MLB standings through games of September 13, 1971

MLB standings at the end of September 13, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	141	89	52	0	.631		651	484	49-22	40-30	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	147	82	65	0	.558	10.0	635	592	47-25	35-40	6-4	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	148	76	72	0	.514	16.5	627	609	42-32	34-40	4-6	Lost 3
New York Yankees	146	73	73	0	.500	18.5	583	570	40-34	33-39	6-4	Won 1
Washington Senators	143	58	85	0	.406	32.0	478	592	31-41	27-44	2-8	Lost 5
Cleveland Indians	144	56	88	0	.389	34.5	495	650	26-44	30-44	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	146	93	53	0	.637		638	509	42-30	51-23	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	146	78	68	0	.534	15.0	551	509	42-32	36-36	6-4	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	146	69	77	0	.473	24.0	554	559	34-39	35-38	5-5	Won 2
California Angels	148	69	79	0	.466	25.0	470	522	33-42	36-37	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	145	67	78	0	.462	25.5	605	628	35-35	32-43	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	146	63	83	0	.432	30.0	492	555	33-43	30-40	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	148	89	59	0	.601		742	563	49-26	40-33	7-3	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	148	82	65	1	.558	6.5	669	642	41-33	41-32	6-4	Lost 1
New York Mets	145	76	69	0	.524	11.5	547	491	40-30	36-39	7-3	Won 4
Chicago Cubs	146	74	72	0	.507	14.0	580	597	41-33	33-39	2-8	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	145	63	81	1	.438	24.0	553	647	31-39	32-42	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	147	60	87	0	.408	28.5	505	637	32-42	28-45	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	147	83	64	0	.565		645	590	49-26	34-38	2-8	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	147	81	66	0	.551	2.0	611	532	38-34	43-32	9-1	Won 7
Atlanta Braves	148	74	74	0	.500	9.5	594	645	40-35	34-39	4-6	Lost 2
Houston Astros	147	73	74	0	.497	10.0	538	529	36-36	37-38	8-2	Won 8
Cincinnati Reds	149	72	77	0	.483	12.0	532	526	42-33	30-44	4-6	Won 1
San Diego Padres	147	54	93	0	.367	29.0	445	562	31-44	23-49	2-8	Lost 5

Today's scores and summaries:

[DH] Orioles 9, Tigers 1 (night game) / Tigers 10, Orioles 5 at Baltimore (night game):
Frank Robinson hit his 499th homer in the first game and the 500th of his major-league career in the second game as the Orioles split a twi-night doubleheader with the Tigers, winning the opener, 9-1, and losing the nightcap, 10-5. Robinson's round-tripper in the lidlifter came with two men on base in the first inning and started Dave McNally on the way to his 19th victory of the season. The Tigers piled up 16 hits in the second game, knocking out Pat Dobson, who was bidding for his 18th victory and drew his eighth defeat instead. Robinson homered with a man on base in the ninth and became the 11th slugger in major league history to reach the 500 plateau.

Yankees 4, Red Sox 0 at Boston (night game):
Playing in fog that thickened as the game went along, the Yankees got three-hit pitching from Stan Bahnsen and defeated the Red Sox, 4-0. The Yankees collected 12 hits, including three by Roy White, who drove in two runs.

[DH] Angels 3, Twins 2 (night game) / Twins 1, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Led by the hitting of Mickey Rivers, the Angels won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 3-2, but the Twins came back with a homer by Steve Braun and shutout pitching of Jim Kaat to take the second game, 1-0. Rivers doubled in the first inning of the opener and scored on a single by Jim Fregosi. Then, in the third, Rivers singled and stole second. After a pass to Fregosi, Ken McMullen and Tony Gonzalez hit run-scoring singles. Harmon Killebrew homered for the Twins in the fourth and set up their other run with a single in the sixth. Kaat gave up nine hits in the nightcap but was equal to the occasion whenever trouble brewed. Tom Murphy, who started for the Angels, yielded only five hits but was beaten on Braun's homer in the fourth inning.

A's 2, Royals 1 at Kansas City (night game):
Catfish Hunter helped himself to his 20th victory by scoring in the 11th inning as the Athletics defeated the Royals, 2-1. The A's first run counted in the fourth on a triple by Rick Monday and infield out by Reggie Jackson. Sandy Valdespino tied the score with a homer in the Royals' half. In the 11th, Gene Tenace singled and moved up on a sacrifice. Hunter singled, Tenace stopping at third. When Bert Campaneris grounded to Bobby Knoop, Tenace was retired in a rundown between third and home. Monday then came through with a single to score Hunter.

