MLB standings through games of August 4, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 4, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	105	66	39	0	.629		493	366	37-17	29-22	7-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	108	62	46	0	.574	5.5	472	432	34-18	28-28	5-5	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	108	58	50	0	.537	9.5	455	444	36-19	22-31	7-3	Won 1
New York Yankees	111	55	56	0	.495	14.0	459	453	27-24	28-32	5-5	Won 3
Washington Senators	107	44	63	0	.411	23.0	358	446	23-29	21-34	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	110	43	67	0	.391	25.5	355	460	22-37	21-30	2-8	Lost 6

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	108	69	39	0	.639		485	378	29-21	40-18	6-4	Won 6
Kansas City Royals	106	54	52	0	.509	14.0	400	376	29-23	25-29	2-8	Won 2
California Angels	112	53	59	0	.473	18.0	379	415	23-31	30-28	5-5	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	109	51	58	0	.468	18.5	419	423	26-30	25-28	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	108	49	59	0	.454	20.0	439	477	27-28	22-31	5-5	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	108	46	62	0	.426	23.0	355	399	26-34	20-28	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	110	68	42	0	.618		560	412	37-16	31-26	3-7	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	111	60	50	1	.545	8.0	494	495	32-25	28-25	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	109	59	50	0	.541	8.5	446	426	31-20	28-30	6-4	Won 3
New York Mets	108	55	53	0	.509	12.0	395	375	30-27	25-26	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	110	48	62	0	.436	20.0	392	467	26-30	22-32	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	111	44	66	1	.400	24.0	398	513	22-33	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	113	67	46	0	.593		505	460	39-22	28-24	5-5	Lost 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	111	59	52	0	.532	7.0	470	413	29-28	30-24	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	110	56	54	0	.509	9.5	419	386	32-25	24-29	6-4	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	114	58	56	0	.509	9.5	447	456	30-22	28-34	6-4	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	114	52	62	0	.456	15.5	391	418	28-24	24-38	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	113	40	73	0	.354	27.0	345	441	25-33	15-40	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 5, Red Sox 4 at Baltimore (night game):
After rallying for two runs in the ninth inning to tie the score, the Orioles counted in the 10th on Merv Rettenmund's fourth hit of the game to beat the Red Sox, 5-4, in the opener of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader. The nightcap was stopped by rain after 11½ innings. Rettenmund tripled with one out in the ninth and scored on a two-out single by Boog Powell. Jerry DaVanon ran for Powell and counted the tying tally on singles by Brooks Robinson and Davey Johnson. In the 10th, Mark Belanger was hit by a pitch and Pete Richert sacrificed. After a pass to Don Buford, the runners executed a double steal. Although first base was open, the Red Sox chose to pitch to Rettenmund, who ended the game with his winning single.

White Sox 10, Angels 3 at California (night game):
The White Sox combined two walks, three singles and a wild pitch for four runs in the first inning to start them on their way to a 10-3 victory over the Angels. A pass to Pat Kelly and singles by Jay Johnstone and Rich McKinney produced the first run. Johnstone, who took third on McKinney's hit, scored on a wild pitch. After Bill Melton walked, Ed Herrmann singled to drive in McKinney. Melton then scored the fourth run of the frame when Mike Andrews forced Herrmann.

Yankees 7, Indians 3 at Cleveland (night game):
Led by Roy White and Danny Cater, who drove in five runs between them, the Yankees defeated the Indians, 7-3. White homered with a man on base in the first inning. Cater, although hitless, drove in one run with an infield out in the fourth, picked up another RBI by drawing a bases-loaded walk in the sixth and lofted a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Thurman Munson homered for the Yankees in the ninth.

Tigers 2, Senators 1 at Detroit (night game):
Al Kaline hit a triple and homer in support of Mickey Lolich to enable the Tigers' lefthander to defeat the Senators, 2-1. After hitting his triple in the first inning, Kaline scored on a single by Willie Horton. When Kaline homered in the third, the hit was the Tigers' fourth and last off Dick Bosman, who went down to a hard-luck loss. The Senators got seven hits but scored only in the fourth on a double by Dick Billings and single by Paul Casanova.

