Games of Saturday, Aug. 30

Chicago             72      50      .590     ---
Seattle               72      54       .571      2
Kansas City       65      62      .512      9.5
California          61      63      .491    12
Cleveland          62      65      .488    12
Montreal           58      69       .457    16.5
Philadelphia      58      70       .453    16.5
San Diego         56      71       .441    18

Sunday's games
Chicago (Bell) at Cleveland (McDowell)
Montreal (Wegener) at California (Messersmith)
Seattle (Brabender) at San Diego (Kelley)

Philadelphia 10, Kansas City 3: Grant Jackson went the distance in a sloppy contest. The Royals fielders were charged with four errors, and the Royals pitchers walked 10, four of them with the bases loaded. Jackson scattered 10 hits and walked two. Dave Morehead took the loss for the Royals.

Kansas City 6, Philadelphia 5: Mike Fiore hit a two-run homer in the fourth to put the Royals in front for good, and Kansas City survived two homers by John Briggs and one from Cookie Rojas. Winner Bill Butler allowed just six hits in 7.2 innings, but three of them were the home runs. Joe Keough tripled home two runs for the Royals. Lowell Palmer took the loss, and Moe Drabowsky retired the last two hitters for the save. Joe Foy was injured for four days and will remain on the active list. He's eligible to play Sept. 4.

Cleveland 11, Chicago 9: The Indians scored eight runs in the bottom of the eighth to stun the first-place Pale Hose. The Tribe got six hits and four walks in the inning and benefited from a Luis Aparicio error. Dan Osinski took the loss. Ron Law, who allowed two runs in two innings, was credited with the win. Bobby Knoop hit a three-run homer in the ninth to make the final score close. Aparicio homered to lead off the game.  Ken Berry went 4-for-5 with a homer, a doubled, two runs and an RBI.

San Diego 5, Seattle 3: Chris Cannizzaro hit a two-run homer, and Jose Arcia had a pair of RBI hits for the Podres. Bill McCool retired all four Pilots he faced for the win, and Frank Reberge navigated a pair of two-out hits in the ninth for the save. Bob Locker took the loss. Wayne Comer homered for Seattle.

California 4, Montreal 3: Aurelio Rodriguez broke the tie with an eighth-inning homer off Don Shaw. Jay Johnstone homered in the third for the Angels, and Jim Fregosi and Jim Spencer hit consecutive RBI doubles in the fifth. Rusty Staub had a two-run homer off Rudy May and drove in the other Expo run with a sac fly in the seventh. May gets the win, Ken Tatum the save.

Player of the Day: Aurelio Rodiguez, California