MLB standings through games of August 28, 1970

MLB standings at the end of August 28, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	130	84	46	0	.646		636	480	44-20	40-26	8-2	Won 1
New York Yankees	131	73	57	1	.562	11.0	564	515	39-22	34-35	7-3	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	129	68	61	0	.527	15.5	561	558	37-29	31-32	5-5	Lost 4
Boston Red Sox	127	65	62	0	.512	17.5	588	574	42-23	23-39	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	130	63	67	0	.485	21.0	518	552	35-30	28-37	6-4	Won 1
Washington Senators	129	61	68	0	.473	22.5	516	536	35-30	26-38	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	128	75	53	0	.586		592	491	40-24	35-29	4-6	Lost 2
California Angels	130	73	57	0	.562	3.0	529	492	35-30	38-27	6-4	Lost 1
Oakland A's	130	69	61	0	.531	7.0	544	480	38-28	31-33	2-8	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	130	50	80	0	.385	26.0	488	584	26-40	24-40	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	132	49	82	1	.374	27.5	505	633	30-36	19-46	3-7	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	132	48	84	0	.364	29.0	509	655	25-40	23-44	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	130	70	60	0	.538		589	542	40-27	30-33	3-7	Lost 3
New York Mets	129	67	62	0	.519	2.5	555	501	35-30	32-32	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	132	68	64	0	.515	3.0	671	571	40-28	28-36	5-5	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	130	62	68	0	.477	8.0	619	604	29-36	33-32	6-4	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	130	60	70	0	.462	10.0	472	584	32-32	28-38	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	130	56	74	0	.431	14.0	562	668	29-34	27-40	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	133	85	48	0	.639		645	556	47-20	38-28	3-7	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	128	72	56	0	.562	10.5	612	520	31-33	41-23	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	129	66	63	0	.512	17.0	676	703	35-29	31-34	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	130	65	65	0	.500	18.5	608	617	36-29	29-36	6-4	Lost 2
Houston Astros	130	60	70	0	.462	23.5	580	624	32-32	28-38	6-4	Won 4
San Diego Padres	131	50	81	0	.382	34.0	562	661	25-40	25-41	3-7	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Brewers 2, Orioles 1 (night game) / Orioles 8, Brewers 4 at Baltimore (night game):
The four-hit pitching of Marty Pattin and a two-run double by Danny Walton combined to give the Brewers a 2-1 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Orioles came back to win the second game, 8-4, on the strength of a grand-slam homer by Don Buford. In the lidlifter, Walton delivered his decisive two-bagger in the sixth inning after a double by Russ Snyder and a pass to Mike Hegan. Elrod Hendricks homered for the Orioles' marker in the eighth. The Orioles wiped out a 4-2 deficit in the nightcap by exploding for five runs in the sixth. Merv Rettenmund drew a pass, stole second and reached third on a wild pitch before Brooks Robinson walked. Hendricks hit a sacrifice fly to score Rettenmund. A double by Davey Johnson kayoed Gene Brabender. Dave Baldwin, in relief, walked Boog Powell to load the bases, setting the stage for Buford's slam. Rettenmund added the last run with a round-tripper in the seventh.

Red Sox 5, White Sox 4 at Chicago (night game):
Rico Petrocelli started the Red Sox scoring with a homer in the second inning and Reggie Smith hit another round-tripper in the ninth to beat the White Sox, 5-4. In between those blows, the Red Sox scored three runs in the sixth. Tony Conigliaro walked, Petrocelli singled and George Scott was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Billy Conigliaro singled, scoring his brother, and when Carlos May fumbled the ball, Petrocelli also crossed the plate. After a pass to Jerry Moses, Mike Andrews drove in a run with an infield hit. Scott's homer in the ninth proved decisive when Bill Melton hit for the circuit with a man on base in the White Sox half.

[DH] Angels 3, Indians 2 (night game) / Indians 5, Angels 1 at Cleveland (night game):
After giving up a homer by Roger Repoz with one out in the first inning, Rich Hand pitched hitless ball the rest of the way and gained a 5-1 victory as the Indians split a twi-night doubleheader with the Angels, who won the first game, 3-2. Singles by Sandy Alomar, Repoz and Jim Fregosi in the eighth inning produced the Angels' winning run in the curtain-raiser. After Repoz hit his homer in the nightcap, the Indians bounced back with three runs in their half of the first inning, two scoring on a single by Eddie Leon. Hand batted in a run with a single in the fourth and Jack Heidemann wound up the scoring with a homer in the sixth.

