MLB standings through games of August 30, 1971

MLB standings at the end of August 30, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	128	81	47	0	.633		589	445	44-20	37-27	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	131	71	60	0	.542	11.5	565	535	42-22	29-38	6-4	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	133	69	64	0	.519	14.5	559	556	38-29	31-35	3-7	Lost 1
New York Yankees	133	66	67	0	.496	17.5	530	518	35-29	31-38	4-6	Won 1
Washington Senators	132	55	77	0	.417	28.0	452	541	30-36	25-41	3-7	Lost 4
Cleveland Indians	132	52	80	0	.394	31.0	451	579	25-43	27-37	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	133	86	47	0	.647		593	461	39-27	47-20	8-2	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	131	69	62	0	.527	16.0	498	460	37-29	32-33	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	132	63	69	0	.477	22.5	503	505	31-34	32-35	4-6	Won 1
California Angels	134	63	71	0	.470	23.5	432	480	30-37	33-34	6-4	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	130	59	71	0	.454	25.5	539	574	31-33	28-38	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	131	56	75	0	.427	29.0	440	497	29-40	27-35	5-5	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	136	80	56	0	.588		670	522	42-25	38-31	6-4	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	135	74	60	1	.552	5.0	603	585	38-30	36-30	7-3	Won 3
Chicago Cubs	132	70	62	0	.530	8.0	526	505	38-28	32-34	3-7	Lost 3
New York Mets	131	66	65	0	.504	11.5	485	446	36-30	30-35	6-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	132	57	75	0	.432	21.0	450	554	30-35	27-40	4-6	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	131	56	74	1	.431	21.0	483	586	27-37	29-37	7-3	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	134	78	56	0	.582		588	543	45-23	33-33	5-5	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	134	70	64	0	.522	8.0	543	491	33-33	37-31	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	137	70	67	0	.511	9.5	557	592	38-32	32-35	5-5	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	137	67	70	0	.489	12.5	498	489	40-29	27-41	6-4	Lost 1
Houston Astros	134	64	70	0	.478	14.0	490	480	34-34	30-36	3-7	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	135	51	84	0	.378	27.5	411	511	29-37	22-47	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Expos 6, Cubs 2 at Chicago (day game):
A three-run homer by Bob Bailey and two-run drive by Steve Renko, who was the winning pitcher, led the Expos to a 6-2 victory over the Cubs. Bill Hands held the Expos in check until the sixth inning when they scored their first run on a double by Rusty Staub and single by Ron Fairly. Jim Fairey followed with a single and Bailey then hit his homer. Renko connected for the circuit after John Bateman was safe on an error in the eighth. Glenn Beckert homered for the Cubs' runs in the home half of the eighth before Mike Marshall replaced Renko.

[DH] Reds 2, Padres 1 (night game) / Padres 4, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (night game):
Lee May drove in a run with a single in the first inning and then homered in the eighth to give the Reds a 2-1 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Padres came back to win the second game, 4-3, with the aid of a homer and double by Cito Gaston, who drove in three runs. Gaston hit his round-tripper after a single by Enzo Hernandez in the first inning. The Reds went ahead with three runs in the third, but the Padres tied the score when Nate Colbert doubled and Ollie Brown singled in the fifth. Don Mason singled in the eighth and counted the winning run on Gaston's double, enabling Clay Kirby to defeat the Reds for the sixth straight time since May 25, 1970.

Dodgers 3, Astros 2 at Houston (night game):
The Dodgers bunched two walks and three hits for three runs in the third inning to defeat the Astros, 3-2. Bobby Valentine and Bill Buckner drew passes and Willie Davis beat out an infield hit to load the bases. Dick Allen singled, driving in two runs, and a third counted on a single by Jim Lefebvre. The Astros rallied for two runs against Al Downing in the eighth before Jim Brewer took over to save the game.

Pirates 6, Phillies 4 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates, after falling behind on a damaging error by Gene Clines, rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Phillies, 6-4. Nelson Briles, starting for the first time since July 19, contributed a run-scoring double as the Pirates took a 3-0 lead, but the Phillies went ahead with four runs in the sixth. Tim McCarver singled and stopped at third with one out on a double by Willie Montanez. Clines then dropped a sacrifice fly by John Vukovich, McCarver and Montanez scoring. The Phillies went on to load the bases and added two runs on a single by Ron Stone. In the Pirates' half, passes to Luke Walker and Willie Stargell, around a single by Rennie Stennett, filled the sacks. Roberto Clemente came through in the clutch with a two-run single and Manny Sanguillen iced the decision with a two-out single to drive in the final marker.

Cardinals 3, Mets 2 at St. Louis (night game):
A wild pitch by Jerry Koosman allowed Lou Brock to score in the seventh inning and gave the Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Mets. Both of the Mets' runs in the third were unearned as the result of an error by Ted Simmons, who dropped a throw to the plate in a collision with Jerry Grote. The Cards came right back with the tying pair on a single by Brock, safe bunt by Ted Sizemore, a double steal and single by Julian Javier. Brock's steal was his 50th as the speedster set an N. L. record with his seventh consecutive season of 50 or more thefts. Brock also stole his 51st base in the fifth but was stranded. However, in the seventh, Brock singled and raced to second when Cleon Jones' throw from the outfield bounced into short right field. After taking third on an infield hit by Sizemore, Brock scored when Koosman uncorked his wild pitch. Steve Carlton gained his 18th victory for a personal career high.