MLB standings through games of August 11, 1973

MLB standings at the end of August 11, 1973

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	116	64	52	0	.552		479	458	37-24	27-28	7-3	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	113	61	52	0	.540	1.5	471	393	29-24	32-28	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	119	64	55	0	.538	1.5	490	440	42-21	22-34	4-6	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	115	61	54	0	.530	2.5	504	463	33-25	28-29	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	114	56	58	0	.491	7.0	513	496	30-31	26-27	6-4	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	117	46	71	0	.393	18.5	485	599	22-34	24-37	8-2	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	118	68	50	0	.576		561	531	35-23	33-27	8-2	Won 3
Oakland A's	116	65	51	0	.560	2.0	527	436	32-23	33-28	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	114	56	58	0	.491	10.0	490	487	27-35	29-23	3-7	Lost 5
Chicago White Sox	117	57	60	0	.487	10.5	467	501	28-32	29-28	5-5	Lost 2
California Angels	113	53	60	0	.469	12.5	415	437	25-27	28-33	4-6	Lost 1
Texas Rangers	114	42	72	0	.368	24.0	405	566	25-29	17-43	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	117	61	56	0	.521		476	439	33-26	28-30	3-7	Lost 6
Montreal Expos	114	56	58	0	.491	3.5	479	517	29-23	27-35	6-4	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	113	55	58	0	.487	4.0	478	505	30-27	25-31	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	116	56	60	0	.483	4.5	467	467	27-28	29-32	1-9	Lost 7
Philadelphia Phillies	116	54	62	0	.466	6.5	487	484	28-29	26-33	5-5	Won 2
New York Mets	114	52	62	0	.456	7.5	427	447	24-30	28-32	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	118	72	45	1	.615		494	389	39-23	33-22	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	118	71	47	0	.602	1.5	529	454	38-25	33-22	8-2	Won 4
San Francisco Giants	115	63	52	0	.548	8.0	525	490	34-27	29-25	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	119	61	58	0	.513	12.0	504	479	31-24	30-34	5-5	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	121	56	64	1	.467	17.5	578	589	29-31	27-33	8-2	Won 6
San Diego Padres	115	40	75	0	.348	31.0	372	556	25-37	15-38	5-5	Won 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 2, Angels 1 at Boston (day game):
Tommy Harper scored one run and drove in another to lead the Red Sox to a 2-1 victory over the Angels. Harper doubled to lead off the first inning and crossed the plate on a single by Carl Yastrzemski. A pass to Rick Miller and singles by Doug Griffin and Harper added what proved to be the deciding run in the second. Roger Moret, who gained his sixth straight victory, needed help in the eighth after the Angels picked up their run on a single by Jeff Torborg, pass to Ken Berry, an error by Yastrzemski on a pickoff throw, and a wild pitch.

Tigers 4, White Sox 2 at Detroit (day game):
Wilbur Wood's fourth effort to gain his 21st victory ended in the veteran knuckleballer's 17th defeat instead when the Tigers beat the White Sox, 4-2. Old pro Al Kaline led the attack on Wood with three hits, including a homer. Mickey Stanley singled in the first inning, moved up on an infield out by Tony Taylor and scored on a single by Kaline. Brian Downing belted an inside-the-park homer for his first major league hit to tie the score in the fourth, but Kaline put the Tigers back in the lead with his round-tripper in the home half and another run followed in the same stanza on a double by Willie Horton and single by Aurelio Rodriguez. Taylor singled in the fifth and scored the Tigers' final run on a single by Kaline and an error.

Royals 9, Orioles 4 at Kansas City (night game):
Hal McRae batted in four runs with a pair of doubles and Rick Reichardt knocked in three with a sacrifice fly and homer as the Royals defeated the Orioles, 9-4. Amos Otis accounted for the Royals' other two RBIs with a single and homer. Earl Williams drove in three of the Orioles' runs with a double and single and also scored himself on a single by Andy Etchebarren. The Royals the broke game apart with six runs in the third inning. After a walk and safe bunts by Freddie Patek and Cookie Rojas loaded the bases, Otis drove in one run with a single, McRae cleared the sacks with a double and Reichardt wrapped up the outburst with a two-run homer.

Brewers 7, Twins 6 at Milwaukee (day game):
Coming up with the bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning, Dave May cleared the sacks with a double and then scored himself on a single by George Scott to give the Brewers a 7-6 victory over the Twins. Tony Oliva homered for the Twins in the sixth inning and drove in two runs with a single in the eighth when the Twins scored four times to take a 6-2 lead. The Brewers picked up a run in their half of the eighth and then beat Eddie Bane when the Twins' All-America pitcher from Arizona State University dug his own grave in the ninth by issuing three passes to load the bases.

