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Events of Monday, August 31, 1970

8-30-1970 9-1-1970   8-31-1969 8-31-1971 

NY  N    3  1  0    0  2  0    2  1  2  -  11 12  0
STL N    0  0  0    0  0  5    0  0  0  -   5  7  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Koosman (9-6)
LP: Briles (5-5)
SV: Taylor (13)
HR: Agee (22), Torre (18), Simmons (2)

DET A    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   2 11  2
BOS A    0  0  1    0  1  2    0  0  x  -   4  8  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Culp (14-12)
LP: Lolich (12-16)
SV: Lyle (19)
HR: T. Conigliaro (26)

BAL A    4  1  2    2  0  0    0  0  1  -  10 13  0
NY  A    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  8  3

BOX+PBP
WP: Cuellar (21-7)
LP: Bahnsen (12-10)
HR: B. Robinson (15)

CLE A    0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  1  -   4 13  1
WAS A    0  1  0    0  4  0    0  0  x  -   5  6  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Cox (8-10)
LP: Dunning (3-8)
SV: Knowles (26)
HR: Nettles (21), Howard (38), Rodriguez (18)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 31, 1970

NL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Pittsburgh Pirates             133   70   63    0  .526     -   602  561
Chicago Cubs                   133   69   64    0  .519   1.0   674  571
New York Mets                  132   68   64    0  .515   1.5   579  524
St. Louis Cardinals            133   64   69    0  .481   6.0   629  618
Philadelphia Phillies          132   62   70    0  .470   7.5   486  595
Montreal Expos                 132   57   75    0  .432  12.5   570  673

NL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Cincinnati Reds                135   86   49    0  .637     -   650  564
Los Angeles Dodgers            130   72   58    0  .554  11.5   615  525
San Francisco Giants           132   69   63    0  .523  15.5   695  716
Atlanta Braves                 132   65   67    0  .492  19.5   619  631
Houston Astros                 132   62   70    0  .470  22.5   598  637
San Diego Padres               132   50   82    0  .379  34.5   562  664

AL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Baltimore Orioles              133   86   47    0  .647     -   654  488
New York Yankees               134   74   59    1  .556  12.0   572  530
Detroit Tigers                 132   69   63    0  .523  16.5   571  572
Boston Red Sox                 131   68   63    0  .519  17.0   626  601
Cleveland Indians              133   64   69    0  .481  22.0   545  568
Washington Senators            132   63   69    0  .477  22.5   535  548

AL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Minnesota Twins                130   76   54    0  .585     -   597  497
California Angels              132   74   58    0  .561   3.0   540  515
Oakland Athletics              132   70   62    0  .530   7.0   554  488
Kansas City Royals             132   51   81    0  .386  26.0   496  598
Milwaukee Brewers              134   50   83    1  .376  27.5   511  641
Chicago White Sox              135   49   86    0  .363  29.5   534  689

ML League Leaders 

Deaths on This Date

Heinie Odom (69)

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Transactions

Atlanta Braves sold Tony Gonzalez to California Angels.

Pittsburgh Pirates traded Denny Riddleberger and cash to Washington Senators in
exchange for George Brunet.

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