W L Pct. GB
Houston 54 36 .600 ---
New York 47 38 .553 4.5
Atlanta 43 43 .500 9.5
St. Louis 42 45 .483 10.5
Montreal 41 44 .482 10.5
Pittsburgh 38 44 .463 12
Chicago 39 46 .459 12
Philadelphia 39 47 .453 13
Monday's games
Montreal (Renko and Moore) at Pittsburgh (Briles and Kison), 2
Atlanta (Niekro) at Chicago (Gura)
Philadelphia (Carlton) at St. Louis (Gibson)
New York (Seaver) at Houston (Reuss)
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 2: Ken Brett went the distance. allowing two earned runs on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Tom Hutton had a two-run single in the first inning of losing pitcher Reggie Cleveland, and Del Unser and Willie Montanez each tripled in the fifth.
Philadelphia 5. St. Louis 3: Bill Robinson homered, doubled and scored twice and Philadelphia got three perfect innings of relief to close out the doubleheader sweep. Larry Christenson allowed three runs on nine hits in six innings for the win, with George Culver working two innings and Bill Wilson the ninth for the save. Mike Tyson drove in all three runs for St. Louis. Rick Folkers took the loss.
Atlanta 5, Chicago 1: Ron Schueler got the start over Phil Niekro, and the switch worked for the Braves. Schueler limited the Cubs to six hits, one a solo homer by Billy Williams. The Braves pieced together five one-run innings, with Henry Aaron hitting a homer. Rick Reuschel took the loss.
Houston 5, New York 3: Doug Rader hit a two-run homer in the first and Cesar Cedeno matched it in the seventh as the Astros took the first game of the showdown. Dave Roberts went seven innings for the win, allowing three runs on eight hits. Jim Ray faced the minimum in the eighth and ninth for the save. Jon Matlack took the loss.
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