MLB standings at the end of August 31, 1972

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	124	67	57	0	.540		431	343	31-31	36-26	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	125	67	58	0	.536	0.5	442	419	34-29	33-29	5-5	Lost 3
New York Yankees	125	66	59	0	.528	1.5	467	420	42-22	24-37	6-4	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	122	64	58	0	.525	2.0	514	524	39-21	25-37	7-3	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	124	58	66	0	.468	9.0	375	401	36-25	22-41	5-5	Lost 5
Milwaukee Brewers	124	49	75	0	.395	18.0	388	484	29-36	20-39	5-5	Won 1

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
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	123	60	63	0	.488	12.5	469	450	37-26	23-37	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	124	57	67	0	.460	16.0	379	453	34-29	23-38	6-4	Won 5
Texas Rangers	125	49	76	0	.392	24.5	404	508	28-33	21-43	3-7	Lost 2

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Pittsburgh Pirates	123	77	46	0	.626		562	424	40-23	37-23	6-4	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	126	67	58	1	.536	11.0	546	474	38-22	29-36	7-3	Lost 1
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	123	44	79	0	.358	33.0	383	506	22-43	22-36	1-9	Lost 4

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Cincinnati Reds	124	78	46	0	.629		576	428	32-28	46-18	7-3	Won 1
Houston Astros	126	72	54	0	.571	7.0	591	506	35-27	37-27	7-3	Won 5
Los Angeles Dodgers	123	66	57	0	.537	11.5	453	418	32-28	34-29	6-4	Won 1
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:

Angels 4, Tigers 0 at California (night game):
The shutout leader of the major leagues with his ninth of the season, Nolan Ryan pitched the Angels to a 4-0 victory to knock the Tigers out of first place in the East division behind the idle Orioles. The Angels jumped on Woodie Fryman for all their runs in the first inning on a walk, hit batsman, single by Bob Oliver, double by Ken McMullen and single by Leo Cardenas.

Brewers 7, Royals 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
After giving up the Royals' runs in the first inning, Skip Lockwood settled down and pitched the Brewers to a 7-3 victory. The Brewers rebounded with three runs in their half of the first to tie the score and went ahead with three more in the second on a bases-loaded single by Dave May and infield out by George Scott. Tommie Reynolds wrapped up the scoring with a homer in the third.

Yankees 7, Rangers 0 at New York (day game):
Bobby Murcer hit the 100th homer of his major league career, connecting with two men on base in the second inning, to highlight the Yankees' 7-0 victory over the Rangers.

Dodgers 5, Cubs 3 at Chicago (day game):
Three unearned runs on errors by Don Kessinger and Ron Santo enabled the Dodgers to defeat the Cubs, 5-3. Two of the Dodgers' three runs in the first inning were tainted on a wild throw by Kessinger. Two walks and a single by Claude Osteen added a run in the sixth before Santo homered with two men on base for the Cubs in the seventh. However, an error by Santo in the eighth gave the Dodgers another unearned run.

Astros 5, Phillies 1 at Houston (night game):
The Astros broke on top with four runs in the third inning and proceeded to beat the Phillies, 5-1. Lee May and Bob Watson each drove in a run with singles and Doug Rader sent them home with a double to climax the outburst.