MLB standings through games of April 15, 1973

MLB standings at the end of April 15, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	5	4	1	0	.800		34	20	3-0	1-1	4-1	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	8	6	2	0	.750	-0.5	34	18	2-0	4-2	6-2	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	7	3	4	0	.429	2.0	18	18	2-3	1-1	3-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	8	3	5	0	.375	2.5	17	27	1-1	2-4	3-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	8	3	5	0	.375	2.5	30	37	3-2	0-3	3-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	6	2	4	0	.333	2.5	17	30	2-2	0-2	2-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	9	7	2	0	.778		68	34	2-1	5-1	7-2	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	7	4	3	0	.571	2.0	29	22	1-1	3-2	4-3	Lost 1
California Angels	6	3	3	0	.500	2.5	23	27	3-2	0-1	3-3	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	5	2	3	0	.400	3.0	16	26	1-1	1-2	2-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	6	2	4	0	.333	3.5	21	43	1-4	1-0	2-4	Lost 3
Oakland A's	7	2	5	0	.286	4.0	29	34	0-3	2-2	2-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	5	1	0	.833		34	20	4-0	1-1	5-1	Won 1
New York Mets	7	5	2	0	.714	0.5	19	22	2-0	3-2	5-2	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	7	4	3	0	.571	1.5	23	28	2-1	2-2	4-3	Won 2
Montreal Expos	7	3	4	0	.429	2.5	28	30	1-1	2-3	3-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	7	3	4	0	.429	2.5	27	22	3-2	0-2	3-4	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	8	1	7	0	.125	5.0	29	38	1-4	0-3	1-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	10	7	3	0	.700		51	30	1-2	6-1	7-3	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	11	7	4	0	.636	0.5	47	44	5-3	2-1	6-4	Lost 3
Houston Astros	11	5	6	0	.455	2.5	43	45	2-0	3-6	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	11	5	6	0	.455	2.5	33	46	5-4	0-2	4-6	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	10	4	6	0	.400	3.0	30	31	3-2	1-4	4-6	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	9	3	6	0	.333	3.5	32	40	1-3	2-3	3-6	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 12, White Sox 5 at Chicago (day game):
Completing a sweep of the three-game series, the Royals piled up 14 hits and defeated the White Sox, 12-5. The Royals, scoring 12 runs in a game for the fourth time this season, started their spree with homers by Freddie Patek and Hal McRae in the first inning, McRae's blow coming with a man on base. Ed Kirkpatrick hit a three-run homer in the third and John Mayberry added a solo swat to the attack in the fourth.

Indians 7, Tigers 0 at Detroit (day game):
The Indians, who had scored a total of only seven runs in six games while being shut out three times, turned around and beat the Tigers, 7-0, behind the two-hit pitching of Gaylord Perry. Tom Timmerman, a last-minute starter for the Tigers after Woodie Fryman suffered a sore arm in warmups, matched Perry's shutout pitching until the sixth inning when the Indians exploded for four runs. Oscar Gamble, Jerry Kenney and Chris Chambliss singled for the first run, but Kenney was thrown out at third on Chambliss' hit. John Ellis then walked and Charlie Spikes followed with his first major league homer.

[DH] Brewers 3, Orioles 2 (day game) / Orioles 5, Brewers 4 at Milwaukee (day game):
Two rookies, Gorman Thomas and Pedro Garcia, helped the Brewers win the first game of a doubleheader, 3-2, in 11 innings, but the Orioles came from behind to gain a split with a 5-4 victory in the second game. Thomas hit his first major league homer in the ninth inning to tie the score at 2-2 in the lidlifter. Then in the 11th Joe Lahoud walked, stole second, stopped at third on a single by Bob Heise and scored the winning run on another single by Garcia. Jerry Bell, who was the winner in relief, came out of the bullpen again in the nightcap and was tagged with the defeat when the Orioles rallied for two runs in the ninth inning. With one out, Brooks Robinson, Paul Blair and Terry Crowley singled to tie the score at 4-4. Mark Belanger, who drove in three runs in the game, then singled off reliever Frank Linzy to drive in pinch-runner Al Bumbry with the winning run.

