MLB standings through games of June 20, 1971

MLB standings at the end of June 20, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	62	40	22	0	.645		304	211	23-11	17-11	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	66	37	29	0	.561	5.0	277	258	22-8	15-21	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	64	35	29	0	.547	6.0	276	271	19-12	16-17	3-7	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	64	30	34	0	.469	11.0	236	247	16-18	14-16	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	66	30	36	0	.455	12.0	247	274	13-15	17-21	5-5	Lost 1
Washington Senators	62	23	39	0	.371	17.0	191	267	14-20	9-19	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	66	44	22	0	.667		318	236	18-13	26-9	7-3	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	62	35	27	0	.565	7.0	253	216	19-15	16-12	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	67	34	33	0	.507	10.5	283	288	18-15	16-18	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	69	31	38	0	.449	14.5	225	274	14-21	17-17	3-7	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	61	23	38	0	.377	18.5	233	250	9-20	14-18	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	61	23	38	0	.377	18.5	187	238	11-21	12-17	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	43	25	0	.632		321	222	24-12	19-13	8-2	Won 2
New York Mets	63	37	26	0	.587	3.5	247	198	22-12	15-14	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	70	37	32	1	.536	6.5	312	324	20-16	17-16	2-8	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	67	34	33	0	.507	8.5	273	288	20-14	14-19	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	62	26	35	1	.426	13.5	210	256	15-13	11-22	2-8	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	65	26	39	0	.400	15.5	211	267	14-17	12-22	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	71	46	25	0	.648		312	247	27-11	19-14	7-3	Won 5
Los Angeles Dodgers	67	37	30	0	.552	7.0	276	247	18-15	19-15	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	67	32	35	0	.478	12.0	223	215	17-18	15-17	4-6	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	68	31	37	0	.456	13.5	218	236	18-18	13-19	7-3	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	71	31	40	0	.437	15.0	275	311	16-15	15-25	3-7	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	69	23	46	0	.333	22.0	231	298	11-20	12-26	3-7	Lost 6

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 10, Yankees 4 at Baltimore (day game):
The Orioles scored five runs in the first inning, featuring a theft of home by Davey Johnson, and went on to defeat the Yankees, 10-4. Two walks, a single by Merv Rettenmund and an error accounted for the first two tallies. After Johnson walked, Mark Belanger hit a two-run single. Johnson took third on the hit and then scored on the front end of a double steal with Belanger.

[DH] Indians 7, Tigers 6 (day game) / Indians 8, Tigers 7 at Cleveland (day game):
A homer by Chuck Hinton in the 11th inning gave the Indians a 7-6 victory over the Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader and the Indians also were leading in the second game, 7-6, when electrical trouble forced the suspension of play at the start of the eighth inning. The contest was completed September 28. Roy Foster hit two homers and drove in four runs for the Indians in the lidlifter. Aurelio Rodriguez, Jim Northrup and Gates Brown homered for the Tigers, Brown's blow coming as a pinch-hitter to tie the score in the ninth inning. Hinton homered again for the Indians in the nightcap, connecting with a man on base to cap a five-run outburst in the first inning. The Tigers erupted for five of their own in the sixth, Dalton Jones and Jim Price each hitting a homer with a man on base, but the Indians came back to regain the lead with two runs in the seventh.

[DH] Royals 5, Angels 1 (day game) / Angels 8, Royals 4 at Kansas City (day game):
A Cap Day crowd of 35,295, setting a Kansas City attendance record, saw the Royals win the first game of a doubleheader, 5-1, before losing the second game to the Angels, 8-4. Bruce Dal Canton, the Royals' winner, drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning for his first RBIs in the A. L. He had two previously with the Pirates in the N. L. Dal Canton yielded only five hits but was removed with one out in the ninth and Tom Burgmeier gave up another hit before Ted Abernathy came in and retired the side. In the nightcap, Tom Murphy, the Angels' winner, also helped himself at bat, driving in two runs with a double in the fourth inning. Murphy was rapped for 12 hits before giving way to Lloyd Allen, who doled out one hit in the last 2 2/3 innings.

[DH] A's 11, Brewers 4 (day game) / Brewers 7, A's 4 at Milwaukee (day game):
Pinch-hitter Andy Kosco homered with two men on base to climax a five-run rally in the seventh inning as the Brewers defeated the Athletics for the first time this season, 7-4, in the second game of a doubleheader. The A's had made it eight straight over the Brewers by winning the first game, 11-4, with an attack that included round-trippers by Mike Epstein, Reggie Jackson, Dave Duncan and Sal Bando. Jackson homered again in the nightcap to help the A's take a 4-0 lead, but an error, a walk and singles by Tommy Harper and Gus Gil produced two runs for the Brewers in the seventh before Kosco delivered his homer, the first by any Milwaukee pinch-hitter this year.

White Sox 18, Twins 8 at Minnesota (day game):
Running up the highest score in the major leagues this season, the White Sox trounced the Twins, 18-8. Jim Kaat, who started for the Twins, yielded only three hits until the sixth when the White Sox erupted for nine runs in the single-inning high for any club this year. Bill Melton and Tom Egan each drove in two runs with bases-loaded singles. Lee Richard plated a pair with a double and Walt Williams homered with two men on base. The White Sox came back with six more runs in the seventh. After two scored on a wild pickoff throw by George Mitterwald with the bases loaded, a pair of passes filled the sacks again and Rick Reichardt smashed a grand-slam homer.

