MLB standings through games of July 1, 1973

MLB standings at the end of July 1, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	78	45	33	0	.577		349	294	28-12	17-21	7-3	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	70	37	33	0	.529	4.0	266	219	18-12	19-21	6-4	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	75	38	37	0	.507	5.5	310	303	17-21	21-16	4-6	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	77	39	38	0	.506	5.5	290	294	21-16	18-22	7-3	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	72	36	36	0	.500	6.0	327	304	22-18	14-18	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	77	27	50	0	.351	17.5	282	408	14-24	13-26	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	79	44	35	0	.557		359	285	23-16	21-19	7-3	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	73	40	33	0	.548	1.0	324	300	16-19	24-14	6-4	Won 4
Chicago White Sox	73	38	35	0	.521	3.0	302	311	20-19	18-16	4-6	Lost 3
California Angels	75	39	36	0	.520	3.0	259	255	21-18	18-18	5-5	Lost 4
Kansas City Royals	81	42	39	0	.519	3.0	382	363	21-18	21-21	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	72	26	46	0	.361	14.5	257	371	17-20	9-26	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	80	47	33	0	.588		348	294	22-15	25-18	7-3	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	75	37	38	0	.493	7.5	293	288	23-17	14-21	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	36	38	0	.486	8.0	321	342	22-20	14-18	7-3	Won 5
Philadelphia Phillies	76	36	40	0	.474	9.0	337	327	21-15	15-25	6-4	Won 1
Montreal Expos	73	34	39	0	.466	9.5	291	329	18-15	16-24	2-8	Lost 4
New York Mets	73	33	40	0	.452	10.5	263	283	15-19	18-21	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	81	51	29	1	.637		376	286	27-14	24-15	7-3	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	81	46	35	0	.568	5.5	387	368	25-17	21-18	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	80	44	36	0	.550	7.0	344	298	26-16	18-20	6-4	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	78	41	37	0	.526	9.0	314	314	20-18	21-19	4-6	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	81	34	46	1	.425	17.0	345	359	19-17	15-29	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	78	25	53	0	.321	25.0	240	371	18-25	7-28	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Brewers 9, Red Sox 5 (day game) / Red Sox 4, Brewers 2 at Boston (night game):
Led by Dave May, who collected three hits, scored three runs and drove in two, the Brewers won the opener of a doubleheader, 9-5, but Orlando Cepeda stepped into the spotlight in the nightcap and drove in three runs to pace the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory. Ellie Rodriguez provided additional punch for the Brewers in the first game, batting in two runs with a pair of singles. The Brewers piled up 10 of their 13 hits and scored seven runs off Bill Lee, who was kayoed in the fourth inning. Jim Colborn gained the victory, although rapped for 14 hits before yielding to Frank Linzy, who recorded the final two outs. The Red Sox started the second game with two runs in the first inning on a single by Rick Miller, pass to Carl Yastrzemski, single by Cepeda and sacrifice fly by Rico Petrocelli. Cepeda then provided the winning margin with a two-run double in the seventh. Joe Lahoud hit a homer for the Brewers.

Twins 2, Angels 1 at California (day game):
Jim Kaat pitched a one-hitter and Rod Carew drove in the Twins' runs with a single in the third inning to defeat the Angels, 2-1. Frank Robinson homered in the second for the only hit off Kaat. Bill Singer, who was the loser, allowed four hits, three of them by Jim Holt. In the third, George Mitterwald was hit by a pitch, Holt singled and both runners then scored when Carew singled.

[DH] Tigers 5, Orioles 3 (day game) / Tigers 1, Orioles 0 at Detroit (day game):
After Joe Coleman won the first game, 5-3, with the help of John Hiller, the four-hit pitching of Mickey Lolich and a homer by Mickey Stanley combined to give the Tigers a 1-0 victory in the second game, completing the sweep of a doubleheader with the Orioles. Gates Brown homered for the Tigers in the first inning of the lidlifter and then singled to start a three-run burst in the fourth. Al Kaline walked and Norm Cash was hit by a pitch. Duke Sims singled to drive in one run and, after two out, Aurelio Rodriguez sent a pair across with a single. Al Bumbry and Boog Powell hit homers for the Orioles' runs. In the nightcap, Stanley's smash in the sixth inning decided Lolich's duel with Dave McNally.

