MLB standings through games of June 20, 1973

MLB standings at the end of June 20, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	65	35	30	0	.538		286	258	19-12	16-18	5-5	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	64	34	30	0	.531	0.5	254	248	14-18	20-12	7-3	Lost 3
Baltimore Orioles	58	30	28	0	.517	1.5	224	191	16-12	14-16	6-4	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	63	32	31	0	.508	2.0	244	247	15-15	17-16	3-7	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	62	31	31	0	.500	2.5	287	268	17-13	14-18	5-5	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	65	24	41	0	.369	11.0	238	319	13-23	11-18	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Chicago White Sox	60	33	27	0	.550		269	258	17-15	16-12	3-7	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	61	33	28	0	.541	0.5	289	278	14-16	19-12	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	69	37	32	0	.536	0.5	331	310	18-17	19-15	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	66	35	31	0	.530	1.0	301	248	18-15	17-16	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	63	33	30	0	.524	1.5	230	223	18-14	15-16	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	60	21	39	0	.350	12.0	211	316	13-16	8-23	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	68	40	28	0	.588		306	261	18-12	22-16	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	59	31	28	0	.525	4.5	246	260	16-11	15-17	7-3	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	63	30	33	0	.476	7.5	243	240	18-15	12-18	5-5	Lost 2
New York Mets	60	28	32	0	.467	8.0	219	224	14-15	14-17	5-5	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	64	29	35	0	.453	9.0	268	280	19-14	10-21	7-3	Won 5
Pittsburgh Pirates	61	27	34	0	.443	9.5	263	290	15-17	12-17	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	68	42	25	1	.627		312	246	23-13	19-12	8-2	Won 5
San Francisco Giants	69	40	29	0	.580	3.0	316	308	22-13	18-16	2-8	Lost 4
Cincinnati Reds	65	36	29	0	.554	5.0	276	250	17-16	19-13	5-5	Won 4
Houston Astros	68	37	31	0	.544	5.5	276	247	23-12	14-19	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	68	28	39	1	.418	14.0	281	286	16-14	12-25	5-5	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	67	21	46	0	.313	21.0	208	322	16-20	5-26	1-9	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 8, Angels 3 at Chicago (day game):
The White Sox snapped their five-game losing streak by breaking loose for six runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Angels, 8-3. Ed Herrmann opened the rally with a double and scored on singles by Bill Sharp and Luis Alvarado. Pat Kelly followed with his first homer of the season for three runs. A walk to Dick Allen, single by Carlos May, double by Mike Andrews and sacrifice fly by Herrmann on his second trip to the plate in the stanza added two more tallies. Manager Chuck Tanner moved designated hitter Tony Muser to first base, replacing Allen, when the Angels came to bat in the eighth. Under the rule, this terminated the designated hitter role for the White Sox and, as a result, Cy Acosta became the first A. L. pitcher with a time at bat this season, hitting in Allen's place and striking out in the home half of the eighth.

Indians 7, Tigers 6 at Cleveland (day game):
George Hendrick hit a homer, his fourth in two days, and for the second straight game drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth inning to give the Indians a 7-6 victory over the Tigers. John Ellis also homered for the Indians, while the Tigers had two circuit clouts by Willie Horton and one by Ed Brinkman. The Indians took a 6-3 lead on Hendrick's homer in the seventh, but the Tigers picked up a run in the eighth and tied the score in the ninth on a single by Brinkman, triple by Mickey Stanley and a wild pitch. In the Indians' half, Buddy Bell walked. With a count of two balls on Rusty Torres, the Tigers removed Mike Strahler and brought in Bill Slayback, who completed the pass to Torres and then yielded Hendrick's winning hit.

Royals 5, A's 4 at Kansas City (night game):
A sacrifice fly by Kurt Bevacqua in the 12th inning ended a four-hour, one-minute game and gave the Royals a 5-4 victory over the Athletics. Fran Healy walked, Bobby Floyd singled and both moved up on a passed ball before Bevacqua lofted his fly to deep center. The A's scored their first two runs in the second inning on a homer by Joe Rudi. The Royals then took a 4-2 lead with the aid of a round-tripper by Amos Otis, but the A's rallied to tie the score in the ninth. Angel Mangual walked, Deron Johnson singled, Gene Tenace doubled and Rudi hit a sacrifice fly to force the game into overtime.

Red Sox 3, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
After Rick Miller and Reggie Smith opened the game with back-to-back homers, the Red Sox added another run on singles by Mario Guerrero, Smith and Carlton Fisk in the fourth inning to defeat the Brewers, 3-2. The Brewers' runs off Bill Lee, who gained his third straight victory, scored in the fourth on a walk, double by Gorman Thomas and single by Bob Heise.

