MLB standings through games of September 19, 1972

MLB standings at the end of September 19, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	140	76	64	0	.543		585	573	46-23	30-41	5-5	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	143	77	66	0	.538	0.5	497	389	37-35	40-31	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	143	77	66	0	.538	0.5	487	475	38-32	39-34	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	143	75	68	0	.524	2.5	519	484	46-26	29-42	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	145	66	79	0	.455	12.5	437	481	41-29	25-50	4-6	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	145	59	86	0	.407	19.5	451	542	35-41	24-45	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	142	84	58	0	.592		558	415	42-27	42-31	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	142	80	62	0	.563	4.0	518	488	52-21	28-41	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	141	72	69	0	.511	11.5	494	500	38-29	34-40	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	140	69	71	0	.493	14.0	531	505	42-30	27-41	5-5	Won 2
California Angels	142	67	75	0	.472	17.0	427	505	40-33	27-42	6-4	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	142	52	90	0	.366	32.0	438	585	30-41	22-49	2-8	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	142	90	52	0	.634		653	480	46-24	44-28	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	144	78	65	1	.545	12.5	636	540	43-27	35-38	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	141	73	68	0	.518	16.5	486	535	38-35	35-33	6-4	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	144	70	74	0	.486	21.0	546	560	38-32	32-42	6-4	Won 6
Montreal Expos	142	65	77	0	.458	25.0	471	557	32-36	33-41	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	142	52	90	0	.366	38.0	456	589	27-49	25-41	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	143	88	55	0	.615		653	513	37-31	51-24	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	142	80	62	0	.563	7.5	670	583	39-33	41-29	6-4	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	143	76	67	0	.531	12.0	537	499	36-33	40-34	5-5	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	144	66	77	1	.462	22.0	581	671	34-37	32-40	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	144	63	81	0	.438	25.5	611	607	29-43	34-38	5-5	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	141	54	87	0	.383	33.0	453	619	25-51	29-36	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 7, Angels 2 at California (night game):
Monty Montgomery, who came up from Omaha (American Association) in August, beat the Angels for the second time and contributed a double and single to the Royals' 15-hit attack in a 7-2 victory. Tom Murphy provided a helping hand by pitching the ninth inning. Montgomery doubled and scored the Royals' first run in the third inning and then singled to break a 1-1 tie in the fifth when the Royals struck for four runs.

[DH] Indians 3, Tigers 2 (night game) / Indians 6, Tigers 4 at Cleveland (night game):
While the Red Sox and Orioles were rained out, the Tigers suffered 3-2 and 6-4 defeats at the hands of the Indians in a twi-night doubleheader and fell out of first place in the East Division race. The Red Sox took over the lead by one-half game with the Tigers and Orioles tied for second. In the opener, the Indians started the scoring against Mickey Lolich in the second inning when Graig Nettles doubled and Ray Fosse singled. Steve Dunning homered in the fifth and, before the inning ended, what proved to be the deciding run counted on a double by Buddy Bell, safe bunt by Alex Johnson and single by Chris Chambliss. Ed Brinkman homered for the Tigers in the seventh. When doubles by Norm Cash and Jim Northrup produced another tally in the eighth, Ed Farmer replaced Dunning and saved the game. In the nightcap, Roy Foster walked in the fourth inning and Nettles homered for the Indians' first two runs off John Hiller. Joe Niekro, on the mound for the Tigers in the seventh, walked John Lowenstein and gave up a single by Jerry Moses. Jim Foor passed Fosse to load the bases. Tom Timmerman took over and walked Del Unser to force in Lowenstein. Bell grounded into a forceout at the plate, but Frank Duffy singled to drive in Fosse. Bob Strampe then became the Tigers' fourth pitcher of the inning. Chambliss forced Duffy at second, Unser scoring. The throw back to first base, with Strampe covering, was too late to catch Chambliss. While Strampe argued with the umpire, Bell streaked home with another run. The Tigers came back with a three-run homer by Willie Horton in the eighth, but a rally in the ninth fell short with only one more run scoring.

