MLB standings through games of September 30, 1972

MLB standings at the end of September 30, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	151	84	67	0	.556		633	610	52-26	32-41	7-3	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	152	83	69	0	.546	1.5	545	507	41-33	42-36	6-4	Won 2
New York Yankees	150	79	71	0	.527	4.5	550	511	46-26	33-45	5-5	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	151	78	73	0	.517	6.0	508	420	37-39	41-34	2-8	Lost 4
Cleveland Indians	152	69	83	0	.454	15.5	457	506	42-33	27-50	6-4	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	152	62	90	0	.408	22.5	482	587	37-42	25-48	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	152	91	61	0	.599		596	451	48-29	43-32	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	150	85	65	0	.567	5.0	553	515	55-23	30-42	6-4	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	150	75	75	0	.500	15.0	512	520	41-30	34-45	4-6	Lost 6
Kansas City Royals	151	75	76	0	.497	15.5	574	538	43-31	32-45	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	152	74	78	0	.487	17.0	448	526	43-34	31-44	7-3	Won 6
Texas Rangers	151	52	99	0	.344	38.5	457	624	30-46	22-53	0-10	Lost 15

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	152	95	57	0	.625		679	499	48-27	47-30	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	152	83	68	1	.550	11.5	676	551	44-29	39-39	6-4	Lost 2
New York Mets	150	78	72	0	.520	16.0	507	561	41-37	37-35	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	153	74	79	0	.484	21.5	562	588	40-37	34-42	5-5	Won 3
Montreal Expos	150	68	82	0	.453	26.0	489	589	33-39	35-43	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	152	57	95	0	.375	38.0	481	619	28-51	29-44	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	151	92	59	0	.609		696	554	39-34	53-25	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	150	84	66	0	.560	7.5	704	623	41-36	43-30	6-4	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	152	83	69	0	.546	9.5	574	520	41-34	42-35	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	152	70	81	1	.464	22.0	620	714	36-39	34-42	5-5	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	152	66	86	0	.434	26.5	643	639	31-43	35-43	3-7	Won 2
San Diego Padres	150	57	93	0	.380	34.5	477	651	25-54	32-39	4-6	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 3, Orioles 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Carl Yastrzemski batted in two runs, one with a single and another with his second homer in two nights, to enable the Red Sox to defeat the Orioles, 3-1, and retain their lead of 1½ games over the Tigers in the East Division race. Tommy Harper singled, stole second and scored on Yastrzemski's single in the first inning. Singles by Mark Belanger and Paul Blair, around a sacrifice bunt by Pat Dobson, produced the tying tally for the Orioles in the third. The Red Sox went ahead again in the fourth with a run that scored when Dwight Evans bounced into a double play with the bases loaded. Yastrzemski then wrapped up the victory with his homer in the eighth.

Angels 3, Twins 2 at California (night game):
Nolan Ryan tied the A. L. record for most strikeouts in a night game, fanning 17, while pitching the Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Twins. Bill Monbouquette of the Red Sox also whiffed 17 in a night game against the Washington Senators May 12, 1961. Ryan raised his season's strikeout total to 319. The Angels started their righthander on his way to victory with two runs in the fourth inning. Sandy Alomar walked and Ken Berry beat out a bunt. After a sacrifice by Vada Pinson and intentional pass to Bob Oliver, Leroy Stanton drove in two runs with a single. The Angels added what proved to be the deciding marker with doubles by Pinson and Oliver in the eighth. Ryan had to struggle in the ninth but emerged with his 19th victory after the Twins picked up their runs on singles by Danny Thompson and Steve Braun, a walk to Harmon Killebrew, run-scoring single by Bobby Darwin and pass to Steve Brye that forced in the second counter.

Tigers 13, Brewers 4 at Detroit (day game):
Piling up 16 hits for the second straight night, the Tigers ran up their highest score of the season in a 13-4 walloping of the Brewers. The Tigers counted six of their runs in the first inning, three coming on a homer by Ed Brinkman. Duke Sims and Al Kaline hit other homers for the Tigers, while George Scott whacked one for the Brewers. Al Kaline also had a double and two singles in five trips.

