MLB standings through games of June 17, 1973

MLB standings at the end of June 17, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Milwaukee Brewers	60	33	27	0	.550		239	230	13-15	20-12	9-1	Won 9
Baltimore Orioles	56	30	26	0	.536	1.0	219	184	16-12	14-14	6-4	Won 4
New York Yankees	63	33	30	0	.524	1.5	279	253	17-12	16-18	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	60	31	29	0	.517	2.0	226	231	15-15	16-14	3-7	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	58	28	30	0	.483	4.0	269	253	17-13	11-17	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	62	22	40	0	.355	12.0	222	301	11-22	11-18	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	57	32	25	0	.561		258	243	16-13	16-12	5-5	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	58	32	26	0	.552	0.5	278	265	13-14	19-12	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	66	36	30	0	.545	0.5	315	286	17-15	19-15	6-4	Won 4
Oakland A's	63	33	30	0	.524	2.0	277	232	18-15	15-15	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	60	31	29	0	.517	2.5	215	212	18-14	13-15	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	57	19	38	0	.333	13.0	198	305	13-16	6-22	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	64	38	26	0	.594		291	248	18-12	20-14	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	56	29	27	0	.518	5.0	238	257	16-11	13-16	7-3	Lost 2
New York Mets	57	28	29	0	.491	6.5	209	205	14-15	14-14	6-4	Won 5
St. Louis Cardinals	60	29	31	0	.483	7.0	240	232	17-13	12-18	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	25	32	0	.439	9.5	250	275	13-15	12-17	2-8	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	61	26	35	0	.426	10.5	249	270	16-14	10-21	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	65	39	25	1	.609		290	238	20-13	19-12	7-3	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	67	40	27	0	.597	0.5	311	297	22-11	18-16	3-7	Lost 2
Houston Astros	66	36	30	0	.545	4.0	267	238	23-12	13-18	6-4	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	63	34	29	0	.540	4.5	265	245	17-16	17-13	4-6	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	65	28	36	1	.438	11.0	273	264	16-14	12-22	7-3	Won 1
San Diego Padres	65	20	45	0	.308	19.5	199	313	15-19	5-26	1-9	Lost 9

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Rangers 4 at Baltimore (day game):
Breaking up a four-hour, seven-minute game, Earl Williams drove in a run with a double in the 16th inning to give the Orioles a 5-4 victory over the Rangers. Bobby Grich led off the stanza with a single and stole second. Tommy Davis, who was stopped on his 18-game hitting streak, was handed an intentional pass in a Ranger move that failed when Williams lined his double to right-center field.

[DH] Angels 8, Yankees 0 (day game) / Yankees 5, Angels 1 at California (night game):
Sam McDowell made a successful return to the A. L. in his debut for the Yankees, who won the second game of a doubleheader, 5-1, after losing the first game to the Angels, 8-0. Clyde Wright pitched the shutout for the Angels, who scored four runs in each of the first two innings. Ken Berry homered with two men on base in the first and Jeff Torborg hit his first major league homer since 1970 as the leadoff batter in the second. McDowell, purchased by the Yankees from the Giants, started the nightcap and allowed only four hits in 6 2/3 innings but walked seven. Sparky Lyle, in relief, registered his ninth save in the month of June and 16th of the season. The Yankees scored four runs in the first inning to make it easy for McDowell. Bernie Allen doubled and scored on a single by Johnny Callison, who continued to third on an error by Leroy Stanton. With two out, Ron Blomberg singled to drive in Callison and Graig Nettles followed with a two-run homer.

Brewers 15, White Sox 5 at Chicago (day game):
Grand-slam homers by Darrell Porter and Joe Lahoud in successive innings helped power the amazing Brewers to a 15-5 rout of the White Sox to extend their winning streak to nine games. Porter connected for his jackpot wallop off Stan Bahnsen in the second inning after a single by George Scott and passes to Johnny Briggs and Lahoud had loaded the bases. Lahoud's slam came off Rich Gossage in the third when the Brewers added six more runs. Lahoud added a two-run homer in the sixth to tie the Brewers' club record with six RBIs in one game.

[DH] Royals 6, Indians 3 (day game) / Royals 6, Indians 2 at Cleveland (day game):
The hitting of Frank White and Amos Otis in the first game and Lou Piniella, Bobby Floyd and Fran Healy in the second game paced the Royals to a sweep of a doubleheader with the Indians, 6-3 and 6-2. Dick Drago pitched a complete game in the opener as the Royals beat Gaylord Perry, who failed in a seventh attempt to gain his seventh victory. White banged out three hits and drove in two runs, while Otis accounted for three RBIs with a homer and single. In the nightcap, Mike Kekich made his first start for the Indians and was kayoed in the third inning after giving up six runs, four of them unearned. Piniella and Healy each homered with a man on base, while Floyd batted in two runs with a single. Ken Wright held the Indians to three hits in 8 1/3 innings before yielding the mound to Gene Garber, who gave up one more hit.

