MLB standings through games of September 1, 1971

MLB standings at the end of September 1, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	130	82	48	0	.631		600	451	44-20	38-28	7-3	Won 1
Detroit Tigers	134	73	61	0	.545	11.0	578	545	44-23	29-38	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	135	70	65	0	.519	14.5	565	567	39-30	31-35	3-7	Lost 1
New York Yankees	135	66	69	0	.489	18.5	535	526	35-31	31-38	3-7	Lost 2
Washington Senators	134	57	77	0	.425	27.0	460	546	30-36	27-41	4-6	Won 2
Cleveland Indians	135	53	82	0	.393	31.5	461	592	25-43	28-39	3-7	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	135	88	47	0	.652		604	462	39-27	49-20	8-2	Won 6
Kansas City Royals	133	70	63	0	.526	17.0	506	467	37-29	33-34	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	134	64	70	0	.478	23.5	508	509	31-34	33-36	3-7	Won 1
California Angels	136	63	73	0	.463	25.5	433	491	30-39	33-34	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	132	60	72	0	.455	26.5	543	579	32-34	28-38	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	133	57	76	0	.429	30.0	447	505	30-41	27-35	6-4	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	138	82	56	0	.594		687	534	44-25	38-31	8-2	Won 4
St. Louis Cardinals	137	75	61	1	.551	6.0	606	593	39-31	36-30	8-2	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	135	72	63	0	.533	8.5	540	524	40-29	32-34	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	133	67	66	0	.504	12.5	493	449	36-30	31-36	6-4	Won 1
Montreal Expos	134	57	76	1	.429	22.5	502	600	27-37	30-39	5-5	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	134	57	77	0	.425	23.0	462	571	30-35	27-42	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	136	80	56	0	.588		601	543	47-23	33-33	6-4	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	136	72	64	0	.529	8.0	558	494	33-33	39-31	5-5	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	139	70	69	0	.504	11.5	557	605	38-32	32-37	3-7	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	139	68	71	0	.489	13.5	501	493	41-30	27-41	5-5	Lost 1
Houston Astros	136	64	72	0	.471	16.0	493	495	34-36	30-36	2-8	Lost 4
San Diego Padres	137	52	85	0	.380	28.5	415	514	29-37	23-48	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 8, Red Sox 2 at Boston (night game):
The Orioles piled up seven runs in the first two innings, enabling Mike Cuellar to breeze to an 8-2 victory over the Red Sox. In the first, a walk to Don Buford, double by Paul Blair, infield out by Boog Powell and double by Elrod Hendricks produced two runs. Five more followed in the second in an outburst capped by Merv Rettenmund, who homered with two men on base.

A's 7, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Chuck Dobson boosted his record to 15-3 with his first shutout of the season, pitching the Athletics to a 7-0 victory over the Angels. Reggie Jackson led the A's at bat, driving in a run with a single in the third inning and hitting a homer in the fifth. Jackson also singled and scored in the seventh.

Tigers 4, Indians 3 at Detroit (night game):
Utilityman Ike Brown, who started in left field for the Tigers, smashed a three-run homer to help the Tigers defeat the Indians, 4-3. Brown's smash followed a double by Bill Freehan and single by Norm Cash. The Tigers added the deciding run in the sixth when Tony Taylor doubled and Freehan singled. Roy Foster and Kurt Bevacqua hit homers for the Indians.

Brewers 3, Royals 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
A double by Ellie Rodriguez and single by Bob Heise in the ninth inning gave the Brewers a 3-2 victory over the Royals. The Brewers took the lead in the first with two unearned runs resulting from a pair of errors by Freddie Patek. A double by Paul Splittorff in the third and another two-bagger by Lou Piniella in the sixth led to the Royals' tying tallies.

White Sox 2, Twins 0 at Minnesota (night game):
Breaking up a scoreless duel, the White Sox counted twice in the 11th inning to defeat the Twins, 2-0. Wilbur Wood pitched the first nine innings for the White Sox and Bert Blyleven hurled the first 10 for the Twins. In the 11th, with Bob Gebhard on the mound, Pat Kelly and Jay Johnstone hit singles for the White Sox and Rich McKinney sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Bill Melton, Jim Strickland relieved Gebhard. Carlos May looped a single to short center field, Kelly scoring, and Walt Williams followed with a sacrifice fly to plate Johnstone.

