MLB standings through games of September 2, 1971

MLB standings at the end of September 2, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	131	82	49	0	.626		600	454	44-20	38-29	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	135	74	61	0	.548	10.0	585	545	45-23	29-38	7-3	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	136	71	65	0	.522	13.5	568	567	40-30	31-35	4-6	Won 1
New York Yankees	136	67	69	0	.493	17.5	546	527	36-31	31-38	4-6	Won 1
Washington Senators	135	57	78	0	.422	27.0	461	557	30-36	27-42	4-6	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	136	53	83	0	.390	31.5	461	599	25-43	28-40	3-7	Lost 2

	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	134	70	64	0	.522	17.5	506	468	37-29	33-35	6-4	Lost 2
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	134	58	76	0	.433	29.5	448	505	31-41	27-35	6-4	Won 2

	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	136	72	64	0	.529	9.0	545	533	40-30	32-34	3-7	Lost 2
New York Mets	134	68	66	0	.507	12.0	496	450	36-30	32-36	6-4	Won 2
Montreal Expos	135	58	76	1	.433	22.0	511	605	27-37	31-39	5-5	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	135	57	78	0	.422	23.5	463	574	30-36	27-42	2-8	Lost 5

	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	137	72	65	0	.526	8.5	561	503	33-33	39-32	5-5	Lost 1
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	137	65	72	0	.474	15.5	502	498	35-36	30-36	2-8	Won 1
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:

Red Sox 3, Orioles 0 at Boston (day game):
After failing in seven previous tries, Sonny Siebert used his arm and his bat to gain his 15th victory for the Red Sox, beating the Orioles, 3-0. Siebert, who pitched a three-hitter, took care of the entire Boston offense, smashing two homers and driving in all three runs.

Tigers 7, Indians 0 at Detroit (night game):
Mickey Lolich gained his 22nd victory for the Tigers and posted his third shutout of the season by beating the Indians, 7-0. Bill Freehan batted in three runs with a homer, single and sacrifice fly. Norm Cash accounted for two with a triple and single.

Brewers 1, Royals 0 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Brewers, who were held to only one hit, scored without the benefit of a safety in the second inning to edge the Royals, 1-0. Mike Hedlund, pitching for the Royals, beat himself by hitting Jose Cardenal with a pitch and walking Dave May. Cardenal advanced to third on a grounder by Darrell Porter and crossed the plate on another infield out by Tom Matchick. Ron Theobald singled in the third for the Brewers' only hit.

Yankees 11, Senators 1 at New York (night game):
The Yankees piled up 11 runs in the first two innings and breezed to an 11-1 victory over the Senators. Jim Shellenback, who had beaten the Yankees the last three previous times he had faced them, was kayoed in the first without retiring a batter. Horace Clarke walked, Thurman Munson and Bobby Murcer singled and Roy White walked before Shellenback departed. A pair of passed balls and a wild pitch by Casey Cox followed as the Yankees took a 4-0 lead. The Yankees turned the game into a rout with seven runs in the second. Singles by Clarke, Munson, Murcer and White produced two runs before Felipe Alou homered with two men on base. Clarke, coming up later for his second time at bat in the stanza, doubled off Mike Thompson to add two more runs.

Expos 9, Cubs 5 at Chicago (day game):
Ernie McAnally, who helped himself with a three-run homer, received credit for his fifth straight victory, tying the Montreal club record, when the Expos defeated the Cubs, 9-5. The Expos sent 10 men to bat and scored six runs on only two hits in the sixth inning. Ron Woods walked, Rusty Staub was hit by a pitch and, after a sacrifice by Bob Bailey, Gary Sutherland was handed an intentional pass to load the bases. John Bateman popped up, but John Boccabella doubled to drive in three runs. The Cubs then walked Bobby Wine purposely to get at McAnally, who upset the strategy with his first major league homer. McAnally was forced out in the home half of the sixth, when the Cubs rallied for three runs, but Mike Marshall pitched the rest of the way to record his 19th save.

Astros 9, Dodgers 3 at Houston (night game):
A short fly by Cesar Cedeno turned into a grand-slam hpmer to lead the Astros to a 9-3 victory over the Dodgers. In the fifth inning, Larry Howard walked and took third on a single by Marty Martinez, but was out trying to score on a squeeze bunt by Don Wilson. After Jesus Alou flied out, Joe Morgan walked to load the bases. Cedeno then hit a fly to short right field. Jim Lefebvre and Bill Buckner almost ran into each other going after the ball and it bounced away from them as Cedeno circled the bases behind his three teammates.

Mets 3, Phillies 1 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Mets took advantage of an error by Larry Hisle and scored two unearned runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Phillies, 3-1. Hisle, playing his first game since being recalled from Eugene (Pacific Coast), dropped a fly by Bud Harrelson in left field. Wayne Garrett followed with an infield hit. After the runners moved up on a wild pitch by Rick Wise, Harrelson scored on a single by Cleon Jones to break a 1-1 tie and Garrett came home on a grounder by Ed Kranepool, beating the throw to the plate.