MLB standings through games of July 22, 1970

MLB standings at the end of July 22, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	95	59	36	0	.621		476	372	32-17	27-19	6-4	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	93	53	40	0	.570	5.0	418	392	29-17	24-23	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	95	51	43	1	.543	7.5	414	384	29-18	22-25	5-5	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	93	49	44	0	.527	9.0	434	419	34-17	15-27	7-3	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	93	43	50	0	.462	15.0	360	382	21-22	22-28	6-4	Won 1
Washington Senators	95	43	52	0	.453	16.0	385	422	26-25	17-27	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	89	58	31	0	.652		443	327	27-13	31-18	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	95	56	39	0	.589	5.0	389	344	29-18	27-21	6-4	Lost 2
Oakland A's	95	51	44	0	.537	10.0	414	365	25-20	26-24	5-5	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	93	34	59	0	.366	26.0	344	424	19-32	15-27	2-8	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	97	34	62	1	.354	27.5	379	487	21-27	13-35	3-7	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	97	33	64	0	.340	29.0	375	513	15-31	18-33	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	53	43	0	.552		407	391	29-18	24-25	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	94	50	44	0	.532	2.0	417	356	24-20	26-24	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	93	47	46	0	.505	4.5	462	404	29-21	18-25	5-5	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	93	43	50	0	.462	8.5	334	422	17-23	26-27	8-2	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	94	41	53	0	.436	11.0	427	436	21-27	20-26	2-8	Lost 4
Montreal Expos	95	40	55	0	.421	12.5	394	496	18-22	22-33	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	96	67	29	0	.698		465	376	35-12	32-17	7-3	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	94	55	39	0	.585	11.0	437	345	25-24	30-15	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	94	46	48	0	.489	20.0	441	449	26-23	20-25	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	92	44	48	0	.478	21.0	502	528	26-25	18-23	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	95	42	53	0	.442	24.5	427	454	27-24	15-29	7-3	Won 3
San Diego Padres	98	39	59	0	.398	29.0	413	469	20-31	19-28	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Red Sox 7, Angels 4 (day game) / Red Sox 8, Angels 3 at Boston (night game):
Led by Carl Yastrzemski, who collected three hits in four trips in each contest, the Red Sox defeated the Angels, 7-4 and 8-3, in separate-admission day and night games. The total attendance was 48,729. Gary Peters, who was the winner of the sunshine affair, also collected three hits, while Reggie Smith batted in three runs with a double and triple. The Red Sox, after scoring twice in the first inning, wrapped up the decision with four runs in the sixth on singles by Rico Petrocelli and Mike Fiore, a sacrifice fly by John Kennedy, singles by Jerry Moses and Peters and a double by Smith. In the night contest, Yastrzemski, Mike Andrews and George Thomas each batted in two runs. Kennedy contributed a homer. The Angels had circuit clouts by Tom Egan and Roger Repoz.

Indians 6, White Sox 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Buddy Bradford hit a single and double, scored two runs and batted in one to lead the Indians to a 6-2 victory over his former White Sox teammates. Bradford's single, together with hits by Jack Heidemann and Vada Pinson, produced a run in the second inning. Ray Fosse singled in the third and crossed the plate on Bradford's double. Eddie Leon also doubled, scoring Bradford, and then counted himself on a single by Heidemann. The White Sox picked up their pair in the seventh, but Fred Lasher yielded only one hit in relief over the last 2 1/3 innings. The Indians clinched the decision with their final two tallies in the eighth.

Orioles 4, Royals 3 at Kansas City (night game):
The speed of Chico Salmon, who beat out a run-scoring bunt in the 13th inning, gave the Orioles a 4-3 victory over the Royals. Davey Johnson walked in the decisive stanza, took second on a sacrifice by Elrod Hendricks and reached third when Don Buford grounded out. Salmon, batting for Pete Richert, bunted down the right side of the diamond. First baseman Bob Oliver fielded the ball, but Salmon outran Ted Abernathy to the bag and beat Oliver's throw to the pitcher.

Twins 2, Tigers 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Jim Perry allowed only two hits, both by Don Wert, and became the A. L.'s first 15-game winner when the Twins defeated the Tigers, 2-1. With one out in the eighth inning, Perry hit Bill Freehan with a pitch, Wert followed with his double and Elliott Maddox lofted a sacrifice fly to produce the Tigers' run. Ron Perranoski then relieved Perry and retired the last four batters in a row. The Twins' pair scored in the fifth inning when Harmon Killebrew hit a two-out single after a walk to Frank Quilici and singles by Perry and Cesar Tovar had loaded the bases.

