W L Pct. GB
Houston 25 18 .581 ---
New York 25 19 .568 0.5
St. Louis 22 21 .517 3
Atlanta 20 19 .513 3
Chicago 22 22 .500 3.5
Pittsburgh 21 21 .500 3.5
Montreal 18 23 .439 6
Philadelphia 15 24 .385 8
Friday's games
St. Louis (Foster) at Philadelphia (Lonborg)
Houston (Roberts) at Atlanta (Niekro)
Pittsburgh 8, Montreal 5: Nelson Briles hit a two-run homer in the sixth to put the Pirates ahead for good and picked up the win. He worked six innings, allowing four runs on five hits. One of the runs was unearned. Manny Sanguillen went 3-for-4 and scored twice, while Rennie Stennett hit a pair of doubles. Bob Bailey and Bob Stinson each homered for the Expos. Balor Moore was the loser; Dave Giusti got the save.
Chicago 3, New York 0: The Mets were shut out for the third straight game, this time by Fergie Jenkins (six innings) and Jack Aker (three innings). Paul Popovich hit a two-run homer in the top of the seventh pinch-hitting for Jenkins. Jerry Koosman took the loss; he allowed two earned runs in seven innings. The Mets got six hits off Jenkins and one off Aker, and their scoreless streak is at 30 innings.
St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 0: Reggie Cleveland fired a three-hit shutout at the Phillies. He hit one batter (Greg Luzinski, who will miss Fridy' game), walked one and struck out three. Ted Sizemore doubled, singled, walked twice and scored two runs. Wayne Twitchell took the lose; two of the four runs he allowed over eight innings were earned.
Houston 6, Atlanta 2: The Astros took advantage of two errors to score three runs in the first inning and forced Carl Morton out of the box after two innings. Don Wilson held the Braves scoreless until Dave Johnson homered in the sixth. The Braves scored a run in the eighth but left the bases loaded in both the eighth and ninth innings. Jim York got the final out for the save, and the Astros nosed ahead of the Mets for first place in the standings.
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