MLB standings through games of September 14, 1971

MLB standings at the end of September 14, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	142	89	53	0	.627		652	490	49-23	40-30	6-4	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	148	83	65	0	.561	9.0	641	593	47-25	36-40	7-3	Won 2
Boston Red Sox	149	76	73	0	.510	16.5	630	615	42-33	34-40	3-7	Lost 4
New York Yankees	147	74	73	0	.503	17.5	589	573	40-34	34-39	7-3	Won 2
Washington Senators	144	58	86	0	.403	32.0	479	595	31-41	27-45	1-9	Lost 6
Cleveland Indians	145	57	88	0	.393	33.5	498	651	27-44	30-44	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	147	93	54	0	.633		638	511	42-30	51-24	5-5	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	147	79	68	0	.537	14.0	553	509	43-32	36-36	6-4	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	147	69	78	0	.469	24.0	558	564	34-39	35-39	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	148	69	79	0	.466	24.5	470	522	33-42	36-37	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	145	67	78	0	.462	25.0	605	628	35-35	32-43	5-5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	147	64	83	0	.435	29.0	497	559	34-43	30-40	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	149	90	59	0	.604		746	566	49-26	41-33	8-2	Won 3
St. Louis Cardinals	149	82	66	1	.554	7.5	673	647	41-34	41-32	6-4	Lost 2
New York Mets	147	77	70	0	.524	12.0	554	506	41-31	36-39	6-4	Won 1
Chicago Cubs	147	74	73	0	.503	15.0	583	601	41-34	33-39	2-8	Lost 3
Montreal Expos	147	64	82	1	.438	24.5	568	654	31-39	33-43	5-5	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	148	61	87	0	.412	28.5	510	641	32-42	29-45	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	148	83	65	0	.561		650	596	49-27	34-38	1-9	Lost 2
Los Angeles Dodgers	148	82	66	0	.554	1.0	617	537	38-34	44-32	9-1	Won 8
Atlanta Braves	149	75	74	0	.503	8.5	599	647	40-35	35-39	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	148	73	75	0	.493	10.0	540	534	36-37	37-38	8-2	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	150	72	78	0	.480	12.0	534	531	42-34	30-44	4-6	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	148	55	93	0	.372	28.0	450	564	31-44	24-49	2-8	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 6, Orioles 1 at Baltimore (night game):
Mickey Lolich became the leading winner in the major leagues, passing Vida Blue of the Athletics, when the Tigers' veteran southpaw defeated the Orioles, 6-1, for his 24th victory. The Orioles counted their run in the fifth inning on singles by Andy Etchebarren and Paul Blair around a sacrifice. The Tigers came back with four runs in the sixth on singles by Aurelio Rodriguez, Gates Brown and Norm Cash and a homer by Bill Freehan. Mickey Stanley also hit for the circuit to account for the last run in the eighth.

Yankees 6, Red Sox 3 at Boston (night game):
The Yankees bunched four hits and four walks for five runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Red Sox, 6-3. Thurman Munson and Roy White drew passes to start off. Felipe Alou doubled, driving in Munson to tie the score at 2-2. After an intentional pass to John Ellis, Ron Swoboda singled, sending the Yankees ahead. A sacrifice fly by Ron Hansen produced another run. An infield hit by Gene Michael loaded the bases. Mel Stottlemyre singled, scoring the fourth run of the frame and chasing Roger Moret. Luis Tiant relieved and passed Munson, batting for a second time, to force in the final tally.

[DH] Indians 3, Senators 1 (night game) / Senators 8, Indians 6 at Cleveland (night game):
The first Indians' pitcher to turn in a complete game since August 17, Vince Colbert beat the Senators, 3-1, in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader. The second game was suspended after 16 innings by league's curfew with the clubs tied, 5-5, and will be completed in Washington at a later date. Colbert hurled a four-hitter with the Senators' run coming on a homer by Don Mincher in the ninth inning. Ted Uhlaender scored for the Indians after hitting a triple in the fourth and drove in another run with a single in the fifth. Graig Nettles batted in four runs to pace the Indians to a 5-2 lead in the nightcap, but the Senators rallied to tie the score in the ninth. Dick Billings drove in two runs with a single and counted the tying tally on singles by Bernie Allen and Larry Biittner. The game was five hours old when suspended.

Royals 2, A's 0 at Kansas City (night game):
Making his debut in relief, Monty Montgomery, rookie righthander from Elmira (Eastern), gained his first major league victory when the Royals defeated the Athletics, 2-0. Paul Splittorff, who started for the Royals, was hit on the kneecap by a batted ball and was forced to leave the mound after pitching three hitless innings. Montgomery yielded four hits the rest of the way. The Royals scored their first run in the seventh inning. Amos Otis singled, stole his 50th base of the season and scored on a single by Joe Keough. A single by Bobby Knoop and triple by Freddie Patek added a run in the eighth.

