MLB standings through games of July 6, 1970

MLB standings at the end of July 6, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	80	50	30	0	.625		388	305	29-14	21-16	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	80	44	35	1	.557	5.5	356	327	24-14	20-21	2-8	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	77	42	35	0	.545	6.5	347	328	24-14	18-21	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	77	40	37	0	.519	8.5	345	352	29-14	11-23	7-3	Lost 1
Washington Senators	81	37	44	0	.457	13.5	338	368	21-20	16-24	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	78	34	44	0	.436	15.0	299	325	16-17	18-27	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	76	50	26	0	.658		397	283	25-11	25-15	8-2	Won 2
California Angels	80	48	32	0	.600	4.0	332	290	26-15	22-17	7-3	Won 2
Oakland A's	81	45	36	0	.556	7.5	362	311	23-16	22-20	6-4	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	79	29	50	0	.367	22.5	307	372	15-24	14-26	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	81	28	53	0	.346	24.5	314	429	14-26	14-27	2-8	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	82	28	53	1	.346	24.5	334	429	19-25	9-28	3-7	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	80	44	36	0	.550		361	297	21-17	23-19	6-4	Won 4
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	45	38	0	.542	0.5	352	349	26-16	19-22	7-3	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	79	39	40	0	.494	4.5	391	356	24-19	15-21	4-6	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	80	39	41	0	.487	5.0	363	349	19-17	20-24	5-5	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	80	34	46	0	.425	10.0	266	369	16-22	18-24	3-7	Lost 4
Montreal Expos	81	33	48	0	.407	11.5	325	417	18-22	15-26	6-4	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	81	58	23	0	.716		399	308	34-10	24-13	8-2	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	80	48	32	0	.600	9.5	374	281	21-20	27-12	8-2	Won 5
Atlanta Braves	79	41	38	0	.519	16.0	372	358	23-16	18-22	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	79	37	42	0	.468	20.0	416	463	23-21	14-21	5-5	Lost 4
Houston Astros	82	34	48	0	.415	24.5	361	386	20-19	14-29	3-7	Lost 3
San Diego Padres	84	32	52	0	.381	27.5	352	399	15-25	17-27	2-8	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 6, Royals 2 at California (night game):
Getting good results from seven hits, the Angels defeated the Royals, 6-2. The Angels' biggest blow was a homer by Billy Cowan, who connected in the fourth inning after Jim Fregosi walked and Amos Otis dropped a fly by Bob Johnson. Tom Murphy, who scored twice for the Angels, gained his 10th victory with the aid of Eddie Fisher, who retired the last two batters in the ninth.

Indians 6, Senators 4 at Cleveland (night game):
Sam McDowell, who figured in an unusual switch of positions by Manager Alvin Dark to allow Dean Chance to put down a threat, struck out 15 batters as the Indians broke their four-game losing streak by beating the Senators, 6-4. In the eighth inning, with two men on base and two out, Dark sent McDowell to second base, even though he is lefthanded, and brought Chance to the mound. Chance walked Frank Howard intentionally and retired the side when Rick Reichardt grounded into a forceout, McDowell taking the throw to second from Eddie Leon. McDowell returned to the mound in the ninth and struck out the side to complete his 12th victory. Duke Sims smashed two homers, driving in three runs, and Graig Nettles homered with a man on base to lead the Tribe's attack.

Tigers 6, Red Sox 3 at Detroit (night game):
The Tigers scored five runs in the first two innings and snapped the six-game winning streak of the Red Sox, 6-3. Consecutive singles by Mickey Stanley, Dick McAuliffe and Al Kaline produced the Tigers' initial tally. Stanley was thrown out trying for third on McAuliffe's hit, but Jim Northrup followed with a two-run homer. Gary Peters, who had a 15-6 career record against the Tigers going into the game, was chased in the second when the Motor City crew added two runs. Les Cain was credited with his seventh straight victory, but pitched only 5 1/3 innings before giving way to Daryl Patterson. Tony Conigliaro hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox.

Brewers 3, White Sox 1 at Milwaukee (night game):
Dave May's first homer in a Milwaukee uniform provided the Brewers with a 3-1 victory over the White Sox. The Brewers were held to five hits by Jerry Janeski, but needed only four to win. Doubles by Danny Walton and Gene Brabender produced the first run in the second inning. The White Sox tied the score in the fifth when Walt Williams doubled and Luis Aparicio singled. Tommy Harper singled in the sixth and May then won the game with his homer.

