MLB standings through games of August 28, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 28, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	126	80	46	0	.635		585	439	43-19	37-27	8-2	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	130	71	59	0	.546	11.0	563	529	42-21	29-38	6-4	Won 3
Boston Red Sox	132	69	63	0	.523	14.0	558	554	38-29	31-34	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	132	65	67	0	.492	18.0	520	515	35-29	30-38	4-6	Lost 2
Washington Senators	130	55	75	0	.423	27.0	449	528	30-36	25-39	5-5	Lost 2
Cleveland Indians	131	52	79	0	.397	30.5	446	573	25-42	27-37	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	131	84	47	0	.641		580	458	37-27	47-20	6-4	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	130	69	61	0	.531	14.5	495	450	37-28	32-33	6-4	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	131	62	69	0	.473	22.0	497	503	31-34	31-35	4-6	Lost 5
California Angels	133	62	71	0	.466	23.0	430	479	29-37	33-34	6-4	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	129	58	71	0	.450	25.0	533	569	31-33	27-38	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	129	55	74	0	.426	28.0	434	493	29-40	26-34	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	134	78	56	0	.582		659	516	41-25	37-31	5-5	Lost 1
St. Louis Cardinals	133	72	60	1	.545	5.0	596	580	36-30	36-30	5-5	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	130	70	60	0	.538	6.0	520	494	38-26	32-34	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	129	65	64	0	.504	10.5	479	440	35-30	30-34	6-4	Won 3
Philadelphia Phillies	130	57	73	0	.438	19.0	443	540	30-34	27-39	4-6	Won 1
Montreal Expos	128	54	73	1	.425	20.5	468	570	26-36	28-37	8-2	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	133	77	56	0	.579		580	540	45-23	32-33	5-5	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	132	69	63	0	.523	7.5	537	485	33-33	36-30	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	136	69	67	0	.507	9.5	552	588	38-32	31-35	4-6	Won 1
Cincinnati Reds	134	66	68	0	.493	11.5	490	480	39-28	27-40	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	132	64	68	0	.485	12.5	486	472	34-32	30-36	3-7	Won 1
San Diego Padres	131	49	82	0	.374	27.0	392	497	29-37	20-45	5-5	Won 2

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Orioles 9, Brewers 4 (night game) / Brewers 3, Orioles 0 at Baltimore (night game):
Dave McNally gained his 16th victory when the Orioles won the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, 9-4, but Mike Cuellar was turned back in a bid for his 17th victory by the Brewers, who took the nightcap, 3-0, behind the pitching of Lew Krausse and Ken Sanders. Elrod Hendricks, catching for McNally, backed his pitcher with a homer and double, driving in five runs. Don Buford also hit for the circuit and McNally helped clinch his 10th straight victory with a two-run homer in the eighth. Johnny Briggs and Andy Kosco homered for the Brewers, who rallied for two more runs in the ninth before Eddie Watt, in relief of McNally, ended the game. In the nightcap, a combination of singles by Kosco and Ellie Rodriguez and infield outs by Dave May produced two of the Brewers' runs off Cuellar, while Briggs accounted for the other tally with a homer in the seventh inning.

Red Sox 6, Angels 2 at California (night game):
With Reggie Smith providing the principal batting support, Roger Moret turned in the first complete game of his brief major league career and pitched the Red Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Angels. Smith singled to drive in one of two Red Sox runs in the first inning and homered with two men on base in the fourth. The Angels picked up their runs in the home half of the fourth on a double by Jim Fregosi and homer by Ken McMullen.

Indians 9, Twins 8 at Cleveland (day game):
Three homers, including a grand slam by Ray Fosse, enabled the Indians to outslug the Twins, 9-8. John Lowenstein homered for the Indians' first two runs in the second inning. Fosse's jackpot wallop followed in the third. The Twins, who had two homers by Rich Reese and one by Tony Oliva, were leading, 8-6, before Vada Pinson came to the plate and hit for the circuit with two men on base in the sixth. As a result, Mark Ballinger, rookie from Jacksonville (Dixie Association), who pitched hitless ball in the last four innings for the Indians, was able to pick up his first major league victory.

Tigers 5, White Sox 4 at Detroit (day game):
The Tigers scored twice on four walks and an error in the seventh inning to defeat the White Sox, 5-4. Les Cain, who was the Tigers' winner, hit a homer and also bunted safely to help himself to a 3-2 lead, but the White Sox went ahead with a pair of unearned runs in the sixth. Bart Johnson, pitching in relief for the White Sox, lost his control in the seventh and passed four batters to force in one run. Facing Steve Kealey in relief, Jim Northrup grounded to Mike Andrews for a forceout at the plate, but when catcher Tom Egan threw to first base in an attempted double play, Andrews dropped the ball as Gates Brown streaked home with the deciding run.

