MLB standings through games of July 11, 1970

MLB standings at the end of July 11, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	85	53	32	0	.624		416	331	31-15	22-17	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	83	46	37	0	.554	6.0	374	352	28-16	18-21	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	85	46	38	1	.548	6.5	377	350	24-14	22-24	3-7	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	83	42	41	0	.506	10.0	369	374	29-14	13-27	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	84	38	46	0	.452	14.5	326	355	20-19	18-27	5-5	Won 1
Washington Senators	87	39	48	0	.448	15.0	363	395	22-21	17-27	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	81	54	27	0	.667		419	297	25-11	29-16	8-2	Won 1
California Angels	85	50	35	0	.588	6.0	344	306	28-18	22-17	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	85	46	39	0	.541	10.0	382	326	24-19	22-20	4-6	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	84	33	51	0	.393	22.5	327	384	18-24	15-27	7-3	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	88	31	56	1	.356	26.0	348	452	21-27	10-29	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	88	30	58	0	.341	27.5	331	454	14-26	16-32	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	49	39	0	.557		376	362	26-16	23-23	8-2	Won 3
New York Mets	85	47	38	0	.553	0.5	388	321	24-19	23-19	7-3	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	84	42	42	0	.500	5.0	416	379	27-21	15-21	6-4	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	85	39	46	0	.459	8.5	380	380	19-20	20-26	2-8	Lost 6
Philadelphia Phillies	84	36	48	0	.429	11.0	280	379	17-23	19-25	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	87	36	51	0	.414	12.5	354	452	18-22	18-29	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	87	61	26	0	.701		431	339	35-12	26-14	6-4	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	85	51	34	0	.600	9.0	404	308	21-20	30-14	8-2	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	85	42	43	0	.494	18.0	401	405	24-21	18-22	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	84	41	43	0	.488	18.5	456	484	23-21	18-22	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	87	36	51	0	.414	25.0	387	416	22-22	14-29	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	89	35	54	0	.393	27.0	376	424	16-26	19-28	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Twins 5, Angels 2 at California (night game):
Pitching in hard luck since his no-hitter July 3, Clyde Wright allowed only two hits in 4 2/3 innings, but they were homers by Leo Cardenas and Harmon Killebrew, powering the Twins to a 5-2 victory over the Angels. Cardenas delivered his clout to open the fifth inning. After a walk to Tom Tischinski, the next two batters went out, but Danny Thompson was safe on an error by Jim Fregosi and Killebrew followed with his round-tripper. Alex Johnson homered for the Angels in the sixth inning.

Indians 3, Red Sox 1 at Cleveland (day game):
Supported by two homers, Jack McDowell pitched the Indians to a 3-1 victory over the Red Sox. Chuck Hinton walked and Buddy Bradford homered in the second inning. McDowell retired the first 11 batters before Carl Yastrzemski doubled and Rico Petrocelli singled for the Red Sox run in the fourth. Graig Nettles then gave McDowell more working margin by hitting for the circuit in the Indians' half of the fourth.

Orioles 6, Tigers 5 at Detroit (day game):
Three homers, each with a man on base, carried the Orioles to a 6-5 victory over the Tigers. Elrod Hendricks started the slugging in the second inning and Mike Cuellar, who was the winning pitcher, added a two-run blow in the fourth. Bill Freehan, who hit a single and triple and scored two of the Tigers' first three runs, tied the game at 4-4 with a circuit clout in the sixth. Brooks Robinson walked for the Orioles in the eighth and Terry Crowley, subbing for Frank Robinson, smashed a homer, enabling the Orioles to shrug off a run by the Tigers in their half of the eighth.

Royals 4, White Sox 0 at Kansas City (night game):
Following the example of Jim Rooker in the windup of the previous night's doubleheader, Bill Butler pitched the Royals' second straight shutout and beat the White Sox, 4-0. Rooker, who won, 1-0, and Butler turned in the first back-to-back complete games to the credit of Royals' staff this season. The Royals scored two of their runs in the second inning on doubles by Lou Piniella and Tom Matchick and a single by Butler. The other pair followed in the third on a single by Amos Otis, double by Ed Kirkpatrick and single by Piniella.

A's 11, Brewers 1 at Oakland (day game):
Exploding for 11 runs in the first two innings, the Athletics ended a five-game losing streak by trouncing the Brewers, 11-1. The A's scored five of their runs in the first frame, three counting on a triple by John Donaldson. Seven straight singles, one off Gene Brabender and six in a row off John Gelnar, who relieved, featured the scoring of six runs in the second. The A's then subsided and collected only two hits off Bob Humphreys in the last seven stanzas.

