MLB standings through games of August 1, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 1, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	103	65	38	0	.631		484	355	36-16	29-22	7-3	Won 5
Boston Red Sox	106	61	45	0	.575	5.5	461	423	34-18	27-27	4-6	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	105	56	49	0	.533	10.0	440	432	34-18	22-31	6-4	Won 1
New York Yankees	108	52	56	0	.481	15.5	437	449	27-24	25-32	5-5	Lost 2
Washington Senators	104	43	61	0	.413	22.5	346	431	23-29	20-32	4-6	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	107	43	64	0	.402	24.0	351	438	22-34	21-30	3-7	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	105	66	39	0	.629		470	367	28-21	38-18	5-5	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	102	52	50	0	.510	12.5	389	366	27-21	25-29	3-7	Lost 6
California Angels	109	52	57	0	.477	16.0	373	402	22-29	30-28	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	106	49	57	0	.462	17.5	399	411	25-29	24-28	6-4	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	104	48	56	0	.462	17.5	429	462	27-28	21-28	5-5	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	105	45	60	0	.429	21.0	347	390	26-34	19-26	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	108	67	41	0	.620		547	402	37-16	30-25	3-7	Lost 4
St. Louis Cardinals	108	58	49	1	.542	8.5	483	486	30-24	28-25	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	105	56	49	0	.533	9.5	431	420	29-20	27-29	4-6	Won 1
New York Mets	104	54	50	0	.519	11.0	382	361	29-24	25-26	5-5	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	107	46	61	0	.430	20.5	382	460	24-29	22-32	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	109	43	65	1	.398	24.0	388	500	21-32	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	110	67	43	0	.609		498	439	39-20	28-23	7-3	Won 4
Los Angeles Dodgers	108	57	51	0	.528	9.0	456	406	29-28	28-23	6-4	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	111	57	54	0	.514	10.5	440	446	30-22	27-32	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	107	54	53	0	.505	11.5	415	380	30-24	24-29	5-5	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	110	49	61	0	.445	18.0	377	405	28-24	21-37	3-7	Lost 5
San Diego Padres	109	39	70	0	.358	27.5	334	428	25-33	14-37	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Red Sox 5, White Sox 1 (day game) / Red Sox 6, White Sox 1 at Chicago (day game):
With Ray Culp and Gary Peters turning in route-going performances, the Red Sox beat the White Sox in both games of a doubleheader, 5-1 and 6-1. The Red Sox clinched the opener in the first inning with four runs off Wilbur Wood. John Kennedy started with a double and scored when Wood threw wildly on a bunt by Doug Griffin. Rico Petrocelli singled. George Scott followed with a triple, driving in Griffin and Petrocelli, and scored himself when Mike Andrews failed to handle the relay from the outfield. The Red Sox also enjoyed a four-run inning in the nightcap. Kennedy and Griffin singled in the fourth for the first hits off Vicente Romo and Reggie Smith followed with a homer. After the next two batters went out, Scott also hit for the circuit.

[DH] A's 7, Indians 3 (day game) / A's 4, Indians 2 at Cleveland (day game):
After breezing to a 7-3 victory in the opener of a doubleheader, the Athletics took advantage of two unearned runs and also beat the Indians in the nightcap, 4-2. Rick Monday and Gene Tenace hit homers for the A's in the first game, Tenace's blow coming with two men on base. In the second game, with the score tied, 2-2, Monday singled and stopped at second on a two-out single by Sal Bando. When Kurt Bevacqua booted a grounder by Curt Blefary, Monday scored the go-ahead run. Angel Mangual added an extra run with a single.

Tigers 4, Angels 3 at Detroit (day game):
Hitless in six previous times at bat, Jim Northrup came to the plate again in the 16th inning and smashed his first homer since July 17 to give the Tigers a 4-3 victory over the Angels.

[DH] Brewers 4, Senators 3 (day game) / Brewers 3, Senators 2 at Milwaukee (day game):
Bobby Mitchell hit the first two homers of his major league career, connecting in each game of a doubleheader to provide the winning blows as the Brewers defeated the Senators, 4-3 and 3-2. After the Brewers picked up one run in the first inning of the opener, Jim Slaton walked in the third, Ron Theobald singled and Mitchell crashed a homer to enable the Brewers to emerge with a victory. In the nightcap, Frank Howard put the Senators ahead, 2-1, with a homer in the fourth inning, but Johnny Briggs doubled in the sixth and Mitchell won the game with his round-tripper.

