W L Pct. GB
New York 13 8 619 ---
St. Louis 11 8 .579 1
Atlanta 10 8 .556 1.5
Chicago 13 11 .542 1.5
Houston 10 10 .500 2
Pittsburgh 11 12 .478 2.5
Philadelphia 7 10 .412 3.5
Montreal 7 14 .333 5.5
Monday's games
Montreal (Renko) at Chicago (Reuschel)
Philadelphia (Twitchell) at Houston (Wilson)
New York (Matlack) at St. Louis (Gibson)
Chicago 4, Montreal 2: Ferguson Jenkins retired the final 13 Expos he faced , and Ron Santo and Randy Hundley each hit a two-run homer off loser Balor Moore. Ron Fairly homered twice for Montreal, but the Expos got just three other hits, all singles. Bill Bonham got the final out in relief of Dave LaRoche with two on for the save.
Houston 5, Philadelphia 3: Bob Watson drove in four runs, three on a sixth-inning homer off loser Steve Carlton. Jerry Reuss went 6.1 innings, allowing two earned runs, for the win. Jim Ray pitched the ninth for the save.
New York 4, St. Louis 2: The Mets scored three runs in the first inning and the Cardinals never caught up. Jerry Koosman went the distance, scattering eight hits. Battery mate Jerry Grote drove in a pair of runs in the first inning rally against Reggie Cleveland, who allowed all four runs in six innings of work.
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