Brewers 7, Yankees 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Bill Parsons pitched a six-hitter for his fourth straight victory and George Scott, Johnny Briggs and Ollie Brown each drove in two runs as the Brewers defeated the Yankees, 7-2. Brown accounted for his RBIs with a bases-loaded single in the first inning. Scott and Briggs hit consecutive homers in the fourth. Scott knocked in another run with a triple in the sixth and scored himself on a sacrifice fly by Briggs. Bobby Murcer and Ron Blomberg homered for the fourth-place Yankees, who slipped 2½ games behind the division-leading Red Sox.

Twins 5, Rangers 3 at Minnesota (night game):
Hitting for the cycle, Cesar Tovar completed the feat with a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Twins a 5-3 victory over the Rangers. Tovar tripled and scored in the first, singled in the fifth and doubled in the seventh before hitting his homer with George Mitterwald on base in the ninth.

White Sox 8, A's 7 at Oakland (night game):
A homer by Jorge Orta in the 15th inning brought the White Sox an 8-7 victory over the Athletics in a four-hour, 51-minute game that produced two major league records for lavish use of players. The A's called on 30 performers, sweeping the entire bench clean, to break the former mark of 27 players used by the Twins in a 12-inning game September 29, 1970. The White Sox employed 21 players and the two-club total of 51 surpassed the former record of 49 by the Twins and Royals, also September 29, 1970.

Expos 7, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
Tim Foli hit a two-run homer and Bob Bailey drove in two runs with a triple and single to pace the Expos to a 7-2 victory over the Cubs. Bill Stoneman pitched the route to end his personal four-game losing streak, as well as a five-game losing streak for the Expos. Billy Williams homered for the Cubs.

Reds 5, Giants 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
A double by Cesar Geronimo and throwing error by Chris Speier on an infield hit by Joe Hague produced the winning run for the Reds in the eighth inning of a 5-4 victory over the Giants. Juan Marichal, pitching in relief for the first time this season, was the loser. Dave Kingman smashed two homers for the Giants, while Johnny Bench belted one for the Reds.

Pirates 5, Mets 1 at New York (night game):
The Pirates clinched at least a tie for their third straight Eastern Division title by defeating the Mets, 5-1. Bob Robertson provided the Pirates' big punch, smashing a homer with two men on base in the second inning. As result of the second-place Cubs' loss to the Expos, the Pirates' magic number was reduced to one.

Padres 5, Dodgers 2 at San Diego (night game):
Making his first start since August 27, Clay Kirby received credit for his first victory since August 17 when the Padres defeated the Dodgers, 5-2. Kirby retired after five innings and Mike Corkins finished. Randy Elliott, rookie outfielder from Alexandria (Texas), paced the Padres with his bat, driving in two runs with a single and double.

Cardinals 2, Phillies 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Still hopeful of winning 20 games, Bob Gibson gained his 17th victory when the Cardinals defeated the Phillies, 2-1, in 10 innings. Gibson also doubled and scored the Cardinals' first run on a single by Lou Brock in the third inning. The Phillies, who collected only five singles, tied the score with an unearned run in the fourth. With two out in the 10th, Ted Simmons doubled. Bernie Carbo was passed intentionally so that Darrell Brandon could pitch to Ken Reitz, but the Cardinals' rookie third baseman upset the Phillies' strategy with a game-winning single.

Astros 5, Braves 3 at Atlanta (night game):
A homer by Doug Rader helped the Astros defeat the Braves, 5-3. The Astros bunched a single by Larry Howard, sacrifice by Don Wilson, single by Jim Wynn, double by Cesar Cedeno and single by Lee May for three runs in the third inning. Rader hit his homer in the fourth. The Astros added their final counter in the eighth when Ralph Garr missed a line drive by May for a three-base error and Bob Watson singled. Garr's error offset his homer for the Braves in the seventh inning.