Chicago 87 64 .576 ---
Seattle 86 66 .566 1.5
Kansas City 80 72 .526 7.5
Cleveland 78 73 .517 9
California 74 76 .493 12.5
Montreal 67 83 .446 19.5
San Diego 68 85 .444 20
Philadelphia 65 85 .433 21
Saturday's games
California (Murphy) at Philadelphia (Fryman)
San Diego (Santorini) at Cleveland (McDowell)
Montreal (Stoneman) at Kansas City (Bunker)
Seattle (Brabender) at Chicago (Edmondson)
Philadelphia 5, California 2: Dick Allen and John Briggs each homered, and Rick Wise allowed two runs on eight hits in eight innings for the Phillies. The Angels got homers from Jim Spence and Jay Johnstone. John Boozer struck out two of his three batters in the ninth for the save, and Jim McGlothlin took the loss.
Kansas City 7, Montreal 6 (15 innings): The Royals kept bouncing back. Montreal led three times, including in the final frame, but the Ed Kirkpatrick tied the score in the bottom of the 15th with a double and Joe Foy followed with the game-winning single. Mack Jones hit a three-run homer in the first for the Expos and Rusty Staub a solo shot in the top of the 15th. Dave Morehead, who allowed one run in three innings, got the win; Roy Face was the loser.
Chicago 10, Seattle 3: Bill Melton homered in the first and second innings to propel the White Sox to the verge of the pennant. The Sox knocked John Gelnar out of the box with a four-run first inning and kept adding on against three Pilots relievers. Joel Horlen went seven innings, allowing three runs on four hits for the win. Luis Aparicio also homered for Chicago, and Ray Oyler for Seattle.
Player of the Day: Bill Melton, Chicago
Chicago's magic number: 2
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