MLB standings through games of May 29, 1970

MLB standings at the end of May 29, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	46	33	13	0	.717		227	155	18-7	15-6	8-2	Won 4
New York Yankees	48	26	21	1	.553	7.5	214	200	13-7	13-14	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	42	21	21	0	.500	10.0	187	186	11-10	10-11	6-4	Won 1
Washington Senators	44	21	23	0	.477	11.0	185	199	14-12	7-11	7-3	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	43	19	24	0	.442	12.5	169	181	14-7	5-17	3-7	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	41	15	26	0	.366	15.5	137	176	7-12	8-14	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	42	29	13	0	.690		226	158	13-8	16-5	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	45	28	17	0	.622	2.5	197	154	13-9	15-8	5-5	Lost 3
Oakland A's	46	24	22	0	.522	7.0	211	183	13-10	11-12	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	44	18	26	0	.409	12.0	184	221	9-15	9-11	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	45	17	28	0	.378	13.5	162	224	9-16	8-12	2-8	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	44	13	30	1	.302	16.5	181	243	8-9	5-21	2-8	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	41	23	18	0	.561		188	164	15-5	8-13	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	45	22	23	0	.489	3.0	177	165	10-14	12-9	4-6	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	43	21	22	0	.488	3.0	192	180	11-11	10-11	5-5	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	47	22	25	0	.468	4.0	193	212	12-11	10-14	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	45	19	26	0	.422	6.0	136	198	7-12	12-14	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	44	16	28	0	.364	8.5	152	244	7-14	9-14	3-7	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	48	34	14	0	.708		240	178	18-4	16-10	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	44	26	18	0	.591	6.0	225	192	13-7	13-11	7-3	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	46	26	20	0	.565	7.0	222	160	12-14	14-6	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	48	23	25	0	.479	11.0	274	296	14-13	9-12	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	47	21	26	0	.447	12.5	221	236	12-11	9-15	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	50	21	29	0	.420	14.0	225	220	10-17	11-12	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 4, White Sox 3 at Boston (night game):
Shut out on two hits over the first seven innings, the Red Sox picked up a run in the eighth and rallied for three more in the ninth to beat the White Sox, 4-3. Bill Melton hit a double and a homer to pace the White Sox. The first Red Sox run counted on a single by Carl Yastrzemski, a wild pitch by Tommy John and a sacrifice fly by Rico Petrocelli. Luis Alvarado walked to open the ninth. Wilbur Wood, replacing John, yielded a pinch-single by Jose Santiago and passed Mike Andrews to load the bases. Billy Conigliaro singled, driving in two runs to tie the score. After an intentional pass to Carl Yastrzemski, Jerry Moses singled off Tom Murphy to plate the winning marker.

Orioles 2, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Boog Powell hit a homer after a single by Frank Robinson in the eighth inning to carry the Orioles to a 2-0 victory over the Angels. Although allowing only four hits, Mike Cuellar had to pitch out of three jams to subdue the Angels, who failed to score with the bases loaded and two out in first inning, with a runner on third and one out in the seventh and with a runner on third and none out in the ninth.

Tigers 5, Brewers 4 at Milwaukee (day game):
With the aid of homers by Al Kaline and Jim Northrup, the Tigers gained a 5-4 victory over the Brewers, who went down to their seventh straight defeat. Kaline accounted for the first run in the third inning. The Tigers picked up another in the sixth and added their final tallies in the seventh, two scoring on Northrup's smash. Mickey Lolich, who yielded only three hits and one run in the first seven innings, was kayoed in eighth when the Brewers tightened the game.

Yankees 4, Twins 2 at Minnesota (night game):
The shutout relief pitching of Lindy McDaniel over the last three and two-thirds innings saved the Yankees' 4-2 victory over the Twins. Rick Renick hit two homers for the Twins, his second blow resulting in Mike Kekich's departure in favor of McDaniel. Jerry Kenney and Roy White hit triples to pace the Yankees' attack.