[DH] Royals 2, Twins 1 (night game) / Royals 3, Twins 0 at Kansas City (night game):
Snapping their eight-game losing streak, the Royals got superb pitching from Dick Drago and Al Fitzmorris to sweep a doubleheader with the Twins, 2-1 and 3-0. Drago, in gaining his 13th victory, the high for any pitcher in the Royals' brief history, gave up a run on successive singles by Cesar Tovar, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva, the first three batters in the Twins' lineup, but then bore down and yielded only four more hits the rest of the way. The Royals also scored in the first, counting off Bert Blyleven on a double by Freddie Patek, single by Amos Otis, a stolen base and single by Gail Hopkins. Fitzmorris pitched a two-hitter in the nightcap and scored the only run he needed when he singled and Joe Keough tripled in the eighth inning. Later in that stanza, Hopkins drove in two extra runs with a double.

A's 6, Brewers 5 at Oakland (night game):
A grand-slam homer by Sal Bando was the Athletics' big blow in a 6-5 victory over the Brewers. A walk to Bert Campaneris, single by Rick Monday and an error on a grounder by Tommy Davis filled the bases in the third inning for Bando's belt off Marcelino Lopez. However, the Brewers came back with homers by Johnny Briggs and Dave May to tie the score before Reggie Jackson put the A's in front again with a round-tripper in the fifth. Bando walked in the seventh, moved up on an infield out and scored what proved to be the winning run on a single by Angel Mangual.

Cubs 3, Padres 0 at Chicago (day game):
The Cubs, who completed the suspended game of May 16 with a 6-4 victory, also defeated the Padres in the regular-scheduled contest, 3-0. The action in May in the nightcap of a doubleheader was stopped by darkness after six innings with the Cubs leading, 6-3. Phil Regan took the mound for the resumption of play and limited the Padres to one run in the seventh on singles by Don Mason, Enzo Hernandez and Dave Campbell. Milt Pappas pitched a shutout for the Cubs in regularly scheduled game and beat the Padres for the fifth straight time in his career.

Astros 2, Dodgers 0 at Houston (night game):
Cesar Cedeno took care of the Astros' scoring with a two-run single in the sixth inning and Ken Forsch pitched a four-hitter to defeat the Dodgers, 2-0. Cedeno's hit followed singles by Roger Metzger and Joe Morgan and a sacrifice by Jim Wynn.

Expos 4, Pirates 3 at Montreal (night game):
Pinch-hitter Gary Sutherland came through with a run-scoring single in the 11th inning to carry the Expos to a 4-3 victory over the Pirates. With one out, Boots Day beat out an infield hit and stopped at second on a single by Ron Brand. Sutherland then batted for Mike Marshall and delivered his winning hit.

Reds 1, Mets 0 at New York (day game):
Although Gary Gentry reached a career high in strikeouts with 11, one of two walks issued by the righthander resulted in the Mets' loss to the Reds, 1-0. Woody Woodward drew a pass in the sixth inning, Gary Nolan sacrificed and Pete Rose drove in the run with a double. Gentry gave up seven hits. Nolan, who held the Mets to five hits, was lifted with two out in the ninth after walking Art Shamsky. Clay Carroll, in relief, passed Donn Clendenon but retired Ken Boswell on a grounder to save the game.

Braves 5, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
A single by Mike Lum with two out in the ninth inning drove in two runs and gave the Braves a 5-3 victory over the Phillies. Mike McQueen, the Braves' winner in relief, started the rally with a one-out single. After Felix Millan grounded out, Ralph Garr and Hank Aaron drew walks from Darrell Brandon to load the bases. The Phillies called on Joe Hoerner in relief and Lum worked the count to 3-and-2 before rapping his game-winning single.

Cardinals 7, Giants 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Gibson became the second pitcher in Cardinals' history to reach the 200 victory mark when the ace righthander defeated the Giants, 7-2. Jesse Haines holds the Cardinal record with 210 victories. Gibson pitched out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the first inning, allowing only one run on a sacrifice fly by Willie McCovey. Gibson tied the score with a sacrifice fly in the second and the Cardinals then erupted for five runs in the sixth, three scoring on Ted Kubiak's first N. L. homer.