MLB standings through games of September 22, 1971

MLB standings at the end of September 22, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	151	94	57	0	.623		699	518	50-24	44-33	5-5	Won 4
Detroit Tigers	156	88	68	0	.564	8.5	669	618	52-26	36-42	7-3	Lost 3
Boston Red Sox	156	82	74	0	.526	14.5	667	647	44-33	38-41	6-4	Won 3
New York Yankees	156	79	77	0	.506	17.5	620	607	44-37	35-40	6-4	Lost 3
Washington Senators	153	62	91	0	.405	33.0	519	629	34-44	28-47	4-6	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	155	58	97	0	.374	38.0	525	708	27-47	31-50	1-9	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	155	97	58	0	.626		663	543	42-33	55-25	5-5	Lost 3
Kansas City Royals	155	84	71	0	.542	13.0	586	533	43-34	41-37	6-4	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	155	75	80	0	.484	22.0	595	580	37-41	38-39	7-3	Won 3
California Angels	155	72	83	0	.465	25.0	490	555	33-44	39-39	4-6	Lost 2
Minnesota Twins	153	70	83	0	.458	26.0	626	652	36-40	34-43	4-6	Lost 3
Milwaukee Brewers	154	66	88	0	.429	30.5	516	585	34-48	32-40	4-6	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	156	94	62	0	.603		771	583	52-28	42-34	7-3	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	156	85	70	1	.548	8.5	702	672	42-35	43-35	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	155	81	74	0	.523	12.5	613	616	43-34	38-40	7-3	Won 3
New York Mets	155	79	76	0	.510	14.5	567	529	41-34	38-42	3-7	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	155	69	85	1	.448	24.0	591	684	34-42	35-43	6-4	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	156	63	93	0	.404	31.0	530	671	33-46	30-47	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	155	86	69	0	.555		669	620	51-30	35-39	4-6	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	156	84	72	0	.538	2.5	647	568	40-38	44-34	4-6	Lost 2
Atlanta Braves	157	80	77	0	.510	7.0	627	685	41-36	39-41	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	157	77	80	0	.490	10.0	567	549	44-34	33-46	6-4	Won 2
Houston Astros	155	76	79	0	.490	10.0	560	554	39-41	37-38	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	155	59	96	0	.381	27.0	473	586	31-44	28-52	5-5	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Red Sox 3, Tigers 2 at Boston (night game):
After being held scoreless on three hits in the first seven innings, the Red Sox rallied for three runs off Mickey Lolich in the eighth and defeated the Tigers, 3-2. Billy Conigliaro and Duane Josephson led off with singles and when Lolich threw late to second on a bunt by Phil Gagliano, all runners were safe. One run scored on a groundout by Doug Griffin. Luis Aparicio, after fouling off seven pitches, then doubled to drive in the tying and winning runs.

Royals 10, Angels 3 at California (night game):
Sending 14 men to bat, the Royals scored nine runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Angels, 10-3. The Royals collected seven hits in their outburst, drew three walks and benefited from two errors.

Orioles 10, Yankees 1 at New York (night game):
The Orioles reduced their magic number to one in the East division race by defeating the Yankees, 10-1, while the second-place Tigers were losing to the Red Sox. Jim Palmer posted his 19th victory for the Orioles with a six-hitter. Boog Powell smashed two homers, each with a man on base, and Bobby Grich hit his first major league homer in the eighth inning, driving in the Orioles' last three runs.

White Sox 3, A's 0 at Oakland (night game):
Tom Bradley, who has had more success than any other pitcher in handcuffing the Athletics, shut them out for the third time this season as the White Sox gained a 3-0 victory. Bradley yielded only four singles. Vida Blue started for the A's and pitched five scoreless innings. Jim Roland relieved and drew the defeat when Rick Reichardt homered in the seventh. The White Sox added their other runs off Mudcat Grant in the eighth on singles by Bradley, Rich McKinney and Bill Melton, plus a sacrifice fly by Lee Richard.

Senators 3, Indians 2 at Washington (night game):
Surprising everyone, Bill Gogolewski, who is a poor hitting pitcher, rapped his first major league double with the bases loaded in the second inning to produce the Senators' runs in a 3-2 victory over the Indians. Three walks preceded Gogolewski's double off Vince Colbert, who was the loser on a three-hit effort.

Padres 7, Braves 3 at Atlanta (night game):
The flickering last hopes of the Braves in the West division race were snuffed out by a 7-3 loss to the Padres. Cito Gaston, Don Mason and Nate Colbert hit homers for the Padres, Gaston's blow coming with two men on base in the third inning.

Cubs 4, Mets 1 at Chicago (day game):
Bill Hands pitched and batted the Cubs to a 4-1 victory over the Mets. In the fifth inning, Gene Hiser and Don Kessinger singled and Tony Fernandez walked to load the bases. Ernie Banks cleared the sacks with a double and then scored himself on a sacrifice by Cleo James and single by Paul Popovich.

Reds 4, Dodgers 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
The Dodgers, who collected only five hits off Gary Nolan, lost to the Reds, 4-1, and suffered a setback in their efforts to overtake the Giants in the West division race. The Reds jumped on Bill Singer for two runs in the first inning on a double by Pete Rose, triple by Lee May and single by Tony Perez. Their other pair followed in the sixth when Perez and Johnny Bench singled and George Foster sent them home with a double.

Giants 3, Astros 1 at Houston (night game):
Winning in the Astrodome for the first time since July 28, 1968, Juan Marichal yielded only six hits and beat the Astros, 3-1, to enable the Giants to pull 2½ games ahead of the Dodgers in the West division race. Bobby Bonds drove in the Giants' first run with a single after Jim Howarth and Tito Fuentes walked in the first inning. The Astros picked up their run in the third on singles by Larry Howard and Marty Martinez, a sacrifice and an infield out by Joe Morgan. Bonds broke the tie with a homer in the fifth and the Giants added an insurance run in the seventh on a single by Dave Kingman, error by Roger Metzger and single by Chris Speier.

Expos 2, Phillies 0 at Montreal (night game):
Boots Day and Rich Hacker each drove in a run in support of Bill Stoneman's pitching to enable the Expos to defeat the Phillies, 2-0. Day hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning after the Expos loaded the bases on a double by Terry Humphrey and passes to Stoneman and Ron Hunt. Hacker hit his scoring single in the sixth after a walk to Ron Fairly, sacrifice by Bob Bailey and infield out by Jim Fairey.

Pirates 5, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (night game):
The Pirates retained the championship of the East division by killing off the last hopes of the Cardinals, 5-1. Bob Gibson, who pitched a no-hitter August 14 in his only previous start against the Pirates this season, was the loser on four unearned runs. A passed ball and an error helped the Pirates notch their initial run in the first inning. A walk to Willie Stargell and singles by Bob Robertson and Manny Sanguillen produced an earned run in the fourth, but a throwing error by Ted Kubiak tainted the Pirates' last three counters in the eighth.