MLB standings through games of July 25, 1970

MLB standings at the end of July 25, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	98	61	37	0	.622		487	389	32-17	29-20	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	97	55	42	0	.567	5.5	435	407	31-18	24-24	6-4	Won 2
New York Yankees	97	51	45	1	.531	9.0	414	396	29-18	22-27	5-5	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	96	49	47	0	.510	11.0	441	437	34-18	15-29	4-6	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	97	45	52	0	.464	15.5	380	403	23-24	22-28	6-4	Lost 1
Washington Senators	97	45	52	0	.464	15.5	399	430	26-25	19-27	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	92	60	32	0	.652		458	334	29-14	31-18	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	98	57	41	0	.582	6.0	401	359	29-20	28-21	4-6	Lost 2
Oakland A's	97	53	44	0	.546	9.5	426	365	27-20	26-24	6-4	Won 5
Kansas City Royals	97	36	61	0	.371	26.5	367	444	19-33	17-28	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	99	36	62	1	.367	27.0	393	493	23-27	13-35	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	101	34	67	0	.337	30.5	390	534	15-31	19-36	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	99	55	44	0	.556		428	404	31-19	24-25	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	96	52	44	0	.542	1.5	425	361	26-20	26-24	5-5	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	96	49	47	0	.510	4.5	474	414	31-22	18-25	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	95	45	50	0	.474	8.0	347	427	19-23	26-27	9-1	Won 4
Montreal Expos	98	42	56	0	.429	12.5	418	514	20-23	22-33	5-5	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	97	41	56	0	.423	13.0	432	448	21-28	20-28	2-8	Lost 7

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	99	69	30	0	.697		474	380	37-12	32-18	6-4	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	96	55	41	0	.573	12.5	442	353	25-24	30-17	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	97	47	50	0	.485	21.0	456	466	26-23	21-27	4-6	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	95	45	50	0	.474	22.0	520	552	26-25	19-25	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	98	44	54	0	.449	24.5	438	471	27-24	17-30	7-3	Won 1
San Diego Padres	100	39	61	0	.390	30.5	418	482	20-31	19-30	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Senators 5, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Allowing only two hits, Jim Shellenback posted his first major league shutout, pitching the Senators to a 5-0 victory over the Angels. Frank Howard smashed a 495-foot homer, one of the longest on record at Anaheim, plus two singles.

Royals 8, Indians 4 at Cleveland (day game):
The run-producing trio of Cookie Rojas, Amos Otis and Pat Kelly batted the Royals to an 8-4 victory over the Indians. Otis started the scoring with a homer in the first inning. After Kelly walked in the sixth, Rojas homered to tie the score at 3-3 and Otis followed with his second smash of the game to put the Royals ahead. Ted Uhlaender tied the score with a homer in the Tribe's half, but the Royals broke away with four runs in the seventh, two counting on a bases-loaded single by Kelly and the final pair scoring on a single by Rojas.

Tigers 9, White Sox 4 at Detroit (day game):
Led by Al Kaline, who batted in four runs, the Tigers defeated the White Sox, 9-4, with Denny McLain getting credit for his second victory. Al Kaline homered with two men on base in the second inning and Gates Brown followed with another circuit clout. Kaline also drove in a run with a single in the seventh. Tommy McCraw and Ed Herrmann homered for the White Sox in the fourth. McLain was lifted after giving up a run on three singles in the eighth. Gail Hopkins homered off reliever Tom Timmerman in the ninth.

Brewers 6, Red Sox 2 at Milwaukee (day game):
Homers by Mike Hegan and Tommy Harper paced the Brewers to a 6-2 victory over the Red Sox behind the six-hit hurling of Marty Pattin. The Brewers jumped off with three runs in the first inning. Harper singled and scored on Hegan's homer. Singles by Ted Savage and Bob Burda, together with a forceout by Dave May, accounted for a third run. Harper added his homer in the third. The Red Sox picked up their pair in the fourth when Reggie Smith singled and Carl Yastrzemski hit for the circuit.

