MLB standings through games of July 3, 1973

MLB standings at the end of July 3, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	80	46	34	0	.575		352	296	29-13	17-21	6-4	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	72	38	34	0	.528	4.0	278	231	19-13	19-21	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	79	41	38	0	.519	4.5	299	301	21-16	20-22	9-1	Won 5
Milwaukee Brewers	77	39	38	0	.506	5.5	322	315	17-21	22-17	3-7	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	74	37	37	0	.500	6.0	329	307	22-18	15-19	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	79	27	52	0	.342	18.5	289	417	14-26	13-26	2-8	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	81	45	36	0	.556		364	289	24-17	21-19	7-3	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	75	41	34	0	.547	1.0	335	309	16-19	25-15	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	76	40	36	0	.526	2.5	323	318	20-19	20-17	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	77	40	37	0	.519	3.0	263	260	21-18	19-19	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	83	43	40	0	.518	3.0	391	374	22-19	21-21	3-7	Won 1
Texas Rangers	75	27	48	0	.360	15.0	264	392	18-22	9-26	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	81	47	34	0	.580		350	302	22-16	25-18	6-4	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	78	40	38	0	.513	5.5	311	298	26-17	14-21	7-3	Won 3
Montreal Expos	75	36	39	0	.480	8.0	312	338	20-15	16-24	4-6	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	78	37	41	0	.474	8.5	349	336	21-15	16-26	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	76	36	40	0	.474	8.5	327	353	22-20	14-20	6-4	Lost 2
New York Mets	75	33	42	0	.440	11.0	272	304	15-19	18-23	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	83	51	31	1	.622		379	294	27-15	24-16	5-5	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	83	47	36	0	.566	4.5	399	379	25-17	22-19	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	80	43	37	0	.537	7.0	324	319	22-18	21-19	6-4	Won 4
Houston Astros	82	44	38	0	.537	7.0	349	307	26-17	18-21	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	83	35	47	1	.427	16.0	351	368	20-18	15-29	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	80	27	53	0	.338	23.0	252	377	18-25	9-28	5-5	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Orioles 9, Brewers 7 (night game) / Orioles 6, Brewers 4 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles exploded for six runs in the eighth inning to overcome a 7-3 Brewer lead and capture a 9-7 victory in the opening game of a twi-night doubleheader. The second game was suspended after seven innings by Baltimore's midnight curfew law with the Brewers holding a 4-1 lead as the result of homers by Johnny Briggs, Ollie Brown and Darrell Porter. The first game, delayed by rain for one hour and 15 minutes after the first inning, was highlighted by Bobby Grich's two home runs for the Orioles and Briggs' three-run homer for the Brewers. The Orioles started their winning comeback with a walk to Earl Williams. This was followed by singles by Don Baylor, Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell and Al Bumbry. After a walk to Merv Rettenmund, the tying run scored as Grich bounced into a double play. Two more runs then crossed the plate on a pinch-double by Paul Blair and single by Tommy Davis.

Tigers 5, Indians 4 at Cleveland (night game):
The Tigers scored their fifth straight victory, a 5-4 squeaker over the Indians, as Norm Cash hit two homers and drove in three runs. Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry, both former Cy Young Award winners, were the starting pitchers, but neither was around at the finish. Reliever Ed Farmer picked up his second victory in two nights for the Tigers, while Gaylord Perry was tagged with the loss, failing to a hold 4-2 lead when the Tigers scored three runs in the seventh inning. The Bengals' winning rally began with Cash's second circuit blow. Jim Northrup then singled, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on Rich Reese's two-out single. Reese took second on a passed ball and scored on Ed Brinkman's single. Charlie Spikes hit a three-run homer for the Indians and Oscar Gamble added a solo swat.

Royals 7, Twins 6 at Kansas City (night game):
Fourth of July fireworks began a day early at Royals Stadium with no less than seven home runs in the Royals' 7-6 victory over the Twins. Designated hitter Tony Oliva hit three blasts for the Twins, but the one that counted most was hit by Paul Schaal in the bottom of the ninth inning to the give Royals their edge. The homer was Schaal's second of the game. Other homers were hit by the Twins' Larry Hisle and the Royals' Freddie Patek. The game was only the third won by the Royals in their last 10 outings and snapped the Twins' five-game winning streak. It marked the first time Oliva ever had hit three homers in one garne.

Yankees 3, Red Sox 1 at New York (day game):
A homer by Ron Blomberg with two men on base in the first inning was all that the Yankees needed to upend the Red Sox, 3-1. Blomberg's blast followed a two-out single by Matty Alou and a walk to Bobby Murcer. Sam McDowell, with relief help from Sparky Lyle, received credit for his third victory since returning to the American League last month. The lone Bosox score came in the fourth when McDowell issued three straight walks, the last one forcing in Carl Yastrzemski, who had opened the frame with a double.

