Games of Sunday, May 4

                           W      L        Pct.     GB
St. Louis            11       6       .647     ---
New York            9       7       .563     1
Atlanta                 7       6       .538     2
Chicago             10       9       .526     2
Houston               9       9       .500     2.5
Philadelphia         6       7       .461     3
Montreal              7       9       .438     3.5
Pittsburgh            7      12       .368    5

Monday's schedule
Atlanta (Schueler) at Montreal (Rogers)
Philadelphia (Lersch) at New York (Koosman)
Chicago (Pappas) at Houston (Roberts)

New York 2, Philadelphia 1 (Game One)
Don Hahn, who replaced Willie Mays in the leadoff spot after Mays was injured in his first at-bat, singled home two runs in the eighth inning to give Tom Seaver the margin he needed. Seaver threw a five-hitter and struck out four. Loser Jim Lonborg held the Mets to two hits in 7.1 innings but walked five, including the two men who scored in the eighth. Mays' injury has him out six days.

Philadelphia 8, New York 2 (Game Two)
Mike Anderson drove in four runs on a solo homer and a bases-clearing double to back Dick Ruthven, who held the Mets to two runs on four hits in 5.1 innings. Mike Wallace got the last two outs of the sixth, and George Culver spun three scoreless innings for the save. Loser Ray Sadecki allowed three homers, with Anderson and Billy Grabarkewitz going back-to-back in the in fifth and Greg Luzinski hitting a two-run bomb in the sixth. Mays was deactivated after the game with Jim Fregosi activated. Mays is eligible to return May 15.

Atlanta 5, Montreal 1
Darrell Evans homered in the seventh to break the game open, and Carl Morton allowed one run in seven innings, holding the Expos to four singles. Mike Lum and Evans each had a pair of RBIs for the visitors. Mike Torrez took the loss. Johnny Oates is out for Monday's game. The Expos after the game deactivated Terry Humphrey to make room for Steve Rogers; Humphrey is eligible to return May 15.

St. Louis 3, Chicago 1
Ken Reitz hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Alan Foster allowed one run in eight innings, scattering nine hits. Orlando Pena worked a scoreless ninth for the save.  Randy Hundley homered for Chicago's only run, and Bill Bonham took the loss.

Pittsburgh 2, Houston 1 (Game One)
Milt May hit the go-ahead homer off lefty reliever Jim Crawford in the top of the ninth after the Pirates tied it in the eight. J.R. Richard threw seven scoreless innings for the Astros before leaving for a pinch-hitter. Luke Walker allowed one unearned runs in his seven innings. John Morlan got the win, Dave Giusti the save.

Houston 5, Pittsburgh 4 (Game Two)
Lee May drove in four runs for the Astros, three of them on a first-inning homer, and Cecil Upshaw retired five straight Pirates to conclude the contest. Dave Parker started in center field for Pittsburgh and hit a pair of RBI doubles, and Willie Stargell hit a solo homer, but the Pirates never caught up to the Astros. Don Wilson got the win; he allowed four runs on nine hits in seven innings. Cesar Cedeno went 4-for-5 with a double and two stolen bases. He scored two runs and drove in one.