MLB standings through games of August 30, 1970

MLB standings at the end of August 30, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	132	85	47	0	.644		644	486	45-21	40-26	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	133	74	58	1	.561	11.0	570	520	40-23	34-35	6-4	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	131	69	62	0	.527	15.5	569	568	38-30	31-32	4-6	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	130	67	63	0	.515	17.0	622	599	42-23	25-40	5-5	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	132	64	68	0	.485	21.0	541	563	36-31	28-37	6-4	Lost 1
Washington Senators	131	62	69	0	.473	22.5	530	544	35-30	27-39	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	130	76	54	0	.585		597	497	40-24	36-30	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	132	74	58	0	.561	3.0	540	515	35-30	39-28	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	132	70	62	0	.530	7.0	554	488	38-28	32-34	3-7	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	132	51	81	0	.386	26.0	496	598	27-41	24-40	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	134	50	83	1	.376	27.5	511	641	30-36	20-47	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	135	49	86	0	.363	29.5	534	689	26-42	23-44	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	133	70	63	0	.526		602	561	40-27	30-36	2-8	Lost 6
Chicago Cubs	133	69	64	0	.519	1.0	674	571	40-28	29-36	6-4	Won 3
New York Mets	131	67	64	0	.511	2.0	568	519	35-30	32-34	3-7	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	132	64	68	0	.485	5.5	624	607	29-36	35-32	7-3	Won 4
Philadelphia Phillies	132	62	70	0	.470	7.5	486	595	34-32	28-38	8-2	Won 4
Montreal Expos	132	57	75	0	.432	12.5	570	673	30-35	27-40	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	135	86	49	0	.637		650	564	47-20	39-29	4-6	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	130	72	58	0	.554	11.5	615	525	31-35	41-23	4-6	Lost 3
San Francisco Giants	132	69	63	0	.523	15.5	695	716	38-29	31-34	8-2	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	132	65	67	0	.492	19.5	619	631	36-29	29-38	4-6	Lost 4
Houston Astros	132	62	70	0	.470	22.5	598	637	34-32	28-38	7-3	Won 6
San Diego Padres	132	50	82	0	.379	34.5	562	664	25-41	25-41	3-7	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Brewers 5, Orioles 2 at Baltimore (night game):
Tommy Harper and Mike Hegan hit homers and Roberto Pena stole home as the Brewers beat the Orioles. 5-2. Harper connected with a man on base in the third inning and Hegan led off with a solo shot in the fifth. Bob Burda walked and scored on a double by Pena, who took third on the throw to the plate. Pena then stole home. Davey Johnson hit a homer for the Orioles.

[DH] Red Sox 21, White Sox 11 (day game) / Red Sox 4, White Sox 1 at Chicago (day game):
After going on a scoring spree to win the first game, 21-11, the Red Sox settled down to more reasonable baseball and also took the second game, 4-1, to complete the sweep of a doubleheader with the White Sox. Mike Andrews, Reggie Smith and George Scott each had four of the 22 hits by the Red Sox in the wild opener and drove in four runs apiece. Carl Yastrzemski and Scott smashed homers. In the second inning, when the Red Sox sent 12 men to bat and scored eight runs, Scott accounted for three with a bases-loaded double. The White Sox pulled within three runs at 13-10, but the Red Sox added a pair in the eighth and finished off with six more runs in the ninth. Rico Petrocelli batted in two runs with a homer and sacrifice fly in the nightcap and Andrews produced two with a homer to back up the five-hit pitching of Mike Nagy.

Angels 10, Indians 9 at Cleveland (day game):
Two wild pitches decided a battle of nine homers and enabled the Angels to defeat the Indians, 10-9. Alex Johnson, Jay Johnstone, Bill Voss, Sandy Alomar and Ken McMullen rapped round-trippers for the Angels, while the Indians had circuit clouts by Chuck Hinton, Graig Nettles, Vada Pinson and Ray Fosse. Johnson, who homered with a man on base in the first inning, drove in two more runs with a single in the sixth to put the Angels ahead, 9-8. What proved to be the winning run followed in the eighth when Alomar singled, moved to second on a bunt by Roger Repoz and then took third and scored on wild pitches by Dennis Higgins.

Tigers 6, A's 5 at Detroit (day game):
The Tigers ended their five-game losing streak by rallying for two runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Athletics, 6-5. The A's tied the league record for most successful pinch-hitters in one game, getting singles by John Donaldson, Steve Hovley and Felipe Alou and a homer by Reggie Jackson. Gene Tenace also homered for the A's. Bill Freehan, playing his last game before going into the hospital for back surgery, opened the Tigers' eighth with a single and, after a sacrifice, scored the tying run on a double by Elliott Maddox. One out later, Dick McAuliffe singled to drive in the winning run.

