Games of Wednesday, May 14

                            W      L        Pct.     GB
New York          14     10        583     ---
Houston             13     10       .565    0.5
Atlanta               11       9       .579    1
St. Louis            12     10       .545    1
Chicago             14      13      .519    1.5
Pittsburgh          11      13      .458    3
Montreal           10      14       .417   4
Philadelphia        7     12       .368    4.5

Thursday's games
New York (Seaver) at Chicago (Hooton)
Philadelphia (Carlton) at Pittsburgh (Briles)
Montreal (Rogers) at St. Louis (Wise)
Atlanta (Harrison) at Houston (Reuss)

Chicago 5, New York 0: Bill Bonham and three Cubs relievers held the Mets to six hits. Bonham went six innings for the win, striking out seven. Jack Aker, Dave LaRoche and Mike Paul each got three outs. Ken Rudolph hit a two-run homer pinch-hitting in the eighth. Don Kessinger doubled, tripled and walked and scored three runs. Loser Jim McAndrew allowed two earned runs in six innings.

Houston 4, Atlanta 3 (11 innings): Doug Rader hit a two-run homer off Danny Frisella in the ninth to tie the game, and Cesar Cedeno drove in Hector Torres in the 11th to win it. Jim Ray was credited with the victory and Pat Dobson took the loss. Dave Johnson hit a two-run homer in the first for Atlanta. Roger Metzger is out until the 17th. He remains on the active roster.

Montreal 4, St. Louis 2: Mike Jorgensen drove in two of the Expos' three runs in the fifth inning, and Mike Torrez limited the Cardinals to one run in 6.2 innings. Tom Walker allowed one run over the final two innings for the save.