MLB standings through games of July 5, 1971

MLB standings at the end of July 5, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	79	49	30	0	.620		385	278	24-12	25-18	4-6	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	79	46	33	0	.582	3.0	352	329	28-16	18-17	8-2	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	80	43	37	0	.537	6.5	333	319	26-13	17-24	4-6	Lost 2
New York Yankees	82	37	45	0	.451	13.5	308	334	18-20	19-25	3-7	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	81	36	45	0	.444	14.0	287	320	18-23	18-22	4-6	Lost 4
Washington Senators	79	32	47	0	.405	17.0	264	346	17-24	15-23	8-2	Won 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	80	52	28	0	.650		368	285	22-16	30-12	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	78	41	37	0	.526	10.0	296	275	21-18	20-19	6-4	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	81	39	42	0	.481	13.5	333	342	20-20	19-22	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	78	34	44	0	.436	17.0	304	309	14-22	20-22	6-4	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	78	34	44	0	.436	17.0	260	293	19-26	15-18	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	85	37	48	0	.435	17.5	269	329	17-26	20-22	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	52	31	0	.627		410	289	26-13	26-18	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	80	46	34	0	.575	4.5	290	247	24-17	22-17	4-6	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	79	41	38	0	.519	9.0	328	329	24-17	17-21	7-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	84	42	41	1	.506	10.0	360	405	21-20	21-21	3-7	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	82	35	47	0	.427	16.5	295	353	16-23	19-24	5-5	Won 4
Montreal Expos	82	31	50	1	.383	20.0	276	359	17-25	14-25	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	84	52	32	0	.619		364	308	31-14	21-18	4-6	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	83	48	35	0	.578	3.5	362	299	23-18	25-17	8-2	Won 5
Houston Astros	80	41	39	0	.512	9.0	276	256	25-20	16-19	8-2	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	88	42	46	0	.477	12.0	359	375	21-19	21-27	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	85	37	48	0	.435	15.5	285	305	19-21	18-27	5-5	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	84	29	55	0	.345	23.0	272	352	16-26	13-29	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 12, Yankees 7 at Boston (day game):
For the second day in succession, the Red Sox smashed four homers to highlight a 16-hit attack in a 12-7 victory over the Yankees, who also had 16 hits including three round-trippers. Reggie Smith, Rico Petrocelli, George Scott and Joe Lahoud connected for the Red Sox, while Felipe Alou, Gene Michael and Bobby Murcer produced the Yankees' blows. The Red Sox, after coming from behind twice to tie the score, exploded for six runs in the sixth inning to wipe out the Yankees' 7-6 lead. Singles by John Kennedy and Luis Aparicio and a walk to Carl Yastrzemski loaded the bases and Petrocelli promptly cleared the sacks with a triple. Scott and Lahoud followed with their homers.

Angels 2, A's 1 at California (day game):
Although limited to four hits, the Angels were able to edge the Athletics, 2-1, as Rudy May gained his first victory since May 8. The Angels scored without the benefit of a hit in the first inning on a pass to Sandy Alomar, a stolen base, infield out and sacrifice fly by Tony Gonzalez. The deciding run followed in the fourth when Gonzalez walked, John Stephenson singled and Jim Spencer doubled.

Senators 15, Indians 6 at Cleveland (day game):
Dick Billings hit the first grand slam of his major league career and Frank Howard and Del Unser each homered with two men on base as the Senators powered their way to a 15-6 victory over the Indians. Denny McLain, who started for the Senators, was removed after giving up three runs in the second inning and thus was not the beneficiary of the Nats' 18-hit attack, the victory going to Paul Lindblad. Howard hit his homer in the third when the Senators scored four runs. Billings' slam featured a six-run explosion in the fourth. Unser homered in the sixth.

