MLB standings through games of July 7, 1971

MLB standings at the end of July 7, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	82	51	31	0	.622		397	283	26-13	25-18	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	82	48	34	0	.585	3.0	362	335	28-16	20-18	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	82	44	38	0	.537	7.0	348	331	27-14	17-24	3-7	Lost 1
New York Yankees	84	38	46	0	.452	14.0	320	349	18-20	20-26	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	84	37	47	0	.440	15.0	293	330	19-25	18-22	3-7	Won 1
Washington Senators	82	33	49	0	.402	18.0	269	358	17-24	16-25	7-3	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	82	53	29	0	.646		378	291	22-16	31-13	4-6	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	80	42	38	0	.525	10.0	299	283	21-18	21-20	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	83	39	44	0	.470	14.5	339	352	20-22	19-22	3-7	Lost 4
California Angels	87	39	48	0	.448	16.5	279	335	17-26	22-22	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	80	35	45	0	.438	17.0	310	319	15-23	20-22	7-3	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	80	35	45	0	.438	17.0	268	296	20-27	15-18	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	54	31	0	.635		424	294	28-13	26-18	6-4	Won 3
New York Mets	82	46	36	0	.561	6.5	298	264	24-19	22-17	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	82	44	38	0	.537	8.5	341	338	24-17	20-21	7-3	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	85	42	42	1	.500	11.5	361	409	21-20	21-22	3-7	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	84	35	49	0	.417	18.5	299	362	16-23	19-26	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	84	33	50	1	.398	20.0	293	367	17-25	16-25	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	86	52	34	0	.605		370	331	31-16	21-18	3-7	Lost 4
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	48	38	0	.558	4.0	371	312	23-21	25-17	5-5	Lost 3
Houston Astros	82	43	39	0	.524	7.0	299	262	25-20	18-19	9-1	Won 6
Atlanta Braves	90	44	46	0	.489	10.0	368	379	23-19	21-27	8-2	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	87	37	50	0	.425	15.5	290	319	19-21	18-29	3-7	Lost 6
San Diego Padres	85	30	55	0	.353	21.5	276	353	17-26	13-29	4-6	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, Senators 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Frank Robinson, playing first base in place of the injured Boog Powell, had a perfect night at bat with a homer and three singles as the Orioles defeated the Senators, 4-0. Pat Dobson posted the shutout on a four-hitter. Robinson singled and scored in the fourth inning, set up another run with a single in the fifth and capped his night with a homer in the seventh.

White Sox 2, A's 1 at Chicago (night game):
Fleet-footed Lee Richard scored from second base on a long sacrifice fly by Rich McKinney in the seventh inning to bring the White Sox a 2-1 victory over the Athletics. Ed Herrmann opened the inning with a single and gave way to Richard, who advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Luis Alvarado. McKinney then batted for Tommy John and drove a fly to deep center field. Racing past third without hesitation, Richard scored when Larry Brown's relay of the throw by Angel Mangual was wide of the plate.

[DH] Red Sox 4, Indians 0 (night game) / Indians 4, Red Sox 3 at Cleveland (night game):
After getting only two hits off Ray Culp and losing the first game, 4-0, the Indians came back to beat the Red Sox in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader, 4-3. Three-run homers in the first inning were decisive in both clashes. Carl Yastrzemski connected for the Red Sox in the lidlifter after Joe Lahoud singled and Reggie Smith walked. In the nightcap, after two passes and a double by Graig Nettles produced one run for the Indians, Chuck Hinton came to the plate and smashed a homer.

Yankees 5, Tigers 3 at Detroit (night game):
Bobby Murcer's third double and fourth hit of the game drove in two runs with two out in the 11th inning and gave the Yankees a 5-3 victory over the Tigers. Bill Freehan smashed two homers for the Tigers. In the 11th, Horace Clarke singled with two away and Thurman Munson walked before Murcer's decisive double.

Brewers 8, Royals 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Dave May hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning to start the Brewers on their way to an 8-2 victory over the Royals behind the pitching of Bill Parsons. The Brewers iced the game with five runs in the seventh, three scoring on a triple by Phil Roof.

Angels 3, Twins 1 at Minnesota (night game):
Two doubles by Billy Cowan were the Angels' key hits in a 3-1 victory over the Twins. Cowan hit his first double of the game in second inning and scored on a single by Ken McMullen. After the Twins picked up an unearned run in the fourth, the game stayed deadlocked until the eighth when Sandy Alomar singled and, after two out, counted on Cowan's second double. Mickey Rivers ran for Cowan and added an extra run on a single by Jim Spencer.

Braves 4, Phillies 2 at Atlanta (night game):
Ron Reed pitched a four-hitter and Earl Williams smashed two homers as the Braves defeated the Phillies, 4-2. Williams' first homer of the game tied the score at 1-1 in the second inning. After the Phillies went ahead again, Zoilo Versalles hit for the circuit to knot the count in the third. Williams then provided the winning margin with a two-run drive in the fourth.

[DH] Cubs 6, Dodgers 5 (night game) / Cubs 4, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (night game):
Jim Hickman batted in four runs with a homer and single in the first game and Billy Williams drove in two runs with a homer in the second game to pace the Cubs to a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with the Dodgers, 6-5 and 4-3. After Hickman's homer in the sixth inning of the lidlifter, the Cubs added a run in the same stanza on a single by Ron Santo, two walks and an infield out by Williams. However, the Cubs needed two more runs in the ninth on a double by Chris Cannizzaro and singles by Don Kessinger, Glenn Beckert and Williams to stave off the Dodgers, who rallied for four runs in their half before Phil Regan, in relief of Milt Pappas, struck out Willie Crawford with the bases loaded. Juan Pizarro, just called up from Tacoma (Pacific Coast), was the winner of the nightcap with help from Ray Newman. After the Cubs scored twice in the fourth inning, Williams hit a homer following a pass to Beckert in the fifth. Bobby Darwin hit his first major league homer to supply the Dodgers' three runs in the seventh.

Expos 12, Mets 7 at New York (day game):
Carl Morton drove in two runs with a single and homer and was the Expos' winning pitcher in a 12-7 victory over the Mets, who went down to their seventh loss in the last eight games.

Pirates 9, Reds 3 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Although tagged for three homers, Bob Johnson allowed only two other hits and pitched the Pirates to a 9-3 victory over the Reds. The Pirates clinched the outcome in the first inning, scoring five runs. Dave Cash and Roberto Clemente singled and, with two out, Richie Hebner drove in the first run with a double. Walks to Bob Robertson and Manny Sanguillen forced in a second tally. Gene Alley then batted in two runs with a single and Johnson added the fifth marker with a single.

Padres 4, Cardinals 1 at San Diego (night game):
The fastest game in the league so far this season, only one hour, 34 minutes, saw Clay Kirby pitch the Padres to a 4-1 victory over the Cardinals. Kirby allowed only three hits. Bob Gibson, who pitched seven innings for the Cardinals, gave up five hits, including Fred Kendall's first major league homer.

Astros 18, Giants 4 at San Francisco (day game):
The Astros set a Houston club record for scoring in an 18-4 trouncing of the Giants. The Astros sent 14 men to bat and piled up 10 runs in the fourth inning on eight hits, two walks and a sacrifice fly. Ten more men batted in the sixth when the Astros counted six times. With the exception of Larry Dierker, every player in the starting lineup collected one or more hits and every starter, including Dierker, drove in at least one run and scored at least once.