MLB standings through games of May 31, 1970

MLB standings at the end of May 31, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	48	33	15	0	.688		230	164	18-7	15-8	7-3	Lost 2
New York Yankees	50	26	23	1	.531	7.5	226	217	13-7	13-16	5-5	Lost 2
Washington Senators	46	22	24	0	.478	10.0	193	207	15-13	7-11	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	44	21	23	0	.477	10.0	200	202	11-10	10-13	4-6	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	45	20	25	0	.444	11.5	189	208	15-8	5-17	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	43	16	27	0	.372	14.5	144	183	7-12	9-15	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	44	31	13	0	.705		243	170	15-8	16-5	7-3	Won 2
California Angels	47	30	17	0	.638	2.5	206	157	15-9	15-8	5-5	Won 2
Oakland A's	48	25	23	0	.521	8.0	218	190	14-11	11-12	7-3	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	46	19	27	0	.413	13.0	192	229	9-15	10-12	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	47	18	29	0	.383	14.5	189	244	9-16	9-13	2-8	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	46	15	30	1	.333	16.5	197	256	10-9	5-21	3-7	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Chicago Cubs	44	25	19	0	.568		207	186	17-6	8-13	7-3	Won 2
New York Mets	48	25	23	0	.521	2.0	199	175	13-14	12-9	6-4	Won 3
Pittsburgh Pirates	49	23	26	0	.469	4.5	211	228	13-12	10-14	5-5	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	45	21	24	0	.467	4.5	204	195	11-13	10-11	3-7	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	47	20	27	0	.426	6.5	144	212	7-12	13-15	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	46	16	30	0	.348	10.0	160	255	7-14	9-16	2-8	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	50	36	14	0	.720		251	186	20-4	16-10	7-3	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	46	27	19	0	.587	7.0	239	200	14-8	13-11	7-3	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	48	28	20	0	.583	7.0	237	172	12-14	16-6	6-4	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	50	24	26	0	.480	12.0	290	314	14-13	10-13	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	50	21	29	0	.420	15.0	231	258	12-11	9-18	2-8	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	53	22	31	0	.415	15.5	247	239	10-17	12-14	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 22, Red Sox 13 at Boston (day game):
Forty hits flew in and out of Fenway Park as the White Sox beat the Red Sox, 22-13, in a game that fell one short of the A. L. record for the most runs by two clubs. The mark of 36 was set June 29, 1950, when the Red Sox defeated the former Philadelphia Athletics, 22-14. Luis Aparicio and Walt Williams each collected five of the White Sox' 24 hits. Williams scored five runs and drove in two. Bill Melton accounted for four RBIs with a single, double and homer. On the Red Sox side, Carl Yastrzemski and Mike Andrews hit homers.

Angels 6, Orioles 1 at California (day game):
The hitting of Ken McMullen and Jim Fregosi paced the Angels to a 6-1 victory over the Orioles. McMullen homered with a man on base in the second inning. Clyde Wright led off the third with a double, moved up on a bunt and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jarvis Tatum. Fregosi followed with a homer. Fregosi and McMullen singled, with McMullen getting credit for his third RBI, when the Angels added two runs in the fifth. Boog Powell homered to account for the Orioles' marker. Paul Blair suffered a broken nose when hit by a pitched ball in the eighth.

Brewers 7, Tigers 6 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Brewers rallied for five runs in the last two innings to upset the Tigers, 7-6. Mike Hegan homered with a man on base for the Brewers in the second, but the Tigers were ahead, 6-2, before the Brewers began their comeback with three runs in the eighth on singles by Tommy Harper and Russ Snyder, a double by Steve Hovley and a single by Danny Walton. Hegan doubled in the ninth and Hank Allen walked with one out. Ted Savage then doubled, Hegan scoring from third base and Allen racing home from first with the winning run.

Twins 7, Yankees 6 at Minnesota (day game):
Leading off in the 10th inning, Harmon Killebrew hit his second homer of the game to bring the Twins a 7-6 victory over the Yankees. Two-run singles by Gene Michael and Horace Clarke and a homer by Roy White gave the Yankees a 5-2 lead. The Twins, who got one run on a homer by Killebrew in the third, went ahead in the fifth, 6-5, but Pete Ward hit a pinch-homer for the Yankees to tie the score in the seventh.

