MLB standings through games of May 24, 1970

MLB standings at the end of May 24, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	42	29	13	0	.690		207	149	15-7	14-6	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	44	24	19	1	.558	5.5	203	189	13-7	11-12	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	38	18	20	0	.474	9.0	173	175	9-9	9-11	3-7	Lost 2
Washington Senators	40	18	22	0	.450	10.0	163	180	13-12	5-10	5-5	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	39	17	22	0	.436	10.5	150	161	12-5	5-17	3-7	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	37	14	23	0	.378	12.5	129	157	7-12	7-11	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	38	26	12	0	.684		201	145	10-7	16-5	8-2	Lost 1
California Angels	41	27	14	0	.659	0.5	190	144	12-6	15-8	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	42	22	20	0	.524	6.0	202	174	13-9	9-11	6-4	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	40	16	24	0	.400	11.0	168	209	7-14	9-10	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	41	16	25	0	.390	11.5	152	208	9-16	7-9	2-8	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	40	13	26	1	.333	13.5	168	215	8-8	5-18	3-6-1	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	38	21	17	0	.553		174	150	13-4	8-13	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	39	20	19	0	.513	1.5	176	162	11-10	9-9	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	41	20	21	0	.488	2.5	167	150	8-12	12-9	5-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	43	20	23	0	.465	3.5	173	195	11-11	9-12	5-5	Won 2
Montreal Expos	40	16	24	0	.400	6.0	143	227	7-11	9-13	6-4	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	41	16	25	0	.390	6.5	123	188	7-12	9-13	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	43	31	12	0	.721		224	157	17-4	14-8	7-3	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	42	24	18	0	.571	6.5	189	136	12-14	12-4	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	41	23	18	0	.561	7.0	207	186	10-7	13-11	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	44	21	23	0	.477	10.5	253	265	12-12	9-11	4-6	Won 2
Houston Astros	44	20	24	0	.455	11.5	212	223	12-11	8-13	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	46	19	27	0	.413	13.5	208	210	8-15	11-12	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Orioles 2, Red Sox 1 (day game) / Red Sox 4, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
After Brooks Robinson homered in the tenth inning to give the Orioles a 2-1 victory, two streaks came to an end when the Red Sox won the second game of the doubleheader, 4-3. The defeat snapped the Orioles' string of 10 straight victories at home, while the Red Sox halted a skein of nine losses on the road. George Scott homered in the second inning for the Red Sox run in the lidlifter, but the Orioles caught up in the ninth with two walks and a single by pinch-hitter Curt Motton. Robinson led off in the 10th with his homer off Sparky Lyle. The Orioles also had homers by Boog Powell and Paul Blair in the nightcap, but the Red Sox broke a 3-3 tie in the ninth inning with a pass to Tony Conigliaro, a single by Scott and a sacrifice fly by Dick Schofield.

[DH] A's 5, White Sox 1 (day game) / A's 5, White Sox 2 at Chicago (night game):
The one-hit pitching of Chuck Dobson in first game and two-run homers by Blue Moon Odom and Don Mincher in the second game featured the Athletics' sweep of a doubleheader with the White Sox, 5-1 and 5-2. After Luis Aparicio walked in the first inning, Gail Hopkins singled for the only hit off Dobson. Aparicio took third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bill Melton. Tito Francona drove in two runs for the A's with a pair of singles. Odom homered in the second inning of the nightcap and Mincher followed with a blow in the third that sailed over the roof of the right-field stands, a batting feat achieved by only eight other players.

[DH] Yankees 6, Indians 5 (day game) / Yankees 8, Indians 7 at Cleveland (day game):
Lindy McDaniel picked up two victories and Fred Lasher suffered both defeats when the Yankees beat the Indians in a doubleheader, 6-5 and 8-7, with the second game going 11 innings. John Ellis homered in the eighth inning to provide the Yankees' winning run in the opener. Roy White also had a homer in the game for New York. The nightcap turned into a slugging exhibition with nine homers, six by the Indians. Tony Horton hit three, Ray Fosse whacked two and Jack Heidemann got the first of his major league career for the Indians. Three of the Tribe's homers -- a two-run blow by Horton and back-to-back drives by Fosse and Heiclemann -- came in the fourth inning. Horace Clarke, Ron Hansen and Ellis connected for the Yankees. Ellis' homer with two men on base put the Yankees ahead in the eighth, 7-6, but Horton tied the score with his third boundary belt of the game in the Indians' half. The Yankees scored their winning run in the 11th when Jerry Kenney doubled and Clarke singled.

Senators 6, Tigers 4 at Detroit (day game):
A grand-slam homer by Rick Reichardt climaxed a six-run explosion in the second inning and carried the Senators to a 6-4 victory over the Tigers. Singles by Ed Stroud and Paul Casanova, together with a sacrifice fly by Tim Cullen, started the Nats' scoring. Ed Brinkman and Wayne Comer singled for another run before Frank Howard walked to load the bases for Reichardt. Joe Coleman, who was the beneficiary of the blow, beat the Tigers for the seventh straight time without a loss. Two of the Tigers' runs came on homers by Bill Freehan and Jim Northrup.

