MLB standings through games of August 2, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 2, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	104	65	39	0	.625		488	362	36-17	29-22	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	107	62	45	0	.579	4.5	468	427	34-18	28-27	5-5	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	106	57	49	0	.538	9.0	451	439	35-18	22-31	7-3	Won 2
New York Yankees	109	53	56	0	.486	14.5	444	449	27-24	26-32	5-5	Won 1
Washington Senators	105	43	62	0	.410	22.5	353	442	23-29	20-33	4-6	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	108	43	65	0	.398	24.0	351	445	22-35	21-30	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	106	67	39	0	.632		472	368	28-21	39-18	5-5	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	103	52	51	0	.505	13.5	390	368	27-22	25-29	3-7	Lost 7
California Angels	110	53	57	0	.482	16.0	376	403	23-29	30-28	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	107	50	57	0	.467	17.5	406	416	26-29	24-28	7-3	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	105	48	57	0	.457	18.5	434	469	27-28	21-29	5-5	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	106	45	61	0	.425	22.0	348	393	26-34	19-27	5-5	Lost 1

	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	109	59	49	1	.546	8.0	486	487	31-24	28-25	7-3	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	106	56	50	0	.528	10.0	432	422	29-20	27-30	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	105	54	51	0	.514	11.5	384	365	29-25	25-26	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	108	47	61	0	.435	20.0	386	460	25-29	22-32	5-5	Won 2
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	111	67	44	0	.604		502	444	39-21	28-23	6-4	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	109	58	51	0	.532	8.0	461	410	29-28	29-23	6-4	Won 4
Houston Astros	108	55	53	0	.509	10.5	417	381	31-24	24-29	6-4	Won 2
Atlanta Braves	112	57	55	0	.509	10.5	440	450	30-22	27-33	6-4	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	111	50	61	0	.450	17.0	381	407	28-24	22-37	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	110	39	71	0	.355	27.5	335	431	25-33	14-38	5-5	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 7, Orioles 4 at Baltimore (night game):
The tremendous relief pitching of Bill Lee, who allowed only two hits in 8 1/3 innings, enabled the Red Sox to come from behind to defeat the Orioles, 7-4. The Orioles jumped on Luis Tiant for all their runs in the first inning on a homer by Boog Powell, two walks and another round-tripper by Davey Johnson. The Red Sox chipped away with three single runs before going ahead in the seventh when Doug Griffin singled and Reggie Smith and Carl Yastrzemski followed with consecutive homers.

Angels 3, Brewers 1 at California (night game):
Rudy May, winning for the fourth time in his last five decisions, allowed only four hits and pitched the Angels to a 3-1 victory over the Brewers. May held the Brewers hitless until one out in the seventh inning when Jose Cardenal, playing in his first game with the Brewers, singled, stole second and scored on a single by Roberto Pena. The Angels' seven hits in the game included a homer by Roger Repoz.

White Sox 7, Twins 5 at Chicago (night game):
Knocked down by the first pitch, Mike Andrews dug in on the next delivery by Jim Perry and smashed a three-run homer in the fifth inning to lead the White Sox to a 7-5 victory over the Twins. Perry failed for the seventh straight time in a bid for his 13th victory. The Twins' ace had six defeats and one no-decision since winning last on June 30.

Yankees 7, Indians 0 at Cleveland (night game):
Posting his first shutout of the season, Fritz Peterson allowed only four hits and pitched the Yankees to a 7-0 victory over the Indians. Horace Clarke had a great night defensively behind Peterson, handling six putouts and 10 assists.

Tigers 11, Senators 7 at Detroit (night game):
After failing to hold 5-0 and 7-2 leads, the Tigers came back to defeat the Senators, 11-7. The Tigers scored five runs in the first inning and made it 7-2 when Willie Horton homered with a man on base in the fourth. However, the Senators rallied to tie the score in the seventh on two walks, an infield out, single by Larry Biittner, another walk and a homer by Jeff Burroughs. In the Tigers' half, Mickey Stanley walked and Jim Northrup doubled to drive in the tie-breaking run. The Tigers added three runs in the eighth with the help of Horton's fourth hit of the game.

A's 2, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
A homer by Gene Tenace in the seventh inning provided the Athletics with their deciding run in a 2-1 victory over the Royals. Ed Kirkpatrick homered for the Royals' run in the third and the A's tied the score in the fourth when Reggie Jackson singled, took third on a single by Tommy Davis and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Sal Bando.

Astros 2, Cubs 1 at Houston (night game):
Don Wilson pitched a two-hitter and triumphed in a duel with Fergie Jenkins when the Astros defeated the Cubs, 2-1. The Astros scored their runs in the second inning on a single by Doug Rader, double by Denis Menke and single by Jesus Alou. Jim Hickman homered for the Cubs in the fourth.

Reds 4, Mets 2 at New York (night game):
Johnny Bench and Lee May combined to bat the Reds to a 4-2 victory over the Mets. Bench drove in the first two runs with a double in the first inning. After the Mets pulled even, May broke the tie with a homer in the ninth. Tony Perez followed with a triple and Bench singled for his third RBI of the game.

Phillies 4, Braves 0 at Philadelphia (night game):
Back-to-back homers by Deron Johnson and Roger Freed in the fourth inning started the Phillies off to a 4-0 victory over the Braves. The Phillies added another run in that same stanza on a single by Don Money, his stolen base and another single by John Vukovich. Three singles and a sacrifice fly by Tim McCarver added the final tally in the seventh. Rick Wise posted the shutout, although tagged for 11 hits by the Braves.

Dodgers 5, Giants 4 at San Francisco (night game):
Three homers, the last by Steve Garvey with two men on base in the ninth inning, powered the Dodgers to a 5-4 victory over the Giants. Dick Allen homered for the Dodgers' first run in the fifth before the Giants ganged up for four runs in the seventh. Dick Dietz homered to tie the score and other tallies followed on singles by Ken Henderson and Chris Speier, a triple by Al Gallagher and single by John Cumberland. After Joe Ferguson homered for the Dodgers in the eighth, Willie Davis singled in the ninth to chase Cumberland. Jerry Johnson retired the next two batters and then southpaw Steve Hamilton came in to face lefthanded-hitting Willie Crawford. The move failed when Crawford singled and Garvey followed with his winning homer.

Cardinals 3, Padres 1 at St. Louis (night game):
After giving up a homer by Cito Gaston in the first inning, Steve Carlton bore down the rest of the way and pitched the Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Padres. The Cards tied the score in the second on a triple by Joe Torre and sacrifice fly by Ted Simmons. Matty Alou doubled in the fourth, stopped at third on a single by Simmons and counted the go-ahead run when Jim Beauchamp forced Simmons. A single by Lou Brock, his 36th stolen base of the season and single by Alou added the final run in the seventh.