Games of Friday, Sept. 12

Chicago             78      57      .578     ---
Seattle               79      61       .564     1.5
California          69      68      .504    10
Kansas City       70      69      .504    10
Cleveland          70      70      .500    10.5
Montreal           64      73       .467    15
Philadelphia      61      76       .445    18
San Diego         61      78       .438    19

Saturday's games
Philadelphia (Fryman) at Cleveland (Ellsworth)
California (McGlothlin) at Chicago (Wynne)
Kansas City (Nelson and Drago) at San Diego (Kelley and Sisk), 2
Montreal (Stoneman) at Seattle (Meyer)

San Diego 3, Cleveland 2: Joe Niekro went the distance, allowing two runs on eight hits. Luis Tiant also threw a complete game, allowing a leadoff homer to Ivan Murrell. One of the three runs he allowed was unearned. Murrell was injured and cannot play until Sept. 27. Teammate Roberto Pena was also injured and is out until Sept. 22.

Player of the Day: Joe Niekro