MLB standings through games of July 8, 1973

MLB standings at the end of July 8, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	87	48	39	0	.552		372	325	29-16	19-23	4-6	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	81	43	38	0	.531	2.0	365	325	22-18	21-20	8-2	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	78	41	37	0	.526	2.5	313	263	22-16	19-21	4-6	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	84	43	41	0	.512	3.5	314	328	22-17	21-24	7-3	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	83	42	41	0	.506	4.0	365	345	20-22	22-19	5-5	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	85	29	56	0	.341	18.0	315	451	15-29	14-27	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	86	48	38	0	.558		386	311	24-18	24-20	7-3	Won 2
California Angels	82	44	38	0	.537	2.0	291	277	21-18	23-20	5-5	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	88	47	41	0	.534	2.0	425	394	24-20	23-21	7-3	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	81	43	38	0	.531	2.5	366	341	18-23	25-15	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	83	43	40	0	.518	3.5	346	351	21-22	22-18	5-5	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	82	29	53	0	.354	17.0	287	434	19-24	10-29	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	86	49	37	0	.570		370	324	23-17	26-20	4-6	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	83	43	40	0	.518	4.5	337	312	27-18	16-22	7-3	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	81	40	41	0	.494	6.5	361	374	24-17	16-24	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	83	38	45	0	.458	9.5	364	360	21-18	17-27	3-7	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	37	44	0	.457	9.5	343	380	22-20	15-24	4-6	Lost 3
New York Mets	80	34	46	0	.425	12.0	294	329	15-22	19-24	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	54	33	1	.621		395	311	30-17	24-16	4-6	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	88	49	39	0	.557	5.5	416	398	26-19	23-20	4-6	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	85	47	38	0	.553	6.0	347	334	23-19	24-19	8-2	Won 4
Houston Astros	89	47	42	0	.528	8.0	400	365	26-17	21-25	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	89	39	49	1	.443	15.5	385	405	21-20	18-29	6-4	Won 4
San Diego Padres	85	31	54	0	.365	22.0	272	392	20-26	11-28	7-3	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 6, Orioles 5 at Baltimore (night game):
After the Athletics took and then failed to hold a lead in the ninth inning, Gene Tenace homered in the 10th to defeat the Orioles, 6-5. The Orioles scored four runs in the first, three coming on a circuit clout by Don Baylor. The A's picked up one run in the fourth and added another on a homer by Sal Bando in the fifth before going ahead with three runs in the ninth on a single by Bert Campaneris, double by Bando and singles by Reggie Jackson and Deron Johnson. The Orioles came back after two out to tie the score in their half of the ninth on singles by Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell and Al Bumbry.

[DH] White Sox 6, Red Sox 1 (day game) / Red Sox 11, White Sox 2 at Chicago (day game):
Exploding for nine runs in the 10th inning, the Red Sox gained an 11-2 victory in the second game to split a doubleheader with the White Sox, who won the first game, 6-1. Steve Stone pitched a five-hitter for the White Sox in the opener and Carlos May drove in three runs with a homer and double. In the nightcap, Tommy Harper drove in two runs for the Red Sox with a double in the second inning and the White Sox tied the score with a homer by Buddy Bradford in the sixth. Dwight Evans opened the 10th with a double and scored on a single by Buddy Hunter. After a sacrifice by Harper, Mario Guerrero singled to drive in Hunter and took second on the throw. An intentional pass to Carl Yastrzemski and single by Orlando Cepeda loaded the bases. Rico Petrocelli singled to plate two runs. Following a pass to Rick Miller that filled the sacks again, Bob Montgomery hit a grand-slam homer. The Red Sox continued their attack with a double by Hunter, who crossed the plate with the last run on a single by Harper.

[DH] Angels 10, Indians 4 (day game) / Angels 5, Indians 3 at Cleveland (day game):
The Angels breezed to a 10-4 victory in the first game and then won the second game, 5-3, on a two-run homer by Richie Scheinblum in the 10th inning to complete a sweep of a doubleheader with the Indians. Vada Pinson and Bob Oliver homered in the opener, Oliver's blow coming with two men on base, to help escort Bill Singer to his 14th victory. Chris Chambliss homered for the Indians. In the nightcap, the Indians had a round-tripper by Oscar Gamble and held a 3-2 lead going into the ninth when the Angels tied the score on doubles by Leroy Stanton and Winston Llenas. Mike Epstein then singled in the 10th and Scheinblum followed with his game-winning homer.

