Games of Tuesday, July 15

                             W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               51     33       .607     ---
New York             45     35       .563     4
Atlanta                 41     38       .519     7.5
Montreal              38     42       .475   11
Chicago               37     42       .469   11.5
St. Louis              37     42       .469   11.5
Pittsburgh            36     42       .461   12
Philadelphia         34     45       .430   14

Wednesday's games
Montreal (Rogers and Renko) at Houston (Roberts and Griffin), 2
Atlanta (Niekro and Harrison) at St. Louis (Gibson and Murphy), 2
Philadelphia (Carlton) at Chicago (Reuschel)
New York (Seaver) at Pittsburgh (Briles)

New York 6, Chicago 5 (12 innings): The Mets scored three runs in the seventh and two more in the ninth to force the Cubs into extra innings, then got a two-out RBI single in the 12th from Jerry Grote to win it. Mets relievers Buzz Capra, Tug McGraw and Harry Parker threw two scoreless innings apiece, with Parker getting credit for the win. Wayne Garrett hit a three-run homer in the seventh and added an RBI double in the ninth. Jack Aker was charged with all five runs in regulation, and Larry Gura was the loser. Billy Williams had a two-run homer in the first off Jon Matlack.  Burt Hooton had six scoreless innings before leaving for a pinch hitter; he allowed six hits, three of them in the sixth inning.

Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 0: Ken Brett did it all for the Phillies, tossing a nine-hit shutout while going 4-for-4 with a homer, a double and three RBIs. Losing pitcher Bruce Kison allowed three earned runs in seven innings. Del Unser homered leading off the game, and Brett and Tom Hutton each homered in the eighth off reliever Bob Johnson. Brett struck out one Pirate, walked none and induced a pair of double plays.

St. Louis 6, Montreal 0: Reggie Cleveland scattered eight hits in his shutout with one walk and four strikeouts. Lou Brock drew three walks, stole a base and scored twice. Mike Tyson hit a two-run homer off loser Balor Moore and Ted Sizemore drove in a pair with a double. 

Houston 13, Atlanta 3: The Braves scored three runs in the first inning, but got just two hits the rest of the way against Don Wilson. The Astros matched the three runs in their half of the inning, added a run in the second and knocked Ron Schueler out with a three-run third. Skip Jutze had three hits, drove in three runs and scored three times. Wilson had a pair of RBI doubles. Wilson allowed four hits in his complete game with six walks and five strikeouts.