W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia 4 1 .800 ---
St. Louis 6 3 .667 ---
New York 4 2 .667 0.5
Chicago 5 4 .625 2
Houston 3 4 .429 2
Atlanta 2 3 .400 2
Pittsburgh 2 5 .286 3
Montreal 1 5 .167 3.5
Thursday's games
New York (Seaver) at Montreal (Renko)
Houston (Reuss) at Pittsburgh (Briles)
St. Louis (Murphy) at Chicago (Reuschel)
Philadelphia (Carlton) at Atlanta (P Niekro)
Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 3
Bill Robinson led off the top of the eighth with a homer to break a 3-3 tie, and Mike Schmidt hit a three-run bomb later in the frame. Greg Luzinski hit a three-run homer off Carl Morton in the third inning. Wayne Twitchell pitched seven innings for the win; he allowed three runs on four hits, one a homer by Hank Aaron. Ron Schueler took the loss in relief; he and Tom House combined to face five hitters and didn't retire a man.
St. Louis 7, Chicago 5
Ted Simmons went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, and his three-run homer in the fifth was a big blow in driving Ferguson Jenkins from the mound in that frame. Alan Foster took a shutout into the seventh inning, when the Cubs scored four times to make a contest of it. Foster got the win, Diego Segui the save. Ted Sizemore was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs. a walk and a run scored.
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