Games of Monday, April 21

                           W      L        Pct.     GB
Philadelphia         3       1      .750     ---
New York            4       2       .667     ---
Chicago               4       3       .571     0.5
St. Louis              4       3       .571     0.5
Atlanta                 2       2       .500     1
Houston               3       3       .500     1
Pittsburgh             2       4      .333     2
Montreal              1       5       .167     3

Tuesday's games
Pittsburgh (Moose) at St. Louis (Cleveland)
Chicago (Pappas) at Houston (Roberts)

Atlanta 3, New York 0
Roric Harrison threw a five-hit shutout, and Paul Casanova homered in the second inning off Jon Matlack. Matlack allowed two runs, one earned, in seven innings. Harrison walked four, struck out five and benefited from a pair of double-play grounders.

Philadelphia 7. Montreal 6 (10 innings)
The Philles prevailed despite blowing a 4-0 lead after three innings. Denny Doyle went 5-for-5, all singles, for the Phillies; he scored a run and drove in two. Greg Luzinski singled home pinch-hitter Billy Grabarkewitz in the bottom of the 10th to make a winner of Mac Scarce and a loser of Mike Marshall.

St. Louis 11, Pittsburgh 2
Rick Wise allowed one earned run on five hits, amd Mick Kelleher drove in five runs with two doubles and a single. Willie Stargell's homer in the top of the sixth tied it at 2, but St. Louis scored three off Dock Ellis in the bottom of the inning, four more off  Bob Johnson in the seventh and two more off Steve Blass in the eighth.

Houston 7, Chicago 4
The Astros scored the final seven runs of the game, four of them in the eighth inning, to overtake the Cubs. Houston's winning rally off Bob Locker included five hits -- a triple by Jim Wynn, RBI doubles from Lee May and Doug Rader, and singles from Bob Watson and Bob Gallagher.  Wyn, Watson and Rader each scored twice. Ron Santo drove in three runs for Chicago. Jim Ray threw two scoreless innings for the win.