MLB standings through games of June 24, 1973

MLB standings at the end of June 24, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	70	40	30	0	.571		304	268	24-12	16-18	8-2	Won 8
Milwaukee Brewers	68	37	31	0	.544	2.0	283	265	17-19	20-12	6-4	Won 3
Baltimore Orioles	62	32	30	0	.516	4.0	233	201	16-12	16-18	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	66	33	33	0	.500	5.0	297	277	19-15	14-18	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	68	32	36	0	.471	7.0	254	265	15-15	17-21	2-8	Lost 7
Cleveland Indians	69	25	44	0	.362	14.5	255	348	13-23	12-21	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	73	40	33	0	.548		356	330	21-18	19-15	7-3	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	65	35	30	0	.538	1.0	286	287	19-18	16-12	3-7	Won 1
Oakland A's	71	38	33	0	.535	1.0	330	265	18-15	20-18	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	66	35	31	0	.530	1.5	299	289	16-19	19-12	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	68	36	32	0	.529	1.5	241	233	18-14	18-18	6-4	Won 1
Texas Rangers	64	22	42	0	.344	13.5	231	341	13-16	9-26	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	71	41	30	0	.577		310	267	18-12	23-18	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	63	32	31	0	.508	5.0	259	278	17-13	15-18	4-6	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	67	33	34	0	.493	6.0	253	247	21-16	12-18	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	64	30	34	0	.469	7.5	232	235	14-15	16-19	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	67	31	36	0	.463	8.0	282	290	19-14	12-22	8-2	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	29	36	0	.446	9.0	274	303	17-19	12-17	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	46	26	1	.639		331	255	27-14	19-12	9-1	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	74	42	32	0	.568	5.0	340	331	24-16	18-16	3-7	Lost 3
Houston Astros	73	41	32	0	.562	5.5	310	266	23-12	18-20	7-3	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	70	37	33	0	.529	8.0	286	271	17-16	20-17	5-5	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	73	30	42	1	.417	16.0	297	306	16-14	14-28	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	72	23	49	0	.319	23.0	225	350	18-23	5-26	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 1, Orioles 0 at Boston (day game):
Designated hitter Orlando Cepeda, returning to action after missing three games because of a back injury, homered in the second inning to give the Red Sox a 1-0 victory over the Orioles in a pitching duel between John Curtis and Doyle Alexander.

[DH] A's 7, White Sox 0 (day game) / White Sox 11, A's 1 at Chicago (day game):
Shut out in the first game, 7-0, the White Sox came roaring back to wallop the Athletics, 11-1, in the second game of a doubleheader. Vida Blue allowed only four singles in pitching the A's shutout. Joe Rudi homered with two men on base in support of Blue and Gene Tenace hit a two-run double. In the nightcap, Ed Herrmann led the White Sox with the greatest game at bat in his major league career, driving in seven runs with a homer, double and single. Herrmann homered with two men on base in the second inning, knocked in two runs with his double in the sixth and added a pair with a single in the seventh.

[DH] Royals 7, Rangers 4 (day game) / Royals 10, Rangers 6 at Kansas City (day game):
Although the hits were even in each game, the Royals swept over the Rangers in a doubleheader, 7-4 and 10-6. Ranger pitchers walked seven in the opener and 10 in the nightcap. Steve Busby pitched the route for the Royals in the first game and gained his first victory since May 4. The Royals broke a 2-2 tie with four runs in the fifth inning on a single by Carl Taylor, pass to Steve Hovley, singles by Cookie Rojas and Amos Otis and a triple by John Mayberry. Mark Littell pitched the first 5 1/3 innings for the Royals in the second game and was credited with his first major league victory.

Brewers 8, Indians 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
A string of threes by Darrell Porter, who collected three hits, drove in three runs and scored three times, paced the Brewers to an 8-3 victory over the Indians. The Brewers put the game out of the Indians' reach with four runs in the fifth inning, two crossing the plate on a double by Porter and two following on a single by Tim Johnson. George Scott homered in the fifth. John Lowenstein had four hits in four trips for the Indians.

[DH] Twins 5, Angels 1 (day game) / Angels 3, Twins 0 at Minnesota (day game):
An error with two out in the ninth inning opened the gates for the Angels, who scored three unearned runs to gain a 3-0 victory in the second game of a doubleheader after the Twins had won the first game, 5-1. The Twins also were the beneficiaries of three tainted tallies in the lidlifter, but their last two runs were earned off Andy Hassler, who was the loser in his first start of the season for the Angels. In the nightcap, with two out in ninth, Billy Grabarkewitz drew a pass from Ray Corbin. Rod Carew then committed the fatal error, fumbling a grounder by Rudy Meoli. Tommy McCraw walked to load the bases, Winston Llenas singled to drive in two runs and Vada Pinson added a single for another tally.

