MLB standings through games of April 17, 1971

MLB standings at the end of April 17, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	9	7	2	0	.778		42	26	5-2	2-0	7-2	Lost 1
New York Yankees	10	5	5	0	.500	2.5	36	30	2-1	3-4	5-5	Won 1
Washington Senators	10	5	5	0	.500	2.5	40	40	4-4	1-1	5-5	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	9	4	5	0	.444	3.0	51	51	1-0	3-5	4-5	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	7	3	4	0	.429	3.0	30	36	3-3	0-1	3-4	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	10	4	6	0	.400	3.5	44	52	2-1	2-5	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
California Angels	11	7	4	0	.636		36	27	1-2	6-2	7-3	Won 6
Oakland A's	12	7	5	0	.583	0.5	46	52	2-3	5-2	7-3	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	9	5	4	0	.556	1.0	23	22	2-3	3-1	5-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	11	5	6	0	.455	2.0	37	42	1-3	4-3	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	11	4	7	0	.364	3.0	36	39	2-7	2-0	3-7	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	11	4	7	0	.364	3.0	32	36	1-5	3-2	4-6	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	10	6	4	0	.600		39	25	2-0	4-4	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	7	4	3	0	.571	0.5	12	16	4-2	0-1	4-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	11	6	5	0	.545	0.5	53	36	2-3	4-2	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	6	3	3	0	.500	1.0	20	24	2-0	1-3	3-3	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	11	4	7	0	.364	2.5	32	54	1-1	3-6	3-7	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	9	3	6	0	.333	2.5	38	43	3-4	0-2	3-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	11	9	2	0	.818		57	27	5-0	4-2	8-2	Won 6
Atlanta Braves	10	6	4	0	.600	2.5	43	47	2-4	4-0	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	13	7	6	0	.538	3.0	49	43	5-2	2-4	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	12	5	7	0	.417	4.5	42	48	4-5	1-2	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	8	3	5	0	.375	4.5	29	26	0-2	3-3	3-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	10	3	7	0	.300	5.5	31	56	1-5	2-2	3-7	Lost 4

Today's scores and summaries:

Yankees 5, Orioles 3 at Baltimore (night game):
After rallying to tie the game in the ninth inning, the Yankees scored two runs in the 10th and defeated the Orioles, 5-3. Dave McNally, who started for the Orioles, was lifted in the ninth after Danny Cater and John Ellis singled. Pete Richert passed Bobby Murcer to load the bases and the Yankees' tying run then scored on a forceout by Ron Woods. In the 10th, Horace Clarke walked before Richert gave way to Eddie Watt. After a wild pitch and an infield out, Clarke scored on an infield hit by Felipe Alou, who then stole second and counted an insurance run on a single by Cater.

White Sox 4, A's 0 at Chicago (day game):
Tom Bradley broke the seven-game losing streak of the White Sox by pitching a four-hitter to defeat the Athletics, 4-0. In the second inning, after Bill Melton and Rich McKinney singled, Rick Reichardt forced Melton at third and McKinney was caught between third and home on a single by Jay Johnstone. However, Ed Herrmann came through with a double, driving in Ed Stroud, who ran for Reichardt, and Johnstone. Bradley then singled to score Herrmann. The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for the A's.

Senators 5, Indians 3 at Cleveland (day game):
A surprise bunt by slugger Frank Howard triggered a four-run rally by the Senators in the seventh inning and led to a 5-3 victory over the Indians. After Howard's safe bunt and a single by Tommy McCraw, Jim French forced McCraw, but Tim Cullen singled to score Howard. Richie Scheinblum hit a grounder and all hands were safe when the Indians failed in an attempted forceout of Cullen. Bernie Allen walked, forcing in French. Curt Flood beat out an infield hit, scoring Cullen. Dick Billings then hit a sacrifice fly, allowing Scheinblum to cross the plate with the final run.

