MLB standings through games of September 20, 1972

MLB standings at the end of September 20, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	142	78	64	0	.549		598	574	48-23	30-41	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	144	78	66	0	.542	1.0	491	476	38-32	40-34	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	145	77	68	0	.531	2.5	498	402	37-35	40-33	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	143	75	68	0	.524	3.5	519	484	46-26	29-42	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	146	66	80	0	.452	14.0	438	485	41-30	25-50	3-7	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	145	59	86	0	.407	20.5	451	542	35-41	24-45	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	143	85	58	0	.594		564	418	43-27	42-31	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	143	80	63	0	.559	5.0	521	494	52-21	28-42	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	142	73	69	0	.514	11.5	497	501	39-29	34-40	6-4	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	141	70	71	0	.496	14.0	540	507	42-30	28-41	5-5	Won 3
California Angels	143	67	76	0	.469	18.0	429	514	40-34	27-42	5-5	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	143	52	91	0	.364	33.0	439	588	30-41	22-50	2-8	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	143	90	53	0	.629		654	484	46-24	44-29	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	145	79	65	1	.549	11.5	642	542	44-27	35-38	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	142	74	68	0	.521	15.5	490	536	39-35	35-33	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	145	70	75	0	.483	21.0	547	562	38-33	32-42	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	143	65	78	0	.455	25.0	473	563	32-36	33-42	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	143	53	90	0	.371	37.0	458	590	27-49	26-41	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	144	89	55	0	.618		661	519	38-31	51-24	7-3	Won 3
Houston Astros	143	80	63	0	.559	8.5	676	596	39-33	41-30	5-5	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	144	77	67	0	.535	12.0	542	502	36-33	41-34	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	145	67	77	1	.465	22.0	594	677	35-37	32-40	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	145	63	82	0	.434	26.5	617	615	29-43	34-39	4-6	Lost 5
San Diego Padres	142	54	88	0	.380	34.0	456	624	25-52	29-36	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Red Sox 9, Orioles 1 (night game) / Red Sox 4, Orioles 0 at Boston (night game):
The Orioles' hopes of repeating as East Division champions suffered a severe blow with 9-1 and 4-0 losses to the Red Sox in a twi-night doubleheader. As a result of the sweep, the Red Sox slightly expanded their division lead to one game over the Tigers, while the Orioles fell 3½ off the pace. The rain-idled Yankees were 3½ behind. The Red Sox, after taking a 2-1 lead, clinched the opener by exploding for seven runs in the fourth inning. Doug Griffin led off with a single and when Marty Pattin bunted, Jim Palmer threw wildly to first. Tommy Harper fouled out, but Luis Aparicio singled for one run and Carl Yastrzemski doubled for another to chase Palmer. Doyle Alexander, in relief, walked Reggie Smith to load the bases and passed Rico Petrocelli to force in the third run of the inning, Carlton Fisk and Dwight Evans followed with singles, each driving in two tallies to wrap up the scoring. The Orioles' lone run of the night counted in the fourth on a double by Terry Crowley and single by Palmer. Luis Tiant pitched his sixth shutout of the season for the Red Sox in the second game, allowing only four hits. The Red Sox batting included Evans' first major league homer.

Royals 9, Angels 2 at California (night game):
The Royals hit one grand-slam homer in the first inning and had another taken away from them while piling up six runs en route to a 9-2 victory over the Angels. Rudy May, a winner of five complete games in a row, started for the Angels and walked the first three batters to set the stage for the jackpot wallop by John Mayberry. After issuing another pass, May yielded to Lloyd Allen, who gave up walks to Carl Taylor and Freddie Patek to load the bases. Steve Busby, the Royals' rookie pitcher, then smashed a drive over the fence, but the apparent grand-slam was disallowed. Umpire John Rice ruled Patek had called time before the pitch was made. Back at the plate, Busby singled for his first legitimate major league hit to drive in two runs.

Tigers 4, Indians 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Woodie Fryman, boosting his record to 8-2 since being acquired from the Phillies, not only pitched a six-hitter but also drove in two runs with a single in the ninth inning to lock up the Tigers' 4-1 victory over the Indians. Fryman and Dick Tidow were deadlocked in a 1-1 duel until the Tigers broke away in the ninth. Gates Brown opened with a single, took second on a sacrifice by Norm Cash and scored the tie-breaking tally on a double by Duke Sims. After an intentional pass to Tom Haller and infield out by Aurelio Rodriguez, Ed Brinkman was given a free ticket to load the bases. Fryman then rapped his single to assure his victory.

