MLB standings through games of July 21, 1971

MLB standings at the end of July 21, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	94	58	36	0	.617		453	331	30-14	28-22	5-5	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	93	55	38	0	.591	2.5	419	379	34-17	21-21	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	95	50	45	0	.526	8.5	390	377	28-14	22-31	3-7	Lost 1
New York Yankees	97	46	51	0	.474	13.5	365	387	26-24	20-27	6-4	Lost 1
Washington Senators	93	39	54	0	.419	18.5	308	389	23-28	16-26	6-4	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	96	40	56	0	.417	19.0	324	385	19-26	21-30	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	94	60	34	0	.638		417	330	28-21	32-13	5-5	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	92	49	43	0	.533	10.0	352	324	27-20	22-23	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	100	47	53	0	.470	16.0	331	373	22-29	25-24	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	94	43	51	0	.457	17.0	379	401	22-24	21-27	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	94	41	53	0	.436	19.0	347	364	18-25	23-28	4-6	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	92	39	53	0	.424	20.0	301	346	21-27	18-26	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	63	33	0	.656		491	335	37-15	26-18	8-2	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	95	52	43	0	.547	10.5	403	387	29-19	23-24	7-3	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	97	50	46	1	.521	13.0	425	454	29-24	21-22	6-4	Won 1
New York Mets	93	48	45	0	.516	13.5	342	326	24-19	24-26	2-8	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	97	42	55	0	.433	21.5	351	417	20-24	22-31	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	97	39	57	1	.406	24.0	340	427	17-25	22-32	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	98	59	39	0	.602		427	388	32-16	27-23	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	98	51	47	0	.520	8.0	412	369	24-24	27-23	3-7	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	101	50	51	0	.495	10.5	415	428	29-22	21-29	6-4	Won 3
Houston Astros	95	47	48	0	.495	10.5	350	326	29-24	18-24	4-6	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	99	46	53	0	.465	13.5	340	351	28-23	18-30	8-2	Won 2
San Diego Padres	98	34	64	0	.347	25.0	310	398	20-28	14-36	2-8	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 6, White Sox 1 at Boston (night game):
The Red Sox beat the White Sox for the seventh straight time this season, racking up a 6-1 victory behind the six-hit pitching of Sonny Siebert. George Scott led the Red Sox at bat with three singles and a sacrifice fly, driving in two runs. Rich McKinney saved the White Sox from being shutout with a homer in the eighth inning.

[DH] Tigers 6, Angels 3 (night game) / Angels 7, Tigers 6 at California (night game):
The Tigers broke away with three runs in the 11th inning to win the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-3, but the Angels came back to take the second game, 7-6. In the opener, Tony Taylor led off the 11th with a single and was sacrificed to second by Al Kaline. After an intentional pass to Willie Horton, Bill Freehan singled to break the tie. Aurelio Rodriguez walked and, with two out, Ed Brinkman singled to drive in a pair of insurance tallies. The Angels failed to hold a 5-1 lead in the nightcap when the Tigers erupted for five runs in the sixth inning, two scoring on a single by Brinkman. The Angels pulled back into a tie and then scored the winning run in the ninth inning when Syd O'Brien and Billy Cowan singled, Sandy Alomar walked and Ken Berry hit a sacrifice fly.

Royals 7, Orioles 2 at Kansas City (night game):
The Royals, who knocked out Cuellar in the previous night's game, unleashed their bats against Jim Palmer and beat the Orioles again, 7-2. The Royals, who had a homer by Lou Piniella, were ahead only 3-2 when they broke the game open with four runs in the fifth inning. Amos Otis and Gail Hopkins singled and both scored on a double by Cookie Rojas. Piniella followed with a triple and counted himself on a sacrifice fly by Joe Keough.

Twins 2, Yankees 1 at New York (day game):
Rewarding Jim Kaat for his three-hit pitching, the Twins broke a tie in the ninth inning and beat the Yankees, 2-1. With one out, Harmon Killebrew doubled and Rich Reese ran for him. Leo Cardenas singled Reese to third. The Yankees then changed pitchers, bringing in Lindy McDaniel for Steve Kline. Steve Braun greeted McDaniel with a single, scoring Reese.