Senators 2, Yankees 0 at New York (day game):
Posting the first shutout of his major league career, Bill Gogolewski pitched the Senators to a 2-0 victory over the Yankees. The Nats staked their rookie to a run in the first inning when Dave Nelson singled and Tommy McCraw tripled. The other run did not come until the ninth when Don Mincher singled and Elliott Maddox, running for him, stole second and scored on a single by Dick Billings.

Cubs 5, Expos 2 at Chicago (day game):
Completing the previous night's suspended contest, the Expos played the last three innings and posted an 11-2 victory, but the Cubs came back behind Fergie Jenkins to win the regularly-scheduled game, 5-2. Jenkins, in gaining his 21st victory, not only pitched a six-hitter, but smashed two homers to drive in three runs.

Padres 3, Reds 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
An unearned run in the ninth inning deprived Dave Roberts of a shutout as the Padres' lefthander defeated the Reds, 3-1. The Padres used singles by Enzo Hernandez and Nate Colbert, around a sacrifice, for a run off Gary Nolan in the first inning. Their two other tallies were registered against Tony Cloninger in the ninth on a single by Don Mason, pass to Colbert and double by Ollie Brown. These proved decisive when the Reds scored in their half on a double by Hal McRae, wild throw by Garry Jestadt on a two-out grounder by Johnny Bench and single by George Foster.

Dodgers 9, Astros 2 at Houston (night game):
The Dodgers scored eight runs in the second inning and breezed to a 9-2 victory over the Astros behind the pitching of Don Sutton. In the second, with one out, Jim Lefebvre walked and Tom Haller and Sutton singled to load the bases. Maury Wills forced Sutton as Lefebvre scored and when Joe Morgan threw wildly to first trying for a double play, Haller also crossed the plate. A single by Bill Buckner and pass to Willie Davis filled the sacks again and Dick Allen batted in two runs with a single. After Denny Lemaster replaced Jack Billingham, singles by Wes Parker, Willie Crawford, Lefebvre and Haller each added a run before Buddy Harris took over and struck out Sutton.

Pirates 10, Phillies 7 at Pittsburgh (night game):
After a wild beginning that saw a total of 14 runs score in the first two innings, the Pirates settled down to defeat the Phillies, 10-7. The Phillies stepped off with two runs in the first, but the Pirates struck back with six hits for five runs in their half. In the second, Ron Stone hit a two-run homer for the Phillies to knock out Dock Ellis and, after Bob Moose relieved, Deron Johnson also hit a two-run homer. The Pirates came back immediately with three runs in their half on a single by Gene Clines, walk to Roberto Clemente, Clines' theft of third, a sacrifice fly by Willie Stargell and homer by Manny Sanguillen. The Pirates then scored only two more runs the rest of the way, while Luke Walker, who pitched the last six innings and was the winner, held the Phillies to one run on just two hits.

Giants 4, Braves 0 at San Francisco (day game):
John Cumberland beat the Braves for the third straight time this season as the Giants took advantage of errors to score three unearned runs in a 4-0 victory. Singles by Tito Fuentes and Bobby Bonds, two throwing errors by Ralph Garr and a sacrifice fly by Willie McCovey produced a pair of tainted tallies for the Giants in the first inning. McCovey doubled and scored on a single by Al Gallagher in the third, Gallagher took second on an error by Earl Williams on the throw to the plate and counted on a single by Chris Speier.

Mets 7, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
Tom Seaver triumphed over Bob Gibson for the third straight time this season when the Mets' ace pitched a four-hitter and beat the Cardinals, 7-1. The Mets collected 11 hits off Gibson, who was lifted in the seventh inning when the Mets scored three runs with the aid of four walks. Stan Williams, obtained from the Twins, made his first appearance in a Cardinal uniform and yielded a run in the eighth when Bud Harrelson singled, stole second, took third on a long fly by Wayne Garrett and crossed the plate on a wild pitch.