MLB standings through games of August 17, 1970

MLB standings at the end of August 17, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	120	76	44	0	.633		592	458	38-18	38-26	7-3	Won 3
New York Yankees	119	66	52	1	.559	9.0	520	479	37-22	29-30	7-3	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	120	64	56	0	.533	12.0	531	516	34-25	30-31	5-5	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	118	61	57	0	.517	14.0	555	534	41-22	20-35	7-3	Won 1
Washington Senators	120	58	62	0	.483	18.0	481	502	35-28	23-34	8-2	Won 7
Cleveland Indians	120	57	63	0	.475	19.0	477	502	30-27	27-36	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	117	70	47	0	.598		556	450	35-20	35-27	1-9	Won 1
California Angels	120	67	53	0	.558	4.5	483	456	34-29	33-24	5-5	Won 1
Oakland A's	121	67	54	0	.554	5.0	510	439	37-27	30-27	6-4	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	122	46	75	1	.380	26.0	471	595	30-34	16-41	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	120	44	76	0	.367	27.5	454	548	22-36	22-40	3-7	Lost 4
Chicago White Sox	123	43	80	0	.350	30.0	469	620	21-37	22-43	2-8	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	122	67	55	0	.549		560	519	39-26	28-29	4-6	Lost 2
New York Mets	119	63	56	0	.529	2.5	509	457	31-25	32-31	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	122	63	59	0	.516	4.0	614	530	39-27	24-32	6-4	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	121	57	64	0	.471	9.5	572	565	29-34	28-30	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	119	54	65	0	.454	11.5	431	546	26-30	28-35	4-6	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	121	51	70	0	.421	15.5	522	628	26-30	25-40	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	123	82	41	0	.667		606	507	47-18	35-23	6-4	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	119	67	52	0	.563	13.0	584	491	28-29	39-23	6-4	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	120	60	60	0	.500	20.5	640	660	30-27	30-33	6-4	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	120	59	61	0	.492	21.5	566	578	33-29	26-32	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	120	54	66	0	.450	26.5	539	585	31-32	23-34	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	122	47	75	0	.385	34.5	523	600	23-35	24-40	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 7, White Sox 2 at Boston (day game):
With Reggie Smith, Tony Conigliaro and Mike Andrews taking care of run production, the Red Sox defeated the White Sox, 7-2. Smith batted in three runs with a homer and a double. Conigliaro and Andrews drove in two apiece. Conigliaro's RBIs came on a homer and single, while Andrews got his pair on two doubles. Bill Melton homered with a man on base for the White Sox tallies.

Angels 3, Indians 0 at California (night game):
A scoreless duel between Tom Murphy and Sam McDowell was broken when Alex Johnson smashed a homer in the seventh inning to spark the Angels to a 3-0 victory over the Indians. The Angels added another run in that same stanza when Vada Pinson crashed into Eddie Leon while chasing a pop fly by Murphy and the ball fell for a single, Jim Spencer scoring. McDowell went out for a pinch-hitter in the eighth and Fred Lasher yielded the Angels' last tally.

Orioles 3, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Homers by Chico Salmon and Boog Powell enabled the Orioles to defeat the Brewers, 3-2, behind the three-hit pitching of Jim Palmer, who had a streak of wildness in his only bad inning. Salmon hit his homer with Don Buford on base in the third. Mike Hegan was safe on an interference call against catcher Andy Etchebarren to open the Brewers' seventh. Dave May singled. After both runners advanced on a wild pitch, Danny Walton singled to score Hegan. Another wild pitch led to an intentional pass, loading the bases, and Ted Kubiak then walked, forcing in the tying run. Powell came to Palmer's rescue, smashing his homer in the eighth for the winning run.

Tigers 5, A's 3 at Oakland (night game):
A three-run homer by Norm Cash in the eighth inning carried the Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the Athletics and handed Mudcat Grant his first defeat of the season. The A's ace reliever gave up a single by Al Kaline and a pass to Jim Northrup before Cash connected for the circuit. Denny McLain and three Tiger relievers yielded only four hits. McLain was banished from the game in the fifth inning in an argument over a call.

Senators 7, Royals 0 at Washington (night game):
Jim Hannan pitched the second one-hitter to the credit of Senators' staff in five days and beat the Royals, 7-0, as the Nats posted their seventh straight victory in the longest winning streak in two years under Ted Williams as manager. With two out in the fifth inning, Paul Schaal hit safely to left field and when Frank Howard attempted a shoestring catch, the ball went past him for a triple. Only three other men reached base, one on an error by Howard and two on walks. The Senators sent Hannan on the way to victory with three runs in the first on a pass to Ed Stroud and back-to-back homers by Howard and Mike Epstein. Dick Bosman pitched the other one-hitter against the Twins August 13.

Cubs 7, Padres 0 at Chicago (day game):
Milt Pappas scattered six hits and pitched the Cubs to a 7-0 victory over the Padres. Billy Williams appeared in his 1,104th consecutive game for the Cubs in a string that started September 22, 1963, and moved ahead of Joe Sewell into third place on the all-time durability list.

Reds 9, Phillies 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Johnny Bench and Tony Perez each homered with two on base to help Jim Merritt become the N.L.'s first 18-game winner of the season as the Reds defeated the Phillies, 9-3. Bench's blast followed singles by Pete Rose and Bobby Tolan in the first inning. Perez connected in the fourth. Merritt added to his margin with a homer in the seventh. The Phillies, who were held to one hit in the first seven innings, spoiled Merritt's shutout bid with three runs in the eighth, two crossing the plate on a pinch-homer by Joseph.

Giants 5, Pirates 4 at Pittsburgh (night game):
With two out in the eighth inning, Willie Mays singled and Willie McCovey homered to bring the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Pirates. The Giants began the scoring with two runs in the second on singles by Jim Ray Hart and Hal Lanier, an error by Roberto Clemente and double by Bobby Bonds. Hart singled and Lanier doubled for another run in the fourth, but the Pirates went ahead with a four-run outburst in the fifth. Gene Alley and Gene Clines singled and Matty Alou was safe on an error by Hart to load the bases. Dave Cash singled for one run and another scored when Clemente grounded into a double play. Willie Stargell then sent the Pirates ahead with a two-run homer.

Cardinals 11, Dodgers 8 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals built up a 10-3 lead after three innings, enabling Bob Gibson to struggle to an 11-8 victory over the Dodgers. Gibson, who gave up 14 hits, was lifted in the ninth inning, failing to finish for the first time since June 7. The Cardinals also collected 14 hits, including three singles by Jose Cardenal, who batted in three runs. Willie Davis had two triples and a single as the Dodgers' leader.