MLB standings through games of July 18, 1970

MLB standings at the end of July 18, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	90	55	35	0	.611		445	354	32-17	23-18	5-5	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	88	50	38	0	.568	4.0	404	381	29-17	21-21	8-2	Won 3
New York Yankees	90	49	40	1	.551	5.5	400	369	27-15	22-25	5-5	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	88	46	42	0	.523	8.0	402	395	31-15	15-27	5-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	89	41	48	0	.461	13.5	346	370	20-21	21-27	6-4	Won 3
Washington Senators	91	41	50	0	.451	14.5	376	411	24-23	17-27	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	85	56	29	0	.659		434	316	25-11	31-18	7-3	Won 2
California Angels	89	53	36	0	.596	5.0	363	314	29-18	24-18	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	91	48	43	0	.527	11.0	399	351	25-20	23-23	3-7	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	88	33	55	0	.375	24.5	333	410	18-28	15-27	4-6	Lost 4
Milwaukee Brewers	93	33	59	1	.359	26.5	370	476	21-27	12-32	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	92	31	61	0	.337	28.5	354	479	14-29	17-32	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	51	41	0	.554		390	377	27-18	24-23	7-3	Lost 1
New York Mets	89	48	41	0	.539	1.5	396	333	24-20	24-21	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	88	44	44	0	.500	5.0	436	391	28-21	16-23	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	89	40	49	0	.449	9.5	407	408	20-23	20-26	1-9	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	88	39	49	0	.443	10.0	307	403	17-23	22-26	5-5	Won 3
Montreal Expos	90	38	52	0	.422	12.0	367	468	18-22	20-30	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	91	64	27	0	.703		446	351	35-12	29-15	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	89	53	36	0	.596	10.0	412	317	23-21	30-15	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	89	44	45	0	.494	19.0	427	432	24-22	20-23	3-7	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	87	42	45	0	.483	20.0	476	500	24-22	18-23	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	91	39	52	0	.429	25.0	405	433	25-23	14-29	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	93	36	57	0	.387	29.0	394	450	17-29	19-28	4-6	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Twins 6, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (day game):
Two-run homers by Harmon Killebrew and Frank Quilici powered the Twins to a 6-3 victory over the Orioles. Rich Reese opened the sixth inning with a single and Killebrew followed with his round-tripper to send the Twins ahead, 3-2. Tony Oliva singled and, after two out, Quilici connected for his first homer of the season. Killebrew's clout was his 29th of the year and 475th of his career, tying him with Stan Musial for 11th place on the all-time list. Don Buford had a round-tripper for the Orioles.

Brewers 10, Red Sox 5 at Boston (day game):
Ted Kubiak smashed two singles, a double and a grand-slam homer, driving in a total of seven runs, to slug the Brewers to a 10-5 victory over the Red Sox. Carl Yastrzemski homered with two men on base and Reggie Smith added a solo swat to stake the Red Sox to a 5-1 lead. Kubiak, who batted in the Brewers' first run with a single in the second, picked up his second RBI with another single when the Brewers added two runs in the sixth. Doubles by Mike Hegan and Kubiak and a homer by Tommy Harper sent the Brewers ahead in the eighth. Walks to Dave May and Hegan, around a single by Roberto Pena, loaded the bases for Kubiak's slam off Ed Phillips in the ninth inning.

Tigers 5, White Sox 4 at Chicago (day game):
A double by Bill Freehan on a fly ball that left fielder Carlos May misjudged in the first inning was the break that enabled the Tigers to defeat the White Sox, 5-4. After the first two Tigers struck out, Al Kaline walked and Willie Horton singled. Freehan then hit his fly, Kaline scoring, and Don Wert followed with a three-run homer. The Tigers added what proved to be the deciding marker in the sixth on a single by Kaline, a forceout by Horton and a triple by Freehan. Ken Berry homered for the White Sox.

Indians 4, Royals 1 at Kansas City (day game):
Steve Hargan, back with the Indians after a month in the minors, pitched a two-hitter and beat the Royals, 4-1. Vada Pinson drove in three of the Indians' runs with a pair of singles. Bill Sorrell homered for the Royals in the fifth, ending the Kaycee drouth of 22 scoreless innings against Cleveland pitching.

