MLB standings through games of September 16, 1972

MLB standings at the end of September 16, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	138	76	62	0	.551		581	559	46-21	30-41	7-3	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	140	76	64	0	.543	1.0	475	464	38-32	38-32	6-4	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	141	76	65	0	.539	1.5	491	385	37-35	39-30	7-3	Won 2
New York Yankees	141	74	67	0	.525	3.5	515	476	45-26	29-41	4-6	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	142	63	79	0	.444	15.0	419	473	39-29	24-50	2-8	Lost 6
Milwaukee Brewers	143	58	85	0	.406	20.5	442	534	34-40	24-45	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	140	83	57	0	.593		547	406	41-26	42-31	6-4	Won 4
Chicago White Sox	140	79	61	0	.564	4.0	509	478	52-21	27-40	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	139	71	68	0	.511	11.5	483	487	37-28	34-40	5-5	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	138	67	71	0	.486	15.0	514	497	42-30	25-41	5-5	Lost 2
California Angels	140	66	74	0	.471	17.0	422	497	39-32	27-42	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	140	52	88	0	.371	31.0	434	576	30-41	22-47	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	139	89	50	0	.640		644	473	46-24	43-26	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	142	77	64	1	.546	13.0	628	529	42-26	35-38	6-4	Won 2
New York Mets	138	72	66	0	.522	16.5	480	524	37-34	35-32	6-4	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	142	68	74	0	.479	22.5	539	555	36-32	32-42	5-5	Won 4
Montreal Expos	140	64	76	0	.457	25.5	462	552	32-36	32-40	3-7	Lost 4
Philadelphia Phillies	140	51	89	0	.364	38.5	452	585	26-49	25-40	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	140	86	54	0	.614		639	499	35-30	51-24	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	140	78	62	0	.557	8.0	650	569	38-33	40-29	5-5	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	140	75	65	0	.536	11.0	521	477	36-33	39-32	4-6	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	142	65	76	1	.461	21.5	571	662	33-36	32-40	6-4	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	141	63	78	0	.447	23.5	603	593	29-43	34-35	6-4	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	138	52	86	0	.377	33.0	436	607	24-50	28-36	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 10, Indians 0 at Boston (day game):
The Red Sox retained their hold on first place in the hot East Division race when Luis Tiant pitched a two-hitter and beat the Indians, 10-0, for his fifth shutout among eight victories in his last nine decisions. The Tigers were one game behind, the Orioles trailed by 1½ and the Yankees were 3½ off the pace. The Red Sox started their slugging with a homer by Tommy Harper in the first inning and another by Carlton Fisk in the second. Carl Yastrzemski hit for the circuit with a man on base to account for two of the division leader's five runs in the third. After Yastrzemski knocked in two more runs with a single in the sixth, Doug Griffin wound up the scoring with a homer in the seventh.

White Sox 2, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Dick Allen, who beat the Royals, 2-1, with a two-homer game September 11, smashed another two-run drive to give the White Sox a 2-0 victory over the Angels. Mike Andrews was safe on an error by Ken McMullen with two out in the fifth inning and Allen followed with his homer to pin the loss on Nolan Ryan.

Tigers 2, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Tigers' acquisition of Woodie Fryman from the Phillies continued to pay dividends when the veteran lefthander pitched seven innings and allowed only one run in a 2-1 victory over the Brewers. The Tigers touched Skip Lockwood for a run in the third on singles by Dick McAuliffe, Aurelio Rodriguez and Gates Brown. Mickey Stanley singled in the fourth, stole second and scored what proved to be the winning run on a single by Ed Brinkman. The Brewers scored off Fryman in the seventh when Mike Ferraro and Ron Theobald singled and Ellie Rodriguez grounded out. Chuck Seelbach took over the Tigers' pitching duties in thr eighth and held the Brewers scoreless.

Twins 11, Royals 1 at Minnesota (day game):
The slugging of Harmon Killebrew, who drove in five runs with a homer and single, featured the Twins' 16-hit attack in an 11-1 victory over the Royals. Killebrew hit his round-tripper with two men on base in the first inning. Jim Holt also homered for the Twins. The Royals avoided being shut out at the hands of Bery Blyleven when Paul Schaal connected for the circuit with two out in the ninth inning.

