MLB standings at the end of August 16, 1973

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	117	65	52	0	.556		505	414	29-24	36-28	7-3	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	120	66	54	0	.550	0.5	502	484	38-24	28-30	6-4	Lost 2
New York Yankees	123	66	57	0	.537	2.0	516	458	44-23	22-34	5-5	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	119	62	57	0	.521	4.0	522	481	34-28	28-29	4-6	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	118	59	59	0	.500	6.5	535	518	33-32	26-27	7-3	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	121	48	73	0	.397	19.0	508	622	22-34	26-39	7-3	Won 1

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Oakland A's	120	69	51	0	.575		550	452	32-23	37-28	7-3	Won 5
Kansas City Royals	122	70	52	0	.574		584	557	37-25	33-27	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	118	58	60	0	.492	10.0	523	514	29-36	29-24	3-7	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	121	58	63	0	.479	11.5	482	519	28-32	30-31	3-7	Lost 2
California Angels	117	54	63	0	.462	13.5	428	465	25-27	29-36	3-7	Won 1
Texas Rangers	118	42	76	0	.356	26.0	426	597	25-33	17-43	1-9	Lost 8

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
St. Louis Cardinals	121	62	59	0	.512		487	458	34-29	28-30	1-9	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	117	57	60	0	.487	3.0	490	515	32-29	25-31	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	119	57	62	0	.479	4.0	494	540	29-23	28-39	4-6	Lost 4
Chicago Cubs	120	56	64	0	.467	5.5	474	501	27-32	29-32	0-10	Lost 11
Philadelphia Phillies	120	55	65	0	.458	6.5	495	502	28-29	27-36	3-7	Lost 2
New York Mets	118	53	65	0	.449	7.5	437	463	24-30	29-35	5-5	Won 1

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Los Angeles Dodgers	122	76	45	1	.628		515	400	43-23	33-22	7-3	Won 4
Cincinnati Reds	122	74	48	0	.607	2.5	544	463	38-25	36-23	8-2	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	119	66	53	0	.555	9.0	545	498	37-28	29-25	5-5	Won 2
Houston Astros	123	64	59	0	.520	13.0	519	490	31-24	33-35	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	125	59	65	1	.476	18.5	611	599	29-31	30-34	9-1	Won 3
San Diego Padres	120	43	77	0	.358	32.5	388	570	28-39	15-38	6-4	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

A's 6, Red Sox 3 at Boston (day game):
Vida Blue allowed only four hits, pitching his fourth straight complete game, and Reggie Jackson smashed two homers, driving in four runs, as the Athletics defeated the Red Sox, 6-3. The Red Sox ended a string of 21 scoreless innings with two unearned runs in the eighth and added their other tally on a homer by Carlton Fisk in the ninth.

Indians 10, Royals 4 at Kansas City (night game):
The Indians ended their string of nine straight losses to the Royals this season by erupting for 16 hits to gain a 10-4 victory. Ron Lolich drove in four runs with two doubles and a single. Chris Chambliss, hitting safely in his 17th straight game, rapped a homer and single.

Braves 10, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
Hank Aaron hit the 702nd homer of his career, connecting with two men on base in the eighth inning, when the Braves exploded for nine runs to hand the Cubs their 11th straight defeat, 10-2. Bob Locker, pitching in relief of Milt Pappas, walked Aaron and Dusty Baker with one out. Frank Tepedino drove in two runs with a double to tie the score at 2-2. Sonny Jackson singled to send the Braves ahead. Dick Dietz singled to kayo Locker. Jack Aker relieved and failed to retire a batter. Ralph Garr doubled to drive in two runs and scored himself on a single by Mike Lum. After a pass to Darrell Evans, Aaron unloaded his three-run homer.

Giants 2, Phillies 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Tom Bradley gained his first victory since July 13, after losing four decisions, when the Giants edged the Phillies, 2-1. The Giants scored in the second inning on a double by Willie McCovey and single by Ed Goodson. Gary Matthews singled in the fourth, stole second, continued to third on a throwing error by Bob Boone and counted on a sacrifice fly by Gary Thomasson. Boone homered for the Phillies' run in the fifth. Bradley was removed after Del Unser singled to open the ninth and Elias Sosa took over to finish the game.