MLB standings through games of July 21, 1970

MLB standings at the end of July 21, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	94	58	36	0	.617		472	369	32-17	26-19	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	92	53	39	0	.576	4.0	417	390	29-17	24-22	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	94	51	42	1	.548	6.5	413	380	29-17	22-25	6-4	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	91	47	44	0	.516	9.5	419	412	32-17	15-27	6-4	Lost 2
Washington Senators	94	43	51	0	.457	15.0	382	418	26-24	17-27	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	92	42	50	0	.457	15.0	354	380	20-22	22-28	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	88	57	31	0	.648		441	326	26-13	31-18	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	93	56	37	0	.602	3.5	382	329	29-18	27-19	7-3	Won 1
Oakland A's	94	50	44	0	.532	10.0	410	362	25-20	25-24	5-5	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	92	34	58	0	.370	25.0	341	420	19-31	15-27	3-7	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	96	33	62	1	.347	27.5	375	486	21-27	12-35	3-7	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	96	33	63	0	.344	28.0	373	507	15-31	18-32	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	52	43	0	.547		402	388	28-18	24-25	6-4	Lost 2
New York Mets	93	50	43	0	.538	1.0	413	351	24-20	26-23	3-7	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	92	46	46	0	.500	4.5	452	402	28-21	18-25	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	92	42	50	0	.457	8.5	329	420	17-23	25-27	7-3	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	93	41	52	0	.441	10.0	418	423	21-26	20-26	2-8	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	94	40	54	0	.426	11.5	384	484	18-22	22-32	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	95	67	28	0	.705		463	366	35-12	32-16	8-2	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	93	54	39	0	.581	12.0	425	335	24-24	30-15	4-6	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	93	46	47	0	.495	20.0	438	444	26-23	20-24	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	91	44	47	0	.484	21.0	500	523	26-24	18-23	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	94	41	53	0	.436	25.5	414	445	27-24	14-29	7-3	Won 2
San Diego Padres	97	38	59	0	.392	30.0	408	465	19-31	19-28	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 10, Red Sox 6 at Boston (night game):
Although Carl Yastrzemski drove in four runs for the Red Sox with two homers and a double, the Angels powered their way to a 10-6 victory with the aid of three-run round-trippers by Tom Egan and Ken Tatum. The Angels scored their first run in the second inning on a single by Jim Spencer and double by Ken McMullen and added three more when Bill Voss walked and Egan homered. In the seventh, Jim Fregosi singled and counted on a double by Alex Johnson. McMullen singled to plate Johnson. After Egan singled, Jim Lonborg took the mound for the Red Sox. Tatum, pitching in relief of Clyde Wright, then smashed his homer.

White Sox 5, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Luis Aparicio's third single of the game helped set up two runs in the seventh inning to enable the White Sox to beat the Indians, 5-3. A homer by Ed Herrmann gave the White Sox their initial run in the second inning and two more followed in the fifth on singles by Tommy John and Walt Williams, Aparicio's forceout of Williams, a sacrifice fly by Carlos May and singles by Bill Melton and Gail Hopkins. Williams walked in the seventh, took third on a single by Aparicio and scored on a passed ball. An infield hit by May and sacrifice fly by Hopkins added the last run. Roy Foster and Vada Pinson homered for the Indians.

Orioles 2, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Kaycee management gave out rabbits' feet to the crowd of 9,334, but the good luck charms failed to work as the Royals lost to the Orioles, 2-1, for their 18th straight defeat in meetings between the two clubs over a two-year period. The Orioles notched their initial run in the third inning on singles by Jim Hardin and Bobby Grich, around an infield out. Hardin held the Royals to one hit until the seventh, when a single by Lou Piniella, walk to Ed Kirkpatrick, safe bunt by Bob Oliver and single by Cookie Rojas tied the score. In the Orioles' ninth, Boog Powell walked and was forced by Brooks Robinson, who then scored the winning run on a single by Elrod Hendricks and double by Terry Crowley.

Tigers 5, Twins 2 at Minnesota (night game):
Denny McLain was forced to leave the game when hit on the shin by a line drive in the eighth inning, but got credit for his first victory of the season as the Tigers defeated the Twins, 5-2. McLain singled in the third inning and scored the Tigers' first run on a single by Dick McAuliffe and an error. The Tigers added their other tallies in the fifth on three singles, a sacrifice fly by Al Kaline and a homer by Willie Horton. George Mitterwald homered with a man on base in the Twins' half of the fifth.

