MLB standings through games of September 18, 1971

MLB standings at the end of September 18, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	147	90	57	0	.612		668	512	50-24	40-33	4-6	Lost 3
Detroit Tigers	153	88	65	0	.575	5.0	664	604	52-25	36-40	9-1	Won 7
Boston Red Sox	153	79	74	0	.516	14.0	657	640	42-33	37-41	5-5	Lost 1
New York Yankees	152	78	74	0	.513	14.5	612	582	43-34	35-40	8-2	Won 3
Washington Senators	148	59	89	0	.399	31.5	495	613	32-42	27-47	1-9	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	150	57	93	0	.380	34.5	511	684	27-46	30-47	3-7	Lost 5

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	151	96	55	0	.636		654	527	42-30	54-25	7-3	Won 2
Kansas City Royals	151	81	70	0	.536	15.0	562	520	43-34	38-36	5-5	Won 2
Chicago White Sox	151	72	79	0	.477	24.0	581	575	37-40	35-39	5-5	Won 3
California Angels	152	71	81	0	.467	25.5	483	539	33-42	38-39	5-5	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	149	69	80	0	.463	26.0	616	637	35-37	34-43	5-5	Lost 2
Milwaukee Brewers	151	64	87	0	.424	32.0	507	577	34-47	30-40	3-7	Lost 4

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	153	93	60	0	.608		760	571	52-27	41-33	7-3	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	153	83	69	1	.546	9.5	684	663	41-34	42-35	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	152	78	74	0	.513	14.5	600	612	41-34	37-40	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	152	78	74	0	.513	14.5	561	520	41-34	37-40	5-5	Lost 1
Montreal Expos	151	67	83	1	.447	24.5	581	665	32-40	35-43	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	152	62	90	0	.408	30.5	519	655	33-45	29-45	3-7	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	152	84	68	0	.553		661	615	50-30	34-38	2-8	Lost 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	152	82	70	0	.539	2.0	627	555	38-38	44-32	6-4	Lost 4
Atlanta Braves	153	79	74	0	.516	5.5	619	660	40-35	39-39	7-3	Won 5
Cincinnati Reds	154	75	79	0	.487	10.0	550	540	42-34	33-45	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	152	74	78	0	.487	10.0	551	546	37-40	37-38	6-4	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	152	58	94	0	.382	26.0	463	574	31-44	27-50	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 5, Angels 1 at Chicago (day game):
The White Sox were held to only three hits, but one of them was an inside-the-park homer by Carlos May with the bases loaded in the first inning to beat the Angels, 5-1. Pat Kelly walked to open the stanza, Jay Johnstone beat out a bunt and Bill Melton drew a pass to load the bases. May, who bats lefthanded, sliced a fly down the left field line. Ken Berry, trying for a diving catch, fell hard and lay on the turf as the ball bounced away and May circled the bases behind his three teammates.

Tigers 2, Orioles 1 at Detroit (day game):
Mickey Lolich was the Tigers' whole show, driving in both their runs, striking out 10 to set a Detroit club record and beating the Orioles, 2-1, for his 25th victory. In the fourth inning, with one out, Bill Freehan singled and was forced by Jim Northrup. Mickey Stanley followed with a double, Northrup stopping at third. The Orioles passed Ed Brinkman intentionally to get at Lolich, but the veteran southpaw upset the strategy with a two-run single. Curt Motton hit a pinch-homer for the Orioles in the eighth. Lolich's 10 strikeouts brought his season's total to 287, surpassing Denny McLain's former mark of 280 in 1968.

A's 4, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (night game):
Dwain Anderson, who made an error that allowed the Brewers to tie the score in the sixth inning, made up for his miscue by hitting a two-run triple in the ninth to bring the Athletics a 4-2 victory. Mike Hegan opened the ninth with a single, Gene Tenace sacrificed and Rick Monday was handed an intentional pass before Anderson unloaded his drive to deep right-center field. With the West division title already stowed away, manager Dick Williams of the A's let his starter, Catfish Hunter, pitch only five innings. Mudcat Grant hurled the next two and Bob Locker finished. The A's trio allowed a total of only four hits.

Royals 4, Twins 2 at Minnesota (day game):
The Royals were assured of finishing at least .500 for the best showing by any Kansas City major league club when Al Fitzmorris pitched a five-hitter and beat the Twins, 4-2. The victory was the Royals' 81st and, even if they lost all their remaining games, they would wind up at 81-81. The Royals overcame the Twins' 2-1 lead and won the game with three runs in the fourth inning on a walk to Lou Piniella, double by Bob Oliver, single by Dennis Paepke, a wild throw by Steve Brye after fielding the hit, and a single by Fitzmorris.

