MLB standings at the end of August 10, 1981
| A.L. East | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baltimore Orioles |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Detroit Tigers |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Milwaukee Brewers |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 New York Yankees |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Boston Red Sox |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 Cleveland Indians |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 Toronto Blue Jays |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
| A.L. West | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chicago White Sox |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Minnesota Twins |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Seattle Mariners |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 California Angels |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 Kansas City Royals |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 Oakland A's |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 Texas Rangers |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
| N.L. East | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Expos |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 New York Mets |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 5 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 St. Louis Cardinals |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Chicago Cubs |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 5 | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 Philadelphia Phillies |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 3 | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 Pittsburgh Pirates |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
| N.L. West | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GB | RF | RA | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta Braves |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Houston Astros |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 5 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Los Angeles Dodgers |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | Won 1 | ||||||||
 Cincinnati Reds |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 San Diego Padres |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
 San Francisco Giants |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 5 | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | Lost 1 | |||||||
Today's scores and summaries:
Orioles 3, Royals 2 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles opened their second season with a 3-2 triumph over the Royals in 12 innings. Ken Singleton opened the bottom of the 12th with a double and was replaced by pinch-runner Cal Ripken. After Eddie Murray was walked intentionally, John Lowenstein delivered a single to plate the winning tally. The Birds scored twice in the first inning on consecutive homers by Singleton and Murray and then were held hitless until the 12th.
White Sox 7, Red Sox 1 at Boston (night game):
Harold Baines knocked in three runs to spark the White Sox to a 7-1 victory over the Red Sox. Baines drove home one tally with a first-inning double and added a two-run homer in the seventh. The ChiSox registered twice in the second stanza on a two-run single by Mike Squires. Greg Luzinski blasted a two-run homer in the ninth.
Brewers 5, Indians 2 at Cleveland (night game):
A three-run eruption in the top of the 13th inning lifted the Brewers to a 5-2 victory over the Indians. Marshall Edwards opened the 13th with a single and when Roy Howell's sacrifice bunt was thrown into center field by catcher Bo Diaz, Edwards reached third and Howell went to second. After Cecil Cooper drew an intentional walk, Edwards scored on a sacrifice fly by Ben Oglivie. The other two runners advanced on the long fly and Gorman Thomas followed with a two-run single.
Tigers 4, Blue Jays 3 at Detroit (night game):
The Tigers pushed across a run in the bottom of the ninth inning to edge the Blue Jays, 4-3, dealing Toronto its 12th straight loss over both halves of the season. The Tigers loaded the bases with none out in the ninth on consecutive walks to Kirk Gibson and Tom Brookens and a bunt single by Lou Whitaker. After Ricky Peters struck out, Alan Trammell drilled the game-winning single past third.
Twins 6, A's 2 at Minnesota (night game):
Exploding for six runs in the fifth inning, the Twins downed the A's, 6-2. The Twins opened the fifth with consecutive singles by Danny Goodwin and Butvh Wynegar. After a sacrifice by Ron Jackson, both runners scored on a single by Hosken Powell. Rob Wilfong then singled, Micjey Hatcher reached first on an error as Powell scored, and Roy Smalley walked. Glenn Adams then singled home Wilfong and Hatcher, and John Castino plated the final marker with a double.
Yankees 2, Rangers 0 at New York (night game):
Tommy John hurled seven innings of shutout ball, allowing only two hits as the Yankees began their second season with a 2-0 whitewashing of the Rangers. The Bronx Bombers got only three hits but two were homers -- by Graig Nettles in the second inning and Oscar Gamble in the fourth.
Mariners 5, Angels 4 at Seattle (night game):
A single by Jeff Burroughs drove in the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning as the Mariners opened the new season with a 5-4 triumph over the Angels. The score was 4-4 when Gary Gray singled with one out in the eighth and was replaced by pinch-runner Joe Simpson, who stole second and tallied on Burroughs' blow. Tom Paciorek knocked in three runs for Seattle with a single in the first and two-run homer in the fifth. The Mariners' Julio Cruz, attempting to set the A.L. consecutive stolen base record, was thrown out by Ed Ott on a pitchout as he tried to pilfer second base in the seventh. Cruz had tied Willie Wilson's record of 32 straight thefts.
Mets 7, Cubs 5 at Chicago (day game):
In the first game played after the end of the strike, the Mets outlasted the Cubs, 7-5 in 13 innings. New York took a 4-1 lead in the 11th on a three-run homer by Dave Kingman but the Cubs tied it in the bottom of the frame with a two-out, two-run double by Bobby Bonds being the key blow. After each team scored in the 12th, the Mets took the lead for keeps in the 13th on a one-out double by Joel Youngblood, intentional walk to Ron Hodges, RBI single by Ellis Valentine and a run-scoring forceout.
Dodgers 4, Reds 0 at Los Angeles (night game):
Jerry Reuss permitted just three hits over six innings and Steve Howe completed the shutout and earned the save as the Dodgers began the second half of the split season with a 4-0 blanking of the Reds. All runs came in the second inning on an RBI single by Mike Scioscia, sacrifice fly by Bill Russell and run-scoring singles by Davey Lopes and Dusty Baker.
Expos 3, Pirates 1 at Montreal (night game):
Gary Carter and Tim Wallach each drove in a run in the eighth inning to lift the Expos over the Pirates, 3-1. With one out in the bottom of the eighth and the game tied, 1-1, Andre Dawson drilled a double and Carter followed with another two-bagger. After Warren Cromartie was walked intentionally, Wallach delivered an RBI single. Bill Lee hurled four innings of one-hit relief to pick up the victory.
Cardinals 7, Phillies 3 at Philadelphia (night game):
Pete Rose broke Stan Musial's National League career record for hits with an eighth-inning single through the left side of the infield, but the Cardinals hit four homers and prevailed over the Phillies, 7-3. Rose's blow was No. 3,631, topping Musial's record of 3,630. The Redbirds snapped a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning on singles by Keith Hernandez and Dane Iorg and a two-run double by Ken Oberkfell. Garry Templeton stroked a run-scoring single in the seventh and Sixto Lezcano and Gene Tenace tagged back-to-back homers in the ninth. Hernandez had homered in the first and George Hendrick in the sixth.
Braves 3, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
Pushing across a run in the top of the ninth inning, the Braves edged the Padres, 3-2, before 52,608 fans who entered for free. San Diego owner Ray Kroc had announced that when the strike ended, he would open the gates to the public. The score was 2-2 when Bruce Benedict opened the ninth with a double and went to third on a fly by Rafael Ramirez. One out later, Rufino Linares stroked a sacrifice fly. The Padres loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth but the game ended as Terry Kennedy bounced into a double play.
Astros 6, Giants 5 at San Francisco (night game):
A two-run pinch-double by Denny Walling with one out in the ninth inning enabled the Astros to shade the Giants, 6-5. The score was 4-4 in the top of the ninth when Walling delivered the game-winning blow following a pair of walks and a sacrifice. The Giants tallied in the bottom of the inning on an RBI double by Darrell Evans. The game was witnessed by a disappointing crowd of 11,115.