MLB standings through games of August 20, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 20, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	119	74	45	0	.622		551	418	37-18	37-27	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	124	67	57	0	.540	9.5	531	524	38-29	29-28	3-7	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	123	66	57	0	.537	10.0	535	512	37-19	29-38	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	125	63	62	0	.504	14.0	509	492	35-29	28-33	5-5	Lost 1
Washington Senators	123	53	70	0	.431	23.0	421	491	30-36	23-34	7-3	Won 4
Cleveland Indians	124	49	75	0	.395	27.5	398	526	22-38	27-37	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	123	78	45	0	.634		539	438	31-25	47-20	7-3	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	123	63	60	0	.512	15.0	463	425	31-27	32-33	4-6	Lost 5
Chicago White Sox	124	61	63	0	.492	17.5	472	467	31-34	30-29	6-4	Won 6
California Angels	126	58	68	0	.460	21.5	413	458	25-34	33-34	4-6	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	122	56	66	0	.459	21.5	506	535	31-33	25-33	5-5	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	122	51	71	0	.418	26.5	401	453	29-40	22-31	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	126	74	52	0	.587		609	469	41-25	33-27	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	123	68	55	0	.553	4.5	497	466	36-21	32-34	6-4	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	126	67	58	1	.536	6.5	558	556	35-29	32-29	4-6	Lost 4
New York Mets	122	60	62	0	.492	12.0	451	425	30-28	30-34	3-7	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	123	53	70	0	.431	19.5	425	520	26-31	27-39	2-8	Lost 5
Montreal Expos	123	51	71	1	.418	21.0	441	548	23-34	28-37	7-3	Won 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	126	74	52	0	.587		557	510	45-23	29-29	7-3	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	125	67	58	0	.536	6.5	516	451	33-33	34-25	5-5	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	128	66	62	0	.516	9.0	508	527	36-28	30-34	6-4	Won 1
Houston Astros	125	61	64	0	.488	12.5	468	453	33-28	28-36	3-7	Lost 3
Cincinnati Reds	127	61	66	0	.480	13.5	453	449	37-28	24-38	7-3	Won 1
San Diego Padres	126	47	79	0	.373	27.0	379	488	29-37	18-42	6-4	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Twins 8, Orioles 5 at Baltimore (night game):
Coming back after trailing by five runs, the Twins rallied with the aid of a three-run homer by Leo Cardenas to defeat the Orioles, 8-5. Frank Robinson rapped two round-trippers for the Orioles, each with a man on base. The Twins, after picking up their initial marker in the sixth, exploded for five runs in the eighth. A walk, a single by Rod Carew and an infield out plated the first tally. Another walk and a single by Jim Holt added the second run before Cardenas clouted his homer.

Angels 6, Yankees 0 at California (night game):
Helped by four double plays, Rudy May pitched the Angels to a 6-0 victory over the Yankees. The Angels clinched the decision in the third inning when Jim Spencer hit a three-run homer.

White Sox 9, Indians 1 at Cleveland (night game):
Four homers -- two by Jay Johnstone and one apiece by Bill Melton and Mike Andrews -- powered the White Sox to a 9-1 victory over the Indians. Johnstone and Melton each connected with a man on base in the first inning. The only White Sox run that was not produced by a homer counted in the fifth on a walk to Johnstone, double by Andrews and sacrifice fly by Melton. Andrews hit for the circuit in the eighth and Johnstone added his second round-tripper of the game with a man on base in the ninth.

Tigers 3, Brewers 2 at Detroit (night game):
Held hitless by Bill Parsons for the first six innings, the Tigers erupted with a three-run homer by Al Kaline to defeat the Brewers, 3-2. Dick McAuliffe singled in the seventh for the Tigers' first hit. Jim Northrup also singled and Kaline followed with his homer.

[DH] Senators 6, Royals 3 (night game) / Senators 8, Royals 2 at Kansas City (night game):
Jeff Burroughs collected five hits in nine trips, driving in five runs, and Denny McLain and Dck Bosman turned in route-going performances as the Senators defeated the Royals in a twi-night doubleheader, 6-3 and 8-2. In the lidlifter, Burroughs batted in a run with a single in the first inning and broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run double in the fifth. Frank Howard, Bernie Allen and Burroughs each had two RBIs in the nightcap. Howard finished the twinbill with six hits in eight trips.

