MLB standings through games of August 1, 1970

MLB standings at the end of August 1, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	104	65	39	0	.625		517	401	35-18	30-21	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	103	57	46	0	.553	7.5	467	445	33-22	24-24	4-6	Lost 1
New York Yankees	104	57	46	1	.553	7.5	452	417	29-18	28-28	6-4	Won 6
Boston Red Sox	102	53	49	0	.520	11.0	472	451	34-18	19-31	5-5	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	104	50	54	0	.481	15.0	410	430	27-25	23-29	6-4	Won 1
Washington Senators	103	46	57	0	.447	18.5	420	464	26-25	20-32	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	99	63	36	0	.636		500	375	30-15	33-21	5-5	Won 1
Oakland A's	103	58	45	0	.563	7.0	449	381	32-21	26-24	9-1	Won 3
California Angels	104	58	46	0	.558	7.5	422	398	30-25	28-21	2-8	Lost 5
Kansas City Royals	104	38	66	0	.365	27.5	387	483	19-33	19-33	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	106	38	67	1	.362	28.0	418	528	25-32	13-35	5-5	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	106	37	69	0	.349	29.5	405	546	16-32	21-37	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	102	56	46	0	.549		457	382	30-22	26-24	7-3	Won 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	105	57	48	0	.543	0.5	466	439	31-20	26-28	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	104	54	50	0	.519	3.0	525	457	34-24	20-26	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	102	48	54	0	.471	8.0	378	473	22-27	26-27	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	104	46	58	0	.442	11.0	489	492	21-28	25-30	5-5	Won 3
Montreal Expos	105	46	59	0	.438	11.5	454	553	24-26	22-33	6-4	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	107	73	34	0	.682		524	434	41-16	32-18	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	103	59	44	0	.573	12.0	482	393	25-24	34-20	5-5	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	104	50	54	0	.481	21.5	499	516	28-26	22-28	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	103	49	54	0	.476	22.0	556	590	26-25	23-29	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	104	46	58	0	.442	25.5	467	513	27-26	19-32	5-5	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	105	40	65	0	.381	32.0	448	503	20-31	20-34	3-7	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 9, Royals 1 at Baltimore (night game):
With Jim Palmer pitching a six-hitter to gain a 9-1 victory, the Orioles defeated the Royals for the 22nd straight time to set a major league record. The Orioles' mastery extended over two seasons. It began after the Royals won the first meeting of the two clubs, 4-2, May 9, 1969. The former record of 21 consecutive victories by one club over another was established by Boston against Philadelphia in 1883-84 and was tied by the Yankees against the St. Louis Browns in 1927. Elrod Hendricks led the Orioles' attack, batting in three runs with a single and a homer. The Royals avoided the shutout when Amos Otis doubled and Lou Piniella singled in the eighth inning.

Red Sox 8, Angels 0 at California (night game):
After being held scoreless on two hits in the first seven innings, the Red Sox exploded for eight runs in their last two turns at bat and beat the Angels, 8-0. Gary Peters, who pitched a five-hitter, posted his fourth shutout of season. Greg Garrett, pitching for the Angels, matched Peters until one out in the eighth when a double by John Kennedy, an intentional pass to Jerry Moses and a walk to Peters loaded the bases with one out. Ken Tatum relieved but failed to stop the Red Sox. Mike Andrews drove in two runs with a single, Reggie Smith followed with a sacrifice fly and Carl Yastrzemski added two runs with a homer. In the ninth, with Eddie Fisher on the mound, Rico Petrocelli and Billy Conigliaro singled and Moses homered to wrap up the scoring.

Indians 3, White Sox 2 at Chicago (day game):
Staked to a three-run lead in the first inning, Sam McDowell pitched the Indians to a 3-2 victory over the White Sox. A double by Vada Pinson, pass to Graig Nettles, double by Roy Foster, single by Ray Fosse and sacrifice fly by Ted Uhlaender produced the Tribe's tallies. The White Sox nicked McDowell for a run in the eighth on a walk to Rich Morales, a passed ball and a single by Luis Aparicio. In the ninth, after an error and singles by Ken Berry and Bobby Knoop produced another run, Bob Miller walked to load the bases, but McDowell struck out Walt Williams to end the game.

Twins 12, Tigers 4 at Detroit (night game):
Breaking a tight game apart, the Twins sent 13 men to the plate and scored eight runs in the 10th inning on six hits and four walks to rout the Tigers, 12-4. Ike Brown, Don Wert and Al Kaline homered for the Tigers. Cesar Tovar batted in three of the Twins' first four runs with two sacrifice flies and a single before adding two more RBIs in the 10th. Tovar singled with one out to open the Twins' explosion and scored the tie-breaking run on a double by Danny Thompson. On his second trip in that stanza, Tovar singled to drive in two runs, took second on the throw to the plate and scored the final run when Thompson singled for his fourth hit of the game.