Rangers 3, Twins 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Sonny Siebert pitched his first shutout of the season and Vic Harris led the Rangers at bat with two triples in a 3-0 victory over the Twins. Siebert, who allowed six hits, stopped Rod Carew on his 18-game batting streak. Harris' first triple came in the second inning after a pass to Jim Spencer and single by Jeff Burroughs. Harris then tripled again in the ninth and scored the final run on a single by Ken Suarez.

Yankees 2, Orioles 1 at New York (night game):
Designated hitter Jim Ray Hart knocked in two runs with a double in the seventh inning to carry the Yankees to a 2-1 victory over the Orioles. Mike Cuellar, the Orioles' loser, allowed only one hit until the seventh when a walk to Roy White, forceout by Matty Alou and single by Bobby Murcer set the stage for Hart's double. Mel Stottlemyre, the Yankees' winner, also yielded only one hit before running into trouble in the eighth. Paul Blair walked to open the inning for the Orioles, Bobby Grich singled and Brooks Robinson sacrificed. Sparky Lyle relieved and pitched out of the jam at the expense of one run on a grounder by Don Baylor.

Dodgers 6, Braves 5 at Los Angeles (night game):
An unearned run on an error by Darrell Evans in the 11th inning enabled the Dodgers to defeat the Braves, 6-5. After the clubs played through nine innings to a 3-3 tie, Dusty Baker singled for the Braves in the 10th and Davey Johnson hit a homer, but the Dodgers came back dramatically to keep the game going when Bill Buckner doubled in the home half and Willie Davis hit a homer. In the 11th, Davey Lopes walked with one out and stopped at second on a single by Buckner. After the runners moved up on an infield out by Davis, Steve Yeager grounded to Evans, who bobbled the ball and then threw wildly to first base, allowing Lopes to score the Dodgers' winning run.

Phillies 4, Mets 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
After falling behind, 3-1, the Phillies rallied for three runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Mets, 4-3. A single by Cesar Tovar and double by Greg Luzinski gave the Phillies their initial run in the first, but the Mets took the lead with three in the fourth on a single by Felix Millan, triple by John Milner, sacrifice fly by Ed Kranepool and homer by Wayne Garrett. Bob Boone beat out a bunt for the Phillies in the fifth and was forced by Larry Bowa. Tovar was hit by a pitch. Terry Harmon, Willie Montanez and Luzinski then singled in succession, each driving in a run, to bring Wayne Twitchell his victory.

Cubs 5, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Although Willie Stargell hit two homers, the Pirates, who are the defending East Division champions, lost to the Cubs, 5-3, and fell into last place, one-half game behind the Phillies. The Cubs began the scoring with two runs in the first inning on a bases-loaded single by Jose Cardenal and added two runs in the second on a pair of walks and singles by Billy Williams and Ron Santo. Pat Bourque homered in the fifth for the Cubs' final counter.

Padres 6, Astros 2 at San Diego (night game):
Steve Arlin pitched his first complete game of the season and snapped the Padres' 10-game losing streak by defeating the Astros, 6-2. The Padres decided the outcome with four runs in the third inning. Derrel Thomas beat out an infield hit and took second on a wild throw by Doug Rader. After a sacrifice, Thomas scored on a single by Fred Kendall. Nate Colbert walked and Cito Gaston singled to drive in Kendall. Dave Roberts walked to load the bases and Dave Winfield followed with a sacrifice fly. After a pass to Rich Morales reloaded the sacks, J.R. Richard took the mound in relief for the Astros and walked Arlin to force in another run.

Reds 7, Giants 5 at San Francisco (day game):
The revived Reds piled up six runs in the fourth inning and gained their fourth straight victory and fifth in the last six games by defeating the Giants, 7-5. The loss was the slumping Giants' fourth in a row and sixth in their last seven games. For the eighth time this season and 22nd time in his career, Bobby Bonds led off a game with a homer for the Giants. The Reds began their outburst in the fourth with a single by Dan Driessen and one-out homer by Tony Perez. After Bobby Tolan struck out, Hal King also hit for the circuit. A triple by Dave Concepcion and successive singles by Don Gullett, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Driessen completed the rally.

Expos 5, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
The Expos erupted for four runs in the third inning, three scoring on John Boccabella's first homer of the season, to defeat the Cardinals, 5-1. A single by Ken Singleton, pass to Mike Jorgensen and single by Bob Bailey produced the first run of the stanza before Boccabella connected for the circuit.