MLB standings through games of June 23, 1971

MLB standings at the end of June 23, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	66	43	23	0	.652		326	226	23-11	20-12	7-3	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	67	37	30	0	.552	6.5	283	281	21-13	16-17	5-5	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	69	38	31	0	.551	6.5	290	270	22-8	16-23	5-5	Lost 2
New York Yankees	69	32	37	0	.464	12.5	259	287	15-16	17-21	5-5	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	67	31	36	0	.463	12.5	246	254	16-18	15-18	3-7	Lost 2
Washington Senators	66	24	42	0	.364	19.0	206	289	15-23	9-19	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	69	46	23	0	.667		330	251	18-13	28-10	7-3	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	65	35	30	0	.538	9.0	263	244	19-15	16-15	3-7	Lost 4
Minnesota Twins	70	35	35	0	.500	11.5	298	300	19-17	16-18	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	72	32	40	0	.444	15.5	236	288	14-21	18-19	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	64	26	38	0	.406	17.5	261	260	12-20	14-18	5-5	Won 4
Milwaukee Brewers	64	25	39	0	.391	18.5	201	249	13-22	12-17	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	45	26	0	.634		335	227	26-13	19-13	7-3	Won 1
New York Mets	66	38	28	0	.576	4.5	252	212	22-12	16-16	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	73	39	33	1	.542	6.5	321	334	20-16	19-17	4-6	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	69	34	35	0	.493	10.0	275	295	20-14	14-21	5-5	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	66	28	37	1	.431	14.0	225	272	15-13	13-24	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	68	28	40	0	.412	15.5	221	276	14-17	14-23	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	73	48	25	0	.658		319	249	29-11	19-14	8-2	Won 7
Los Angeles Dodgers	70	38	32	0	.543	8.5	286	256	19-17	19-15	6-4	Lost 2
Houston Astros	70	33	37	0	.471	13.5	232	224	17-18	16-19	3-7	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	71	32	39	0	.451	15.0	227	246	19-20	13-19	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	75	33	42	0	.440	16.0	291	326	18-17	15-25	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	72	25	47	0	.347	22.5	240	307	13-21	12-26	3-7	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 2, Indians 1 at Boston (day game):
Joe Lahoud, playing in place of Carl Yastrzemski, who was out of action for the first time this season, broke a 1-1 tie with a homer in the seventh inning to give the Red Sox a 2-1 victory over the Indians in a duel between Ray Culp and Sam McDowell. Culp, who pitched a five-hitter, gave up the Indians' run in the second on a double by Kurt Bevacqua and single by McDowell. The Red Sox also were held to five hits by McDowell, who yielded the first run on a walk to Luis Aparicio and triple by Billy Conigliaro in the sixth.

White Sox 12, Royals 3 at Chicago (day game):
Continuing their transformation into a high-scoring club, the White Sox defeated the Royals, 12-3, to give them a total of 46 runs in a four-game winning streak. The White Sox, after taking a 6-2 lead, broke the game wide apart with six runs in the fifth inning. Bill Melton started the attack with a homer and other tallies followed on a single by Rich Reichardt, pass to Carlos May, double by Tom Egan, singles by Luis Alvarado and Lee Richard, a wild pitch and a double by Walt Williams.

[DH] Brewers 6, Angels 0 (night game) / Angels 9, Brewers 5 at Milwaukee (night game):
Ending his personal five-game losing streak. Bill Parsons pitched the Brewers to a 6-0 victory in the opener of a doubleheader, but the Angels brought Eddie Fisher out of the bullpen for his first start of the season and won the nightcap, 9-5. Parsons' shutout was his third of the year. The Brewers decided the outcome with three runs in the third inning on a walk, double by Johnny Briggs, triple by Roberto Pena and double by Phil Roof. In the second game, the Angels built up a 6-0 lead before Fisher began to weaken. He was lifted in the sixth inning and received credit for the victory with the assistance of Dave LaRoche and Lloyd Allen.

A's 8, Twins 3 at Minnesota (night game):
The Athletics broke loose for seven runs in the last two innings to defeat the Twins, 8-3. Rick Monday doubled for two of the A's four runs in the eighth and singled for another RBI in the ninth.

Yankees 6, Tigers 5 at New York (night game):
The Yankees failed to hold a 5-0 lead in the ninth inning, but Gene Michael provided the victory by hitting his first homer of the season in the 13th to beat the Tigers, 6-5. In the Tigers' ninth, Ike Brown, Mickey Stanley, Ed Brinkman and Cesar Gutierrez hit singles to account for two runs and Gates Brown then came up as a pinch-hitter and tied the score with a homer.

Orioles 7, Senators 5 at Washington (night game):
Boog Powell, who had been showing rejuvenation at bat, smashed his 10th and 11th homers, driving in three runs, to lead the Orioles to a 7-5 victory over the Senators. Jim Palmer became a 10-game winner, but the Senators knocked him out in the ninth inning during a four-run rally that included a homer by Frank Howard with a man on base.

Expos 6, Braves 3 at Atlanta (night game):
Relievers Dan McGinn and John Strohmayer put down a bases-loaded threat in the seventh inning to enable the Expos to defeat the Braves, 6-3. The Braves cut the Expos' lead to 4-3 with a run in the seventh and had two men on base with one out when McGinn replaced Carl Morton. McGinn passed Ralph Garr and then induced Sonny Jackson to ground into a forceout at the plate. Strohmayer came in to face Hank Aaron and retired the slugger on a fly.

Phillies 4, Reds 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Rick Wise pitched a no-hitter for the Phillies and also cracked two homers to beat the Reds, 4-0.

Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
The Cardinals bunched four singles and a sacrifice for two runs in the 10th inning to defeat the Dodgers. 3-1. Luis Melendez led off with a pinch-single and, after a sacrifice and single by Matty Alou, Lou Brock singled to break the tie. Joe Torre followed with another single to add an insurance run.

Pirates 6, Mets 2 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Willie Stargell smashed his 26th homer, connecting with two on base in the first inning, to start the Pirates off to a 6-2 victory over the Mets. Stargell also batted in another run with a double in the second to raise his RBI total to 72. Roberto Clemente joined in the Pirates' attack with four hits.

[DH] Padres 3, Astros 2 (night game) / Padres 4, Astros 3 at San Diego (night game):
The Padres smashed their seven-game losing streak by defeating the Astros, 3-2 and 4-3. The first game was decided in the 12th inning when Enzo Hernandez singled, Bob Miller sacrificed and Tommy Dean singled for only his third hit of the season. Angel Bravo, who drove in a run with a pinch-double in the eighth inning to tie the opener at 2-2, came through again with a pinch-double in the nightcap to plate the winning run in the ninth inning. Miller was the winner of both games in relief.

Giants 5, Cubs 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Juan Marichal hit a two-run homer to clinch his 10th victory and the Giants extended their winning streak to seven games by defeating the Cubs, 5-2. Ken Henderson broke a 2-2 tie with a homer in the eighth inning and, after Dick Dietz walked, Marichal wrapped up the decision with his round-tripper.