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Events of Saturday, May 8, 1971
Events of Saturday, May 8, 1971
5-7-1971 5-9-1971 5-8-1970 5-8-1972
PIT N 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 5 12 0
LA N 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 14 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Briles (3-1)
LP: Downing (3-2)
SV: Giusti (6)
HR: Pagan (1)
CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 3 4 1
MON N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Holtzman (1-4)
LP: McAnally (0-2)
HR: Pepitone (4)
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 (1)
SD N 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 10 15 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Arlin (1-4)
LP: Gullett (3-1)
HR: Gaston (5)
CIN N 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 - 7 8 0 (2)
SD N 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 5 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Nolan (2-2)
LP: Phoebus (2-4)
SV: Granger (4)
HR: Bench (11), May 2 (4)
ATL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 5 9 1
SF N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Reed (4-2)
LP: Bryant (2-1)
SV: Upshaw (3)
HR: H. Aaron (12), Boyer (1), Mays (6), Henderson (3)
NY A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 0
CHI A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Kline (4-1)
LP: Horlen (0-1)
HR: Herrmann (3)
CAL A 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 - 5 11 0
CLE A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 1
BOX+PBP
WP: May (3-1)
LP: Hand (0-1)
SV: LaRoche (2)
HR: Repoz (2)
KC A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
DET A 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x - 2 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Coleman (2-0)
LP: Bunker (2-2)
SV: Scherman (3)
HR: Cash 2 (5)
BOS A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 10 0
MIL A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Siebert (5-0)
LP: Krausse (1-3)
SV: Tatum (6)
HR: Smith (5), Voss (3)
WAS A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 10 0
MIN A 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 x - 9 17 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Kaat (3-1)
LP: Bosman (2-3)
HR: Howard (3), Oliva (9)
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Standings At Close of Play of May 8, 1971
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
New York Mets 25 16 9 0 .640 - 93 71
Pittsburgh Pirates 28 17 11 0 .607 0.5 113 76
St. Louis Cardinals 30 16 13 1 .552 2.0 113 104
Montreal Expos 21 11 9 1 .550 2.5 59 61
Chicago Cubs 28 12 16 0 .429 5.5 95 116
Philadelphia Phillies 25 8 17 0 .320 8.0 76 111
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
San Francisco Giants 29 21 8 0 .724 - 123 84
Atlanta Braves 28 14 14 0 .500 6.5 106 116
Houston Astros 28 14 14 0 .500 6.5 100 85
Los Angeles Dodgers 31 15 16 0 .484 7.0 117 119
Cincinnati Reds 27 11 16 0 .407 9.0 91 99
San Diego Padres 28 8 20 0 .286 12.5 87 131
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Boston Red Sox 26 18 8 0 .692 - 137 106
Baltimore Orioles 25 16 9 0 .640 1.5 113 80
Detroit Tigers 26 13 13 0 .500 5.0 105 117
Washington Senators 28 13 15 0 .464 6.0 96 110
New York Yankees 26 12 14 0 .462 6.0 100 111
Cleveland Indians 27 8 19 0 .296 10.5 79 124
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Oakland Athletics 30 19 11 0 .633 - 129 110
California Angels 30 16 14 0 .533 3.0 105 98
Kansas City Royals 28 14 14 0 .500 4.0 103 95
Minnesota Twins 29 14 15 0 .483 4.5 130 112
Milwaukee Brewers 26 11 15 0 .423 6.0 66 81
Chicago White Sox 27 10 17 0 .370 7.5 91 110
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Todd Greene
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Transactions
Cincinnati Reds traded Kurt Bevacqua to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Buddy
Bradford.
Oakland Athletics traded Frank Fernandez, Don Mincher, Paul Lindblad and cash to
Washington Senators in exchange for Mike Epstein and Darold Knowles.
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