[DH] Yankees 5, Indians 2 (day game) / Yankees 11, Indians 3 at New York (day game):
With Roy White and Bobby Murcer as hitting standouts, the Yankees defeated the Indians in a doubleheader, 5-2 and 11-3, to give them a string of 13 straight victories in games at Yankee Stadium. White and Murcer each had two hits in the opener. Murcer batted in a run with a single in the first inning and White drove in two with a triple in the sixth. White hit another triple and homer in the nightcap, accounting for two RBIs, and Murcer smashed a homer and two singles, driving in three runs. Ron Blomberg also homered. Dave Pagan, rookie righthander from West Haven (Eastern), made his pitching debut for the Yankees, but was removed with none out in the second inning after giving up four straight singles. Fred Beene pitched the rest of the way and allowed only five hits.

[DH] A's 6, White Sox 4 (day game) / A's 3, White Sox 0 at Oakland (day game):
Catfish Hunter picked up his 12th victory of the season and seventh in succession and Blue Moon Odom gained his first victory since May 12 as the Athletics defeated the White Sox in a doubleheader, 6-4 and 3-0. However, both winners needed help. Darold Knowles pitched the last 1 2/3 innings in relief of Hunter and Rollie Fingers worked the last 2 1/3 innings to assist Odom. In the opener, the A's scored four runs in the third, two crossing the plate on an error by Jorge Orta with the bases loaded and two more counting on a single by Deron Johnson. Bill North singled in the fifth, stole second and scored on a single by Johnson before the A's added their last run in the sixth on an error and singles by Dick Green and North. Tony Muser homered for the White Sox. The A's started the nightcap with a run in the first inning on singles by Sal Bando, Reggie Jackson and Johnson. Their other pair scored in the fourth on a single by Bert Campaneris with the bases loaded.

Rangers 8, Royals 3 at Texas (night game):
After striking out his first two times at bat, Bill Sudakis homered with two men on base in the sixth inning when the Rangers erupted for five runs to defeat the Royals, 8-3. Rico Carty, who had four hits in the game, led off the sixth with a single and was forced by Alex Johnson. Jeff Burroughs singled, but Dick Billings popped up. Sudakis then hit his homer to put the Rangers ahead, 5-3. Two more runs followed before the inning ended on a single by Elliott Maddox, pass to Dave Nelson, single by Jim Mason and error by Amos Otis.

[DH] Giants 14, Braves 6 (day game) / Braves 8, Giants 7 at Atlanta (day game):
Sonny Jackson hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, driving in his fourth run of the game, to give the Braves an 8-7 victory in the second game of a doubleheader in a split with the Giants, who exploded for nine runs in the eighth inning to win the first game, 14-6. The Braves started the opener with four unearned runs in the first inning, but the Giants pulled ahead with the aid of homers by Bobby Bonds and Dave Rader before the Braves regained the lead at 6-5 with a two-run smash by Darrell Evans in the seventh. The Giants then erupted in the eighth, sending 11 men to bat against three Atlanta pitchers. After the first five runs crossed the plate, Garry Maddox homered with two men on base and Dave Kingman capped the outburst with another round-tripper. In the nightcap, Gary Matthews hit a two-run triple in the ninth inning to put the Giants on top, 7-6, but the Braves began to rally in their half with a double by Ralph Garr and a tying single by Frank Tepedino. Johnny Oates followed with a single, sending Tepedino to third, and Dick Dietz drew a walk to load the bases before Jackson came to the plate and hit his winning sacrifice fly.

