MLB standings through games of April 28, 1970

MLB standings at the end of April 28, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	17	12	5	0	.706		86	66	4-4	8-1	7-3	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	16	11	5	0	.688	0.5	77	55	4-0	7-5	8-2	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	17	9	8	0	.529	3.0	67	60	7-3	2-5	5-5	Won 2
Washington Senators	17	9	8	0	.529	3.0	75	85	8-7	1-1	5-5	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	16	7	9	0	.438	4.5	50	70	3-6	4-3	5-5	Won 2
New York Yankees	19	8	11	0	.421	5.0	85	81	4-4	4-7	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	18	12	6	0	.667		88	64	5-4	7-2	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	16	10	6	0	.625	1.0	85	54	5-4	5-2	6-4	Lost 2
Oakland A's	18	8	10	0	.444	4.0	54	68	6-4	2-6	4-6	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	17	6	11	0	.353	5.5	57	86	1-6	5-5	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	17	6	11	0	.353	5.5	72	92	2-8	4-3	3-7	Lost 6
Milwaukee Brewers	18	5	13	0	.278	7.0	79	94	0-4	5-9	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	16	12	4	0	.750		76	54	10-0	2-4	9-1	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	18	11	7	0	.611	2.0	68	64	7-6	4-1	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	15	9	6	0	.600	2.5	73	48	5-4	4-2	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	18	10	8	0	.556	3.0	47	63	4-2	6-6	7-3	Won 6
New York Mets	17	9	8	0	.529	3.5	65	46	4-4	5-4	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	16	5	11	0	.312	7.0	49	95	1-4	4-7	4-6	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	21	15	6	0	.714		105	66	7-2	8-4	7-3	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	20	9	11	0	.450	5.5	117	115	6-6	3-5	4-6	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	18	8	10	0	.444	5.5	51	57	3-8	5-2	5-5	Lost 3
Atlanta Braves	19	8	11	0	.421	6.0	103	106	2-6	6-5	3-7	Won 2
Houston Astros	20	7	13	0	.350	7.5	86	104	6-4	1-9	3-7	Lost 7
San Diego Padres	20	6	14	0	.300	8.5	57	79	1-7	5-7	1-9	Lost 6

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 2, A's 1 at Boston (night game):
Homers by Tony Conigliaro and Mike Andrews provided the Red Sox with a 2-1 victory over the Athletics. Bill Lee held the A's to one hit until they broke through with their run in the eighth inning on two-out singles by Frank Fernandez, Roberto Pena and Bert Campaneris. Ray Jarvis finished the inning and Sparky Lyle set down the A's in the ninth to earn his fourth save.

Orioles 4, White Sox 2 at Chicago (night game):
Boog Powell, who hit a homer and double, drove in all of the Orioles' runs in a 4-2 victory over the White Sox. Mark Belanger and Frank Robinson were on base with singles when Powell pounded his homer in the first inning. Robinson singled, reached second on a wild pitch and scored on Powell's double in the fifth. Bill Melton homered to account for one White Sox run off Mike Cuellar.

Tigers 8, Royals 3 at Kansas City (night game):
Hitting his the first homer of the season, Al Kaline helped send the Tigers on their way to an 8-3 victory over the Royals. Joe Niekro and Dick McAuliffe doubled and Mickey Stanley singled for two runs in the third inning before Kaline added two more with his circuit clout. The Royals scored their runs in the sixth when Jim Rooker was safe on an error and Lou Piniella and Paul Schaal homered on consecutive pitches.

Indians 3, Twins 1 at Minnesota (day game):
Getting life when Harmon Killebrew dropped a pop foul, the Indians scored two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Twins, 3-1. After Killebrew's muff with one out, Ted Uhlaender returned to the plate and singled. Graig Nettles forced Uhlaender, but Vada Pinson singled and Tony Horton then doubled, driving in both runners.