Royals 4, Senators 3 at Kansas City (day game):
With two out in the eighth inning, Bob Oliver walked and Bill Sorrell followed with a homer to give the Royals a 4-3 victory over the Senators. Oliver drove in a run with a double in the fourth, but the Nats held a 3-1 lead before the Royals added an unearned run in the seventh.

Yankees 5, Twins 2 at New York (day game):
Roy White hit the first grand-slam homer of his major league career to provide the Yankees with a 5-2 victory over the Twins. A double by Paul Ratliff drove in the Twins' runs in the second inning. Jake Gibbs hit a homer for the Yankees in the third and then led off the fifth with a single. Jerry Kenney walked. Steve Kline, trying to sacrifice, forced Gibbs, but Frank Baker drew a pass to load the bases, setting the stage for White's wallop off Bert Blyleven.

Astros 9, Mets 5 at Houston (day game):
Jim Wynn and Denis Menke hit two homers apiece to power the Astros to a 9-5 victory over the Mets, who suffered their seventh defeat in the last nine games. The victory was the Astros' sixth straight. Wynn homered after Jesus Alou walked in the first inning and connected again after Joe Morgan singled in the third. Wynn also got credit for a fifth RBI by drawing a walk with the bases loaded in the sixth. Menke homered following a pass to Morgan in the fifth and added a solo swat in the seventh. Donn Clendenon homered with two men on base for the Mets.

Cardinals 2, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (day game):
Leron Lee homered after a single by Jose Cardenal in the second inning to enable Steve Carlton to pitch the Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers. Carlton gave up a homer by Andy Kosco in the fifth, but the lefthander allowed only two other hits in gaining his seventh victory against 18 defeats.

Expos 5, Reds 1 at Montreal (day game):
The Expos showed no respect for 20-game winner Jim Merritt and defeated the Reds, 5-1, behind the six-hit flinging of Steve Renko. Rusty Staub tagged Merritt for a homer in the first inning. Ater Lee May provided the Reds' run with a circuit clout in the second, the Expos broke away with three in the fourth on a single by Adolfo Phillips, an error, a double by John Bateman and a single by John Boccabella. Phillips walked in the fifth and counted the last run on a double by Bob Bailey.

Phillies 4, Braves 2 at Philadelphia (day game):
Making his 60th relief appearance of the season, Dick Selma choked off a threat in the eighth inning and saved the Phillies' 4-2 victory over the Braves. Barry Lersch was lifted with two out after Orlando Cepeda doubled and Rico Carty walked. Selma passed Bob Aspromonte to load the bases, but retired Hal King and then set down the Braves in the ninth. The Phillies counted twice in the first inning on singles by Larry Bowa and Tony Taylor, an error by Mike Lum on Taylor's hit and a single by Johnny Briggs. Taylor tripled in the third and crossed the plate on an infield out by Ron Stone. Mike Compton drove in a run with a single in the sixth. Bob Tillman and Lum homered for the Braves' tallies.

Cubs 3, Padres 0 at San Diego (day game):
The Cubs moved ahead of the Mets into second place in the East division, one game behind the Pirates, when Joe Pepitone homered with two men on base in the ninth inning to beat the Padres, 3-0. Bill Hands was wrapped in a duel with Dave Roberts until Ron Santo and Jim Hickman walked and Pepitone drove a pitch into the right field bleachers. As a result, Roberts, who turned in the first complete game of his major league career, wound up with his ninth straight defeat.

[DH] Giants 7, Pirates 3 (day game) / Giants 2, Pirates 1 at San Francisco (day game):
The losing streak of the Pirates was extended to six games when they were defeated in a doubleheader by the Giants, 7-3 and 2-1, cutting their East division lead to one game over the Cubs and two games over the Mets. The Pirates scored two runs in the first inning of the opener, but the Giants came back with three in their half on a double by Bobby Bonds, single by Willie Mays, double by Willie McCovey and single by Ken Henderson. McCovey homered in the third and scored after drawing a walk in the fifth when the Giants added two runs. A single by Hal Lanier and Bonds' second double of the game accounted for another tally in the sixth. Ron Bryant pitched the first complete game of his major league carer for vGiants in the nightcap. With the score tied, 1-1, Jim Ray Hart doubled in the eighth, moved to third on a bunt by Tito Fuentes and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by John Stephenson.