MLB standings through games of August 8, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 8, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	109	67	42	0	.615		500	386	37-17	30-25	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	112	63	49	0	.562	5.5	487	458	35-21	28-28	5-5	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	112	61	51	0	.545	7.5	481	459	36-19	25-32	7-3	Won 3
New York Yankees	115	58	57	0	.504	12.0	479	460	30-25	28-32	7-3	Won 1
Washington Senators	111	46	65	0	.414	22.0	375	462	25-31	21-34	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	114	45	69	0	.395	24.5	371	477	22-37	23-32	2-8	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	113	71	42	0	.628		496	398	31-24	40-18	7-3	Lost 2
Kansas City Royals	110	56	54	0	.509	13.5	420	390	31-25	25-29	4-6	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	114	55	59	0	.482	16.5	439	432	26-30	29-29	6-4	Won 2
California Angels	116	54	62	0	.466	18.5	383	425	24-34	30-28	3-7	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	112	51	61	0	.455	19.5	452	488	27-28	24-33	5-5	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	112	48	64	0	.429	22.5	366	414	26-34	22-30	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	115	70	45	0	.609		578	425	38-19	32-26	3-7	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	115	63	51	1	.553	6.5	514	511	35-26	28-25	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	113	62	51	0	.549	7.0	465	435	34-21	28-30	7-3	Won 1
New York Mets	112	57	55	0	.509	11.5	425	389	30-27	27-28	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	114	51	63	0	.447	18.5	403	478	26-30	25-33	6-4	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	115	45	69	1	.395	24.5	408	538	22-34	23-35	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	118	68	50	0	.576		524	491	39-22	29-28	3-7	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	114	61	53	0	.535	5.0	479	418	29-28	32-25	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	118	60	58	0	.508	8.0	461	486	32-24	28-34	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	114	57	57	0	.500	9.0	429	399	33-28	24-29	5-5	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	117	54	63	0	.462	13.5	409	426	30-25	24-38	5-5	Won 1
San Diego Padres	117	42	75	0	.359	25.5	355	454	25-33	17-42	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 8, Red Sox 2 at Boston (day game):
Mickey Lolich pitched his 18th complete game of the season and gained his 18th victory as the Tigers defeated the Red Sox, 8-2. Willie Horton and Aurelio Rodriguez led the Tigers' 13-hit attack. Rodriguez homered with a man on base in the second inning and drove in another run with a single in the fourth. Horton hammered a homer with two aboard in the sixth.

Twins 2, Angels 1 at California (day game):
After scoring the Twins' first run in the second inning, Leo Cardenas clouted a homer in the ninth to beat the Angels, 2-1. In the second, Cardenas beat out an infield hit, took second on a wild pitch and counted on a single by Jim Holt. The Angels scored in the fourth on a double by Ken McMullen and single by Jim Spencer.

Royals 7, Brewers 2 at Kansas City (day game):
Dick Drago joined in the Royals' attack with a two-run double in the fourth inning and posted his 14th victory, defeating the Brewers, 7-2. Gail Hopkins had four hits, including a homer, for the Royals. The Brewers' runs came on homers by Dave May and Tommy Harper.

Yankees 2, Orioles 1 at New York (day game):
A safe bunt that resulted in the injury of Grant Jackson forced the Orioles to change pitchers in the ninth inning and led to a 2-1 loss to the Yankees. Jackson, covering first base on a bunt by Roy White, pulled a thigh muscle and had to leave the game. After Tom Dukes relieved, Danny Cater sacrificed. Felipe Alou then batted for John Ellis and singled to drive in the winning run.

[DH] White Sox 9, A's 7 (day game) / White Sox 3, A's 1 at Oakland (day game):
With the aid of a six-run outburst in the fifth inning, the White Sox defeated the Athletics, 9-7, in the first game of a doubleheader and then completed the sweep with a 3-1 victory in the second game behind the pitching of Wilbur Wood. The White Sox bunched six hits in their big inning in the lidlifter, two runs scoring on a double by Walt Williams and two on a single by Mike Andrews. Williams doubled again in the seventh and subsequently scored on a sacrifice fly by Ed Herrmann. After the White Sox added a run in the eighth, Herrmann wrapped up their scoring with a homer in the ninth. Gene Tenace, who homered for the A's, hit for the circuit again in the nightcap to account for their only run off Wood. The White Sox counted twice in the third inning on a single by Steve Huntz, triple by Pat Kelly and single by Jay Johnstone. Singles by Rich Morales and Mike Hershberger, around a walk, produced the other run in the fifth.

