MLB standings through games of June 29, 1971

MLB standings at the end of June 29, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	73	46	27	0	.630		363	261	24-12	22-15	5-5	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	73	42	31	0	.575	4.0	318	299	26-14	16-17	8-2	Won 5
Detroit Tigers	75	42	33	0	.560	5.0	316	293	25-9	17-24	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	76	35	41	0	.461	12.5	287	309	18-20	17-21	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	74	34	40	0	.459	12.5	260	276	16-18	18-22	4-6	Lost 1
Washington Senators	73	26	47	0	.356	20.0	225	328	15-24	11-23	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	75	50	25	0	.667		356	268	22-15	28-10	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	71	38	33	0	.535	10.0	276	262	19-15	19-18	3-7	Won 3
Minnesota Twins	76	37	39	0	.487	13.5	315	326	20-20	17-19	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	71	31	40	0	.437	17.0	236	263	16-22	15-18	8-2	Won 3
California Angels	79	34	45	0	.430	18.0	254	309	14-23	20-22	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	70	28	42	0	.400	19.5	277	289	14-22	14-20	6-4	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	77	49	28	0	.636		388	270	26-13	23-15	7-3	Lost 1
New York Mets	73	44	29	0	.603	3.0	274	230	22-12	22-17	7-3	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	74	38	36	0	.514	9.5	303	305	21-15	17-21	6-4	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	79	40	38	1	.513	9.5	340	380	21-20	19-18	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	75	30	45	0	.400	18.0	255	322	15-22	15-23	4-6	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	74	29	44	1	.397	18.0	249	311	16-20	13-24	2-8	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	78	50	28	0	.641		336	270	29-11	21-17	7-3	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	77	43	34	0	.558	6.5	324	279	23-18	20-16	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	76	37	39	0	.487	12.0	259	247	21-20	16-19	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	79	36	43	0	.456	14.5	267	280	19-21	17-22	5-5	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	82	37	45	0	.451	15.0	329	358	21-18	16-27	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	78	27	51	0	.346	23.0	262	334	14-22	13-29	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 15, Tigers 6 at Baltimore (night game):
Completing the previous night's suspended game, the Tigers exploded for five runs in the 15th inning to take a 9-4 victory before being overwhelmed by the Orioles in the regularly-scheduled contest that followed, 15-6. In the previous night's game, Brooks Robinson homered with two men on base in the ninth inning as the Orioles rallied to tie the score at 4-4. The Tigers' runs counted on homers by Bill Freehan and Al Kaline. The action was stopped by Baltimore's 11:59 p.m. curfew after 13 innings. When play resumed, the Tigers broke away against Pete Richert in the 15th, scoring all their runs after two were out. Kaline walked and Willie Horton singled. After Gene Lamont forced Horton and Aurelio Rodriguez was retired, Mickey Stanley singled to break the tie. Other runs followed on two walks and singles by Norm Cash and Tony Taylor. In the regular-scheduled contest, the Orioles scored in every inning from the second through the eighth, with their hits including three-run homers by Andy Etchebarren and Brooks Robinson. The Tigers had two round-trippers by Jim Northrup and one by Cash.

Red Sox 6, Senators 2 at Boston (night game):
One bad inning doomed Pete Broberg to defeat when the Red Sox scored five runs off the ex-Dartmouth star in the second to beat the Senators, 6-2. Two walks around an error loaded the bases and the first two runs counted on a single by Bob Montgomery. After a balk admitted another tally, John Kennedy added two runs with a homer.

Royals 2, Angels 1 at California (night game):
Amos Otis, who singled and scored in the fourth inning, smashed a homer in the ninth to provide the Royals with a 2-1 victory over the Angels. Mickey Rivers and Tony Gonzalez doubled for the Angels' run in the first. Otis, after hitting his single in the fourth, crossed the plate on a double by Ed Kirkpatrick and sacrifice fly by Gail Hopkins.

Brewers 5, White Sox 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
After the first nine batters went down in order, five of them on strikeouts, the Brewers ripped into Tommy John for four runs in the fourth inning and defeated the White Sox, 5-2. Tommy Harper drew a walk to become the Brewers' first baserunner, took third on a single by Ron Theobald and scored when Rich McKinney threw wildly on a grounder by Roberto Pena. Andy Kosco tripled to drive in two runs and crossed the plate himself on a single by Dave May.

