 4-2. Buddy Bradford homered with a man on base for the White Sox runs in the third inning. McGlothen singled and scored in the bottom of the third. The tying tally followed in the fourth when Carlton Fisk walked and Andy Kosco tripled. Fisk walked again in the sixth, Kosco singled and John Kennedy sacrificed. McGlothen then hit a high hopper to the mound and was safe when Wood failed to handle the ball as Fisk scored. The official scorer gave McGlothen credit for an RBI on the basis that Wood could not have retired Fisk at the plate even if he had fielded McGlothen's chopper cleanly. The Red Sox added an insurance run with the aid of a passed ball and error in the seventh.

Angels 4, Tigers 1 at California (night game):
Vada Pinson, who collected a double and two singles, drove in two runs and scored one to lead the Angels to a 4-1 victory over the Tigers. Sandy Alomar led off with a single in the first inning, stole second and counted on a single by Pinson. A single by Ken Berry, double by Pinson and grounder by Bob Oliver added a run in the third before the Angels iced the game with two more tallies in the fifth on a double by Berry, single by Pinson and two errors.

Royals 6, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Amos Otis smashed a three-run homer in the eighth inning and added two runs with a double in the ninth to lead the Royals to a 6-2 victory over the Brewers. Paul Splittorff, who scored twice after reaching base on an error and a walk, ended his personal six-game losing streak with his first winning performance since July 9.

Twins 7, Orioles 1 at Minnesota (night game):
The rain that cooled off Pat Dobson served to steam up the Twins, who erupted for seven runs in the seventh inning to beat the Orioles, 7-1, and end their eight-game losing streak. Before the 34-minute delay because of rain, the Twins managed only four hits off Dobson, but when play resumed, they ripped into the Orioles' starter for two runs on singles by Harmon Killebrew, Bobby Darwin, Danny Thompson and Glenn Borgmann. Roric Harrison, relieving with two out, walked Bert Blyleven and gave up a two-run double by Cesar Tovar. Mickey Scott yielded a double by Rod Carew, adding two runs, and a single by Steve Braun for another tally before bringing the inning to a close. Don Buford saved the Orioles from being shutout with a homer in the ninth.

Yankees 3, Rangers 1 at New York (night game):
Sparky Lyle tied Lindy McDaniel's Yankee club record for saves with his 29th of the season, but it took two grabs of line drives to preserve a 3-1 victory over the Rangers. Lyle replaced Rob Gardner after Dick Billings singled with one out in the eighth inning. Frank Howard, the first batter to face Lyle, smashed a liner caught by third baseman Celerino Sanchez. Johnny Cailison then reached into the seats to rob Tom Grieve of a possible homer on his drive to right field. Having escaped that trouble, Lyle set down the Rangers on one hit in the ninth.

A's 2, Indians 0 at Oakland (night game):
Blue Moon Odom and two relievers, Darold Knowles and Rollie Fingers, combined to pitch the Athletics to a 2-0 victory over the Indians. Mike Epstein decided the outcome with a homer off Gaylord Perry in the seventh inning. The A's added an insurance run when Ted Kubiak tripled and Knowles singled in the eighth.

Expos 3, Braves 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Ernie McAnally, who had lost 14 games this season, gained his third victory with the help of Mike Marshall when the Expos defeated the Braves, 3-2. The Expos scored their first run in the opening inning on a single by Tim Foli, two wild pitches by Phl Niekro and a passed ball by Earl Williams. Ron Woods homered in the second and the Expos then added what proved to be the deciding run when McAnally, Foli and Ken Singleton singled in the eighth. The Braves, who got their first run on a homer by Ralph Garr in the third, aroused themselves in the ninth when Williams homered and Darrell Evans singled, but Marshall relieved and put down the threat.

Cubs 9, Dodgers 8 at Chicago (day game):
A homer by Jim Hickman in the 11th inning broke up a three-hour, 37 minute game and gave the Cubs a 9-8 victory over the Dodgers in a marathon that included 30 hits and 18 walks. The Dodgers knocked out Fergie Jenkins in the second inning and took a 6-1 lead, but the Cubs exploded for five runs to tie the score in the third and went ahead with two more in the fourth on a walk to Jose Cardenal, double by Billy Williams and single by Hickman. The Dodgers came back to knot the count in the seventh. A single by Bill Russell, pass to Chris Cannizzaro and single by Manny Mota accounted for one run and the tying tally followed when Burt Hooton threw wildly on a bunt by Lee Lacy.

Reds 4, Mets 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
A pinch-double by Joe Hague capped a rally by the Reds, who scored three runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Mets, 4-2. After Dave Marshall's leadoff homer in the seventh put the Mets ahead, 2-1, the Reds struck quickly for the tying run in their half on singles by Tony Perez, Denis Menke and Hal McRae to chase Jon Matlack. Gary Gentry relieved and struck out Bill Plummer, but Hague batted for Don Gullett and hit his double to provide the Reds with their winning two-run margin.

Astros 5, Phillies 3 at Houston (night game):
Although yielding only three hits in six innings on the mound, Steve Carlton was the loser when the Astros defeated the Phillies, 5-3. Control trouble affected Carlton in the fifth inning when the Astros scored twice. Doug Rader walked and crossed the plate on a single by Tommy Helms and double by Larr yHoward. Carlton then passed Jerry Reuss and a second run scored on an infield out by Roger Metzger. A walk to Jim Wynn led to another run on a single by Bob Watson in the sixth. After Carlton departed, the Astros added what proved to be the winning margin against Billy Wilson on a throwing error by John Bateman in the seventh. Reuss singled and Metzger walked. Cesar Cedeno, after forcing Metzger, stole second and when Bateman threw wildly into center field, both Reuss and Cedeno scored on the error.

Pirates 11, Padres 0 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Backed by the Pirates' 15-hit attack, Bruce Kison breezed to his first shutout of the season, defeating the Padres, 11-0. Dave Cash hit a single, double and homer, driving in four runs. Vic Davalillo also had three hits, while Willie Stargell contributed a single and homer. Roberto Clemente singled twice, tying him with Hall of Famer Honus Wagner for most hits in a career with the Pirates, 2,070.

Giants 3, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Although collecting only six hits off Bob Gibson, who struck out 14, the Giants broke the righthander's mastery and defeated the Cardinals, 3-2. The setback snapped Gibson's string of 10 straight victories over the Giants since September, 1968. The Giants combined singles by Dave Rader, Dave Kingman and Al Gallagher for a run in the second inning, but Gibson batted himself into a tie with a homer in the sixth. With one out in the ninth, Chris Speier walked for the Giants and scored on singles by Ken Henderson and Rader. Tito Fuentes then singled to drive in what proved to be the winning run, enabling Jim Willoughby to survive a homer by Bernie Carbo in the Cardinals' half of the ninth.