MLB standings through games of September 6, 1970

MLB standings at the end of September 6, 1970

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	139	89	50	0	.640		685	516	45-21	44-29	6-4	Lost 1
New York Yankees	140	79	60	1	.568	10.0	593	546	45-25	34-35	7-3	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	139	73	66	0	.525	16.0	606	613	38-30	35-36	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	138	71	67	0	.514	17.5	671	639	46-27	25-40	6-4	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	139	66	73	0	.475	23.0	558	587	36-31	30-42	4-6	Lost 3
Washington Senators	138	65	73	0	.471	23.5	557	573	38-34	27-39	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Minnesota Twins	136	81	55	0	.596		622	510	40-24	41-31	6-4	Won 3
California Angels	138	76	62	0	.551	6.0	548	531	37-34	39-28	4-6	Lost 3
Oakland A's	138	76	62	0	.551	6.0	586	501	44-28	32-34	8-2	Won 6
Milwaukee Brewers	138	52	85	1	.380	29.5	523	657	32-38	20-47	5-5	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	138	52	86	0	.377	30.0	505	622	27-41	25-45	3-7	Lost 5
Chicago White Sox	139	49	90	0	.353	33.5	545	704	26-42	23-48	3-7	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	138	74	64	0	.536		631	585	43-27	31-37	4-6	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	138	72	66	0	.522	2.0	710	587	43-30	29-36	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	137	71	66	0	.518	2.5	602	545	35-30	36-36	5-5	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	139	66	73	0	.475	8.5	654	649	31-41	35-32	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	138	63	75	0	.457	11.0	503	635	34-32	29-43	5-5	Lost 5
Montreal Expos	137	60	77	0	.438	13.5	601	702	31-36	29-41	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	141	90	51	0	.638		676	594	51-22	39-29	5-5	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	137	75	62	0	.547	13.0	640	562	31-35	44-27	3-7	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	138	71	67	0	.514	17.5	709	738	38-29	33-38	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	139	69	70	0	.496	20.0	649	653	40-32	29-38	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	138	65	73	0	.471	23.5	618	653	37-35	28-38	7-3	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	138	53	85	0	.384	35.5	591	681	25-41	28-44	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 9, Orioles 8 at Boston (day game):
A wild pitch by Pete Richert in the 11th inning allowed Tony Conigliaro to score and gave the Red Sox a 9-8 victory over the Orioles, who blew an early six-run lead. After Davey Johnson homered in the second, the Orioles scored five times on two hits, three walks, a hit batsman and an error in the fourth. The Red Sox began their comeback with a homer by George Scott in their half of the fourth and eventually went ahead, 7-6, when Billy Conigliaro hit for the circuit with two men on base in the seventh. A two-run homer by Elrod Hendricks put the Orioles back on top in eighth, but the Red Sox retaliated with the tying run on a single by Joe Lahoud, a sacrifice, an infield out and a single by Carl Yastrzemski. In the 11th, Tony Conigliaro was hit by a pitch and moved to third on a double by Rico Petrocelli. An intentional pass to Scott loaded the bases. Richert then uncorked his wild pitch with Billy Conigliaro at bat.

Twins 3, Angels 1 at California (day game):
With Cesar Tovar providing the batting punch, the Twins beat the Angels, 3-1, to complete the sweep of the three-game series and extend their West division lead to six lengths. Tovar homered after a pass to Rich Reese in the third inning and then doubled in the seventh to drive in George Mitterwald, who also had doubled. Tom Hall, who pitched for the Twins, was lifted in the ninth after Sandy Alomar walked and Jarvis Tatum singled. Ron Perranoski relieved and got Jim Fregosi and Alex Johnson on grounders, with Alomar scoring, before Billy Cowan flied out to end the game.

Yankees 4, Indians 1 at New York (day game):
Fritz Peterson gained his 17th victory, matching the lefthander's career high, when the Yankees defeated the Indians, 4-1. With the score tied, 1-1, Ron Woods batted in two runs with a triple in the eighth inning and then counted himself by kicking the ball out of catcher Duke Sims' glove after being caught in a rundown.

A's 7, Royals 1 at Oakland (day game):
Blue Moon Odom yielded only two hits in his first complete game since coming off the disabled list August 4 and smashed a homer as the Athletics extended their winning streak to six games by beating the Royals, 7-1. Reggie Jackson and Gene Tenace also homered for the A's, while Bill Sorrell accounted for the Royals' run with a circuit clout in the second inning. Jackson tied the score at 1-1 with a single in the fourth and Odom broke the deadlock with his round-tripper in the fifth. Jackson hit his homer in the sixth and Tenace connected with two men on base in the eighth.

Tigers 8, Senators 7 at Washington (day game):
Although Frank Howard collected five hits, including two homers, the Senators lost to the Tigers, 8-7, in 12 innings. Jim Northrup homered with two men on base to pace the Tigers to a 6-1 lead, but Howard connected for the circuit with a man on base in the fifth and tied the score with a three-run blast in the seventh. The Senators went on to add the leading run on a walk, a single by Aurelio Rodriguez and an error by Gates Brown on the hit, but the Tigers pulled even in the eighth with a walk, a single by Jim Price and an infield out. Norm Cash singled in the 12th and scored when Elliott Maddox doubled and Del Unser juggled the ball on the drive to right field.

Giants 1, Braves 0 at Atlanta (day game):
Gaylord Perry scattered four singles and posted his 19th victory for the Giants when Bobby Bonds homered off Ron Reed in the third inning to beat the Braves.

Reds 6, Padres 5 at Cincinnati (day game):
Two-run homers by Bobby Tolan and Johnny Bench in a seventh-inning explosion lifted the Reds to a 6-5 victory over the Padres. Ed Spiezio and Cito Gaston rapped round-trippers to help the Padres take a 4-2 lead before the Reds erupted. Dave Concepcion touched off the winning rally with a single and, after a forceout by Ty Cline, who batted for Jim McGlothlin, Tolan tied the score with his circuit clout. Pete Rose then walked and Bench homered for the winning blow. As a result, McGlothlin got credit for his first victory since July 4.

Dodgers 4, Astros 3 at Houston (day game):
The Dodgers came back after a rally by the Astros and scored in the ninth inning on singles by Billy Grabarkewitz, Tom Haller and Manny Mota to gain a 4-3 victory. The Dodgers had a 3-0 lead before the Astros tied the game in the eighth on a homer by Cesar Cedeno, single by Johnny Edwards and another homer by Norm Miller.

Pirates 4, Phillies 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Bob Robertson, who drove in two earlier runs with sacrifice flies, smashed a homer in the 10th inning to give the Pirates a 4-3 victory over the Phillies. Robertson hit his first sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the first inning. The Phillies came back with three runs in the third on doubles by Larry Bowa and Deron Johnson and singles by Don Money and Byron Browne, but the Pirates tied the score in the fifth with singles by Matty Alou, Richie Hebner, Al Oliver and Willie Stargell, plus Robertson's second sacrifice fly.

Cardinals 7, Expos 2 at St. Louis (day game):
Bob Gibson beat the Expos, 7-2, and reached the 20-victory mark for the fifth time, snapping the former Cardinals' club record held by Dizzy Dean, who won 20 or more games four times. Gibson yielded seven hits, while the Cardinals were held to only five. However, Joe Torre homered in the second inning and the Cardinals then erupted for their remaining tallies in the seventh. After two walks and a single by Ted Simmons loaded the bases, two runs counted on a throwing error by Jim Gosger. Gibson singled to add another pair and Lou Brock followed with a homer to wrap up the scoring.