MLB standings through games of September 2, 1970

MLB standings at the end of September 2, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	135	86	49	0	.637		658	495	45-21	41-28	6-4	Lost 2
New York Yankees	136	76	59	1	.563	10.0	579	534	42-24	34-35	7-3	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	135	71	64	0	.526	15.0	588	595	38-30	33-34	3-7	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	134	69	65	0	.515	16.5	649	618	44-25	25-40	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	135	65	70	0	.481	21.0	550	575	36-31	29-39	4-6	Lost 1
Washington Senators	134	64	70	0	.478	21.5	542	553	37-31	27-39	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	132	78	54	0	.591		608	498	40-24	38-30	5-5	Won 2
California Angels	134	75	59	0	.560	4.0	543	520	36-31	39-28	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	134	72	62	0	.537	7.0	562	494	40-28	32-34	4-6	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	134	52	82	0	.388	27.0	501	601	27-41	25-41	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	136	50	85	1	.370	29.5	512	652	30-38	20-47	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	137	49	88	0	.358	31.5	540	697	26-42	23-46	4-6	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	135	71	64	0	.526		617	575	40-27	31-37	3-7	Lost 1
New York Mets	134	70	64	0	.522	0.5	590	530	35-30	35-34	4-6	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	135	70	65	0	.519	1.0	693	576	41-29	29-36	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	135	64	71	0	.474	7.0	635	629	29-39	35-32	5-5	Lost 3
Philadelphia Phillies	134	63	71	0	.470	7.5	491	614	34-32	29-39	8-2	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	134	58	76	0	.433	12.5	584	688	31-36	27-40	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	137	87	50	0	.635		655	569	48-21	39-29	4-6	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	133	74	59	0	.556	11.0	627	534	31-35	43-24	4-6	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	134	70	64	0	.522	15.5	700	721	38-29	32-35	8-2	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	135	66	69	0	.489	20.0	628	643	37-31	29-38	4-6	Won 1
Houston Astros	134	63	71	0	.470	22.5	601	640	35-33	28-38	7-3	Won 1
San Diego Padres	134	51	83	0	.381	34.5	565	667	25-41	26-42	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Tigers 6, Red Sox 4 (day game) / Red Sox 10, Tigers 1 at Boston (night game):
Two unearned runs in the eighth inning enabled the Tigers to win the day game, 6-4, but the Red Sox breezed to a 10-1 victory in the night game behind the three-hit pitching of Cal Koonce, who turned in his first A. L. route-going performance. Don Pavletich hit a bases-loaded triple for the Red Sox in the sunshine contest, but the score was tied, 4-4, when Cesar Gutierrez singled for the Tigers in the eighth. After two out, George Scott failed to come up with a grounder by Ike Brown, Gutierrez scoring. Brown took second on a balk and, following a pass to Al Kaline, Jim Northrup singled to plate an insurance run. Gene Lamont, a catcher called up from Toledo (International), accounted for the Tigers' run in the nightcap as the 39th rookie to hit a homer in his first major league time at bat. Rico Petrocelli drove in three runs with a double in the Red Sox attack, Carl Yastrzemski hit a homer and Koonce batted in two runs with a single for his second hit of the season.

Angels 3, Royals 1 at California (night game):
Alex Johnson collected three singles, driving in two runs, and Clyde Wright gained his 19th victory with the help of Andy Messersmith as the Angels defeated the Royals, 3-1. Wright gave up the Royals' run in the second inning on singles by Ed Kirkpatrick, Ellie Rodriguez and Rich Severson. Singles by Joe Azcue, Sandy Alomar and Tony Gonzalez produced the tying run for the Angels in the third. After Alomar stole his 32nd base of the season, Johnson sent the Angels ahead with a single. The last run followed in the fifth when Jim Fregosi doubled and Johnson singled.

Yankees 3, Orioles 2 at New York (day game):
After being held to three singles by Dave McNally, the Yankees erupted with two out in the seventh inning and scored three runs to defeat the Orioles' 21-game winner, 3-2. Singles by Ron Woods, Ron Hansen and Gene Michael produced the first run. After a pass to Bobby Murcer loaded the bases, Horace Clarke came through with a two-run double. The paid attendance of 20,008 at the game put the Yankees over the million mark for the 25th consecutive season.