Orioles 6, Twins 5 at Minnesota (day game):
One Hall was the winner and another Hall was the loser when the Orioles defeated the Twins, 6-5. Dick Hall, pitching in relief for the Orioles, singled in the eighth inning for his first hit of the season and Don Buford followed with a homer off Tom Hall to break a 4-4 tie. Tony Oliva homered in the Twins' half, but Dick Hall prevented further scoring to disappoint the second largest Minnesota crowd of the season, including 34,588 paid and 7,010 Knotholers.

A's 1, Yankees 0 at Oakland (day game):
Diego Segui pitched a three-hitter and Felipe Alou drove in a run with a single in the first inning to give the Athletics a 1-0 victory over the Yankees in a game completed in one hour, 49 minutes. Joe Rudi, who doubled, scored on Alou's hit to pin the defeat on Fritz Peterson.

Braves 9, Cubs 0 at Chicago (day game):
Phil Niekro allowed only two singles, both by Billy Williams, and pitched the Braves to a 9-0 victory for his fourth straight conquest of the Cubs this season. Fergie Jenkins engaged in a duel with Niekro until the sixth inning when Felix Millan singled and Hank Aaron homered. The Braves then broke the game wide open with five runs in the eighth. Orlando Cepeda kayoed Jenkins, driving in two runs with a double, and Tony Gonzalez singled off Larry Gura to add two more tallies. Cepeda and Gonzalez each got his third RBI of the game in the ninth.

Reds 5, Cardinals 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Cardinals, who were one of the preseason favorites in the Eastern division, tumbled into last place, behind the Expos, when they lost to the Reds, 5-3, for their seventh straight defeat. Johnny Bench kept the Cardinals on the losers' seat, driving in four runs with a homer and single. A crowd of 49,223 saw Tony Cloninger gain the victory with the assistance of Don Gullett and Clay Carroll.

Expos 10, Giants 5 at Montreal (night game):
Ron Fairly smashed a grand-slam homer, drove in another run with a single and also stole home to mark a great night for the Expos, who defeated the Giants, 10-5. As result of the victory, the expansion club pulled out of the cellar in Eastern division, moving one-half game ahead of the Cardinals, who lost to the Reds. The Giants began the game with a four-run blast in the first inning, two counting on a homer by Jim Ray Hart. The Expos came back with three in their half. Fairly drove in a run with a single and later pilfered home on the front end of a double steal with John Bateman. After adding a marker in the second, the Expos put the game away with a six-run outburst in the fourth. A walk to Bobby Wine and singles by Carl Morton, Marv Staehle and Jim Gosger produced one run and left the bases loaded for Fairly, who smashed his grand slam off Frank Reberger. Mack Jones then supplied the Expos' finishing touch with another homer.

Mets 6, Dodgers 4 at New York (day game):
Dave Marshall's failure to bunt turned into a winning break for the Mets when the pinch-hitter swung away and homered with two men on base in the seventh inning to beat the Dodgers, 6-4. With Willie Davis hitting for the circuit, the Dodgers held a 4-2 lead going into the seventh. Ron Swoboda walked to open the Mets' rally and stopped at second on a single by Jerry Grote. Marshall then batted for Danny Frisella and tried unsuccessfully to sacrifice before becoming the game's hero. The Mets added another run before the inning ended on a single by Bud Harrelson, a forceout by Joe Foy and a double by Ken Singleton.

Phillies 9, Padres 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
A six-run outburst in the fifth inning helped the Phillies to defeat the Padres, 9-2, for their ninth victory in 10 games since the All-Star break. Ollie Brown accounted for the Padres' markers with a homer in the first. The Phillies picked up a run in the fourth on a triple by Denny Doyle and single by Don Money before exploding in the next stanza. Tony Taylor, Money and Byron Browne provided doubles, Money's hit driving in two runs. Triples by Terry Harmon and Taylor figured in the scoring of the Phillies' final pair in the eighth.

Astros 8, Pirates 4 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Bob Watson and Denis Menke batted in three runs apiece and Jim Wynn accounted for two to provide the Astros with an 8-4 victory over the Pirates. Larry Dierker, making his first relief appearance of the season for the Astros, pitched the last 3 1/3 innings and saved the game for Ron Cook. Menke knocked in two runs with a single in the first and Watson plated a tally with a sacrifice fly in the second. Wynn and Menke singled and Watson doubled for RBIs in the fourth. Wynn and Watson capped the attack with back-to-hack homers in the sixth.