Events of Saturday, August 26, 1972 (original) (raw)
Events of Saturday, August 26, 1972
Events of Saturday, August 26, 1972
8-25-1972 8-27-1972 8-26-1971 8-26-1973
TEX A 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 6 9 1 BOS A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 - 7 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Newhauser (4-2) LP: Cox (3-5) HR: Billings (5), Kosco (7)
CLE A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 CAL A 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 7 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Messersmith (4-8) LP: Perry (19-13) HR: Oliver (16)
CHI A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 0 (1) MIL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 2
BOX+PBP WP: Forster (5-3) LP: Sanders (1-9)
CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2 (2) MIL A 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 x - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Colborn (6-4) LP: Bahnsen (16-14) SV: Linzy (9)
DET A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 5 12 0 MIN A 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Slayback (5-5) LP: Strickland (3-1) SV: LaGrow (2) HR: Rodriguez (9), Darwin (18), Borgmann (3)
KC A 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 7 1 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 3 9 2
BOX+PBP WP: Drago (10-14) LP: Gardner (4-2) SV: Angelini (2) HR: Mayberry (14), Allen (5), Callison (6)
BAL A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 - 5 9 1 OAK A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 2
BOX+PBP WP: Dobson (15-12) LP: Fingers (6-6) SV: Jackson (6)
NY N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 6 6 2 ATL N 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 x - 7 8 2
BOX+PBP WP: Upshaw (3-5) LP: Sadecki (2-1) HR: Baker (11), Williams (21), Evans (16)
SF N 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 - 9 14 1 CHI N 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 - 10 18 1
BOX+PBP WP: Aker (5-5) LP: Moffitt (1-2) HR: Henderson 2 (17), McCovey (11), Rader (6), Williams 2 (27), Santo 2 (14), Popovich (1)
PHI N 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 8 0 CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 12 1
BOX+PBP WP: Carlton (21-7) LP: McGlothlin (7-6) SV: Scarce (2) HR: Perez (18)
MON N 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 - 5 12 0 HOU N 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 6 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Gladding (4-5) LP: Marshall (14-4) HR: Cedeno (20)
LA N 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 7 12 1 PIT N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Sutton (14-8) LP: Ellis (11-7) HR: Davis (14)
SD N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 7 1 STL N 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 x - 9 13 0
BOX+PBP WP: Gibson (15-7) LP: Arlin (8-17) SV: Higgins (1)
Standings At Close of Play of August 26, 1972
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Pittsburgh Pirates 119 74 45 0 .622 - 537 411 Chicago Cubs 122 64 57 1 .529 11.0 523 457 New York Mets 117 61 56 0 .521 12.0 392 422 St. Louis Cardinals 119 58 61 0 .487 16.0 457 476 Montreal Expos 119 55 64 0 .462 19.0 386 474 Philadelphia Phillies 119 44 75 0 .370 30.0 376 487
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 120 75 45 0 .625 - 560 419 Houston Astros 122 68 54 0 .557 8.0 571 499 Los Angeles Dodgers 119 64 55 0 .538 10.5 432 400 Atlanta Braves 124 57 66 1 .463 19.5 494 568 San Francisco Giants 122 54 68 0 .443 22.0 531 522 San Diego Padres 120 46 74 0 .383 29.0 394 518
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Baltimore Orioles 120 65 55 0 .542 - 418 330 Detroit Tigers 120 65 55 0 .542 - 434 405 Boston Red Sox 118 61 57 0 .517 3.0 493 513 New York Yankees 119 61 58 0 .513 3.5 430 392 Cleveland Indians 120 58 62 0 .483 7.0 371 392 Milwaukee Brewers 120 47 73 0 .392 18.0 371 466
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Chicago White Sox 119 70 49 0 .588 - 452 415 Oakland Athletics 120 69 51 0 .575 1.5 460 362 Minnesota Twins 116 60 56 0 .517 8.5 416 415 Kansas City Royals 118 58 60 0 .492 11.5 440 421 California Angels 120 53 67 0 .442 17.5 367 451 Texas Rangers 120 48 72 0 .400 22.5 387 477
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) STL N Dennis Higgins (33)
Deaths on This Date
Danny MacFayden (67)