A's 2, White Sox 1 at Oakland (night game):
The White Sox played their first game under Jimmy Adair as interim manager, succeeding Don Gutteridge, and lost to the Athletics, 2-1. The White Sox scored in the second inning on a single by Duane Josephson, forceout by Ken Berry, two wild pitches by Blue Moon Odom and an error by Bert Campaneris. Odom accounted for his own tying run in the third, stretching a bloop hit into a double, stealing third and continuing home on a two-out triple by Campaneris.

Senators 4, Indians 1 at Washington (night game):
Manager Alvin Dark's strategy backfired on two occasions as the Indians lost to the Senators, 4-1. Dark ordered Sam McDowell to walk Frank Howard intentionally on the slugger's first three trips to the plate. After Howard accepted the Annie Oakley for the third time in the fifth inning, Rick Reichardt and Aurelio Rodriguez singled and McDowell uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Howard to score. In the sixth, Ed Brinkman walked and Wayne Comer singled with one out. Dark moved McDowell to first base and brought Dean Chance to the mound. Howard grounded to McDowell, but Chance failed to cover first base and Howard was credited with an infield hit, loading the bases. Ed Brinkman scored on Reichardt's forceout of Howard. Comer kept running and also crossed the plate from second base when the Indians failed in an attempt to complete the double play.

Braves 4, Dodgers 3 at Atlanta (night game):
A grand-slam homer by Hal King, together with the shutout relief pitching of Hoyt Wilhelm, enabled the Braves to snap their six-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers. In the first inning, Mike Lum singled, Felix Millan beat out an infield hit, Hank Aaron forced Millan and Rico Carty walked with two out to fill the bases for King's clout. The Dodgers rallied against Jim Nash and scored their runs on singles by Willie Davis and Wes Parker and a homer by Tom Haller. When Jim Lefebvre and Willie Crawford also singled with none out, Wilhelm relieved and pitched the rest of the way to gain credit for the victory.

Cubs 17, Phillies 2 at Chicago (day game):
Starting with four runs in the first inning, the Cubs went on a scoring spree and overwhelmed the Phillies, 17-2, with 20 hits that included homers by Joe Pepitone, Randy Hundley, Milt Pappas and Cleo James. In the first, Glenn Beckert singled and scored on a double by Jim Hickman. Ron Santo walked and Pepitone followed up with his homer. Hundley connected with two aboard and Pappas added his round-tripper when the Cubs piled up eight runs in the fourth. Bob Miller, who was obtained from the White Sox, replaced Pappas in the ninth with a 17-1 lead and received credit for a cheap save, although giving up a homer by Oscar Gamble.

Reds 2, Giants 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Gary Nolan, who drove in the Reds' runs with a single and a sacrifice fly, beat the Giants, 2-0, with a helping hand from Wayne Granger, who retired the final batter with two men on base in the ninth inning. The Reds not only stopped the Giants on their five-game winning streak, but also snapped a personal six-game winning string spun by Juan Marichal. Singles by Tommy Helms, Darrel Chaney and Nolan produced the Reds' initial run in the second inning. Nolan came up again with the bases loaded in the fourth and hit his sacrifice fly.

Astros 2, Padres 1 at Houston (night game):
A homer by Jim Wynn after Cesar Cedeno singled in the fourth inning carried the Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Padres. Wade Blasingame, pitching for the Astros, had a shutout in the works until Ollie Brown homered with two out in the ninth. When Blasingame walked Nate Colbert, the Padres' next batter, Fred Gladding relieved and struck out Ed Spiezio to end the game.

Expos 10, Pirates 7 at Montreal (night game):
John Boccabella, who entered the game as a substitute catcher in the ninth inning, came to bat in the Expos' half and smashed a three-run homer to beat the Pirates, 10-7. Gene Alley hit an inside-the-park drive for the first grand-slam homer of his career when the Pirates exploded for six runs in the sixth inning to take a 6-1 lead. The Expos picked up a pair in their half and went ahead with four in the eighth when Boots Day doubled to drive in two runs and Bobby Wine singled to plate two more. Bob Robertson hit a pinch-homer for the Pirates to tie the score in the ninth, but Jim Fairey and Bob Bailey drew walks from Joe Gibbon in the Expos' half and, after Bruce Dal Canton relieved, Boccabella belted his homer.

Mets 7, Cardinals 3 at St. Louis (night game):
Tom Seaver, who had lost four straight starts and five out of his last six, bounced back with a 7-3 victory over the Cardinals and set a Mets' club record by pitching his 19th complete game of the season. Tommie Agee and Donn Clendenon drove in two runs apiece and Agee also scored twice in the Mets' attack. Seaver picked up an RBI by drawing a pass with the bases loaded in the sixth inning.