Indians 3, A's 2 at Oakland (day game):
Manager Alvin Dark of the Indians called on five pitchers and was successful in gaining a 3-2 victory over the Athletics. Dick Ellsworth, the fourth man in the parade, took over with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth inning and faced just one batter, Tito Francona, who grounded into a double play. Ellsworth then gained the decision when the Indians scored the tie-breaking run in the ninth on a single by Graig Nettles, a sacrifice by Eddie Leon and a single by Ted Uhlaender. Ray Fosse hit a homer for the Indians' first run and doubled and scored the second run on a single by Roy Foster. Reggie Jackson and Bert Campaneris homered for the A's.

Royals 6, Senators 5 at Washington (day game):
A single by Joe Keough and doubles by Luis Alcaraz and Hawk Taylor produced two runs in the eighth inning and gave the Royals a 6-5 victory over the Senators. Ed Kirkpatrick hit a homer and Alcaraz had an earlier run-scoring double to help fashion a 4-4 tie, but Frank Howard sent the Senators ahead in the seventh with a smash over the center field fence, 410 feet from home plate.

Braves 9, Phillies 1 at Atlanta (day game):
Rico Carty clouted three homers and a single, driving in six runs, and Jim Nash posted his sixth straight victory as the Braves belted the Phillies, 9-1. Carty started the scoring with a two-run homer in the third inning and singled for another RBI when the Braves added four runs in the fifth. Carty's second homer also came with a man on base in the sixth and his solo shot wound up the scoring in the eighth.

Cubs 7, Padres 4 at Chicago (day game):
Although tagged for three homers, Fergie Jenkins allowed only two other hits and pitched the Cubs to a 7-4 victory over the Padres. Johnny Callison batted in three of the Cubs' first four runs with a single and a homer. Billy Williams homered for the Cubs' final run in the eighth. Nate Colbert, Bob Barton and Al Ferrara rapped round-trippers for the Padres.

Reds 6, Expos 4 at Cincinnati (day game):
Jim Merritt was rapped for 11 hits and failed to last the route, but the lefthander became the major leagues' first 10-game winner of the season when the Reds smashed four homers to beat the Expos, 6-4. Lee May hit two and Hal McRae whacked one to help the Reds take a 4-2 lead. The Expos caught up in the fifth inning with a single by Don Hahn and homer by Rusty Staub, but Bobby Tolan walked with two out in the seventh and Tony Perez hit for the circuit to give Merritt his decision.

[DH] Mets 14, Astros 4 (day game) / Mets 4, Astros 3 at New York (day game):
Equaling their season's high for runs scored, the Mets walloped the Astros, 14-4, in the first game and then completed the sweep of a doubleheader by winning the second game in 14 innings, 4-3. Denny Lemaster lost the opener as a starter and the nightcap as a reliever. Ron Swoboda smashed a pair of two-run homers and Tommie Agee hit one to feature the Mets' attack in the first game. Swoboda also picked up his fifth RBI of the game by drawing a pass with the bases loaded. In the nightcap, the Astros had homers by Jim Wynn and Joe Pepitone in fashioning a 3-3 tie. After the clubs battled into overtime, the Mets finally ended the marathon with an unearned run in the 14th. Ken Boswell was safe on an error by Joe Morgan and took second on an infield out by Swoboda. The Astros then passed Joe Foy intentionally and Jerry Grote struck out, but Duffy Dyer batted for Tug McGraw and singled to drive in the winning run.

Pirates 7, Giants 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Sparked by Gene Alley, who hit a homer, the Pirates exploded for five runs off Juan Marichal in the third inning and defeated the Giants. 7-3. After Alley's smash, Bob Moose walked and was forced by Matty Alou. Willie Stargell singled. Al Oliver followed with a double, scoring Alou and Stargell. Bob Robertson was safe on an error and two more runs then scored on singles by Manny Sanguillen and Dave Cash. Richie Hebner batted in the Pirates' last two runs, one with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and the other with his first homer of the season in the seventh.

Dodgers 8, Cardinals 6 at St. Louis (day game):
The Dodgers rallied for five runs in the seventh inning to tie the score at 6-6 and then beat the Cardinals, 8-6, when Billy Grabarkewitz homered with a man on base in the 11th. Joe Hague hit a homer and Milt Ramirez batted in two runs with a triple for his first major league RBIs to pace the Cards to their 6-1 lead. In the seventh, the Dodgers loaded the bases and scored the first run of their rally on a pass to Willie Davis. Another counted when Wes Parker grounded to Joe Torre, who failed to beat Manny Mota to the bag in an attempted forceout at third. Grabarkewitz drove in two runs with a single and Willie Crawford tied the score with another single.