A's 10, Royals 5 at Kansas City (night game):
A triple by George Hendrick with the bases loaded in the seventh inning enabled the Athletics to pull away and gain a 10-5 victory over the Royals. With Gene Tenace hitting a two-run homer, the A's built up a 6-1 lead before the Royals cut their deficit to 6-5 with the aid of a three-run double by Richie Scheinblum. Rollie Fingers singled for the A's in the seventh, Ted Kubiak bunted safely and Mike Hegan walked to load the bases before Hendrick came to the plate and hit his triple.

White Sox 5, Rangers 3 at Texas (night game):
A five-run rally in the seventh inning brought the White Sox a 5-3 victory over the Rangers, who went down to their 15th straight defeat. Earlier in the day, Ted Williams announced he would not return as manager of the Rangers next season. Pat Kelly batted in the first run of the rally with a double and, after the White Sox loaded the bases, Mike Andrews batted for Stan Bahnsen and was hit by a pitch to force in the second run. Lee Richard beat out an infield hit to tie the score at 3-3 and Jorge Orta then provided the winning blow, driving in two runs with a single.

Cardinals 2, Cubs 1 at Chicago (day game):
Ted Simmons led off the 16th inning with a double for his fourth hit of the game to set up the run that gave the Cardinals a 2-1 victory over the Cubs. Bill Stein followed with his third sacrifice and Ted Sizemore then singled to score Simmons. The Cubs counted their lone run in the fourth and the Cardinals tied the score with a homer by Jose Cruz in the seventh. Rich Folkers, who pitched the last 2 1/3 innings, received credit for his first major league victory. Lou Brock collected three singles to reach the 2,000-hit total for his career.

Dodgers 4, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (day game):
Claude Osteen pitched and batted the Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Reds in 10 innings. Osteen drove in Willie Crawford with a single in the eighth to tie the score at 2-2. Then, after singles by Ron Cey and Bill Russell in the 10th, Osteen doubled to drive in two runs for his 19th victory.

[DH] Phillies 3, Expos 0 (day game) / Expos 8, Phillies 4 at Montreal (day game):
The Expos, after being shut out by Barry Lersch, 3-0, in the first game of a doubleheader, ended a string of 32 scoreless innings in the second game and defeated the Phillies, 8-4. Lersch allowed only two hits. Denny Doyle had a pair of key singles for the Phillies, driving in one run and scoring another. Balor Moore, who was the winner of the nightcap with ninth-inning help from Mike Marshall, drove in two of the Expos' runs. Tim McCarver also accounted for two with a homer and single, while Jim Fairey batted in a pair with a double.

Pirates 5, Mets 0 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Roberto Clemente doubled in the fourth inning for the 3,000th hit of his major league career to start the Pirates off to a 5-0 victory over the Mets. After Clemente's historic hit, Richie Zisk walked, Manny Sanguillen singled and Jackie Hernandez tripled for three runs to end Jon Matlack's string of 28 successive innings of scoreless pitching against the Pirates. Two walks and an error by Wayne Garrett added the final pair in the sixth. Dock Ellis pitched the first six innings for the Pirates and Bob Johnson finished. Each allowed only one hit.

Astros 6, Padres 5 at San Diego (night game):
Jim Wynn, who was the hero of a rally that tied the score in the ninth inning, came up again in the 12th and smashed a homer to give the Astros a 6-5 victory over the Padres. The Astros, who were trailing, 5-2, loaded the bases in the ninth and scored one run on an infield out by Roger Metzger. Wynn then singled in two other tallies to send the game into overtime.

Giants 3, Braves 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Bobby Bonds and Garry Maddox hit homers and Dave Kingman drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to enable Jim Barr to pitch the Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Braves. Barr gave up 10 hits, but the Braves scored only in the sixth inning when Mike Lum, Larvell Blanks and pinch-hitter Hank Aaron rapped successive singles.