NL Standings as of 9/5/70

Strat-O-Matic Report

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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1970 National League
 
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1970 New York NYN            79  58  .577 ----    24         83      79   .512
1970 Pittsburgh PIN          77  60  .562  2.0               89      73   .549
1970 St. Louis SLN           73  65  .529  6.5               76      86   .469
1970 Chicago CHN             68  70  .493 11.5               84      78   .519
1970 Philadelphia PHN        63  74  .460 16.0               73      88   .453
1970 Montreal MON            56  80  .412 22.5               73      89   .451
 
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1970 Cincinnati CIN          89  51  .636 ----    10        102      60   .630
1970 Atlanta ATN             74  64  .536 14.0               76      86   .469
1970 Los Angeles LAN         72  64  .529 15.0               87      74   .540
1970 San Francisco SFN       70  67  .511 17.5               86      76   .531
1970 Houston HON             64  73  .467 23.5               79      83   .488
1970 San Diego SDN           39  98  .285 48.5               63      99   .389
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     74   64  .536 38-33 36-31 17-17 57-47  9- 4 20-18     7-3     Lost 1
CHN     68   70  .493 35-38 33-32 16-15 52-55  7- 6 19-22     5-5     Lost 3
CIN     89   51  .636 50-22 39-29 24-15 65-36 10- 9 22-24     5-5     Lost 1
HON     64   73  .467 32-39 32-34 24-17 40-56  3-10 14-18     4-6     Lost 2
LAN     72   64  .529 36-30 36-34 24-22 48-42  9- 9 31-15     4-6     Won 2
MON     56   80  .412 31-36 25-44 23-25 33-55  8-10 21-29     4-6     Won 1
NYN     79   58  .577 33-32 46-26 22-19 57-39  7- 7 20-21     8-2     Won 2
PHN     63   74  .460 32-34 31-40 23-17 40-57 12- 6 28-17     3-7     Lost 2
PIN     77   60  .562 37-32 40-28 26-21 51-39  7- 6 18-19     10-0    Won 10
SDN     39   98  .285 18-48 21-50 13-20 26-78  6- 7 11-23     3-7     Won 1
SFN     70   67  .511 34-33 36-34 17-16 53-51  4-10 18-21     4-6     Won 1
SLN     73   65  .529 35-36 38-29 18-17 55-48 10- 8 26-21     4-6     Lost 1
TOTAL  824  824  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv
ATN     17- 4 12-13 10-16 14-17 17-12  4- 2   34-32  40-32
CHN      9- 9 10-16 11-17 21-10 16-14  1- 4   32-34  36-36
CIN     12-10 22- 6 14-10 23- 9 16-13  2- 3   46-22  43-29
HON      9-12 14-15 13-13  8-19 18-11  2- 3   34-31  30-42
LAN     13- 7 15-13 15-12 12-14 14-15  3- 3   32-33  40-31
MON      9- 9 10-18 15-12 12-18  9-20  1- 3   24-40  32-40
NYN     10- 9 14-15 13-12 18-10 20-11  4- 1   36-29  43-29
PHN      9-10 16-12 12-13 13-15 11-21  2- 3   30-36  33-38
PIN      7-12 18-12 15-13 15-12 18-11  4- 0   37-28  40-32
SDN      5-16  9-23  9-16  7-19  7-21  2- 3   15-50  24-48
SFN     11-11 16-12 16- 8 10-17 14-17  3- 2   36-29  34-38
SLN      7- 9 14-15 14-15 18-11 18-12  2- 3   37-29  36-36
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN    -   5   2   5   9   5   5   9   8  10   8   8
CHN    7   -   5   9   5   7   5   9   7   5   5   4
CIN   11   7   -  11   5  11   6   7   7  11   8   5
HON    7   3   2   -   5   6   5   7   4  13   7   5
LAN    6   7   8   8   -   7   6   7   6   8   2   7
MON    7   5   1   6   5   -   6   6   3   9   4   4
NYN    7   9   6   7   6   6   -   7   6   9   8   8
PHN    3   6   5   5   4   6   6   -   6   8   8   6
PIN    4   6   5   8   6  11   5   8   -   8   9   7
SDN    2   7   3   2   4   3   3   4   4   -   4   3
SFN    6   7   7   5  10   8   4   4   3   8   -   8
SLN    4   8   7   7   5  10   7   6   6   9   4   -
 
