MLB standings through games of August 14, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 14, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	114	71	43	0	.623		533	400	37-17	34-26	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	118	64	54	0	.542	9.0	517	491	36-19	28-35	6-4	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	119	64	55	0	.538	9.5	516	507	36-27	28-28	1-9	Lost 6
New York Yankees	120	60	60	0	.500	14.0	492	474	32-28	28-32	6-4	Lost 2
Washington Senators	118	49	69	0	.415	24.0	386	478	28-35	21-34	5-5	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	119	48	71	0	.403	25.5	388	496	22-37	26-34	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	119	77	42	0	.647		529	415	31-24	46-18	7-3	Won 6
Kansas City Royals	117	62	55	0	.530	14.0	447	397	31-25	31-30	7-3	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	119	56	63	0	.471	21.0	447	457	27-34	29-29	5-5	Won 1
California Angels	121	55	66	0	.455	23.0	391	442	24-34	31-32	2-8	Lost 4
Minnesota Twins	117	53	64	0	.453	23.0	476	516	29-31	24-33	4-6	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	117	50	67	0	.427	26.0	387	436	28-37	22-30	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	120	71	49	0	.592		584	445	39-23	32-26	3-7	Lost 3
St. Louis Cardinals	121	66	54	1	.550	5.0	539	530	35-29	31-25	6-4	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	117	64	53	0	.547	5.5	474	448	34-21	30-32	7-3	Won 1
New York Mets	117	58	59	0	.496	11.5	439	410	30-27	28-32	3-7	Lost 4
Philadelphia Phillies	118	53	65	0	.449	17.0	413	491	26-30	27-35	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	119	47	71	1	.398	23.0	416	541	22-34	25-37	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	122	71	51	0	.582		538	504	42-23	29-28	4-6	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	120	65	55	0	.542	5.0	498	431	32-30	33-25	6-4	Lost 1
Atlanta Braves	123	64	59	0	.520	7.5	491	503	34-25	30-34	7-3	Won 1
Houston Astros	119	59	60	0	.496	10.5	446	425	33-28	26-32	4-6	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	121	56	65	0	.463	14.5	425	435	32-27	24-38	6-4	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	121	44	77	0	.364	26.5	365	465	27-35	17-42	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Royals 6, Red Sox 1 at Boston (day game):
Doomed from the start, the Red Sox fell to the Royals, 6-1, and suffered their sixth straight defeat in the club's longest streak in Fenway Park since 1962. The Royals chased Gary Peters before he could retire a batter in the first inning and piled up five runs en route to their seventh straight victory over the Red Sox this season. Freddie Patek and Paul Schaal started off by drawing walks and Amos Otis was safe on a throwing error by Peters to load the bases. Lou Piniella drove in two runs with a single and Cookie Rojas doubled to add another tally. Luis Tiant replaced Peters and was greeted with a two-run single by Bob Oliver.

White Sox 2, Orioles 0 at Chicago (night game):
The White Sox, who had lost five straight times to Mike Cuellar since his arrival with Baltimore in 1969, ended the southpaw's mastery by defeating the Orioles, 2-0. Cuellar actually was beaten by his own wildness and the inability of catcher Clay Dalrymple to throw out two base thieves. In the third inning, Walt Williams beat out a bunt, stole second and scored on a single by Mike Andrews. Rick Reichardt walked in the sixth, also stole second, advanced to third on an infield out and crossed the plate on a wild pitch by Cuellar. Bart Johnson saved the game for Bradley, striking out Boog Powell with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth. When the Orioles threatened with two out in the ninth, Johnson fanned Frank Robinson.

Brewers 5, Indians 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
Lew Krausse allowed only two hits in the first eight innings and then was knocked out in the ninth, but Ken Sanders came in to save the Brewers' 5-3 victory over the Indians. Krausse collected his first hit of the season, after 31 futile trips, to drive in a run in the second inning and Tom Matchick hit his first homer of the season in the eighth. With one away in the ninth, the Indians started their rally with singles by Ted Uhlaender and Vada Pinson. Chris Chambliss went out, but Graig Nettles homered. When Ray Fosse continued the attack with a single, Sanders stepped in to put out the fire by retiring Frank Baker.