Tigers 10, Red Sox 9 at Detroit (day game):
Willie Horton, who hit two homers, including a grand slam earlier in the game, singled with the bases loaded and two out in the 10th inning to give the Tigers a 10-9 victory in a wild and wooly encounter with the Red Sox. Horton hit his grand slam in the third inning as the Tigers rallied for five runs after trailing, 7-1. In the seventh, the Tigers tied the score at 9-9 when Jim Northrup, Norm Cash and Horton homered in succession. Tom Timmermann, who pitched four scoreless innings in relief for the Tigers, walked to open the 10th. Dick McAuliffe, attempting to bunt, popped to Rico Petrocelli, who then threw wildly in an attempt at a double play, allowing Timmermann to reach third. After two intentional passes loaded the bases, Mickey Stanley popped up, but Horton came through with the winning single for his fifth hit of the game.

Royals 5, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (day game):
With help from Ted Abernathy, who retired the last two batters, Dick Drago was the winner when the Royals defeated the Brewers, 5-3. Drago had a four-hitter going into the ninth inning but had to leave the mound after the Brewers rallied for two runs on a single by Tommy Harper, a triple by Mike Hegan and a sacrifice fly by Dave May. Ed Kirkpatrick and Amos Otis homered in the Royals' 13-hit attack.

Angels 4, Twins 3 at Minnesota (day game):
Jerry Moses smashed two homers and Tony Conigliaro hit one to account for all of the Angels' runs in a 4-3 victory over the Twins. Bert Blyleven, who had pitched two straight shutouts for the Twins, was tagged for two runs in the second inning when Conigliaro walked and Moses homered. Conigliaro connected for the circuit in the fourth and Moses homered again in the seventh.

Astros 5, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Still searching for his first victory of the season, Bill Singer was handed his fourth straight defeat when the Astros beat the Dodgers, 5-3. Dick Allen homered for the Dodgers with two men on base in the sixth to tie the score, but Doug Rader broke the deadlock with a run-scoring triple in the eighth and the Astros added an extra run on two singles and a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Expos 3, Reds 2 at Montreal (day game):
A double by Jim Fairey for his first hit of the season drove in two runs in the sixth inning and enabled the Expos to defeat the Reds, 3-2. The Reds were leading, 1-0, when singles by Ron Hunt and Rusty Staub and an infield out by Bob Bailey produced the Expos' tying run in the sixth. The Reds then decided to pass Ron Fairly intentionally to get at Fairey, who upset the apple cart with his double to deep left-center, driving in Staub and Fairly. The Reds rallied for a run in the ninth, but Mike Marshall relieved Carl Morton and saved the game by getting Pete Rose to hit into a double play.

Pirates 2, Mets 0 at New York (day game):
Steve Blass allowed only five hits and pitched the Pirates to a 2-0 victory over the Mets. Jerry Koosman, who was the loser of the duel, also allowed only five hits in eight innings on the mound, but they included a double by Dave Cash and singles by Gene Clines and Manny Sanguillen for a run in the fourth and a homer by Willie Stargell in the seventh.

Braves 6, Phillies 2 at Philadelphia (day game):
Earl Williams, the Braves' rookie third baseman, hit the first two homers of his major league career to mark a 6-2 victory over the Phillies. Orlando Cepeda and Hal King also homered for the Braves, connecting in succession in the seventh inning. Then, after Felix Millan flied out, Williams hit his first homer. The rookie's other round-tripper followed in the ninth.

Cardinals 4, Padres 0 at San Diego (night game):
Coming back after disappointing the Cardinals last season, Steve Carlton posted his third straight victory, defeating the Padres, 4-0. Matty Alou supplied four hits and was on base with a single when Joe Hague homered in the first inning. Alou batted in the other runs, both scored by Dal Maxvill, with singles in the seventh and ninth.

Giants 5, Cubs 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Playing before a Bat Day crowd of 32,896, Willie Mays drove in three runs with a double and homer as the Giants defeated the Cubs, 5-3, for their sixth straight victory. Chris Speier, the Giants' rookie shortstop, also joined in showing the kids in crowd how to swing a bat, rapping three singles. The victory was the third of the year for Gaylord Perry and his ninth in a row going back to the 1970 season.