Yankees 3, Senators 1 at Washington (night game):
The Yankees took advantage of two errors by Bernie Allen and scored three unearned runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Senators, 3-1. After being held to three hits by Jim Shellenback in the first seven stanzas, the Yankees opened the eighth with singles by Curt Blefary and Ron Hansen. Stan Bahnsen then bunted and when Allen, covering first base, failed to hold the throw, Blefary scored. One out later, Bobby Murcer grounded to Allen and when the second baseman threw wildly, both Hansen and Bahnsen scored. Allen attempted to make amends, but his homer in the ninth was too little and too late.

Reds 7, Braves 6 at Atlanta (night game):
Tony Perez and Bernie Carbo hit homers and Woody Woodward batted in two runs with a double and a sacrifice fly to help the Reds to stand off the Braves, 7-6. Carbo's circuit clout in the eighth inning proved to be the winning run. Orlando Cepeda smashed a two-run homer for the Braves, plus a pair of singles, to reach the 2,000-hit total for his career.

Phillies 10, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
The Phillies exploded for seven runs in the ninth inning and shocked the Cubs, 10-4. With the score tied, 3-3, Larry Bowa started the inning by beating out an infield hit and reached second when J.C. Martin failed to come up with the throw from Don Kessinger. Doc Edwards bunted and all hands were safe on a late throw by Roberto Rodriguez to third. Rick Joseph struck out, but Tony Taylor shattered the tie with a two-run triple. Newly-acquired Juan Pizarro took the mound and failed to retire any of four batters, giving up a single by Denny Doyle for one run and three passes to force in another. Milt Pappas relieved and fanned Larry Hisle, but Bowa, up for the second time in the stanza, drove in two runs with a single and the seventh run of frame followed when Martin fumbled the throw from the outfield. The Cubs could pick up only one run in their half of the ninth on a triple by Jack Hiatt and sacrifice fly by Kessinger.

Astros 5, Giants 4 at Houston (day game):
Johnny Edwards ended a four-hour, 13-minute game by hitting a sacrifice fly in the 14th inning, scoring Cesar Cedeno, to bring the Astros a 5-4 victory over the Giants. The Astros left 25 men on base, breaking the major league record for a 14-inning game. The Giants stranded only six. Willie Mays collected a homer and single for the Giants, leaving him only four hits short of the 3,000 goal. Willie McCovey homered with a man on base for the Giants in the seventh to tie the score at 3-3 and Mays sent the Frisco crew ahead with his round-tripper in the ninth, but the Astros pulled even in their half with a single by Bob Watson and triple by Denis Menke. The Giants went ahead again in the 13th when Bobby Bonds homered, but the Astros once more tied the score on a double by Doug Rader, safe bunt by Edwards and infield out by Don Bryant. In the 14th, Cedeno singled with one out, raced to third on a single by Rader and scored the winning run on Edwards' fly.

Expos 6, Mets 2 at New York (night game):
Four homers -- two by Rusty Staub and one each by Jim Gosger and Bobby Wine -- powered the Expos to a 6-2 victory over the Mets, who surrendered first place in the N. L.'s Eastern division to the Pirates. Staub hit his first homer of the game in the opening inning with Marv Staehle on base via a walk. Gosger and Staub connected in succession in the third and the Expos' final runs followed in the fourth when John Bateman singled and Wine homered. The Mets had circuit clouts by Art Shamsky and Tommie Agee. In the ninth inning, the Mets had a chance to come from behind, loading the bases with one out, but Claude Raymond replaced Mike Wegener and struck out both Jerry Grote and Ron Swoboda.

Padres 4, Dodgers 3 at San Diego (night game):
Leading off in the ninth inning, Cito Gaston homered off Jim Brewer to give the Padres a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers. Brewer had just come into the game in relief of Claude Osteen, who was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the top half of ninth when the Dodgers tied the score at 3-3. Jim Lefebvre walked and Willie Crawford, taking over on the paths, counted on singles by Steve Garvey and Len Gabrielson, who batted for Osteen.

Pirates 8, Cardinals 7 at St. Louis (night game):
After dissipating a 6-0 lead, the Pirates rallied for two runs in the ninth inning and edged the Cardinals, 8-7, to move into first place in the league's Eastern division by one-half game over the Mets. Roberto Clemente and Manny Sanguillen contributed singles when the Pirates scored two runs in the first inning and three in the second. Bill Mazeroski added the sixth run with a homer in the third. The Cardinals struck back in their half with five runs on a bases-loaded double by Carl Taylor and a homer by Dick Allen. Another homer by Allen tied the score in sixth and the Cards went ahead in that same stanza when Clemente dropped a fly ball by Joe Torre and Mike Shannon doubled. Willie Stargell led off the Pirates' ninth with a single and Johnny Jeter, running for him, crossed the plate with the tying tally when Matty Alou tripled. After Gene Alley grounded out, Clemente was handed an intentional pass. Sanguillen then rapped a slow bouncer to Julian Javier, who attempted to start a double play, but the relay to first was too late to catch Sanguillen and Alou scored the winning run.