Tigers 6, Twins 0 at Detroit (day game):
Mickey Lolich struck out 11 and scattered seven hits while pitching the Tigers to a 6-0 victory over the Twins, who were shut out for only the second time this season. Al Kaline batted in two runs with a single and sacrifice fly and Norm Cash smashed a homer to lead the Tigers' hitting before the Bat Day crowd of 52,622.

Red Sox 4, A's 2 at Oakland (day game):
Luis Tiant was tagged for two homers by Reggie Jackson, but the veteran Red Sox righthander yielded only two other hits and defeated the Athletics, 4-2. Orlando Cepeda homered for the Red Sox and Danny Cater rapped three singles and a double, driving in two runs.

[DH] Cubs 9, Braves 3 (day game) / Braves 8, Cubs 5 at Atlanta (night game):
Carmen Fanzone and Jose Cardenal hit two-run homers and Pat Bourque drove in two runs with a double to lead the Cubs to a 9-3 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Braves came back to win the second game, 8-5. Burt Hooton, starting the lidlifter for the Cubs, gave up three runs on four hits in the first inning, but blanked the Braves on only three more hits the rest of the way. Fanzone hit his homer in the fifth and Cardenal put the Cubs ahead with his drive in the sixth. Bourque rapped his double in the seventh when the Cubs iced game with five runs. In the nightcap, Davey Johnson hit a pinch-homer with two men on base in the seventh inning to put the Braves ahead, 5-4, but Fanzone tied the score with a solo swat in the eighth for his second homer of the day. The Braves retaliated with three runs in their half. Mike Lum was hit by a pitch to lead off and, after Dusty Baker sacrificed, Ralph Garr was passed intentionally. Marty Perez singled to drive in the tie-breaking run. A walk to Johnny Oates then loaded the bases and pinch-hitter Dick Dietz clinched the outcome with a two-run single.

[DH] Reds 3, Pirates 1 (day game) / Reds 5, Pirates 1 at Cincinnati (day game):
After sterling relief pitching by Tom Hall saved a 3-1 victory in the first game, the Reds also defeated the Pirates in the second game, 5-1, to complete the sweep of a doubleheader. Hall, in relief of Jack Billingham, pitched hitless ball in the last 3 2/3 innings and struck out five. The Reds scored two runs in the second inning on a walk, double by Dave Concepcion and single by Dan Driessen. An extra run in the sixth was unearned on two errors. Ross Grimsley hurled the route in the nightcap and breezed to victory after the Reds erupted for all their runs in the third inning. Bill Plummer and Johnny Bench each accounted for two RBIs with doubles.

Astros 7, Cardinals 3 at Houston (day game):
Roger Metzger had the first 4-for-4 game of his major league career as the Astros defeated the Cardinals, 7-3. Metzger scored two runs and drove in one. lee May chipped in with three singles and three RBIs, hitting in his 17th straight game, while Tommie Agee contributed a homer.

Dodgers 3, Expos 2 at Montreal (day game):
A wild throw by Clyde Mashore in the 12th inning permitted the Dodgers to score a 3-2 victory over the Expos to disappoint Montreal's largest crowd of the season, 25,664. The Expos broke the scoreless duel with a run in the eighth on a pass to Ron Woods, sacrifice by Ron Fairly and single by Bob Bailey. The Dodgers forced the game into overtime with consecutive singles by Davey Lopes, Bill Buckner and Willie Davis in the ninth. The Dodgers went ahead in the 10th on singles by Ron Cey and Manny Mota around an infield out, but Woods kept the Expos in the game with a homer. In the 12th, Von Joshua singled, raced toward third on a single by Bill Russell and continued home when Mashore threw the ball wildly from right field.

Mets 3, Padres 1 at New York (day game):
Ron Hodges, a rookie catcher playing in only his third game with the Mets, hit his first major league homer for the deciding run in a 3-1 victory over the Padres. The Mets scored initially in the first inning on singles by Felix Millan and Rusty Staub together with an error and kept the lead until the seventh when the Padres tied the score with singles by Nate Colbert and Cito Gaston, a sacrifice and infield out. Hodges broke the tie in the Mets' half of the seventh and an insurance run followed in the eighth on singles by Ed Kranepool and Wayne Garrett around a wild pitch.

Phillies 11, Giants 7 at Philadelphia (day game):
Led by Willie Montanez, who smashed a homer, two doubles and a single in his perfect day at bat while driving in four runs, the Phillies outslugged the Giants, 11-7. Bob Boone batted in three runs and Tommy Hutton two, with their hits including a homer apiece. The Phillies staked Steve Carlton to a 10-2 lead, but the ace lefthander was knocked out in the seventh inning when Dave Kingman connected for a grand-slam homer. Billy Wilson, relieving, gave up another run before the inning ended, but then held the Giants scoreless in the last two stanzas.