Yankees 9, Indians 2 at New York (day game):
Felipe Alou doubled in each of three consecutive trips to the plate as the Yankees scored nine runs in the first three innings to defeat the Indians, 9-2.

Twins 5, A's 3 at Oakland (night game):
Vida Blue's 10-0 record in Oakland Coliseum since joining the Athletics in August, 1969, was spoiled when the Twins gained a 5-3 victory over the young southpaw with the aid of homers by Steve Braun and Leo Cardenas. The loss was only the third of the season for Blue, who had won 16 games. The A's took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Rick Monday singled and Dave Duncan homered. A single by Ray Corbin, double by Cesar Tovar and sacrifice fly by Rod Carew gave the Twins one run in the third and they tied the score on Braun's boundary belt in the fourth. Braun was on base with a walk when Cardenas broke the tie with his homer in the seventh. That was only the fifth hit off Blue, who was removed for a pinch-hitter in the A's half of the seventh, marking only the fourth time this season that he had failed to hurl the route in 20 starts.

Cubs 3, Dodgers 2 at Chicago (day game):
Although going hitless, Ron Santo drove in two runs with a forceout and sacrifice fly to help the Cubs defeat the Dodgers, 3-2. A single by Glenn Beckert, error by Wes Parker on a grounder by Billy Williams and Santo's forceout of Williams gave the Cubs their initial run in the fourth inning. Singles by Chris Cannizzaro, Johnny Callison and Bill Hands added a tally in the seventh. After the Dodgers pulled even, Paul Popovich singled for the Cubs in the eighth, took third on a single by Williams and scored the winning run on Santo's sacrifice fly.

Braves 5, Astros 4 at Houston (night game):
For the first time this season the Astros hit two homers in one game in the Astrodome, but they lost nevertheless to the Braves, 5-4. The Braves scored three runs in the first inning, two counting on a double by Zoilo Versalles. Oscar Brown batted in their other pair with a single in the fifth. The Astros had an inside-the-park homer by Cesar Cedeno in the first and a drive into the seats by Bob Watson in the fourth. After adding two runs in the seventh, the Astros were stopped by the relief pitching of Cecil Upshaw, who saved the victory for Phil Niekro, allowing one hit in the last 2 1/3 innings.

Reds 14, Expos 0 at Montreal (night game):
Backed by the Reds' 23-hit attack, Tony Cloninger turned in his first complete game since September 24, 1969, and breezed to a 14-0 victory over the Expos. In between his complete games, Cloninger had failed to last the route in 25 straight starts. Tommy Helms had four of the Reds' hits, while Pete Rose, Johnny Bench and Buddy Bradford had three each.

Mets 3, Phillies 0 at Philadelphia (night game):
Tom Seaver struck out 13, going over the 1,000 mark for his career while pitching the Mets to a 3-0 victory over the Phillies. Willie Montanez, who whiffed in the seventh inning, was Seaver's 1,000th victim. The Mets' ace then fanned four more. All of the Mets' runs came on homers. Jerry Grote connected in the fourth and Cleon Jones and Ed Kranepool blasted back-to-back blows in the eighth.

Giants 6, Padres 4 at San Diego (night game):
Don Carrithers, who had been recalled from Phoenix (Pacific Coast), turned in five fine innings of relief work and received credit for his first victory of the season when the Giants defeated the Padres, 6-4. The Giants were losing, 3-0, when Carrithers took over. The only run he allowed was on a homer by Nate Colbert. Willie Mays, who had failed to hit in 20 times at bat, broke his slump with a homer for the Giants' final run in the ninth inning.

Cardinals 8, Pirates 3 at St. Louis (night game):
The Cardinals, who had been frequent victims of big innings in recent games, turned the tables and erupted for seven runs in the third to defeat the Pirates, 8-3. Lou Brock ignited the outburst with a homer. Jim Beauchamp singled and Joe Torre also hit for the circuit. The Cardinals then loaded the bases and Reggie Cleveland cleared them with a double before scoring himself on a double by Brock on his second trip in the stanza.