MLB standings through games of September 7, 1972

MLB standings at the end of September 7, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	129	70	59	0	.543		541	540	43-21	27-38	8-2	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	132	71	61	0	.538	0.5	457	442	36-29	35-32	4-6	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	132	70	62	0	.530	1.5	458	367	33-34	37-28	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	133	70	63	0	.526	2.0	492	450	44-23	26-40	6-4	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	132	61	71	0	.462	10.5	398	431	37-27	24-44	3-7	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	133	54	79	0	.406	18.0	422	506	30-38	24-41	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	131	77	54	0	.588		498	386	39-26	38-28	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	131	74	57	0	.565	3.0	482	453	50-19	24-38	3-7	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	129	66	63	0	.512	10.0	453	452	33-26	33-37	6-4	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	129	63	66	0	.488	13.0	490	464	38-27	25-39	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	131	61	70	0	.466	16.0	394	474	36-30	25-40	7-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	132	50	82	0	.379	27.5	415	535	29-39	21-43	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	130	83	47	0	.638		601	439	46-24	37-23	9-1	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	134	72	61	1	.541	12.5	579	493	40-23	32-38	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	129	66	63	0	.512	16.5	435	472	34-33	32-30	4-6	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	132	63	69	0	.477	21.0	498	516	34-32	29-37	3-7	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	130	61	69	0	.469	22.0	427	510	29-31	32-38	6-4	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	132	49	83	0	.371	35.0	423	546	24-43	25-40	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	133	82	51	0	.617		607	467	34-29	48-22	5-5	Lost 2
Houston Astros	132	74	58	0	.561	7.5	621	531	36-31	38-27	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	132	71	61	0	.538	10.5	491	455	34-31	37-30	6-4	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	135	62	72	1	.463	20.5	542	632	32-33	30-39	5-5	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	133	58	75	0	.436	24.0	563	564	25-41	33-34	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	132	50	82	0	.379	31.5	419	581	23-49	27-33	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 9, Tigers 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Taking command with seven runs in the first two innings, the Orioles defeated the Tigers, 9-0, behind the four-hit hurling of Mike Cuellar. In the first, Bobby Grich and Paul Blair singled and both scored on a double by Tommy Davis to kayo Fred Scherman. After Bill Slayback relieved, Brooks Robinson singled to drive in Davis. Robinson took second on an error by Frank Howard and crossed the plate on a single by Andy Etchebarren. The Orioles kept up the attack with three runs in the second on a pass to Grich, single by Davis, triple by Robinson and grounder by Boog Powell. Blair tripled to drive in the last two tallies in the eighth.

Red Sox 10, Yankees 4 at Boston (night game):
Tommy Harper and Rico Petrocelli clubbed three-run homers and Sonny Siebert added a solo swat as the Red Sox overpowered the Yankees, 10-4, to move into the first place in the East Division ahead of the Tigers. After picking up an unearned run in the first inning, the Red Sox began their cannonading in the second when Doug Griffin and Siebert singled and Harper hit his homer. Ben Oglivie knocked in two runs with a double in the fifth inning before the Red Sox turned to the long ball again with round-trippers by Siebert and Petrocelli in the sixth.

White Sox 6, A's 0 at Chicago (night game):
Helping Wilbur Wood become a 24-game winner, Dick Allen drove in four runs with a sacrifice fly and homer to lead the White Sox to a 6-0 victory over the Athletics. The shutout was Wood's eighth of the season. The White Sox started their attack on Vida Blue with a run in the first inning on singles by Walt Williams and Mike Andrews and Allen's fly. A single by Rick Reichardt, triple by Ed Spiezio and sacrifice fly by Ed Herrmann added two runs in the fourth. Allen's clinching homer off Rollie Fingers in the seventh followed a single by Luis Alvarado and walk to Pat Kelly.

Brewers 7, Indians 1 at Cleveland (night game):
George Scott smashed a pair of homers and drove in the Brewers' first three runs in a 7-1 victory over the Indians. Scott started with a solo swat in the fourth inning. After Graig Nettles homered off Bill Parsons for the Indians' run in the seventh, Syd O'Brien doubled in the eighth and, with two out, Scott connected for his second circuit clout. The Brewers iced the game with their final four runs off three relievers in the ninth.

