Games of Saturday, June 21

                             W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               35     22       .614     ---
New York            34     24       .586     1.5
Montreal              29     26       .527     5
Atlanta                 27     26       .509     6
Chicago               28     29       .491     7
Pittsburgh            24     30       .444     9.5
St. Louis              25     32       .439   10
Philadelphia         19    32       .372   13

Sunday's games
Philadelphia (Carlton) at Montreal (Torrez)
Pittsburgh (Ellis) at Houston (Reuss)

Montreal 5, Philadelphia 4: Hal Breeden's eighth inning homer off Ken Brett broke a 4-all tie. Two-run homers by Bob Boone and Mike Schmidt had give the Phillies a 4-1 lead, but the Expos tied it in the sixth on an error followed by doubles from Bob Bailey, Ken Singleton and Pepe Mangual. Bill Stoneman got the win for a scoreless eighth, and Mike Marshall picked up the save.

Pittsburgh 2, Houston 0: Nelson Briles no-hit the first-place Astros and faced the minimum in the process. The only baserunner for Houston was Jim Wynn, who drew a walk in the first inning but was promptly erased on a double play. Willie Stargell hit a two-run homer in the first off Ken Forsch, who threw an eight-inning complete game, allowing six hits. Briles had two strikeouts in his gem, both of Forsch.

New York 4, Atlanta 2: Ray Sadecki threw seven scoreless innings for the win. Carl Morton worked five hitless innings but had to leave after injuring himself batting in the fifth, and Pat Dobson allowed a run in the sixth and wound up with the loss. The Mets scored three unearned runs in the top of the ninth as Dave Johnson and Ralph Garr were charged with errors and Garr turned a fly ball into a double. That gave Tug McGraw enough rope to allow a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame and still get the save. Mike Lum was also injured.

Chicago 8, St. Louis 5: The Cubs scored five runs in the sixth inning on four singles, a Pat Bourque triple, an error by Jose Cruz in center and a wild pitch by loser Reggie Cleveland. Fergie Jenkins allowed five runs in 8.2 innings for the win. Dave LaRoche entered with the tying run at the plate and struck out Bernie Carbo for the save.

Chicago 9, St. Louis 8 (11 innings): Rick Monday scored from first base on Jim Hickman's double to secure the doubleheader sweep. Bill Bonham had passed a 5-2 lead to the Chicago bullpen after six innings, but Bernie Carbo pinch-hit a three-run homer off Ray Burris to tie it, and the two teams traded runs and blown saves in the eighth and ninth innings. Larry Gura was credited with the win, and Rich Folkers took the loss.