MLB standings through games of August 7, 1970

MLB standings at the end of August 7, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	110	69	41	0	.627		546	426	38-18	31-23	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	110	60	49	1	.550	8.5	478	443	31-19	29-30	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	110	59	51	0	.536	10.0	482	471	34-25	25-26	3-7	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	107	54	53	0	.505	13.5	482	473	34-18	20-35	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	111	54	57	0	.486	15.5	445	459	30-27	24-30	6-4	Won 1
Washington Senators	110	50	60	0	.455	19.0	441	476	27-26	23-34	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	106	68	38	0	.642		522	394	34-17	34-21	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	110	62	48	0	.564	8.0	452	416	31-25	31-23	4-6	Won 1
Oakland A's	110	61	49	0	.555	9.0	464	403	34-23	27-26	6-4	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	111	42	69	0	.378	28.5	423	506	22-34	20-35	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	113	41	72	0	.363	30.5	439	577	20-35	21-37	6-4	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	114	40	73	1	.354	31.5	442	572	26-32	14-41	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	112	63	49	0	.562		502	460	35-20	28-29	7-3	Won 5
New York Mets	109	58	51	0	.532	3.5	470	407	31-25	27-26	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	111	57	54	0	.514	5.5	552	481	34-24	23-30	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	110	51	59	0	.464	11.0	507	503	23-29	28-30	8-2	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	109	50	59	0	.459	11.5	395	503	24-29	26-30	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	112	48	64	0	.429	15.0	479	582	26-30	22-34	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	113	76	37	0	.673		553	464	42-16	34-21	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	109	61	48	0	.560	13.0	509	422	26-28	35-20	4-6	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	109	53	56	0	.486	21.0	594	620	28-26	25-30	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	112	54	58	0	.482	21.5	535	556	28-27	26-31	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	111	50	61	0	.450	25.0	501	541	28-29	22-32	4-6	Won 3
San Diego Padres	113	44	69	0	.389	32.0	483	541	22-35	22-34	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Angels 6, White Sox 4 at Chicago (night game):
A wild throw by Luis Aparicio on what could have been an inning-ending double play enabled the Angels to defeat the White Sox, 6-4. The Angels had homers by Jay Johnstone and Roger Repoz in taking a 4-3 lead, but the White Sox tied the score in the seventh on a double by Aparicio, a wild pitch and sacrifice fly by Duane Josephson. Sandy Alomar walked for the Angels in the eighth and took third on a single by Bill Voss, but was nailed at the plate on Jim Fregosi's grounder to Aparicio. After an intentional pass to Ken McMullen, Jim Spencer grounded to Bobby Knoop, who threw to Aparicio, forcing McMullen, but the shortstop's relay went wild and both Voss and Fregosi crossed the plate. Only one run was ruled unearned.

Indians 10, Orioles 4 at Cleveland (day game):
Exploding for seven runs in the seventh inning, the Indians beat the Orioles, 10-4. Tom Phoebus, who had a 4-1 lead, was chased to start the Tribe's big inning when Roy Foster and Duke Sims singled and Ray Fosse walked to load the bases. Ted Uhlaender singled off Dick Hall, driving in two runs, and Eddie Leon hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score. With one out, Dennis Higgins singled to kayo Hall. With Pete Richert on the mound, Vada Pinson batted in a run with a double and Graig Nettles plated a pair with a single. Nettles took second on the throw home and counted when Foster hit his second single of the stanza. Uhlaender homered in the eighth and the Indians' final run followed on a double by Leon and single by Higgins.

[DH] Royals 4, Brewers 0 (night game) / Royals 10, Brewers 2 at Kansas City (night game):
Rich Severson smashed his first major league homer in the opening game, connecting with two men on base, and added four straight hits in the second game to lead the Royals to a sweep of twi-night doubleheader with the Brewers, 4-0 and 10-2. Cookie Rojas also had four hits for the Royals in the nightcap. Severson rapped his homer in the second inning of the lidlifter with Bob Oliver and Paul Schaal on base. Amos Otis doubled and Lou Piniella singled for the other run in the third. Bob Johnson was the winner with the help of Ted Abernathy, who retired Ted Kubiak with the bases loaded and two out in the ninth. Rojas batted in three of the Royals' runs in the nightcap. Mike Hegan hit a homer for Brewers in the eighth inning.

