MLB standings through games of August 3, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 3, 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	107	57	50	0	.533	9.5	453	443	35-19	22-31	7-3	Lost 1
New York Yankees	110	54	56	0	.491	14.0	452	450	27-24	27-32	5-5	Won 2
Washington Senators	106	44	62	0	.415	22.0	357	444	23-29	21-33	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	109	43	66	0	.394	24.5	352	453	22-36	21-30	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	107	68	39	0	.636		479	373	28-21	40-18	6-4	Won 5
Kansas City Royals	104	52	52	0	.500	14.5	395	375	27-23	25-29	2-8	Lost 8
California Angels	111	53	58	0	.477	17.0	376	405	23-30	30-28	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	108	50	58	0	.463	18.5	409	420	26-30	24-28	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	106	49	57	0	.462	18.5	438	472	27-28	22-29	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	107	46	61	0	.430	22.0	350	393	26-34	20-27	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	109	68	41	0	.624		557	408	37-16	31-25	3-7	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	110	59	50	1	.541	9.0	487	493	31-25	28-25	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	107	57	50	0	.533	10.0	437	422	29-20	28-30	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	107	55	52	0	.514	12.0	395	374	30-26	25-26	4-6	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	109	48	61	0	.440	20.0	389	462	26-29	22-32	5-5	Won 3
Montreal Expos	110	43	66	1	.394	25.0	394	510	21-33	22-33	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	112	67	45	0	.598		503	453	39-22	28-23	5-5	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	110	59	51	0	.536	7.0	470	411	29-28	30-23	7-3	Won 5
Houston Astros	109	55	54	0	.505	10.5	417	386	31-25	24-29	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	113	57	56	0	.504	10.5	442	453	30-22	27-34	5-5	Lost 3
Cincinnati Reds	113	51	62	0	.451	16.5	390	418	28-24	23-38	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	111	40	71	0	.360	26.5	341	432	25-33	15-38	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Brewers 2, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Lew Krausse and Ken Sanders combined on a six-hitter and batterymate Paul Ratliff smashed a two-run homer as the Brewers defeated the Angels, 2-0. Loser Tom Murphy retired the first 12 batters before Jose Cardenal singled to open the fifth inning. Johnny Briggs flied out to deep right field, pointing the direction for Ratliff, who cleared the fence at that point with his homer.

Twins 4, White Sox 3 at Chicago (night game):
Tony Oliva, who batted in two runs with a double in the eighth inning to tie the score, doubled again in the 10th to plate Rod Carew and give the Twins a 4-3 victory over the White Sox. Carew singled with one out and, after Harmon Killebrew struck out, scored easily from first base on Oliva's double.

Yankees 8, Indians 1 at Cleveland (night game):
The Yankees exploded for eight runs in the second inning and defeated the Indians, 8-1, behind the five-hit hurling of Mike Kekich. Fourteen men went to the plate in the Yankees' biggest scoring stanza since August 12, 1969, when they also pushed across eight runs against the Twins. The shutout was the first for Kekich since August 4, 1968, when the lefthander was with the Dodgers.

Senators 4, Tigers 2 at Detroit (night game):
Coming off the disabled list, Denny McLain gained his first victory since June 30 when the Senators rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Tigers, 4-2. Frank Howard homered in the third inning, but the Nats had only three other hits off Joe Niekro and trailed, 2-1, going into the ninth. Bernie Allen started the rally with a single and Tommy McCraw doubled. After Tom Timmerman replaced Niekro, Tim Cullen singled to score Allen. McCraw crossed the plate when Aurelio Rodriguez failed to handle a hot grounder by Jeff Burroughs. Fred Scherman took over for the Tigers and gave up a single by Dave Nelson, driving in Cullen.

A's 7, Royals 5 at Kansas City (night game):
Vida Blue failed in a bid for his 20th victory, but the Athletics rallied to defeat the Royals, 7-5, before a Kansas City record crowd of 35,623. Blue gave up nine hits and trailed, 5-2, before going out for a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning. Three of the Royals' runs came on a homer by Bob Oliver. The A's began their comeback with a two-run homer by Rick Monday in the seventh. Then, in the ninth, after Tommy Davis, Dick Green and Bert Campaneris hit singles to tie the score, Monday doubled to drive in the winning runs.

Cubs 5, Astros 0 at Houston (night game):
The loser of four straight decisions in July, Bill Hands pitched the Cubs past the Astros, 5-0, for his first victory since June 29. Ron Santo, breaking an 0-12 slump, smashed a homer in the second inning to pin the defeat on Larry Dierker, who allowed only two other hits before leaving the game for a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning. The Cubs fell on reliever Fred Gladding for their remaining runs in the ninth.

Pirates 10, Expos 6 at Montreal (night game):
A six-run outburst in the eighth inning brought the Pirates a 10-6 victory over the Expos. Gene Alley touched off the uprising with his second homer of the game to tie the score at 5-5. Two walks around an error then loaded the bases and Manny Sanguillen cleared them with a triple. After another walk, Vic Davalillo doubled to drive in the final two runs.

[DH] Reds 5, Mets 2 (night game) / Mets 9, Reds 4 at New York (night game):
A three-run homer by Tony Perez in the sixth inning paced the Reds to a 5-2 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Mets came back to win the second game, 9-4. The Reds, held to one hit by Nolan Ryan for the first five innings of the opener, erupted in the sixth and scored a run on a single by Pete Rose, pass to Bernie Carbo and single by Lee May before Perez pounded his homer. May added a homer in the eighth. The Mets pinned winless Jim Merritt with his 11th loss in the nightcap. Tim Foli drove in three runs with a pair of doubles.

Phillies 3, Braves 2 at Philadelphia (night game):
John Vukovich, who went into the game with a .161 batting average, doubled in the ninth inning for his second hit and second RBI of the game to enable the Phillies to defeat the Braves, 3-2. Willie Montanez homered for the Phils in the second and Hank Aaron tied the score with a circuit clout in the seventh. A double by Don Money and single by Vukovich put the Phils ahead again in their half of the seventh, but Earl Williams forged a new deadlock with a homer in the ninth. Roger Freed singled in the Phils' half and gave way to Larry Bowa, who raced home from first base on Vukovich's double.

Dodgers 9, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Staked to a four-run lead in the first inning, Doyle Alexander pitched the Dodgers to a 9-1 victory over the Giants. Manny Mota and Willie Davis singled to start the Dodgers rolling, Mota going to third and Davis taking second on the throw. After an intentional pass to Dick Allen loaded the bases, Jim Lefebvre lofted a sacrifice fly for the first run, Steve Garvey drove in two with a single and Joe Ferguson added a run with another single.

Padres 6, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Steve Arlin, who is a graduate of Ohio State's dental school, pitched a four-hitter for the Padres and extracted a 6-1 victory over the Cardinals. Arlin also drilled a sacrifice fly to produce one of the Padres' runs. Ollie Brown accounted for two RBIs with a pair of singles.