MLB standings through games of July 22, 1973

MLB standings at the end of July 22, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	101	57	44	0	.564		428	352	37-19	20-25	7-3	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	92	51	41	0	.554	1.5	379	313	24-17	27-24	7-3	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	96	52	44	0	.542	2.5	420	381	29-23	23-21	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	97	49	48	0	.505	6.0	388	392	28-21	21-27	4-6	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	96	47	49	0	.490	7.5	423	416	22-27	25-22	4-6	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	98	35	63	0	.357	20.5	385	521	16-30	19-33	5-5	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	98	56	42	0	.571		456	361	28-20	28-22	7-3	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	101	55	46	0	.545	2.5	487	459	27-20	28-26	6-4	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	96	49	47	0	.510	6.0	416	401	21-28	28-19	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	96	48	48	0	.500	7.0	353	353	23-23	25-25	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	98	49	49	0	.500	7.0	393	413	24-26	25-23	3-7	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	95	34	61	0	.358	20.5	334	500	22-27	12-34	4-6	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	96	51	45	0	.531		384	356	31-21	20-24	7-3	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	97	51	46	0	.526	0.5	406	380	24-22	27-24	1-9	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	94	46	48	0	.489	4.0	405	427	27-22	19-26	6-4	Won 5
Philadelphia Phillies	97	46	51	0	.474	5.5	423	410	24-22	22-29	7-3	Won 4
Montreal Expos	95	44	51	0	.463	6.5	413	455	25-19	19-32	2-8	Lost 4
New York Mets	93	42	51	0	.452	7.5	348	377	17-23	25-28	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	101	63	37	1	.630		450	348	35-18	28-19	7-3	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	99	57	42	0	.576	5.5	407	371	31-22	26-20	7-3	Won 5
San Francisco Giants	99	56	43	0	.566	6.5	467	428	29-21	27-22	7-3	Won 4
Houston Astros	102	52	50	0	.510	12.0	441	412	28-21	24-29	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	103	45	57	1	.441	19.0	463	486	25-27	20-30	4-6	Lost 6
San Diego Padres	98	33	65	0	.337	29.0	313	470	20-32	13-33	2-8	Lost 5

Today's scores and summaries:

Twins 10, Red Sox 7 at Boston (day game):
Tony Oliva and George Mitterwald batted in seven runs between them as the Twins defeated the Red Sox, 10-7. After Oliva drove in a run with a single in the first inning, Mitterwald homered with two men on base. Oliva grounded into a forceout at second with the bases loaded in the fifth, Jerry Terrell scoring from third, and when the Red Sox were late in an attempt to complete a double play, Rod Carew also raced home from second, giving Oliva credit for two RBIs. Oliva batted in his other run with a single in the sixth when the Twins completed their scoring. Reggie Smith and Orlando Cepeda hit homers for the the Red Sox. Smith drove in four runs with his homer and a double.

Orioles 8, Angels 2 at California (day game):
In an all-star performance, Brooks Robinson batted in five runs to lead the Orioles to an 8-2 victory over the Angels. The A. L.'s All-Star third baseman homered with Don Baylor on base in the second inning, singled to drive in two of the Orioles' five runs in the fourth and accounted for his other RBI with a single after Baylor hit a triple in the fifth inning.

Royals 7, Brewers 5 at Kansas City (day game):
With two out in the ninth inning, Amos Otis capitalized on an error and smashed a three-run homer to carry the Royals to a 7-5 victory over the Brewers. Fran Healy singled with one away and was forced by Steve Hovley. Don Money, who had hit two homers for the Brewers, then fumbled a grounder by Cookie Rojas for what should have been the third out before Otis came up to bat.

[DH] White Sox 4, Yankees 2 (day game) / Yankees 2, White Sox 0 at New York (day game):
Fritz Peterson and Sparky Lyle combined to shut out the White Sox, 2-0, in the second game of a doubleheader after Stan Bahnsen, with ninth-inning help from Terry Forster, beat the Yankees in the first game, 4-2, for his fourth victory over his former teammates this season. The Yankees scored their runs off Bahnsen in the first inning on two walks, a double by Bobby Murcer and sacrifice fly by Ron Blomberg. The White Sox picked up a run in the third when Jorge Orta singled, Eddie Leon doubled and Pat Kelly hit a sacrifice fly before going on to win with three runs in the fifth on successive singles by Orta, Leon, Kelly and Tony Muser, plus a sacrifice fly by Carlos May. In the nightcap. the Yankees gained their split before a Bat Day crowd of 53,644 when Blomberg knocked in two runs off Steve Stone with a double in the first inning.

A's 5, Indians 2 at Oakland (day game):
Reggie Jackson hit two homers and Deron Johnson added one to account for all of the Athletics' runs in a 5-2 victory over the Indians. In the third inning, after Bill North singled and Sal Bando was awarded base on catcher's interference, Jackson and Johnson homered in succession. Jackson connected for the circuit again in the eighth to nail down Ken Holtzman's 15th victory.