A's 7, Yankees 3 at New York (day game):
The Athletics spoiled Oldtimers' Day for the Yankees by batting their way to a 7-3 victory before a crowd of 46,293. A pass to Sal Bando, single by Reggie Jackson and homer by Gene Tenace gave the A's a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning and they added three more runs in the sixth on a double by Tenace, singles by Mike Hegan, Ted Kubiak and Bert Campaneris and an error by Horace Clarke. Graig Nettles had two of the Yankees' seven his off Vida Blue and drove in two runs.

Indians 5, Rangers 2 at Texas (night game):
The Indians knocked out Jim Bibby in the seventh inning and scored three runs to defeat the Rangers, 5-2. John Ellis homered for one of the Indians' two runs in the first, but the Rangers picked up a tally in their half on a walk to Dave Nelson, an infield out and single by Jim Spencer. Frank Duffy drew a pass from Bibby to open the seventh and scored on a double by Oscar Gamble. After an intentional pass to Chris Chambliss, Ellis singled to drive in Gamble. Chambliss took third on the hit and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Charlie Spikes.

Astros 6, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
Although normally one of the Astros' starters, Ken Forsch appeared in relief for the second straight day and gained his second save with 2 2/3 innings of no-hit hurling in a 6-4 victory over the Cubs. Larry Dierker, in relief of Jerry Reuss, received credit for his first victory of the season. The Astros' first three runs off Rick Reuschel all were unearned. The Cubs had a two-run homer by Billy Williams en route to taking a 4-3 lead before the Astros broke away with three runs in the seventh. Cesar Cedeno walked and Bob Watson singled to kayo Reuschel. After Bob Locker relieved, the runners moved up on a passed ball. Locker then walked Doug Rader intentionally to load the bases and uncorked a wild pitch to allow Cedeno to score. Lee May followed with a single to drive in two runs for the Astros' winning margin, pinning the Cubs with their seventh straight defeat.

Phillies 3, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Homers by Bill Robinson and Greg Luzinski enabled the Phillies to defeat the Dodgers, 3-1, to the disappointment of a Hollywood Stars Night crowd of 50,557. Robinson opened the scoring with a homer off Al Downing in the fourth inning, but the Dodgers matched that tally against Ken Brett in the sixth on a single by Davey Lopes, double by Manny Mota and infield out by Willie Davis. An unearned run broke the tie in the seventh and Luzinski clinched the outcome with his circuit clout in the eighth.

Braves 9, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Led by Dusty Baker, who drove in four runs with a pair of homers, the Braves defeated the Pirates, 9-3, for their sixth straight victory. Darrell Evans also homered for the Braves, accounting for one of their three runs in the third inning. Baker's first homer made it 4-0 in the sixth before the Pirates knocked out Roric Harrison in their half during a three-run rally. The Braves then broke the game apart with five runs in the ninth, including Baker's second homer of the game with two men on base.

Giants 8, Mets 7 at San Francisco (day game):
After scoring six runs in the first inning, the Giants frittered away their big lead before coming back with a run on a bases-loaded single by Bobby Bonds in the 13th inning to defeat the Mets, 8-7. Bonds homered with two men on base during the Giants' opening outburst and later tripled and scored on an infield out by Gary Matthews in the seventh. Don Hahn and John Milner hit homers for the Mets, Milner's blow coming with two aboard in the fifth. A wild throw by Chris Speier enabled the Mets to score the tying run in the ninth. With one out in the 13th, Tug McGraw hit Garry Maddox with a pitch. When Wayne Garrett, playing shortstop, missed a grounder by Tito Fuentes, Maddox raced to third and Fuentes reached second on the error. The Mets then decided to walk Bruce Miller intentionally in order to pitch to Bonds in what turned out to be a fatal move.

Reds 7, Cardinals 5 at St. Louis (night game):
Instead of being stunned when Lou Brock hit a three-run homer to tie the score in the ninth inning, the Reds came back with three runs in the 10th to gain a 7-5 victory over the Cardinals, who went down to their fifth straight defeat. Ed Crosby, obtained from the Cardinals, drove in two runs with a double in the sixth to help the Reds take a 4-1 lead. In the Cardinals' ninth, Bernie Carbo doubled and Luis Melendez singled. With two out, manager Sparky Anderson brought in Tom Hall to face Brock and, on the lefthander's first pitch, Brock tied the score with his homer. The Reds wasted little time against Orlando Pena in the 10th, scoring three runs on a double by Denis Menke, single by Tony Perez, triple by Johnny Bench and sacrifice fly by Bobby Tolan. Ted Simmons homered in the Cardinals' half of 10th.