MLB standings through games of August 23, 1970

MLB standings at the end of August 23, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	125	80	45	0	.640		611	468	40-19	40-26	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	126	69	56	1	.552	11.0	544	505	37-22	32-34	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	125	68	57	0	.544	12.0	546	530	37-25	31-32	7-3	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	123	63	60	0	.512	16.0	580	558	42-23	21-37	6-4	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	125	61	64	0	.488	19.0	500	528	33-27	28-37	5-5	Won 4
Washington Senators	125	60	65	0	.480	20.0	509	525	35-30	25-35	7-3	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	123	73	50	0	.593		579	480	38-23	35-27	4-6	Lost 2
California Angels	125	69	56	0	.552	5.0	503	472	35-30	34-26	5-5	Lost 1
Oakland A's	126	68	58	0	.540	6.5	532	462	38-28	30-30	2-8	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	125	48	77	0	.384	26.0	475	569	24-37	24-40	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	127	46	80	1	.365	28.5	479	613	30-36	16-44	4-6	Lost 6
Chicago White Sox	129	46	83	0	.357	30.0	498	646	23-39	23-44	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	127	70	57	0	.551		584	531	40-27	30-30	6-4	Won 2
New York Mets	125	66	59	0	.528	3.0	536	482	34-28	32-31	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	127	65	62	0	.512	5.0	648	552	40-28	25-34	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	126	60	66	0	.476	9.5	605	591	29-36	31-30	5-5	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	126	57	69	0	.452	12.5	453	571	29-31	28-38	3-7	Won 2
Montreal Expos	125	55	70	0	.440	14.0	547	643	28-30	27-40	6-4	Won 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	129	84	45	0	.651		631	538	47-20	37-25	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	124	70	54	0	.565	11.5	598	509	29-31	41-23	5-5	Lost 2
San Francisco Giants	125	63	62	0	.504	19.0	658	689	32-28	31-34	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	125	62	63	0	.496	20.0	583	594	36-29	26-34	6-4	Lost 2
Houston Astros	126	56	70	0	.444	26.5	562	612	31-32	25-38	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	127	48	79	0	.378	35.0	551	644	23-38	25-41	2-8	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Angels 5 at Baltimore (night game):
After failing to hold a 5-1 lead, the Orioles scored a run in the ninth inning to defeat the Angels, 6-5, and hand Mike Cuellar his 19th victory. A homer by Curt Motton helped the Orioles to their early advantage. The Angels began their comeback with a homer by Roger Repoz in the third and added two runs on a single by Joe Azcue and doubles by Billy Cowan and Sandy Alomar in the seventh. Ken McMullen singled in the eighth and Jim Spencer hit for the circuit to tie the score. In the ninth, Mark Belanger singled, Bobby Grich beat out a bunt and Paul Blair singled to drive in the winning run.

[DH] White Sox 2, Yankees 0 (day game) / Yankees 7, White Sox 5 at Chicago (day game):
The Yankees, who collected only four hits off Tommy John and lost the first game of a doubleheader, 2-0, came back to beat the White Sox in the second game, 7-5, Both Chicago runs in the lidlifter were virtual gifts, one resulting from an error in the third inning and the other scoring when Ken Berry was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth. Jim Lyttle, who had four hits, led the Yankees to their victory in the nightcap. The rookie outfielder batted in three runs, scored one and helped set up two others. Duane Josephson, Bill Melton and Syd O'Brien homered to produce the White Sox markers. O'Brien connected with two aboard in the ninth.

Indians 8, A's 6 at Cleveland (day game):
A double by Eddie Leon plated two runs in the eighth inning to provide the Indians an 8-6 victory in their sweep of a three-game series with the Athletics. The A's had homers by Gene Tenace, Blue Moon Odom, Rick Monday and Don Mincher, each with the bases empty, while the Indians got a three-run smash from Graig Nettles and a solo swat by Jack Heidemann. With the score tied, 6-6, singles by Ray Fosse and Duke Sims set the stage for Leon's winning double.

Tigers 1, Brewers 0 at Detroit (day game):
The tremendous relief pitching of Tom Timmerman, who inherited a bases-loaded, none-out situation in the ninth inning, saved the Tigers' 1-0 victory over the Brewers. Mickey Lolich, who started for the Motor City crew, allowed only two hits and struck out 14 before walking Jerry McNertney and Roberto Pena and plinking Bernie Smith with a pitch to load the bases in the ninth. After Timmerman took over, Ted Kubiak forced pinch-runner Russ Snyder at the plate, Tommy Harper struck out and Dave May grounded out. The Tigers' run counted in the sixth on a walk to Dick McAuliffe and a two-out double by Jim Northrup.

