MLB standings through games of September 30, 1971

MLB standings at the end of September 30, 1971

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Baltimore Orioles	158	101	57	0	.639		742	530	53-24	48-33	10-0	Won 11
Detroit Tigers	162	91	71	0	.562	12.0	701	645	54-27	37-44	4-6	Lost 2
Boston Red Sox	162	85	77	0	.525	18.0	691	667	47-33	38-44	6-4	Lost 3
New York Yankees	162	81	81	0	.500	22.0	648	641	44-37	37-44	3-7	Lost 1
Washington Senators	159	64	95	0	.403	37.5	537	660	36-45	28-50	5-5	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	162	60	102	0	.370	43.0	543	747	29-52	31-50	2-8	Won 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	161	101	60	0	.627		691	564	46-35	55-25	5-5	Won 3
Kansas City Royals	161	85	76	0	.528	16.0	603	566	44-37	41-39	4-6	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	162	79	83	0	.488	22.5	617	597	39-42	40-41	7-3	Won 2
California Angels	162	76	86	0	.469	25.5	511	576	35-46	41-40	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	160	74	86	0	.463	26.5	654	670	37-42	37-44	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	161	69	92	0	.429	32.0	534	609	34-48	35-44	5-5	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	162	97	65	0	.599		788	599	52-28	45-37	5-5	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	163	90	72	1	.556	7.0	739	699	45-36	45-36	7-3	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	162	83	79	0	.512	14.0	637	648	44-37	39-42	5-5	Won 1
New York Mets	162	83	79	0	.512	14.0	588	550	44-37	39-42	5-5	Won 1
Montreal Expos	162	71	90	1	.441	25.5	622	729	36-44	35-46	4-6	Lost 1
Philadelphia Phillies	162	67	95	0	.414	30.0	558	688	34-47	33-48	5-5	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
San Francisco Giants	162	90	72	0	.556		706	644	51-30	39-42	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	162	89	73	0	.549	1.0	663	587	42-39	47-34	7-3	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	162	82	80	0	.506	8.0	643	699	43-39	39-41	4-6	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	162	79	83	0	.488	11.0	586	581	46-35	33-48	5-5	Lost 3
Houston Astros	162	79	83	0	.488	11.0	585	567	39-42	40-41	5-5	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	161	61	100	0	.379	28.5	486	610	33-48	28-52	4-6	Lost 1

Today's scores and summaries:

White Sox 2, Brewers 1 at Chicago (day game):
Bill Melton became the first home-run champion in the history of the White Sox, hitting his 33rd of the season, to mark a 2-1 victory over the Brewers. Melton finished one homer ahead of Reggie Jackson of the Athletics and Norm Cash of the Tigers. Tony Muser tripled and scored on a single by Chuck Brinkman in the second inning before Melton provided the deciding run with his smash in the third. The White Sox used five pitchers. After the Brewers scored in the ninth on a single by Jose Cardenal, two errors and a pass to Darrell Porter with one out, Stan Perzanowski saved the game by getting Tom Matchick to hit into a forceout at the plate and Roberto Pena lined out.

Angels 3, Twins 2 at Minnesota (day game):
The Angels finished in fourth place in the West division with a 3-2 victory over the Twins, who were relegated to fifth. A pinch-single by Syd O'Brien decided the outcome. With the score tied in the eighth inning, 1-1, Billy Parker singled for the Angels. Tommie Reynolds hit a grounder and when Steve Braun failed to touch second on an attempted forceout of Parker, both runners were safe. Jeff Torborg sacrificed before O'Brien batted for Rudy May and delivered a two-run single.

Senators 7, Yankees 5 at Washington (night game):
The Senators were deprived of a possible 7-5 victory in their last appearance in Washington when unruly fans, in hunt of souvenirs, swarmed onto the field with two out in the ninth inning, forcing the umpires to forfeit the game to the Yankees, 9-0. Homers by Rusty Torres, Bobby Murcer and Roy White paced the Yankees to a 5-1 lead before Frank Howard hit for the circuit to spark a four-run rally by the Senators in the sixth. Dave Nelson and Tom Ragland were safe on errors in the eighth and Tommy McCraw broke the tie with a single, scoring Nelson. Elliott Maddox followed with a sacrifice fly to allow Ragland to cross the plate. All individual performances in the game went into the official records, except that no pitcher was credited with the victory or charged with the defeat.

