Sunday, April 25, 2021

Games of Thursday, June 19

                             W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               34     21       .618     ---
New York            32     24       .571     2.5
Atlanta                 27     24       .529     5
Montreal              27     26       .509     6
Chicago               26     29       .473     8
St. Louis              25     30       .455     9
Pittsburgh            23     29       .442     9.5
Philadelphia         19    30       .388   12

Friday's games
Philadelphia (Ruthven) at Montreal (Moore)
Houston (Richard) at Pittsburgh (Moose)
New York (Matlack) at Atlanta (Niekro) 

Montreal 8, Houston 4: Ernie McAnally allowed one earned run in eight innings (and two unearned. John Boccabella hit a two-run homer in the fifth off loser Dave Roberts that put the Expos ahead to stay, and Ken Singleton salted the game way with a three-run shot off Tom Griffin in the eighth. Bob Watson homered, singled and scored twice for the Astros.

New York 3, Atlanta 1: A Dave Johnson error on the first batter of the game opened the door to a three-run inning for the Mets, and Jerry Koosman made the runs stand up with a three-hitter. Atlanta's only run came on a solo homer by Henry Aaron with two out in the ninth. Koosman walked two and struck out 10, including five of the final six hitters. Cleon Jones plated two runs in first with a bases-loaded double of loser Gary Gentry. Johnny Oates is out until the games of June 23.

Chicago 11, Philadelphia 5: The Cubs racked up nine runs in less than five innings against Jim Lonborg and cruised from there. Winner Milt Pappas allowed two earned runs in eight innings before allowing three runs on back-to-back homers by Bill Robinson and Mike Schmidt in the ninth. The Cubs drew five walks in the fifth inning off Lonborg and reliever Bucky Brandon, two with the bases loaded. 

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