Games of Monday, July 21

                             W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               55     36       .604     ---
New York             47     39       .547    5.5
Atlanta                 44     43       .506     9.5
Montreal              42     45       .483   11
St. Louis              42     46       .477   11.5
Pittsburgh            39     45       .464   12.5
Philadelphia         40     47       .460  13
Chicago               39     47       .453   13.5

Tuesday's games
Atlanta (Gentry and Morton) at Chicago (Pappas and Jenkins), 2
Montreal (Torrez) at Pittsburgh (Rooker)
Philadelphia (Lonborg) at St. Louis (Murphy)
New York (Stone) at Houston (Griffin)

Montreal 5, Pittsburgh 4 (10 innings):  Bob Stinson singled in Bob Bailey for the go-ahead run in the 10th to make a winner of Mike Marshall, who worked a pair of scoreless innings. The Expos drew six walks and were twice hit by pitches in the game. Jim Lyttle drove in a pair of runs with a single in a four-run fourth. Al Oliver had two RBIs for Pittsburgh. Ramon Hernandez took the loss.

Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 2: Willie Stargell homered twice, a solo shot in the third inning and a two-run homer in the eighth, as the Pirates earned the split. Nelson Briles allowed two runs in eight innings for the win, and Dave Giusti worked around a leadoff single in the ninth for the save. Steve Renko went the distance for the Expos.

Atlanta 3, Chicago 1: Phil Niekro outdueled Larry Gura and Henry Aaron hit a solo homer in the first inning. Niekro went all nine innings, allowing seven hits and two walks while gathering seven strikeouts. Randy Hundley homered for the sole Cubs runs. Gura went eight innings, allowing two runs on five hits; he retired 15 Braves in a row at one point.

Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 0: Steve Carlton threw a one-hitter and Willie Montanez tripled and homered to score both runs as the Phillies moved out of the cellar. Carlton walked none, struck out six and hit a batter. Both St. Louis baserunners reached in the fourth inning, and Carlton retired the final 17 men he faced. Bob Gibson also went the distance, allowing four hits and one walk while fanning eight.

Houston 2, New York 0 (12 innings): Cesar Cedeno ended the scoreless duel with a two-run homer off Buzz Capra in the bottom of the 12th. Tom Seaver went nine innings for the Mets, allowing six hits and one walk while pitching around three errors. Jerry Reuss threw eight innings for the Astros, scattering five hits and two walks. J.R. Richard got the win with two perfect innings of relief; he struck out three men. Capra was the sole New York reliever.