Yankees 9, Indians 0 at New York (day game):
Led by Bobby Murcer, the Yankees backed Mel Stottlemyre with two big scoring innings and beat the Indians, 9-0. The Yankees broke away with four runs in the third, two counting on a double by Murcer, who also tripled for two more RBIs when the Yankees added their remaining five runs in the fifth.

Senators 6, Red Sox 1 at Washington (night game):
Frank Howard drove in four runs with a single, triple and homer as the Senators snapped their nine-game losing streak by defeating the Red Sox, 6-1.

Reds 3, Astros 2 at Houston (day game):
A wild pitch by George Culver in the 11th inning allowed Woody Woodward to score the Reds' winning run in a 3-2 victory over the Astros. Woodward singled and moved around to third on a passed ball and sacrifice bunt.

Braves 9, Dodgers 6 at Los Angeles (day game):
Failing to hold a 5-2 lead, the Dodgers lost to the Braves, 9-6, and missed a chance to close in on the Giants in the West division race. Willie Davis hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers in the first inning, but a round-tripper by Earl Williams and run-scoring single by Marty Perez pulled the Braves even in the second. The Dodgers knocked out Jim Nash in their half of the second and took a 5-2 lead, but the Braves began their comeback with the first of two homers by Darrell Evans in the fourth before tying the score with two runs in the fifth. Felix Millan snapped the deadlock with a run-scoring double in the sixth and subsequently crossed the plate himself on a sacrifice fly by Mike Lum. Evans hit his second homer of the game in the seventh. Dick Allen homered in the Dodgers' half, but it was not enough to keep the Los Angeles club from going down to its fourth straight defeat.

Expos 4, Cardinals 2 at Montreal (day game):
Ron Hunt, who is a native of the St. Louis area, helped the Expos hunt down the Cardinals, 4-2. Hunt scored three runs after reaching base on a single in the first inning, an error in the third and a double in the fifth. Rusty Staub, who drove in Hunt with a single in the fifth, then accounted for the Expos' last run with a homer in the seventh. Lou Brock stole his 62nd and 63rd bases of the season for the Cardinals to bring his career total to 501.

Phillies 4, Cubs 3 at Philadelphia (day game):
In a magnificent performance, Rick Wise not only retired 32 batters in succession during the course of pitching 12 innings, but the Phillies' righthander also drove in the winning run to beat the Cubs, 4-3. The Cubs counted twice off Wise in the opening frame on Pat Bourque's first major league homer, an error and singles by Paul Popovich and Gene Hiser. After Frank Fernandez homered for the Cubs in the second, Wise did not allow another hit until Ron Santo singled with two out in the 11th. The Phililes had a homer by Oscar Gamble in the first inning. Gamble also singled in the third, took third on a single by Tim McCarver and scored as Deron Johnson hit into a double play. Singles by McCarver and Johnson and a sacrifice fly by Willie Montanez tied the score in the eighth. Montanez beat out an infield hit to Santo in the 12th and advanced on the third baseman's wild throw. After Greg Luzinski sacrificed, the Cubs walked both Don Money and Ron Stone intentionally to load the bases, but Wise then won his own game with a single.

Pirates 4, Mets 0 at Pittsburgh (day game):
With Steve Blass pitching a two-hitter, the Pirates defeated the Mets, 4-0, and assured themselves of at least a tie for the East division title. The victory, coupled with the Cardinals' loss to the Expos, reduced the Pirates' magic number to one for repeating as division champions. The Bucs scored their first two runs in the fourth inning on a walk to Richie Zisk, a late throw to second when Manny Sanguillen tapped to the mound and a double by Dave Cash. Clemente singled in the sixth and Zisk wrapped up the scoring with his first major league homer.

Padres 2, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Clay Kirby allowed only one hit -- a homer by Willie McCovey in the eighth inning -- as the righthander pitched the Padres to a 2-1 victory over the Giants, who were able to retain their two-game lead in the West division when the Dodgers also lost to the Braves. Bob Barton tripled for the Padres in the third inning and scored their first run on a squeeze bunt by Enzo Hernandez. An unearned run then gave the Padres their victory over Gaylord Perry. Hernandez singled in the eighth, stole second and scored when Al Gallagher threw wildly on a grounder by Johnny Jeter.