MLB standings through games of July 25, 1971

MLB standings at the end of July 25, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	98	60	38	0	.612		469	349	31-16	29-22	4-6	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	97	57	40	0	.588	2.5	437	398	34-18	23-22	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	99	51	48	0	.515	9.5	407	403	29-17	22-31	3-7	Lost 1
New York Yankees	102	51	51	0	.500	11.0	405	407	27-24	24-27	7-3	Won 5
Cleveland Indians	100	41	59	0	.410	20.0	334	402	20-29	21-30	3-7	Won 1
Washington Senators	98	40	58	0	.408	20.0	325	414	23-29	17-29	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	98	63	35	0	.643		443	347	28-21	35-14	6-4	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	97	52	45	0	.536	10.5	369	338	27-21	25-24	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	103	49	54	0	.476	16.5	349	385	22-29	27-25	7-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	99	45	54	0	.455	18.5	374	383	21-26	24-28	6-4	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	98	44	54	0	.449	19.0	398	430	23-26	21-28	3-7	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	97	40	57	0	.412	22.5	319	373	21-31	19-26	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	101	65	36	0	.644		507	350	37-16	28-20	5-5	Lost 2
Chicago Cubs	99	53	46	0	.535	11.0	410	399	29-20	24-26	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	102	54	47	1	.535	11.0	460	471	30-24	24-23	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	97	51	46	0	.526	12.0	364	341	26-20	25-26	4-6	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	101	44	57	0	.436	21.0	358	431	22-25	22-32	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	102	40	61	1	.396	25.0	359	462	18-28	22-33	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	103	62	41	0	.602		452	407	34-18	28-23	6-4	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	102	53	49	0	.520	8.5	426	382	25-26	28-23	3-7	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	105	53	52	0	.505	10.0	425	434	30-22	23-30	7-3	Won 1
Houston Astros	99	49	50	0	.495	11.0	372	345	30-24	19-26	5-5	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	104	48	56	0	.462	14.5	356	376	28-24	20-32	6-4	Won 1
San Diego Padres	103	36	67	0	.350	26.0	317	408	22-30	14-37	3-7	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Angels 6, Orioles 2 (day game) / Angels 9, Orioles 6 at Baltimore (night game):
Facing two of the Orioles' aces, the Angels knocked out both Mike Cuellar and Jim Palmer while sweeping a doubleheader, 6-2 and 9-6. Cuellar was the victim of a five-run outburst by the Angels in the second inning of the opener. With two out, Jim Spencer walked, Syd O'Brien doubled, Jerry Moses tripled, Andy Messersmith doubled and Sandy Alomar homered. Palmer was chased in the sixth inning of the nightcap, but the Orioles took him off the hook when Brooks Robinson hit a two-run homer to tie the score at 6-6 in the ninth. The Angels then beat Orlando Pena in the 13th. Ken Berry singled with the bases loaded to drive in the tie-breaking tally and John Stephenson doubled to add a pair of insurance runs.

[DH] White Sox 5, Senators 1 (day game) / White Sox 9, Senators 6 at Chicago (day game):
The White Sox used the pitching of Wilbur Wood in the first game and a 14-hit attack in the second game to defeat the Senators in a doubleheader, 5-1 and 9-6. Pat Kelly batted in two runs with a double and Bill Melton hit a homer in the White Sox' support of Wood. Del Unser homered to account for the Senators' run off Wood, who pitched a five-hitter. In the nightcap, the White Sox had two homers by Rick Reichardt and one by Tom Egan, plus four doubles. The Senators collected 12 hits, including homers by Frank Howard, Don Mincher, Lenny Randle and Tommy McCraw.

[DH] Royals 4, Indians 3 (day game) / Indians 2, Royals 1 at Cleveland (day game):
The Indians, who were defeated in the opener of a doubleheader, 4-3, snapped their five-game losing streak by beating the Royals in the nightcap, 2-1. The Royals won the lidlifter with one concentrated burst, scoring all their runs in the third inning on walks to Dick Drago and Paul Schaal, a single by Amos Otis, pass to Gail Hopkins, single by Cooke Rojas and sacrifice fly by Lou Piniella. In the nightcap, the Indians broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth when Jim Clark walked, Jack Heidemann sacrificed and Ken Suarez singled.

