MLB standings through games of July 2, 1973

MLB standings at the end of July 2, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	79	45	34	0	.570		349	295	28-13	17-21	6-4	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	71	37	34	0	.521	4.0	269	224	18-13	19-21	5-5	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	76	39	37	0	.513	4.5	315	306	17-21	22-16	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	78	40	38	0	.513	4.5	294	297	21-16	19-22	8-2	Won 4
Boston Red Sox	73	37	36	0	.507	5.0	328	304	22-18	15-18	6-4	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	78	27	51	0	.346	17.5	285	412	14-25	13-26	2-8	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	74	41	33	0	.554		329	302	16-19	25-14	7-3	Won 5
Oakland A's	80	44	36	0	.550		361	289	23-17	21-19	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	74	39	35	0	.527	2.0	307	315	20-19	19-16	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	76	40	36	0	.526	2.0	263	257	21-18	19-18	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	82	42	40	0	.512	3.0	384	368	21-19	21-21	3-7	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	73	26	47	0	.356	14.5	261	376	17-21	9-26	4-6	Lost 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	76	38	38	0	.500	7.0	300	292	24-17	14-21	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	36	38	0	.486	8.0	321	342	22-20	14-18	7-3	Won 5
Montreal Expos	74	35	39	0	.473	9.0	293	330	19-15	16-24	3-7	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	77	36	41	0	.468	9.5	341	334	21-15	15-26	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	74	33	41	0	.446	11.0	264	285	15-19	18-22	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	51	30	1	.630		378	290	27-14	24-16	6-4	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	82	47	35	0	.573	4.5	396	373	25-17	22-18	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	81	44	37	0	.543	7.0	349	306	26-17	18-20	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	79	42	37	0	.532	8.0	318	316	21-18	21-19	5-5	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	82	34	47	1	.420	17.0	350	368	19-18	15-29	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	79	26	53	0	.329	24.0	248	376	18-25	8-28	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Brewers 5, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
George Scott's two-run homer in the eighth, the third round-tripper of the game by the Brewers, snapped a tie and gave Milwaukee a 5-3 decision over the Orioles, who dropped their fourth straight. Scott drove in the winners' first run in the second with a sacrifice fly following a walk to Johnny Briggs and two wild pitches by Birds' rookie hurler Jesse Jefferson. Darrell Porter followed with a solo homer. A double by Boog Powell, two walks by Jerry Bell and Mark Belanger's two-run single tied the score in the bottom of the same frame. A single by Rich Coggins, a wild pitch and single by Tommy Davis made it 3-2 Orioles in the third. The Brewers' Pedro Garcia tied the score in the fifth with a bases-empty homer.

Tigers 4, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Dick McAuliffe scored the winning run on a passed ball in the sixth as the surging Tigers defeated Cleveland, 4-3, for their eighth victory in nine games. Mickey Stanley's two-run homer had given the Tigers a 2-0 lead in the third, but the Indians routed starter Woodie Fryman in the fifth on Leo Cardenas' RBI single and two-run homer by Buddy Bell. A walk, a forceout and singles by McAuliffe and Jim Northrup tied the score in the sixth against Indian starter and loser Dick Tidrow. McAuliffe then trotted home with the deciding run on a passed ball by John Ellis.

Twins 5, Royals 2 at Kansas City (night game):
A three-run fourth inning sent the streaking Twins to their fifth straight triumph by a 5-2 score over Kansas City, which dropped its seventh game in the Royals' last nine outings. Doubles by Steve Braun and Larry Hisle accounted for the initial fourth-inning tally. Phil Roof's single scored Hisle and Roof later crossed the plate on Jerry Terrell's infield out. Rod Carew, getting the first of his four hits with a game-opening single, took third on Terrell's single and scored the first Twins' run on a double play. Singles by Jim Holt, Carew and Terrell produced another run in the sixth. The Royals' runs came on Cookie Rojas' RBI double in the second and a duplicate effort by Fran Healy in the fifth.

Red Sox 1, Yankees 0 at New York (night game):
The Yanks' Fritz Peterson allowed only two hits, but one was a homer by Dwight Evans, enough for the Red Sox to edge New York, 1-0, behind the eight-hit hurling of John Curtis. Evans' bases-empty blow came with two out in the fifth. The only other hit off Peterson was Rico Petrocelli's one-out single in the second. Curtis, who walked one and hit one, was backed by three double plays. The frustrated Yankees, who had won 13 straight at home, loaded the bases with two out in the ninth, but Curtis got Felipe Alou on a popup to end the game. New York had not scored a run for Peterson in his last three decisions. All hits off Curtis were singles.

