Monday, February 3, 2020

Games of Monday, May 5

                           W      L        Pct.     GB
St. Louis            11       6       .647     ---
New York          10       7       .588     1
Atlanta                 8       6       .571     1.5
Chicago             11       9       .550     1.5
Houston               9     10       .474     3
Philadelphia         6       8       .428     3.5
Montreal              7      10      .412     4
Pittsburgh            7      12       .368    5

Tuesday's schedule
Atlanta (Harrison) at Montreal (Moore)
New York (Matlack) at Philadelphia (Carlton)
Chicago (Jenkins) at Pittsburgh (Moose)

Atlanta 11, Montreal 5
Paul Casanova, catching because of an injury to Johnny Oates, homered and drove in three runs to help spoil the debut of Steve Rogers. Ron Schueler got the win for the Braves, allowing five runs in seven innings. Joe Pepitone pinch-hit a homer for the Braves, who pulled away late with six runs in the final three innings.

New York 10, Philadelphia 4
John Milner went 4-for-4 with a homer, a walk, two RBIs and two runs as the Mets dominated the Phillies. Jerry Grote and Rusty Staub each hit two-run triples. Jerry Koosman shut out the Phillies for the first six innings but gave up a three-run homer to Mike Schmidt to make the score somewhat closer in the eighth. Barry Lersch took the loss.

Chicago 5, Houston 3
Jose Cardenal had three hits and scored three times , and Billy Williams collected three RBIs as the Cubs held off the Astros. Milt Pappas allowed one earned run in six innings for the win, and Jack Aker threw a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.  Doug Rader homered for Houston. Dave Roberts took the loss.

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