MLB standings through games of May 31, 1973

MLB standings at the end of May 31, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	46	25	21	0	.543		175	168	13-12	12-9	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	47	24	23	0	.511	1.5	215	192	15-11	9-12	6-4	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	41	20	21	0	.488	2.5	138	134	8-8	12-13	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	43	20	23	0	.465	3.5	190	189	13-11	7-12	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	47	20	27	0	.426	5.5	171	213	9-12	11-15	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	45	19	26	0	.422	5.5	159	183	10-15	9-11	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	42	27	15	0	.643		199	163	16-10	11-5	7-3	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	44	25	19	0	.568	3.0	203	192	12-9	13-10	8-2	Won 4
California Angels	44	24	20	0	.545	4.0	154	154	12-7	12-13	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	50	27	23	0	.540	4.0	246	213	13-13	14-10	4-6	Won 1
Oakland A's	48	24	24	0	.500	6.0	211	192	11-10	13-14	4-6	Won 1
Texas Rangers	43	15	28	0	.349	12.5	155	223	10-10	5-18	3-7	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	48	29	19	0	.604		221	167	13-8	16-11	7-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	41	21	20	0	.512	4.5	198	185	11-11	10-9	7-3	Won 4
New York Mets	43	21	22	0	.488	5.5	161	162	8-12	13-10	3-7	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	41	19	22	0	.463	6.5	157	200	8-7	11-15	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	44	19	25	0	.432	8.0	162	174	12-12	7-13	8-2	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	46	19	27	0	.413	9.0	166	208	10-11	9-16	5-5	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	52	32	20	0	.615		237	213	19-11	13-9	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	50	30	19	1	.612	0.5	226	178	19-11	11-8	8-2	Won 6
Houston Astros	51	29	22	0	.569	2.5	216	192	16-7	13-15	3-7	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	48	27	21	0	.562	3.0	197	169	12-12	15-9	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	48	17	30	1	.362	12.5	174	194	8-11	9-19	1-9	Lost 7
San Diego Padres	50	17	33	0	.340	14.0	164	237	13-18	4-15	2-8	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 7, Red Sox 6 at Boston (day game):
Capping a four-run rally in the eighth inning, Bob Oliver homered with two men on base to bring the Angels a 7-6 victory over the Red Sox. Vada Pinson, Leroy Stanton and Frank Robinson singled for one run before Oliver crashed his homer. Dave Sells saved the victory for the Angels, inducing Rico Petrocelli to hit into a game-ending double play after relieving with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth.

White Sox 10, Tigers 2 at Chicago (night game):
With Dick Allen and Bill Melton driving in seven runs between them, the White Sox breezed to a 10-2 victory to stop the Tigers on their five-game winning streak. Melton accounted for his first RBI with a grounder in the first inning and added two runs with a single in the second. Allen drove in one with a double in the second and then homered with two men on base in the sixth. Ed Herrmann also hit a round-tripper for the White Sox, while Dick Sharon produced his first major league homer for the Tigers.

Royals 4, Orioles 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Scoring two runs before Mike Cuellar could retire a batter in the first inning, the Royals went on to defeat the Orioles, 4-1. Cuellar walked Freddie Patek, Kurt Bevacqua and John Mayberry in succession and was kayoed when Amos Otis gave the Royals their quick lead with a single. The Royals added their other pair off Orlando Pena in the seventh. Patek was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on a single by Bevacqua. After taking second on the throw home, Bevacqua also crossed the plate on a single by Mayberry. Don Baylor homered for the Orioles' lone run off Gene Garber.

Twins 4, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (day game):
Harmon Killebrew started the Twins' scoring with a single in the first inning and sealed their 4-2 victory over the Brewers with a homer in the eighth. Of the Twins' other tallies, one in the second was unearned and the other resulted from singles by George Mitterwald, Jim Holt and Danny Thompson in the fifth. Loser Jim Colborn was stopped on his personal five-game winning streak and suffered his second defeat.

A's 6, Yankees 0 at New York (night game):
Ken Holtzman yielded only one hit before being knocked out of the box by a line drive in the eighth inning and gained his 10th victory when the Athletics defeated the Yankees, 6-0. Matty Alou singled for the Yankees' hit with two out in the seventh. Jim Ray Hart, leading off the eighth, smashed a drive that hit Holtzman on the back of his left knee and bounced over to first baseman Deron Johnson for the putout. Rollie Fingers relieved and held the Yankees hitless the rest of the way to complete the shutout and end the A's five-game losing streak. Reggie Jackson batted in three runs with a triple and homer, while Sal Bando accounted for two RBIs with a homer.

Rangers 9, Indians 5 at Texas (night game):
The Rangers, who had scored no more than seven runs in any of their first 42 games, finally went over that total in a 9-5 victory over the Indians. Jeff Burroughs doubled to bat in two of the Rangers' four runs in the first inning and Rico Carty homered with a man on base in the second.

Cubs 16, Astros 8 at Chicago (day game):
After the first two batters were retired, the Cubs scored 10 runs in a weird first inning on six singles, four walks, a hit batsman and an error and defeated the Astros, 16-8. The fun started after Rick Monday and Glenn Beckert were retired on ground balls. Billy Williams singled, Jose Cardenal was hit by a pitch and Ron Santo was safe on a boot by Doug Rader to load the bases. Carmen Fanzone singled to drive in two runs and Randy Hundley followed with another two-run single to chase Dave Roberts. Jim Ray relieved, walked Fergie Jenkins to load the bases and passed Monday and Beckert to force in two more runs. Cecil Upshaw became the Astros' third pitcher of the inning and filled the bases with a pass to Williams. Cardenal singled to add two tallies to the total and Santo then capped the scoring with a single for the 10th run before Fanzone went out to retire the side.

Pirates 3, Braves 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A homer by Willie Stargell with two men on base in the eighth inning lifted the Pirates to a 3-1 victory over the Braves. Nelson Briles, who pitched for the Pirates, allowed only three hits, but singles by Mike Lum and Marty Perez around a walk to Dusty Baker gave the Braves their run in the fifth. The Pirates collected only four hits off Gary Gentry and were in danger of losing until the eighth when Manny Sanguillen singled, Richie Hebner walked and Stargell crashed his homer.

Reds 3, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals eight-game winning streak came to an end with a 3-2 loss to the Reds. Bob Gibson was tagged with the defeat when Joe Morgan broke a 2-2 tie with a homer in the sixth inning. The Reds' first two runs counted on a walk to Pete Rose, double by Morgan, infield hit by Johnny Bench and sacrifice fly by Tony Perez in the fourth. The Cardinals pulled even in the fifth when Mike Tyson singled and Lou Brock homered. Ross Grimsley, who was the winner, beat the Cardinals for the sixth straight time without a defeat over the lefthander's career.