MLB standings at the end of September 18, 1972

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Detroit Tigers	141	77	64	0	.546		481	466	38-32	39-32	6-4	Won 5
Boston Red Sox	140	76	64	0	.543	0.5	585	573	46-23	30-41	5-5	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	143	77	66	0	.538	1.0	497	389	37-35	40-31	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	142	75	67	0	.528	2.5	517	477	46-26	29-41	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	143	64	79	0	.448	14.0	428	475	39-29	25-50	2-8	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	144	58	86	0	.403	20.5	444	540	34-41	24-45	4-6	Lost 3

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Oakland A's	141	84	57	0	.596		551	407	42-26	42-31	7-3	Won 5
Chicago White Sox	141	79	62	0	.560	5.0	510	481	52-21	27-41	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	140	71	69	0	.507	12.5	489	497	37-29	34-40	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	139	68	71	0	.489	15.0	524	503	42-30	26-41	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	141	67	74	0	.475	17.0	425	498	40-32	27-42	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	141	52	89	0	.369	32.0	435	580	30-41	22-48	2-8	Lost 5

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Pittsburgh Pirates	141	89	52	0	.631		648	479	46-24	43-28	5-5	Lost 4
Chicago Cubs	143	78	64	1	.549	11.5	634	533	43-26	35-38	7-3	Won 3
New York Mets	140	73	67	0	.521	15.5	485	530	38-34	35-33	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	143	69	74	0	.483	21.0	544	559	37-32	32-42	6-4	Won 5
Montreal Expos	141	64	77	0	.454	25.0	464	555	32-36	32-41	3-7	Lost 5
Philadelphia Phillies	141	52	89	0	.369	37.0	455	587	27-49	25-40	4-6	Won 3

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Cincinnati Reds	142	87	55	0	.613		648	509	36-31	51-24	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	141	79	62	0	.560	7.5	665	580	39-33	40-29	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	142	76	66	0	.535	11.0	535	494	36-33	40-33	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	143	66	76	1	.465	21.0	578	666	34-36	32-40	6-4	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	143	63	80	0	.441	24.5	607	602	29-43	34-37	5-5	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	140	53	87	0	.379	33.0	448	617	24-51	29-36	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Red Sox 2 at Boston (night game):
Old pro Brooks Robinson collected three hits and sparked the Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the Red Sox, who slipped out of first place in the East Division race, dropping one-half game behind the idle Tigers. The Orioles moved within one length of the lead, while the idle Yankees were 2½ off the pace. The Red Sox nicked Pat Dobson for a run in the second inning before Robinson led off with a double in the fourth and scored on a triple by Davey Johnson. Terry Crowley walked in the sixth and took third on a single by Robinson. Johnny Oates doubled, driving in Crowley, and Dobson singled to score Robinson. The Orioles added their last pair in the seventh. Paul Blair doubled and Boog Powell beat out an infield hit. Don Baylor drove in one run with a pinch-single and Robinson made it 5-1 with a single for his third hit of the game. The Red Sox threatened in their half of the seventh when Carlton Fisk and Dwight Evans singled and Doug Griffin was safe on an error by Bobby Grich, Fisk scoring. After Doyle Alexander replaced Dobson, Cecil Cooper came up as a pinch-hitter for the Red Sox and lashed a line drive, but Grich made a leaping catch and threw to second to double Evans.

Reds 2, Giants 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Johnny Bench smashed a homer and drove in another run with a safe squeeze bunt to account for the scoring in the Reds' 2-0 victory over the Giants. Jim McGlothlin and Clay Carroll combined to pitch the shutout. Carroll relieved after Ken Henderson led off with a double in the ninth inning. Bench hit his homer in the fourth. Pete Rose beat out a bunt in the sixth and was forced by Joe Morgan, who stole second and continued to third on a wild throw by Dave Rader. Bench then crossed up the Giants' defense with his safe bunt.

Mets 1, Pirates 0 at New York (night game):
For the second time this season, Jon Matlack pitched the Mets to a 1-0 victory over the Pirates in a duel with Nelson Briles. In their previous encounter, Matlack beat Briles in 10 innings July 27. This time, the lone run scored in the ninth. Rusty Staub, playing in his first game with the Mets since hand surgery July 31, singled and took second on a sacrifice by Cleon Jones. After an intentional pass to Ed Kranepool, Duffy Dyer singled to drive in the winning run.

Dodgers 3, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
The Dodgers scored on four walks in the 10th inning to defeat the Padres, 3-2. Frank Robinson hit his 19th homer of the season for the Dodgers and 522nd of his career in the first inning to move ahead of Ted Williams into sole possession of seventh place on the major leagues' all-time list. The Padres went ahead with a pair in the second, but the Dodgers knotted the count in the seventh when Robinson and Willie Crawford singled and Bill Russell doubled. In the 10th, Steve Simpson, on the mound in relief for the Padres, issued three passes to load the bases with two out before giving way to Gary Ross, who walked Crawford to force in Maury Wills.