MLB standings through games of August 7, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 7, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	108	67	41	0	.620		499	384	37-17	30-24	7-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	111	63	48	0	.568	5.5	485	450	35-20	28-28	5-5	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	111	60	51	0	.541	8.5	473	457	36-19	24-32	7-3	Won 2
New York Yankees	114	57	57	0	.500	13.0	477	459	29-25	28-32	6-4	Lost 1
Washington Senators	110	46	64	0	.418	22.0	373	456	25-30	21-34	5-5	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	113	44	69	0	.389	25.5	365	475	22-37	22-32	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	111	71	40	0	.640		488	386	31-22	40-18	8-2	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	109	55	54	0	.505	15.0	413	388	30-25	25-29	3-7	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	112	53	59	0	.473	18.5	427	424	26-30	27-29	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	115	54	61	0	.470	19.0	382	423	24-33	30-28	4-6	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	111	50	61	0	.450	21.0	450	487	27-28	23-33	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	111	48	63	0	.432	23.0	364	407	26-34	22-29	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	113	69	44	0	.611		572	422	37-18	32-26	3-7	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	114	63	50	1	.558	6.0	512	507	35-25	28-25	8-2	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	111	61	50	0	.550	7.0	455	431	33-20	28-30	7-3	Won 5
New York Mets	111	57	54	0	.514	11.0	425	384	30-27	27-27	5-5	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	112	50	62	0	.446	18.5	400	472	26-30	24-32	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	114	45	68	1	.398	24.0	405	532	22-34	23-34	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	116	67	49	0	.578		520	481	39-22	28-27	4-6	Lost 6
Los Angeles Dodgers	113	60	53	0	.531	5.5	475	416	29-28	31-25	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	113	57	56	0	.504	8.5	427	396	33-27	24-29	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	117	59	58	0	.504	8.5	456	486	31-24	28-34	5-5	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	116	53	63	0	.457	14.0	403	423	29-25	24-38	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	116	41	75	0	.353	26.0	352	452	25-33	16-42	3-7	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 12, Red Sox 8 at Boston (day game):
Dick McAuliffe, who entered the game with a batting average of .185, drove in six runs with a homer, double and single to lead the Tigers' slugging in a 12-8 victory over the Red Sox. Gates Brown and McAuliffe hit back-to-back homers in the third inning. McAuliffe batted in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the sixth and drove in three more with a bases-loaded double in the seventh. Norm Cash also homered for the Tigers, while George Scott connected for the circuit with two men on base for the Red Sox.

Twins 7, Angels 1 at California (night game):
The Twins broke their four-game losing streak behind the five-hit pitching of Jim Kaat, who beat the Angels, 7-1. Tony Oliva drove in two runs with a double in the third inning when the Twins scored four times with the aid of five walks. Cesar Tovar hit his first homer of the season with two men on base in the ninth.

Brewers 6, Royals 5 at Kansas City (night game):
Rain cut off a rally by the Royals in the seventh inning and enabled the Brewers to escape with a 6-5 victory in the first game of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader. The second game was postponed. Jose Cardenal and Tommy Harper each hit a two-run single and Dave May homered as the Brewers built up a 6-0 lead. The Royals came back with four runs in the sixth, two counting on a pinch-homer by Ed Kirkpatrick. Singles by Cookie Rojas and Paul Schaal and a double by Bob Oliver added a run with one out in the seventh when rain prevented further action.

Orioles 3, Yankees 1 at New York (day game):
The Orioles collected only two hits off Mike Kekich, but that was enough to beat the Yankees, 3-1, behind the four-hit pitching of Jim Palmer. Kekich issued six walks and two of them helped beat him. Don Buford drew a pass in the first inning, stopped at second on a bloop single by Frank Robinson and scored when Horace Clarke erred on a grounder by Brooks Robinson. Then, in the fourth, Merv Rettenmund walked and Davey Johnson hit a homer for the Orioles' winning blow. The Yankees scored in the sixth on a single by Jerry Kenney, pass to Bobby Murcer and single by Roy White. With one out, Palmer escaped from the jam by getting Ron Blomberg on a short fly and Danny Cater on another fly.

