MLB standings through games of July 16, 1971

MLB standings at the end of July 16, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	89	56	33	0	.629		436	302	30-14	26-19	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	88	51	37	0	.580	4.5	386	355	30-16	21-21	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	88	47	41	0	.534	8.5	366	350	28-14	19-27	4-6	Lost 3
New York Yankees	90	42	48	0	.467	14.5	341	364	22-21	20-27	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	91	39	52	0	.429	18.0	312	364	19-26	20-26	3-7	Won 1
Washington Senators	88	35	53	0	.398	20.5	286	378	19-27	16-26	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	89	58	31	0	.652		401	311	26-18	32-13	6-4	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	86	44	42	0	.512	12.5	317	309	22-19	22-23	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	89	41	48	0	.461	17.0	363	383	22-24	19-24	2-8	Lost 2
California Angels	94	43	51	0	.457	17.5	305	354	18-27	25-24	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	87	39	48	0	.448	18.0	326	336	18-25	21-23	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	87	38	49	0	.437	19.0	280	313	21-27	17-22	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	59	31	0	.656		453	305	33-13	26-18	8-2	Won 8
Chicago Cubs	90	49	41	0	.544	10.0	375	364	26-17	23-24	7-3	Won 2
New York Mets	88	47	41	0	.534	11.0	322	299	24-19	23-22	2-8	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	92	48	43	1	.527	11.5	405	433	27-21	21-22	7-3	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	91	39	52	0	.429	20.5	330	395	20-24	19-28	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	92	35	56	1	.385	24.5	317	407	17-25	18-31	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	92	56	36	0	.609		392	354	32-16	24-20	4-6	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	50	42	0	.543	6.0	396	332	24-24	26-18	3-7	Lost 1
Houston Astros	89	44	45	0	.494	10.5	329	306	26-21	18-24	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	94	45	49	0	.479	12.0	377	402	24-20	21-29	6-4	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	94	42	52	0	.447	15.0	318	342	24-22	18-30	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	92	33	59	0	.359	23.0	296	371	20-28	13-31	5-5	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 9, Twins 4 at Boston (night game):
Rico Petrocelli, Joe Lahoud and Reggie Smith each hit two-run homers to help carry the Red Sox to a 9-4 victory over the Twins. Smith accounted for a third RBI with a sacrifice fly, and Carl Yastrzemski batted in two runs with a double. The Twins had round-trippers by Leo Cardenas and Jim Nettles.

Angels 5, Orioles 4 at California (night game):
Mike Cuellar, who had won 11 straight games, was stopped on his streak by the Angels, who defeated the Orioles, 5-4. The Angels, after tagging Cuellar for two runs in the third inning, added two more in the sixth on successive homers by Billy Cowan and Jim Spencer. However, what proved to be the winning run came in the seventh when Lloyd Allen, who had just taken over in relief for the Angels, came to bat against Dave Boswell, who had replaced Cuellar, and smashed his first major league homer.

Indians 8, Royals 4 at Kansas City (night game):
The Indians, who had lost six previous meetings with the Royals this season, struck back to gain an 8-4 victory. After the Indians gained a 4-1 lead, Kurt Bevacqua sealed the outcome by hitting a triple with the bases loaded in the fifth inning. Ed Kirkpatrick rapped a pair of homers for the Royals.

Yankees 7, Brewers 4 at New York (night game):
Ron Blomberg drove in three runs with a homer and Bobby Murcer accounted for two more with another circuit clout to power the Yankees to a 7-4 victory over the Brewers. After Blomberg's blast in the first inning, the Brewers tied the score in third, but the Yankees broke away in the fifth. A walk to Horace Clarke, single by Jerry Kenney and error by Bill Voss on the hit produced one run before Murcer came to the plate and smashed his homer.

A's 4, Tigers 0 at Oakland (night game):
Blazing Vida Blue allowed only one hit -- a single by Tony Taylor in the fourth inning -- and pitched the Athletics to a 4-0 victory over the Tigers. The A's sewed up their sensational southpaw's triumph by scoring all their runs in the first inning, three counting on a bases-loaded double by George Hendrick.

White Sox 2, Senators 0 at Washington (night game):
The White Sox combined a two-run homer by Bill Melton and the five-hit hurling of Tommy John to defeat the Senators, 2-0. Melton's homer followed a triple by Pat Kelly in the sixth inning and beat Pete Broberg, the Senators' rookie from Dartmouth.

Braves 3, Dodgers 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Phil Niekro helped himself to his 10th victory by beating out an infield hit in the fifth inning when the Braves scored twice to defeat the Dodgers, 3-1. After reaching second on his hit and a throwing error by Maury Wills on the play, Niekro scored on a single by Ralph Garr to snap a 1-1 tie. Garr stole second, advanced to third on a wild throw by Tom Haller and counted an insurance run on a sacrifice fly by Hank Aaron.

Cubs 11, Phillies 2 at Chicago (day game):
Backed by the Cubs' 16-hit attack, Fergie Jenkins turned in his 17th complete game of the season and beat the Phillies, 11-2, for his 14th victory. Jenkins also made it a big day by hitting a homer. Ron Santo hit a homer and single, and Glenn Beckert contributed four singles. Willie Montanez accounted for the Phillies' runs with a circuit clout in the ninth inning.

Giants 4, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Taking over in a ninth-inning jam, Jerry Johnson struck out both Jimmy Stewart and Hal McRae to save the Giants' 4-3 victory over the Reds. Willie Mays, who had left the previous night's game in the fourth inning, complaining he was tired and hurt, returned to the Giants' lineup and rapped two doubles and a single. Gaylord Perry, who started for the Giants, gave up a homer by George Foster in the fourth but held a 4-1 lead going into the ninth when the Reds erupted for two runs on a walk, a triple by Tony Perez and single by Tommy Helms. Johnson, the loser in relief in the previous night's game, took over with one out and subdued the Reds' rally.

Astros 9, Mets 4 at Houston (night game):
The Astros achieved the first triple play in their history while defeating the Mets, 9-4, to snap a six-game losing streak. In the third inning, after Ken Boswell singled and Tommie Agee walked, Cleon Jones hit a one-hop line drive to Roger Metzger, who stepped on second, forcing Agee, and threw to first to retire Jones. Boswell had retreated toward second and was thrown out when he belatedly tried for third on Denis Menke's peg across the diamond to Doug Rader.

Pirates 2, Padres 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Deciding a pitchers' duel, Bob Robertson homered in the eighth inning to give the Pirates a 2-1 victory over the Padres. The Pirates scored their initial run off Steve Arlin in the first on a single by Bill Mazeroski, forceout by Vic Davalillo and singles by Al Oliver and Richie Hebner. Nate Colbert tied the game with a homer off Bob Johnson in the seventh.

Cardinals 6, Expos 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Reggie Cleveland, who posted the Cardinals' last previous shutout May 28, pitched a five-hitter and defeated the Expos, 6-0. The Cardinals scored five of their runs off Steve Renko, but only one was earned on a homer by Ted Sizemore in the sixth inning.