[DH] Mets 6, Cubs 5 (day game) / Cubs 6, Mets 5 at Chicago (day game):
Playing before 42,497, their largest crowd of the season, the Cubs lost the first game of a doubleheader to the Mets, 6-5, but won the second game, also 6-5, when Randy Hundley smashed a three-run homer with two out in the ninth inning. The Mets jumped off to a 4-1 lead in the opener, getting their first run on a solo swat by John Milner and the next three on a drive by Wayne Garrett. The Cubs rallied to tie the game in the fourth, two runs scoring on a homer by Carmen Fanzone. The Mets then beat Fergie Jenkins with two runs in the sixth. Felix Millan and Milner singled and Rusty Staub hit a sacrifice fly for the tie-breaking tally. Milner took second on the throw to the plate and counted an extra run on a single by Ed Kranepool. In the nightcap, Jose Cardenal and Ron Santo started the Cubs' ninth-inning rally with singles. Santo's hit was his fifth of the game. Pat Bourque forced Cardenal at third and Paul Popovich flied out, but Hundley then drove a pitch by Tug McGraw deep into the center field bleachers to give the Cubs their dramatic victory.

[DH] Reds 4, Dodgers 3 (day game) / Reds 3, Dodgers 2 at Cincinnati (day game):
The Dodgers, who had won three straight games and seven of their last eight, were cooled off by the Reds, who swept a doubleheader, 4-3 and 3-2, with the nightcap going 10 innings. In each game, the Dodgers passed Johnny Bench intentionally, only to have the maneuver backfire. Willie Davis had four hits in the first game to help the Dodgers take a 3-1 lead before the Reds began a rally in the ninth inning with a double by Tony Perez. After Don Sutton retired the next two batters, Bench batted for Dave Concepcion and was passed intentionally. Hal King then batted for Bill Plummer and hit a three-run homer to give the Reds their victory. In the second game, Joe Morgan drew a walk with one out in the 10th and took second on a passed ball. After Concepcion was retired, Charlie Hough passed Bench intentionally and this time Perez singled for his third hit of the game to drive in the Reds' winning run.

Astros 6, Padres 4 at Houston (day game):
Don Wilson helped himself with a two-run double and Bob Watson hit a two-run homer to provide the winning margin as the Astros defeated the Padres, 6-4. With the score tied, 1-1, Watson walked in the fourth inning and was forced by Doug Rader. Following a passed ball, Bill Greif walked Tommy Helms intentionally. Skip Jutze singled for one run and Wilson followed with his double. Watson hit his deciding homer in the fifth. Fred Kendall batted in three runs for the Padres with a double and homer.

[DH] Pirates 6, Expos 2 (day game) / Pirates 8, Expos 4 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Getting combined six-hit pitching in each half of a doubleheader, the Pirates extended their winning streak to five games by defeating the Expos, 6-2 and 8-4. Luke Walker and Bob Johnson pitched in the opener, while Jim Rooker and Dave Giusti worked in the nightcap. Al Oliver enjoyed the twin bill with six hits in eight trips. Oliver had four hits, scored three runs and drove in one in the first game. Richie Hebner batted in two runs with a sacrifice fly and single. Ken Singleton and Hal Breeden homered for the Expos' tallies. In the second game, the Pirates took a 3-1 lead with the aid of a homer by Oliver and then broke the game apart with five runs in the fourth inning. Fernando Gonzalez knocked in a pair with a triple. Singleton hit his second homer of the day for the Expos.

Phillies 1, Cardinals 0 at St. Louis (day game):
Dick Ruthven pitched a two-hitter for the Phillies and Greg Luzinski knocked in the only run with a single in the eighth inning to defeat the Cardinals, 1-0. Luzinski grounded into a double play with the bases loaded in the first inning, but it was different in the eighth. Bill Robinson led off with a single and Denny Doyle sacrificed. Bob Gibson then passed Del Unser intentionally in order to pitch to Luzinski, who crossed up the move by rapping his single. Ruthven retired the last 17 Cardinal batters in succession.