Orioles 7, Yankees 3 at New York (day game):
The batting of Brooks Robinson and Boog Powell paced the Orioles to a 7-3 victory over the Yankees behind the pitching of Mike Cuellar. Robinson homered off Steve Kline in the second inning and the Orioles added another run in the fourth on singles by Paul Blair, Bobby Grich and Powell. Kline dropped a throw to first on a grounder by Cuellar in the fifth and walked Don Buford to get himself into trouble. Paul Blair bunted into a forceout of Cuellar at third, but Grich singled to score Buford. Wade Blasingame, relieving, was greeted with a single by Powell, scoring Blair. After Terry Crowley was hit by a pitch, Fred Beene came to the mound and Robinson singled to drive in two runs. Powell tripled and Johnny Oates hit a sacrifice fly for the Orioles' last tally in the seventh. Cuellar had one rough inning, giving up three runs on four hits in the fifth, including a triple by Horace Clarke, who accounted for two RBIs.

A's 4, Rangers 0 at Oakland (day game):
Vida Blue pitched a two-hitter and gained his first victory since August 13 when the Athletics defeated the Rangers, 4-0. Mike Epstein and Reggie Jackson provided home run punch. Epstein also doubled and scored the A's first run on a single by Don Mincher in the second inning. After Epstein homered in the fourth, Sal Bando walked and counted on a double by Ted Kubiak. Jackson added his homer in the eighth.

[DH] Giants 8, Braves 5 (night game) / Braves 5, Giants 2 at Atlanta (night game):
With homers providing big noise in both games, the Giants won the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, 8-5, before the Braves came back to gain a split with a 5-2 victory. Willie McCovey and Gary Matthews each hit two homers for the Giants in the lidlifter. McCovey connected with a man on base in the first inning and added a solo swat in the sixth. Matthews homered with a mate aboard in the second, hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth and homered again for the Giants' final run in the eighth. The Braves, who had a circuit clout by Earl Williams in the losing cause, won the nightcap with a pair of two-run homers -- one by Dusty Baker in the third inning and the other by Ralph Garr in the sixth.

Cubs 18, Mets 5 at Chicago (day game):
The Cubs put on their greatest offensive show of the season and piled up an 18-5 victory to set a record for the most runs scored against the Mets in any game in the club's 11-year history. The Cubs' 17-hit attack included a grand slam by Burt Hooton for the pitcher's first major league homer and a three-run smash by Dave Rosello for the shortstop's first big-time blow, plus two homers by Jose Cardenal and one by Billy Williams. The Mets used five pitchers including loser Tom Seaver, who gave up 15 bases on balls among them.

Reds 6, Padres 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
After scoring twice in the first inning, the Reds batted around in the fourth and added four runs to defeat the Padres, 6-3. Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench and Denis Menke hit singles and Tony Perez doubled in the first. Singles by Morgan, Bobby Tolan, Bench and Ross Grimsley, together with walks to Cesar Geronimo and Pete Rose, accounted for the scoring in the fourth.

Dodgers 10, Astros 0 at Houston (night game):
Willie Davis collected four hits, including a three-run homer, to lead the Dodgers in their support of Don Sutton, who shut out the Astros, 10-0. Bobby Valentine, who hit a triple and two singles, batted in two runs and Maury Wills also accounted for two with a double.

Phillies 3, Expos 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Hitting his first major league homer, Mike Schmidt connected with two men on base in the seventh inning to carry the Phillies to a 3-1 victory over the Expos. The rookie third baseman's blow ended a string of 25 innings of scoreless pitching by Balor Moore and doomed the Expos' lefthander to defeat.

Cardinals 4, Pirates 0 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cardinals, who had lost four times to Steve Blass previously this season, erupted against the righthander for four runs in the fifth inning and defeated the Pirates, 4-0. Al Santorini pitched his second complete game and second shutout of the year. The Cardinals began taking aim at Blass when Mick Kelleher doubled. Santorini bunted to Willie Stargell, who threw to third but Kelleher retreated safely to second and Santorini reached first on the fielder's choice. After Lou Brock went out, Ted Sizemore doubled to score Kelleher. Following an intentional pass to Jose Cruz, Joe Torre knocked in two runs with a single. Ted Simmons then singled off Blass' leg and when Stargell recovered the ball and threw wildly to third, Cruz continued home with the final run.