W L Pct. GB
Atlanta 13 10 .565 ---
New York 15 12 556 ---
Houston 14 12 .538 0.5
Chicago 16 14 .533 0.5
St. Louis 13 12 .520 1
Pittsburgh 12 15 .444 3
Montreal 12 15 .444 3
Philadelphia 9 13 .409 3.5
Sunday's games
Philadelphia (Lonborg) at Chicago (Pappas)
Montreal (McAnally) at Houston (Griffin)
Atlanta (Morton) at St. Louis (Foster)
Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2 (10 innings): Al Oliver committed a two-base error with two outs in the 10th inning, and Greg Luzinski followed with a two-run single to put the Phillies ahead. Winner Wayne Twitchell allowed just three hits in nine innings, but two were solo homers, by Richie Hebner and Gene Clines. Luzinski drove in three of the four Phillies runs. Dave Giusti was the loser and Mac Scarce got the save.
Chicago 2, New York 1: Rick Rueschel and Jon Matlack kept the game scoreless into the seventh inning, when the Cubs broke through for their two runs. Randy Hundley walked with one out and Don Kessinger singled. Pinch-hitter Carmen Fanzone singled to plate Hundley and send Kessinger to third, and Jose Cardenal followed with a sac fly off reliever Harry Parker. Rusty Staub hit a solo homer in the ninth off Bob Locker, who got the save anyway.
Montreal 5, St. Louis 0: The Expos took advantage of two hit batters in the first inning to score four runs off Bob Gibson, with Ken Singleton and Jim Lyttle each driving in two runs with doubles. Steve Renko worked the first seven innings of the combined shutout, with Joe Gilbert getting the final six outs after Renko wearied in the eighth.
Atlanta 7, Houston 2: Henry Aaron busted the game open with a three-run homer in the seventh, and Phil Niekro allowed two runs in seven innings as the Braves moved into first place by percentage points. Loser Dave Roberts was charged with all seven runs in six plus innings; he allowed 10 hits, five for extra bases. Dick Dietz was injured and was deactivated after the game; he is eligible to return for games of May 28. Larry Howard returns to the active roster.
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