MLB standings through games of June 27, 1973

MLB standings at the end of June 27, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	73	41	32	0	.562		316	278	24-12	17-20	8-2	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	65	35	30	0	.538	2.0	247	204	17-12	18-18	6-4	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	72	37	35	0	.514	3.5	293	286	17-21	20-14	3-7	Lost 4
Boston Red Sox	68	34	34	0	.500	4.5	300	282	20-16	14-18	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	72	35	37	0	.486	5.5	270	275	17-15	18-22	3-7	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	71	26	45	0	.366	14.0	261	360	14-24	12-21	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	71	39	32	0	.549		255	241	21-14	18-18	7-3	Won 4
Oakland A's	74	40	34	0	.541	0.5	341	273	19-15	21-19	6-4	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	68	36	32	0	.529	1.5	290	296	20-19	16-13	4-6	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	76	40	36	0	.526	1.5	365	344	21-18	19-18	4-6	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	69	36	33	0	.522	2.0	308	296	16-19	20-14	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	67	24	43	0	.358	13.0	241	352	15-17	9-26	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	74	44	30	0	.595		324	271	19-12	25-18	6-4	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	71	35	36	0	.493	7.5	282	272	21-16	14-20	5-5	Won 2
Montreal Expos	67	33	34	0	.493	7.5	277	298	18-15	15-19	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	72	34	38	0	.472	9.0	316	312	21-15	13-23	7-3	Won 1
New York Mets	68	31	37	0	.456	10.0	243	256	15-18	16-19	3-7	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	31	38	0	.449	10.5	292	335	17-20	14-18	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	75	48	26	1	.649		341	257	27-14	21-12	9-1	Won 4
Houston Astros	76	43	33	0	.566	6.0	334	275	25-13	18-20	7-3	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	76	43	33	0	.566	6.0	348	345	25-17	18-16	3-7	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	73	38	35	0	.521	9.5	295	295	17-16	21-19	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	75	31	43	1	.419	17.0	311	314	16-14	15-29	3-7	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	74	23	51	0	.311	25.0	227	360	18-25	5-26	3-7	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, Yankees 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Paul Blair and Tommy Davis batted in two runs apiece to support the pitching of Dave McNally as the Orioles defeated the Yankees, 4-0. Blair homered in the first inning. A single by Mark Belanger, double by Blair and single by Davis added two runs in the third before Davis accounted for the final tally with a homer in the eighth.

Angels 3, White Sox 1 at California (night game):
Bill Singer gained his 12th victory on the strength of a two-run homer by Mike Epstein, who enabled the Angels to defeat the White Sox, 3-1. Frank Robinson batted in a run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning before Epstein delivered his homer to score behind Sandy Alomar.

[DH] Tigers 6, Brewers 3 (night game) / Tigers 5, Brewers 4 at Detroit (night game):
The Tigers, after winning the first game, 6-3, on a grand-slam homer by Dick McAuliffe, exploded for five runs in the fifth inning of the second game and defeated the Brewers, 5-4, to complete the sweep of a twi-night doubleheader. The Tigers, who were losing the lidlifter, 3-2, loaded the bases in the eighth inning on a walk to Mickey Stanley, double by Norm Cash and intentional pass to Willie Horton before McAuliffe came to the plate against Frank Linzy and hit his second grand-slam of the season and eighth of his major league career. Rookie Eduardo Rodriguez, pitching the nightcap for the Brewers, had a 4-0 lead before Aurelio Rodriguez, no relation, started his downfall by opening the Tigers' fifth with a homer. Another run brought Skip Lockwood to the mound in relief for the Brewers, but the Tigers continued their attack with a double by Cash, triple by Horton and double by Duke Sims.

A's 3, Royals 2 at Oakland (night game):
Bert Campaneris raced home from first base on a throwing error by Freddie Patek in the ninth inning to carry the Athletics to a 3-2 victory over the Royals. John Mayberry homered to produce the Royals' runs in the third inning, but the A's tied the score in the fifth with a homer by Gene Tenace, double by Ray Fosse and single by Bill North. In the ninth, Campaneris singled and when Patek threw wildly to first after fielding a grounder by North, Campaneris sped home to score the winning run.

