Games of Saturday, Sept. 13

Chicago             79      57      .580     ---
Seattle               80      61       .567     1.5
Kansas City       72      69      .511      9.5
Cleveland          71      70      .503    10.5
California          69      69      .504    11
Montreal           64      74       .464    16
Philadelphia      61      77       .442    19
San Diego         61      80       .433    20.5

Sunday's games
Philadelphia (Johnson) at Cleveland (Williams)
California (Murphy) at Chicago (Peters)
Kansas City (Butler) at San Diego (Podres)
Montreal (Renko) at Seattle (Pattin)

Cleveland 7, Philadelphia 1: Dick Ellsworth scattered nine hits in the complete-game win. Ken Suarez went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a pair of runs. Larry Brown also drove in a pair.

Chicago 4, California 1: Walt Williams' two-run homer in the fifth put the White Sox in front to stay. Bill Melton scored Chicago's other two runs. Billy Wynne went eight innings, allowing one run on six hits, for the win, and Wilbur Wood loaded the bases in the ninth but escaped unscathed for the save. Jim McGlothlin took the loss.

Kansas City 2, San Diego 0: Roger Nelson allowed four hits in eight innings for the win. Bob Oliver singled home one run in the first, and pinch-hitter Ed Kirkpatrick doubled in the second tally in the top of the ninth. Dick Kelley took the loss, and Mike Hedlund got the save with a perfect ninth.

Kansas City 2, San Diego 1: Ed Kirkpatrick doubled in both Royals runs in the sixth inning. Dick Drago went 7.2 innings for the win, allowing one run on seven hits. Tommy Sisk took the loss.

Seattle 8. Montreal 1: The Pilots plated six runs in the fifth inning, highlighted by a three-run double from Wayne Comer, and got five scoreless innings of relief from Gene Brabender and Mike Marshall. Shortstops John Donaldson and Ron Clark combined for three RBIs. Bill Meyer started for the Pilots and allowed one run in four innings before leaving for a pinch-hitter in the big fifth inning. Bob Bailey homered for the Expos in the second. Brabender is credited with the win, and Marshall gets the save for three innings of one-hit relief work. Bill Stoneman takes the loss. Jim Fairey was injured and will miss Sunday's game.

Player of the Day: Ed Kirkpatrick, Kansas City