Games of Sunday, June 1

                             W      L        Pct.     GB
New York            25     15       .625    ---
Houston               23     18       .561    2.5
Atlanta                 19     17       .527    4
Pittsburgh            20     20       .500    5
Chicago               21     22       .488    5.5
St. Louis              19     20       .487    5.5
Montreal              16    22       .421     8
Philadelphia         14    22       .388     9

Monday's games
Atlanta (Niekro) at New York (Matlack)
St. Louis (Spinks) at Pittsburgh (Johnson) 

Philadelphia 2, Montreal 0: Jim Lonborg allowed five hits in eight-plus innings and drove in the Phillies second run with a sac fly. Larry Bowa tripled past Expos left fielder Ron Fairly to plate Bob Boone with the first run in the second inning, and Lonborg followed with a fly to center that ended the scoring. Mac Scarce relieved Lonbord in the ninth after a lead off single by Ken Singleton; he walked two but struck out two and kept the Expos off the board. Loser Steve Renko went all nine innings, allowing six hits while striking out 10.

New York 6, Atlanta 2: Cleon Jones hit two of the Mets' four homers and drove in three runs to back Jerry Koosman's five-hitter. Rusty Staub and Wayne Garrett also homered for the Mets off loser Ron Schueler. Dusty Baker and Darrell Evans hit solo homers for Atlanta. Bud Harrelson was injured late in the game and was taken off the active list, with Jim Fregosi reactivated.

Chicago 15, Pittsburgh 9: The Pirates' winning streak ended with a crash of bats as the Cubs scored in six of their eight innings. Rick Monday drove in five runs, three of them on a sixth-inning homer that widened the margin after the Pirates had pulled within a run. Jim Hickman had four RBIs and Billy Williams scored five times. Larry Gura went five innings, allowing three earned runs and two unearned runs, for the win. Mike Paul gave up a grand slam to Manny Sanguillen in the ninth. Dock Ellis took the loss.

St. Louis 4, Houston 3 (14 innings): The St. Louis bullpen threw eight scoreless innings of relief as the Cardinals came back from a three-run deficit to beat the Astros. The Astros scored all three of their runs in the fourth, with two of those runs unearned. St. Louis got a run back in the sixth and tied it in the seventh. With one out in the top of the 14th, Jose Cruz doubled off Cecil Upshaw and came in on Tim McCarver's single for the go-ahead run. Mike Nagy got the win after pitching the 12th and 13th innings; Diego Segui picked up the save.