MLB standings through games of July 4, 1970

MLB standings at the end of July 4, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	79	49	30	0	.620		386	305	28-14	21-16	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	78	44	33	1	.571	4.0	350	313	24-12	20-21	4-6	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	75	41	34	0	.547	6.0	341	323	23-14	18-20	7-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	75	39	36	0	.520	8.0	334	342	28-14	11-22	7-3	Won 5
Washington Senators	78	35	43	0	.449	13.5	320	356	21-20	14-23	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	76	33	43	0	.434	14.5	289	313	15-17	18-26	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	74	48	26	0	.649		383	279	24-11	24-15	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	78	46	32	0	.590	4.0	321	287	24-15	22-17	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	79	45	34	0	.570	5.5	360	304	23-15	22-19	7-3	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	77	29	48	0	.377	20.5	304	364	15-24	14-24	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	79	28	51	0	.354	22.5	310	414	14-26	14-25	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	80	26	53	1	.329	24.5	329	427	17-25	9-28	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	78	42	36	0	.538		346	290	20-17	22-19	5-5	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	43	38	0	.531	0.5	340	342	26-16	17-22	7-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	78	38	40	0	.487	4.0	354	336	19-17	19-23	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	76	37	39	0	.487	4.0	372	347	22-18	15-21	2-8	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	78	34	44	0	.436	8.0	257	357	16-20	18-24	3-7	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	78	33	45	0	.423	9.0	318	394	18-21	15-24	7-3	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	79	56	23	0	.709		391	307	32-10	24-13	8-2	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	78	46	32	0	.590	9.5	360	273	21-20	25-12	8-2	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	77	40	37	0	.519	15.0	355	348	22-15	18-22	4-6	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	77	37	40	0	.481	18.0	412	447	23-20	14-20	5-5	Lost 2
Houston Astros	80	34	46	0	.425	22.5	352	373	20-18	14-28	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	82	31	51	0	.378	26.5	346	389	15-25	16-26	1-9	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 6, Orioles 5 at Baltimore (night game):
A five-run rally in the ninth inning, capped with homers by Norm Cash and Mickey Stanley, carried the Tigers to a 6-5 victory over the Orioles. The Tigers, who went into the ninth on the short end of a 5-1 score, opened their outburst with a run on singles by Willie Horton, Jim Northrup and Bill Freehan. Another run counted on a sacrifice fly by Don Wert. Cash, batting for Ken Szotkiewicz, came through with a homer to tie the score and Stanley, with two out, delivered the game-winning blow.

Red Sox 5, Indians 1 at Boston (day game):
The Red Sox rapped four homers, including three in one inning, to support the pitching of Sonny Siebert, who allowed only two hits and beat the Indians, 5-1. Billy Conigliaro started the Boston barrage in the fourth. Ray Fosse tied the score with a homer for the first hit off Siebert in the seventh. In the Red Sox half, Mike Andrews and Reggie Smith homered on successive pitches by Steve Dunning. After Mike Fiore singled, Fred Lasher relieved and was tagged for a circuit clout by Tony Conigliaro.

A's 7, Angels 4 at California (night game):
Led by Reggie Jackson, who drove in four runs with a homer and single, the Athletics defeated the Angels, 7-4, before a crowd of 43,041 fans, who were treated to a fireworks show after the holiday game. The A's, who were the victims of a no-hitter by Clyde Wright in the previous night's game, wasted no time getting at Rudy May when Bert Campaneris led off with the homer in the first inning. Jackson's single accounted for one of the A's two runs in the third. After the Angels came back to tie the score with the aid of two solo swats by Jim Spencer, Jackson broke the deadlock with a three-run homer in the fifth and Sal Bando followed with another round-tripper.

Royals 8, Brewers 6 at Milwaukee (night game):
Pinch-hitting with two out in the ninth, Lou Piniella came through with a three-run homer to give the Royals an 8-6 victory over the Brewers. The Royals also had back-to-back homers by Bob Oliver and Billy Sorrell in the second inning while taking a 4-0 lead. The Brewers came back with three runs in the fifth, two scoring on a homer by Mike Hegan. After the clubs matched singletons in the sixth, the Brewers went ahead in the eighth on a two-run single by Tommy Harper. Amos Otis and Oliver walked for the Royals in the ninth. The next two batters went out, but Piniella then came to the plate for Ellie Rodriguez and rapped his winning homer.