[DH] Royals 6, White Sox 1 (day game) / Royals 1, White Sox 0 at Kansas City (day game):
The Royals, who had failed to score in 24 straight innings, ended their drouth and swept a doubleheader with the White Sox, 6-1 and 1-0. Paul Schaal was on second base with a double and two were out when the Royals broke loose in the first inning of the lidlifter to score four runs with consecutive singles by Ed Kirkpatrick, Gail Hopkins, Cookie Rojas, Lou Piniella and Joe Keough, plus a double steal by Kirkpatrick and Hopkins, with Kirkpatrick scoring. Jim Rooker gained his first victory of the season in the nightcap, getting his edge in a duel with Joe Horlen when Freddie Patek doubled in the first inning and counted the game's only run on a single by Amos Otis.

Brewers 2, Twins 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
Ron Theobald drove in one run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning and then walked with the bases loaded in the seventh to force in the run that gave the Brewers a 2-1 victory over the Twins. Ted Kubiak singled in the seventh and Ellie Rodriguez was hit by a pitch. After a sacrifice, Tommy Harper was passed intentionally before Theobald drew his walk from Jim Perry.

Phillies 6, Braves 5 at Atlanta (night game):
Willie Montanez, Roger Freed and Don Money each batted in two runs to enable the Phillies to defeat the Braves, 6-5. Earl Williams homered with two men on base to give the Braves a 5-4 lead in the third inning, but the Phillies tied the score in the fifth when Deron Johnson singled and Money doubled. Denny Doyle and Larry Bowa walked in the eighth and, after an error by Hank Aaron, playing first base, Montanez hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the winning run.

Pirates 6, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
Steve Blass gained his 10th victory of the season, matching his 1970 winning total, when the Pirates erupted for a pair of three-run innings to defeat the Cubs, 6-2. The Pirates erased the Cubs' 2-0 lead in the sixth inning. Dave Cash doubled and scored on a single by Gene Clines. Roberto Clemente doubled Clines to third and both then scored on a single by Manny Sanguillen. In the seventh, after the Pirates loaded the bases, Blass batted in two runs with a single and Cash followed with a single for the final tally.

Astros 4, Reds 3 at Houston (day game):
A three-run rally in the sixth inning gave the Astros a 4-3 victory to complete the sweep of the four-game series with the Reds. With the Reds leading, 3-1, Joe Morgan drew a walk to start the Astros' rally and stopped at third on a double by Cesar Cedeno. After Bob Watson walked to load the bases, Denis Menke fouled out, but Doug Rader drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Cedeno and Watson moved up after the catch and both then scored on a single by Jim Wynn.

[DH] Expos 2, Mets 1 (day game) / Mets 8, Expos 0 at New York (day game):
With Ray Sadecki pitching a three-hitter, the Mets broke their five-game losing streak by winning the nightcap of a doubleheader, 8-0, after the Expos accepted the gift of a 2-1 victory in the opener on two walks with the bases loaded. Nolan Ryan, who started the lidlifter for the Mets, allowed only two hits and walked one in the first seven innings before losing control with two out in the eighth. A walk to Ron Hunt, single by Rusty Staub and pass to Bob Bailey loaded the bases. Ryan then passed Ron Fairly to force in the first run and Ron Taylor, relieving, also passed Dave McDonald to let the second run score. Cleon Jones drove in four runs for the Mets in the nightcap with a homer and single.

Padres 3, Cardinals 2 at San Diego (night game):
After a clutch relief performance by Bob Miller, the Padres scored in the ninth inning on a single by Nate Colbert and double by Ollie Brown to defeat the Cardinals, 3-2. Colbert homered with a man on base for the Padres' first two runs in the fourth. Joe Torre drove in the Cardinals' counters with a homer and double. In the ninth, after Lou Brock singled and Matty Alou bunted safely with one out, Miller replaced Fred Norman and quelled the Cards' threat, getting Joe Hague on an infield grounder, passing Torre intentionally and striking out Jose Cardenal on three pitches.

Dodgers 7, Giants 3 at San Francisco (day game):
A triple by Willie Davis with the bases loaded in the fifth inning sparked the Dodgers to a 7-3 victory over the Giants. Davis tied the score at 3-3 with his smash and then counted the Dodgers' go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Dick Allen. Willie Crawford homered in the seventh and the Dodgers added a pair of extra runs in the eighth on singles by Wes Parker and Duke Sims, a sacrifice, infield out and single by Jim Brewer.