MLB standings through games of May 9, 1973

MLB standings at the end of May 9, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	27	13	14	0	.481		97	94	5-8	8-6	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	25	12	13	0	.480		95	100	7-7	5-6	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	28	13	15	0	.464	0.5	94	127	7-8	6-7	6-4	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	26	12	14	0	.462	0.5	90	80	7-6	5-8	3-7	Lost 1
New York Yankees	26	12	14	0	.462	0.5	112	101	7-5	5-9	6-4	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	24	10	14	0	.417	1.5	116	118	5-8	5-6	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	22	16	6	0	.727		112	81	9-5	7-1	9-1	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	28	17	11	0	.607	2.0	154	134	7-7	10-4	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	24	13	11	0	.542	4.0	78	85	6-4	7-7	5-5	Lost 3
Oakland A's	28	14	14	0	.500	5.0	124	116	6-7	8-7	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	23	11	12	0	.478	5.5	101	113	7-6	4-6	2-8	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	23	9	14	0	.391	7.5	75	99	5-3	4-11	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	29	16	13	0	.552		125	108	6-5	10-8	5-5	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	23	12	11	0	.522	1.0	129	114	4-4	8-7	4-6	Lost 2
New York Mets	28	14	14	0	.500	1.5	97	105	7-10	7-4	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	25	12	13	0	.480	2.0	100	120	6-4	6-9	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	26	11	15	0	.423	3.5	84	112	8-8	3-7	3-7	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	26	6	20	0	.231	8.5	85	122	3-9	3-11	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	33	23	10	0	.697		160	130	13-7	10-3	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	31	20	11	0	.645	2.0	144	104	10-2	10-9	9-1	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	29	18	11	0	.621	3.0	140	97	5-6	13-5	6-4	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	31	17	14	0	.548	5.0	121	112	12-9	5-5	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	28	10	18	0	.357	10.5	102	123	4-7	6-11	3-7	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	31	11	20	0	.355	11.0	104	144	10-11	1-9	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 4, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
Brooks Robinson's third error in two games paved the way for a run in the 10th inning and resulted in the Orioles' defeat by the Athletics, 4-3. With the aid of a homer by Reggie Jackson, the A's held a 3-1 lead before Al Bumbry and Rich Coggins each hit his first major league homer to tie the score in the ninth. Opening the 10th, Robinson threw wildly on a grounder by Bill North, allowing the batter to reach second. Bert Campaneris sacrificed and, after Rich McKinney tapped to the mound, Joe Rudi doubled to drive in North and handed Dave McNally his fifth straight defeat.

Indians 10, Angels 3 at Cleveland (day game):
Rudy May, who had pitched three straight shutouts, was stopped on his scoreless streak by the Indians, who defeated the Angels, 10-3. An unearned run ended May's string in the first inning on a leadoff single by Walt Williams, an error and sacrifice fly by George Hendrick. However, the Indians then knocked out May in the fourth.

Tigers 4, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
The Tigers, who were victims of a no-hitter by Steve Busby April 27, turned on the young righthander and defeated the Royals, 4-1. Busby, who pitched three innings, gave up seven hits and three runs. Norm Cash homered off reliever Doug Bird for the Tigers' last counter in the eighth. John Mayberry provided the Royals' run with a homer.

Brewers 5, Rangers 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Starting for the first time since opening day, Jim Colborn allowed only one hit and pitched the Brewers to a 5-1 victory over the Rangers. Jeff Burroughs homered for the Rangers' hit in the fifth inning. The Brewers had three round-trippers, two by Dave May and one by Bob Coluccio.

Yankees 2, Twins 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Fritz Peterson and Sparky Lyle combined to pitch the Yankees to a 2-0 victory over the Twins. Peterson, who gave up nine hits, was lifted after Larry Hisle doubled to open the eighth inning. Lyle retired the last six batters in succession, striking out three. The Yankees put together singles by Horace Clarke, Bobby Murcer and Jim Ray Hart for a run in the first and added their other tally on a double by Thurman Munson and single by Gene Michael in the fourth.

Dodgers 8, Pirates 5 at Los Angeles (night game):
Coming from behind, the Dodgers scored five runs on only two hits in the fifth inning and went on to defeat the Pirates, 8-5. The Pirates were ahead, 3-1, when the Dodgers began the fifth with the tying runs on two walks, a single by Bill Russell and sacrifice fly by Willie Davis. Another run counted on a wild pitch. After an intentional pass to Joe Ferguson, Willie Crawford knocked in two runs with a double. Manny Sanguillen and Bob Robertson hit homers for the Pirates, giving them 10 in three games for a new record for a series in Dodger Stadium. The former mark was 10 homers in four games, also by the Pirates, in 1965.

Mets 8, Braves 1 at New York (night game):
Staked to a five-run lead by the Mets in the first three innings, unbeaten Jerry Koosman breezed past the Braves, 8-1, for his fifth straight victory. The Mets scored three of their runs in the second on singles by Jim Gosger, Jerry Grote and Bud Harrelson, an infield out by Ted Martinez and single by Felix Millan. Rusty Staub had two RBIs, batting in a run with a grounder in the first and hitting a homer in the fifth.

Reds 9, Phillies 7 at Philadelphia (night game):
Johnny Bench belted three homers, giving him four in as many official trips to the plate, but the Reds also needed a two-run wallop by Dave Concepcion in the ninth inning to defeat the Phillies, 9-7. Bench, who homered in his last time at bat in the previous night's game, resumed his slugging with a two-run drive in the first inning. After walking in the third, All-the Star catcher smashed a three-run homer in the fifth and two-run shot in the seventh for a total of seven RBIs. All three blows came off Steve Carlton, who also was the victim of a similar explosion by Bench while the southpaw was with the Cardinals June 26, 1970. However, Barry Lersch, the Phillies' third pitcher, was the loser when Pete Rose singled and Concepcion homered in the ninth.

Cubs 9, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
Three homers, accounting for seven runs, supported Burt Hooton's pitching as the Cubs defeated the Padres, 9-2. Billy Williams hit for the circuit in the first and Randy Hundley in the fourth, each with a man on base. Rick Monday capped the slugging with a blow good for three runs in the sixth.

Cardinals 3, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Ken Reitz, who went into the game batting only .177, hit his first major league homer to enable the Cardinals to defeat the Giants, 3-1. Ted Simmons was safe on an error by Willie McCovey before Reitz connected for his round-tripper off Ron Bryant in the sixth inning to delight 10 members of his family, including his parents, from nearby Daly City, Calif.