Rangers 4, Twins 3 at Texas (night game):
David Clyde, the Rangers' No. 1 draft choice from Houston's Westchester High School, made his pro debut and allowed only one hit in five innings in a 4-3 victory over the Twins. The eighteen-year-old righthander walked seven and struck out eight. The only hit off his delivery was a homer by Mike Adams with a man on base in the second. The Rangers came back to tie the score in their half on a bases-loaded single by Dave Nelson. Toby Harrah doubled and scored in the third before driving in what proved to be the winning run with a single in the fourth. Bill Gogolewski replaced Clyde and held the Twins to three hits and one run in the final four frames. Promotion of Clyde's debut brought out a Ranger record crowd of 35,698.

[DH] Cubs 6, Expos 1 (day game) / Expos 5, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
Ron Santo, who had a hand in all of the Cubs' runs in a 6-1 victory over the Expos in the first game, hit a homer in the ninth inning to tie the score at 3-3 in the second game, which was suspended after 12 innings because of darkness. Santo drove in four runs and scored two with a double and two singles in the lidlifter. In the nightcap, the Cubs took a 2-0 lead before the Expos pulled even with homers by Bob Bailey and Ken Singleton in the seventh inning. Ron Hunt broke the tie with a run-scoring single in the ninth, but Santo saved the Cubs from defeat with his round-tripper in the home half.

Astros 10, Reds 2 at Houston (night game):
The magic of Fred Norman since joining the Reds was dispelled by the Astros, who knocked out the lefthander in the sixth inning en route to a 10-2 victory. Norman had pitched two straight shutouts and allowed one run in his third game after being acquired from the Padres. Norman gave up two walks and a single by Jerry Reuss for a tally in the fifth before the Astros erupted for five runs in the sixth. Doug Rader and Skip Jutze each hit a two-run double and Reuss added one with a sacrifice fly.

[DH] Mets 7, Phillies 6 (night game) / Phillies 7, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
Scoring seven runs in the first inning, the Mets held on for a 7-6 victory in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Phillies came back behind the slugging of Mike Schmidt to win the nightcap, 7-1. Wayne Garrett, Felix Millan, Rusty Staub, Ed Kranepool, Jim Gosger and Ron Hodges singled and Ted Martinez doubled to produce the first five runs in the Mets' outburst before George Stone singled to drive in the final pair. Barry Lersch, who was the victim of the attack in his first start of the season, remained on the mound and held the Mets scoreless thereafter until removed for a pinch-hitter in the eighth, but the Phillies failed to catch up despite homers by Greg Luzinski and Mike Anderson. In the second game, Schmidt batted in five runs with two homers, including a grand slam off Phil Hennigan in the sixth inning. Mike Wallace was the winner in his debut with the Phillies after being brought up from Eugene (Pacific Coast).

Cardinals 15, Pirates 4 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Joe Torre completed the cycle feat for the first time in his major league career and Ted Simmons drove in five runs as the Cardinals went on a batting rampage with 22 hits to scuttle the Pirates, 15-4. Torre doubled in the first inning, homered in the third, tripled in the fourth and singled in the ninth. Simmons hit a homer, two doubles and a sacrifice fly. Ken Reitz joined in the attack with four singles.

Giants 6, Braves 5 at San Francisco (day game):
After driving in two runs previously with a homer and double, Dave Rader hit for the circuit again in the eighth inning to enable the Giants to edge the Braves, 6-5. Rader's first homer and a run-scoring single by Garry Maddox gave the Giants a 2-0 lead in the third inning, but the Braves came back with three runs in the fifth on a homer by Ralph Garr, single by Dick Dietz, double by Mike Lum and single by Johnny Oates. An error led to another run for the Braves in the sixth before the Giants scored three times in their half on a triple by Maddox, singles by Ed Goodson, Gary Matthews and Chris Speier and double by Rader. The Giants' catcher then hit his second homer of the game in the eighth, leaving the Braves still one run short when Lum connected for the circuit in the ninth.