White Sox 5, Twins 3 at Minnesota (day game):
The Twins were stopped on their five-game winning streak when the White Sox scored two unearned runs in the 12th inning on a wild throw by Dick Woodson to gain a 5-3 victory. Ed Herrmann homered in the ninth to give the White Sox a 3-1 lead, but the Twins forced the game into overtime with a double by Tony Oliva, an infield hit by Rick Renick, a pass to Bob Allison, single by Leo Cardenas and sacrifice fly by Rich Reese. In the 12th, Bob Spence walked and was forced by Walt Williams. Luis Aparicio then grounded to Woodson, who threw wildly to first base, allowing Williams to score. Tommy McCraw then added an extra run with a sacrifice fly.

Yankees 4, Senators 2 at New York (day game):
Jake Gibbs, who made one of his infrequent appearances behind the plate for the Yankees, batted in two runs with a triple in the seventh inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson to defeat the Senators, 4-2. The Yankees, who were held to three singles in the first six frames, scored their initial run on hits by Jerry Kenney and Danny Cater, around a stolen base, in the fourth. Cater led off the seventh with a single and stopped at third on a double by Curt Blefary before Gibbs rapped his triple. Ron Klimkowski, in relief, gained his first major league victory as the Yankees ended a four-game losing streak, their longest of the season.

Braves 2, Padres 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Two errors on one play by Dave Campbell in the sixth inning enabled Orlando Cepeda to score the run that gave the Braves a 2-1 victory over the Padres. Singles by Gil Garrido, Felix Millan and Rico Carty produced the initial run for the Braves in the first inning. Cito Gaston tied the score with a homer in the third. Cepeda doubled in the sixth. Mike Lum then grounded to Campbell, who fumbled the ball, allowing Lum to reach first, and then made a wild throw to permit Cepeda to score.

[DH] Pirates 10, Cubs 6 (day game) / Cubs 7, Pirates 2 at Chicago (day game):
Billy Williams, who hit two homers in the first game, whacked his third of the day in the second game to help the Cubs to a 7-2 victory after the Pirates won the opener, 10-6, on the slugging of Roberto Clemente and Gene Alley. Clemente hit two homers for the second game in succession and Alley rapped his third in two games. Alley and Clemente connected for back-to-back homers in the third inning. Al Oliver contributed three doubles and a single to the Pirates' attack and drove in three runs before Clemente capped the eighth inning with his second homer of the game. In the nightcap, the Cubs broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth when Paul Popovich tripled and Williams and Jim Hickman followed with consecutive circuit clouts. A single by Ron Santo, double by Cleo James and single by Milt Pappas added another run before the inning ended. James batted in the Cubs' final pair with a bases-loaded single in the seventh. Willie Stargell hit a homer for the Pirates.

Reds 3, Astros 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Wayne Granger, who relieved Jim McGlothlin with the bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning, retired Doug Rader on a grounder to save the Reds' 3-0 victory over the Astros. An error, a single by Joe Morgan for the Astros' third hit of the game and a walk brought Granger to the rescue. The Reds scored on a pass to Pete Rose and a double by Johnny Bench in the third inning and added two unearned runs off Jack Billingham in the fourth.

Expos 8, Cardinals 0 at Montreal (night game):
Steve Renko posted the first shutout of his major league career and Bob Bailey, Rusty Staub and Adolfo Phillips hit homers to power the Expos to an 8-0 victory over the Cardinals. Bailey and Staub each connected with a man on base, while Phillips accounted for two RBIs with a double and his homer.

Mets 7, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
Donn Clendenon hit one of the longest homers in the history of Connie Mack Stadium to feature the Mets' attack in support of Tom Seaver, who posted his 13th victory by defeating the Phillies, 7-2. In the first inning, after Tommie Agee singled, Clendenon smashed a drive over the 32-foot high wall in dead center field. The Phillies tied the score in their half when Oscar Gamble and Ron Stone singled and Don Money doubled, but the Mets moved out to stay with two runs in the fourth on a double by Clendenon, walk to Ron Swoboda, a sacrifice and a single by Jerry Grote.

Dodgers 7, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Bill Sudakis and Tom Haller knocked in the Dodgers' first five runs between them to account for a 7-2 victory over the Giants. Sudakis batted in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the fourth inning and Haller followed with a single for another marker. Alan Foster, who hurled the distance for Dodgers, gave up homers by Ken Henderson and Dick Dietz in the sixth, but the Dodgers pulled away with three runs in the eighth, one on a sacrifice fly by Sudakis and the another on a double by Haller.