MLB standings through games of July 26, 1970

MLB standings at the end of July 26, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	99	62	37	0	.626		498	390	32-17	30-20	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	98	55	43	0	.561	6.5	435	411	31-19	24-24	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	98	51	46	1	.526	10.0	417	400	29-18	22-28	4-6	Lost 4
Boston Red Sox	97	50	47	0	.515	11.0	453	442	34-18	16-29	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	99	47	52	0	.475	15.0	389	408	25-24	22-28	6-4	Won 2
Washington Senators	98	45	53	0	.459	16.5	409	441	26-25	19-28	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	93	60	33	0	.645		459	345	29-15	31-18	6-4	Lost 2
California Angels	99	58	41	0	.586	5.0	412	369	30-20	28-21	5-5	Won 1
Oakland A's	98	54	44	0	.551	8.5	430	368	28-20	26-24	6-4	Won 6
Kansas City Royals	99	36	63	0	.364	27.0	372	453	19-33	17-30	3-7	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	100	36	63	1	.364	27.0	398	505	23-28	13-35	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	102	35	67	0	.343	29.5	394	534	15-31	20-36	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	100	55	45	0	.550		432	410	31-20	24-25	5-5	Lost 2
New York Mets	97	52	45	0	.536	1.5	428	366	26-21	26-24	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	98	50	48	0	.510	4.0	484	428	32-23	18-25	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	96	45	51	0	.469	8.0	349	443	19-24	26-27	8-2	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	99	42	57	0	.424	12.5	420	520	20-24	22-33	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	98	41	57	0	.418	13.0	437	460	21-28	20-29	1-9	Lost 8

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	100	70	30	0	.700		486	385	38-12	32-18	7-3	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	97	56	41	0	.577	12.5	447	356	25-24	31-17	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	99	48	51	0	.485	21.5	470	476	26-23	22-28	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	96	46	50	0	.479	22.0	526	554	26-25	20-25	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	99	45	54	0	.455	24.5	444	475	27-24	18-30	7-3	Won 2
San Diego Padres	101	40	61	0	.396	30.5	434	484	20-31	20-30	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 11, Senators 10 at California (day game):
A total of 44 players saw action, including 15 pitchers and 11 pinch-hitters, before the Angels defeated the Senators, 11-10, in 11 innings. President Nixon, who attended, saw the Angels end the three-hour, 56-minute contest when Billy Cowan singled and raced home from first base with two out on a double by Jarvis Tatum. Mike Epstein hit two homers and Frank Howard smashed one for the Senators, while the Angels had circuit clouts by Ken McMullen, Roger Repoz and Sandy Alomar.

[DH] Indians 6, Royals 5 (day game) / Indians 3, Royals 0 at Cleveland (day game):
After winning the first game, 6-5, on a homer by Roy Foster, the Indians came up with three more round-trippers in the second game and completed a sweep of the doubleheader with the Royals, 3-0, behind the pitching of Steve Hargan. Bob Oliver batted in all five of the Royals' runs in the lidlifter with a single and homer. After Oliver's boundary belt with two men on base in the sixth inning gave Royals 5-2 lead, the Indians came back with four runs in their half. Graig Nettles singled and Lou Klimchock was hit by a pitch. When Eddie Leon forced Klimchock, an error by Jackie Hernandez, trying for a double play, enabled Nettles to score. Larry Brown then singled and Foster followed with his decisive three-run homer. Chuck Hinton also had a circuit clout for the Indians. In the nightcap, Nettles, Leon and Tony Horton all homered in support of Hargan, who gained his third straight victory since being recalled from the minors July 16.

White Sox 4, Tigers 0 at Detroit (day game):
Tommy John extended his personal winning streak to four games by pitching the White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Tigers. Mickey Lolich, who started for the Tigers, was the hard-luck loser on an unearned run in the sixth inning. After Lolich was lifted for a pinch-hitter, the White Sox added their remaining tallies at the expense of reliever Tom Timmerman.

Red Sox 12, Brewers 5 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Red Sox slammed four homers, including a pair of two-run shots by Tony Conigharo, and beat the Brewers, 12-5. Conigliaro started the Red Sox scoring with a smash in the first inning. Carl Yastrzemski connected with a man on base in the fifth. Conigliaro homered again in the seventh and George Thomas added a solo swat. The Brewers had circuit clouts by Tommy Harper and Jerry McNertney.

