Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 5,1972

Games on 1972-08-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	3	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Luis Tiant	Dave McNally	(none)
Texas Rangers	11	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Rich Hand	Dave Lemonds	Steve Lawson
Detroit Tigers	4	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Fred Scherman	Gaylord Perry	(none)
California Angels	1	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Mike Hedlund	Eddie Fisher	(none)
New York Yankees	0	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Bill Parsons	Mel Stottlemyre	(none)
Oakland Athletics	0	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Dick Woodson	Vida Blue	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Pedro Borbon	Ron Schueler	Clay Carroll
San Diego Padres	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Claude Osteen	Clay Kirby	Jim Brewer
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Nelson Briles	Bill Stoneman	Dave Giusti
Chicago Cubs	3	New York Mets	2	Box	Steve Hamilton	Danny Frisella	Jack Aker
Houston Astros	4	San Francisco Giants	3	Box	Jim Ray	Don Carrithers	Fred Gladding
Philadelphia Phillies	5	St. Louis Cardinals	0	Box	Steve Carlton	Reggie Cleveland	(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	4	Detroit Tigers	100	56	44	.560	--	348	324	24	28-22	28-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	56	30	26	.536
2	4	8	Baltimore Orioles	100	53	47	.530	3.0	342	282	60	28-23	25-24	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	54	27	27	.500
3	6	12	Boston Red Sox	99	51	48	.515	4.5	418	428	-10	19-30	32-18	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	56	34	22	.607
4	7	13	New York Yankees	98	50	48	.510	5.0	360	314	46	20-31	30-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	57	29	28	.509
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	100	46	54	.460	10.0	297	331	-34	17-33	29-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	56	26	30	.464
6	11	21	Milwaukee Brewers	100	41	59	.410	15.0	317	389	-72	17-33	24-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	56	24	32	.429
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	3	Oakland Athletics	101	61	40	.604	--	395	300	95	31-20	30-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54	32	22	.593
2	2	5	Chicago White Sox	100	56	44	.560	4.5	373	366	7	16-30	40-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	54	31	23	.574
3	5	9	Minnesota Twins	97	51	46	.526	8.0	352	339	13	23-29	28-17	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	57	26	31	.456
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	99	47	52	.475	13.0	376	355	21	18-31	29-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	55	29	26	.527
5	10	19	California Angels	101	45	56	.446	16.0	316	388	-72	18-32	27-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	54	30	24	.556
6	12	23	Texas Rangers	101	41	60	.406	20.0	321	399	-78	17-32	24-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	53	13	40	.245
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	1	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	100	62	38	.620	--	456	346	110	30-20	32-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	55	34	21	.618
2	4	7	New York Mets	99	54	45	.545	7.5	327	348	-21	26-21	28-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	57	29	28	.509
3	6	11	Chicago Cubs	104	54	50	.519	10.0	434	361	73	24-32	30-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	51	31	20	.608
4	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	99	48	51	.485	13.5	373	395	-22	24-27	24-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	57	27	30	.474
5	8	17	Montreal Expos	98	45	53	.459	16.0	312	384	-72	21-29	24-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	58	25	33	.431
6	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	101	39	62	.386	23.5	326	408	-82	20-29	19-33	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	55	20	35	.364
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	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	99	61	38	.616	--	450	350	100	36-14	25-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	55	34	21	.618
2	3	6	Houston Astros	102	57	45	.559	5.5	479	420	59	30-20	27-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	51	27	24	.529
3	5	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	100	52	48	.520	9.5	366	348	18	26-24	26-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	55	33	22	.600
4	9	18	Atlanta Braves	104	47	57	.452	16.5	411	475	-64	22-33	24-25	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lum Harris	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	50	23	27	.460
5	10	20	San Francisco Giants	103	45	58	.437	18.0	425	440	-15	27-24	18-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	52	24	28	.462
6	11	22	San Diego Padres	101	41	60	.406	21.0	326	410	-84	24-22	17-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	52	17	35	.327

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