W L Pct. GB
Chicago 1 0 1.000 ---
Houston 1 0 1.000 ---
New York 1 0 1.000 ---
Atlanta 0 0 .000 0.5
Philadelphia 0 0 .000 0.5
Montreal 0 1 .000 1
Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 1
St. Louis 0 1 .000 1
Wednesday's games
Montreal (Torrez) at New York (Koosman)
Atlanta (P Niekro) at Philadelphia (Carlton)
Chicago (R Reuschel) at St. Louis (Wise)
Pittsburgh (Ellis) at Houston (Wilson)
New York 1, Montrea1 0 (11 innings)
Tom Seaver and Steve Renko matched zeros for nine innings. Tom Terrific allowed three hits, walked one and struck out eight. Renko scattered six hits and three walks with two strikeouts. George Stone and winner Tug McGraw each threw one inning for the Mets. Mike Marshall allowed the sole run on a two-base error and a single by Jim Gosger. Tim Foli is injured for Wednesday's game for Montreal; John Milner is injured for Wednesday's game and Cleon Jones is injured for Wednesday and Thursday.
Chicago 3, St. Louis 0
Ferguson Jenkins outpitched Bob Gibson. The Cubs got two runs in the fifth: Don Kessinger singled, stole second, scored on Jose Cardenal's double, and Cardenal scored on Glenn Beckert's base hit. In the eighth, Rick Monday doubled and scored on two passed balls by Ted Simmons. Jenkins threw a four-hitter. Gibson allowed 10 hits in eight inning but struck out nine.
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 3
Cesar Cedeno had a pair of RBI doubles and both John Edwards and Roger Metzger scored twice. Jerry Reuss blanked the Pirates for seven innings, but Pittsburgh got four hits off him in the eighth before Tom Griffin put out the fire. Jim York got the final two outs for the save. Loser Nelson Briles allowed all five Astros runs, two unearned, in seven innings.
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