MLB standings through games of August 8, 1970

MLB standings at the end of August 8, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	111	70	41	0	.631		550	428	38-18	32-23	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	111	60	50	1	.545	9.5	480	447	31-20	29-30	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	111	60	51	0	.541	10.0	488	476	34-25	26-26	4-6	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	108	54	54	0	.500	14.5	487	479	34-19	20-35	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	112	55	57	0	.491	15.5	449	461	30-27	25-30	6-4	Won 2
Washington Senators	111	50	61	0	.450	20.0	443	480	27-27	23-34	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	107	69	38	0	.645		525	395	35-17	34-21	7-3	Won 3
California Angels	111	62	49	0	.559	9.0	453	424	31-25	31-24	4-6	Lost 1
Oakland A's	111	61	50	0	.550	10.0	465	406	34-23	27-27	5-5	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	112	42	70	0	.375	29.5	426	511	22-35	20-35	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	114	42	72	0	.368	30.5	447	578	21-35	21-37	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	115	41	73	1	.360	31.5	447	575	26-32	15-41	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	113	63	50	0	.558		511	472	35-21	28-29	7-3	Lost 1
New York Mets	110	59	51	0	.536	2.5	482	416	31-25	28-26	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	112	57	55	0	.509	5.5	555	487	34-24	23-31	4-6	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	111	52	59	0	.468	10.0	518	513	24-29	28-30	9-1	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	110	51	59	0	.464	10.5	401	506	25-29	26-30	5-5	Won 2
Montreal Expos	113	48	65	0	.425	15.0	489	593	26-30	22-35	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	114	77	37	0	.675		563	469	42-16	35-21	5-5	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	110	61	49	0	.555	14.0	514	432	26-29	35-20	3-7	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	110	54	56	0	.491	21.0	600	625	29-26	25-30	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	112	54	58	0	.482	22.0	535	556	28-27	26-31	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	112	50	62	0	.446	26.0	506	547	28-29	22-33	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	113	44	69	0	.389	32.5	483	541	22-35	22-34	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 6, Red Sox 5 at Boston (night game):
Dick McAuliffe and Mickey Stanley batted in three runs apiece to account for the Tigers' scoring in a 6-5 victory over the Red Sox. Two of Stanley's RBIs came on a homer in the fifth inning. After Carl Yastrzemski hit a round-tripper for the Red Sox to break a 4-4 tie in the seventh, Dalton Jones walked in the ninth and McAuliffe won the game with a homer.

White Sox 8, Angels 1 at Chicago (day game):
The White Sox collected 15 hits, including four straight singles by Ken Berry, and defeated the Angels, 8-1. Syd O'Brien batted in three runs with a pair of singles. Roger Repoz homered to account for the Angels' marker.

Brewers 5, Royals 3 at Kansas City (night game):
With the help of a two-run homer by Ted Savage, the Brewers snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating the Royals, 5-3. The victory was only the second for the Brewers in 11 meetings with the Royals this season. Mike Hegan singled to set up the Brewers' initial run in the first inning, walked ahead of Savage's smash in the third, and doubled to bat in what proved to be the deciding run in the fourth.

Twins 3, A's 1 at Minnesota (day game):
Luis Tiant, who was a loser in his first start August 3 after coming off the disabled list, gained his first victory since May 20 when the Twins defeated the Athletics, 3-1. Tiant, who gave up a homer by Sal Bando in the second inning, did not finish, yielding the mound to Stan Williams with two out in the seventh. The Twins took a 2-1 lead in the second when Harmon Killebrew walked and Rich Reese homered. Tiant doubled and counted the last run on singles by Cesar Tovar and Danny Thompson in the third.

Orioles 4, Yankees 2 at New York (day game):
Back-to-back homers by Boog Powell and Merv Rettenmund in the third inning powered the Orioles to a 4-2 victory over the Yankees before an Old-Timers' Day crowd of 47,914. Brooks Robinson singled with two out before Powell and Rettenmund went into their slugging act. Dave McNally was tagged for 11 hits by the Yankees, including a homer by Bobby Murcer, but posted his 16th victory.