Yankees 6, Red Sox 2 at New York (day game):
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of Yankee Stadium, Mel Stottlemyre pitched a four-hitter and knocked the Red Sox from the unbeaten ranks, 6-2. The Yankees, who had lost four straight times to the Red Sox, erupted for all their runs in the fourth inning. Thurman Munson was safe on an error by Doug Griffin and scored on a single by Bobby Murcer and ground-rule double by Graig Nettles. After an intentional pass to Felipe Alou loaded the bases, Murcer scored when Celerino Sanchez grounded into a forceout at second base. Back-to-back walks to Ron Swoboda and Gene Michael forced in another run. Horace Clarke drove in a pair with a single to kayo John Curtis. Roger Moret relieved and the sixth run of the inning followed on a passed ball by Carlton Fisk.

Dodgers 6, Braves 2 at Los Angeles (day game):
Erupting for six runs in the seventh inning, the Dodgers rolled to a 6-2 victory over the Braves behind the four-hit pitching of Al Downing. One of Braves' hits was Hank Aaron's 676th homer. The Dodgers started their outburst in the seventh with a run on a single by Bill Buckner and double by Willie Davis. After Willie Crawford was passed intentionally, Joe Ferguson singled to drive in Davis. Von Joshua followed with a three-run homer. The Dodgers were not through, however, going on to load the bases and adding their sixth run when Buckner delivered his second single of the stanza.

Pirates 8, Expos 3 at Montreal (day game):
The Pirates, who were holding a 4-3 lead, broke the tight game apart with four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Expos, 8-3. Willie Stargell smashed three hits including a homer, and Bob Robertson drove in two runs with a pair of singles. In the ninth, after Milt May singled to plate one run, Gene Alley homered with two men on base to ice the Pirates' fifth victory in six games this season.

Mets 2, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (day game):
John Milner hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Tug McGraw snuffed out a rally in the eighth inning to enable Harry Parker to beat the Phillies, 2-1, for his first victory in a Mets' uniform. Felix Millan singled ahead of Milner's homer off Jim Lonborg. In the eighth, singles by Tommy Hutton and Deron Johnson, around a pass to Willie Montanez, produced the Phillies' run. Parker, who had one previous major league victory to his credit with the Cardinals in 1970, then left in favor of McGraw. Taking over with two out, McGraw gave up an infield hit by Greg Luzinski to load the bases and struck out Bill Robinson to end the threat.

[DH] Padres 5, Astros 1 (day game) / Padres 4, Astros 0 at San Diego (day game):
Getting four-hit pitching from Mike Corkins in the first game and a two-hitter by Bill Greif in the second game, the Padres swept over the Astros in a doubleheader, 5-1 and 4-0. The route-going performances were the first to the credit of the Padres' staff this season. Jerry Morales and Fred Kendall homered in support of Corkins in the lidlifter, Kendall's clout coming with a man on base. The Astros scored their lone run of the day when Roger Metzger tripled and Bob Gallagher hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning. Greif gave up a single by Jim Wynn to lead off the second game and then set down 21 batters in a row before Bob Watson singled for the Astros' other hit in the eighth.

[DH] Reds 11, Giants 0 (day game) / Reds 7, Giants 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Cesar Geronimo collected six hits and Joe Morgan and Dave Concepcion rapped five apiece as the Reds cuffed the Giants in both games of a doubleheader, 11-0 and 7-3. Geronimo had five straight hits in the lidlifter, scored four runs and drove in one. Concepcion, who hit a double and single, batted in four runs and Morgan accounted for two RBIs, also with a double and single. Don Gullett pitched the shutout. Juan Marichal, who started for the Giants, was knocked out in the fourth inning. Dave Kingman made his pitching debut with the Giants and allowed two runs on one hit and four walks in the last two innings. Morgan hit two homers and a single in the nightcap. Concepcion chipped in with three singles and Geronimo added a single for his sixth hit of the day. Every Reds' starting player had one or more hits in the doubleheader, except Pete Rose, who was collared in nine trips.

Cubs 8, Cardinals 6 at St. Louis (day game):
Joe Pepitone knocked in five runs with a single, double and homer and Glenn Beckert hit a three-run double to account for all of the Cubs' scoring in an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals. Pepitone hit a run-producing single in the third inning and followed with the Cubs' first homer of the year with two aboard in the fifth. However, the Cardinals held a 5-4 lead going into the seventh when the Cubs broke away with four runs. A single by Jose Cardenal, pass to Billy Williams and double by Pepitone accounted for the first tally. Then, after Paul Popovich was passed intentionally to load the bases, Beckert cleared the sacks with his double. Ted Sizemore batted in four runs for the Cardinals.