Red Sox 1, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
The Red Sox succeeded in beating Vida Blue for the second time this season, becoming the first club to achieve that feat when Gary Peters pitched a shutout and outdueled the Athletics' sensational southpaw, 1-0. Blue gave up only four hits to six yielded by Peters, but the Red Sox paired two singles and two bunts for their run in the eighth inning. Billy Conigliaro singled for his second hit and when Duane Josephson bunted, both runners were safe on an error by Tommy Davis. Peters sacrificed and Doug Griffin then singled to drive in Conigliaro.

Braves 6, Cardinals 5 at Atlanta (night game):
After failing to hold a 5-1 lead, the Braves scored on a sacrifice fly by Marty Perez with the bases loaded in the 12th inning to defeat the Cardinals, 6-5. Hank Aaron homered to help the Braves to their early lead, while Joe Torre had a round-tripper for the Cardinals as they erased the deficit. However, in the 12th, Aaron walked and Don Shaw threw high to second on a bunt by Earl Williams. Mike Lum, trying to sacrifice, forced Aaron. When the runners moved up on a wild pitch, Shaw walked Tommie Aaron intentionally to load the bases and Perez then hit Shaw's first pitch for the winning fly.

[DH] Cubs 3, Astros 2 (day game) / Cubs 5, Astros 4 at Chicago (day game):
Fergie Jenkins became the N. L.'s first 20-game winner of the season with a victory in the opener as the Cubs defeated the Astros in both ends of a doubleheader, 3-2 and 5-4. Jenkins, in reaching the charmed circle for the fifth straight year, owed thanks to Johnny Callison, who accounted for the Cubs' runs with a homer in the second inning after Joe Pepitone and Cleo James reached base with singles. In the nightcap, the Cubs came from behind when Callison walked in the eighth inning, James singled and J.C. Martin doubled to drive in the tying and winning runs.

Reds 6, Pirates 0 at Cincinnati (night game):
Ross Grimsley pitched a four-hitter and the Reds backed their young southpaw with two-run homers by Lee May and Tony Perez to defeat the Pirates, 6-0.

Expos 4, Giants 1 at Montreal (night game):
Jim Fairey and Ron Fairly batted in two runs apiece in support of Bill Stoneman, who pitched the Expos to a 4-1 victory over the Giants. Fairly walked in the second inning and Fairey smashed his first homer of the season. Fairly drove in his runs with a homer in the seventh and single in the eighth.

Padres 3, Mets 2 at New York (night game):
Throwing a double-play pitch, Al Severinsen put down a Mets' rally in the ninth inning to enable the Padres to emerge with a 3-2 victory. The Padres broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth. Enzo Hernandez singled and was on third base with two out when the Mets decided to walk Nate Colbert intentionally. Ollie Brown doubled, scoring Hernandez, and Colbert also counted when he barreled into Jerry Grote at the plate, causing the Mets' catcher to drop the ball. In the ninth, the Mets scored on a double by Cleon Jones, walk to Tommie Agee and single by Ken Boswell before Severinsen induced Ken Singleton to ground into the game-ending double play.

Dodgers 9, Phillies 5 at Philadelphia (night game):
Led by Dick Allen, who drove in four runs, the Dodgers defeated the Phillies, 9-5. Allen had a perfect night at bat with a homer, two singles and two walks. Chris Short, who started for the Phillies, gave up singles by Maury Wills and Manny Mota in the third inning before leaving the mound because of a pulled leg muscle. Barry Lersch, who relieved, served up Allen's homer for the Dodgers' first three runs. Bill Russell drove in two with a bases-loaded single in the fifth and the Dodgers added their winning margin in the eighth. Wes Parker batted in a pair with a double and scored himself on a single by Allen. Steve Garvey, running for Allen, counted on a double by Jim Lefebvre.