MLB standings through games of September 27, 1972

MLB standings at the end of September 27, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	148	81	67	0	.547		623	606	51-26	30-41	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	149	81	68	0	.544	0.5	518	495	39-32	42-36	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	149	78	71	0	.523	3.5	505	413	37-37	41-34	4-6	Lost 2
New York Yankees	149	78	71	0	.523	3.5	547	509	46-26	32-45	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	152	69	83	0	.454	14.0	457	506	42-33	27-50	6-4	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	150	62	88	0	.413	20.0	473	562	37-42	25-46	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	149	89	60	0	.597		576	430	47-29	42-31	7-3	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	148	83	65	0	.561	5.5	543	511	55-23	28-42	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	147	75	72	0	.510	13.0	502	507	41-30	34-42	6-4	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	148	74	74	0	.500	14.5	559	523	42-30	32-44	7-3	Won 2
California Angels	150	72	78	0	.480	17.5	443	523	41-34	31-44	6-4	Won 4
Texas Rangers	149	52	97	0	.349	37.0	453	614	30-44	22-53	0-10	Lost 13

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	149	94	55	0	.631		673	496	47-26	47-29	5-5	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	150	83	66	1	.557	11.0	674	545	44-27	39-39	8-2	Won 2
New York Mets	148	77	71	0	.520	16.5	506	556	41-37	36-34	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	151	72	79	0	.477	23.0	556	586	40-37	32-42	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	148	67	81	0	.453	26.5	481	582	32-38	35-43	3-7	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	149	55	94	0	.369	39.0	472	610	27-51	28-43	5-5	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	149	91	58	0	.611		690	549	38-33	53-25	6-4	Lost 2
Houston Astros	148	82	66	0	.554	8.5	693	616	41-36	41-30	4-6	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	150	82	68	0	.547	9.5	569	514	41-34	41-34	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	150	70	79	1	.470	21.0	616	697	36-39	34-40	6-4	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	150	64	86	0	.427	27.5	626	635	29-43	35-43	1-9	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	148	57	91	0	.385	33.5	470	640	25-52	32-39	5-5	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Indians 3, Orioles 0 at Baltimore (night game):
With Chris Chambliss taking the lead role for the second straight game, the Indians defeated the Orioles, 3-0, behind the pitching of Gaylord Perry, who racked up his 23rd victory. The Indians jumped on Dave McNally for all their runs in the first inning. Buddy Bell led off with a single and Jack Brohamer was safe on an error by Boog Powell. Chambliss tripled to knock in two runs and scored himself on a single by Ray Fosse.

Red Sox 7, Brewers 5 at Boston (day game):
Led by Reggie Smith and Luis Aparicio, who drove in two runs apiece, the Red Sox defeated the Brewers, 7-5, to remain one-half game ahead of the Tigers in the East Division race. The Yankees and Orioles, both losers, fell 3½ off the pace. The Red Sox started with two runs in the second inning on a pair of walks, single by Dwight Evans and infield out by Lynn McGlothen, starting pitcher for the Red Sox. McGlothen was kayoed in the third when the Brewers exploded for four runs, three scoring on a homer by Johnny Briggs. The Red Sox regained the lead with three runs in the fifth. After Tommy Harper walked and counted on singles by Aparicio and Carl Yastrzemski, Smith knocked in his two runs with a double. Doug Griffin and Bill Lee singled in the sixth and Aparicio added his RBIs with a triple. Lee, who had relieved McGlothen, weakened in the ninth and was removed with one out after Rick Auerbach singled and John Felske walked. Bobby Bolin gave up a run-scoring single by Dave May, but then ended the game by inducing Ellie Rodriguez to bang into a double play.

Royals 4, White Sox 2 at Chicago (day game):
A homer and triple by John Mayberry, who also collected two other hits, paced the Royals to a 4-2 victory over the White Sox. Wilbur Wood, a winner of 24 games for the Pale Hose, failed for the sixth straight time in his bid for No. 25. Mayberry hit his homer after a pass to Paul Schaal in the first inning. Mayberry tripled in the third and scored when Lou Piniella singled. Piniella then stole second and crossed the plate on a single by Carl Taylor.