 
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN    -  50  53  63  75  55  60  57  74  63  81  60
CHN   54   -  52  68  53  69  63  64  50  59  63  47
CIN   88  64   -  89  70  68  43  59  75  80  73  61
HON   61  40  53   -  69  56  38  58  52  82  88  59
LAN   76  59  60  72   -  52  48  41  56  69  43  61
MON   62  62  37  55  52   -  36  56  46  57  36  48
NYN   62  69  49  48  57  52   -  51  33  86  83  61
PHN   26  52  42  57  37  55  53   -  48  69  60  44
PIN   65  50  50  73  60  65  32  60   -  75  82  65
SDN   43  61  53  45  46  38  47  47  35   -  78  46
SFN   66  79  84  87  64  63  70  55  70  73   -  63
SLN   43  57  48  74  52  76  62  47  70  52  76   -

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Mets and Pirates keep pace

September 5, 1970

With New York visiting Wrigley Field and the Pirates hosting Philadelphia at shiny new Three Rivers Stadium, both teams took care of business in Friday and Saturday affairs to keep the Mets two games up in the only remaining pennant race of the 1970 season.

In Friday's afternoon affair, the Mets broke out with a six run second inning and never looked back, holding on by a 9-5 count. Donn Clendenon struck the big blow with a three run blast (24) to make the score 8-3 off Chicago starter Bill Hands (8-13), who has had a disappointing season that has hindered the Cubbies chance to stay in contention. Nolan Ryan (5-9) was erratic over 6-2/3 innings, striking out seven but walking six and allowing five runs before giving way to the bullpen. Ron Herbel provided two innings of scoreless relief to finish out the contest.

The Bucs won their ninth straight game in blowout fashion with a 9-1 win over the reeling Phillies. After trailing 1-0 early, the hosts dropped a four spot on starter Rick Wise (7-14), with back to back doubles from Willie Stargell and Manny Sanguillen driving in three of the runs. The latter would drive in another later in the game with a second two bagger. Gene Alley (13) added a long ball to lead off the 8th. Steve Blass (8-8) would go the distance, scattering six hits and striking out the same number.

New York continued to roll Saturday with an 8-3 win, scoring four in the first inning with four consecutive two out singles off Ken Holtzman (12-13) and coasting to their eighth victory in the last ten games. Clendenon would homer (25) again with a solo blast in the 8th inning. Jerry Koosman (12-7) tossed all nine innings for the victors, whiffing nine Cubs' swingers along the way.

Meanwhile, Pittsburgh ran its season high winning streak to double digits in a game played close to the vest, 2-1. Rookie Fred Cambria (3-0) pitched a stellar seven innings to keep his team in the game. Back to back homers from Al Oliver (15) and Stargell (30) would provide the only offense. Recently acquired lefty George Brunet would provide 1-2/3 innings of scoreless relief, while mainstay Dave Guisti recorded the final two outs for his 24th save of the season.

Catching up with the Metropolitans

This week, the Mets have been engaged in a big series at Busch Stadium with the defending World Champion, but currently third place Cardinals, whom they held a 3-1/2 game lead heading into the four game set. Accordingly, New York has taken the first three games of the series to open up a 6-1/2 game lead.



In the series opener, Jerry Koosman bested Nellie Briles, 3-1. Wayne Garrett was the offensive star with a homer (10th) and a triple. Art Shamsky also homered (12th) for the visitors.



Tuesday's affair took 11 innings for New York to come out on top, 4-2, despite a 15 hit attack from the home team. Bud Harrelson was the hero in this tilt with a two run triple in the second extra frame after St. Louis tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on Lou Brock's two out, bases empty home run off Ron Herbel, who had just been acquired from the Padres. Gibson went 7 innings, giving up two runs.

Wednesday was Tom Seaver's turn in the rotation, who took his 20-6 and 1.91 league leading ERA to the mound. Like the Cards' ace the night before, Seaver would leave with no decision, giving up a pair of runs over 7 innings of work before being lifted for a pinch hitter. It would take extra innings again after the guests tied the score in the 8th at 2-2. Cleon Jones got the big hit in the 10th with a two out single for the gamewinner.

The hosts avoided the sweep in the finale with a complete game from lefty Steve Carlton, cruising to a 6-1 win. Joe Torre smacked two homers that drove in 4 runs to pace St. Louis. Gary Gentry went the distance for New York while taking it on the chin for his 8th loss in 19 decisions. Nevertheless, the Mets left town with more distance than they arrived with at 5-1/2 games over the third place Cardinals.

