Games of Thursday, Sept. 18

Seattle               85      61       .582     ---
Chicago             80      61      .567      2.5
Kansas City       76      70      .521      9
Cleveland          74      71      .510    10.5
California          71      72      .497    12.5
Montreal           65      78       .455    18.5
San Diego         64      82       .438    21
Philadelphia      61      81      .430    21.5

Friday's games
Kansas City (Drago) at Cleveland (Ellsworth)
California (Wright) at Seattle (Pattin)
Montreal (Wegener) at San Diego (Sisk)

Montreal 7, Cleveland 3: Ron Fairly, Jim Fairey and Coco Laboy each drove in two runs for Montreal, and Bill Stoneman allowed one run in seven innings for the win. Three of the five runs allowed by losing pitcher Steve Hargan were unearned. Laboy homered for the Expos, and Duke Sims homered for the Indians. Don Shaw got the last four outs for the save.

Kansas City 4, Chicago 2: The Royals peppered Chicago pitching for five doubles among their 12 hits. Jerry Adair doubled twice, scored once and drove in a run. Lou Piniella had three hits, one a double, and a run scored, and threw a pair of runners out at the plate. Roger Nelson went seven innings for the win, and Tom Burgmeier and Moe Drabowsky each had a scoreless inning.

San Diego 3, California 0: Dick Kelley threw a six-hit shutout, fanning seven without walking a man. Cito Gaston tripled home the first run, scored the second and drove in the third with a sac fly. Tom Murphy took the loss for the Angels.

Seattle 5, Philadelphia 3: Greg Goossen's three-run homer in the eighth off Bill Wilson lifted the Pilots to their sixth straight victory. Mike Marshall allowed two earned runs in eight innings for the win; he allowed six hits, all in the first three innings, and walked four. John O'Donoghue relieved Bob Locker with two outs in the ninth to retire Johnny Callison with two one for the save. Wilson took the loss.

Player of the Day: Lou Piniella, Kansas City