MLB standings through games of August 24, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 24, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	122	77	45	0	.631		562	422	40-18	37-27	7-3	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	127	68	59	0	.535	11.5	548	521	39-21	29-38	4-6	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	128	67	61	0	.523	13.0	540	544	38-29	29-32	3-7	Lost 4
New York Yankees	129	64	65	0	.496	16.5	513	505	35-29	29-36	4-6	Won 1
Washington Senators	126	53	73	0	.421	26.0	428	505	30-36	23-37	6-4	Lost 3
Cleveland Indians	127	50	77	0	.394	29.5	415	541	23-40	27-37	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	128	82	46	0	.641		562	446	35-26	47-20	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	126	66	60	0	.524	15.0	480	435	34-27	32-33	5-5	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	127	62	65	0	.488	19.5	481	480	31-34	31-31	7-3	Lost 1
California Angels	129	61	68	0	.473	21.5	420	460	28-34	33-34	6-4	Won 4
Minnesota Twins	126	57	69	0	.452	24.0	515	550	31-33	26-36	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	125	53	72	0	.424	27.5	411	466	29-40	24-32	5-5	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	131	76	55	0	.580		639	503	41-25	35-30	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	127	69	58	0	.543	5.0	510	481	37-24	32-34	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	130	70	59	1	.543	5.0	581	571	35-29	35-30	5-5	Won 3
New York Mets	126	62	64	0	.492	11.5	463	436	32-30	30-34	4-6	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	127	56	71	0	.441	18.0	434	525	29-32	27-39	4-6	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	127	54	72	1	.429	19.5	467	566	26-35	28-37	8-2	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	130	76	54	0	.585		571	526	45-23	31-31	7-3	Won 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	129	68	61	0	.527	7.5	530	473	33-33	35-28	3-7	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	133	68	65	0	.511	9.5	542	569	38-31	30-34	4-6	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	131	64	67	0	.489	12.5	473	465	39-28	25-39	8-2	Won 1
Houston Astros	129	63	66	0	.488	12.5	478	461	33-30	30-36	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	130	48	82	0	.369	28.0	385	497	29-37	19-45	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 1, White Sox 0 at Baltimore (night game):
A run-scoring double by Merv Rettenmund in the first inning enabled Mike Cuellar to pitch the Orioles to a 1-0 victory over the White Sox in a duel with Tom Bradley. Don Buford, who walked and took third on a single by Brooks Robinson, scored the lone run on Rettenmund's two-out double.

Angels 2, Senators 1 at California (night game):
Although pitching a two-hitter, Clyde Wright was on the verge of losing until Jim Spencer smashed a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Angels a 2-1 victory over the Senators. Jim Fregosi walked with one out before Spencer hit his homer to beat Pete Broberg, who gave up only three hits. The Senators scored their run in the top half of the ninth on walks to Frank Howard and Jeff Burroughs and a single by Dave Nelson.

Brewers 6, Indians 5 at Cleveland (night game):
After accepting a gift of three unearned runs in the sixth inning, the Brewers added three other tallies in the seventh and defeated the Indians, 6-5. Roy Foster, who homered for the Indians in the fourth, dropped a fly ball by Ellie Rodriguez with two out and the bases loaded to give the Brewers their tainted runs. Ray Fosse put the Indians back in the lead, 5-3, with a three-run homer in their half of the sixth, but the Brewers started their rally in the seventh with a single by Bill Voss, double by Tommy Harper and singles by Ron Theobald and Johnny Briggs to tie the score. After Jose Cardenal struck out, Dave May grounded to Eddie Leon, who missed an attempted tag of Briggs and had to settle for a putout of May at first base as Theobald scored what proved to be the winning run.

Twins 3, Tigers 1 at Detroit (night game):
Jim Perry, who was the A. L.'s Cy Young Award winner last year with a 24-12 record for the Twins, balanced his ledger this season at 14-14 by pitching a four-hitter to beat the Tigers, 3-1. Al Kaline homered for the Tigers' run in the first inning. A single by Rich Reese, double by Leo Cardenas and successive sacrifice flies by Jim Nettles and George Mitterwald put the Twins ahead in the third and they added their last run in the seventh when Mitterwald reached second on a throwing error by Aurelio Rodriguez and scored on a double by Cesar Tovar.