Indians 6, Senators 2 at Washington (day game):
After pitching five scoreless innings, Denny McLain weakened and suffered his 16th loss of the season when the Indians defeated the Senators, 6-2. The Indians caught up with McLain in the sixth, scoring two runs on a double by Vada Pinson, single by Chris Chambliss, an infield out and a single by John Lowenstein. A walk to Eddie Leon, a sacrifice, single by Ted Uhlaender and double by Chambliss added two runs and kayoed McLain in the seventh.

Braves 5, Mets 0 at Atlanta (day game):
The Braves piled up five runs in the first two innings and breezed to a 5-0 victory over the Mets behind the four-hit pitching of Phil Niekro. In the first, Felix Millan tripled and counted on a sacrifice fly by Ralph Garr. In the second, a single by Sonny Jackson, walk to Marty Perez and safe bunt by Niekro, who was trying to sacrifice, loaded the bases. Millan drove in two runs with a single. After a single by Garr filled the sacks again, Hank Aaron singled to plate the last two tallies.

[DH] Giants 4, Cubs 2 (day game) / Cubs 8, Giants 0 at Chicago (day game):
Playing before 43,066, their largest home crowd in 21 years, the Cubs lost the first game of a doubleheader to the Giants, 4-2, in 11 innings, but came back to win the second game, 8-0. Billy Williams and Glenn Beckert had big days for the Cubs. Williams smashed three homers in the twinbill and Beckert collected seven hits in nine trips. Williams hit his first homer of the day with a man on base in the fourth inning to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead in the lidlifter, but Gaylord Perry batted himself into a tie with a circuit clout in the fifth. Dave Kingman singled in the 11th and Hal Lanier sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Ken Henderson, Dick Dietz also walked to load the bases and Chris Speier came through with a single, driving in two runs to enable the Giants to end their six-game losing streak. Williams batted in five runs with his two homers in the nightcap to support the shutout pitching of Milt Pappas, who limited the Giants to six hits.

Reds 6, Expos 3 at Cincinnati (day game):
Lee May smashed two homers, driving in five runs, to power the Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Expos. May's first homer followed a single by Pete Rose in the first inning. The Expos came back with circuit clouts by John Bateman and Ron Hunt in the fifth. After the Expos tied the score again at 3-3 in the ninth, Rose and Jimmy Stewart singled in the Reds' half and May won the game with his second homer.

Padres 3, Astros 2 at Houston (day game):
A momentary bobble by Joe Morgan of a hot grounder in the fourth inning proved the break that enabled the Padres to defeat the Astros, 3-2. Nate Colbert drove in the Padres' first two runs with a single and homer. Larry Stahl singled in the fourth and Leron Lee followed with a sharp grounder to Morgan, who juggled the ball, missing the chance for a possible double play, although able to throw out Lee at first. Stahl, who reached second on the play, then scored on a single by Ed Spiezio. Fred Norman and Bob Miller combined on a five-hitter. Miller saved the game after Jack Hiatt singled and Denis Menke tripled in the eighth.

[DH] Phillies 3, Pirates 2 (day game) / Pirates 4, Phillies 0 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Posting his first N. L. shutout, Bob Johnson pitched the Pirates to a 4-0 victory in a split of a doubleheader with the Phillies, who won the first game, 3-2. Larry Bowa tripled and Willie Montanez homered for the Phillies in the fourth inning of the lidlifter, but an unearned run in the seventh on a walk by Oscar Gamble, a stolen base and Willie Stargell's muff of a fly proved decisive. The Pirates rallied for two runs on four singles in the ninth, but Joe Hoerner relieved Woodie Fryman and struck out Vic Davalillo to save the game. A homer by Gene Alley and triples by Rennie Stennett and Gene Clines were the Pirates' big hits in support of Johnson's pitching in the nightcap.

Dodgers 4, Cardinals 2 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cardinals' strategy in walking Dick Allen intentionally worked in the sixth inning, but the same move backfired in the eighth when Jim Lefebvre homered with two men on base to win the game for the Dodgers, 4-2. In the sixth, after Allen was passed to load the bases, Lefebvre struck out. Maury Wills singled in the eighth and Manny Mota sacrificed. After Willie Davis grounded out, the Cards walked Allen again, but this time Lefebvre teed off for his homer.