Yankees 4, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Yankees extended their winning streak to six games by scoring three runs in the 12th inning to beat the Brewers, 4-1. Singles by Gus Gil and Tommy Harper, around a sacrifice, produced a Brewers' run in the third. The Yankees tied the score in the seventh when Gene Michael walked and Horace Clarke and Thurman Munson doubled. In the 12th Roy White and Curt Blefary drew passes from Bob Humphreys. Following a sacrifice, Bobby Murcer and Jerry Kenney also walked to force in the tie-breaking tally. After John Gelnar relieved, a single by Michael and a sacrifice fly by Jim Lyttle added two extra runs.

A's 5, Senators 0 at Oakland (day game):
Chuck Dobson allowed only four hits and posted his fourth shutout of the season, pitching the Athletics to a 5-0 victory over the Senators. Rick Monday knocked in two runs with a triple in the third inning to start the A's scoring. Other runs followed in the fifth on a homer by Frank Fernandez, double by Bert Campaneris and singles by Rick Monday and Felipe Alou. Monday, on a run-and-hit play, scored from first base on Alou's single.

Pirates 20, Braves 10 at Atlanta (day game):
Willie Stargell smashed two homers and three doubles, tying the major league record for most extra-base hits in one game, to lead the Pirates' slugging in a 20-10 victory over the Braves. In the seventh inning, Bob Robertson, Stargell and Jose Pagan hit consecutive homers for the Pirates and Hank Aaron and Rico Carty rapped back-to-back drives for the Braves, tying the record for the most homers by two clubs in one inning. Aaron's circuit clout in the seventh was his second of the game. Tony Gonzalez also hit one for the Braves.

Reds 6, Cubs 4 at Cincinnati (night game):
Johnny Bench batted in two runs with a double and Ty Cline plated a pair with a pinch-single when the Reds rallied in the eighth inning to defeat the Cubs, 6-4. Willie Smith homered to help the Cubs take a 3-0 lead, but the first baseman's error enabled the Reds to score two unearned runs in the seventh. The Cubs picked up a run on three singles in the eighth, but Pete Rose walked in Reds' half and, after a forceout by Bobby Tolan, Tony Perez also drew a pass. Bench followed with his double. After two walks loaded the bases, Cline delivered his decisive single.

Cardinals 14, Astros 7 at Houston (night game):
The Cardinals, taking advantage of three errors, scored nine unearned runs, four of them coming on a grand-slam homer by Dick Allen in the seventh inning, and defeated the Astros, 14-7. Jim Wynn hit a two-run homer for the Astros.

[DH] Expos 11, Dodgers 6 (night game) / Expos 6, Dodgers 5 at Montreal (night game):
The slugging of Rusty Staub, who smashed two homers in each game, paced the Expos to 11-6 and 6-5 victories over the Dodgers in a twi-night doubleheader. Staub batted in four runs with his circuit clouts in the first game. Ron Fairly drove in two runs with a homer and Marv Staehle accounted for two with a single and double. The victory was the Expos' first over the Dodgers in Montreal since the expansion club's organization in 1969. In the nightcap, Bob Bailey hit a homer with a man on base for the Expos in the first inning. Staub resumed his slugging with a circuit clout in the sixth and then connected again in the seventh to drive in the winning run. Willie Davis rapped a two-run homer for the Dodgers.

Mets 4, Padres 2 at New York (day game):
Cleon Jones homered with two men on base in the third inning to enable Tom Seaver to pitch the Mets to a 4-2 victory over the Padres. Seaver yielded only three hits, but they included homers by Dave Campbell and Ollie Brown. After Campbell's clout in the third, the Mets came back in their half with three runs on a double by Bud Harrelson, pass to Art Shamsky and a homer by Jones. Brown connected for the circuit in the fourth, but that was the Padres' last hit, while the Mets added a run in the eighth on singles by Jerry Grote and Tommie Agee around an error.

[DH] Phillies 6, Giants 5 (night game) / Phillies 6, Giants 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies, who won the first game, 6-5, with an unearned run in the 11th inning, also took the second game, 6-1, to complete the sweep of a doubleheader with the Giants. Ken Henderson, who ultimately turned out to be the goat, homered for the Giants with two men on base in the first inning of the opener. The Phillies went ahead, 5-4, but Willie McCovey tied the score with a circuit clout in the ninth. In the 11th, Larry Bowa walked, Mike Ryan singled and when Henderson threw wildly to third base, Bowa continued home to score the winning run. Don Carrithers, a rookie from Phoenix (Pacific Coast), was the loser of the nightcap in his debut with the Giants. The Phillies had homers by Don Money and Deron Johnson in the third inning.