Royals 5, Red Sox 4 at Kansas City (night game):
Helping himself to victory, Tom Burgmeier doubled in the 13th inning and scored the winning run for the Royals, who defeated the Red Sox, 5-4, for their 10th straight triumph over the baffled Bosox this season. After reaching second on his two-bagger, Burgmeier advanced to third when Freddie Patek bunted safely. Sparky Lyle, replacing Luis Tiant, walked Joe Keough to load the bases and Gail Hopkins then singled to chase Burgmeier across the plate.

Yankees 1, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
For the second straight time, the Athletics failed to score for Vida Blue and their sensational southpaw suffered his second straight 1-0 defeat, this time at the hand of Mel Stottlemyre of the Yankees. Gary Peters of the Red Sox beat Blue, 1-0, August 20. Blue held the Yankees to four hits, but a single by Thurman Munson, double by Roy White and infield out by Felipe Alou produced a run in the first inning. Stottlemyre gave up three hits, the first two on successive safe bunts by Rick Monday and Dave Duncan in the seventh inning. When Mike Hegan also bunted, Stottlemyre threw out Monday at third. Larry Brown then grounded into a double play. The A's other hit was an infield single by Bert Campaneris in the eighth.

Braves 15, Pirates 5 at Atlanta (night game):
The Pirates, who won the second game of the previous night's doubleheader, 15-4, got a taste of their own medicine when they were walloped by the Braves, 15-5. The Braves piled up 21 hits, including homers by Hank Aaron, Mike Lum and Marty Perez. Aaron's homer accounted for the 1,882nd run of his career, moving him into sixth place on the major leagues' all-time list ahead of Tris Speaker. Darrell Evans had a perfect night at bat with two doubles and two singles. Lum collected four hits in five trips and drove in four runs.

Reds 5, Cubs 4 at Chicago (day game):
Pete Rose bloomed for the the Reds with three doubles to lead the attack in a 5-4 victory over the Cubs. Rose scored after each of his doubles and also drove in one run. The only Reds' tally in which he did not figure counted in the fifth inning on singles by George Foster, Tommy Helms and Woody Woodward. The game marked a milestone for Tony Perez of the Reds and Ernie Banks of the Cubs. Perez singled in the second for his 1,000th major league hit and Banks belted the 512th homer of his career to tie Eddie Mathews for seventh on the all-time list.

Cardinals 2, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
Lou Brock literally stole a victory and Al Santorini saved it as the Cardinals defeated the Astros, 2-1. After the Cardinals counted in the first inning on a single by Matty Alou and double by Joe Torre, Brock beat out an infield hit in the fifth, stole second, stole third and continued home when catcher Johnny Edwards' throw bounced into left field. The Astros rallied for their run with one out in the ninth on successive singles by Cesar Cedeno, Bob Watson and Rich Chiles, but Santorini rescued Reggie Cleveland and induced Doug Rader to ground into a game-ending double play.

Dodgers 6, Expos 4 at Montreal (night game):
The Expos' club-record winning streak of eight games came to an end when the Dodgers exploded for five runs in the sixth inning to gain a 6-4 victory. Willie Davis had five straight hits for the Dodgers, including a bases-loaded triple in their big inning. With the aid of a double by Bob Bailey for his 1,000th major league hit, the Expos held a 2-1 lead going into the sixth. Tom Haller started the Dodgers' uprising with a single, Al Downing walked and Maury Wills singled to load the bases. After a single by Bill Buckner drove in pinch-runner Bill Russell to tie the score, Davis whacked his triple. Ron Fairly narrowed the gap for the Expos with a two-run homer in the eighth.

Giants 3, Mets 2 at New York (night game):
Getting five-hit pitching from Juan Marichal, the Giants edged the Mets, 3-2. Bobby Bonds, after committing an error that let the Mets score a run in the second inning, made amends by smashing a homer with Willie Mays on base in the fourth. The Giants added the deciding run in the fifth on singles by Al Gallagher and Marichal and successive forceouts at second by Ken Henderson and Tito Fuentes. Tommie Agee homered for the Mets in the seventh.

Padres 2, Phillies 0 at Philadelphia (night game):
Ed Acosta, acquired from Charleston (International) in the deal that sent Bob Miller to the Pirates, made his first major league start and pitched the Padres to a 2-0 victory over the Phillies. Barry Lersch, who started for the Phillies, was doomed to his ninth straight defeat when Nate Colbert homered in the second inning. The other run scored on a wild pitch by Lersch with the bases loaded in the fifth.