Twins 2, A's 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Jim Perry hurled the route for the Twins and was rewarded with his 17th victory when Jim Holt homered in the 11th inning to beat the Athletics, 2-1. After Bert Campaneris homered for the A's on the first pitch of the game, Perry allowed only four more hits the rest of the way. Rich Reese tied the score for the Twins with a round-tripper in the second.

Yankees 5, Tigers 1 at New York (night game):
After breaking a tie on a wild pitch in the sixth inning, the Yankees added three runs in the eighth and defeated the Tigers, 5-1. The Yankees loaded the bases in the sixth, but Bobby Murcer grounded to Al Kaline, who stepped on first base and threw home for a double play. However, Danny Cater reached third on the play and scored on a wild pitch by Les Cain. The Yankees' clinching trio in the eighth counted on singles by Thurman Munson and Roy White, a double by Cater and single by Murcer.

Red Sox 3, Senators 1 at Washington (night game):
Cal Koonce, who came from the Mets earlier in the season, gained his first A. L. victory when the Red Sox defeated the Senators, 3-1. Singles by Reggie Smith, Carl Yastrzemski and Tony Conigliaro accounted for the first Red Sox run in the fourth inning. Mike Andrews singled in the seventh and counted the tie-breaking tally on singles by Smith and Yastrzemski. Conigliaro followed with a double to plate an insurance run.

Reds 4, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
The West division-leading Reds opened a four-game series with the second-place Dodgers by rallying for three runs in the eighth inning to post a 4-2 victory. The Dodgers counted in the first inning on singles by Willie Davis and Wes Parker, around a stolen base, and added a run on a homer by Tom Haller in the second. Johnny Bench hit his 38th homer of the season for the Reds in the fourth. Bobby Tolan singled to open the eighth and stole his 40th base. After walks to Tony Perez and Bernie Carbo loaded the bases, Lee May came through with the decisive double, driving in the tying and leading runs. Tommy Helms added a tally with a sacrifice fly.

Phillies 4, Cubs 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Pinch-hitter Tony Taylor singled home two runs in the eighth inning and then scored himself to bring the Phillies a 4-1 victory over the Cubs. With the game tied, 1-1, Denny Doyle walked in the eighth and Mike Ryan doubled before Taylor rapped his single. Taylor advanced to third on the throw to the plate and scored on a single by Deron Johnson.

Pirates 6, Mets 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The East division-leading Pirates opened a 3½-game bulge by defeating the second-place Mets, 6-1. Bob Moose, making his second start since being disabled for a month with tendinitis, gained his first victory since June 23. Moose allowed four hits and walked four. The Pirates backed him with four double plays. The Pirates shattered a 1-1 tie with five runs in the sixth inning. Willie Stargell led off with a homer. After singles by Bob Robertson and Manny Sanguillen, Moose accounted for the leading run with a double. Freddie Patek then turned muscle man, after Ron Taylor replaced Jim McAndrew, and smashed his first homer of the season.

[DH] Braves 8, Padres 2 (night game) / Padres 6, Braves 1 at San Diego (night game):
The Braves banged 11 hits, including homers by Hank Aaron and Orlando Cepeda, to win the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 8-2, but then collected only six hits off Clay Kirby in the second game and lost to the Padres, 6-1. Aaron hit his homer with a man on base in the sixth inning to tie the score at 2-2 and Cepeda connected with two aboard in the eighth when the Braves broke away with four runs. Cito Gaston, who hit a triple and single and scored both of the Padres' runs in the lidlifter, added a homer and two singles in the nightcap and scored four more times. Al Ferrara and Ollie Brown batted in two runs apiece.

Astros 11, Giants 2 at San Francisco (night game):
Larry Dierker, who has been struggling this season after winning 20 games in 1969, gained only the second victory in his last 14 starts when the Astros defeated the Giants, 11-2. Dierker balanced his ledger at 10-10. Doug Rader hit a homer with two men on base for the Astros and Johnny Edwards, who collected two triples and a single, also batted in three runs.

Cardinals 2, Expos 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Gibson pitched a five-hitter and racked up his 15th victory when the Cardinals edged the Expos, 2-1. The Expos loaded the bases with none out in the first inning on a single by Marv Staehle, an error and a walk, but Gibson bore down and only one run scored when Bob Bailey hit into a double play. The Cardinals came back with their tallies in the third on a single by Julian Javier, pass to Carl Taylor, single by Joe Torre and wild pitch by Dan McGinn.