MLB standings through games of September 11, 1971

MLB standings at the end of September 11, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	139	88	51	0	.633		637	473	48-21	40-30	7-3	Won 3
Detroit Tigers	144	80	64	0	.556	10.5	621	576	46-25	34-39	7-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	146	76	70	0	.521	15.5	625	602	42-31	34-39	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	144	72	72	0	.500	18.5	577	565	40-34	32-38	6-4	Won 2
Washington Senators	143	58	85	0	.406	32.0	478	592	31-41	27-44	2-8	Lost 5
Cleveland Indians	143	55	88	0	.385	35.0	490	648	25-44	30-44	3-7	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	144	92	52	0	.639		631	501	42-29	50-23	5-5	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	144	78	66	0	.542	14.0	550	504	42-30	36-36	8-2	Won 2
California Angels	145	68	77	0	.469	24.5	464	515	32-40	36-37	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	144	67	77	0	.465	25.0	545	556	34-39	33-38	3-7	Lost 3
Minnesota Twins	142	65	77	0	.458	26.0	595	620	35-35	30-42	5-5	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	144	62	82	0	.431	30.0	485	546	33-42	29-40	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	146	87	59	0	.596		733	562	49-26	38-33	7-3	Lost 2
St. Louis Cardinals	146	81	64	1	.559	5.5	660	636	41-32	40-32	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	143	74	69	0	.517	11.5	540	487	38-30	36-39	7-3	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	144	74	70	0	.514	12.0	579	588	41-31	33-39	2-8	Won 1
Montreal Expos	143	63	79	1	.444	22.0	551	639	31-38	32-41	7-3	Won 4
Philadelphia Phillies	145	59	86	0	.407	27.5	497	629	32-42	27-44	2-8	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	145	82	63	0	.566		635	584	49-25	33-38	3-7	Lost 7
Los Angeles Dodgers	145	79	66	0	.545	3.0	600	525	38-34	41-32	8-2	Won 5
Atlanta Braves	146	74	72	0	.507	8.5	592	637	40-34	34-38	5-5	Won 2
Houston Astros	145	71	74	0	.490	11.0	531	525	35-36	36-38	7-3	Won 6
Cincinnati Reds	147	71	76	0	.483	12.0	528	521	41-32	30-44	4-6	Lost 2
San Diego Padres	145	54	91	0	.372	28.0	440	553	31-43	23-48	3-7	Lost 3

Today's scores and summaries:

Brewers 3, Angels 0 at California (night game):
The Angels absorbed their 20th shutout of the season, setting a club record, when they collected only three hits off Lew Krausse and Ken Sanders and lost to the Brewers, 3-0. Johnny Briggs homered for the Brewers in the second inning and their two other runs followed in the fourth on a single by Roberto Pena, triple by Ellie Rodriguez and single by Dave May. Krausse pitched seven innings before giving way to Sanders, who made his 75th appearance of the season and received credit for his 27th save.

Yankees 10, Indians 8 at Cleveland (day game):
After building up a 10-2 lead, the Yankees outlasted the Indians, 10-8. Mike Kekich, who was the Yankees' winner, batted in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the second inning. Jim Lyttle, replacing Danny Cater, who was hit on the hand by a pitched ball, doubled to account for two of the Yankees' runs in the third. Roy White homered in the fifth. The Yankees then capped their scoring with four runs in the sixth in an outburst that included a homer by Thurman Munson, triple by Ron Blomberg and sacrifice fly by Lyttle. Ray Fosse and Kurt Bevacqua each homered with a man on base for the Indians in the ninth.

Tigers 1, Red Sox 0 at Detroit (day game):
Gates Brown homered for the Tigers in the fourth inning and that was all Joe Coleman needed to beat the Red Sox, 1-0, for his 17th victory. Coleman held the Red Sox hitless until Cecil Cooper, rookie from Pawtucket (Eastern), singled as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning. Carl Yastrzemski and Reggie Smith added singles in the ninth.

Royals 4, White Sox 2 at Kansas City (night game):
Mike Hedlund helped win his own game with a single when the Royals scored three runs in the seventh inning to defeat the White Sox, 4-2. Bobby Knoop, who doubled, scored on Hedlund's hit to break a 1-1 tie. Freddie Patek followed with a double, sending Hedlund home. Amos Otis singled to score Patek with the Royals' last run.

A's 5, Twins 3 at Oakland (day game):
A homer by Reggie Jackson following an infield hit by Rick Monday in the 10th inning lifted the Athletics to a 5-3 victory over the Twins. The A's, after using a walk, singles by Angel Mangual and Dick Green and an error for two runs in the second, added another tally in the third when Monday tripled and Jackson singled. The Twins came back with two runs in the seventh on four singles and tied the score in the eighth when Cesar Tovar and Tony Oliva doubled.

Braves 5, Giants 4 at Atlanta (night game):
Victims again of Hank Aaron's slugging, the Giants lost to the Braves, 5-4, and had their West division lead trimmed to three games over the idle Dodgers. The Giants scored once in the first inning on singles by Chris Arnold, Al Gallagher and Bobby Bonds, but the Braves came back with four runs in their half. Ralph Garr singled and Aaron, who won the previous night's game with a three-run homer in the 11th, smashed another round-tripper. With that spark, the Braves went on to add two more runs on singles by Earl Williams, Darrell Evans and Dusty Baker and a sacrifice fly by Sonny Jackson. The Giants got back in the game with three unearned runs in the eighth on two errors, a walk and singles by Jim Howarth and Willie Mays, but Aaron doubled in the Braves' half and scored the winning run on a single by Williams.

Cubs 7, Cardinals 0 at Chicago (day game):
Paul Popovich connected for the first grand slam of his major league career to help the Cubs beat the Cardinals, 7-0, behind the six-hit pitching of Juan Pizarro. Carmen Fanzone singled, Jim Hickman walked and Frank Fernandez was safe on a two-out error by Joe Torre before Popovich hit his homer off Jerry Reuss in the third inning.

Astros 5, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Although J.R. Richard was forced out of the game by a blister on his pitching hand in the sixth inning, the rookie righthander received credit for his second straight major league victory when the Astros defeated the Reds, 5-2. Richard gave up a homer by Pete Rose in the first inning and one other hit before departing. John Mayberry smashed two homers and drove in three runs for the Astros.

Expos 4, Pirates 1 at Montreal (day game):
Ernie McAnally doled out six hits and pitched the Expos to a 4-1 victory over the Pirates, who were able to retain their 5½-game lead in the East division because the Cardinals also lost to the Cubs. The Expos began the scoring with a run in the first inning on singles by Ron Hunt and Rusty Staub around a sacrifice by Boots Day. After the Pirates counted on a triple by Al Oliver and single by Gene Alley in the fifth, the Expos exploded for three runs after two were out in their half. Staub doubled, Ron Fairly walked and Jim Fairey drove them home with a double. Bob Bailey followed with the Expos' third double of the inning to score Fairey.

Mets 9, Phillies 2 at New York (night game):
Tom Seaver turned in his seventh straight complete-game victory, pitching a six-hitter, as the Mets defeated the Phillies, 9-2. The ace righthander fanned seven to increase his league-leading total to 252. His earned-run average, also best in the circuit, dipped to 1.79 since both of the Phillies' runs in the ninth inning were unearned on an error by Tim Foli. The Mets combined four singles and a triple by Ted Martinez for four runs in the second. Their five other runs followed in the sixth on a single by Jerry Grote, homer by Ken Singleton, triple by Mike Jorgensen, single by Foli, double by Dave Marshall and single by Donn Clendenon.