Twins 10, Yankees 7 at Minnesota (day game):
A barrage of seven hits for six runs in the first inning started the Twins off to a 10-7 victory over the Yankees. Cesar Tovar, Rod Carew, Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva and Rich Reese singled in succession for two runs, Leo Cardenas doubled for two more, another scored on a groundout by Jim Holt and the sixth run crossed the plate on a single by Phil Roof. As events turned out, that would not have been enough, but the Twins added two runs in the fourth on a homer by Oliva, double by Reese and single by Leo Cardenas before winding up with a pair in the fourth. The Yankees had two homers by Ron Blomberg and one each by Bobby Murcer and Thurman Munson.

Dodgers 5, Reds 4 at Los Angeles (day game):
The Dodgers scored two runs on a hit batsman with the bases loaded and a catcher's interference in the 11th inning to defeat the Reds, 5-4. The Reds forced the game into overtime when Al Ferrara homered with a man on base in the ninth to tie the score at 3-3. The Reds then went ahead in the 11th on a homer by Tony Perez. In the Dodgers' half, Joe Ferguson singled and Joe Gibbon bobbled a bunt by Wes Parker. After Maury Wills struck out, Manny Mota drew an intentional pass to load the bases and Bill Buckner was hit by a pitch, forcing in Ferguson with the tying run. Dick Allen forced Parker at the plate for the second out. On Gibbon's first pitch to Willie Crawford, Mota attempted to steal home. Catcher Johnny Bench stepped in front of Crawford, grabbed the ball and tagged Mota. However, umpire Harry Wendelstedt ruled catcher's interference on Bench in a double-penalty play that also charged Gibbon with a balk. Crawford was awarded first and Mota was allowed to score.

Astros 8, Expos 1 at Montreal (day game):
Wade Blasingame helped himself with a single and double, driving in two runs and scoring one, while pitching the Astros to an 8-1 victory over the Expos.

Cubs 3, Mets 2 at New York (day game):
Juan Pizarro, making only his third start for the Cubs since his recall from Tacoma (Pacific Coast) early in July, defeated the Mets, 3-2, and turned in his first complete game since July 4, 1969, when the lefthander was with the Indians. The Cubs pinned the defeat on Tom Seaver, counting two runs in the fourth inning on a walk to Glenn Beckert, single by Billy Williams, a hit batsman, infield hit by Jim Hickman and a forceout by Paul Popovich. However, Danny Frisella allowed what proved to be the deciding run in the eighth on a walk to Williams, single by Hickman and a wild pitch.

Cardinals 9, Phillies 6 at Philadelphia (day game):
The Cardinals, who scored three runs and still had two men on base with one out in the 12th inning, filed a protest when the Phillies failed to put the field back in playing condition after rain stopped the game, with the score reverting to a 3-3 tie for 11 full innings. League President Chub Feeney upheld the protest because of the mechanical failure of the water removal machine and the game was resumed in Philadelphia on September 6. In the 12th, Lou Brock walked for the Cardinals, stole second and reached third on a passed ball before Julian Javier was hit by a pitch. Rain then suspended play for one hour, 49 minutes. After action resumed, Bob Burda smashed a line drive that was knocked down by Deron Johnson, who recovered the ball and stepped on first for the putout. Javier was trapped but succeeded in returning to first safely as Brock scored from third. Joe Torre and Matty Alou singled for another run and Daryl Patterson walked to load the bases. A wild pitch by Billy Wilson allowed Torre to score. Rain then stopped the game again for 31 minutes and the umpires finally called it off.

[DH] Giants 11, Pirates 7 (day game) / Giants 8, Pirates 3 at San Francisco (day game):
Showing tremendous power, the Giants bombed the Pirates in both games of a doubleheader, 11-7 and 8-3. The Giants were losing the opener, 7-6, before they exploded for five runs in the eighth inning. Willie Mays drove in two runs with a bases-loaded double to send the Giants ahead and Willie McCovey followed with a three-run homer to clinch the outcome. Dave Kingman, playing first base in place of McCovey in the nightcap, smashed two homers, each with a man on base, and Al Gallagher supplied three runs with a double and single. Willie Stargell hit two homers for the Pirates and reached the 100 mark in RBIs.

Padres 2, Braves 0 at San Diego (day game):
With the aid of a triple play, Clay Kirby posted his first shutout of the season and pitched the Padres to a 2-0 victory over the Braves. The Padres, who ended a string of seven straight losses to the Braves, scored their runs in the fourth inning on a double by Nate Colbert, triple by Leron Lee and double by Ollie Brown. The triple play came in the seventh after Earl Williams singled and Hal King walked. Oscar Brown lined to Don Mason, whose throw to Colbert doubled King. Colbert then fired to Enzo Hernandez at second and nailed Williams off base for the third out.