Yankees 7, Angels 5 at New York (night game):
Fritz Peterson drove in two runs with a single in the fifth inning and hit the first homer of his major league career in the seventh to help himself to the Yankees' 7-5 victory over the Angels. Ron Woods also homered for the Yankees. Peterson faltered in the ninth when Ken McMullen came up with a man on base and hit his first homer in an Angels' uniform. With two out, Jim Spencer was safe on an error and Joe Azcue doubled. Steve Hamilton relieved and gave up a run-scoring hit by Billy Cowan before retiring Ray Oyler.

Senators 9, Brewers 6 at Washington (night game):
Frank Howard, Ed Stroud and Aurelio Rodriguez hit homers to power the Senators to a 9-6 victory over the Brewers. Howard connected with a man on base in the first inning, Stroud added a solo swat in the third and Rodriguez homered with two aboard in the fifth when the Senators scored four runs. Ted Savage and Danny Walton rapped round-trippers for the Brewers. Pitching in relief, Dick Such gained his first major league victory, although kayoed in the ninth when the Brewers rallied for their last three runs.

Reds 4, Astros 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Tony Perez tied a major league record for most homers in April, hitting his 10th of the month, to lead the Reds to a 4-2 victory over the Astros. Perez batted in one run with a single in the first inning and then hit his homer with Bobby Tolan on base in the third. Johnny Bench tripled in that same stanza and counted the Reds' last run on a sacrifice fly by Lee May. John Mayberry a hit a pinch-homer for the Astros in the ninth.

Phillies 3, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
A pinch-homer by Rick Joseph in the 10th inning carried the Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers. Dick Selma was the winner in relief, but the righthander figured in an unusual bit of strategy by Manager Frank Lucchesi in the Dodgers' half of the 10th. When the Dodgers put two men on base with walks with two out, Selma went to third base, replacing Tony Taylor, and lefthander Joe Hoerner came to the mound to face Willie Davis, who popped up to end the game. The score was tied, 1-1, until the eighth when Billy Grabarkewitz homered to put the Dodgers ahead, but Larry Hisle saved the Phillies from defeat by hitting for the circuit with two out in the ninth.

Pirates 6, Cubs 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Cubs' 11-game winning streak came to an end with a 6-1 loss to the Pirates. Manny Sanguillen hit two homers for the Pirates and drove in three runs. The Pirates used three pitchers, Luke Walker, Bruce Dal Canton and Dave Giusti, who held the Cubs to three hits. Walker pulled a muscle and gave way to Dal Canton in the sixth inning. Giusti then took over and handcuffed the Cubs over the final three frames.

[DH] Expos 4, Padres 2 (night game) / Expos 7, Padres 3 at San Diego (night game):
With Ron Fairly hitting a homer in each game, the Expos swept a twi-night doubleheader with the Padres, 4-2 and 7-3. Steve Huntz, called up from Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast), homered for the Padres in the first inning of the lidlifter and Mike Corkins protected the 1-0 lead until the eighth when Rusty Staub walked and Fairly hit for the circuit. The Expos went on to add two more runs before the inning ended on a single by Bobby Wine with the bases loaded. In the nightcap, the Expos piled up 13 hits, including a triple and double by Wine, in addition to Fairly's second homer of the night. Steve Renko hurled the route, although struggling in the ninth inning when the Padres got their runs on a bases-loaded double by Chris Cannizzaro.

Mets 5, Giants 2 at San Francisco (night game):
Dave Marshall wrecked his former teammates by hitting the first grand-slam homer of his career to power the Mets to a 5-2 victory over the Giants. The Mets loaded the bases in the first inning and scored one run on an infield hit by Art Shamsky before Marshall came up and unloaded against Gaylord Perry. The Giants picked up one run when Willie Mays hit for the circuit in the home half, but they did not score again until the eighth when Bobby Bonds and Willie McCovey doubled.

Braves 3, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (night game):
With one out in the ninth inning, Tony Gonzalez singled and Clete Boyer followed with a homer to give the Braves a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals. Homers accounted for all the scoring in the game. Hank Aaron smashed a drive over the fence for the Braves in the first and Dick Allen produced the Cardinals' pair by hitting for the circuit after a single by Lou Brock in the sixth.