Indians 4, Senators 2 at Washington (day game):
A pinch-homer by Chuck Hinton after a double by Ray Fosse in the ninth inning brought the Indians a 4-2 victory over the Senators. All the runs in game counted on round-trippers. After Roy Foster homered for the Indians in the fourth, Lee Maye singled for the Senators in their half and Frank Howard followed with a circuit clout. Jack Heidemann tied the score with a homer in the fifth.

Reds 10, Dodgers 5 at Los Angeles (day game):
Tony Perez batted in six runs with two homers and a single to lead the Reds' slugging in a 10-5 victory over the Dodgers. Bernie Carbo, Pete Rose and Lee May also homered for the Big Red Machine. Carbo hit his round-tripper in the fourth and Perez drove in a run with a single in the fifth, but the Dodgers held a 3-2 lead until the seventh when Rose and Perez each homered with a man on base. The Reds added four more runs in the ninth on a double by Rose, single by Bobby Tolan and circuit clouts by Perez and May. The victory gave the West division leaders a 14-game bulge over the second-place Dodgers.

Phillies 6, Cubs 3 at Philadelphia (day game):
After giving up three runs in the second inning, Chris Short allowed only two hits in the last seven stanzas and pitched the Phillies to a 6-3 victory over the Cubs for his first winning performance since July 2. The Cubs counted on a single by Randy Hundley, a homer by Ron Santo, single by Phil Gagliano, double by Johnny Callison and sacrifice fly by Don Kessinger. Ron Stone singled to drive in one of the Phillies' two runs in the fourth and added two RBIs with a single in the seventh. In between, the Phillies counted twice in the fifth. Tony Taylor singled, stole second and scored on a single by Denny Doyle. After a walk to Johnny Briggs, Doyle crossed the plate when Glenn Beckert threw wildly on an infield hit by Deron Johnson.

Mets 12, Pirates 9 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Tommie Agee rapped two singles, two doubles and a triple to lead the Mets' 17-hit attack in a 12-9 victory over the Pirates. Agee scored four runs and batted in two. Donn Clendenon contributed a three-run homer to start the Mets' production in the first inning. The Mets went on to build up a 10-3 lead before the Pirates chased Jerry Koosman in the seventh, scoring three runs on a double by Freddie Patek, single by Matty Alou and homer by Roberto Clemente. Gary Gentry, making his first relief appearance of the season, had a troublesome time in the eighth when the Pirates combined three singles, two walks and two errors for three runs, but the Mets pulled away with their final pair in the ninth on a triple by Agee, sacrifice fly by Bud Harrelson, double by Cleon Jones and single by Ron Swoboda.

Giants 6, Astros 5 at San Francisco (day game):
A single by Willie Mays capped a five-run rally in the ninth inning as the Giants came from behind to defeat the Astros, 6-5. With John Mayberry hitting a two-run homer, the Astros built up a 5-1 lead. Skip Pitlock accounted for the Giants' initial run with the first homer of the young pitcher's major league career. The Giants opened the ninth by loading the bases on consecutive singles by Dick Dietz, Jim Ray Hart and Ron Hunt. After Denny Lemaster relieved and struck out Bob Taylor, George Culver took over and failed in relief. Frank Johnson singled for one run, a wild pitch permitted another and two walks forced in a third run before Jim Ray took over. Mays then hit Ray's first pitch for a single, driving in the tying and winning runs.

Cardinals 11, Expos 10 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cardinals, after rallying twice earlier in the game, came from behind for a third time and scored four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Expos, 11-10. Leron Lee led off the ninth by drawing a walk and when Claude Raymond threw wildly on an infield hit by Jose Cardenal, Lee raced to third and Cardenal wound up at second. Lee scored on an infield out by Lou Brock. Carl Taylor singled to drive in Cardenal. Joe Hague, who had batted in three runs previously with a single and double, then smashed the winning two-run homer.