MLB standings through games of April 18, 1970

MLB standings at the end of April 18, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Detroit Tigers	10	7	3	0	.700		48	33	4-0	3-3	7-3	Won 5
Baltimore Orioles	9	6	3	0	.667	0.5	42	29	3-3	3-0	6-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	10	5	5	0	.500	2.0	44	36	3-0	2-5	5-5	Lost 2
Washington Senators	8	4	4	0	.500	2.0	33	35	3-3	1-1	4-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	9	3	6	0	.333	3.5	29	50	1-3	2-3	3-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	10	3	7	0	.300	4.0	31	44	2-3	1-4	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	7	5	2	0	.714		49	21	1-0	4-2	5-2	Won 1
California Angels	10	7	3	0	.700	-0.5	60	37	2-3	5-0	7-3	Won 1
Oakland A's	10	5	5	0	.500	1.5	33	40	4-2	1-3	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	9	4	5	0	.444	2.0	40	49	2-4	2-1	4-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	10	4	6	0	.400	2.5	36	60	1-5	3-1	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	10	3	7	0	.300	3.5	47	58	0-4	3-3	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	9	7	2	0	.778		53	26	3-2	4-0	7-2	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	9	6	3	0	.667	1.0	37	28	5-0	1-3	6-3	Won 5
New York Mets	9	5	4	0	.556	2.0	40	30	2-2	3-2	5-4	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	5	4	0	.556	2.0	28	28	1-3	4-1	5-4	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	10	3	7	0	.300	4.5	20	39	3-2	0-5	3-7	Lost 7
Montreal Expos	9	1	8	0	.111	6.0	22	53	1-3	0-5	1-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	14	10	4	0	.714		71	45	5-2	5-2	6-4	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	13	7	6	0	.538	2.5	86	84	4-3	3-3	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	12	6	6	0	.500	3.0	58	58	5-4	1-2	5-5	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	11	5	6	0	.455	3.5	65	59	2-3	3-3	5-5	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	12	5	7	0	.417	4.0	39	49	1-2	4-5	4-6	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	11	4	7	0	.364	4.5	24	44	1-5	3-2	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Yankees 4 at Baltimore (day game):
The Orioles ended New York's three game winning streak by defeating the Yankees, 5-4. Dave McNally was kayoed in the eighth inning when Ron Woods hit a two-run homer, but Eddie Watt and Pete Richert then kept the Yankees at bay. Frank Robinson of the Orioles and Horace Clarke of the Yankees also hit homers in the game. Before departing, McNally helped himself to victory by hitting a double behind a pass to Andy Etchebarren in the seventh and both runners scored on a double by Don Buford.

Angels 7, Royals 1 at California (night game):
Bill Voss had the distinction of hitting the first grand-slam in Angels' history at Anaheim Stadium to mark a 7-1 victory over the Royals. The Angels broke a 1-1 tie with a circuit clout by Jim Fregosi in the fourth. Tom Egan singled in the fifth and, after a wild throw by Wally Bunker on a grounder by Clyde Wright, Sandy Alomar beat out a bunt to score Egan. Fregosi was safe on an error to load the bases and Voss followed with the first grand-slam of his major league career.

Indians 9, Senators 4 at Cleveland (day game):
Eddie Leon, who batted in a run with a single in the fourth inning, accounted for two more RBIs with a double in the fifth when the Indians came from behind to beat the Senators, 9-4. The Nats counted all their runs off Sam McDowell on three singles and two errors in the fourth. After breaking the ice with Leon's scoring single in the home half, the Indians shook loose for five runs in the fifth. Singles by Graig Nettles and Vada Pinson, together with an infield out, produced the first run. After two passes loaded the bases, Leon hit his double. Jack Heidemann walked to reload the sacks and Ted Uhlaender drove in two more runs with a single.

Tigers 5, Red Sox 1 at Detroit (day game):
Pitching his the fourth straight complete game, Mickey Lolich brought his record with the Tigers to 3-1 by defeating the Red Sox, 5-1. The Tigers gave their ace lefthander his working margin in the first inning with three runs on a double by Mickey Stanley, homer by Dick McAuliffe and singles by Willie Horton, Jim Northrup and Don Wert. Al Kaline batted in the Tigers' other runs with a single in the second and a double in the eighth.