Dodgers 2, Astros 1 at Los Angeles (night game):
Although defeating the Astros, 2-1, the Dodgers fell one game short of overtaking the Giants, who won the West division title by beating the Padres. Groans went up from the crowd of 52,684 when the score of the Giants' 5-1 victory was flashed on the stadium message board. The Dodgers started their futile last-night chase with an unearned run in the fourth inning. Dick Allen singled and Manny Mota, bunting, was safe on an error by Johnny Edwards. Allen took third on Willie Crawford's forceout of Mota and scored on a grounder by Jim Lefebvre. The Astros pulled even in the sixth when Cesar Cedeno doubled and Bob Watson singled. Don Sutton then helped win his own game with a single in the seventh. Sutton took third on a single by Maury Wills and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bill Buckner.

Cubs 5, Expos 3 at Montreal (night game):
A three-run outburst by the Cubs in the ninth inning enabled Fergie Jenkins to defeat the Expos, 5-3, for his 24th victory. Gene Hiser walked in the ninth and scored on singles by Billy Williams and Ron Santo to break a 2-2 tie. Jim Hickman then doubled, dirving in two runs, to provide the winning margin.

Mets 6, Cardinals 1 at New York (night game):
Tom Seaver became a 20-game winner by pitching the Mets to a 6-1 victory over the Cardinals. The ace righthander fanned 13 to lead the league in strikeouts with 289 and also was the leader in earned-run average with a mark of 1.76. Ken Singleton backed Seaver with two homers, driving in the Mets' first four runs.

Pirates 4, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
The Pirates headed into the N. L. championship series against the Giants after ending thr regular season with a 4-3 victory over the Phillies. Manny Sanguillen hit a homer for the Pirates in the third inning to tie the score at 1-1, but Willie Montanez put the Phillies ahead again with a two-run smash in the home half. The homer was the 30th of the season for Montanez, setting a Phillies' club record for a rookie player. The Pirates came back to decide the game with three runs in the fourth. Roberto Clemente singled, took third on a single by Willie Stargell and scored on a sacrifice fly by Al Oliver. Vic Davalilllo singled and, after Sanguillen went out, Jackie Hernandez drove in the tying and winning runs with a double.

Giants 5, Padres 1 at San Diego (night game):
The Giants won the West division title by one game over the Dodgers when Juan Marichal pitched a five-hitter and beat the Padres, 5-1. The Giants began nailing down their victory in the fourth inning when Tito Fuentes singled, Willie Mays drove him in with a double and Dave Kingman smashed a two-run homer off Dave Roberts. Marichal dropped a throw while covering first base on a grounder by Ollie Brown to lead to the Padres' run in the fifth. Brown took second on an infield out by Larry Stahl and scored on a single by Bob Barton. The Giants iced their championship champagne with their last two runs in the ninth. Chris Speier doubled and scored on another two-bagger by Ken Henderson. After taking third on a long fly by Fuentes, Henderson was waved home with the final run when Al Severinsen balked with Mays at bat.

Braves 6, Reds 2 at Atlanta (night game):
After Jim Breazeale led off the seventh inning with the first homer of his major league career, the Braves added five unearned runs on three errors to defeat the Reds, 6-2. Following Breazeale's homer, Dusty Baker was safe on an error by Jimmy Stewart and Tony LaRussa and Bob Didier singled to load the bases. Stewart drew his second error, booting a grounder by Gil Garrido, as two runs scored. Another run counted on a forceout by Leo Foster. Oscar Brown doubled to drive in the fifth run of the frame and the final marker counted when Lee May erred on a grounder by Darrell Evans. Tom House was the beneficiary and gained his first major league victory.