MLB standings through games of August 9, 1970

MLB standings at the end of August 9, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	113	71	42	0	.628		566	443	38-18	33-24	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	113	61	51	1	.545	9.5	495	463	32-21	29-30	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	112	60	52	0	.536	10.5	492	483	34-25	26-27	3-7	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	109	55	54	0	.505	14.0	494	483	35-19	20-35	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	114	56	58	0	.491	15.5	458	471	30-27	26-31	6-4	Won 1
Washington Senators	113	51	62	0	.451	20.0	453	489	28-28	23-34	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	109	69	40	0	.633		528	404	35-19	34-21	6-4	Lost 2
California Angels	113	64	49	0	.566	7.0	464	427	31-25	33-24	6-4	Won 2
Oakland A's	113	63	50	0	.558	8.0	474	409	34-23	29-27	5-5	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	113	42	71	0	.372	29.0	428	515	22-36	20-35	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	116	42	73	1	.365	30.0	451	577	26-32	16-41	4-6	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	116	42	74	0	.362	30.5	450	589	21-37	21-37	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	114	64	50	0	.561		519	475	36-21	28-29	8-2	Won 1
New York Mets	111	59	52	0	.532	3.5	485	424	31-25	28-27	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	114	58	56	0	.509	6.0	560	494	34-24	24-32	4-6	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	113	53	60	0	.469	10.5	528	520	25-30	28-30	8-2	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	112	52	60	0	.464	11.0	408	511	26-30	26-30	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	115	49	66	0	.426	15.5	496	603	26-30	23-36	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	116	77	39	0	.664		569	489	42-16	35-23	5-5	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	112	63	49	0	.562	12.0	534	438	28-29	35-20	4-6	Won 2
San Francisco Giants	112	55	57	0	.491	20.0	611	633	30-27	25-30	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	113	54	59	0	.478	21.5	537	560	28-27	26-32	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	114	51	63	0	.447	25.0	514	558	28-29	23-34	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	114	45	69	0	.395	31.0	487	543	23-35	22-34	5-5	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 7, Tigers 4 at Boston (day game):
With two out in the first inning, the Red Sox erupted for five runs and defeated the Tigers, 7-4. Carl Yastrzemski beat out an infield hit, Tony Conigliaro singled and Rico Petrocelli and Billy Conigliaro followed with back-to-back homers. John Kennedy kept the inning going with a double and scored on a single by Jerry Moses. Ray Culp also singled for the seventh straight hit off Mickey Lolich before Lerrin LaGrow retired Mike Andrews to end the inning.

[DH] Angels 5, White Sox 0 (day game) / Angels 6, White Sox 3 at Chicago (day game):
The White Sox, who have had miserable luck in doubleheaders this season, lost both ends of a bargain bill for the 10th time, bowing to the Angels, 5-0 and 6-3. Clyde Wright gained his 15th victory in the lidlifter, combining on a three-hitter with Mel Queen, who relieved after Wright walked two men with two out in the seventh inning. Alex Johnson and Tom Egan, celebrating their return from three-week military stints, smashed homers. In the nightcap, the Angels literally walked to victory, scoring three runs in the second inning on passes to Bill Voss, Egan and Tom Murphy with the bases loaded. Bill Melton and Bobby Knoop homered for the White Sox.

Brewers 4, Royals 2 at Kansas City (day game):
A double steal produced the tie-breaking run as the Brewers defeated the Royals, 4-2. Ed Kirkpatrick hit two homers to account for the Royals' runs. The Brewers, who picked up a run in the third inning on singles by Ted Kubiak and Bob Burda, around an infield out, tied the score in the seventh when Roberto Pena doubled, Gus Gil walked and Dave May singled. Gil took third on May's hit and then stole home when the Royals mishandled the play on May's theft of second. May doubled to drive in Phil Roof with an insurance run in the ninth inning.

[DH] A's 3, Twins 0 (day game) / A's 6, Twins 3 at Minnesota (day game):
Chuck Dobson had the distinction of pinning the first shutout on the Twins this season as the Athletics swept a doubleheader, 3-0 and 6-3. Dobson allowed only four singles in posting his seventh straight victory. Don Mincher had three hits for the A's and drove in two runs. In the nightcap, Mincher continued his hitting with two homers, knocking in four runs. Harmon Killebrew homered for the Twins.

[DH] Yankees 6, Orioles 4 (day game) / Orioles 12, Yankees 9 at New York (day game):
The Yankees and Orioles, splitting even in a pair of 11-inning games, tied the A. L. record for most pitchers used by two clubs in a doubleheader, 21. The Yankees won the opener, 6-4. Roy White, who sent the game into overtime by driving in two runs with a single in the ninth, won it by hitting a homer with a man on base in the 11th. The Orioles captured the nightcap, 12-9, scoring three runs in the 11th on a pinch-double by Frank Robinson, single by Don Buford, safe bunts by Paul Blair and Brooks Robinson, an error by Danny Cater and a single by Merv Rettenmund. Homers by Chico Salmon, Terry Crowley and Elrod Hendricks sent the Orioles off to a 6-0 lead, but the Yankees rallied for five runs in the fifth inning. After both clubs scored three times in the sixth, the Yankees knotted the count in the eighth on a walk, infield out and single by Jerry Kenney.