A's 1, White Sox 0 at Oakland (day game):
Vida Blue became the first 20-game winner in the major leagues this season when the Athletics' sensational southpaw defeated the White Sox, 1-0. Joe Horlen was the loser on a balk. In the fifth inning, Dick Green doubled and took third on a grounder by Bert Campaneris. Facing Rick Monday, Horlen stepped on the rubber, but then stopped his pitching motion and stepped off the slab. Umpire Dave Phillips called a balk and waved Green home.

Senators 7, Indians 0 at Washington (night game):
Pete Broberg, the Senators' $150,000 bonus pitcher from Dartmouth, posted his first major league shutout and also drove in two runs with his first major league hit while defeating the Indians, 7-0.

Mets 20, Braves 6 at Atlanta (night game):
The Mets set a scoring record for their 10-year history by trouncing the Braves, 20-6, with a 21-hit attack that included a grand-slam homer, double and two singles by Ken Boswell. The Mets' previous high was 19 runs against the Cubs on May 26, 1964. However, their 21 hits fell two shy of the club mark set in that same 1964 game with the Cubs.

Cubs 6, Giants 5 at Chicago (day game):
Fergie Jenkins, who was saved from ejection in the fourth inning by a new N. L, rule, was able to resume pitching for the Cubs and defeated the Giants, 6-5, for his 18th victory. Jenkins threw his batting helmet to the ground after striking out and was thumbed by umpire Ed Sudol. However, manager Leo Durocher reminded Sudol of the new rule that throwing a helmet does not call for a mandatory ejection but instead brings an automatic $100 fine. Sudol reinstated Jenkins, bringing a squawk from manager Charlie Fox of the Giants, who completed the game under protest. Willie Mays singled and doubled for the Giants, bringing his career hit total to 3,153, good for seventh place on the all-time list ahead of Paul Waner.

Expos 4, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Four innings of shutout relief pitching by Mike Marshall enabled the Expos to edge the Reds, 4-3, in a game that saw Ron Hunt set a modern major league record when the Montreal second baseman was hit by a pitch for the 32nd time this season. After Hunt was hit in the first inning, the Expos scored three runs on singles by Boots Day and Jim Gosger, an infield out by Rusty Staub and double by Ron Fairly. Singles by Hunt, Day and Staub added what proved to be the deciding run in the second. Marshall took over for Ernie McAnally with none out in the sixth and allowed only one hit the rest of the way.

Astros 5, Padres 3 at Houston (night game):
Making up for his error, Roger Metzger drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as the Astros defeated the Padres, 4-3. The shortstop's error enabled the Padres to take a 3-2 lead with two unearned runs in the sixth. However, in the Astros' half, Bob Watson singled, took second on a groundout and scored the tying run on a pinch-single by Rich Chiles. After advancing on another grounder, Chiles counted on Metzger's single.

Phillies 5, Pirates 3 at Pittsburgh (day game):
After building up a 5-0 lead, the Phillies stood off the Pirates, 5-3, to hand the Eastern division leaders their seventh defeat in the last nine games. The Phillies used a single by Deron Johnson, double by Willie Montanez, a long fly by Don Money and grounder by Ron Stone for two runs in the second inning and added three in the third on singles by Rick Wise, Larry Bowa and Tim McCarver, double by Johnson and groundout by Money. The Pirates rallied for three runs in the seventh with the aid of two errors by Bowa, but Billy Wilson, in relief, ended the threat by striking out Bob Robertson and getting Al Oliver to ground out.

Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2 at St. Louis (night game):
Matty Alou turned a safe bunt into a scoring dash around the bases in the 10th inning to bring the Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers. After Alou beat out his bunt, shortstop Maury Wills and second baseman Jim Lefebvre huddled with pitcher Pete Mikkelsen halfway between the mound and second base, but failed to call time. Alou suddenly took off for secnd and when Mikkelsen threw high to Lefebvre, who backtracked to cover the bag, Alou continued on to third. Lefebvre charged after the ball but had difficulty picking it up in short center field and Alou raced for home, scoring ahead of Lefebvre's hurried throw.