Twins 2, A's 1 at Oakland (night game):
Cesar Tovar scored one run and batted in another to enable the Twins to edge the Athletics, 2-1, behind the combined five-hit pitching of Bill Zepp and Ron Perranoski. Tovar beat out an infield hit in the third and crossed the plate on a single by Tony Oliva, an error by Joe Rudi on the hit, and a single by Harmon Killebrew. Leo Cardenas walked in the fourth and counted what proved to be the winning run on singles by Zepp and Tovar. Zepp's hit was the first of his major league career.

Braves 12, Giants 4 at Atlanta (night game):
Felix Millan cracked six straight hits, including a double and triple, and drove in four runs to pace the Braves to a 12-4 victory over the Giants. Millan started his big night with a single in the first inning and scored on a homer by Rico Carty. The second baseman tripled in the third and crossed the plate again on a single by Carty. Millan batted in the run with a single in the fourth and drove in two more with another single in the fifth. After hitting a double in the seventh, Felix completed his batting spree with a run-scoring single in the eighth. The Giants counted their runs on homers by Dick Dietz and Willie Mays, each with a man on base.

[DH] Cubs 3, Expos 2 (day game) / Cubs 14, Expos 2 at Chicago (day game):
Ron Santo batted in 10 runs, eight of them in the second game, to stand out as the Cubs defeated the Expos, 3-2 and 14-2, in a twi-night doubleheader, marking their first sweep of a twin bill since July 20, 1969, when they beat the Phillies, 1-0 and 6-1. Santo homered with Billy Williams on base in the fourth inning of the lidlifter and the Cubs' other run counted on a triple by Don Kessinger and sacrifice fly by Johnny Callison in the sixth. Ron Fairly and Bob Bailey homered for the Expos, who threatened in the ninth when they loaded the bases against Bill Hands. Roberto Rodriguez, relieving, struck out John Bateman and Coco Laboy and retired Bailey on a grounder. In the nightcap, Santo hit a grand-slam homer in the first inning after Mike Wegener loaded the bases with three walks. The Cubs' captain got credit for another RBI by drawing a pass with the sacks filled in the the fourth and ended his big night by hiting for the circuit with two aboard in the sixth.

Reds 5, Padres 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Jim Merritt turned in the 24th complete game to the credit of the Reds' pitchers, one more than the staff total in 1969, and shut out the Padres, 5-0. The route-going performance was the eighth of the season for the lefthander. The Reds, who had only one homer in seven previous games in their new Riverfront Stadium, finally broke loose with round-trippers by Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Johnny Bench.

Dodgers 10, Astros 8 at Houston (night game):
With two out in the 10th inning, the Dodgers scored five runs and then stood off a counter-rally by the Astros to gain a 10-8 victory. Jim Bouton, after retiring the first two batters in the overtime stanza, walked Jim Lefebvre. Steve Garvey singled and Billy Grabarkewitz beat out an infield tap to load the bases. Manny Mota walked to force in the tie-breaking tally. Bouton departed in favor of Ron Cook, who was tagged for singles by Willie Davis and Wes Parker, each driving in two runs. As it turned out, the Dodgers needed those extra tallies when the Astros came back with three runs in their half on a walk, singles by Joe Pepitone and Doug Rader and a double by Johnny Edwards.

Mets 10, Cardinals 3 at New York (night game):
Led by Tommie Agee, who hit for the cycle, the Mets trounced the Cardinals, 10-3. Agee singled and scored in the third inning, homered with two men on base in the fourth, doubled a run home in the fifth and tripled in the seventh, when he was stranded. The Mets also had a homer by Ron Swoboda, while Dick Allen hit one for the Cardinals.

Pirates 7, Phillies 5 at Philadelphia (night game):
Although Johnny Briggs batted in four runs with two homers and Deron Johnson also hit for the circuit, the Phillies lost to the Pirates, 7-5. The Pirates jumped on Jim Bunning for three runs in the first inning on singles by Matty Alou and Richie Hebner, a double by Roberto Clemente, an infield out and a triple by Manny Sanguillen. Alou singled and Hebner homered for two more runs in the second. The Pirates added what proved to be the winning tally in the sixth when Sanguillen and Gene Alley singled and Bill Mazeroski delivered a sacrifice fly.