W L Pct. GB
New York 20 14 .588 ---
St. Louis 17 13 .567 1
Atlanta 15 13 .536 2
Houston 17 15 .531 2
Chicago 19 17 .528 2
Montreal 14 18 .438 5
Pittsburgh 14 19 .424 5.5
Philadelphia 11 17 .393 6
Monday's game
Houston (Wilson) at St. Louis (Murphy)
Pittsburgh 12, Montreal 6 (17 innings): Al Oliver hit a three-run homer in the ninth to tie the game and a three-run double in the 17th to help break the game open. Dave Giusti, who blew a save in the 16th, got credit for the win, but the pitching hero for Pittsburgh was Bob Moose, who allows one hit in five innings of scoreless relief. Ernie McAnally worked six scoreless innings out of the Montreal bullpen. Tom Walker took the loss for the Expos.
St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 1: Ted Simmons drove in three runs while Rick Wise allowed one run in eight innings. The Cardinals scored four runs over the first three innings against Dick Ruthven, with Bernie Carbo clubbing a two-run homer in the third. Ruthven steadied for three innings after that, but Ted Simmons singled in two runners in the seventh off Bucky Brandon to widen the score to the final margin.
Atlanta 2, Chicago 1: Phil Niekro went the distance, allowing one run on four hits. He walked nne and struck out two. Nineteen of the 27 outs came on ground balls. He also drove in the eventual winning run with a bases loaded safety squeeze. Ron Santo homered for the only Chicago run. Fergie Jenkins allowed two runs in eight innings for the loss. He allowed six hits.
Houston 3, New York 2 (14 innings): Tom Seaver and Jerry Reuss dueled into extra innings, but the real standout was Cesar Cedeno, who hit solo homers off Seaver in his first two at-bats and gunned down two Mets at the plate to end innings -- Ted Martinez in in the fifth and Jerry Grote in the sixth. The Astros broke through in the 14th against Ray Sadecki when Doug Rader singled in Jim Wynn, who had led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second on grounder.
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