W L Pct. GB
Houston 16 12 .571 ---
New York 17 13 567 ---
Atlanta 14 11 .560 0.5
St. Louis 14 13 .519 1.5
Chicago 17 16 .515 1.5
Philadelphia 11 14 .444 3.5
Pittsburgh 13 17 .433 4
Montreal 12 17 .414 4.5
Thursday's games
Atlanta (Morton) at Chicago (Reuschel)
Montreal (Renko) at Pittsburgh (Ellis)
Philadelphia (Twichell) at St. Louis (Cleveland)
New York (Matlack) at Houston (Wilson)
Philadelphia 3, Chicago 1: Ken Brett not only threw a complete-game six-hitter, he homered, a solo shot in the fifth inning that completed the scoring. Greg Luzinski also homered for the Phillies. Fergie Jenkins took the loss for the Cubs. Glenn Beckert was injured and deactivated after the game, with Rico Carty activated.
New York 5, Pittsburgh 0: Jerry Koosman threw a four-hit shutout for the Mets and retired 18 of the final 19 Pirates he faced. Cleon Jones went 3-for3 with two walks, a run and a double, Bud Harrelson scored a pair of runs and Duffy Dyer drove in two with a double and a sac fly. Pirates starter Jim Rooker took the loss. He was injured after pitching two innings and is out until June 6. Steve Blass has been activated in his place.
Houston 3, Montreal 2: The Astros scored three runs in the third inning off Mike Torrez, and Jerry Reuss and the bullpen made them stand up. Reuss had a two-hit shutout going though seven innngs, but with one out in the eighth allowed three straight singles. Ken Forsch finished the eighth but got into his own jam in the ninth, and Jim Ray got all three men he faced for the save.
Atlanta 10, St. Louis 3: Mike Lum hit a grand slam in the first inning and Henry Aaron hit a three-run homer in the ninth as Braves never trailed. Ralph Garr hit a solo homer off loser Rick Wise, who surrendered seven runs in seven innings. Phil Niekro allowed three runs, two earned, in seven-plus innings for the win.
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