White Sox 6, Brewers 3 at Milwaukee (night game):
After going without a homer since August 1, Rick Reichardt smashed two and drove in five runs to power the White Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Brewers. Carlos May walked in the second inning and Reichardt hit his first homer of the game to tie the score at 2-2. After Bill Melton walked and May singled in the sixth, Reichardt rapped his second round-tripper. Rich Morales accounted for the last White Sox run with a homer in the seventh.

Pirates 5, Cubs 1 at Chicago (day game):
Sparked by Willie Stargell, who hit his 45th homer of the season, the Pirates defeated the Cubs, 5-1, and extended their East division lead to 6½ lengths when the Cardinals lost in their night game with the Phillies. Stargell's blast, opening the seventh inning, shattered a scoreless duel between Steve Blass and Milt Pappas. After two out, Milt May singled and scored on a triple by Jackie Hernandez. The Pirates added three more runs in the eighth. Walks to Richie Hebner and Stargell, around a single by Roberto Clemente, loaded the bases. Hebner came home on an infield out by Al Oliver. Clemente and Stargell followed him across the plate on a single by Bob Robertson.

Reds 2, Braves 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
Earl Williams hit a homer for the Braves, but the rookie catcher lost the game with a wild throw in the 13th inning that enabled the Reds to gain a 2-1 victory. The Reds counted their first run in the second on a double by Johnny Bench and single by Darrel Chaney. Williams tied the score in the fourth. Pete Rose singled for the Reds in the 13th and advanced on a sacrifice by Woody Woodward. After an intentional pass to Lee May, Rose stole third as Tony Perez struck out and continued home to score the winning run when Williams threw the ball away.

Astros 3, Padres 2 at Houston (night game):
After pitching hitless ball for 7 1/3 innings, Clay Kirby wound up with a tough-luck defeat when the Astros edged the Padres, 3-2. Johnny Edwards doubled for the first hit off Kirby. Then, with two away, a single by Roger Metzger and triple by Joe Morgan gave the Astros two runs to tie the score. With two out in the ninth, Cesar Geronimo was safe on an error by Nate Colbert, who had driven in both of the Padres' runs. After stealing second, Geronimo sped home and scored the winning run when Garry Jestadt missed connections with a grounder by Denis Menke.

Mets 4, Expos 2 at New York (night game):
Beating the rain, the Mets scored a 4-2 victory over the Expos in a game stopped after five innings. The second half of the scheduled twi-night doubleheader was postponed. Ron Hunt was hit by a pitch for the 44th time this season in the first inning and subsequently scored for the Expos on a single by Bob Bailey, but the Mets struck back with three runs in their half. Bud Harrelson singled, stole second and scored on a single by Ed Kranepool. Mike Jorgensen followed with the decisive homer.

Dodgers 5, Giants 4 at San Francisco (night game):
The streaking Dodgers gained their seventh straight victory and trimmed the Giants' West division lead to two games by defeating the slumping San Francisco crew, 5-4. The game was marred by a beanball battle. Bill Singer, who started for the Dodgers, hit Willie Mays with a pitch in the first inning and Chris Speier with another pitch in the fourth. Singer, the first batter up for the Dodgers in fifth, was knocked down twice by Juan Marichal, who was warned by plate umpire Shag Crawford. After two were out, Bill Buckner was hit by a pitch, setting off a fight that ended with the umpire's ejection of Buckner, Marichal and Jerry Johnson of the Giants. The Dodgers scored all their runs on homers. Dick Allen connected with a man on base in the first inning and Willie Crawford added a solo swat in the fourth. After Buckner was hit by a pitch in the fifth, Bill Russell ran for him. Willie Davis then came to bat against Giants' reliever Jim Barr and smashed a homer. Dave Kingman, who made an extraordinary recovery from his appendectomy September 1, hit a triple, double and single for the Giants. Kingman's triple and a sacrifice fly by Al Gallagher produced a run in the second. Jim Ray Hart hit a pinch-homer in the seventh and two more runs followed on a double by Tito Fuentes, walk to Jim Howarth, a passed ball, a throwing error by Tom Haller and double by Kingman, but Jim Brewer relieved Singer and saved the game for the Dodgers.

Phillies 6, Cardinals 5 at St. Louis (night game):
Willie Montanez, who was selected by the Phillies from the Cardinals' organization after Curt Flood failed to report, smashed his second homer of the game and his fifth hit in the 10th inning to beat his former employers, 6-5. Ex-Cardinal Tim McCarver collected three hits. The Phillies piled up 18 hits in all, but left 17 men on base. Joe Torre drove in three runs with a triple and sacrifice fly to help the Cardinals take a 5-3 lead, but McCarver singled in the seventh inning and Montanez hit his first homer of the game to tie the score.