Twins 9, Tigers 4 at Minnesota (day game):
After being held to one hit in the first six innings, the Twins erupted to defeat the Tigers, 9-4. The Tigers, who scored on a triple by Willie Horton in the first inning, added three unearned runs in the seventh. That seemed to stir up the Twins, who began their comeback in the home half with singles by Tony Oliva, Rich Reese and Leo Cardenas for one run and a double by Jim Holt for another marker, chasing Joe Coleman. Danny Thompson doubled off reliever Fred Scherman to tie the score at 4-4. After a sacrifice by George Mitterwald, Tom Timmerman took the mound for the Tigers, walked Harmon Killebrew and served up a single by Cesar Tovar, driving in the Twins' fifth run. Ron Perranoski became the Tigers' fourth pitcher of the inning and brought it to a close, but the Twins took advantage of an error by Perranoski and scored four more runs in the eighth, two on a single by Mitterwald and two on a homer by Killebrew.

A's 1, Yankees 0 at New York (day game):
Catfish Hunter was the winner in a pitchers' duel with Steve Kline when the Athletics scored in the ninth inning to defeat the Yankees, 1-0, for their sixth straight victory. Kline retired 13 batters in a row before Joe Rudi broke his string with a single in the ninth. Rudi moved to second after the catch on a long fly by Reggie Jackson. After the Yankees walked Mike Epstein intentionally, Sal Bando singled to drive in the game's lone run.

Senators 2, Angels 0 at Washington (night game):
Mike Thompson, Senators' rookie righthander, gained his first major league victory when Jeff Burroughs, rookie outfielder, smashed a homer to beat the Angels, 2-0. Burroughs' belt off Clyde Wright in the seventh inning came after Frank Howard was safe on an error. Until Burroughs connected, Wright had allowed only one hit. Thompson ran into trouble in the ninth and yielded to Paul Lindblad, who recorded the final out of the game.

Braves 7, Astros 0 at Atlanta (night game):
Pat Jarvis, who had been one of the Braves' disappointments this season, pitched a three-hitter and defeated the Astros, 7-0. The victory was only the fifth for Jarvis, who won 16 games last year. Earl Williams and Tommie Aaron each batted in two runs. Hank Aaron extended his batting streak to 21 games with a single in the sixth inning.

Cubs 3, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
A two-run homer by Billy Williams in the third inning enabled Milt Pappas to pitch the Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Reds. Pappas' bid for his third straight shutout was turned back quickly when the Reds scored in the first inning on singles by Hal McRae, Lee May and Tony Perez. Brock Davis singled Ron Santo across with the tying run in the second. Glenn Beckert was on base with a single when Williams hit his homer off Jim McGlothlin.

Expos 3, Dodgers 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Snapping a shutout duel, the Expos erupted for three runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Dodgers, 3-0. Bill Stoneman came out ahead of Al Downing when Ron Fairly led off the eighth with a homer, Bobby Wine singled, Ron Woods walked and Rusty Staub drove in two runs with a double.

Cardinals 11, Pirates 0 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Bob Gibson pitched first the no-hitter in his 13-year career with the Cardinals and beat the Pirates, 11-0.

Giants 6, Mets 5 at San Francisco (day game):
Jimmy Rosario hit a fly ball with the bases loaded and one out in the 10th inning, scoring Al Gallagher, to bring the Giants a 6-5 victory over the Mets. Rosario was given credit for a sacrifice fly and run batted in, even though Don Hahn dropped the ball in center field. In the scorer's judgment, Gallagher would have scored even if Hahn had made the catch. Dick Dietz, appearing as a pinch-hitter, saved the Giants from defeat, smashing a homer to tie the score in the ninth. Dave Kingman and Gallagher singled in the 10th and Chris Speier walked to load the bases. Willie McCovey forced Kingman at the plate before Rosario came up with his winning fly.