White Sox 8, Brewers 5 at Milwaukee (day game):
A four-run rally in the seventh inning, including a tie-breaking single by Luis Aparicio, brought the White Sox an 8-5 victory over the Brewers. The White Sox, who collected a total of 17 hits, wasted many of them until the seventh when they overcame a 5-4 deficit. Buddy Bradford led off with a single and, after a forceout by John Matias, singles by Ed Herrmann, Gail Hopkins and Ken Berry produced the tying run. Aparicio then broke the deadlock with his single, driving in two runs, and Bill Melton subsequently singled to account for the final marker.

Twins 11, A's 5 at Oakland (day game):
Hitless previously this season, Rick Renick connedted for the first grand-slam homer of his big league career as the Twins exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning to defeat the Athletics, 11-5. Don Mincher hit two homers to account for all of the A's runs. In the fourth, Tony Oliva doubled, Brant Alyea singled and Leo Cardenas walked to load the bases for Renick's jackpot wallop off Al Downing. The Twins' 18-hit attack also included five straight singles by Rod Carew and a double and three singles by Oliva.

Dodgers 5, Braves 4 at Atlanta (night game):
The relief pitching of Jim Brewer, who yielded only one hit in the last 2 2/3 innings, saved the Dodgers' 5-4 victory over the Braves. Don Sutton, who started for the Dodgers, helped himself with two run-scoring singles. After Sutton drove in the first run in the second, Willie Crawford singled in the fourth, Jim Lefebvre was safe on an error, Billy Grabarkewitz tripled and Sutton singled. The Dodgers added what proved to be the winning run in the seventh on a triple by Maury Wills and sacrifice fly by Willie Davis. Hank Aaron and Bob Tillman accounted for the Braves' runs, each hitting a homer with a man on base.

Cubs 8, Expos 1 at Chicago (day game):
Billy Williams drove in four runs in support of Ken Holtzman, who allowed only four hits and pitched the Cubs to an 8-1 victory over the Expos. Williams homered with a man on base in the third inning and batted in two more runs with a bases-loaded single in the fourth. Ron Santo followed with a two-run double. Ernie Banks accounted for the Cubs' final pair with a single in the eighth.

Giants 16, Reds 9 at Cincinnati (day game):
Ron Hunt batted in six runs with a grand-slam homer and single, while Bob Heise was not far behind with five RBIs on three hits, as the Giants beat the Reds, 16-9. The Reds piled up seven runs in the fourth inning to take 8-3 lead, but the Giants came back with seven in the sixth. Ray Washburn walked four straight batters to force in a run before departing in favor of Tony Cloninger, who started off by inducing Russ Gibson to ground into a double play via the plate. But Heise followed with a two-run single. Cloninger then walked the next two batters to reload the sacks before throwing his gopher pitch to Hunt.

Astros 4, Padres 3 at Houston (night game):
A homer by Doug Rader to lead off the ninth inning gave the Astros a 4-3 victory over the Padres. After Jerry Morales homered for the Padres in the first, the Astros scored three runs in their half, but Dave Campbell singled and Ollie Brown hit for the circuit to forge a deadlock in the second. Denny Lemaster checked the Padres the rest of the way and was the winner on Rader's round-tripper.

Mets 7, Phillies 0 at New York (day game):
A leadoff single by Denny Doyle proved to be the Phillies' only hit off Nolan Ryan as the fireballing righthander pitched the Mets to a 7-0 victory and struck out 15 to set the club record for a nine-inning game. The Mets' attack included homers by Ken Boswell and Tommie Agee.

Cardinals 6, Pirates 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Steve Carlton, who held out and was late reporting for spring training, showed that he was in form by pitching the Cardinals to a 6-1 victory over the Pirates. Carl Taylor homered for the Redbirds, whose attack also included four hits by Lou Brock and three by Jose Cardenal. The Pirates' run scored in the second inning on a triple by Al Oliver and a single by Jerry May.