Royals 6, Angels 0 at Kansas City (night game):
Posting his first major league shutout, Monty Montgomery yielded only four hits and pitched the Royals to an 8-0 victory over the Angels. Ed Kirkpatrick and Paul Schaal each batted in two runs to support the rookie and John Mayberry scored three times after reaching base on two doubles and a walk.

Twins 4, Rangers 0 at Texas (night game):
Jim Perry, who pitched seven innings and allowed only three hits, was the winner when the Twins defeated the Rangers, 4-0. Dave LaRoche, who replaced Perry, was shaky in relief and Wayne Granger had to step in to record the final out. The Twins decided the outcome with two unearned runs in the third inning. Dan Monzon walked, Cesar Tovar singled and both scored when Joe Lovltto dropped a line drive by Rod Carew.

Braves 4, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Homers by Earl Williams and Dusty Baker decided a duel between two rookie southpaws and enabled the Braves to defeat the Dodgers, 4-2. Jimmy Freeman, who was the Braves' winner with the help of Ron Schueler in the ninth inning, gained his second major league victory. Doug Rau suffered his first big-time loss. Williams hit his homer after a single by Felix Millan in the fourth inning. Oscar Brown drove in a run with a double in the fifth and Baker iced the game with his circuit clout off reliever Mke Strahler in the ninth. Frank Robinson homered for the Dodgers.

Expos 4, Mets 0 at New York (night game):
Balor Moore pitched a five-hitter and Ron Woods had a perfect night at the plate with a homer, double and two singles as the Expos defeated the Mets, 4-0.

Phillies 2, Cardinals 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Steve Carlton gained his 23rd victory of the season and 100th of his major league career and set the Phillies' strikeout record by fanning nine to bring his year's total to 212 while defeating the Cardinals, 2-1. The former club mark was 263 strikeouts by Jim Bunning in 1965. The Phillies backed Carlton with a run on triples by Larry Bowa and Tommy Hutton in the fifth inning. Greg Luzinski followed with the deciding homer in the sixth. The Cardinals scored on singles by Ken Reitz, Joe Torre and Bill Stein in the seventh.

Cubs 4, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Although collecting 12 hits, the Pirates were stopped on their nine-game winning streak by Burt Hooton, who pitched the Cubs to a 4-2 victory. The Pirates scored a run in the first when Roberto Clemente reached base on an error and Willie Stargell tripled. Their other run came on a homer by Vic Davalillo in the fifth. The Cubs tallied twice in the second on a single by Ron Santo, double by Elrod Hendricks, single by Rick Monday and sacrifice fly by Carmen Fanzone, who also hit another sacrifice fly after a triple by Monday in the fourth.

[DH] Padres 2, Reds 0 (night game) / Padres 5, Reds 1 at San Diego (night game):
Getting great pitching from Mike Caldwell and Fred Norman, the Padres, the last-place club in the Western Division, surprised the first-place Reds by sweeping a twi-night doubleheader, 2-0 and 5-1. Caldwell scattered seven hits in posting his shutout. Gary Nolan, who started the opener for the Reds, retired the first two batters before giving up a homer by Leron Lee. After Nate Colbert fouled out to retire the side, Nolan did not return to the mound in the second inning. Pedro Borbon relieved, Clay Carroll took over in the seventh and yielded the Padres' other run in the eighth on a single by Enzo Hernandez and double by Colbert. Norman held the Reds to three hits in the nightcap with their run coming on a round-tripper by Tony Perez in the second. The Padres picked up the matching tally off Jack Billingham in their half and then broke the game wide open when Colbert hit a grand-slam homer in the sixth.

Astros 5, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Exploding in the 13th inning, the Astros scored four runs on homers by Bob Watson and Roger Metzger to defeat the Giants, 5-1. Don Wilson pitched the route for the Astros. Randy Moffitt was on the mound for the Giants in relief of Sam McDowell when Watson led off the 13th with a circuit clout to break a 1-1 tie. With one out, Tommy Helms doubled. After an intentional pass to Larry Howard, Moffitt struck out Wilson. The Giants then brought Don McMahon to the mound and Metzger whacked his first pitch for a three-run homer.