[DH] Yankees 3, Tigers 2 (day game) / Yankees 2, Tigers 1 at New York (day game):
Playing before a Ball Day crowd of 62,107, their largest turnout of the season, the Yankees beat the Tigers in a doubleheader, 3-2 and 2-1, to extend their winning streak to eight games. The Tigers, on the other hand, suffered their sixth and seventh consecutive losses. The Tigers opened the lidlifter with two runs in the first inning, but the Yankees caught up with two RBIs by Bobby Murcer and scored the deciding run in the seventh on singles by Johnny Callison and Gene Michael around a sacrifice by Jerry Moses. Rich Reese homered in the first inning for the Tigers' lone tally in the nightcap. Horace Clarke was safe on an error in the third and counted the tying run on singles by Roy White and Thurman Munson. Graig Nettles then won the game with a homer in the ninth.

Dodgers 5, Reds 2 at Los Angeles (day game):
Ken McMullen, playing third base in place of injured Ron Cey, hit his second homer in two games and also drove in two runs with a single as the Dodgers defeated the Reds, 5-2. Tony Perez batted in the Reds' runs with a double in the first inning. McMullen's homer in the second and another round-tripper by Steve Garvey in the fourth tied the score. The Dodgers then broke the tie with three runs in the sixth. Manny Mota singled, Willie Davis was hit by a pitch and Garvey beat out a bunt to load the bases. McMullen followed with his single to drive in two runs and Bill Buckner added the final counter with an infield out.

Phillies 5, Expos 4 at Montreal (day game):
Home runs by Tommy Hutton, Bob Boone and Cesar Tovar helped the Phillies defeat the Expos, 5-4. Hutton and Boone connected for the circuit in the second inning. After the Phillies picked up additional tallies in the third and fifth, Tovar hit his homer in the sixth to supply what proved to be the deciding run. Ken Singleton homered with two men on base for the Expos.

Mets 5, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Tom Seaver, who returned to the Mets' rotation after missing a turn because of an ailing back, settled down after a shaky start and defeated the Pirates, 5-2. After the Mets tallied twice on a walk to Felix Millan, single by John Milner and double by Ed Kranepool in the first inning, Al Oliver singled and Willie Stargell homered in the Pirates' half. The Mets broke away with a run in the third on a single by Milner and Kranepool's second double of the game. Two more runs in the fifth clinched the decision.

Braves 6, Padres 1 at San Diego (day game):
Ralph Garr hit the first grand-slam homer of his major league career for the Braves' big blow in a 6-1 victory over the Padres. The Braves were losing, 1-0, and had only one hit off Steve Arlin going into the eighth inning when Johnny Oates singled and Darrell Evans and Dusty Baker walked to set the stage for Garr's slam. The Braves added two more runs in the ninth on a single by Sonny Jackson and doubles by Oates and Evans.

[DH] Astros 7, Giants 6 (day game) / Astros 8, Giants 3 at San Francisco (day game):
After driving in a run with a single in the ninth inning to win the first game, 7-6, Doug Rader collected three hits and batted in three runs to help the Astros beat the Giants, 8-3, in a sweep of a doubleheader. In the opener, Lee May drove in two runs for the Astros with a double in the sixth inning and Cesar Cedeno hit a grand-slam homer in the seventh, connecting off Randy Moffitt, who came in to relieve after Charlie Williams loaded the bases by giving up singles to Skip Jutze and Roger Metzger around a pass to Jim Wynn. The Giants put on a power show in their half, tying the score with three-run homers by Bobby Bonds and Willie McCovey. However, in the ninth, the Astros loaded the bases and Rader singled with two out to drive in the winning run. Rader hit a homer and double in the nightcap and Bob Watson also drove in three runs, walking with the bases loaded for one RBI and accounting for two others with a pair of singles.

Cubs 2, Cardinals 0 at St. Louis (day game):
Traveling the route for the first time in 15 starts this season, Milt Pappas pitched the Cubs to a 2-0 victory over the Cardinals before a crowd of 41,517, the largest in St. Louis this season. The three-game series attracted a total of 122,641. Tom Murphy dueled Pappas on equal terms until the eighth inning when pinch-hitter Rick Monday and Paul Popovich rapped successive singles. Orlando Pena relieved and retired Pappas. Rich Folkers look over and uncorked a wild pitch, allowing the runners to advance. Glenn Beckert then batted for Gene Hiser and singled to drive in the Cubs' runs.