Games of Monday, Sept. 8

Chicago             77      55      .583     ---
Seattle               77      60       .562     2.5
Kansas City       69      67      .507    10
California          67      67      .500    11
Cleveland          68      69      .496    11.5
Montreal           63      71       .470    16
Philadelphia      59      75       .440    19
San Diego         60      76       .442    19


Tuesday's games
California (May) at Kansas City (Butler)
Chicago (Peters) at Seattle (Brunet)

Montreal 5, Philadelphia 3: Adolpho Phillips hit a two-run homer and scored twice, and Bobby Wine also scored a pair of runs for the Expos. Howie Reed allowed three runs in five innings for the win, with Don Shaw throwing 3.2 scoreless innings before Claude Raymond entered with two on in the bottom of the ninth to strike out Dick Allen. Allen was 3-for-5 with a homer and two runs scored. Larry Hisle also homered. Jerry Johnson was the losing pitcher.

Kansas City 3, California 2: The Royals scored twice in the bottom of the ninth, with Ed Kirkpatrick tripling home Lou Piniella for the tying run and scoring the winner on Jerry Adair's grounder through the drawn-in infield. Ken Tatum took the loss; Tom Burgmeier was the winner. Pat Kelly was injured for the Royals and is eligible to return Sept. 19.

Player of the Day: Don Shaw, Montreal