Royals 6, Brewers 5 at Kansas City (day game):
After falling behind in the 10th inning, the Royals rallied for two runs in their half on a pinch-single by Hawk Taylor with the bases loaded to defeat the Brewers, 6-5. The Brewers forced the game into overtime by scoring twice in the ninth and took the lead in the 10th when Tommy Harper tripled and Ted Kubiak singled. With one out in the Royals' half, Joe Keough beat out an infield hit and Luis Alcaraz and Ellie Rodriguez walked to load the bases. When Pat Kelly came to the plate as a pinch-hitter for Moe Drabowsky, the Brewers called on John O'Donoghue to relieve Gene Brabender. Taylor then batted instead of Kelly and rapped O'Donoghue's first pitch for the winning single.

Angels 6, Twins 5 at Minnesota (day game):
The Angels failed to hold a 5-1 lead, but then came back with a run in the ninth inning to defeat the Twins, 6-5. Jim Fregosi drove in two runs with a double and Roger Repoz homered with a man on base to pace the Angels to their early advantage. George Mitterwald hit a double, triple and homer to help the Twins catch up. Joe Azcue singled for the Angels in the ninth and gave way on the paths to Jarvis Tatum, who moved up on a sacrifice by Chico Ruiz and scored the winning run on a single by Sandy Alomar.

Astros 10, Reds 7 at Houston (day game):
The Astros rose like a rocket with a seven-run thrust in the eighth inning and defeated the Reds, 10-7. With Tony Perez hitting a three-run homer, the Reds held a 7-3 lead before Denis Menke started the Astros off the launching pad with a single in the eighth. A triple by Joe Pepitone and an error produced the first two runs. After a single by Johnny Edwards and a walk to Jim Wynn loaded the bases, Jesus Alou tied the score with a single. Norm Miller walked and Tommy Davis singled in the tie-breaking tally. Menke then connected for his second single of the inning and fourth hit of the game to climax the outburst.

Dodgers 8, Braves 1 at Los Angeles (day game):
With help from Joe Moeller, who relieved in the seventh inning, Alan Foster was able to end his personal four-game losing streak when the Dodgers defeated the Braves, 8-1. Foster was tagged for 11 hits, but the Braves scored only in the third when Felix Millan and Mike Lum singled and Hank Aaron hit a sacrifice fly. Moeller held the Braves hitless in the last 2 1/3 innings.

Pirates 3, Expos 0 at Montreal (day game):
Bob Veale allowed only three hits and pitched the Pirates to a 3-0 victory over the Expos. The Pirates counted their first run off Carl Morton without the benefit of a hit on a pass to Matty Alou in the first inning, a stolen base, a wild throw by catcher John Bateman on the theft and a sacrifice fly by Al Oliver. Manny Sanguillen homered in the seventh and the Pirates added their final run in the ninth on back-to-back doubles by Veale and Alou.

[DH] Cubs 3, Mets 1 (day game) / Mets 3, Cubs 1 at New York (day game):
The Cubs beat Tom Seaver, 3-1, in the opener of a doubleheader with the Mets, but then succumbed to the two-hit pitching of Nolan Ryan and lost the nightcap by the same 3-1 score. Jim Hickman homered off Seaver in the fourth inning of the lidlifter. A walk to Billy Williams and a double by Ron Santo added a run in sixth. The Mets loaded the bases in the eighth and chased Bill Hands, but Phil Regan relieved and pitched out of the jam at the expense of only one run on a sacrifice fly by Jones. The Cubs added a final run off Ron Taylor in the ninth on singles by Williams and Hickman, together with an infield out. Ryan struggled with his control in the first inning of the nightcap, giving up a Cubs' run on a single by on Kessinger and three walks, but passed only two more batters the rest of the way. The Mets took the lead against Joe Decker in the second on a single by Donn Clendenon, a double by Ron Swoboda, who took third on the throw to the plate, and a sacrifice fly by Jerry Grote. An unearned run in the eighth completed the scoring, Swoboda getting the RBI with a sacrifice fly.

Phillies 6, Cardinals 5 at Philadelphia (day game):
One out away from defeat, the Phillies tied the score with a two-run homer by Larry Hisle in the ninth inning and then beat the Cardinals in the 10th, 6-5, when Tony Taylor singled with the bases loaded. Del Bates doubled in the overtime stanza, Larry Bowa drew an intentional pass and Mike Jackson, after bunting, was safe on an error by Chuck Taylor before Tony Taylor came to the plate. Dick Allen, who had hit five homers in six games against the Phillies, not only was collared but the slugger struck out five straight times.

[DH] Giants 6, Padres 1 (day game) / Giants 7, Padres 6 at San Francisco (day game):
Playing for the first time under Charlie Fox as their new manager, the Giants beat the Padres in a doubleheader, 6-1 and 7-6. Willie McCovey smashed two homers in the lidlifter, marking the 30th time in the slugger's career that he had belted two in one game. Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays also homered for the Giants. Gaylord Perry pitched a four-hitter with the Padres' run coming on a round-tripper by Ivan Murrell. In the nightcap, the Giants scored all their runs in the fifth inning, but six were unearned on two errors by Ed Spiezio and one by Steve Huntz. Singles by Tito Fuentes, Ron Hunt and Ken Henderson were the Giants' only hits during the stanza. Spiezlo and Huntz made partial amends with homers.