Yankees 7, A's 2 at New York (day game):
Steve Kline gained his first major league victory and helped the Yankees defeat the Athletics, 7-2, by rapping three singles in four trips to the plate. The A's scored their runs on a homer by Reggie Jackson in the first inning, but the Yankees came back with three in the third on singles by Kline and Horace Clarke, a pass to Bobby Murcer, a forceout and singles by Danny Cater and Thurman Munson. Kline singled again in the seventh, Murcer walked and Roy White hit a homer. Kline's third hit came in the eighth and drove in Gene Michael, who had doubled.

Senators 4, Angels 0 at Washington (day game):
Turning in his first shutout of the season, George Brunet pitched the Senators to a 4-0 victory over the Angels. Great Britain's Prince of Wales and his sister, Princess Anne, attended the game and stayed for five innings. They were accompanied by President Nixon's two daughters, Julie and Tricia, and Julie's husband, David Eisenhower, who works in the Senators' front office. The Senators entertained their royal visitors by scoring two runs in the first inning on a single by Del Unser, a pass to Frank Howard, single by Mike Epstein and overthrow of third by Billy Cowan on Epstein's hit. The Nats added an unearned run in the seventh and wound up the scoring with a homer by Aurelio Rodriguez in the eighth.

Cubs 7, Astros 3 at Houston (night game):
The Cubs erupted for four runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Astros, 7-3. Singles by Johnny Callison, Don Kessinger and Glenn Beckert accounted for the first run of the rally. Billy Williams then lined to center field and when Cesar Cedeno missed an attempted shoestring catch, the ball went through for a triple, two runs scoring to put the Cubs ahead, 4-3. Jim Hickman beat out an infield hit to plate Williams. In the ninth, Williams singled and Hickman homered for the Cubs' last two tallies.

Mets 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (day game):
Coming from behind with three runs in the ninth inning, the Mets defeated the Dodgers, 4-3, to end a five-game losing streak. The Dodgers built up a 3-0 lead before the Mets counted once in the seventh on singles by Tommie Agee, Bud Harrelson and Ken Singleton. Ron Swoboda, pinch-hitting, and Agee led off with singles in the ninth. Harrelson was retired, but Singleton and Donn Clendenon followed with run-scoring singles and Cleon Jones added a sacrifice fly to plate the winning marker.

Reds 3, Pirates 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Jim Merritt became the first major league pitcher with 15 victories this season when the Reds broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the 10th inning to beat the Pirates, 3-1. The Pirates' run off Merritt counted in the second inning on singles by Manny Sanguillen, Al Oliver and Jose Pagan. Woody Woodward tripled in the fifth and scored the tying tally on an infield out by Pat Corrales. Johnny Bench doubled in the 10th and, after two out, crossed the plate on a double by Woodward. After an intentional pass to Ty Cline, Bernie Carbo batted for Merritt and singled to drive in an extra run. Dave Giusti, in relief, was handed his first defeat of the season, spoiling his 8-0 record.

Phillies 7, Padres 4 at San Diego (night game):
Ex-Tiger Earl Wilson, making his N. L. debut, was kayoed in the fifth inning when the Phillies erupted for six runs to defeat the Padres, 7-4. Denny Doyle sparked the uprising, hitting an inside-the-park homer. A walk to Oscar Gamble and single by Don Money finished Wilson. After Ron Willis relieved, an error loaded the bases. Ron Stone then drove in two runs with a single and Larry Hisle plated two more with a triple.

Giants 10, Expos 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Willie Mays singled in the second inning for the 3,000th hit of his major league career and added another single in the sixth to provide historical significance to the Giants' 10-1 victory over the Expos. Mays walked in the first inning when the Giants scored five runs. After Willie's single in the second, the game was stopped briefly for congratulatory ceremonies in which Hall of Famer Stan Musial, also a member of the 3,000-Hit Club, participated. When the game resumed, Mays took his place on base and scored on a double by Willie McCovey. The Giants' superstar drove in a run with his second single in the sixth before leaving the game. Gaylord Perry, who pitched a four-hitter to beat the Expos, joined in the Giants' attack with a homer and a double. Perry also tied a major league fielding record for pitchers with five putouts in the game.

Braves 8, Cardinals 7 at St. Louis (night game):
Gil Garrido, who drove in two previous runs with sacrifice flies, broke a 7-7 tie with a triple in the 11th inning to bring the Braves an 8-7 victory over the Cardinals. The Braves built up a 7-4 lead against Bob Gibson before the Redbirds rallied to tie the score in the ninth on singles by Jose Cardenal and Vic Davalillo, a double by Lou Brock and a single by Julian Javier. Clete Boyer singled for the Braves in the 11th and scored the winning run on Garrido's triple off Frank Linzy.