MLB standings through games of August 24, 1973

MLB standings at the end of August 24, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	124	72	52	0	.581		535	425	36-24	36-28	10-0	Won 11
Boston Red Sox	126	69	57	0	.548	4.0	572	516	37-28	32-29	7-3	Won 7
Detroit Tigers	127	69	58	0	.543	4.5	526	524	38-24	31-34	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	130	68	62	0	.523	7.0	542	495	44-23	24-39	4-6	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	125	60	65	0	.480	12.5	557	549	33-32	27-33	3-7	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	128	53	75	0	.414	21.0	536	651	27-36	26-39	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	127	75	52	0	.591		588	473	38-24	37-28	9-1	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	129	73	56	0	.566	3.0	615	594	40-25	33-31	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	126	60	66	0	.476	14.5	553	540	30-36	30-30	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	124	58	66	0	.468	15.5	460	488	29-30	29-36	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	127	59	68	0	.465	16.0	495	540	28-33	31-35	2-8	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	125	43	82	0	.344	31.0	465	649	26-38	17-44	1-9	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	127	65	62	0	.512		511	485	35-31	30-31	4-6	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	124	61	63	0	.492	2.5	518	541	34-30	27-33	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	127	61	66	0	.480	4.0	500	521	32-33	29-33	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	126	59	67	0	.468	5.5	516	568	31-28	28-39	2-8	Lost 4
Philadelphia Phillies	127	59	68	0	.465	6.0	528	533	30-31	29-37	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	126	58	68	0	.460	6.5	466	484	29-33	29-35	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	129	79	49	1	.617		531	418	43-23	36-26	6-4	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	130	76	54	0	.585	4.0	572	502	38-26	38-28	4-6	Lost 4
San Francisco Giants	126	70	56	0	.556	8.0	567	520	37-28	33-28	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	130	67	63	0	.515	13.0	545	519	34-28	33-35	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	131	62	68	1	.477	18.0	640	626	31-32	31-36	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	127	47	80	0	.370	31.5	420	597	28-39	19-41	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Royals 0 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles extended their winning streak to 11 games behind the pitching of Dave McNally, who shut out the Royals, 6-0. Bobby Grich had a perfect night at the plate with four singles and drove in three runs. Al Bumbry and Rich Coggins rapped three hits apiece, Coggins' collection including a homer and double. McNally's shutout was his third of the season and 28th of the lefthander's major league career.

Red Sox 3, Angels 2 at California (night game):
A sacrifice fly by Ben Oglivie drove in an unearned run in the sixth inning to enable the Red Sox to defeat the Angels, 3-2. The first two Red Sox runs in the first and third innings came on the same combination of singles by Carl Yastrzemski, Orlando Cepeda and Carlton Fisk. With the score tied in the sixth, Cecil Cooper walked, advanced to third on a throwing error by Jeff Torborg and scored on Oglivie's fly.

Tigers 6, White Sox 5 at Chicago (night game):
Pinch-hitting with a man on base and two out in the ninth inning, Norm Cash hit a score-tying homer and the Tigers then followed with another run on a double by Mickey Stanley and single by Tony Taylor to defeat the White Sox, 6-5.

Indians 11, Rangers 5 at Cleveland (night game):
Frank Duffy, who previously had only three homers in his major league career, smashed his first two of the season and drove in four runs to lead the Indians' attack in an 11-5 victory over the Rangers.

Twins 3, Brewers 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Getting four-hit pitching from Joe Decker, who struck out 10, the Twins snapped a six-game losing streak by defeating the Brewers, 3-0. George Mitterwald and Larry Hisle hit homers and the Twins' other run counted on singles by Steve Brye and Rod Carew around a sacrifice bunt by Jerry Terrell.

A's 5, Yankees 1 at Oakland (night game):
Reggie Jackson batted in two runs with a pair of singles and Dick Green accounted for two with a homer to lead the Athletics to a 5-1 victory over the Yankees. Catfish Hunter held the Yankees to three hits until one out in the eighth when Horace Clarke and Matty Alou singled. Darold Knowles relieved and on his first pitch, Roy White grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Braves 3, Pirates 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Although held to only four hits, the Braves were able to beat the Pirates, 3-2, when Dusty Baker smashed a two-run homer in the ninth inning. Nelson Briles held the Braves to one hit in the first six frames before leaving the game with back trouble. Luke Walker inherited a 2-0 lead, but the Braves scored an unearned run in the eighth on a single by Marty Perez, error by Dal Maxvill and a wild pitch. Darrell Evans opened the ninth with a single, leading to the exit of Walker in favor of Dave Giusti, who served up Baker's homer.

Cardinals 5, Reds 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
Following a clutch pitching performance by Diego Segui in the 10th inning, Jose Cruz homered for the Cardinals in the 11th to defeat the Reds, 5-4. In the Reds' 10th, Dan Driessen walked, stole second and reached third on a wild pitch. Segui walked Tony Perez and Johnny Bench to load the bases with none out, but then struck out Larry Stahl and Andy Kosco and retired Darrel Chaney on a fly to kill off the Reds' threat.

Astros 4, Cubs 2 at Houston (night game):
Jerry Reuss, who won 14 games with the Cardinals in 1971, equaled that total for the Astros by defeating the Cubs, 4-2. The Cubs loaded the bases against the lefthander in the third inning and scored on infield outs by Rico Carty and Ron Santo. However. when Cubs loaded the bases again in the ninth, this time with two out, Reuss retired Andre Thornton to gain his victory. Doug Rader batted in two runs for the Astros with a single in the first inning. A sacrifice fly by Bob Gallagher added a tally in the second. Rader doubled and Skip Jutze singled for an extra run in the eighth.

Padres 5, Expos 3 at Montreal (night game):
Ivan Murrell hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Dave Winfield batted in two runs with a triple in the sixth to provide the Padres with a 5-3 victory over the Expos.

Mets 1, Giants 0 at New York (night game):
With Willie Mays contributing a successful sacrifice bunt, the Mets scored in the 10th inning to defeat the Giants, 1-0, in a duel between Jerry Koosman and Juan Marichal. Ken Boswell led off the inning with a pinch-single and, after a bunt by Mays, Felix Millan delivered the game-winning single.

Dodgers 3, Phillies 0 at Philadelphia (night game):
Yielding only three hits. Tommy John pitched the Dodgers to a 3-0 victory over the Phillies. The Dodgers scored an unearned run in the fourth inning and added their other tallies in the sixth when Willie Crawford and Von Joshua tripled and Bill Russell hit a sacrifice fly.