MLB standings through games of May 2, 1971

MLB standings at the end of May 2, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	22	14	8	0	.636		114	96	10-3	4-5	8-2	Won 2
Baltimore Orioles	22	13	9	0	.591	1.0	103	77	6-2	7-7	5-5	Won 1
Washington Senators	24	12	12	0	.500	3.0	85	90	8-10	4-2	4-6	Lost 4
New York Yankees	21	10	11	0	.476	3.5	83	91	7-6	3-5	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	22	10	12	0	.455	4.0	94	105	4-2	6-10	5-5	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	23	8	15	0	.348	6.5	73	109	4-4	4-11	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	28	18	10	0	.643		119	104	8-8	10-2	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	25	14	11	0	.560	2.5	93	84	7-9	7-2	6-4	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	24	12	12	0	.500	4.0	95	88	7-6	5-6	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	23	10	13	0	.435	5.5	83	90	2-9	8-4	6-4	Won 4
Minnesota Twins	24	10	14	0	.417	6.0	100	93	3-6	7-8	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	22	9	13	0	.409	6.0	54	69	3-6	6-7	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
New York Mets	21	13	8	0	.619		81	62	5-3	8-5	7-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	24	14	10	0	.583	0.5	94	67	9-5	5-5	6-4	Won 3
Montreal Expos	17	9	7	1	.562	1.5	49	51	4-1	5-6	5-4-1	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	26	14	11	1	.560	1.0	98	94	7-8	7-3	4-5-1	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	23	10	13	0	.435	4.0	83	104	7-5	3-8	6-4	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	21	7	14	0	.333	6.0	68	89	3-5	4-9	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	25	19	6	0	.760		113	65	8-2	11-4	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	23	12	11	0	.522	6.0	92	101	6-9	6-2	4-6	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	26	13	13	0	.500	6.5	101	101	4-6	9-7	5-5	Lost 3
Houston Astros	25	12	13	0	.480	7.0	86	77	8-8	4-5	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	22	9	13	0	.409	8.5	74	74	6-8	3-5	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	23	5	18	0	.217	13.0	64	118	1-9	4-9	2-8	Lost 7

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Red Sox 1, Twins 0 (day game) / Red Sox 9, Twins 8 at Boston (day game):
After Ray Culp pitched a two-hitter to win the first game, 1-0, the Red Sox completed the sweep of a doubleheader by beating the Twins in the second game, 9-8. Culp triumphed over Bert Blyleven when the Red Sox scored in the third inning on a double by Luis Aparicio and two-out error by Steve Braun on Carl Yastrzemski's grounder. In the nightcap, Yastrzemski walked in the ninth and George Scott tripled to tie the score at 8-8. After the Twins walked Billy Conigliaro and Phil Gagliano to load the bases, George Thomas batted for Doug Griffin and singled to drive in the winning run.

Angels 4, Tigers 3 at California (day game):
Two players who went into the game with low batting averages came through with key hits to enable the Angels to defeat the Tigers, 4-3. Jerry Moses, batting .210, smashed a homer with a man on base in the second inning. In the seventh, with the score tied, 3-3, Moses singled. Chico Ruiz, running for him, was forced by Ken Berry. After moving to second on a groundout, Berry scored the deciding run on a single by Sandy Alomar, who started the day with an average of only .186.

Orioles 5, Royals 3 at Kansas City (day game):
Although tapped for 10 hits, Mike Cuellar lasted the route and pitched the Orioles to a 5-3 victory over the Royals. Cuellar also homered with a man on base in the fourth inning and crossed the plate again after reaching base in the sixth.

[DH] Yankees 2, Brewers 1 (day game) / Yankees 5, Brewers 4 at New York (day game):
Mel Stottlemyre pitched a three-hitter in the first game and Danny Cater supplied the winning double in the second game as the Yankees beat the Brewers in a doubleheader, 2-1 and 5-4. The Yankees also managed only three hits off Marty Pattin in the opener, but a walk to Horace Clarke, double by Jake Gibbs and sacrifice flies by Roy White and Bobby Murcer produced their two runs in the fourth inning. Dave May homered for the Brewers in the ninth. In the nightcap, an intentional pass backfired on the Brewers in the seventh inning. With Gibbs on base and the score tied, 4-4, the Brewers passed Murcer to get at Cater, who upset the move with his double, scoring Gibbs with the winning run.

[DH] A's 8, Indians 5 (day game) / Indians 7, A's 3 at Oakland (day game):
Sam McDowell, knocked out in the first inning of the opener and charged with an 8-5 loss, came back to pitch in relief in the nightcap and was the winner when the Indians defeated the Athletics, 7-3, in 10 innings. McDowell was the victim of a five-run blast by the A's in the lidlifter, three scoring on a homer by Reggie Jackson. Returning to the mound in the second game, McDowell yielded only two hits in four frames, but one of them was a score-tying homer by Don Mincher in the eighth. However, the Indians erupted in the 10th and gave McDowell his first victory of the season. A walk to Graig Nettles, an infield out, intentional pass to Gomer Hodge and double by Chuck Hinton broke a 3-3 tie. Ted Ford followed with a three-run homer to clinch the outcome.

White Sox 3, Senators 1 at Washington (day game):
Wilbur Wood gained his first victory as a starting pitcher since June 23, 1968, when Rick Reichardt hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to beat the Senators, 3-1. Wood needed the help of Vicente Romo after giving up two hits with two out in the Senators' half of the ninth.

Braves 4, Dodgers 1 at Atlanta (day game):
Homers by Orlando Cepeda and Hank Aaron powered the Braves to a 4-1 victory to complete the sweep of a three-game series with the Dodgers. Aaron hit the 543rd double of his career in the fourth inning before Cepeda connected for the circuit. Then, in the eighth, Aaron smashed his 603rd homer. Maury Wills accounted for the Dodgers' run with his first homer since 1969.

Cubs 7, Phillies 1 at Chicago (day game):
Led at bat by Ron Santo, who drove in five runs, the Cubs defeated the Phillies, 7-1. Santo batted in two tallies with a double in the first inning, walked with the bases loaded to pick up an RBI in the fifth and homered with a mate aboard in the seventh to cap his day.

Giants 4, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (day game):
Willie McCovey homered with a man on base in the first inning and then connected for the circuit again in the 13th to give the Giants a 4-3 victory over the Reds before a Bat Day crowd of 41,869.

Mets 6, Astros 5 at Houston (day game):
The Mets failed to hold a three-run lead in the ninth inning but then came back to beat the Astros in the 10th, 6-5, when Ken Boswell doubled and Bob Aspromonte tripled. A two-run homer by Cesar Cedeno and singles by Rich Chiles, Norm Miller and Jim Wynn sent the game into overtime.

Pirates 5, Padres 1 at Pittsburgh (day game):
A four-run outburst in the seventh inning gave the Pirates a 5-1 victory over the Padres, who went down to their seventh straight defeat and 15th in the last 17 games. Gene Alley singled, Dave Cash was safe on an error and Gene Clines singled to break a 1-1 tie. When Larry Stahl's throw on Clines' hit bounced into the Pirates' dugout, Cash also scored. Richie Hebner then tripled and Willie Stargell hit a sacrifice fly for two more runs.

Cardinals 1, Expos 0 at St. Louis (day game):
An unearned run decided a pitching duel between Steve Carlton and Carl Morton as the Cardinals defeated the Expos, 1-0. Lou Brock singled in the third inning, reached third on two infield outs and scored when Bobby Wine booted a grounder by Joe Torre.