A's 6, Tigers 2 at Detroit (night game):
Blue Moon Odom beat the Tigers for only the second time in his career, pitching 7 1/3 innings to receive credit for the Athletics' 6-2 victory. Odom's other decision over the Tigers came on July 30, 1966, when the A's were in Kansas City. Gene Tenace, Odom's receiver, drove in three runs with a single and double. Bert Campaneris added a homer to the Oakland attack. One of the Tigers' runs came on a circuit clout by Mickey Stanley.

[DH] Senators 2, Royals 1 (night game) / Royals 3, Senators 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Observing his 27th birthday, Lou Piniella batted in the Royals' run in a 2-1 loss to the Senators in the first game and then hit a homer with a man on base to win the second game, 3-1, in a split of a twi-night doubleheader. Amos Otis doubled and scored on a single by Piniella in the fourth inning of the opener, but the Senators came back with their pair in the fifth. Ed Brinkman and Jim French led off with singles. Dick Bosman, attempting to sacrifice, forced Brinkman at third, but Ed Stroud doubled to score French and Del Unser hit a sacrifice fly to plate Bosman with the winning run. Piniella's homer in the fourth inning of the second game followed a pass to Otis. After the Nats picked up their run in the sixth, the Royals regained their two-run margin in the home half when George Spriggs and Otis got triples.

[DH] Yankees 6, Twins 0 (night game) / Yankees 2, Twins 1 at New York (night game):
Getting great pitching from Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich, the Yankees beat the Twins in both ends of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-0 and 2-1. Peterson posted a shutout on a three-hitter and received his principal batting support from Gene Michael, who drove in three runs with a pair of singles. Kekich, pitching his first complete game of the season, followed with a five-hitter. The Yankees scored the winning run in the ninth. Bobby Murcer was safe on an error by Rich Reese, took second on a sacrifice, reached third on a grounder and raced home when Ron Perranoski uncorked a wild pitch.

Astros 2, Mets 1 at Houston (night game):
Continuing his mastery of the Mets, Wade Blasingame pitched the Astros to a 2-1 victory in a duel with Tom Seaver, who was the loser although allowing only three hits. Blasingame, who gave up four hits, beat the Mets for the second time since being recalled from the minors August 1 and for the ninth straight time in his career. The complete game was his first of the season. The Mets scored their run in the second inning on a triple by Donn Clendenon and single by Ron Swoboda. The Astros then bunched their hits off Seaver to score twice in the third on a safe bunt by Cesar Cedeno and Joe Foy's error on the play, a single by Jesus Alou and a double by Joe Morgan.

Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Jerry Reuss pitched a two-hitter and the Cardinals beat the Dodgers, 1-0, when Joe Torre smashed a homer off Don Sutton in the ninth inning. The two-hitter was the second in one month for Reuss, who registered his first in a 4-0 victory over the Expos August 9.

Expos 4, Reds 3 at Montreal (night game):
A single by Boots Day with two out in the 10th inning scored Mack Jones and gave the Expos a 4-3 victory over the Reds. Bob Bailey homered for the Expos in the second inning. The Reds tied the score at 3-3 in the eighth when Pete Rose singled and Bobby Tolan hit for the circuit. Jones walked to open the 10th and Don Hahn sacrificed. After advancing to third on an infield out by Jim Fairey, Jones crossed the plate on Day's single.

Phillies 5, Braves 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Phillies used four straight singles and a sacrifice fly to score three runs in fifth inning and defeated the Braves, 5-2. Terry Harmon, Ron Stone, Deron Johnson and Johnny Briggs rapped hits off Jim Nash while Don Money supplied a scoring fly. Larry Bowa, who stole three bases, provided another run with a theft of home after Hoyt Wilhelm replaced Nash in the sixth inning.

Cubs 8, Padres 4 at San Diego (night game):
Fergie Jenkins batted in two runs with a single to help himself to victory as the Cubs rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Padres, 8-4. Clay Kirby, who was leading Jenkins, 3-2, was lifted in the eighth after walking Billy Williams. Paul Doyle faced only one batter, Joe Pepitone, who singled. As it turned out, that was enough to pin the defeat on Doyle in his first decision with the Padres since being obtained from the Angels. After Tom Dukes relieved, Jim Hickman singled to load the bases and Ron Santo walked to force in the tying run. Johnny Callison followed with a sacrifice fly, scoring Pepitone with the go-ahead marker. Following an intentional pass to J.C. Martin, Jenkins hit his single. A wild pitch by Ron Willis allowed Martin to cross the plate.

Giants 5, Pirates 1 at San Francisco (night game):
Juan Marichal became the second active pitcher in the major leagues with 200 career victories, joining Jim Bunning of the Phillies, when the Giants defeated the Pirates, 5-1. Dick Dietz led the Giants' attack in support of Marichal, driving in two runs with a pair of singles. The victory was the sixth straight for Marichal, who yielded the Pirates' lone run on a homer by Manny Sanguillen in the seventh inning.