Games of Friday, Aug. 29

Chicago             72      49      .595     ---
Seattle               72      53       .576      2
Kansas City       64      61      .512    10
California          60      63      .487    13
Cleveland          61      65      .484    13
Montreal           58      68       .460    16.5
Philadelphia      57      69       .452    17
San Diego         55      71       .437    19

Saturday's games
Chicago (Peters) at Cleveland (Hargan)
Philadelphia (Jackson and Palmer) at Kansas City (Butler and Morehead), 2
Seattle (Gelnar) at San Diego (Niekro)
Montreal (Robertson) at California (May)

San Diego 5, Seattle 1: John Sipin homered twice off Steve Barber and drove in four runs, while Clay Kirby threw a three-hit complete game for the Padres. Kirby walked one and fanned four.  Ollie Brown also homered for San Diego.

Seattle 3, San Diego 2: George Burnet tossed seven shutout innings for the Pilots for the win, allowing just three hits but walking five with eight strikeouts. John O'Donoghue got the last out with the tying run on after the Padres stung Diego Segui for three hits and two runs in the ninth. Tommy Davis drew three walks and tripled in four trips to the plate against loser Al Santorini, who walked eight in seven innings.

Chicago 2, Cleveland 1: Ken Berry singled home two runs in the eighth inning, and Joel Horlen allowed one run on five hits in seven innings for the win. Wilbur Wood induced a double play grounder to end the game. Mike Paul stranded 10 baserunners in the first seven innings but couldn't escape the eighth and took the loss. Walt Williams was injured (3 days) and will remain on the roster. He's eligible to play Sept. 2.

Kansas City 7, Philadelphia 5: Ed Kirkpatrick hit a pair of two-run homers, but it took RBI doubles in the eighth inning from Pat Kelly and Lou Piniella to lift the Royals to the win. Steve Jones got the win with two scoreless innings of relief; Turk Farrell took the loss. Rick Joseph hit a three-run homer off Mike Hedlund in the fifth for Philadelphia.

California 6, Montreal 1: Aurelio Rodriguez drove in two runs and scored a pair to support Tom Murphy's complete game five-hitter. Lose Steve Renko walked four men in a three-run fourth. Jose Azcue was injured and will miss the next two days.

Player of the day: Clay Kirby, San Diego