Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 26,1972

Games on 1972-08-26

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	6	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Don Newhauser	Casey Cox	(none)
Cleveland Indians	1	California Angels	7	Box	Andy Messersmith	Gaylord Perry	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Terry Forster	Ken Sanders	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Jim Colborn	Stan Bahnsen	Frank Linzy
Detroit Tigers	5	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Bill Slayback	Jim Strickland	Lerrin LaGrow
Kansas City Royals	6	New York Yankees	3	Box	Dick Drago	Rob Gardner	Norm Angelini
Baltimore Orioles	5	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Pat Dobson	Rollie Fingers	Grant Jackson
New York Mets	6	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Cecil Upshaw	Ray Sadecki	(none)
San Francisco Giants	9	Chicago Cubs	10	Box	Jack Aker	Randy Moffitt	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Steve Carlton	Jim McGlothlin	Mac Scarce
Montreal Expos	5	Houston Astros	6	Box	Fred Gladding	Mike Marshall	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Don Sutton	Dock Ellis	(none)
San Diego Padres	3	St. Louis Cardinals	9	Box	Bob Gibson	Steve Arlin	Dennis Higgins

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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	7	Baltimore Orioles	120	65	55	.542	--	418	330	88	34-24	31-31	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Memorial Stadium	34	15	19	.441
2	4	6	Detroit Tigers	120	65	55	.542	--	434	405	29	31-26	34-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	36	21	15	.583
3	6	12	Boston Red Sox	118	61	57	.517	3.0	493	513	-20	25-37	36-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	37	24	13	.649
4	7	13	New York Yankees	119	61	58	.513	3.5	430	392	38	24-37	37-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee MacPhail	Yankee Stadium I	36	18	18	.500
5	9	16	Cleveland Indians	120	58	62	.483	7.0	371	392	-21	22-37	36-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	36	14	22	.389
6	12	22	Milwaukee Brewers	120	47	73	.392	18.0	371	466	-95	20-39	27-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Lane	County Stadium	36	18	18	.500
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	Chicago White Sox	119	70	49	.588	--	452	415	37	22-33	48-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Stu Holcomb	Comiskey Park	35	17	18	.486
2	2	4	Oakland Athletics	120	69	51	.575	1.5	460	362	98	37-27	32-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	35	24	11	.686
3	5	11	Minnesota Twins	116	60	56	.517	8.5	416	415	1	29-36	31-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	38	17	21	.447
4	8	14	Kansas City Royals	118	58	60	.492	11.5	440	421	19	21-34	37-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Municipal Stadium	36	18	18	.500
5	10	20	California Angels	120	53	67	.442	17.5	367	451	-84	23-38	30-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Anaheim Stadium	35	22	13	.629
6	11	21	Texas Rangers	120	48	72	.400	22.5	387	477	-90	20-39	28-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Arlington Stadium	34	6	28	.176
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	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	119	74	45	.622	--	537	411	126	37-23	37-22	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Three Rivers Stadium	36	22	14	.611
2	5	9	Chicago Cubs	122	64	58	.525	11.5	523	457	66	29-37	35-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	33	21	12	.636
3	6	10	New York Mets	117	61	56	.521	12.0	392	422	-30	28-27	33-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Scheffing	Shea Stadium	39	22	17	.564
4	7	15	St. Louis Cardinals	119	58	61	.487	16.0	457	476	-19	29-35	29-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Busch Stadium II	37	17	20	.459
5	9	18	Montreal Expos	119	55	64	.462	19.0	386	474	-88	26-33	29-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Fanning	Jarry Park	37	15	22	.405
6	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	119	44	75	.370	30.0	376	487	-111	22-32	22-43	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	37	15	22	.405
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	1	Cincinnati Reds	120	75	45	.625	--	560	419	141	46-18	29-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Howsam	Riverfront Stadium	34	20	14	.588
2	3	5	Houston Astros	122	68	54	.557	8.0	571	499	72	37-27	31-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Astrodome	31	16	15	.516
3	4	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	119	64	55	.538	10.5	432	400	32	32-27	32-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	36	21	15	.583
4	8	17	Atlanta Braves	124	58	66	.468	19.0	494	568	-74	27-39	30-28	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eddie Mathews	Eddie Robinson	Atlanta Stadium	30	12	18	.400
5	10	19	San Francisco Giants	122	54	68	.443	22.0	531	522	9	29-28	25-40	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Horace Stoneham	Candlestick Park	33	15	18	.455
6	11	23	San Diego Padres	120	46	74	.383	29.0	394	518	-124	26-27	20-47	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	San Diego Stadium	33	12	21	.364

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