W L Pct. GB
New York 20 13 .606 ---
St. Louis 16 13 .551 2
Chicago 19 16 .543 2
Atlanta 14 13 .519 3
Houston 16 15 .516 3
Montreal 14 17 .452 5
Philadelphia 11 16 .407 6
Pittsburgh 13 19 .406 6.5
Sunday's games
Pittsburgh (Briles) at Montreal (Torrez)
Atlanta (Niekro) at Chicago (Jenkins)
Philadelphia (Ruthven) at St. Louis (Wise)
New York (Seaver) at Houston (Reuss)
Chicago 7, Atlanta 6: Randy Hundley's grand slam highlighted the Cubs' seven run sixth inning. Hundley's blast was immediately followed by a homer by Paul Popovich. Both homers came off reliever Tom House, who took the loss. Roric Harrison, in his first start since his no-hitter against the Astros, took a one-hit shutout into the sixth but was unable to retire a batter. Henry Aaron homered twice off winner Burt Hooton, who gave up six runs (one unearned) in 6.2 innings. Dave LaRoche and Jack Aker got the final eight outs, with Aker earning the save.
St. Louis 8, Philadelphia 5: The Cardinals shelled Steve Carlton for eight runs on seven hits and three walks in the first two innings. Joe Torre hit a two-run homer. St. Louis didn't score again, but eight was enough. Bob Gibson went six innings for the win, allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits; the Cardinals committed three errors behind him.The Phillies got five scoreless innings from Mike Wallace and got the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but pinch-hitter Bill Robinson grounded into a double play off Al Hrbrosky to end it.
New York 6, Houston 4: The Mets took the lead in the sixth on a suicide squeeze but by Bud Harrelson and picked up three necessary insurance runs in the top of the ninth. George Stone allowed two runs in seven inning for the win; the lefty scattered seven hits. Tug McGraw staggered through the ninth, allowing two runs, including a leadoff homer from Doug Rader, but finished the game.
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