Games of Monday, June 30

                              W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               43     26       .623     ---
New York            40     26       .606     1.5
Atlanta                 32     32       .500     8.5
Montreal              32     32       .500     8.5
Chicago               30     33       .476   10
Pittsburgh            29     34       .460   11
St. Louis              28     38       .424   13.5
Philadelphia         25    38        .397   15

Tuesday's games
Philadelphia (Christenson) at Atlanta (Gentry)
Montreal (McAnally) at New York (McAndrew)
Pittsburgh (Briles) at St. Louis (Gibson)
Houston (Wilson) at Chicago (Bonham)

Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 7: Mich Schmidt and Bob Boone hit back to back homers and Willie Montanez and Tom Hutton each scored three times as the Phillies outscored Atlanta. Steve Carlton allowed four runs in seven innings for the win. Bill Wilson entered with the bases loaded and none out in the bottom of the ninth and retired all three men he faced, allowing one inherited runner to score, for the save. Carl Morton took the loss.

Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 5: Dusty Baker and Johnny Oates each singled in a pair of runs in a six-run third inning as the Braves earned a split of the doubleheader. The Braves drew nine walks and scored two unearned runs. Pat Dobson (seven innings, four runs alowed) was the winner, and Tom House worked out of a ninth-inning jam for the save. Dick Ruthven took the loss. Philles second baseman Denny Doyle, injured in the first game, was deactivated after Game Two and Bill Grabarkewitz added to rhe roster. The Braves swapped out Adrian Devine for Jimmy Freeman.

Montreal 3, New York 2 (10 innings): Pinch-runner Larry Lintz stole second in the 10th inning, advanced to third on a bunt and scored on a short fly ball by John Boccabella to break the tie. Mike Marshall threw two scoreless innings for the win, and Buzz Capra took the loss. Jon Matlack allowed eight hits while striking out 10 in nine innings for the Mets, while Mike Torrez allowed seven hits in eight innings. 

St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 0: Reggie Cleveland threw a five-hit shutout and the Cardinals broke through against Luke Walker for two runs in the sixth inning. Luis Melendez added a solo homer in the eighth off Ramon Hernandez. Cleveland retired the first 11 men he faced with a good deal of help from his home park,which swallowed up three potential homers, two of the off the bat of Al Oliver.

Houston 5, Chicago 3: Lee May's two-out solo homer triggered a four-run first inning for the Astros, and Jerry Reuss scattered nine hits in his complete game. Jim Wynn hit a solo home run in the eighth off reliever Jack Aker. Rick Reuschel took the loss despite retiring the last 17 hitters he faced.