MLB standings through games of August 9, 1973

MLB standings at the end of August 9, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	111	61	50	0	.550		466	382	29-24	32-26	5-5	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	114	62	52	0	.544	0.5	468	453	35-24	27-28	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	117	63	54	0	.538	1.0	477	424	41-20	22-34	4-6	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	113	60	53	0	.531	2.0	499	457	32-24	28-29	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	112	54	58	0	.482	7.5	501	489	28-31	26-27	4-6	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	115	44	71	0	.383	19.0	472	596	22-34	22-37	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	116	66	50	0	.569		550	526	33-23	33-27	8-2	Won 1
Oakland A's	114	64	50	0	.561	1.0	511	423	32-23	32-27	6-4	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	112	56	56	0	.500	8.0	483	475	27-35	29-21	3-7	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	115	57	58	0	.496	8.5	462	490	28-32	29-26	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	111	52	59	0	.468	11.5	409	432	25-27	27-32	3-7	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	112	42	70	0	.375	22.0	402	553	25-27	17-43	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	115	61	54	0	.530		467	424	33-24	28-30	4-6	Lost 4
Montreal Expos	113	56	57	0	.496	4.0	476	513	29-23	27-34	6-4	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	111	55	56	0	.495	4.0	471	491	30-25	25-31	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	114	56	58	0	.491	4.5	459	455	27-26	29-32	2-8	Lost 5
Philadelphia Phillies	114	52	62	0	.456	8.5	479	480	28-29	24-33	4-6	Lost 4
New York Mets	112	51	61	0	.455	8.5	413	438	24-30	27-31	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	116	72	43	1	.626		490	381	39-21	33-22	6-4	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	116	69	47	0	.595	3.5	514	445	38-25	31-22	7-3	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	113	62	51	0	.549	9.0	516	476	33-26	29-25	3-7	Lost 1
Houston Astros	117	59	58	0	.504	14.0	492	471	31-24	28-34	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	119	54	64	1	.458	19.5	564	582	29-31	25-33	6-4	Won 4
San Diego Padres	114	39	75	0	.342	32.5	368	553	24-37	15-38	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 5, Tigers 4 at Detroit (night game):
With two out in the ninth inning, Bill Sharp hit a homer off Joe Coleman to give the White Sox a 5-4 victory over the Tigers. Terry Forster came out of the bullpen and made his first start of the season for the White Sox, but gave way to Cy Acosta after Willie Horton opened the eighth with a single. Pinch-runner Jim Northrup took third on a single by Bill Freehan and crossed the plate on a grounder by Gates Brown to tie the score at 4-4.

Royals 3, Red Sox 2 at Kansas City (night game):
Hal McRae, who entered the game with a .199 batting average, smashed a triple and homer to lead the Royals to a 3-2 victory over the Red Sox. McRae tripled in the second inning, scoring Lou Piniella, who had singled, and crossed the plate himself on a sacrifice fly by Rick Reichardt. McRae's homer in the fourth then accounted for the deciding run off Bill Lee, who failed for the fifth time in a bid for his 13th victory. Steve Busby, who started for the Royals, gave up five hits including a homer by Rick Miller, and struck out 11 before needing help from Doug Bird in the eighth inning.

Brewers 6, Angels 5 at Milwaukee (day game):
The man of the moment, Dave May hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to bring the Brewers a 6-5 victory over the Angels. The Brewers also had a two-run homer by Johnny Briggs in the fifth. Mike Epstein hit for the circuit with two men on base for the Angels in the sixth. Briggs opened the ninth with a single and was forced by Bob Coluccio before May won the game with his round-tripper.

Orioles 2, Twins 1 at Minnesota (night game):
A wild pitch decided a duel between Mike Cuellar and Bert Blyleven as the Orioles defeated the Twins, 2-1, to move into first place in the East Division ahead of the Yankees and Tigers. Tommy Davis homered for the Orioles in the first inning. Merv Rettenmund tripled in the third and scored what proved to be the deciding run on a wild pitch by Blyleven. Cuellar allowed only one man to reach third base until the ninth when George Mitterwald singled home the Twins' run.

Dodgers 1, Mets 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Dodgers, who lost to the Mets, 1-0, in the previous night's game, turned around and gained a 1-0 victory in a duel between Claude Osteen and Jerry Koosman. The Dodgers' run counted in the eighth inning when Davey Lopes tripled arid Manny Mota singled.

Padres 10, Phillies 9 at San Diego (night game):
Driving in his fourth run of the game, Dave Roberts doubled in the 11th inning, scoring Johnny Grubb, to give the Padres a 10-9 victory over the Phillies. Roberts accounted for his previous RBIs with a homer in the third and single in the sixth.

Expos 5, Giants 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Two-run homers by Jim Lyttle and Ken Singleton carried the Expos to a 5-3 victory over the Giants. Lyttle hit for the circuit in the first inning following a two-out single by Singleton. Ron Fairly was on base with a triple when Singleton hit his homer in the third. Singleton also accounted for a third RBI with a forceout grounder in the seventh. Bobby Bonds had a homer for the Giants.

Braves 8, Cardinals 6 at St. Louis (night game):
Davey Johnson, whose previous high in homers was 18 with the Orioles in 1971, smashed his 30th of the season, connecting with two men on base in the eighth inning when the Braves erupted for five runs to defeat the Cardinals, 8-6. Chuck Goggin led off the inning with a pinch-single and scored on a triple by Ralph Garr to break a 2-2 tie. Garr counted on a wild pitch by Diego Segui, who took over in relief of Al Hrabosky. Then, after two out, Hank Aaron and Dusty Baker singled and Johnson hit his homer. Paul Casanova added a homer in the ninth before the Cardinals rallied for four runs in their half, two scoring on a homer by Jose Cruz and two on a single by Ted Sizemore.