Games of Saturday, June 28

                             W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               42     25       .627     ---
New York            39     24       .619     1
Atlanta                 30     30       .508     8.5
Montreal              31     31       .500     8.5
Chicago               29     32       .475     9.5
Pittsburgh            28     33       .459   10.5
St. Louis              27     37       .422   13.5
Philadelphia         23    37        .383   15.5

Sunday's games
Atlanta (Schueler and Harrison) at New York (Koosman and Stone),2
Philadelphia (Lonborg) at Montreal (Renko)
Pittsburgh (Rooker) at St. Louis (Wise)
Chicago (Hooton) at Pittsburgh (Blasengame*)

Montreal 6, Philadelphia 2: Clyde Mashore and John Boccabella each drove in two runs and Ron Fairly got an inside-the-part homer when Greg Luzinski and Mike Anderson collided in left-center. Balor Moore got the win with 5.2 innings of six-hit, two-run ball, and Mike Marshall was credited with a save for two innings of scoreless relief. Ken Brett took the loss.

Philadelphia 3, Montreal 2: Mike Ryan hit a two-run homer in the second inning and punched the game-winning single past the drawn-in Bob Bailey in the bottom of the ninth. Wayne Twitchell held the Expos to two runs on five hits for the complete game win; he walked seven and struck out 10. Bailey hit a two-run homer in the fifth for the Expos tallies. Steve Rogers took the loss.

St. Louis 3, Houston 2 (10 innings): Lou Brock homered in the bottom of the 10th off Jim Crawford to give the Cardinals the win in the first game of the second doubleheader between the two teams in as many days. Cesar Cedeno homered in the ninth off Mike Nagy to tie the game; Nagy allowed two runs on four hits in nine innings, with Cedeno scoring both runs. Brock also scored twice. Al Hrbrosky, who pitched a perfect top of the 10th, was the winner.

Houston 7, St. Louis 4: The Astros erupted for five runs in the eighth inning to overtake the Cardinals and split the doubleheader. Jimmy Stewart had a two-run single as the first seven Astros to hit in that inning reached -- four on singles, three on walks. With the Houston bullpen thin, Dave Roberts staggered to the complete game win; he allowed 12 hits and three earned runs. Wayne Granger took the loss. The Astros, having used seven starters in four days, will reach into the taxi squad for Sunday's starter.

New York 4, Atlanta 1: Tom Seaver scattered six hits and two walks in his complete game, and Rusty Staub and John Milner each hit two-run homers off Phil Niekro in the sixth inning as the Mets won their 11th straight. The Braves got their only run when Ralph Garr and Dusty Baker opened the top of the sixth with singles and Henry Aaron bounced into a double play, Staub's homer, which followed a walk by Wayne Garrett, was the first hit for the Mets. Cleon Jones then singled, and Milner followed with his homer. Niekro allowed four runs on four hits in seven innings.

Pittsburgh 7. Chicago 5: Richie Zisk doubled in a pair of runs in a four-run sixth inning as the Pirates overtook the Cubs. Al Oliver doubled twice, scoring a run and driving in one. Bruce Kison allowed four runs, three earned, in six innings and was credited with the win, Dave Giusti got the save. Milt Pappas was the loser.