MLB standings through games of May 28, 1973

MLB standings at the end of May 28, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	44	24	20	0	.545		165	155	13-12	11-8	7-3	Won 4
New York Yankees	44	22	22	0	.500	2.0	204	182	13-10	9-12	6-4	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	38	18	20	0	.474	3.0	129	124	8-8	10-12	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	42	19	23	0	.452	4.0	157	174	10-12	9-11	4-6	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	40	18	22	0	.450	4.0	180	180	11-10	7-12	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	44	19	25	0	.432	5.0	155	194	9-12	10-13	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	40	26	14	0	.650		186	153	15-9	11-5	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	41	23	18	0	.561	3.5	145	144	12-7	11-11	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	47	26	21	0	.553	3.5	236	204	12-11	14-10	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	41	22	19	0	.537	4.5	194	190	12-9	10-10	7-3	Won 1
Oakland A's	45	23	22	0	.511	5.5	201	181	11-10	12-12	5-5	Lost 3
Texas Rangers	40	13	27	0	.325	13.0	136	207	8-9	5-18	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	45	27	18	0	.600		197	154	11-7	16-11	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	41	20	21	0	.488	5.0	154	157	8-12	12-9	3-7	Lost 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	38	18	20	0	.474	5.5	185	181	8-11	10-9	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	39	18	21	0	.462	6.0	150	194	8-7	10-14	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	44	19	25	0	.432	7.5	159	190	10-11	9-14	6-4	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	41	17	24	0	.415	8.0	153	169	10-11	7-13	9-1	Won 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	50	31	19	0	.620		232	206	18-10	13-9	5-5	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	48	28	19	1	.596	1.5	208	171	17-11	11-8	6-3-1	Won 4
Houston Astros	48	28	20	0	.583	2.0	203	168	16-7	12-13	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	45	26	19	0	.578	2.5	192	160	12-12	14-7	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	45	17	27	1	.386	11.0	170	181	8-11	9-16	2-7-1	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	48	16	32	0	.333	14.0	158	230	12-17	4-15	2-8	Lost 5

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 4, Indians 0 at Chicago (night game):
Wilbur Wood, knuckleballing workhorse of the White Sox, won two games in one night, gaining an 8-3 victory in the completion of the suspended game of May 26 and following with a 4-0 triumph over the Indians in the regularly-scheduled contest that followed. Wood took the mound in the resumption of play in the suspended game, which originally was halted by curfew after 16 innings with the score tied, 2-2, and appeared in danger of defeat when the Indians picked up an unearned run in the 21st on a pass to Charlie Spikes, error by Eddie Leon and single by Walt Williams. The White Sox quickly tied the count in their half when Tony Muser doubled, Chuck Brinkman sacrificed and Leon made up for his error with a run-scoring single. Pat Kelly followed with a single and, after a forceout by Johnny Jeter, Dick Allen smashed a three-run homer to win the game for Wood. In the regular game, Wood was masterful with a six-hitter. The White Sox decided the contest at the outset, scoring two runs on a pass to Allen, a double by Bill Melton and single by Rick Reichardt. Two walks and singles by Leon and Kelly added a pair in the sixth.

Tigers 4, A's 3 at Detroit (night game):
Joe Coleman gained his ninth victory of the season, but needed help from Chuck Seelbach and John Hiller before the Tigers defeated the Athletics, 4-3. The Tigers scored their first two runs on a pass to Duke Sims and homer by Norm Cash in the second inning. The other pair followed in the fifth on singles by Rich Reese and Mickey Stanley, a wild pitch by Blue Moon Odom and single by Gates Brown. The A's rallied for their three runs off Coleman in the sixth. After Coleman gave up a single by Bill North in the eighth, Seelbach retired the next two batters before being relieved by Hiller, who finished the game and got credit for the save.

