MLB standings through games of April 29, 1973

MLB standings at the end of April 29, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	19	10	9	0	.526		68	60	5-3	5-6	3-7	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	20	10	10	0	.500	0.5	77	67	3-5	7-5	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	18	9	9	0	.500	0.5	67	68	4-3	5-6	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	19	9	10	0	.474	1.0	85	72	6-4	3-6	6-4	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	21	9	12	0	.429	2.0	61	85	4-5	5-7	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	17	7	10	0	.412	2.0	86	87	4-7	3-3	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	15	10	5	0	.667		80	70	3-4	7-1	8-2	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	21	13	8	0	.619		125	106	6-6	7-2	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	17	9	8	0	.529	2.0	60	62	6-4	3-4	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	17	9	8	0	.529	2.0	73	75	5-2	4-6	5-5	Lost 4
Oakland A's	20	9	11	0	.450	3.5	73	85	6-7	3-4	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	16	6	10	0	.375	4.5	52	70	5-3	1-7	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	20	12	8	0	.600		55	48	5-4	7-4	6-4	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	19	11	8	0	.579	0.5	75	66	6-5	5-3	5-5	Won 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	14	8	6	0	.571	1.0	75	61	4-4	4-2	4-6	Lost 5
Philadelphia Phillies	18	9	9	0	.500	2.0	63	68	6-2	3-7	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	18	7	11	0	.389	4.0	69	88	3-2	4-9	4-6	Lost 4
St. Louis Cardinals	18	3	15	0	.167	8.0	54	77	3-9	0-6	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	24	18	6	0	.750		112	74	8-3	10-3	8-2	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	21	13	8	0	.619	3.5	95	65	5-6	8-2	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	24	14	10	0	.583	4.0	91	81	10-2	4-8	8-2	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	22	11	11	0	.500	6.0	72	76	6-6	5-5	5-5	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	20	7	13	0	.350	9.0	67	84	4-5	3-8	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	22	7	15	0	.318	10.0	61	101	6-6	1-9	2-8	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 5, Red Sox 0 at Boston (day game):
The White Sox smashed three homers in support of Wilbur Wood, who scattered seven hits and shut out the Red Sox, 5-0. A walk to Pat Kelly, single by Carlos May and infield out by Dick Allen produced the first run in the third inning before Bill Melton added two more with a homer. Ed Herrmann hit for the circuit in the fourth and Allen followed suit in the fifth.

Indians 3, Angels 2 at California (day game):
Charlie Spikes tied the score with a homer in the eighth inning and George Hendrick broke the deadlock with a homer in the ninth to give the Indians a 3-2 victory over the Angels.

Tigers 6, Royals 1 at Detroit (day game):
Joe Coleman deprived himself of a shutout with an error, but otherwise the Tigers' righthander had little trouble beating the Royals, 6-1. Al Kaline drove in the Tigers' first run with a double in the third inning and scored himself on an infield out and a balk by Wayne Simpson. Duke Sims capped the Tigers' production with a two-run homer in the eighth.

[DH] Yankees 6, Twins 3 (day game) / Yankees 11, Twins 1 at New York (day game):
Sparked by Ron Blomberg, who collected five hits in seven trips, the Yankees defeated the Twins in a doubleheader, 6-3 and 11-1. The Yankees took advantage of an error by George Mitterwald to score four unearned runs off Bert Blyleven in the sixth inning of the opener. Bobby Murcer led off with a single and Graig Nettles walked with one away. After an infield out, Mitterwald dropped a pop foul by Blomberg and, given new life at bat, the Yankees' first baseman rapped a two-run single. A walk to Thurman Munson and singles by Gene Michael and Horace Clarke added two more runs. Blomberg collected four straight hits in the second game and batted in three runs. Munson also had three RBIs, coming up with the bases full and hitting a triple in the eighth inning when the Yankees scored seven runs.

A's 4, Orioles 3 at Oakland (day game):
Homers by Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando provided all of the Athletics' runs in a 4-3 victory over the Orioles. Jackson connected for the circuit after a double by Bill North and pass to Joe Rudi in the first inning and Bando followed with a solo swat for the deciding run in the fourth. The Orioles were shut out until the ninth when a homer by Bobby Grich, three walks and a single by Brooks Robinson produced their runs.

