MLB standings through games of September 3, 1972

MLB standings at the end of September 3, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	127	68	59	0	.535		434	348	31-31	37-28	6-4	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	124	66	58	0	.532	0.5	520	527	41-21	25-37	8-2	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	128	68	60	0	.531	0.5	447	427	34-29	34-31	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	128	68	60	0	.531	0.5	473	426	44-23	24-37	7-3	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	127	60	67	0	.472	8.0	388	410	36-25	24-42	4-6	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	127	51	76	0	.402	17.0	398	490	29-36	22-40	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	127	75	52	0	.591		478	372	38-25	37-27	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	126	72	54	0	.571	2.5	469	436	48-16	24-38	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	124	62	62	0	.500	11.5	439	446	33-26	29-36	2-8	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	125	60	65	0	.480	14.0	472	456	37-26	23-39	4-6	Lost 3
California Angels	127	59	68	0	.465	16.0	384	456	36-30	23-38	7-3	Won 2
Texas Rangers	128	50	78	0	.391	25.5	410	518	29-35	21-43	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	126	80	46	0	.635		580	434	43-23	37-23	7-3	Won 6
Chicago Cubs	129	69	59	1	.539	12.0	568	480	40-23	29-36	7-3	Lost 1
New York Mets	124	65	59	0	.524	14.0	425	454	33-29	32-30	4-6	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	127	61	66	0	.480	19.5	482	500	32-31	29-35	4-6	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	125	58	67	0	.464	21.5	405	494	29-31	29-36	5-5	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	128	47	81	0	.367	34.0	417	528	22-43	25-38	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	127	80	47	0	.630		583	438	34-29	46-18	7-3	Won 1
Houston Astros	129	73	56	0	.566	8.0	608	519	36-29	37-27	7-3	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	127	69	58	0	.543	11.0	467	428	32-28	37-30	7-3	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	132	59	72	1	.450	23.0	527	622	32-33	27-39	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	129	56	73	0	.434	25.0	552	555	25-40	31-33	4-6	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	127	47	80	0	.370	33.0	408	570	20-47	27-33	2-8	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 1, Orioles 0 at California (day game):
Spoiling the Orioles' strategy, Ken Berry drove in a run with a single in the 10th inning to give the Angels a 1-0 victory behind the five-hit pitching of Andy Messersmith. Jeff Torborg opened the 10th by beating out a bunt and advanced on a passed ball. After Messersmith popped up, Eddie Watt walked Sandy Alomar, but the move backfired when Berry rapped his winning hit to score pinch-runner Curt Motton.

Indians 4, Twins 1 at Minnesota (day game):
The Twins were gulity of six errors, three of them by Glenn Borgmann, while losing to the Indians, 4-1. The Indians' first two runs were earned, but a wild throw by Borgmann admitted a tainted tally in the fifth inning and another wild throw by the catcher, plus an error on a play at the plate, allowed another unearned run to score in the sixth. Ray Fosse, the Indians' catcher, also uncorked a wild throw to give the Twins their run off Dick Tidrow, who pitched a four-hitter.

White Sox 5, Yankees 0 at New York (day game):
Wilbur Wood gained his 23rd victory, most for any White Sox pitcher since Red Faber won 25 games in 1921, by defeating the Yankees, 5-0. Casey Cox, recently acquired from the Rangers, started for the Yankees and was knocked out in the fourth inning when the White Sox scored three times. Singles by Carlos May, Mike Andrews and Ed Spiezio produced the first run. After a passed ball and walk to Ed Herrmann, Luis Alvarado struck out, but Wood drew a pass to force in Rich Morales, who ran for Andrews. Pat Kelly then hit a pop-fly single off Lindy McDaniel, who took over in relief, to drive in the third run.

A's 3, Tigers 1 at Oakland (day game):
Sal Bando, who had been hitless in 24 trips, snapped his slump with a homer for his first RBI since August 18 to propel the Athletics to a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. Catfish Hunter, who pitched a four-hitter, yielded the Tigers' run in the second inning on a double by Bill Freehan and single by Tony Taylor. The A's tied the score with a walk to Mike Epstein and double by Gene Tenace in their half and Bando then broke the tie with his homer in the fifth. Before the inning ended, the A's added an insurance run on singles by Dal Maxvill and Hunter and a safe squeeze bunt by Bert Campaneris.

Rangers 4, Brewers 1 at Texas (day game):
Making his 15th start, Mike Paul turned in his second complete game of the season and pitched the Rangers to a 4-1 victory over the Brewers. The Rangers' staff as a whole had only nine complete games to its credit.

Phillies 8, Braves 0 at Atlanta (day game):
After the Phillies exploded for eight runs in the third inning, Steve Carlton breezed to his 22nd victory, defeating the Braves, 8-0. Carlton singled as the opener for the outburst and took second on a sacrifice by Denny Doyle. The Phillies followed with seven consecutive hits, including back-to-back homers by Joe Lis and Greg Luzinski. Lis' drive came with two men on base. Hank Aaron singled for the Braves in the first inning to set the career total base record with 6,135, passing Stan Musial's former mark of 6,134.

Padres 3, Cubs 0 at Chicago (day game):
Although a winner of only seven games, Fred Norman turned in his fifth shutout of the season as the Padres came back after a no-hitter at the hands of Milt Pappas in the previous day's game to defeat the Cubs, 3-0. The Padres nicked Burt Hooton for their first run in the second inning on a single by Cito Gaston, double by Derrel Thomas and single by Fred Kendall. Two other tallies counted in the eighth. Dave Roberts singled and took third on a single by Nate Colbert, who advanced to second on the throw. Gaston then drove in both runners with a single.

Reds 4, Expos 3 at Cincinnati (day game):
A pinch-homer by Hal McRae, after Dave Concepcion was safe on an error in the seventh inning, lifted the Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Expos. Denis Menke earlier homered for the Reds to the tie score at 2-2 in the second. Jack Billingham was lifted when the Expos loaded the bases with one out in the fifth and Tom Hall walked Tim McCarver to force in a run, but the reliever clamped down the rest of the way to gain the decision.

Mets 2, Astros 1 at Houston (day game):
Bud Harrelson, whose wild throw allowed the Astros to score a run in the first inning, made up for his error with a two-out single in the ninth to give the Mets a 2-1 victory. Cleon Jones homered for the Mets in the sixth to tie the score. Jim Beauchamp singled in the ninth and was forced by Ted Martinez. Tug McGraw sacrificed and, after an intentional pass to Tommie Agee, Harrelson rapped his deciding single.

Pirates 2, Giants 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Bob Robertson singled in the 10th inning and scored on a double by Richie Hebner to bring the Pirates a 2-1 victory over the Giants. The Pirates counted their first run in the sixth on a single by Vic Davalillo, double by Rennie Stennett and infield out by Al Oliver. The Giants forced the game into overtime when Garry Maddox singled in the ninth, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and crossed the plate on a single by Chris Speier.

Dodgers 6, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (day game):
Wes Parker drove in four runs with a sacrifice fly, triple and single and Willie Crawford accounted for two runs with a homer to lead the Dodgers to a 6-3 victory over the Cardinals. The Dodgers scored four of their runs in the sixth inning when Manny Mota and Willie Davis singled, Parker tripled and Crawford hit his homer.