Brewers 5, White Sox 4 at Milwaukee (night game):
Bill Parsons scored his own winning run after hitting a single in the seventh inning, as the Brewers defeated the White Sox, 5-4. Parsons had one bad inning on the mound, giving up all White Sox runs in the second on four singles and two sacrifice flies. Dave May cut the deficit with a three-run homer in the third and Darrell Porter tied the score with his first major league homer in the fourth. After hitting his single in the seventh, Parsons moved up on a sacrifice and crossed the plate on a double by May. Ken Sanders relieved in the ninth, making his 77th appearance, and received credit for his 29th save.

Pirates 4, Cubs 3 at Chicago (day game):
The Pirates eliminated the Cubs from the East division race by posting a 4-3 victory with the aid of three unearned runs. Two tainted tallies scored in the third inning after Jackie Hernandez was safe with one out on an error by Pat Bourque. Bob Johnson sacrificed. Rennie Stennett singled for one run and Vic Davalillo tripled for another. Frank Fernandez homered in the Cubs' half. Fergie Jenkins, who was seeking his 22nd victory but drew his 13th defeat, hit for the circuit with a man on base in the fourth to put himself ahead, but Al Oliver tied the score with a homer in the sixth and what proved to be the winning run followed on a triple by Richie Hebner and a passed ball.

Braves 5, Reds 2 at Cincinnati (night game):
Hank Aaron hit two homers and drove in five runs to power the Braves to a 5-2 victory over the Reds. The superstar's big night raised his career RBI total to 1,953, making him the N. L.'s all-time leader, passing Stan Musial, and putting him fourth on the major leagues' list behind Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb. Aaron's first homer of the game folowed singles by Felix Millan and Ralph Garr in the first inning. After wasting a double in the third, Aaron homered again with Ron Reed aboard in the fifth.

Padres 5, Astros 2 at Houston (night game):
Ed Acosta, who was released by the Houston organization after the 1968 season before making a comeback that brought him to the major leagues, pitched the Padres to a 5-2 victory and stopped the Astros on an eight-game winning streak. The Padres scored all their runs in the first inning. After singles by Enzo Hernandez, Johnny Jeter and Nate Colbert loaded the bases, Cito Gaston was hit by a pitch to force in the first run. Another scored on a wild pitch by Wade Blasingame. Jerry Morales singled for a run to chase Blasingame. After Scipio Spinks relieved, Garry Jestadt singled to drive in the Padres' final two tallies.

[DH] Expos 12, Mets 1 (day game) / Mets 6, Expos 3 at New York (day game):
The batting of Ron Fairly and Rusty Staub, who drove in eight runs between them, paced the Expos to a 12-1 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Mets came back to win the second game, 6-3. Fairly drove in five runs in the opener with two doubles and a single, while Staub accounted for three with a homer and sacrifice fly. John Strohmayer was announced as the Expos' starting pitcher but hurt his back warming up in the first inning before facing a batter and Bill Stoneman was rushed in as a replacement. Staub drove in two more runs in the nightcap with a single and homer. Fairly picked up an RBI on a a grounder. The Mets had circuit clouts by Wayne Garrett and Ed Kranepool. Ted Martinez drove in two runs with a single and two other runs scored on an error by Terry Humphrey, a rookie catcher making his first major league start with the Expos.

Dodgers 6, Giants 5 at San Francisco (night game):
Coming through dramatically as a pinch-hitter, Manny Mota drove in three runs with a double in the ninth inning to bring the Dodgers a 6-5 victory and raise them within one game of the Giants in the West division race. Bobby Bonds smashed two homers for the Giants and Chris Speier hit one to account for all their runs. After Bonds' initial blow in the second tied the score at 1-1, the Dodgers pushed out to a 3-2 lead, but Speier's homer, a double by Tito Fuentes, pass to Willie Mays and Bonds' second swat of the game sent the Giants ahead in the seventh, 5-3. In the Dodgers' ninth, Duke Sims and Bill Sudakis singled and Maury Wills beat out a bunt, loading the bases. John Cumberland relieved Jerry Johnson and, on his first pitch, Mota delivered his game-winning double, batting for Bill Buckner. The Giants had a chance in their half of the ninth when Willie McCovey walked and Jimmy Rosario, running for him, reached second on a passed ball, but Hoyt Wilhelm struck out Mays to end the game.

Phillies 5, Cardinals 4 at St. Louis (night game):
After scoring five runs in the second inning, the Phillies held on for a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals, who were knocked 7½ games behind the Pirates in the East division race. Rick Wise, who was the winning pitcher, drove in the first two runs with a single after the Phillies loaded the bases in the second. A single by Larry Bowa reloaded the sacks and Tim McCarver singled for the third run. When Matty Alou cut off the throw to the plate and tried to run down McCarver off first base, Wise raced home and Bowa took third. Willie Montanez then hit a sacrifice fly to plate what proved to be the winning run. The Cardinals, who had a two-run homer by Jose Cruz, staged a rally in the ninth, but when Lou Brock tried to score from third on a fly by Joe Torre to right field, he was out on a perfect throw to the plate by Montanez for a game-ending double play.