Red Sox 4, Senators 3 at Washington (day game):
Pete Broberg, signed out of Dartmouth, made a scintillating debut with the Senators, but after the rookie righthander was lifted in the seventh inning, the Red Sox rallied to gain a 4-3 victory. Frank Howard homered for the Senators' runs in the sixth. Broberg allowed only two hits until the seventh when George Scott was hit by a pitch and Bob Montgomery singled. Paul Lindblad failed in relief, giving up a double by Billy Conigliaro, driving in two runs, and a single by Phil Gagliano that tied the score. In the ninth, with Horacio Pina on the mound for the Senators, Doug Griffin was safe on an error, Montgomery sacrificed and John Kennedy singled to drive in the winning run for the Red Sox.

Cardinals 5, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
Lou Brock, who had been benched after going 0-for-20, came up as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning and drove in a run with a single to enable the Cardinals to edge the Cubs, 5-4. Before Brock delivered, Joe Torre was the Cardinals' standout with four hits, including a homer.

[DH] Reds 5, Braves 4 (day game) / Reds 2, Braves 0 at Cincinnati (day game):
The Braves scored only on a grand-slam homer by Earl Williams and lost a doubleheader to the Reds, 5-4 and 2-0. In the opener, Wayne Simpson made his first start for the Reds since being recalled from Indianapolis (American Association) and had a 3-0 lead going into the sixth when singles by Felix Millan and Mike Lum and a walk to Darrell Evans loaded the bases for Williams' slam. The Reds tied the score with doubles by Tommy Helms and Bernie Carbo in the eighth and won in the ninth. Lee May walked and gave way on the paths to Jimmy Stewart, who stole second and scored on a single by Johnny Bench. Don Gullett and Clay Carroll combined to pitch a shutout in the nightcap. Gullett was lifted after giving up singles by Ralph Garr and Hank Aaron with one out in the eighth inning. Carroll struck out the next two batters to quell the threat. The Reds' runs included the first homer by George Foster in a Cincinnati uniform.

Astros 9, Dodgers 7 at Los Angeles (day game):
The Astros collected 17 hits, the highest total off Los Angeles pitching in a game this season, and defeated the Dodgers, 9-7. The Dodgers had 15 hits. Doug Rader led the Astros with a double and three singles, driving in three runs. Errors by Bobby Valentine and Bill Buckner enabled the Astros to score five unearned runs in the third inning to pin the defeat on Al Downing.

[DH] Mets 7, Phillies 6 (day game) / Phillies 9, Mets 7 at New York (day game):
After the Mets rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to win the first game of a doubleheader, 7-6, Deron Johnson smashed a grand-slam homer in the 11th inning of the nightcap to enable the Phillies to gain a 9-7 victory. The Mets took a 4-0 lead in the lidlifter on homers by Mike Jorgensen and Art Shamsky, but the Phillies exploded for six runs in the sixth inning. Tim McCarver and Willie Montanez homered on consecutive pitches by Nolan Ryan to ignite the outburst. In the ninth, Tim Foli and Dave Marshall singled for the Mets and Bud Harrelson bunted safely to load the bases. Don Hahn singled off John Vukovich's glove for one run and pinch-hitter Frank Duffy followed with a single to drive in the tying and winning tallies. After the Mets stepped off to a 5-1 lead in the nightcap, Johnson batted in two runs with a double in the fifth and Montanez drove in a pair with a single in the sixth to tie the score. In the 11th, Terry Harmon singled, Larry Bowa doubled and Montanez was passed intentionally before Johnson came to the plate and hit his grand slam. The Mets rallied in their half, but fell short with two runs.

[DH] Pirates 7, Expos 1 (day game) / Pirates 7, Expos 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Willie Stargell, who a hit tape-measure homer in the opener, came back with a grand slam in the nightcap as the Pirates swept over the Expos in a doubleheader, 7-1 and 7-3. Richie Hebner drove in four runs with a homer and double in the first game before Stargell wrapped up the Pirates' scoring with a smash to the top deck of Three Rivers Stadium. The drive was his third to that sector since the park was opened in the middle of last season, but it was his longest, traveling an estimated 430 feet. In the nightcap, the Pirates exploded for all their runs in the seventh. Gene Clines and Bill Mazeroski singled, Dave Cash walked and Vic Davalillo singled for one run before Stargell came to the plate and hit his grand slam. Al Oliver followed with a single and Milt May completed the big inning with a homer.

[DH] Giants 6, Padres 2 (day game) / Giants 2, Padres 0 at San Francisco (day game):
The Giants erupted for five runs in the eighth inning to win the first game of a doubleheader, 6-2, and then completed the sweep when Steve Stone pitched a three-hitter to beat the Padres, 2-0, in the second game. In the opener, the Giants erased the Padres' 2-1 lead with two runs in the eighth on a single by Willie Mays, walk to Ken Henderson and singles by Dick Dietz and Al Gallagher. Willie McCovey then batted for Don McMahon and iced the game with a three-run homer.