MLB standings at the end of September 9, 1971

A.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Baltimore Orioles	138	87	51	0	.630		630	472	47-21	40-30	6-4	Won 2
Detroit Tigers	142	79	63	0	.556	10.0	619	570	45-24	34-39	7-3	Lost 1
Boston Red Sox	144	75	69	0	.521	15.0	619	600	42-31	33-38	5-5	Won 1
New York Yankees	143	71	72	0	.497	18.5	567	557	40-34	31-38	5-5	Won 1
Washington Senators	142	58	84	0	.408	31.0	477	585	31-41	27-43	3-7	Lost 4
Cleveland Indians	142	55	87	0	.387	34.0	482	638	25-43	30-44	3-7	Lost 1

A.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Oakland A's	142	90	52	0	.634		621	494	40-29	50-23	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	142	76	66	0	.535	14.0	540	501	40-30	36-36	6-4	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	142	67	75	0	.472	23.0	542	546	34-39	33-36	4-6	Lost 1
California Angels	143	67	76	0	.469	23.5	457	509	31-39	36-37	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	140	65	75	0	.464	24.0	588	610	35-35	30-40	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	142	61	81	0	.430	29.0	479	539	33-42	28-39	5-5	Lost 1

N.L. East
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Pittsburgh Pirates	144	87	57	0	.604		730	555	49-26	38-31	9-1	Won 5
St. Louis Cardinals	144	80	63	1	.559	6.5	652	622	41-32	39-31	7-3	Won 2
Chicago Cubs	142	73	69	0	.514	13.0	565	580	40-30	33-39	3-7	Lost 4
New York Mets	141	72	69	0	.511	13.5	527	482	36-30	36-39	6-4	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	141	61	79	1	.436	24.0	544	636	29-38	32-41	5-5	Won 2
Philadelphia Phillies	143	59	84	0	.413	27.5	492	616	32-42	27-42	2-8	Lost 2

N.L. West
	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
San Francisco Giants	143	82	61	0	.573		626	572	49-25	33-36	5-5	Lost 5
Los Angeles Dodgers	144	78	66	0	.542	4.5	594	523	38-34	40-32	8-2	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	144	72	72	0	.500	10.5	580	628	38-34	34-38	4-6	Lost 2
Cincinnati Reds	145	71	74	0	.490	12.0	526	515	41-30	30-44	5-5	Won 1
Houston Astros	143	69	74	0	.483	13.0	525	523	35-36	34-38	5-5	Won 4
San Diego Padres	144	54	90	0	.375	28.5	438	547	31-42	23-48	4-6	Lost 2

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 4, Senators 2 at Baltimore (night game):
Jim Palmer gained his 18th victory of the season and Denny McLain drew his 19th defeat when the Orioles beat the Senators, 4-2. Frank Robinson and Davey Johnson homered off McLain in the sixth inning. Boog Powell drove in the Orioles' other tallies, one with a sacrifice fly in the third and one with a double in the seventh.

Angels 3, Brewers 2 at California (night game):
Making his debut with the Angels, Billy Parker went hitless in his first four times at bat, but the rookie second baseman came up again with two out in the 11th inning and smashed his first major league homer to beat the Brewers, 3-2. Before Parker won the game, Mickey Rivers prevented a defeat, hitting a triple after two walks in the ninth to tie the score. The Brewers got their first run on a homer by Johnny Briggs in the seventh and added the other tally on an infield hit by Bob Heise, a throwing error by Sandy Alomar and double by Ron Theobald in the eighth.

Red Sox 12, Tigers 6 at Detroit (night game):
In Luis Aparicio's biggest productive game of the season, the veteran shortstop drove in five runs to lead the Red Sox to a 12-6 victory over the Tigers. Aparicio homered in the first inning, knocked in two runs with a single in the second and rapped a pair of singles in the eighth when the Red Sox exploded for seven runs. Aparicio started that outburst with a single and then, on his second trip to plate in the stanza, singled to drive in two runs.

Dodgers 3, Padres 2 at San Diego (night game):
The Dodgers pulled within 4½ games of the idle Giants in the West division race by defeating the Padres, 3-2. Al Downing, who was the winner with help from Hoyt Wilhelm, yielded a run to the Padres on singles by Nate Colbert, Ollie Brown and Ivan Murrell in the fifth inning before the Dodgers came back with a scoring burst in the sixth. Maury Wills and Bobby Valentine walked and Dick Allen doubled to tie the score. After an intentional pass to Manny Mota, Wes Parker hit a sacrifice fly. Steve Garvey folowed with a double to send Allen across with what proved to be the winning run. Wilhelm rescued Downing from a two-on, one-out jam in the eighth. In the ninth, Don Mason doubled and scored for the Padres on an infield out and sacrifice fly by Colbert.