MLB standings through games of July 9, 1973

MLB standings at the end of July 9, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	88	48	40	0	.545		375	329	29-16	19-24	3-7	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	82	44	38	0	.537	1.0	367	325	22-18	22-20	8-2	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	79	42	37	0	.532	1.5	318	266	23-16	19-21	5-5	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	85	43	42	0	.506	3.5	321	337	22-18	21-24	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	84	42	42	0	.500	4.0	371	358	20-23	22-19	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	85	29	56	0	.341	17.5	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
Kansas City Royals	89	48	41	0	.539	1.5	438	400	24-20	24-21	7-3	Won 1
California Angels	83	44	39	0	.530	2.5	294	282	21-18	23-21	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	82	43	39	0	.524	3.0	366	343	18-24	25-15	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	84	44	40	0	.524	3.0	350	354	22-22	22-18	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	83	30	53	0	.361	16.5	296	441	19-24	11-29	4-6	Won 1

	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	82	40	42	0	.488	7.0	367	385	24-18	16-24	6-4	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	37	44	0	.457	9.5	343	380	22-20	15-24	4-6	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	84	38	46	0	.452	10.0	367	366	21-19	17-27	3-7	Lost 4
New York Mets	81	35	46	0	.432	11.5	296	330	16-22	19-24	3-7	Won 1

	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
Cincinnati Reds	86	48	38	0	.558	5.5	358	340	23-19	25-19	9-1	Won 5
San Francisco Giants	88	49	39	0	.557	5.5	416	398	26-19	23-20	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	90	47	43	0	.522	8.5	401	367	26-17	21-26	3-7	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	90	40	49	1	.449	15.0	391	408	21-20	19-29	7-3	Won 5
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:

Orioles 5, Angels 3 at Baltimore (night game):
An error by Richie Scheinblum that resulted in three unearned runs enabled the Orioles to defeat the Angels, 5-3. The Angels' 3-1 lead was wiped out when the right fielder dropped a line drive by Bobby Grich, allowing two runs to score. Grich reached third on the error and crossed the plate with the leading run on a single by Tommy Davis. The Orioles added an insurance counter when Brooks Robinson walked in the sixth and scored from first base on a double by Andy Etchebarren.

White Sox 4, Yankees 3 at Chicago (night game):
In a rally against Sparky Lyle, the White Sox scored two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Yankees, 4-3. Luis Alvarado beat out an infield hit, took third on a single by Buddy Bradford and beat the throw home when Jorge Orta grounded to Horace Clarke. Eddie Leon struck out, but Pat Kelly then singled to drive in the winning run. As a result, Wilbur Wood was able to continue his mastery of the Yankees, beating them for the eighth straight time in a string that started on July 28, 1971.

Rangers 9, Tigers 7 at Detroit (night game):
Batting for the first time in the game after coming into the lineup as the Rangers' 17th player, Jim Mason homered with a man on base in the 12th inning to defeat the Tigers, 9-7. The Tigers had homers by Jim Northrup, Gates Brown and Willie Horton in scoring all their runs off Steve Dunning. Jim Kremmel, Jackie Brown and Bill Gogolewski pitched scoreless relief for the Rangers in the last 7 2/3 innings with the victory going to Gogolewski, his first of the season. The Rangers, after falling behind, 7-4, picked up two runs on a homer by Bill Sudakis in the seventh inning and tied the score in the eighth after a single by Vic Harris, who became the first Ranger player to collect five hits in one game. Harris took third on a single by Alex Johnson and beat the throw home to score on Rico Carty's grounder to Norm Cash.

Royals 13, Brewers 6 at Milwaukee (night game):
Pinch-hitting, Kurt Bevacqua came through with the first grand-slam homer of his major league career to spark the Royals to a 13-6 victory over the Brewers. John Mayberry and Gail Hopkins singled and Ed Kirkpatrick walked to load the bases in the fifth inning before Bevacqua batted for Paul Schaal and connected for his homer off Jerry Bell. Bevacqua remained in the game at third base and added two more RBIs with a single in the sixth.

Red Sox 2, Twins 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Rico Petrocelli hit a two-run homer in the second inning to enable the Red Sox to defeat the Twins, 2-0, behind the pitching of Bill Lee, who posted his first shutout of the season.

Reds 11, Expos 6 at Montreal (night game):
A grand-slam homer by pinch-hitter Hal King climaxed a seven-run outburst in the sixth inning as the Reds defeated the Expos, 11-6. Six Expos' pitchers set a club record of 15 walks. The Reds passed 10 and the two-club total of 25 walks set a new N. L. record. With the score tied, 4-4, the Reds opened the sixth by loading the bases on two walks and an error on a bunt by Denis Menke. Johnny Bench hit a sacrifice fly. After another pass filled the sacks again, Bobby Tolan hit a two-run single. A walk reloaded the bases for the third time and King, batting for Ed Sprague, followed with his grand slam off Pat Jarvis.

Mets 2, Astros 1 at New York (night game):
Two pinch-hitters, Beauchamp and Mays, came through to enable Mets to defeat Astros in 12 innings, 2-1. May homered for Astros' run in seventh. Beauchamp saved Mets from defeat, driving in tying run with single in ninth. Mays batted for Capra with one out in 12th and singled. After taking second on infield out by Garrett, Mays scored on single by Millan.

Braves 6, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
After a pinch-homer by Paul Casanova tied the score in the ninth inning, the Braves erupted for three runs in the 10th with pinch-hitter Norm Miller providing a key double to defeat the Phillies, 6-3. Homers by Willie Montanez and Bill Robinson helped the Phillies take a 3-1 lead, but Steve Carlton blew that advantage in the ninth when Johnny Oates walked and Casanova hit his first homer of the season. Barry Lersch was the loser in relief in the 10th. Pinch-hitter Frank Tepedino walked and, after a sacrifice, Oates was passed intentionally. Miller then batted for Tom House and doubled to drive in the tie-breaking tally. Two extra runs followed on an infield hit by Ralph Garr and sacrifice fly by Marty Perez.