W L Pct. GB
Houston 35 21 .625 ---
New York 33 24 .571 2.5
Atlanta 27 25 .519 6
Montreal 28 26 .518 6
Chicago 26 29 .473 8.5
St. Louis 25 30 .455 9.5
Pittsburgh 23 30 .434 10.5
Philadelphia 19 31 .380 13
Saturday's games
Philadelphia ( Brett) at Montreal (Renko)
Houston (Forsch) at Pittsburgh (Briles)
New York (Sadecki) at Atlanta (Morton)
St. Louis (Cleveland and Foster) at Chicago (Jenkins and Bonham), 2
Montreal 9, Philadelphia 1: Ron Fairly, Bob Bailey and Ken Singleton hit consecutive homers in the fourth inning off Dick Ruthven, and Balor Moore went the distance with a four-hitter. Singleton hit a second homer in the sixth, and Bob Stinson drove in three runs. Moore walked five and struck out 11. Mike Ryan was injured and is to miss Saturday's game.
Houston 6, Pittsburgh 1: J.R. Richard shut out the Pirates for seven innings, striking out 10, walking five and allowing just two singles. Doug Rader and Roger Metzger each tripled in the Astros' five-run sixth. Bob Moose took the loss. Jim York pitched the final two innings for Houston, allowing one run on five hits.
New York 7, Atlanta 5 (10 innings): Cleon Jones' two-run homer in the top of the 10th gave the Mets the final lead of a see-saw affair/ Jim McAndrew threw two scoreless innings of relief for the win, strining out Dave Johnson and Mike Lum for the final outs with runners on second and third. Marty Perez hit a three-run homer in the fourth off Jon Matlack. Pat Dobson took the loss in relief.
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