MLB standings at the end of August 24, 1970

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	125	80	45	0	.640		611	468	40-19	40-26	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	127	69	57	1	.548	11.5	551	513	37-22	32-35	5-5	Lost 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

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
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	126	49	77	0	.389	25.5	483	576	25-37	24-40	5-5	Won 2
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

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
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	128	66	62	0	.516	4.5	652	554	40-28	26-34	6-4	Won 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	126	55	71	0	.437	14.5	547	649	28-31	27-40	6-4	Lost 1

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Cincinnati Reds	129	84	45	0	.651		631	538	47-20	37-25	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	125	70	55	0	.560	12.0	600	513	29-32	41-23	4-6	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	125	63	62	0	.504	19.0	658	689	32-28	31-34	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	126	63	63	0	.500	19.5	589	594	36-29	27-34	6-4	Won 1
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:

Royals 8, Yankees 7 at Kansas City (night game):
Led by Paul Schaal and Tom Matchick, who batted in seven runs between them, the Royals defeated the Yankees for the first time in 10 meetings this season, 8-7. Matchick plated three runs with a double in the second inning. Schaal accounted for two with a triple in the third and added two more with a bases-loaded single in the fifth. Hawk Taylor followed with a single to drive in what proved to be the winning run.

Cubs 4, Dodgers 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Joe Pepitone homered after a single by Billy Williams in the fourth inning to start the Cubs off to a 4-2 victory over the Dodgers. The Cubs added the other pair in the sixth on singles by Jim Hickman and Pepitone, a sacrifice fly by Ron Santo, single by Johnny Callison and an error by Bill Sudakis on an attempted pickoff at third base.

Braves 6, Expos 0 at Montreal (night game):
The Expos were held to three hits by George Stone and their five-game winning streak came to an end with a 6-0 loss to the Braves. Mike Lum homered on Bill Stoneman's first pitch of the game. The Braves then failed to score again until the seventh when two errors opened the way for five unearned runs.