Games of Thursday, Aug. 28

Chicago             71      49      .592     ---
Seattle               71      52       .577      1.5
Kansas City       63      61      .508    10
Cleveland          61      64      .488    12.5
California          59      63      .483    13
Montreal           58      67       .464    15.5
Philadelphia      57      68       .456    16
San Diego         54      70       .435    18.5

Friday's games
Seattle (Gelnar and Barber) at San Diego (Kirby and Santorini), 2
Chicago (Horlen) at Cleveland (Paul)
Philadelphia (James) at Kansas City (Hedlund)
Montreal (Renko) at California (Murphy)

Chicago 8, Cleveland 2: The White Sox broke open the game with a seven-run seventh, Tommy McCraw drove in two with a pinch-hit triple and Carlos May hit a two-run homer. Paul Edmondson threw seven scoreless innings for the Sox, allowing three hits but walking four and hitting one. Luis Tiant took the loss.

Cleveland 4, Chicago 1: Stan Williams threw a two-hitter and struck out 13. Larry Brown went 3-for-4 and scored twice and Jose Cardenal drove in a pair. Ken Harrelson homered. Tommy John allowed all four runs in eight innings.

Philadelphia 4, Kansas City 2: Terry Harmon went 3-for-3 with two walks, two runs and an RBI to help power the Phillies. Rick Wise allowed two runs in seven innings. Four of the five hits he allowed came in the Royals' two-third. Tom Burgmeier took the loss; Al Raffo got the save. Dick Allen was injured (10 games) and is eligible to play Sept. 7.

Philadelphia 13, Kansas City 9: The Phillies scored 11 runs in the final two innings to get the doubleheader sweep. Rick Joseph hit a bases-loaded triple in the ninth to put the Phillies ahead. A two-base error by Joe Foy with two out in the ninth made the final five runs unearned. Steve Jones took the loss, and Turk Farrell got the win. Ellie Rodriguez hit a grand slam for the Royals in the seventh.

California 11, Montreal 1: Jim McGlothlin threw seven scoreless innings while Jim Fregosi and Rick Reichardt each drove in four runs. Fregosi homered, doubled and singled, while Reichardt had a bases-loaded triple. Ron Fairly homered for Montreal. Gary Sutherland (two games) and John Bateman (three games) were each injured for the Expos; they will remain on the roster. Dick Radatz was deactivated after working three innings and John Boccabella activated. The Angels returned Tom Tischinski to the emergency list and reactivated Joe Azcue.

Player of the Day: Terry Harmon, Philadelphia