MLB standings through games of July 26, 1971

MLB standings at the end of July 26, 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	98	57	41	0	.582	3.0	438	400	34-18	23-23	6-4	Lost 2
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	99	45	54	0	.455	18.5	400	431	24-26	21-28	4-6	Won 2
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	100	54	46	0	.540	10.5	415	401	29-20	25-26	5-5	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	103	55	47	1	.539	10.5	464	471	30-24	25-23	7-3	Won 1
New York Mets	98	51	47	0	.520	12.5	364	345	26-21	25-26	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	102	44	58	0	.431	21.5	362	438	22-26	22-32	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	103	40	62	1	.392	25.5	361	467	18-29	22-33	4-6	Lost 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	100	50	50	0	.500	10.5	379	349	30-24	20-26	5-5	Won 1
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:

Twins 2, Red Sox 1 at Minnesota (night game):
A sacrifice fly by Jim Holt in the ninth inning scored Rich Reese and gave the Twins a 2-1 victory over the Red Sox. Reese led off with a triple, forcing the Red Sox to issue intentional passes to Leo Cardenas and Jim Nettles to load the bases. Sonny Siebert then retired George Mitterwald on a short fly, but Holt batted for Jim Kaat and smashed a long fly to center field.

Cubs 5, Expos 2 at Montreal (night game):
The Cubs bunched five hits for three runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Expos, 5-2, behind the five-hit pitching of Milt Pappas. Don Kessinger singled, reached second on a wild pickoff throw by Steve Renko and crossed the plate on a single by Glenn Beckert to tie the score at 2-2. Jim Hickman and Ron Santo hit singles to drive in Beckert with the go-ahead run. After an infield hit by Brock Davis, Johnny Callison added an extra tally with a sacrifice fly.

Cardinals 4, Mets 0 at New York (night game):
With Bob Gibson pitching his second straight five-hit shutout, the Cardinals defeated the Mets, 4-0. Joe Torre drove in two runs with a double in the first inning to give Gibson an early lead over Ray Sadecki. Gibson tripled and scored on a bunt single by Lou Brock in the second. Matty Alou homered off Ron Taylor for the final run in the ninth.

Astros 7, Phillies 4 at Philadelphia (night game):
After letting victory slip away in the 10th inning, the Astros came back with three runs in the 15th to defeat the Phillies, 7-4. In the 10th, Cesar Cedeno batted in Joe Morgan with a double and scored himself on a single by Doug Rader to put the Astros ahead, 4-2, but a homer by Willie Montanez, his second of the game, and a pass to Ron Stone with the bases loaded produced the tying pair for the Phillies in their half. Two were out in the 15th when Cedeno singled and reached third on Stone's muff of a pickoff throw by Darrell Brandon. Rader followed with a tie-breaking double. Denis Menke then walked and Jesus Alou drove in two extra runs with a double.