Games of Tuesday, Sept. 2

Chicago             74      53      .582     ---
Seattle               75      56       .572     1
California          65      64      .504    10
Kansas City       66      65      .504    10
Cleveland          64      67      .489    12
Montreal           60      70       .461    16.5
Philadelphia      58      72       .446    17.5
San Diego         58      73       .442    18

Wednesday's games
Seattle (Barber and Brunet) at Chicago (Peters and Ellis), 2
Cleveland (Paul and Hargan) at San Diego (Niekro and Santorini), 2
Kansas City (Hedlund) at California (Kealey)

Seattle 9, Chicago 6: Don Mincher hit a three-run homer and an RBI single to power the Pilots. Diego Segui allowed three runs in seven innings for the win. Mike Hegan scored three runs. Bobby Knopp hit a three-run homer for Chicago. Joel Horlen allowed five runs in three innings for the loss, Ed Herrmann (Chicago) was injured and may play again on Sept. 7.

Chicago 6, Seattle 5: Pinch-hitter Don Pavelitch doubled home two runs with two out in the bottom of the ninth to cap a four-run inning and keep the White Sox in first place. Jack Hamilton got the win with a scoreless inning of relief, and John O'Donoghue was charged with the loss. Mike Hegan, who went 5-for-5, hit a two-run homer for the Pilots, and Bob Christian hit a solo shot for the White Sox.

Kansas City 7, California 2: Steve Jones, making a spot start for the injured Dick Drago, allowed two runs in five innings, while Mike Fiore went 4-for-4 and Lou Piniella hit a two-run homer. Fiore walked, doubled in a run and scored twice. Tom Murphy took the loss for California, which stranded 13 baserunners.

California 4, Kansas City 0: Vern Geishert and a pair of relievers combined for a three-hit shutout, and Geishert drove in two runs with a single in the second inning. The teams combined for six errors, three of them by Angels pitchers (Geishert 2, Eddie Fisher 1), and two of the four runs charged to Jim Rooker were unearned.

San Diego 4, Cleveland 3 (10 innings): The bats awoke in the 10th inning of what had been a pitchers duel. Ken Harrelson hit a two-run homer in the top of the 10th off Bill McCool, who was in his third inning of relief. But Horacio Pina allowed five straight singles in the bottom of the inning, the last sneaking through the drawn-in infield to plate Ollie Brown with the game-winner. Brown also had a home run in the third inning off Cleveland starter Stan Williams, who went nine innings allowing one run on seven hits.

Player of the Day: Mike Hegan, Seattle