MLB standings through games of August 21, 1970

MLB standings at the end of August 21, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	123	79	44	0	.642		603	460	39-18	40-26	8-2	Won 6
New York Yankees	123	68	54	1	.557	10.5	535	495	37-22	31-32	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	123	66	57	0	.537	13.0	540	528	35-25	31-32	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	121	62	59	0	.512	16.0	569	553	42-23	20-36	5-5	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	123	59	64	0	.480	20.0	486	517	31-27	28-37	4-6	Won 2
Washington Senators	123	58	65	0	.472	21.0	493	520	35-30	23-35	7-3	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	121	73	48	0	.603		574	464	38-21	35-27	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	123	68	55	0	.553	6.0	495	464	35-30	33-25	4-6	Lost 2
Oakland A's	124	68	56	0	.548	6.5	521	448	38-28	30-28	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	123	47	76	0	.382	27.0	470	558	23-36	24-40	5-5	Won 3
Milwaukee Brewers	125	46	78	1	.371	28.5	477	607	30-36	16-42	5-5	Lost 4
Chicago White Sox	126	44	82	0	.349	31.5	488	637	21-38	23-44	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	125	68	57	0	.544		571	530	40-27	28-30	4-6	Lost 2
New York Mets	122	65	57	0	.533	1.5	524	468	33-26	32-31	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	125	64	61	0	.512	4.0	630	548	40-28	24-33	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	124	58	66	0	.468	9.5	590	584	29-36	29-30	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	124	55	69	0	.444	12.5	447	570	27-31	28-38	2-8	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	124	54	70	0	.435	13.5	543	642	27-30	27-40	5-5	Won 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	126	82	44	0	.651		617	526	47-20	35-24	5-5	Lost 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	122	70	52	0	.574	10.0	597	496	29-29	41-23	7-3	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	123	62	61	0	.504	18.5	654	671	31-27	31-34	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	124	62	62	0	.500	19.0	582	590	36-29	26-33	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	124	56	68	0	.452	25.0	561	606	31-32	25-36	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	125	48	77	0	.384	33.5	544	629	23-36	25-41	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Angels 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Dave McNally became the first pitcher in the major leagues to win 19 games this season when the Orioles' ace lefthander shut out the Angels, 5-0. The victory was McNally's seventh straight, as well as the sixth in row for the Orioles. Brooks Robinson provided the big blow with a three-run homer in the third inning.

Yankees 4, White Sox 2 at Chicago (night game):
Jake Gibbs and Danny Cater collected five hits between them and figured in the scoring of three runs to lead the Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the White Sox, who suffered their 10th defeat in the last 12 games. A single by Cater, double by Jim Lyttle and single by Gibbs produced two runs in the second inning. After the Yankees added an unearned run in the third, Roy White walked, reached second on an infield out and scored on a single by Cater in the sixth.

Indians 6, A's 3 at Cleveland (night game):
A leg injury forced Sam McDowell to leave the game in the sixth inning, but the lefthander received credit for his 18th victory when the Indians defeated the Athletics, 6-3. Duke Sims staked McDowell to an early lead by hitting a homer with two men on base in the first inning. Roy Foster added a round-tripper in the sixth and Ted Uhlaender and Vada Pinson capped the Indians' scoring with boundary belts in the eighth.

Tigers 6, Brewers 4 at Detroit (night game):
Five unearned runs enabled the Tigers to defeat the Brewers, 6-4, as Les Cain recorded his 12th victory, high for a season in the young lefthander's career. The Tigers picked up their first tainted tally in the third inning and added four more unearned runs on three errors in the fourth. Al Kaline batted in a pair with a double. Danny Walton tripled with two men on base and Phil Roof hit a homer for the Brewers.

Royals 2, Red Sox 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Bob Oliver looped a single over the infield to score Amos Otis in the 12th inning and give the Royals a 2-1 victory over the Red Sox. Reggie Smith homered for the Red Sox run in the fourth and the Royals tied the score in their half on a walk to Otis, an infield out and a single by Ed Kirkpatrick. In the 12th, Cookie Rojas and Otis drew passes from Ken Brett and Lou Piniella bunted safely to load the bases. Sparky Lyle relieved and got Kirkpatrick to ground into a forceout at the plate, but after Gary Wagner took over as the third Red Sox pitcher of the inning, Oliver hit his single over the drawn-in infield.

