W L Pct. GB
Houston 52 36 .590 ---
New York 47 36 .566 2.5
Atlanta 42 41 .506 7.5
Montreal 41 43 .488 9
St. Louis 40 43 .482 9.5
Chicago 38 44 .463 11
Pittsburgh 37 44 .457 11.5
Philadelphia 36 46 .439 13
Saturday's games
Philadelphia (Twitchell and Lersch) at Chicago (Bonham and Hooton)
Atlanta (Reed and Harrison) at St. Louis (Wise and Nagy)
New York (Matlack) at Pittsburgh (Ellis)
Montreal (McAnally) at Houston (D Wilson)
Philadelphia 4, Chicago 1: Slap-hitting Denny Doyle hit a three-run homer in the third inning off Fergie Jenkins and Dick Ruthven held the Cubs hitless into the fifth inning. Ruthven allowed one run on four hits in 6.2 innings, and Bucky Brandon and Bill Wilson finished the combined five-hitter. Bill Robinson hit a solo homer in the eighth.
New York 2, Pittsburgh 1: Bud Harrelson bunted in the go-ahead run in the eighth and Jerry Koosman went the distance. The Mets lefty yielded four hits and walked three while striking out nine. He also hit a batter. Bob Moose allowed both runs in eight innings; the Mets got seven hits and four walks off him with four strikeouts. Richie Zisk was injured and replaced on the active roster by John Lamb. Manny Sanguillen will miss Saturday's game.
Houston 11, Montreal 6: The Astros benefited from four Expos errors and a passed ball in the rout. Ken Forsch went seven-plus innings for the win, allowing five earned runs on eight hits and six walks. Lee May homered for the Astros,and Johnny Edwards drove in three runs. Bill Stoneman took the loss.
St. Louis 7. Atlanta 1: Ken Reitz and Bernie Carbo homered for St. Louis, Ted Simmons had a pair of RBI doubles, and Alan Foster held the Braves to four hits in his complete game win. Foster retired 11 in a row at one point and held the Braves scoreless until Dusty Baker homered leading off the ninth. Pat Dobson was the losing pitcher.
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