MLB standings at the end of May 4, 1970

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	22	14	8	0	.636		121	85	5-6	9-2	6-4	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	21	13	8	0	.619	0.5	101	81	4-0	9-8	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	21	12	9	0	.571	1.5	92	81	10-4	2-5	7-3	Lost 1
Washington Senators	23	12	11	0	.522	2.5	106	112	11-10	1-1	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	25	13	12	0	.520	2.5	113	102	9-5	4-7	8-2	Won 5
Cleveland Indians	21	9	12	0	.429	4.5	67	87	3-6	6-6	6-4	Won 1

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Minnesota Twins	21	14	7	0	.667		101	69	7-4	7-3	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	22	14	8	0	.636	0.5	102	79	5-4	9-4	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	24	11	13	0	.458	4.5	89	96	6-4	5-9	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	22	9	13	0	.409	5.5	86	121	4-8	5-5	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	22	8	14	0	.364	6.5	89	118	4-11	4-3	2-8	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	24	5	19	0	.208	10.5	99	135	0-4	5-15	1-9	Lost 8

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Cubs	21	13	8	0	.619		94	82	10-0	3-8	5-5	Lost 4
New York Mets	23	12	11	0	.522	2.0	87	67	4-4	8-7	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	23	12	11	0	.522	2.0	71	91	4-2	8-9	7-3	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	23	11	12	0	.478	3.0	89	103	7-7	4-5	2-8	Lost 5
St. Louis Cardinals	21	10	11	0	.476	3.0	96	91	6-8	4-3	3-7	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	21	6	15	0	.286	7.0	57	130	1-4	5-11	5-5	Lost 2

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Cincinnati Reds	26	20	6	0	.769		141	85	12-2	8-4	8-2	Won 6
Atlanta Braves	24	13	11	0	.542	6.0	134	121	6-6	7-5	8-2	Won 7
Los Angeles Dodgers	23	12	11	0	.522	6.5	82	66	7-9	5-2	6-4	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	26	12	14	0	.462	8.0	148	148	9-9	3-5	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	26	11	15	0	.423	9.0	122	125	7-4	4-11	4-6	Won 2
San Diego Padres	25	9	16	0	.360	10.5	79	91	4-9	5-7	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Braves 5, Pirates 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Rico Carty set an Atlanta club record, hitting safely in his 23rd straight game, and Jim Nash and Orlando Cepeda clouted homers as the Braves defeated the Pirates, 5-3, for their seventh victory in succession. Carty surpassed Felipe Alou's 22-game mark, set in 1968. While Carty kept his streak going, Sonny Jackson was stopped on a 16-game string.

Reds 7, Cardinals 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Reds extended their winning streak to six games by defeating the Cardinals, 7-3, behind the pitching of Gary Nolan, who registered his fifth straight victory. Nolan was lifted after Joe Hague singled in the ninth inning and Wayne Granger wrapped up the decision for his sixth save.

Astros 7, Cubs 2 at Houston (night game):
Posting the first complete-game victory of his N. L. career, Jim Bouton yielded only six hits and scored two runs as the Astros defeated the Cubs, 7-2. In the third inning, when the Astros broke a 1-1 tie, Bouton was hit by a pitch, Joe Morgan walked, Norm Miller singled and Jim Wynn lofted a sacrifice fly. Bouton singled in the eighth to start a four-run outburst by the Astros. Denis Menke capped the scoring with a two-run double.