Royals 4, Red Sox 3 at Kansas City (day game):
Bob Johnson pitched a two-hitter and struck out 12, setting a Royals' club record, to mark a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox. The Royals had to come from behind to gain their decision after a walk, an error and a homer by Tony Conigliaro gave the Red Sox a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning. Ed Kirkpatrick cut the deficit with a circuit clout in the fifth and Bob Oliver batted in the tying and winning runs with a triple after Amos Otis and Kirkpatrick walked in the seventh.

Senators 11, Twins 1 at Minnesota (day game):
Frank Howard and Del Unser smashed three-run homers in support of Dick Bosman, who doled out only six hits and pitched the Senators to an 11-1 victory over the Twins. Howard started the scoring with his wallop in the first inning. The Nats made it 6-0 in the third on a two-run triple by Jim French and an infield out. Unser whacked his homer in the sixth. After the Twins averted the shutout with a double by Jim Holt and a single by Leo Cardenas in the seventh, the Senators added their final pair in the eighth on a walk, a triple by Aurelio Rodriguez and a single by Ed Brinkman.

Pirates 11, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (day game):
Roberto Clemente, collecting five hits for the second straight day, set a major league record for the most hits in two consecutive games, 10, to lead the Pirates in an 11-0 trouncing of the Dodgers. Clemente smashed a homer, double and three singles in six trips. The Pirates piled up a total of 23 hits, the high for any game in the N. L. this season.

[DH] Mets 5, Reds 4 (day game) / Reds 7, Mets 5 at New York (night game):
A three-run rally in the ninth inning, climaxed by a pass with the bases loaded, gave the Mets a 5-4 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but a three-run homer by pinch-hitter Jimmy Stewart and the strikeout pitching of Don Gullett enabled the Reds to win the second game, 7-5. Tommie Agee hit two homers for the Mets in the lidlifter to account for their only runs before the ninth-inning rally. Johnny Bench connected with a man on base for the Reds. In the ninth, Ken Singleton and Agee singled. When Wayne Granger threw wildly on a bunt by Bud Harrelson, Singleton scored. Art Shamsky followed with a single, plating Al Weis, who ran for Agee. Wayne Garrett walked and, after Ron Swoboda struck out, Joe Foy drew a pass on four pitches to force in the winning run. In the nightcap, Tom Seaver failed in his third successive bid for his 19th victory when Stewart smashed his homer in the seventh inning to wipe out the Mets' 5-4 lead. Gullett, who pitched the last four frames for the Reds and did not permit a baserunner, set the Mets down on strikes in the sixth and seventh innings to tie the N. L. record for most consecutive strikeouts by a relief pitcher.

Phillies 4, Astros 0 at Philadelphia (day game):
Deron Johnson hit homer and a single, driving in three runs, and Rick Wise, Joe Hoerner and Dick Selma combined to pitch the Phillies to a 4-0 victory over the Astros. Hoerner replaced Wise with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh inning and retired pinch-hitter Larry Howard on a pop fly. Selma set down the side in the ninth after the Astros put two men on base against Hoerner.

Cardinals 8, Padres 7 at San Diego (day game):
Jose Cardenal drove in five runs, including two with a single in the ninth inning when the Cardinals rallied for three runs to defeat the Padres, 8-7. Cardenal homered in the fourth, doubled in the sixth and walked with the bases loaded in the eighth to account for his first three RBIs of the game. Nate Colbert and Dave Campbell hit homers for the Padres, who went ahead in the eighth, 7-5, with three runs on a pass to Steve Huntz with the bases loaded and a single by Ollie Brown. In the ninth, after a safe bunt by Vic Davalillo and a forceout by Lou Brock, Julian Javier and Joe Hague singled to produce one run. Then, after Milt Ramirez walked to load the bases, Cardenal capped his big day with the deciding single.

Giants 4, Cubs 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Juan Marichal gained his fifth straight victory when the Giants took advantage of two errors and scored two runs in the ninth inning to beat the Cubs, 4-3. Ron Santo homered for the Cubs, but then made a wild throw that helped lose the game. Dick Dietz opened the ninth with a double and Jim Ray Hart was safe on Santo's error. Ron Hunt struck out and when John Stephenson grounded to Santo, pinch-runner Don Mason was thrown out at the plate. Bobby Bonds followed with a grounder to Don Kessinger, who booted the ball. Frank Johnson singled to drive in the tying and winning runs.