A's 3, Angels 0 at Oakland (night game):
Ken Holtzman's five-hit hurling, plus a homer by Joe Rudi, propelled the Athletics to a 3-1 victory over the Angels. Rudi's wallop, his 10th of the campaign, came off Nolan Ryan in the fifth inning and produced two runs. The other run came in the seventh when Dick Green singled after two bases on balls. Holtzman struck out 12 in posting his 12th win and his first since June 9.

[DH] White Sox 15, Rangers 1 (night game) / Rangers 2, White Sox 1 at Texas (night game):
Wilbur Wood snapped his personal six-game losing streak as the White Sox shelled three Ranger pitchers for 15 hits to register a 15-1 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader. But the Chisox artillery was muffled in the second game as Jim Bibby gave them just four hits in pitching the Rangers to a 2-1 win. The White Sox took a 1-0 edge as the result of a Bibby wild pitch, but the Rangers rallied in the seventh inning against Stan Bahnsen. Alex Johnson singled and Bill Sudakis walked. Pete Mackanin singled, but Johnson was thrown out trying to score, the other runners moving to second and third on the play at the plate. Terry Forster relieved Bahnsen and Ken Suarez singled for the winning runs. Wood gave up only four hits in the opener to become the first major league pitcher to win 15 games this season.

Braves 1, Astros 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Carl Morton, working out of a string of late-inning jams, hurled the Braves to a 1-0 victory over the Astros. The visitors had two men on base in each of the last three innings, but could not produce a run-scoring hit. The Braves scored the lone run of the day in the second inning on a leadoff single by Dusty Baker, a single by Davey Johnson which sent Baker to third, and an infield groundout by Mike Lum.

Phillies 8, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
The Phillies, getting homers from Greg Luzinski and Mike Schmidt and benefiting from loose infield play, routed Milt Pappas early in the game and went on to an 8-2 victory over the Cubs behind Jim Lonborg, who won his fourth straight starting assignment. Rick Monday accounted for both Cub tallies with his 19th and 20th homers, reaching a career high for a season. His best previous performance was 18 in 1971 with Oakland.

Reds 6, Giants 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Bobby Tolan and Tony Perez hit homers and Johnny Bench had a two-run double to spearhead the Reds to a 6-3 triumph over the Giants. Jack Billingham, although needing relief help from Dave Tomlin and Clay Carroll, got his 11th victory of the season. The Giants resurrected Juan Marichal from the bullpen, but the veteran righthander had to leave the game in the fourth inning after suffering a pulled hamstring running out a run-scoring single. He yielded three runs in three innings of work. The start of the game was delayed two hours and 25 minutes because of rain but when it finally got underway, Bobby Bonds promptly walloped a homer. It was the ninth time this year that the Giants' righthander had led off a game with a circuit swat.

Padres 4, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Rookie Randy Jones registered his first major league victory as the Padres handed the Dodgers their fourth straight defeat, 4-1. The lefthander permitted but four singles and the only run off him was unearned, coming as a result of two Padre errors. The Padres, held scoreless until the sixth by Tommy John, broke his service in that frame on singles by Derrel Thomas, Jerry Morales and Dave Roberts and a three-run double by Nate Colbert. They added another tally in the seventh on singles by Dave Winfield, Thomas and Morales. Jones, who had lost two games before winning this one, threw only 90 pitches and had the Dodgers hitting into the ground throughout the evening.

Expos 19, Mets 8 at Montreal (night game):
Bob Bailey had the greatest game of his career, getting four hits including two homers, one with the bases loaded, and driving in seven runs to lead the Expos to a 19-8 thrashing of the Mets. Ken Singleton drove in five runs with a three-run homer and two run-producing singles. John Boccabella also had a homer for the Expos, who set a club record for runs and hits (21). The Expos' 19 markers were the most ever scored against the Mets in a single game.

[DH] Cardinals 4, Pirates 0 (night game) / Cardinals 7, Pirates 6 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals scored their first doubleheader sweep of the season in turning back the Pirates, 4-0 and 7-6, and established their season's record at 40-38 in a remarkable comeback after dropping 15 out of their first 20 games. In the lidlifter, Rick Wise notched his fourth shutout of the year. Tim McCarver's two-out, two-run triple off Dock Ellis in the sixth inning was the big blow in support of Wise. In the nightcap, Pirate starter Steve Blass issued six walks in less than three innings and his relief man, Bob Johnson, was greeted with a bases-loaded triple by Ken Reitz to give the Cards an early 6-0 lead. The Pirates got on the board for the first time when Richie Zisk powered a 400-foot homer in the fourth. Rich Folkers held the Bucs to four hits until being relieved by Diego Segui with two out in the ninth and the Cardinals ahead, 7-1. Scoring rules gave Segui credit for a "save" even though he yielded a run-scoring single to Rennie Stennett and a pinch-hit grand-slam homer by Willie Stargell. That blow was the 301st of Stargell's career and gave him the all-time Pirate homer leadership, exceeding the previous mark of 300 by Ralph Kiner.