Royals 5, Red Sox 4 at Kansas City (night game):
The Royals rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Red Sox 5-4 and give Doug Bird credit for his first major league victory. Carl Yastrzemski hit a homer and Tommy Harper stole home as the Red Sox took a 4-2 lead. Ed Kirkpatrick opened the Royals' rally with a single for his fourth hit of the game to chase Marty Pattin. Bobby Bolin gave up a single by Paul Schaal, but retired Hal McRae on a pop fly before giving way to Bob Veale. Lou Piniella walked to load the bases and Kurt Bevacqua singled to drive in the tying pair. Don Newhauser took over as the fourth pitcher of the inning for the Red Sox and passed Steve Hovley to reload the bases. Cookie Rojas then singled to send the winning run across the plate.

Angels 7, Brewers 4 at Milwaukee (day game):
Pinch-hits by Tommy McCraw and Winston Llenas, who drove in a run apiece, sent the Angels on the way to a 7-4 victory over the Brewers. Frank Robinson homered for the Angels, but Darrell Porter hit a two-run blast off Bill Singer in the sixth inning to put the Brewers ahead, 4-3. In the seventh, Rudy Meoli singled for the Angels. McCraw, batting for Jeff Torborg, doubled to tie the score and Llenas, hitting for Sandy Alomar, singled to drive in the leading run. The Angels iced the verdict with two more tallies in the eighth.

Twins 10, Orioles 3 at Minnesota (day game):
The Twins exploded for six runs in the third inning and then added four more runs on two homers by Steve Braun and one by George Mitterwald to defeat the Orioles, 10-3. Harmon Killebrew drove in the Twins' first two tallies with a triple.

Reds 6, Cubs 5 at Cincinnati (day game):
Joe Morgan singled off first baseman Pat Bourque's glove to score Darrel Chaney in the ninth inning and give the Reds a 6-5 victory over the Cubs. Cesar Geronimo opened the inning with a double and Chaney was passed intentionally. Attempting to sacrifice, Dave Concepcion forced Geronimo at third before Morgan followed with his game-winning hit Bourque and Billy Williams homered for the Cubs. Williams' blow was the 362nd of his career, putting him ahead of Joe DiMaggio into 22nd place on the majors' all-time list.

Dodgers 5, Phillies 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Andy Messersmith tied the modern major league record for most consecutive strikeouts at the start of a game, fanning six in a row, while pitching the Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the Phillies. Messersmith whiffed Cesar Tovar, Del Unser and Willie Montanez in the first inning and Greg Luzinski, Bill Robinson and Schmidt in the second. However, Luzinski reached base on a passed ball on the third strike. As a result, Bob Boone also batted in the second inning and flied out to end Messersmith's string. The Dodgers scored three of their runs in the fourth on a single by Willie Davis and consecutive homers by Willie Crawford and Ron Cey.

Pirates 4, Astros 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Dock Ellis, who won his first three starts and then lost five games in a row, got back in the victory column when the Pirates defeated the Astros, 4-2. Ellis was lifted after 6 1/3 innings. Ramon Hernandez and Bob Johnson, in relief, each retired one batter and Dave Giusti then took over to hurl the last two innings. Milt May homered for the Pirates and Dave Cash knocked in two runs with a pair of singles.

Expos 7, Padres 6 at San Diego (night game):
Pinch-hitting with two out in the ninth inning, Clyde Mashore came through with a three-run homer to lift the Expos to a 7-6 victory over the Padres. Mashore's homer was his second in two games, representing his only hits so far this season in eight times at bat. Ron Fairly had three hits for the Expos, including a homer, while Mike Corkins whacked one for the Padres.

Giants 6, Mets 5 at San Francisco (day game):
Starting with a homer by Bobby Bonds on the first pitch, the Giants scored six runs in the first three innings and held on to defeat the Mets, 6-5. Dave Rader, Bonds and Tito Fuentes hit run-scoring singles in the second inning and another tally counted on a wild pitch. The Giants then added what proved to be their deciding run in the third on a walk to Gary Matthews and double by Chris Speier. John Milner hit a two-run homer for the Mets.

Cardinals 3, Braves 2 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals survived a rally by the Braves in the ninth inning and emerged with a 3-2 victory to complete the sweep of the four-game series. Roric Harrison, making his first N. L. start for the Braves, pitched seven innings and allowed only three hits and one unearned run. The Cardinals reached Danny Frisella for their other tallies in the eighth on a single by Luis Melendez, double by Ken Reitz and single by Rick Wise, who accounted for his own winning run.