[DH] Tigers 7, A's 4 (day game) / A's 6, Tigers 1 at Detroit (day game):
Vida Blue received credit for his 19th victory of the season when the Athletics won the nightcap of a doubleheader, 6-1, after the Tigers took the opener, 7-4, to break Chuck Dobson's nine-game winning streak. Tony Taylor led the Tigers' attack in the lidlifter with his first A. L. homer and two singles, driving in three runs. Dobson, drawing his first defeat of the year, was chased in the fourth inning when the Tigers scored three times. Taylor plated one run with a single, another counted on a double by Ed Brinkman and the third scored on a pass to Gates Brown with the bases loaded. Blue, who was hit on the foot by a pitched ball in the fourth inning, remained on the mound through six stanzas and allowed only one hit before being removed for a pinch-hitter. Sal Bando homered for the A's, while Mike Epstein and Gene Tenace knocked in two runs apiece.

[DH] Yankees 6, Brewers 2 (day game) / Yankees 11, Brewers 9 at Milwaukee (day game):
Appearing as a pinch-hitter, Bobby Murcer delivered the first grand slam of his major league career to help the Yankees defeat the Brewers, 11-9, in the sweep of a doubleheader. The Yankees won the first game, 6-2, with four runs in the 11th inning on singles by Roy White, Ron Blomberg, Felipe Alou, Horace Clarke and Gene Michael, an error and a sacrifice fly by Jerry Kenney. Murcer batted for Jim Hardin and hit his homer in the second inning of the nightcap to send the Yankees out in front, 6-3, The Yankees went on to build up a 10-3 lead before the Brewers almost overtook them with a six-run rally in the seventh, including a homer by Ted Kubiak with two men on base.

Twins 6, Red Sox 2 at Minnesota (day game):
Harmon Killebrew, who had been in a slugging slump, hit his first homer since June 22 as the Twins exploded for five runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Red Sox, 6-2. Stan Williams, the winner in relief of Bert Blyleven, walked to start the outburst and Cesar Tovar, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva followed with singles to produce two runs. Killebrew then drove in three runs with the 499th homer of his major league career.

Braves 3, Dodgers 1 at Los Angeles (day game):
The Dodgers went down to defeat at the hands of Phil Niekro for the third straight time this season when the knuckleballer pitched the Braves to a 3-1 victory. The Braves scored two of their runs in the third inning on a double by Marty Perez, error by Dick Allen on a bunt by Niekro, single by Felix Millan and sacrifice fly by Ralph Garr. Their other tally in the seventh counted on singles by Mike Lum and Earl Williams and a squeeze bunt by Perez.

Expos 5, Cardinals 4 at Montreal (day game):
A grand slam by John Bateman was the Expos' big blow in a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals. Boots Day singled, Rusty Staub doubled and Ron Fairly walked before Bateman connected for his homer off Reggie Cleveland in the fourth inning. However, as it turned out, the Expos also needed another run that scored in the sixth on a pass to Fairly, single by Bob Bailey and forceout by Jim Gosger.

Mets 7, Astros 6 at New York (day game):
Led by Cleon Jones, who hit a single, double and homer, the Mets defeated the Astros, 7-6. Jones' homer ignited a four-run outburst by the Mets in the fourth inning. Jones hit his double and counted on an infield out and sacrifice fly by Dave Marshall in the fifth. However, the Mets also needed two more runs in the eighth on scoring singles by Danny Frisella and Ken Boswell to gain their victory.

Phillies 2, Cubs 1 at Philadelphia (day game):
Taking advantage of the Cubs' difficulties with two bunts, the Phillies scored a run in the ninth inning to gain a 2-1 victory. Deron Johnson walked to lead off and gave way on the paths to Terry Harmon. An error on a bunt by Oscar Gamble and a late throw to third on another bunt by Don Money enabled the Phillies to load the bases. Ron Stone then singled to drive in the winning run.

[DH] Padres 2, Pirates 1 (day game) / Padres 2, Pirates 0 at San Diego (day game):
Fred Norman pitched a five-hitter in the first game and Steve Arlin followed with a three-hitter in the second game as the Padres handed the Pirates their first double defeat of the season, 2-1 and 2-0. Norman's victory in the opener was the lefthander's first after six losses. Leron Lee homered for the Padres in the third inning and then doubled and scored the winning run on a single by Cito Gaston in the fifth. In the nightcap, the Padres scored both their runs in the second inning on singles by Nate Colbert, Ollie Brown, Ed Spiezio and Fred Kendall.

[DH] Giants 7, Reds 3 (day game) / Reds 5, Giants 2 at San Francisco (day game):
Homers by Tony Perez and Lee May paced the Reds to a 5-2 victory in the second game of a doubleheader after the Giants won the first game, 7-3. Bobby Bonds and Willie McCovey batted in two runs apiece for the Giants in the lidlifter. The Reds took the lead in the nightcap when Perez hit his homer with a man on base in the third inning. Ken Henderson then batted in two runs for the Giants with a homer and double before May broke the tie with his circuit clout in the eighth.