Games of Saturday, May 3

                           W      L        Pct.     GB
St. Louis            10       6       .625     ---
New York            8       6       .571     1
Chicago             10       8       .556     1
Atlanta                 6       6       .500     2
Houston               8       8       .500     2
Montreal              7       8       .467     2.5
Philadelphia         5       6       .455     2.5
Pittsburgh            6      11       .353     4.5

Sunday's schedule
Atlanta (Morton) at Montreal (Torrez)
Philadelphia (Lonborg and Ruthven) at New York (Seaver and Sadecki), 2
St. Louis (Foster) at Chicago (Bonham)
Pittsburgh (Walker and Johnson) at Houston (Wilson and Richard), 2

Montreal 2, Philadelphia 1
Steve Renko threw a five-hitter and Mike Jorgensen and Ron Fairly had RBI doubles for the Expos. Wayne Twitchell took the loss; he allowed two runs in seven innings on five hits and seven walks. He also struck out seven.

New York 11, Atlanta 8
Wayne Garrett homered twice, both solo shots, and scored three times in the slugfest. Cleon Jones also homered for the Mets, who totaled 14 hits and benefited from three Atlanta errors and assorted other misplays. Darrell Evans homered twice for Atlanta and drove in five runs. George Stone allowed six runs in six innings and was still credited with the win. Tug McGraw threw two scoreless frames for the save. Gary Gentry took the loss; he allowed eight runs in five innings, three of them unearned.

Pittsburgh 11, St. Louis 3
Willie Stargell homered twice and Vic Davalillo pinch-hit a grand slam as the Pirates bombarded Reggie Cleveland. Al Oliver also homered for Pittsburgh, the second of back-to-back jacks with Stargell.  Nellie Briles went six innings for the win, allowing one run on four hits, and Steve Blass worked the final three innings for the save despite allowing two runs in the ninth. Dal Maxvill is out for Sunday's doubleheader with an injury.

Houston 11, Chicago 7
The Astros scored four unearned runs in the first inning with the aid of errors by Billy Williams and Jim Hickman, broke a 4-4 tie in the fourth when Cesar Cedeno and Jim Wynn hit consecutive homers, broke a 6-6 tie in the seventh on a Lee May homer, then put the game away with four runs in the eighth inning. Jerry Reuss allowed six runs on nine hits in seven innings and got credit for the win. Burt Hooton was charged with the loss. Rick Monday hit a three-run homer for the Cubs, and Don Kessinger doubled twice and scored both times. Johnny Edwards was injured for the Astros and must sit the next two days, including Sunday's doubleheader.