Twins 4, Senators 3 at Minnesota (night game):
Tom Tischinski hit the first homer of his major league career in the seventh inning to break a 3-3 tie and carry the Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Senators. The crowd of 23,101 at the game boosted the Twins' attendance to 1,014,300, marking their 10th straight year over the million mark. The Senators built up a 3-0 lead before the Twins started their comeback with a run in the fourth inning on a triple by Cesar Tovar and sacrifice fly by Danny Thompson. The tying tallies followed in the sixth on a pinch-single by Jim Holt, the second triple of the game by Tovar and a single by Thompson.

Dodgers 2, Pirates 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
With the batting help of Bill Sudakis, who batted in both Dodger runs, Claude Osteen posted a 2-1 victory to beat the Pirates for the fourth straight time this season. Sudakis started the scoring with a homer in the second inning. After the Pirates picked up their run on singles by Matty Alou, Dave Cash and Roberto Clemente in the fifth, Manny Mota singled for the Dodgers in the sixth, took third on a single by Wes Parker and counted the deciding run on a two-out infield hit by Sudakis.

Expos 6, Braves 4 at Montreal (night game):
Homers by Bob Bailey, Rusty Staub and John Bateman helped Carl Morton gain his 15th victory as the Expos defeated the Braves, 6-4. However, the deciding hit for Expos came in the eighth inning when Bobby Wine drove in two runs with a single after three walks had loaded the bases. Hank Aaron batted in two runs for the Braves with a pair of singles, raising his career RBI total to 1,829 and putting him in eighth place ahead of Al Simmons on the all-time list. Morton was lifted in the eighth. Claude Raymond, who relieved, was kayoed in the ninth when Clete Boyer and Bob Tillman hit back-to-back homers. Howie Reed came in and retired the side to save the game.

Mets 4, Reds 1 at New York (night game):
Jerry Koosman, who had been bothered by arm trouble most of the year, turned in his first complete game since June 25 and only his third of the season to pitch the Mets to a 4-1 victory over the Reds. Koosman gave up seven hits, but the lefthander handcuffed the Reds' three leading batters, Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Johnny Bench, who went 0-for-12 against him. The Mets were helped to their victory by the wildness of Tony Cloninger, who forced in two runs with bases-loaded passes in the second inning. Bud Harrelson, the Mets' shortstop, committed two errors, ending his N. L. record-tying string of 54 straight games without a miscue. The crowd of 53,320 at the game was the Mets' 11th of the year over the 50,000 mark, setting an N. L. record, and pushed the club's gate for the season over 2,000,000.

[DH] Phillies 9, Astros 3 (night game) / Astros 9, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
Don Wilson, who yielded only three hits, pitched the Astros to a 9-1 victory in the second half of a twi-night doubleheader after the Phillies ended their six-game losing streak by winning the opener, 9-3. Ron Stone and Don Money paced the Phillies to their triumph. Stone batted in two runs with a pinch-single in the sixth when the Phillies scored four times, and Money homered with two men on base in the seventh. In the second game, Jesus Alou, Larry Howard and Doug Rader each collected three hits for the Astros and Jim Wynn contributed a homer.

Cardinals 14, Padres 8 at San Diego (night game):
The Cardinals, who enjoyed a pair of five-run innings, outscored the Padres, 14-8. Joe Torre homered with a man on base to cap the Cards' first five-run outburst in the sixth. After the Padres came back with five runs of their own in the seventh, the Redbirds clinched the decision with five in the eighth, two scoring on a double by Vic Davalillo, who delivered his 21st pinch hit of the season, one shy of the N. L. record shared by Sam Leslie of the 1932 New York Giants and Red Schoendienst, now manager of the Cardinals, who did it with the St. Louis club in 1962.

Giants 5, Cubs 1 at San Francisco (night game):
Frank Reberger, who said, "I guess it was my best game of the year," pitched the Giants to a 5-1 victory over the Cubs. Five different Giants batted in a run apiece against Bill Hands, who had not been able to beat the 'Frisco crew in six decisions dating back to September, 1968. Reberger gave up six hits and yielded the Cubs' run in the fourth inning when Billy Williams singled and Joe Pepitone doubled.