MLB standings through games of May 20, 1971

MLB standings at the end of May 20, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	35	24	11	0	.686		169	133	15-4	9-7	7-3	Won 4
Baltimore Orioles	35	21	14	0	.600	3.0	148	111	11-5	10-9	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	37	18	19	0	.486	7.0	152	154	9-5	9-14	5-5	Won 2
New York Yankees	35	16	19	0	.457	8.0	128	142	8-9	8-10	5-5	Lost 3
Washington Senators	37	15	22	0	.405	10.0	124	157	10-14	5-8	2-8	Lost 4
Cleveland Indians	36	14	22	0	.389	10.5	114	164	6-11	8-11	6-4	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	42	28	14	0	.667		188	149	11-8	17-6	7-3	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	39	20	19	0	.513	6.5	169	147	11-9	9-10	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	38	19	19	0	.500	7.0	142	132	10-9	9-10	5-5	Won 2
California Angels	41	20	21	0	.488	7.5	133	142	10-13	10-8	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	35	14	21	0	.400	10.5	91	111	6-10	8-11	3-7	Lost 3
Chicago White Sox	34	13	21	0	.382	11.0	119	135	4-14	9-7	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	38	23	15	0	.605		165	119	12-7	11-8	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	36	21	15	0	.583	1.0	145	111	11-5	10-10	4-6	Lost 5
St. Louis Cardinals	39	22	16	1	.579	1.0	166	152	9-9	13-7	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	38	19	19	0	.500	4.0	153	163	11-7	8-12	7-3	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	31	14	16	1	.467	5.0	102	118	7-5	7-11	3-7	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	36	13	23	0	.361	9.0	103	149	7-11	6-12	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	40	29	11	0	.725		184	129	16-6	13-5	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	39	20	19	0	.513	8.5	152	162	11-11	9-8	6-4	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	40	19	21	0	.475	10.0	157	162	8-10	11-11	4-6	Lost 1
Houston Astros	39	18	21	0	.462	10.5	135	123	11-12	7-9	4-6	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	38	15	23	0	.395	13.0	124	150	10-11	5-12	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	38	12	26	0	.316	16.0	122	170	6-12	6-14	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 5, Yankees 2 at Boston (night game):
Two-run homers by Rico Petrocelli and George Scott carried the Red Sox to a 5-2 victory over the Yankees. The Red Sox scored in the first inning on a walk to Reggie Smith and double by Carl Yastrzemski before Petrocelli socked his homer. Scott's smash followed a single by Yastrzemski in the eighth.

Angels 1, Twins 0 at California (night game):
John Stephenson, hitting safely in his 12th straight game, singled a run home in the eighth inning to enable the Angels to defeat the Twins, 1-0. Sandy Alomar led off the frame with a single and, after a sacrifice, Tony Conigliaro walked before Stephenson singled off Ray Corbin to give the victory to Clyde Wright.

Tigers 5, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Ending a string of eight hitless appearances, Willie Horton smashed a homer after a walk to Jim Northrup in the 11th inning to give the Tigers a 5-3 victory over the Indians.

A's 7, Brewers 3 at Oakland (night game):
Sal Bando collected four of the Athletics' 13 hits and Dave Duncan and Mike Epstein belted homers to lead the attack in a 7-3 victory over the Brewers. Chuck Dobson, who was on the A's disabled list until May 2, won his third straight game with the help of Ron Klimkowski in the ninth inning.

Expos 4, Braves 3 at Atlanta (night game):
John Boccabella led off the 14th inning with a homer to give the Expos a 4-3 victory over the Braves. Steve Renko, the Expos' starting pitcher, hit for the circuit in the sixth to help himself to a 3-2 lead, but the Braves tied the score in their half when Ralph Garr doubled and Clete Boyer singled. In the 14th, Boccabella was the first batter to face Ron Herbel, who relieved as the Braves' third pitcher of the game. Mike Marshall was the winner, pitching the last six innings in relief of Renko.

Giants 8, Cubs 7 at Chicago (day game):
A dramatic three-run double by Fran Healy in the eighth inning and three-run homer by Willie McCovey in ninth enabled the red-hot Giants to defeat the Cubs, 8-7. The Cubs were leading, 8-2, when McCovey singled and Dick Dietz walked in the eighth. Phil Regan replaced Ken Holtzman and passed Al Gallagher. Healy then batted for Hal Lanier and doubled for his seventh hit in eight times at bat this season. In the ninth, after Ron Tompkins walked Tito Fuentes and Willie Mays, the Cubs called on Earl Stephenson, who got one strike on McCovey before the Giants' slugger smashed his homer. Ron Santo hit his second homer of the game in the Cubs' half of the ninth.

Reds 5, Pirates 4 at Cincinnati (day game):
A three-run rally after two were out in the seventh inning enabled the Reds to squeeze out a 5-4 victory over the Pirates. The Reds were trailing, 3-2, when Ty Cline opened the seventh with a single. After the next two batters were retired, Tony Perez singled to score Cline. Lee May and Bernie Carbo followed with singles, plating Perez, and Tommy Helms then doubled to drive in May with what proved to be the winning run.

Padres 4, Astros 2 at Houston (night game):
Nate Colbert hit a single, double and triple to lead the Padres to a 4-2 victory over the Astros. A single by Dave Campbell, Colbert's triple and a single by Ollie Brown gave the Padres two runs in the first inning. Colbert scored again after his single in the sixth. However, he pulled a muscle running out his double in the eighth and was forced to leave the game.

Phillies 1, Mets 0 at Philadelphia (night game):
Backed by Deron Johnson, who hit a homer in the second inning, Rick Wise outdueled Gary Gentry and pitched the Phillies to a 1-0 victory over the Mets.

Cardinals 5, Dodgers 0 at St. Louis (day game):
The leading candidate for comeback of the year honors, Steve Carlton boosted his record to 7-2 by pitching the Cardinals to a 5-0 victory over the Dodgers. Last season at this time, the southpaw had won only two games while losing five.