Baseball on this Date - Saturday May 6,1972

Games on 1972-05-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Royals	9	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Dick Drago	Mike Cuellar	(none)
Minnesota Twins	3	Boston Red Sox	2	Box	Jim Perry	Sonny Siebert	Dave LaRoche
Milwaukee Brewers	0	California Angels	2	Box	Andy Messersmith	Jim Lonborg	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	Cleveland Indians	12	Box	Gaylord Perry	Tom Bradley	(none)
Texas Rangers	1	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Tom Timmermann	Rich Hand	Fred Scherman
New York Yankees	1	Oakland Athletics	4	Box	Catfish Hunter	Mike Kekich	Bob Locker
Houston Astros	4	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Juan Pizarro	Ken Forsch	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Steve Blass	Pedro Borbon	(none)
San Diego Padres	6	New York Mets	2	Box	Bill Greif	Tom Seaver	Mike Caldwell
San Francisco Giants	3	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Sam McDowell	Dick Selma	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Rick Wise	Mike McQueen	(none)

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	8	Detroit Tigers	15	9	6	.600	--	65	35	30	4-3	5-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	141	77	64	.546
3	6	11	Cleveland Indians	16	9	7	.563	0.5	53	45	8	6-4	3-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	140	63	77	.450
2	4	9	Baltimore Orioles	16	9	7	.563	0.5	56	45	11	1-4	8-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	138	71	67	.514
4	10	21	New York Yankees	15	5	10	.333	4.0	41	53	-12	0-6	5-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	140	74	66	.529
5	11	23	Boston Red Sox	13	4	9	.308	4.0	43	62	-19	1-5	3-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	142	81	61	.570
6	12	24	Milwaukee Brewers	13	3	10	.231	5.0	19	42	-23	1-4	2-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	143	62	81	.434
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Minnesota Twins	14	11	3	.786	--	71	30	41	8-3	3-0	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	140	66	74	.471
2	2	2	Oakland Athletics	13	9	4	.692	1.5	41	31	10	3-3	6-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	142	84	58	.592
3	5	10	Chicago White Sox	16	9	7	.563	3.0	50	55	-5	2-7	7-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	138	78	60	.565
4	7	12	Texas Rangers	17	8	9	.471	4.5	53	68	-15	2-4	6-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	137	46	91	.336
5	8	15	Kansas City Royals	18	8	10	.444	5.0	49	46	3	2-8	6-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	136	68	68	.500
6	9	16	California Angels	16	7	9	.438	5.0	39	68	-29	3-7	4-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	139	68	71	.489
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	New York Mets	17	11	6	.647	--	62	64	-2	7-3	4-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	139	72	67	.518
2	4	5	Philadelphia Phillies	19	12	7	.632	--	67	55	12	8-4	4-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Veterans Stadium	137	47	90	.343
3	5	7	Montreal Expos	16	10	6	.625	0.5	53	63	-10	6-5	4-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	140	60	80	.429
4	8	17	Chicago Cubs	19	8	11	.421	4.0	93	74	19	1-8	7-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	136	77	59	.566
5	9	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	17	7	10	.412	4.0	74	83	-9	3-3	4-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	138	89	49	.645
6	11	20	St. Louis Cardinals	18	7	11	.389	4.5	71	71	0	5-6	2-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	138	68	70	.493
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1972 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Houston Astros	18	12	6	.667	--	96	80	16	7-2	5-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	135	72	63	.533
2	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	19	12	7	.632	0.5	86	51	35	5-2	7-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	136	73	63	.537
3	6	13	San Diego Padres	20	9	11	.450	4.0	52	62	-10	3-2	6-9	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	133	49	84	.368
4	7	14	Cincinnati Reds	18	8	10	.444	4.0	86	95	-9	6-6	2-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	136	87	49	.640
5	10	19	Atlanta Braves	20	8	12	.400	5.0	80	110	-30	5-6	3-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	134	62	72	.463
6	12	22	San Francisco Giants	21	7	14	.333	6.5	89	101	-12	5-3	2-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	134	62	72	.463

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