Tigers 6, Yankees 5 at Detroit (night game):
Sparky Lyle, who leads the major leagues in saves with 35, suffered one of his rare failures in relief when the Tigers came from behind to defeat the Yankees 6-5. The Yankees scored three runs on a homer by Johnny Callison in the first inning and added two on a single by Bobby Murcer in the third. Trailing, 5-1, the Tigers began their rally in the eighth with a run on singles by Willie Horton, Al Kaline and Duke Sims to kayo Steve Kline. Frank Howard, pinch-hitting, greeted Lyle's arrival with a run-scoring single and, after a walk, Mickey Stanley hit a sacrifice fly to make it 5-4. In the ninth, Ed Brinkman and Horton singled and Tony Taylor was safe on a bunt that the Yankees let roll. Kaline came through with a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Sims followed with a single to drive in the winning run.

[DH] A's 1, Twins 0 (night game) / A's 2, Twins 1 at Oakland (night game):
The batting combination of Matty Alou and Sal Bando accounted for the winning run in each half of a twi-night doubleheader as the Athletics defeated the Twins in a pair of overtime games, 1-0 and 2-1. As a result of the sweep and the White Sox' loss to the Indians, the A's magic number for clinching the West Division title was reduced to one. In the opener, Alou doubled in the 11th inning and scored with one out on a double by Bando. In the nightcap, the Twins counted their lone run in the fifth inning on singles by Rich Reese, Danny Thompson and Glenn Borgmann. The A's pulled even in the seventh when Catfish Hunter, Alou and Bert Campaneris singled. Alou then singled in the 10th, moved up on a sacrifice by Campaneris and scored the winning run on a single by Bando.

Angels 3, Rangers 1 at Texas (night game):
The Angels defeated the slump-shackled Rangers, 3-1, in a pitching duel between Clyde Wright and Don Stanhouse. Wright yielded six hits, three of them by Ted Ford. Stanhouse pitched a five-hitter, but the Angels broke through for two runs in the third on a single by Wright, error on a bunt by Sandy Alomar, infield out by Ken Berry that scored Wright and double by Vada Pinson. Leo Cardenas hit a sacrifice fly for the clinching run in the ninth.

Braves 8, Reds 5 at Cincinnati (night game):
Continuing his slugging spree, Johnny Bench hit his 40th homer of the season and seventh in a stretch of seven games, but the Reds lost to the Braves, 8-5. Hank Aaron and Earl Williams homered for the Braves. Aaron's blow was his 33rd of the year and 672nd of his career. Larvell Blanks, Aaron and Bob Didier each had three hits for the Braves, with Didier accounting for three runs.

Astros 3, Giants 0 at Houston (night game):
The Astros gained their 82nd victory of the season, one more than the club's previous record in 1969, when Don Wilson pitched a six-hitter to beat the Giants, 3-0. The Astros collected only four hits, but Larry Howard drove in two runs with a single and homer.

Dodgers 2, Padres 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Don Sutton posted his third straight shutout and ninth of the season, pitching the Dodgers to a 2-0 victory over the Padres. Joe Ferguson, Sutton's young batterymate, drove in both runs, hitting a double in the second inning to score Ron Cey and Willie Crawford, who had reached base with singles. Sutton's whitewash tied him with Nolan Ryan of the the Angels for the major league lead in the shutout department.

Cubs 8, Expos 0 at Montreal (night game):
A grand slam by Billy Williams and the four-hit pitching of Rick Reuschel marked the Cubs' 8-0 victory over the Expos. Reuschel and Don Kessinger singled and Jose Cardenal walked in the fifth inning to set the stage for Williams' homer off Steve Renko.

Pirates 3, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Getting in tune for the playoffs, Bruce Kison pitched five innings and Luke Walker worked the last four frames as the Pirates defeated the Phillies, 3-1. Manny Sanguillen doubled and Rennie Stennett singled for the East Division champs' initial run in the second. Bill Robinson homered in the Phillies' half. The Pirates broke the tie in the fifth with a single by Stennett, forceout by Gene Alley and double by Dave Cash. Roberto Clemente, who scored the final run in the ninth, rapped a pair of hits in the game to raise his career total to 2,998.

Cardinals 4, Mets 0 at St. Louis (day game):
A crowd of only 3,380, the smallest since Busch Memorial opened May 12, 1966, turned out for a 12:30 p.m, "businessmen's special" and saw Al Santorini pitch the Cardinals to a 4-0 victory over the Mets in their final home game of the season. Ken Reitz, Redbird rookie third baseman, hit a pair of RBI singles.