[DH] Senators 7, Indians 3 (day game) / Indians 6, Senators 3 at Washington (day game):
The Indians, who lost the first game of the doubleheader, 7-3, despite pulling a triple play, came back to defeat Senators in the second game, 6-3. Tom Grieve hit a two-run homer for the Senators in the second inning of the lidlifter. In the third, after Frank Howard was safe on an error and Rick Reichardt singled, Aurelio Rodriguez grounded to Graig Nettles, who stepped on third base to start the triple play. His throw to Eddie Leon at second and relay to Duke Sims at first completed erasing the side. After the Indians tied the score at 2-2 in the fifth, Sam McDowell suffered a loss of control in the sixth and walked Tim Cullen, Joe Coleman, Ed Brinkman and Wayne Comer to force in the tie-breaking tally. Fred Lasher relieved and passed Howard to send another run home. Reichardt then singled, driving in a pair, and the fifth run of the frame followed on an error by Larry Brown. In the nightcap, Vada Pinson batted in two runs with a double and Tony Horton accounted for two more with a homer in the Indians' attack.

[DH] Dodgers 7, Reds 3 (day game) / Dodgers 13, Reds 3 at Los Angeles (day game):
Led by Ted Sizemore, who collected a total of seven hits and drove in three runs in each game, the Dodgers swept a doubleheader with the Reds, 7-3 and 13-3. Despite the losses, the Reds left town with a 12-game lead over the Dodgers in the West division race. Pete Rose smashed two homers for the Reds in the lidlifter, tying the score at 3-3 with his second blow in the eighth inning. The Dodgers broke the deadlock with four runs in their half. With one out, Maury Wills doubled for his fourth hit of the game and Manny Mota was safe on an error, Wills holding second. Willie Davis singled to score Wills. Wes Parker was retired, but Billy Grabarkewitz walked. Sizemore singled to drive in two runs. After a pass to Jim Brewer loaded the bases, the Dodgers worked a triple steal, with Grabarkewitz scoring. The Dodgers, who collected 15 hits in the first game, piled on 20 more in the second game, including four by Sizemore and three each by Davis, Parker, Tom Haller and Garbarkewitz.

[DH] Cubs 4, Phillies 1 (day game) / Phillies 6, Cubs 1 at Philadelphia (day game):
Coming out of the bullpen, Barry Lersch made the first start of his major league career and pitched the Phillies to a 6-1 victory after the Cubs had won the first game of the doubleheader, 4-1. Johnny Briggs homered for the Phillies' run in the lidlifter to tie the score at 1-1, but Milt Pappas helped himself to victory by hitting a triple in the eighth and scoring the Cubs' go-ahead run on a single by Don Kessinger. After a sacrifice and two walks, Joe Pepitone batted in another run with a sacrifice fly. Johnny Callison added the final counter with a homer in the ninth. Tony Taylor and Mike Ryan hit homers for the Phillies in the nightcap.

Pirates 8, Mets 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
The Pirates combined four walks and an error with only two hits to score four runs in the seventh inning for an 8-3 victory over the Mets. The Pirates were trailing, 3-2, going into the seventh before taking advantage of Ray Sadecki's failure in relief. Starter Nolan Ryan, who allowed only three hits and struck out 10 in the first six innings, passed Freddie Patek in the seventh for his seventh walk of the game and threw wildly on a bunt by Matty Alou. Sadecki, relieving, passed Roberto Clemente intentionally to load the bases. After Al Oliver forced Patek at the plate, Willie Stargell singled to drive in the tying tally and Manny Sanguillen followed with a sacrifice fly to send the Pirates ahead. Walks to Jose Pagan and Bill Mazeroski forced in another run and a pinch-single by Gene Clines added the fourth run of the frame. The Pirates iced the verdict with two more runs in the eighth on a triple by Clemente, sacrifice fly by Oliver and homer by Stargell.

Padres 4, Braves 2 at San Diego (day game):
With the aid of homers by Ed Spiezio and Nate Colbert, the Padres defeated the Braves, 4-2, to gain their first victory over Pat Jarvis after losing to the righthander three times in 1969 and twice previously this season. Spiezio accounted for the first run in the second inning. The Padres scored twice in the third on singles by Jose Arcia and Dave Campbell, a double by Cito Gaston and infield hit by Ollie Brown. Colbert added his circuit clout in the sixth. Hank Aaron hit his 33rd homer of the season for the Braves.

[DH] Astros 7, Giants 5 (day game) / Giants 6, Astros 1 at San Francisco (day game):
A two-run homer by Joe Morgan in the 10th inning gave the Astros a 7-5 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Giants came back behind the pitching of Gaylord Perry to win the second game, 6-1. Jesus Alou had big day at bat for the Astros, collecting a total of seven hits in the twin bill. Willie McCovey rapped three in each game for the Giants. The Giants wiped out a 5-1 deficit in the first game with two runs in the eighth inning on a homer by Willie Mays and two more in ninth. A double by McCovey drove in the tying tally. Jack DiLauro stopped the Giants with the bases loaded, getting Dick Dietz on a fly, and then received credit for his first victory of the season when Johnny Edwards singled and Jim Wynn hit his homer in the 10th. Wynn homered in the nightcap to account for the only run off Perry. Russ Gibson batted in three runs for the Giants with a double and two singles.

[DH] Expos 7, Cardinals 6 (day game) / Cardinals 4, Expos 0 at St. Louis (day game):
Jerry Reuss pitched a two-hitter and gained a 4-0 victory for his first major league shutout to give the Cardinals a split of a doubleheader with the Expos, who won the first game, 7-6. Rusty Staub and Bobby Wine each had three hits in the lidlifter as the Expos handed Steve Carlton his 16th defeat. Staub homered in the third inning, but a circuit clout by Joe Torre in the sixth helped the Cardinals take a 4-2 lead. The Expos then scored four runs in the seventh on a triple by Adolfo Phillips and doubles by Coco Laboy and Wine, together with a walk and two errors by Mike Shannon. What proved to be the deciding run followed in the eighth on a pass to Phillips, single by Staub and sacrifice fly by Bob Bailey.