Rangers 2, Brewers 1 at Texas (night game):
With two out in the ninth inning, Dave Nelson and Toby Harrah each drove in a run with a single to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Brewers. With one away, Vic Harris singled and took third on a single by Elliott Maddox. After Bill Sudakis popped up for the second out, Nelson and Harrah came through with their hits. The Brewers counted their run in the first on a single by Bob Coluccio and double by Tim Johnson.

Mets 1, Braves 0 at Atlanta (day game):
Jerry Koosman, the Mets' unbeaten lefthander, shut out the Braves, 1-0, for his fourth straight victory. The Mets' run counted off Carl Morton in the second inning when Ed Kranepool and Wayne Garrett singled and Jerry Grote hit a sacrifice fly.

Cubs 10, Padres 4 at Chicago (day game):
Fergie Jenkins was able to continue his career mastery of the Padres when the Cubs broke a tight game apart with four runs in the sixth inning and three in the seventh to gain a 10-4 victory. Jenkins, who was lifted for a pinch-runner in the sixth, was credited with his 12th straight triumph over the Padres without a defeat. It also was the Cubs' 41st victory in 51 games with the Padres since San Diego entered the N. L. in 1969.

Reds 8, Phillies 0 at Cincinnati (day game):
With Jack Billingham and Bobby Tolan in leading roles, the Reds defeated the Phillies, 8-0. Billingham pitched a five-hitter and recorded his fourth straight victory. Tolan batted in five runs with two doubles and a single.

Astros 4, Expos 3 at Houston (day game):
A wild pitch by Mike Marshall and balk by Tom Walker allowed the Astros to score two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Expos, 4-3. Bob Watson hit two homers for the Astros, but a round-tripper by Hal Breeden with a man on in the seventh and solo swat by Ken Singleton in the eighth sent the Expos ahead, 3-2. In the Astros' ninth, Jim Wynn walked, went to third on a one-out single by Cesar Cedeno and scored on Marshall's wild pitch. After passing Watson, Marshall gave way to Walker. Lee May hit long a fly to center field and Cedeno took third after the catch. The Expos then walked Doug Rader intentionally to get at Larry Howard. As Walker wound up for his first pitch to Howard, Cedeno broke for the plate. Walker stopped in the middle of his windup, committing a balk.

[DH] Dodgers 9, Pirates 8 (day game) / Dodgers 2, Pirates 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
After winning a free-hitting opener, 9-8 in 13 innings, the Dodgers settled down to tighter baseball and edged the Pirates in the nightcap, 2-1. to complete the sweep of a doubleheader. The marathon first game featured 31 hits, 11 of them for extra bases, off 12 pitchers, six for each club. The Pirates tied the score at 7-7 in the eighth inning when Bob Robertson knocked in two runs with a double. The Dodgers regained the lead with a run in the 10th, but Willie Stargell forged a new deadlock with a homer. The Dodgers could not be denied, however, in the 13th when the winning run scored on a single by Ron Cey, sacrifice by Davey Lopes and double by Tom Paciorek. In the second game, Claude Osteen, who was the winning pitcher, counted the Dodgers' first run on an error in the third inning. After the Pirates pulled even in the fourth with a double by Richie Zisk and single by Dave Cash, the Dodgers scored the deciding run in the fifth when Bill Buckner hit a two-out single and Willie Davis followed with a triple.

Cardinals 8, Giants 3 at St. Louis (day game):
Rick Wise, the only winning pitcher on the Cardinals' staff so far this season, gained his third victory in four decisions by defeating the Giants, 8-3. The Cardinals, who had lost 15 games, knocked out Juan Marichal in the sixth inning while exploding for six runs. Joe Torre, Ted Simmons and Ken Reitz started the outburst with singles for the first run. After walking Ed Crosby, Marichal gave way to Randy Moffitt. Tim McCarver hit a sacrifice fly for the second run. An error by Ed Goodson on a grounder by Wise reloaded the bases and Lou Brock then cleared them with a triple. Luis Melendez followed with a single to drive in the sixth run.