Games of Monday, July 28

                             W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               58     39       .598     ---
New York             48    44       .522     7.5
Atlanta                 47     46       .505     9
St. Louis              47     47       .500     9.5
Montreal              45     49       .479   11.5
Pittsburgh            43     47       .478   11.5
Chicago               43     49       .467   12.5
Philadelphia         41     51       .446  14.5

Tuesday's games
Houston (Forsch) at Montreal (Rogers)
St. Louis (Murphy) at New York (Sadecki)
Pittsburgh (Ellis) at Atlanta (Schueler)
Chicago (Hooton) at Philadelphia (Carlton)

Houston 6, Montreal 5: Cesar Cedeno's three-run homer in the eighth capped a five-run rally as the front-running Astros snapped their three-game losing streak. Cedeno also tripled and doubled. J.R. Richard got credit for the win despite allowing a run in his one inning of work. Balor Moore fanned 11 in seven innings of work for the Expos but wound up with a no-decision. Pat Jarvis was charged with the loss. Ken Singleton had a three-run homer for Montreal.

St. Louis 7, New York 0: Alan Foster no-hit the sliding Mets, and Tommy Agee homered twice and dorve in four runs for St. Louis. The Mets got no baserunners until the ninth, when Ted Martinez was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and Wayne Garrett drew a two-out walk. Foster struck out four men. Luis Melendez drove in two runs with a double for the Cards. Jerry Koosman took the loss.

Chicago 5, Philadelphia 3: Jose Cardenal opened the game with a solo homer, then drove in two more runs with a single in the second-inning as the Cubs took a 5-0 lead early and hung on. Mike Schmidt hit a two-run homer for the Phillies. Fergie Jenkins allowed three runs on seven hits in eight innings, and Jack Aker worked a scoreless ninth for the save. Ken Brett took the loss. Glenn Beckert is injured for 15 days.

Pittsburgh 10, Atlanta 5: Willie Stargell homered twice and drove in six runs. Al Oliver went 5-for-6 with a triple and two doubles, scored three runs and drove in a pair. Manny Sanguillen homered. Jim Rooker went eight innings, allowing three earned runs on nine hits, for the win. Roric Harrison opened with three perfect innings for Atlanta but yielded five runs in the fourth inning and took the loss.