W L Pct. GB
Houston 44 26 .629 ---
New York 40 27 .597 2.5
Montreal 33 32 .508 8.5
Atlanta 33 32 .508 8.5
Chicago 30 34 .469 11
Pittsburgh 29 35 .453 12
St. Louis 29 38 .433 13.5
Philadelphia 25 39 .390 16
Wednesday's games
Houston (Roberts) at Chicago (Jenkins)
Philadelphia (Lersch) at Atlanta (Niekro)
Montreal (Stoneman) at New York (Seaver)
Pittsburgh (Ellis) at St. Louis (Foster)
Houston 8, Chicago 4: Doug Rader hit two homers and he and Lee May each drove in three runs as the Astros dominated the Cubs. Don Wilson carried a shutout into the eighth inning, when Ron Santo homered to start a three-run rally.
Montreal 6, New York 1: Ken Singleton hit a pair of homers and Ernie McAnally allowed one unearned run in 7.1 innings for the Expos. Bob Bailey doubled twice, scored a run and drove in one. Mike Marshall relieved with the bases loaded in the eighth and got an inning-ending double play, then worked a perfect ninth for the save. Jim McAndrew took the loss.
Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 0: Henry Aaron homered in both the first and second innings and Gary Gentry threw a seven-hit shutout. The Braves scored six runs in the first two innings off Larry Christenson, with Aaron driving in four of the runs. John Oates added a homer in the fifth off Mike Wallace.
St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1: Bob Gibson struck out 12 Pirates and at one point retired 17 straight batters in his three-hit complete game. Joe Torre and Ted Simmons had two-out RBI singles in the third to give the Cardinals the lead. The Pirates run scored in the first inning on a pair of singles and a wild pitch. Nelson Briles took the loss.
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