Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Games of Monday, July 7

                              W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               47     29       .618     ---
New York            42     31       .575     3.5
Atlanta                 38     34       .528     7
Montreal              35     38       .479   10.5 
Chicago               33     38       .465   11.5
Pittsburgh            32     38       .457   12
St. Louis              33     40       .452   12.5
Philadelphia         29     41       .414  15

Tuesday's games
Philadelphia (Carlton and Lersch) at Houston (Reuss and Forsch)
Montreal (Torrez) at Chicago (Reuschel)
Atlanta (Morton) at Pittsburgh (Briles)
New York (Koosman) at St. Louis (Wise)

Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 2 (11 innings): Dave Parker led off the bottom of the 11th with a homer off Tom Walker. Willie Stargell homered in the fourth off Steve Renko, who allowed two runs on four hits in six innings. Jim Rooker got the win with 3.2 innings of one-hit relief. 

St. Louis 5, Chicago 4 (12 innings): Ted Simmons doubled to lead off the bottom of the 12th and Joe Torre brought him home with a base hit to the gap to win it for St. Louis. The Cubs trailed 4-1 coming into the eighth, but Jose Cardenal hit a solo homer off Alan Foster in the eighth and Randy Hundley tied it in the ninth with a two-run shot off Diego Segui. Rich Folkers got the win with two scoreless innings. Ray Burris took the loss. Cardenal was 5-for-6 with two runs and a double.

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