Twins 3, Rangers 1 at Minnesota (night game):
With Jim Perry and Wayne Granger combining on a three-hitter, the Twins defeated the Rangers, 3-1. Perry allowed only two hits, but the Rangers wrapped them around an infield out for a run in the fifth inning. The Twins then trailed until the eighth when they erupted for their runs after Cesar Tovar and Rod Carew singled and Harmon Killebrew walked to load the bases. Bobby Darwin came through with a clutch single, driving in two runs, and the third tally followed when Steve Braun doubled.

A's 6, White Sox 3 at Oakland (night game):
Homers by Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando in the second inning started the Athletics off to a 6-3 victory over the White Sox. Jackson opened the stanza with his round-tripper and, after Gene Tenace singled, Bando also hit for the circuit. The White Sox pulled close with back-to-back homers by Rick Reichardt and Carlos May in the fourth, but the A's came back with two runs off Wilbur Wood in the fifth on singles by Bert Campaneris, Joe Rudi and Jackson, together with a wild pitch and an error. Ken Holtzman gained his 18th victory, his career high, with the help of Rollie Fingers, who relieved in the sixth after the White Sox scored their last run on singles by Reichardt and Ed Herrmann and an error by Bando.

Cubs 6, Expos 2 at Chicago (day game):
Milt Pappas became the 67th pitcher to reach a career total of 200 victories, but the first to do so without at least one 20-victory season, when the Cubs' veteran righthander defeated the Expos, 9-2. This was Pappas' 15th victory of the year. His high mark was 17 with the Cubs in 1971. The Cubs' support of Pappas included a two-run single by Glenn Beckert and solo homers by Billy Willams and Ron Santo.

Reds 8, Giants 6 at Cincinnati (night game):
A triple by Pete Rose was the key blow as the Reds erupted for four runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Giants, 8-6. Elias Sosa, Dominican rookie righthander, pitched four hitless innings in relief for the Giants before Denis Menke touched off the Reds' rally with a single. After Cesar Geronimo forced Menke, Darrel Chaney walked. Hal McRae delivered a pinch-single, scoring Geronimo. Rose followed with his triple off Jerry Johnson and then counted himself on a single by Joe Morgan.

Mets 4, Pirates 1 at New York (night game):
Tom Seaver gave up a run in the first inning on a triple by Vic Davalillo and single by Rennie Stennett, but then tightened up and pitched the Mets to a 4-1 victory to delay the Pirates' clinching of the East Division title. The Mets went ahead with three runs in the third on a walk to Cleon Jones, double by Jim Fregosi, triple by Duffy Dyer and sacrifice fly by Jim Beauchamp. Singles by Tommie Agee and Fregosi, around an infield out, added the final tally in the fourth.

Dodgers 5, Padres 3 at San Diego (night game):
Although collecting 15 hits, the Dodgers were not able to beat the Padres, 5-3, until Manny Mota delivered a pinch-single with the bases loaded to drive in two runs in the eighth inning. Terry McDermott and Bobby Valentine singled and Bill Russell beat out a bunt. Gary Ross replaced Fred Norman. Mota, batting for Steve Yeager, wasted no time, swinging at the reliever's first delivery for his game-winning single.

Phillies 2, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
In their first match-up since their trade, Steve Carlton beat Rick Wise and gained his 25th victory as the Phillies defeated the Cardinals, 2-1. The Phillies opened with a run in the first inning on a double by Denny Doyle, sacrifice by Larry Bowa and single by Tommy Hutton. The Cards came back with a run in their half. Lou Brock doubled, stole third and scored on a single by Ted Sizemore. The tie was broken in the sixth when Hutton doubled, reached third on an infield hit by Greg Luzinski and crossed the plate on an infield out by Bill Robinson.

Braves 13, Astros 6 at Atlanta (night game):
Scoring all their runs in the second inning in one of the biggest explosions in the club's history, the Braves beat the Astros, 13-6. The Braves' blast was fueled by 12 hits, including a three-run double and two-run single by Felix Millan and a three-run homer by Dusty Baker. Cesar Cedeno and Doug Rader homered for the Astros, each with a man on base in the sixth inning.