Brewers 4, Yankees 1 at New York (day game):
Back-to-back homers by Ted Savage and Bob Burda in the fifth inning sent the Brewers on their way to a 4-1 victory over the Yankees. Bobby Bolin, who pitched a six-hitter, gave up the Yankees' run in the second inning on a triple by Danny Cater and infield out by Thurman Munson. The Brewers used a double by Ted Kubiak and single by Mike Hegan for the tying tally in the third before Savage and Burda went into their homer act. Burda also singled in the ninth to produce the Brewers' final run.

A's 4, Senators 3 at Washington (night game):
A three-run rally in the eighth inning, capped by an error, enabled the Athletics to defeat the Senators, 4-3. Paul Casanova hit a double and a homer to pace the Nats to a 3-0 lead before the A's picked up their initial tally in the fifth. Felipe Alou opened the eighth with a homer and, after Sal Bando walked, Darold Knowles replaced Casey Cox. Joe Rudi doubled, plating Bando with the tying run. Knowles passed Dick Green intentionally and then threw wildly to first on a pickoff attempt, allowing Rudi to race home from second with the A's winning run.

Cubs 10, Reds 2 at Chicago (day game):
Jim Hickman hit a homer and a single, driving in four runs, and Billy Williams added two more with a homer to slug the Cubs to a 10-2 victory over the Reds. Hickman hit his homer after a single by Glenn Beckert and a pass to Ron Santo in the first inning. Hickman's single accounted for one of the Cubs' five runs in the third. Beckert, who had four hits, singled ahead of Williams' circuit clout in the sixth.

Dodgers 12, Expos 10 at Los Angeles (night game):
Pinch-hitter Tom Haller smashed a grand-slam homer as the Dodgers exploded for eight runs in the seventh inning in their biggest single outburst of the season to outslug the Expos, 12-10. Bob Bailey batted in five runs for the Expos with a homer and double. Ron Fairly hit a two-run homer in the seventh when the Expos took a 10-4 lead. Maury Wills and Ted Sizemore singled in the Dodgers' seventh but two were out when Wes Parker walked to load the bases. Jim Lefebvre followed with a single, driving in two runs, and Steve Garvey singled another run home to chase Bill Stoneman. Claude Raymond, in relief, passed Willie Crawford to load the bases before Haller smashed his grand slam. Von Joshua added the final run with the first homer of his major league career.

Pirates 5, Braves 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Bruce Dal Canton, making his first start in the major leagues since September 26, 1967, pitched 7 2/3 innings and was a winner with the aid of Dave Giusti when the Pirates defeated the Braves, 5-3. Dal Canton was summoned into starting sevice because of injuries to Bob Moose, Steve Blass and Bob Veale. Manny Sanguillen, who collected four straight singles in the Pirates' attack, scored one run and helped set up two others. Mike Lum led the Braves with a double and triple.

Padres 5, Mets 4 at San Diego (night game):
Veteran reliever Jack Baldschun, making his second appearance since being obtained from Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast), gained his first victory in a Padres' uniform when Ivan Murrell drove in a run with a single in the 10th inning to beat the Mets, 5-4. Ed Spiezio hit a two-run homer for the Padres to tie the score at 3-3 in the seventh inning. The Mets went ahead again in the ninth, but Nate Colbert connected for the circuit in the Padres' half to forge a new deadlock. Spiezio followed with a single, knocking out Tom Seaver for the first time since May 6. Nolan Ryan, in relief, was the loser in the 10th with two out when Al Ferrara was hit by a pitch, Colbert walked and Murrell singled.

Phillies 5, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
With last-out help from Dick Selma, Jim Bunning pitched the Phillies to a 5-2 victory over the Giants. A single by Bobby Bonds, stolen base, infield out and sacrifice fly by Ron Hunt produced a run for Giants in the first inning, but Terry Harmon tripled and Bunning batted himself into a tie with a sacrifice fly in the third. A double by Tony Taylor, who collected four hits, and a single by Don Money added a run in sixth. The Phillies picked up two tainted tallies in the seventh and wound up their scoring with doubles by Mike Ryan and Byron Browne in the ninth.

Astros 13, Cardinals 9 at St. Louis (night game):
The Astros scored seven runs on only three hits in the fourth inning and rolled past the Cardinals, 13-9. With Jim Wynn hitting a homer, the Astros went ahead, 3-1, but their lead disappeared when the Cardinals railed for five runs in the third, three on a circuit clout by Dick Allen and two on a round-tripper by Jose Cardenal. Cesar Cedeno led off the Astros' fourth with a single and added another single on his second trip in that stanza to drive in the seventh run of the spree. The only other hit was a two-run single by Bob Watson. Four walks, a sacrifice fly and an error were the other ingredients. The Cardinals came back with three unearned runs in their half of the fourth, but they were blanked by Jim Ray and Fred Gladding the rest of the way, while the Astros added three runs in the last two innings.