Yankees 4, Brewers 2 at New York (night game):
The Yankees were held to four hits but took advantage of walks issued by Skip Lockwood and a wild pitch to defeat the Brewers, 4-2. Two passes, a bunt, a sacrifice fly by Horace Clarke and a single by Jerry Kenney plated two tallies in the fifth inning to tie the score at 2-2. Roy White drew a walk in the sixth, stole second and stopped at third on an infield hit by Curt Blefary. After Thurman Munson walked to load the bases, White scored the deciding run on a wild pitch. Gene Michael followed with a sacrifice fly to add an insurance run.

A's 4, Senators 0 at Washington (night game):
The relief work of Paul Lindblad, who struck out two batters with two men on base in the ninth inning, saved the Athletics' 4-0 victory over the Senators. Diego Segui, who pitched a six-hitter, was lifted after Jim French walked and Ed Brinkman doubled with one away in the final frame. Lindblad then fanned Tom Grieve and Rick Reichardt. The A's started the scoring with two runs in the fourth on a single by Rick Monday, triple by Sal Bando and sacrifice fly by Don Mincher. Reggie Jackson homered in the fifth.

Cubs 8, Braves 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Batterymates Fergie Jenkins and Randy Hundley smashed homers for their first extra-base hits of the year to highlight the Cubs' 8-2 victory over the Braves. Ron Santo also hit a homer for Cubs and drove in another run with a double. Willie Smith accounted for two RBIs with a single to start the scoring in the first inning. Jenkins yielded four hits. Both Braves' runs were unearned.

Astros 3, Pirates 1 at Houston (night game):
The Astros scored two runs in the first inning and added another on Jesus Alou's first homer of the season in the fifth to defeat the Pirates, 3-1, handing Jim Nelson his first loss of the season. The rookie righthander had won four games. In the opening frame, Alou walked and took third on a single by Joe Morgan, who rounded first base too far and was caught on a throw from Roberto Clemente. However, Alou scored on an infield out by Norm Miller and another tally followed on singles by Bob Watson and Doug Rader, around a pass to Denis Menke.

Expos 5, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Carl Morton became the biggest winner in Montreal's brief history, gaining his 12th victory by defeating the Dodgers, 5-2. The former club mark was 11 victories by Bill Stoneman in 1969. Morton also hit the first homer of his major league career, connecting in the second inning after a single by Coco Laboy. Ron Fairly and Rusty Staub added round-trippers for the Expos in the fifth. Steve Garvey rapped the first homer of his career with the Dodgers.

Mets 3, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
Although Clay Kirby was pitching a no-hitter, Manager Preston Gomez removed the righthander for a pinch-batter in the eighth inning with the Padres losing, 1-0, but the move failed and the Mets added two runs off reliever Jack Baldschun in the ninth to a clinch 3-0 victory. Jim McAndrew pitched a three-hitter for the Mets, who scored their run off Kirby in the first inning on a walk to Tommie Agee, a stolen base, another pass to Ken Singleton, a double steal and an infield out by Art Shamsky. After Baldschun replaced Kirby, the Mets loaded the bases on a single by Bud Harrelson, a sacrifice, an intentional pass to Shamsky and a pop single by Cleon Jones. Wayne Garrett then struck out but Joe Foy singled, scoring Harrelson and Mike Jorgensen, who ran for Shamsky.

Phillies 9, Giants 6 at San Francisco (day game):
Juan Marichal, who had won only three games this season, went down to his ninth defeat when the Phillies used four unearned runs to beat the Giants, 9-6. eron Johnson batted in three tallies for the Phillies with a single, double and homer. The Giants, who counted their first four runs off Rick Wise, picked up a pair in the ninth when Dick Selma hit one batter and walked another with the bases loaded before Joe Hoerner took over and racked up the final out.

Reds 6, Cardinals 5 at St. Louis (day game):
Pat Corrales, subbing for Johnny Bench, had a perfect day at the plate with three walks and two singles, including the deciding hit in the seventh inning, as the Reds defeated the Cardinals, 6-5. The Reds tied the score at 4-4 in the sixth when Corrales singled, Dave Concepcion sacrificed and Bench, batting for Wayne Simpson, singled. Bench went into left field to finish the game. In the seventh, Tony Perez singled, Clay Carroll beat out an infield hit and both runners advanced on a wild throw by Dal Maxvill. After an intentional pass to Tommy Helms, Corrales hit a two-run single.