Rangers 4, Tigers 3 at Texas (night game):
After 8 1/3 innings of superb relief pitching, John Hiller drew the defeat when the Rangers scored a run in the 10th to defeat the Tigers, 4-3. The Rangers counted their first three runs off Joe Coleman, who was removed in favor of Hiller with none out in the second. The Tigers came back to tie the score with a homer by Norm Cash in the fourth and two-run smash by Aurelio Rodriguez in the eighth. Hiller allowed only four hits and struck out 10 before giving up a single by Jim Fregosi and walking Jeff Burroughs with one out in the 10th. Bob Miller came in from the bullpen and fanned Elliott Maddox, but Bill Sudakis looped a single down the left field line to drive in the Rangers' winning run.

[DH] Phillies 6, Braves 5 (day game) / Phillies 5, Braves 1 at Atlanta (day game):
The Braves, after absorbing a 6-5 defeat in the first game of a doubleheader, committed an Atlanta club record of seven errors in the second game and lost again to the Phillies, 5-1. With Davey Johnson hitting a three-run homer, the Braves held a 4-2 lead in the opener before the Phillies tied the score in the seventh on a homer by Bill Robinson, double by Terry Harmon and single by Willie Montanez. Bob Boone singled in the eighth and stopped at third on a double by Del Unser. Boone scored on a sacrifice fly by Tommy Hutton and Unser raced home with what proved to be the winning run on a wild pitch by Max Leon. Darrell Evans homered for the Braves in the ninth. All five of the Phillies' runs off Carl Morton in the nightcap were unearned.

Giants 4, Cubs 1 at Chicago (day game):
The Giants erupted for three runs in the 13th inning to gain a 4-1 victory over the nosediving Cubs, who suffered the ninth loss in their last 10 games and fell out of first place in the Eastern Division behind the Cardinals. The Cubs scored their lone run in the second on singles by Jim Hickman and Jose Cardenal and an infield out by Ron Santo. Dave Kingman tied the score with a homer in the eighth. Gary Matthews led off the 13th with a single and Chris Speier bunted safely. After a sacrifice by Kingman, the Cubs walked Dave Rader intentionally. Gary Thomasson then batted for Elias Sosa and singled, driving in two runs. Bobby Bonds added the final counter with a sacrifice fly.

Reds 6, Expos 0 at Cincinnati (day game):
Jack Billingham pitched his sixth shutout, tops in the N. L., and gained his 14th victory, a high for his career, but the Reds lost the services of Dave Concepcion while defeating the Expos, 6-0. Sliding into third base in the seventh inning, Concepcion suffered a fractured ankle and may be out for the rest of the season. Johnny Bench and Denis Menke hit homers in the Reds' scoring.

Mets 3, Astros 2 at Houston (day game):
Helping himself, Tom Seaver laid down a squeeze bunt in the seventh inning to score the run that gave the Mets a 3-2 victory over the Astros. Wayne Garrett singled and Bud Harrelson walked before Seaver came to bat. When Seaver squared around to bunt, but did not offer at the first pitch, Garrett broke too far off second. Catcher Johnny Edwards threw to second, but Garrett raced to third safely and Harrelson moved to second on the play. Seaver then put down his winning bunt.

[DH] Pirates 3, Padres 1 (day game) / Pirates 13, Padres 7 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Led by Willie Stargell, Dave Parker and Richie Zisk, the Pirates defeated the Padres in both games of a doubleheader, 3-1 and 13-7. In the opener, Stargell knocked in two runs with a double in the sixth inning and Parker hit his first major league homer in the eighth. Dave Roberts homered for the Padres' tally. Stargell came back with his 29th and 30th homers of the season in the nightcap and drove in three runs. Zisk also accounted for three RBIs with a bases-loaded double. Parker had two doubles and a single in three official trips and Bob Robertson added a two-run homer to the Pirates' attack.

Cardinals 5, Dodgers 4 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cardinals, who won only five of their first 25 games of the season, completed an amazing comeback by taking over first place in the Eastern Division with a 5-4 victory over the Dodgers. The triumph moved the Redbirds one-half game ahead of the Cubs, who lost to the Giants. Since their bad start, the Cardinals had won 46 games and lost only 25 for an overall record of 51-45. With players from the 1933 All-Star Game and other All-Stars on hand for a reunion, the Cardinals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to gain their victory over the Dodgers. Ted Sizemore singled with one out and was forced by Luis Melendez. Joe Torre doubled, Melendez stopping at third. Ted Simmons singled, driving in two runs to tie the score, and took second on a fumble of the hit by Willie Davis. Bernie Carbo then doubled to drive in the first-place run.