Angels 4, A's 2 at Oakland (night game):
Ken Berry drove in all of the Angels' runs in a 4-2 victory over Oakland which knocked the A's out of the lead in the A. L. West and moved California within two games of first place. The Athletics' Vida Blue, bidding for his fourth straight win, walked Bob Oliver and Richie Scheinblum in the second. Berry followed with a three-run homer, then drove home the final Angel run with a ninth-inning single. Deron Johnson's solo home run put the Athletics on the scoreboard in the second. The A's drove starter Clyde Wright to the showers in the seventh on back-to-back doubles by Joe Rudi and Ray Fosse. Reliever Dave Sells came on to retire the side, but needed help in the ninth from Steve Barber after walking Reggie Jackson, hitting Gene Tenace and getting a 3-and-0 count on Rudi. Barber completed the walk to Rudi to load the bases, but got Fosse on a long fly.

White Sox 5, Rangers 4 at Texas (night game):
Youngster David Clyde, making his second major league start before a near-capacity crowd, left the game after six innings with a 4-3 lead, but the Texas bullpen could not hold it. The White Sox' Bill Melton delivered a run-scoring single in the eighth off loser Don Stanhouse to tie the score, and Ed Herrmann doubled home Buddy Bradford in the ninth to give Chicago a 5-4 victory. Clyde allowed only one earned run, but threw away a potential double-play grounder in the fifth. The Sox capitalized immediately as Luis Alvarado doubled home one run and Eddie Leon accounted for another with a groundout. The Rangers' Rico Carty collected his seventh and eighth consecutive hits before his string ended in the sixth when he struck out. He scored a run in the second after singling and doubled home another in the third.

Giants 9, Braves 5 at Atlanta (night game):
A two-run round-tripper in the eighth by Chris Speier produced the tying and winning runs as the Giants took a 9-5 victory from the Braves in a seesaw, homer-filled contest. Braves' starter Jimmy Freeman held San Francisco to one hit over the first five innings. Atlanta went ahead in that same inning on Davey Johnson's 17th homer. The Giants tied it in the sixth when starter Jim Barr doubled and scored on Tito Fuentes' single. Hank Aaron put the Braves back on top with a two-run shot in the sixth, his 21st, and No. 694, but homers by Gary Matthews and Bobby Bonds, the latter with one aboard, made it 4-3 Giants in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Dusty Baker's two-run single in the seventh gave Atlanta their last lead at 5-4. After Speier homered, the Giants added three insurance runs in the ninth, two scoring on Matthews' triple.

Reds 4, Dodgers 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Tony Perez' two-run homer with none out in the ninth inning off Dodger relief ace Jim Brewer gave the Reds a 4-2 victory and enabled them to take the series from first-place Los Angeles, three games to one. Perez' 14th four-bagger followed a leadoff infield single by John Bench and gave Don Gullett, who hurled shutout ball the last three innings, his eighth victory. The Dodgers' Bill Buckner put the visitors ahead with a solo homer in the third and a walk to Ron Cey and Bill Russell's double to left made it 2-0 in the fourth. Russell later was thrown out at the plate by right fielder Bobby Tolan when he attempted to score on Von Joshua's single. The Reds tied the score in the sixth against Andy Messersmith on a walk to pinch-hitter Phil Gagliano, single by Pete Rose, Joe Morgan's double and rookie Dan Driessen's sacrifice fly.

Padres 8, Astros 5 at Houston (night game):
The Astros closed a disastrous homestand as the 8-5 victims of the Padres and Cito Gaston, whose three-run homer in the ninth gave the victory to San Diego, saddled Houston with their fifth defeat in eight games. Jerry Morales doubled over Cesar Cedeno's head with the bases loaded in the third to account for the first three Padre runs, and doubled again in the seventh during a two-run rally which tied the score at 5-5. The Astros got two in the first on singles by Jesus Alou and Doug Rader, a walk and a fielder's choice. Jim Wynn's leadoff homer in the third tied the score. Houston took a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth on singles by Wynn and Bob Watson and a long double by Rader.

Expos 2, Mets 1 at Montreal (day game):
The Expos broke their five-game losing streak when Boots Day hit a pinch-homer in the bottom of the 10th inning off reliever Buzz Capra to pin the Mets with a 2-1 defeat. Day was batting for pitcher Steve Renko, who improved his record to 7-5 after winning only one game all of last season. New York took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on consecutive singles by John Milner, Rusty Staub and Ed Kranepool. Montreal tied the score in the seventh when the Expos also put together three straight singles by Hal Breeden, Bob Bailey and Ken Singleton.

Cardinals 7, Phillies 4 at St. Louis (night game):
For the second time in a week, Ted Simmons drove in five runs for the Cardinals, three of them with his sixth homer, as St. Louis built a 7-0 lead then turned back a ninth-inning rally by the Phlllies to win, 7-4. Winning pitcher Reggie Cleveland had a four-hit shutout until the ninth, when a double by Bill Robinson and singles by Denny Doyle, Greg Luzinski and Tommy Hutton produced two Phillie runs. Orlando Pena relieved after a walk to Mike Rogodzinski and yielded a two-run single to Bob Boone before retiring the side to pick up the save. The victory was the ninth for Cleveland, who was aboard, together with Joe Torre, when Simmons homered in the sixth.