MLB standings through games of August 14, 1973

MLB standings at the end of August 14, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	119	66	53	0	.555		495	475	38-24	28-29	7-3	Lost 1
Baltimore Orioles	116	64	52	0	.552	0.5	500	413	29-24	35-28	6-4	Won 3
New York Yankees	122	66	56	0	.541	1.5	515	455	44-22	22-34	5-5	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	118	62	56	0	.525	3.5	519	475	34-27	28-29	5-5	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	117	58	59	0	.496	7.0	530	514	32-32	26-27	6-4	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	119	47	72	0	.395	19.0	497	613	22-34	25-38	7-3	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	120	69	51	0	.575		575	546	36-24	33-27	7-3	Won 1
Oakland A's	119	68	51	0	.571	0.5	544	449	32-23	36-28	7-3	Won 4
Minnesota Twins	117	57	60	0	.487	10.5	514	507	28-36	29-24	3-7	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	120	58	62	0	.483	11.0	478	514	28-32	30-30	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	116	53	63	0	.457	14.0	425	464	25-27	28-36	2-8	Lost 4
Texas Rangers	117	42	75	0	.359	25.5	425	592	25-32	17-43	1-9	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	120	62	58	0	.517		487	455	34-28	28-30	2-8	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	116	57	59	0	.491	3.0	490	514	32-28	25-31	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	118	57	61	0	.483	4.0	492	533	29-23	28-38	5-5	Lost 3
Chicago Cubs	118	56	62	0	.475	5.0	471	476	27-30	29-32	1-9	Lost 9
Philadelphia Phillies	118	55	63	0	.466	6.0	492	489	28-29	27-34	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	117	52	65	0	.444	8.5	430	463	24-30	28-35	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	121	75	45	1	.625		508	398	42-23	33-22	7-3	Won 3
Cincinnati Reds	121	73	48	0	.603	2.5	543	463	38-25	35-23	8-2	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	117	64	53	0	.547	9.5	532	495	35-28	29-25	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	122	63	59	0	.516	13.0	516	490	31-24	32-35	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	123	57	65	1	.467	19.0	586	596	29-31	28-34	8-2	Won 1
San Diego Padres	119	43	76	0	.361	31.5	388	563	28-38	15-38	6-4	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 1, Red Sox 0 at Boston (night game):
Darold Knowles, making his fourth start in his last six appearances since coming out of the Athletics' bullpen, pitched the first complete game and first shutout of his major league career, beating the Red Sox, 1-0. The A's run off Bill Lee scored in the sixth inning on a single by Gene Tenace, double by Roy Fosse and squeeze bunt by Dick Green.

Royals 8, Indians 5 at Kansas City (night game):
The Royals defeated the Indians for the eighth straight time this season, pounding their way to an 8-5 victory. Fran Healy knocked in three runs with a double in the second inning. Lou Piniella homered in the fourth and the Royals then wrapped up the game with four runs in the sixth to end Gaylord Perry's bid for his fifth straight victory. Freddie Patek beat out an infield hit with the bases loaded to plate the first marker. Cookie Rojas followed with a two-run single and Amos Otis capped the Royals' scoring with a single to drive in their final run.

Brewers 5, White Sox 4 at Milwaukee (night game):
The Brewers broke their club season attendance record and marked the occasion by defeating the White Sox, 5-4, on a homer by George Scott in the ninth inning. The crowd of 18,944 pushed the Brewers' gate total to 936,923, surpassing the former mark of 933,690 in 1970. The White Sox had a chance to break the game apart in the top half of the ninth, but had to settle for one run that tied the score at 4-4. Eddie Leon walked and Johnny Jeter singled, bringing Eduardo Rodriguez to the mound in relief. Pat Kelly singled, scoring Leon, and Jerry Hairston walked to load the bases with none out, but Rodriguez then retired the side without another run scoring. Bill Melton and Carlos May lined to second baseman Pedro Garcia and Bill Sharp grounded out.