Tigers 3, Royals 0 at Kansas City (day game):
John Hiller recorded his 20th save of the season, pitching the last 2 2/3 innings in relief of Mike Strahler, as the Tigers shut out the Royals, 3-0. Aurelio Rodriguez, Willie Horton and Mickey Stanley delivered run-scoring hits for the Tigers in their victory over Dick Drago.

[DH] Brewers 6, Rangers 4 (day game) / Brewers 7, Rangers 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
Dave May homered in each game of a doubleheader and the Brewers also got slugging performances from Johnny Briggs and George Scott to defeat the Rangers, 6-4 and 7-3. May homered with a man on base in the first game and Briggs connected for the circuit with two aboard. In the second game, May, Scott and Briggs each batted in two runs. Scott and May homered in succession in the fifth inning.

Yankees 7, Twins 0 at Minnesota (day game):
The Yankees handed Arizona State star Eddie Bane his first defeat, beating the Twins, 7-0, behind the four-hit hurling of Mel Stottlemyre. Bane was tagged for three runs in the third inning on singles by Felipe Alou and Gene Michael, an infield out by Matty Alou and homer by Roy White. The Yankees added their other runs off relievers Dave Goltz and Ken Sanders.

Dodgers 3, Pirates 2 at Los Angeles (day game):
Breaking up an overtime game, Willie Davis homered in the 12th inning to carry the Dodgers to a 3-2 victory in a sweep of the three-game series with the Pirates. After the Pirates scored once in the first on doubles by Dave Cash and Richie Zisk, Steve Yeager drove in two runs for the Dodgers with a single in the second and grounder in the fourth. The Pirates tied the score in the ninth with an infield hit by Cash, single by Al Oliver and sacrifice fly by Manny Sanguillen.

Astros 9, Expos 7 at Montreal (day game):
A three-run rally in the ninth inning brought the Astros a 9-7 victory over the Expos, who also lost the services of Tim Foli when the shortstop suffered a broken jaw in a collision with Bob Watson of the Astros in the fourth inning. Cesar Cedeno hit two homers and Doug Rader one for the Astros, while Bob Bailey had a round-tripper for the Expos. In the ninth, Roger Metzger, Cedeno and Watson hit singles to tie the score at 7-7. After Rader walked to load the bases, Tommy Helms singled to drive in the two deciding runs.

Braves 4, Mets 2 at New York (day game):
Pulling within 18 of Babe Ruth's record, Hank Aaron hit the 695th and 696th homers of his career, driving in three runs, to power the Braves to a 4-2 victory over the Mets. This was the 60th time that Aaron had hit two round-trippers in one game. After Dusty Baker homered for the Braves in the second inning, Aaron hit a solo shot in the fourth and followed with another drive after a walk to Darrell Evans in the sixth. Both smashes came off George Stone, who formerly was Aaron's teammate.

Reds 4, Phillies 0 at Philadelphia (day game):
Posting his fifth shutout of the season, Jack Billingham allowed only four hits and pitched the Reds to a 4-0 victory over the Phillies. The Reds provided Billingham with enough runs to win when Johnny Bench drove in a pair with a bases-loaded single in the third inning.

Padres 4, Cubs 2 at San Diego (day game):
With two strikes, Dwain Anderson laid down a squeeze bunt for the tie-breaking run as the Padres scored twice in the eighth inning to defeat the Cubs, 4-2. Dave Roberts singled, took third on another single by Fred Kendall and scored when Anderson, formerly with the Cardinals, bunted for his first RBI of the season. Randy Jones, who pitched a four-hitter, iced his victory with a single, scoring Kendall.

Giants 5, Cardinals 4 at San Francisco (day game):
Getting a second chance at the plate because of an error, pinch-hitter Chris Arnold delivered a sacrifice fly that gave the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals. With the score tied, 4-4, Gary Thomasson doubled in the seventh inning and stopped at third on a single by Chris Speier. With one out, Arnold lifted a foul fly, which first baseman Tim McCarver dropped. Given new life, Arnold hit a sacrifice to score Thomasson. The run became earned when Bobby Bonds followed with a single.