Friday May 28, 1971
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MLB standings at the end of May 28, 1971

A.L. East
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Boston Red Sox 44 29 15 0 .659 208176 18-611-96-4Won 3
Baltimore Orioles 42 24 18 0 .5714.0 184145 14-810-105-5Lost 2
Detroit Tigers 45 25 20 0 .5564.5 190167 15-610-149-1Won 2
Cleveland Indians 43 19 24 0 .4429.5 145187 9-1210-126-4Won 2
New York Yankees 43 18 25 0 .41910.5 158178 8-1010-152-8Lost 2
Washington Senators 46 17 29 0 .37013.0 143202 10-157-142-8Lost 3


A.L. West
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
Oakland A's 48 31 17 0 .646 212177 14-1017-76-4Lost 2
Minnesota Twins 46 24 22 0 .5226.0 203173 12-912-135-5Won 1
California Angels 47 23 24 0 .4897.5 164181 11-1512-95-5Won 2
Kansas City Royals 43 21 22 0 .4887.5 157158 10-1111-115-5Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers 41 17 24 0 .41510.5 121132 7-1310-114-6Lost 1
Chicago White Sox 40 16 24 0 .40011.0 150159 5-1611-84-6Lost 1


N.L. East
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
St. Louis Cardinals 47 29 17 1 .630 224183 16-1013-78-2Won 4
New York Mets 41 25 16 0 .6101.5 170127 15-610-104-6Lost 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 45 26 19 0 .5782.5 188143 14-912-105-5Lost 1
Montreal Expos 39 18 20 1 .4747.0 133147 11-87-125-5Lost 2
Chicago Cubs 45 21 24 0 .4677.5 172202 12-99-153-7Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies 43 16 27 0 .37211.5 125177 9-137-145-5Lost 1


N.L. West
GPWLTPCTGBRFRAHOMEROADLAST 10STRK
San Francisco Giants 47 33 14 0 .702 212150 17-616-86-4Won 1
Houston Astros 46 23 23 0 .5009.5 158136 13-1310-106-4Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 47 23 24 0 .48910.0 187189 10-1213-125-5Won 2
Atlanta Braves 47 22 25 0 .46811.0 177203 11-1111-143-7Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds 46 19 27 0 .41313.5 149174 11-118-165-5Won 1
San Diego Padres 45 13 32 0 .28919.0 150214 6-157-173-7Lost 3



Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 4, A's 3 at Boston (night game):
In a meeting of the league's premier pitchers, Sonny Siebert came out ahead of Vida Blue when the Red Sox defeated the Athletics, 4-3. The victory was the ninth straight for Siebert, while Blue was halted on his 10-game winning streak, principally because of the lefthander's inability to stop Rico Petrocelli, who drove in the first three Red Sox runs with a pair of homers. Blue was removed in the eighth inning after giving up a single to Reggie Smith and walk to Petrocelli. After Bob Locker relieved, George Scott singled to drive in what proved to be the winning run. Reggie Jackson, Dave Duncan and Sal Bando homered to account for the A's scoring. Siebert's arm tightened and the righthander left the mound with two out in the ninth. Bobby Bolin struck out Duncan to end the game.

Indians 4, White Sox 0 at Chicago (night game):
Although suffering from control troubles, Sam McDowell allowed only two hits and struck out 11 in pitching the Indians to a 4-0 victory over the White Sox. The fastballing lefthander walked nine. The Indians decided the outcome with two runs in the first inning on a walk to Graig Nettles, double by Vada Pinson and single by Roy Foster.

Tigers 6, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
The Tigers bunched four hits with a wild pitch and an error for four runs in the third inning to defeat the Brewers, 6-3. A single by Ed Brinkman, triple by Dick McAuliffe and single by Jim Northrup produced the first two tallies. Northrup stopped at second on a single by Willie Horton and both then scored when Bill Parsons uncorked a wild pitch and catcher Phil Roof committed a throwing error after retrieving the ball.

Twins 7, Orioles 6 at Minnesota (night game):
A five-run outburst in the sixth inning enabled the Twins to defeat the Orioles, 7-6. Harmon Killebrew walked, stopped at second on a single by Tony Oliva and crossed the plate, tying the score at 3-3, when Leo Cardenas singled and Merv Rettenmund booted the ball in center field. Brant Alyea sent the Twins ahead with a single, scoring Oliva. Steve Braun then drove in two runs with a double, advanced to third on the throw home and scored what prove to be the deciding run on a sacrifice fly by George Mitterwald.

Angels 9, Yankees 6 at New York (night game):
Belying his .176 batting average, Jim Spencer drove in four runs with a homer and single to pace the Angels to a 9-6 victory over the Yankees. Spencer homered with a man on base in the second inning and got his two other RBIs with a single in the sixth when the Angels piled up six runs. Alex Johnson also batted in two runs with a double in the big inning.

Royals 5, Senators 0 at Washington (night game):
Ken Wright posted the first complete game and first shutout of his major league career, pitching the Royals to a 5-0 victory over the Senators. Wright appeared in 47 games, all in relief, for the Royals in 1970 and was a bullpen operative in six games this year before joining the rotation. Prior to facing the Senators, the righthander had started four times and had suffered two defeats. The Royals sent him on his way to his first victory of the season by scoring two runs in the first inning on a single by Paul Schaal, walk to Ed Kirkpatrick, single by Cookie Rojas and throwing error by Larry Biittner.

Reds 1, Astros 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Pete Rose bunted safely in the 13th inning and scored on singles by Dave Concepcion and Lee May to bring the Reds a 1-0 victory over the Astros.

Dodgers 6, Phillies 2 at Los Angeles (night game):
Al Downing drove in three runs with a double and single to help himself at bat while pitching the Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Phillies. Downing's double with the bases loaded produced two of the Dodgers' four runs in the fourth inning and his single in the eighth scored Bill Sudakis, who had doubled.

Cubs 4, Pirates 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Although piling up 15 hits, the Cubs had to labor to defeat the Pirates, 4-2. After picking up an unearned run in the second inning, the Cubs counted twice in the fifth when Glenn Beckert singled and Billy Williams homered. Jim Hickman singled to score Don Kessinger with the Cubs' final run in the sixth. Milt Pappas held the Pirates to six hits, including a double and single by Richie Hebner, who drove in both Pittsburgh tallies.

Giants 3, Expos 1 at San Francisco (night game):
Although the Giants were held to three hits, unearned runs on two errors and a passed ball enabled them to defeat the Expos, 3-1. Steve Renko was the hard-luck loser. Steve Stone, who started for the Giants, allowed only two hits, but was lifted after walking Rusty Staub in the ninth inning. Jerry Johnson then gave up singles by Mack Jones and Boots Day to allow the Expos' run.

Cardinals 4, Braves 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Rewarding the fine pitching of Reggie Cleveland, the Cardinals erupted for four runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Braves, 4-0. The victory was the fifth straight for Cleveland, who pitched a four-hitter. In the Cards' outburst, after Dick Schofield walked and scored on singles by Lou Brock and Matty Alou, Ted Simmons smashed a three-run homer. Brock hit safely in his 24th straight game.


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