Sports news and scores from Thursday August 20, 1970

`Sports headlines for Thursday August 20, 1970:`

Today's baseball transactions:

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MLB standings as of this date

MLB team and player statistics as of this date

American League Batting

Team	R	H	E	LOB
New York Yankees (67-54)	4	7	0	9
Minnesota Twins (72-48)	3	9	1	6
Win: Mel Stottlemyre (12-10) Loss: Bill Zepp (6-3) Save: Lindy McDaniel (17) T: 2:33 Att: 24,794 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore

Team	R	H	E	LOB
Philadelphia Phillies (54-68)	2	7	3	1
Atlanta Braves (62-61)	6	8	0	5
Win: Ron Reed (6-5) Loss: Barry Lersch (3-1) T: 2:05 Att: 9,868 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore

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