A's 4, Indians 3 at Oakland (night game):
Sal Bando smashed a two-run homer to tie the score in the ninth inning and then hit a sacrifice fly in the 12th to give the Athletics a 4-3 victory over the Indians. Vida Blue, who started for the A's in quest of his 19th victory, gave up homers by Ken Suarez and Graig Nettles and was losing in his duel with Steve Dunning, 3-1, when Bando took him off the hook with his homer. Blue was lifted after 11 innings and Darold Knowles was the winner. Phil Hennigan, who replaced Dunning in the 10th, was the loser. Larry Brown walked to open the 12th and Joe Rudi bunted safely. After Steve Mingori replaced Hennigan, Tommy Davis sacrificed. With a count of 3-0 on Gene Tenace, Ed Farmer took over pitching for the Indians and completed the pass. Bando then hit his sacrifice fly, scoring Tony LaRussa, who ran for Brown.

Senators 6, Brewers 1 at Washington (night game):
The Senators provided scoring support to enable Pete Broberg to defeat the Brewers, 6-1. When the Senators picked up a run in the second inning on a single by Dick Billings, a stolen base and two errors, the tally was the first they had scored for their bonus rookie from Darmouth in 20 innings. The Brewers tied the count in the third on a single by Bob Heise and double by Tommy Harper, but the Nats went ahead to stay in their half when Tim Cullen and Del Unser singled and Lenny Randle hit a sacrifice fly.

[DH] Braves 8, Padres 7 (night game) / Braves 1, Padres 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Pat Jarvis, who pitched a three-hitter, singled in the ninth inning and scored on a single by Felix Millan and error by Cito Gaston to give the Braves a 1-0 victory in a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with the Padres. The first game was a slugfest, with the Braves winning, 8-7, on a homer by Darrell Evans in the 11th inning. Hank Aaron smashed two homers and drove in three runs for the Braves, while the Padres had round-trippers by Ollie Brown and Bob Barton, each with a man on base. In the nightcap, Jarvis singled in the ninth for the Braves' third hit off Fred Norman. Millan followed with a single to center and when Gaston bobbled the ball, Jarvis steamed home with the winning run.

Cubs 11, Mets 7 at Chicago (day game):
Aided by a 20-mile-per-hour wind, seven homers soared out of Wrigley Field as the Cubs outslugged the Mets, 11-7. Billy Williams, Jim Hickman, Chris Cannizzaro and Ernie Banks homered for the Cubs, while the Mets had blows by Cleon Jones, Duffy Dyer and Ed Kranepool. Banks' homer, the first delivered by any pinch-hitter for the Cubs this season, was the 511th of the veteran star's career, moving him into a tie with Mel Ott for eighth place on the all-time list.

Reds 6, Dodgers 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Reds exploded for five runs in the third inning and defeated the Dodgers, 6-2, behind the pitching of Gary Nolan. Pete Rose touched off the outburst with a single and scored on a single by Bernie Carbo and sacrifice fly by Tony Perez. After Johnny Bench beat out an infield hit, George Foster rapped a two-run single. A walk to Dave Concepcion and error by Dick Allen on a grounder by Woody Woodward loaded the bases and Gary Nolan then iced his own victory by hitting a two-run single.

Expos 5, Astros 3 at Houston (night game):
An error by Joe Morgan with the bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning admitted two unearned runs and enabled the Expos to defeat the Astros, 5-3. Walks to Bob Bailey and John Boccabella, around a single by Jim Fairey, loaded the bases before Dave McDonald rapped the grounder that Morgan muffed.

Giants 8, Pirates 4 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Climaxing a six-run rally in the ninth inning, Willie McCovey hit a grand-slam homer to power the Giants to an 8-4 victory over the Pirates. Dick Dietz led off with a double and counted the first run on singles by Ken Henderson and Al Gallagher. Jimmy Rosario walked, but both Chris Speier and Tito Fuentes popped up, before Willie Mays drew a walk from Dave Giusti to force in the tying tally and bring up McCovey, whose slam was the 13th of his career.

Cardinals 6, Phillies 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Reggie Cleveland allowed only five hits and struck out 10, a major league career high for the the rookie righthander, as the Cardinals defeated the Phillies, 6-1. Cleveland helped himself at bat with a single and sacrifice fly, driving in two runs. Matty Alou accounted for three RBIs with two singles and a double. Oscar Gamble homered for the Phillies' tally.