NL East Pennant Race

With the other teams counting down their magic number, the Mets and Pirates are engaging in a classic pennant race in the NL East. The upstart Buccos have won 8 straight and stand 2-1/2 back of the second half surging Metropolitans.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1970 National League
 
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1970 New York NYN            77  57  .575 ----    26         83      79   .512
1970 Pittsburgh PIN          75  60  .556  2.5               89      73   .549
1970 St. Louis SLN           71  64  .526  6.5               76      86   .469
1970 Chicago CHN             68  67  .504  9.5               84      78   .519
1970 Philadelphia PHN        62  72  .463 15.0               73      88   .453
1970 Montreal MON            55  79  .410 22.0               73      89   .451
 
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1970 Cincinnati CIN          87  50  .635 ----    13        102      60   .630
1970 Atlanta ATN             72  63  .533 14.0               76      86   .469
1970 Los Angeles LAN         70  63  .526 15.0               87      74   .540
1970 San Francisco SFN       69  65  .515 16.5               86      76   .531
1970 Houston HON             63  71  .470 22.5               79      83   .488
1970 San Diego SDN           38  96  .284 47.5               63      99   .389
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     72   63  .533 36-32 36-31 16-17 56-46  9- 4 19-18     6-4     Won 1
CHN     68   67  .504 35-35 33-32 16-13 52-54  7- 6 19-22     5-5     Won 1
CIN     87   50  .635 48-21 39-29 23-14 64-36 10- 8 22-24     4-6     Lost 3
HON     63   71  .470 31-37 32-34 24-16 39-55  3- 9 14-17     4-6     Won 1
LAN     70   63  .526 36-30 34-33 24-21 46-42  8- 9 30-14     4-6     Lost 1
MON     55   79  .410 31-36 24-43 22-25 33-54  7- 9 20-28     4-6     Lost 2
NYN     77   57  .575 33-32 44-25 21-18 56-39  7- 7 20-21     7-3     Won 3
PHN     62   72  .463 32-34 30-38 23-17 39-55 12- 6 28-16     4-6     Lost 1
PIN     75   60  .556 35-32 40-28 26-21 49-39  7- 6 17-19     9-1     Won 8
SDN     38   96  .284 18-48 20-48 13-19 25-77  5- 7 11-23     2-8     Lost 1
SFN     69   65  .515 34-33 35-32 16-16 53-49  4-10 18-21     6-4     Won 2
SLN     71   64  .526 33-35 38-29 18-17 53-47  9- 7 25-20     3-7     Lost 3
TOTAL  807  807  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv
ATN     17- 4 12-13 10-16 14-17 17-12  2- 1   32-31  40-32
CHN      9- 9 10-16 11-17 21-10 16-14  1- 1   32-31  36-36
CIN     12-10 22- 6 14-10 23- 9 16-13  0- 2   44-21  43-29
HON      9-12 14-15 13-13  8-19 18-11  1- 1   33-29  30-42
LAN     13- 7 15-13 15-12 12-14 14-15  1- 2   30-32  40-31
MON      9- 9 10-18 15-12 12-18  9-20  0- 2   23-39  32-40
NYN     10- 9 14-15 13-12 18-10 20-11  2- 0   34-28  43-29
PHN      9-10 16-12 12-13 13-15 11-21  1- 1   29-34  33-38
PIN      7-12 18-12 15-13 15-12 18-11  2- 0   35-28  40-32
SDN      5-16  9-23  9-16  7-19  7-21  1- 1   14-48  24-48
SFN     11-11 16-12 16- 8 10-17 14-17  2- 0   35-27  34-38
SLN      7- 9 14-15 14-15 18-11 18-12  0- 2   35-28  36-36
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN    -   5   2   5   8   5   5   9   8  10   7   8
CHN    7   -   5   9   5   7   5   9   7   5   5   4
CIN   11   7   -  11   5  11   6   7   7  10   7   5
HON    7   3   2   -   5   6   5   7   4  12   7   5
LAN    6   7   8   6   -   7   6   7   6   8   2   7
MON    7   5   1   6   5   -   6   6   3   9   4   3
NYN    7   7   6   7   6   6   -   7   6   9   8   8
PHN    3   5   5   5   4   6   6   -   6   8   8   6
PIN    4   6   5   8   6  11   5   6   -   8   9   7
SDN    2   7   2   2   4   3   3   4   4   -   4   3
SFN    5   7   7   5  10   8   4   4   3   8   -   8
SLN    4   8   7   7   5   9   6   6   6   9   4   -
 
 
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN    -  50  53  63  69  55  60  57  74  63  72  60
CHN   54   -  52  68  53  69  55  63  50  59  63  47
CIN   88  64   -  89  70  68  43  59  75  65  64  61
HON   61  40  53   -  59  56  38  58  52  77  88  59
LAN   71  59  60  53   -  52  48  41  56  69  43  61
MON   62  62  37  55  52   -  36  56  46  57  36  40
NYN   62  52  49  48  57  52   -  51  33  86  83  60
PHN   26  46  42  57  37  55  53   -  46  69  60  44
PIN   65  50  50  73  60  65  32  49   -  75  82  65
SDN   43  61  38  43  46  38  47  47  35   -  78  46
SFN   58  79  79  87  64  63  70  55  70  73   -  63
SLN   43  57  48  74  52  68  56  47  70  52  76   -

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