Indians 2, A's 1 at Oakland (night game):
Sam McDowell pitched a two-hitter and was the winner in a duel with Blue Moon Odom when the Indians scored two unearned runs on errors by Bert Campaneris to defeat the Athletics, 2-1. Odom, who yielded four hits, was the loser on his 25th birthday. The Indians scored initially in the third inning on a single by Jack Heidemann, a sacrifice, an error by Campaneris and an infield out by Eddie Leon. The A's run came on a homer by Joe Rudi in the fourth. Ray Fosse grounded to Campaneris in the seventh and reached second on the shortstop's wild throw. After advancing on a passed ball, Fosse scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Heidemann.

Senators 5, Royals 4 at Washington (night game):
After the Royals scored two runs in the top half of the 12th inning, the Senators came back with a three-run rally to pull out a 5-4 victory. The Royals' first two tallies of the game came on a homer by Ed Kirkpatrick in the eighth. Ellie Rodriguez, who drove in the Senators' initial run with a single in the first, tied the score with another single in the eighth. Joe Keough sent the Royals ahead with a homer in 12th after Bob Oliver struck out but reached first on a passed ball. In the Senators' half, a single by Aurelio Rodriguez, a double by Jim French and single by Bernie Allen tied the score. After a walk to Dave Nelson and a pop-up by Ed Brinkman, Del Unser capped the Nats' rally with a single, scoring Allen.

Braves 5, Phillies 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Hank Aaron drove in two runs with a double and Rico Carty followed with a homer as the Braves exploded in the seventh inning to beat the Phillies, 5-2. Mike Lum led off the stanza with a single and was forced by Pat Jarvis. Gil Garrido singled, but Felix Millan flied out before Aaron and Carty boomed their bats.

Reds 6, Expos 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
After wasting numerous scoring opportunities while stranding 16 runners, the Reds ended a frustrating game when Pete Rose walked and Bobby Tolan homered in the ninth inning to beat the Expos, 6-4. The pass to Rose was the 12th issued by Expos' pitchers. Reds' hurlers walked six. Johnny Bench also homered for the Reds. Ron Fairly hit two doubles and batted in two for the Expos.

Astros 5, Mets 0 at New York (night game):
Tom Seaver was handed his third straight defeat when the Astros shut out the Mets, 5-0, behind the combined three-hit pitching of Tom Griffin and Jack Billingham. Griffin was hit on the right elbow by a batted ball with two out in fifth inning, forcing him to leave the mound in favor of Billingham. The Astros ripped into Seaver for four runs in the fifth. Doug Rader opened the outburst with a homer. Singles by Johnny Edwards and Jesus Alou, around a sacrifice, added another counter. Joe Morgan then walked and Jim Wynn drove in two more runs with a double. Wynn climaxed the scoring with a homer in the seventh.

Pirates 6, Giants 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
A pair of three-run bursts, featuring a double by Matty Alou and single by Manny Sanguillen, carried the Pirates to a 6-3 victory over the Giants. In the second inning, Al Oliver singled, Bob Robertson doubled and both scored on a single by Sanguillen, who also crossed the plate on an infield out, a passed ball and a balk. Robertson walked in the sixth and raced to third on a wild pitch. Sanguillen also walked. Freddie Patek bunted safely, scoring Robertson. Bob Veale beat out a bunt and Alou followed with a two-run single.

Dodgers 8, Cardinals 6 at St. Louis (night game):
Willie Davis drove in four runs and scored two himself to lead the Dodgers to an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals. The speedy center fielder tripled with two men on base in the first inning and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Billy Grabarkewitz. An infield out by Davis added a run in the second. The Cards tied the score in their half of the second, featuring a bases-loaded single by Vic Davalillo, and took the lead in the third. Davis tripled again in the fifth and counted on a sacrifice fly by Wes Parker. The Dodgers scored twice in the sixth on a single by Jim Lefebvre, a sacrifice and successive doubles by Ted Sizemore and Maury Wills. Davis accounted for his fourth RBI of the game with a single in the ninth inning.