Twins 12, Tigers 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Reaching the 1,000-hit total for his career, Rod Carew smashed four singles and a double, driving in three runs, to lead the Twins in a 12-1 rout of the Tigers. Jim Holt also drove in three runs with two doubles and two singles among the Twins' 19 hits.

Yankees 7, Angels 2 at New York (night game):
Taking advantage of an error, the Yankees erupted for five runs in the eighth lasting to defeat the Angels, 7-2. With one away, Bobby Murcer was safe on an error by Sandy Alomar. After Thurman Munson lined out, Graig Nettles cracked a homer to break a 2-2 tie. Jim Ray Hart followed with a triple to kayo Clyde Wright. Nolan Ryan relieved, but the Yankees went on to add three runs on a double by Felipe Alou, single by Gene Michael, a walk and a wild pitch before the side was retired.

Orioles 12, Rangers 10 at Texas (night game):
After collecting four hits in the previous night's game, Don Baylor belted a homer, two doubles and two singles in five trips as the Orioles outlasted the Rangers, 12-10. Baylor's nine hits in two consecutive nine-inning games tied the modern major league record. The Orioles did not decide the outcome until they scored their last three runs in the seventh inning on doubles by Baylor, Tommy Davis and Al Bumbry and a single by Rich Coggins.

Braves 6, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
The Braves knocked out Fergie Jenkins in the fifth inning and handed the Cubs their ninth straight defeat, 6-2. The Braves were leading, 2-1, when Jenkins walked Darrell Evans and Hank Aaron with one out in the fifth. Evans scored on a single by Dusty Baker. After Davey Johnson walked, Mike Lum singled to drive in Aaron and Baker. In a rare display of temperament, Jenkins hurled four bats onto the field from the dugout after being removed and had to be escorted into the clubhouse. The Braves' only hit in the last 4 2/3 innings was a homer by Evans off Dave LaRoche in the ninth.

Dodgers 4, Expos 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Pinch-hitting with two out in the ninth inning, Ken McMullen came through with a two-run homer to lift the Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Expos. Pepe Mangual batted in two runs for the Expos, one of them with a homer. In the ninth, Bill Russell beat out an infield hit before McMullen batted for Jerry Royster and smashed his homer off Balor Moore.

Reds 5, Pirates 4 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Scoring two runs in the ninth inning, the Reds defeated the Pirates, 5-4, for their sixth victory in the last seven games. The Reds scored two runs in the first and added a homer by Tony Perez for a 3-1 lead in the sixth before the Pirates rallied to tie the score in the seventh on a single by Manny Sanguillen, walk to Rennie Stennett, a sacrifice, passed ball and single by Richie Hebner. In the ninth, Johnny Bench doubled and gave way to Cesar Geronimo, who scored on a single by Andy Kosco. After a sacrifice by Bill Plummer, Pete Rose singled to drive in Kosco with what proved to be the deciding run. The Pirates fell short in their half with an unearned run on singles by Stennett and Dal Maxvill and an error by Joe Morgan.

Padres 9, Mets 0 at San Diego (night game):
Randy Jones, making his 10th start since joining the Padres in mid-June, pitched his first major league shutout and Nate Colbert and Dave Winfield each smashed a three-run homer in the fifth inning to mark a 9-0 victory over the Mets.

Phillies 4, Giants 3 at San Francisco (night game):
Greg Luzinski smashed two homers to spark the Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Giants. Luzinski's drives provided the Phillies with a 2-1 lead before they added a run in the fifth inning on two errors by Chris Speier and a single by Cesar Tovar. Singles by Willie Montanez, Del Unser and Bill Robinson then produced what proved to be the deciding run in the sixth.

Cardinals 9, Astros 5 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals, who were losing, 5-0, suddenly exploded at bat and ended an eight-game losing streak with a 9-5 victory over the Astros. The Cardinals put together six singles and a walk for five runs in the sixth inning and then posted their winning margin in the seventh with four runs on a walk to Ted Sizemore, double by Bernie Carbo, single by Ted Simmons, double by Joe Torre and single by Tim McCarver.