Orioles 11, Twins 1 at Minnesota (day game):
The slugging of Boog Powell, who drove in six runs and took over the league lead in RBIs with 86, paced the Orioles to an 11-1 victory over the Twins. Powell batted in the Orioles' first two runs with a bases-loaded single in the fifth inning and then smashed a grand-slam homer in the eighth. Dave McNally, gaining his first victory since June 30, gave up only four hits but lost the shutout on a homer by losing pitcher Jim Perry.

A's 4, Yankees 3 at Oakland (day game):
The Athletics gained their sixth straight victory in the club's longest winning streak of the season by defeating the Yankees, 4-3. The Yankees, who had been shut out for 25 innings, broke their scoreless slump at the start of the game with a homer by Jerry Kenney. Ron Hansen added a round-tripper in the second before Dave Duncan hit one for the A's in the third. After the Yankees added a tally in the fourth, the Athletics won the game with three runs in the sixth. Joe Rudi beat out a bunt, Felipe Alou singled and Sal Bando hit a sacrifice fly for the first run. Don Mincher doubled, scoring Alou. Duncan walked and Dick Green then singled to drive in Don Mincher with the winning marker.

[DH] Braves 8, Cubs 3 (day game) / Cubs 7, Braves 6 at Chicago (day game):
Now in his 13th season, Orlando Cepeda hit three homers in one game for the first time in his major league career as the Braves won the opener of a doubleheader, 8-3, but the Cubs came slugging back to take the nightcap, 7-6. Cepeda batted in seven runs in the lidlifter, starting with a solo swat in the second inning. His second homer, also with the bases empty, was a 440-foot drive out of Wrigley Field in the fourth. The Cubs elected to pass Hank Aaron intentionally to load the bases in the fifth and the move proved costly when Cepeda followed with a grand-slam homer. His seventh RBI of game came on a run-scoring single in the ninth. Jim Hickman hit a homer for the Cubs. In the nightcap, the Cubs exploded for five runs in the first inning. Don Kessinger walked to lead off, Glenn Beckert singled and Billy Williams homered. After passing Ron Santo, Don Cardwell gave way to George Stone, who was greeted with another homer by Hickman. Hal King whacked one for the Braves. Cepeda collected a double and two singles, giving him a day's total of 7-for-9. Beckert rapped five straight hits for the Cubs after getting two in three trips in the first game.

Reds 12, Cardinals 5 at Cincinnati (day game):
Johnny Bench belted three consecutive homers, added a single for his fourth straight hit and drove in total of seven runs to lead the Reds to a 12-5 victory over the Cardinals. With 33 homers and 95 RBIs, Bench was leading the majors in both power departments. Playing left field instead of catching, Bench started his slugging by hitting a homer with two men on base in the first inning. He connected again with one aboard in the second and added a solo swat in the fifth. After hitting a single in the sixth, Bench batted in his seventh run of the game with a grounder in the eighth.

Giants 6, Expos 2 at Montreal (day game):
Willie Mays batted in two runs and scored three to enable Juan Marichal to gain his first victory since June 14 as the Giants defeated the Expos, 6-2. Mays plated Bobby Bonds with a single in the first inning. After hitting another single in the sixth, Mays stole second and scored on a double by Ron Hunt. The Giants' superstar added his third single for an RBI in the seventh and crossed the plate on a double by Willie McCovey. Mays then capped his day by drawing a walk in the ninth and coming home on a triple by McCovey.

Dodgers 5, Mets 3 at New York (day game):
A one-man attack by Wayne Garrett proved insufficient for the Mets, who lost to the Dodgers, 5-3. Garrett drove in all three of the Mets' runs with a pair of homers. The Dodgers had a round-tripper by Tom Haller. Ted Sizemore, who had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning, tripled and scored what proved to be the deciding run on a sacrifice fly by Bill Russell in the sixth.

Padres 16, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (day game):
The Padres piled up 16 hits, including four homers, to roll to a 16-2 victory over the Phillies, who were stopped on their four-game winning streak. Al Ferrara hit two round-trippers and batted in five runs. Nate Colbert and Steve Huntz added other circuit clouts to the Padres' attack.

Astros 6, Pirates 4 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Jim Wynn hit a homer after a single by Joe Morgan in the 10th inning to carry the Astros to a 6-4 victory over the Pirates. The Astros also had a two-run homer by Cesar Cedeno, who connected in the fourth inning. The rookie outfielder helped set up another run with a single in the sixth when the Astros took a 4-2 lead. The Pirates came back in their half of the sixth on a double by Freddie Patek and pinch-single by Bill Mazeroski. Dave Cash walked in the eighth, Willie Stargell singled and Manny Sanguillen lofted a sacrifice fly to tie the score.