Royals 4, Yankees 3 at Kansas City (night game):
An unearned run in the eighth inning enabled the Royals to defeat the Yankees, 4-3. Ron Blomberg provided the Yankees' entire attack, driving in all their runs with a pair of homers. After Blomberg's second smash put the Yankees ahead, 3-2, in the sixth inning, the Royals tied the score in their half on a triple by Lou Piniella and single by Bob Oliver. Piniella beat out an infield hit to Jerry Kenney in the eighth, raced to third on his wild throw and scored the winning run on a single by Oliver.

A's 10, Senators 6 at Oakland (day game):
Celebrating his return to the the lineup, Sal Bando hit a grand-slam homer and drove in another run with a single to pace the Athletics to a 10-6 victory over the Senators. Bando had missed three games because of an injury. Rick Monday rapped a homer and two singles for the A's and batted in two runs. Del Unser and Don Mincher each drove in a pair for the Senators, Unser with a double in the second inning and Mincher with a homer in the fifth.

Braves 4, Cubs 3 at Chicago (day game):
The Braves, after scoring their early runs on two homers, bunched three singles off Fergie Jenkins for a run in the ninth inning to beat the Cubs. 4-3. Darrell Evans homered for the Braves in the second inning and, after Johnny Callison knocked in two runs for the Cubs with a double in their half of the second, Earl Williams hit for the circuit with a man on base in the sixth to put the Braves in front again. The Cubs tied the score in the eighth on a triple by Joe Pepitone and single by Brock Davis. Williams opened the Braves' ninth with a single and was forced by Mike Lum. After Evans struck out, Sonny Jackson beat out an infield hit and Marty Perez singled to produce the winning run.

Astros 4, Pirates 0 at Houston (night game):
Held to five hits by Don Wilson, the Pirates lost to the Astros, 4-0, with the result that their Eastern division lead was cut to five games over the Cardinals, who moved into second place ahead of the Cubs. The Astros nicked Steve Blass for two runs in the third inning on a walk to Joe Morgan and singles by Cesar Cedeno, Bob Watson and Doug Rader. Cedeno doubled and Watson singled for another run in the fifth. After a single by Rich Chiles, Watson was thrown out out trying to score on a grounder by Rader, but Chiles subsequently counted the Astros' last run on a pair of errors.

[DH] Mets 9, Dodgers 2 (day game) / Mets 2, Dodgers 1 at New York (night game):
After Tom Seaver posted a 9-2 victory in the first game, the Mets completed the sweep of a doubleheader with the Dodgers when Cleon Jones homered in the ninth inning to win the second game, 2-1. The Mets clinched the opener in the first inning when they scored six runs at the expense of Claude Osteen, who failed to retire any of six batters. Donn Clendenon drove in two runs with a single in the merry-go-round and added two more RBIs with a homer in the second. In the nightcap, the Dodgers were first to score, counting in the eighth inning on a pinch-single by Tom Haller, but the Mets came back with the tying run on a pinch-single by Tommie Agee. With two out in the ninth, Jones worked the count to 3-and-1 on Jim Brewer before smashing his homer.

[DH] Giants 5, Phillies 2 (night game) / Phillies 7, Giants 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Rick Wise smashed two homers, including the winning grand slam, to go along with his pitching as the Phillies captured the second game of a twi-night doubleheader, 7-3, after the Giants won the first game, 5-2. In the opener, Al Gallagher drove in two of the Giants' runs with a pair of singles and Willie Mays hit a homer. Mays also turned in a sensational catch of a drive by Ron Stone with Terry Harmon and Woodie Fryman on base in the third inning. Harmon scored after the catch, but Fryman was doubled up. In the nightcap, homers by Byron Browne and Wise helped the Phillies to a 3-3 tie before the Phillies' pitcher shattered the deadlock in the seventh. Browne and Roger Freed drew passes from Don Carrithers to open the stanza. Don McMahon, in relief, struck out Bobby Pfeil and then walked Tim McCarver to set the stage for Wise's slam.

Cardinals 4, Reds 0 at St. Louis (night game):
Bob Gibson allowed only three singles, struck out 13 and pitched the Cardinals to a 4-0 victory over the Reds. Lou Brock stole three bases to run his season's total to 49 and scored two runs, each time on a single by Ted Sizemore.