W L Pct. GB
Houston 56 36 .609 ---
New York 47 40 .540 6.5
Atlanta 45 44 .506 10
St. Louis 43 46 .483 11.5
Montreal 42 46 .477 12
Pittsburgh 40 45 .470 12.5
Philadelphia 40 48 .455 14
Chicago 40 48 .455 14
Wednesday's games
Atlanta (Dobson) at Chicago (Hooton)
Montreal (Rogers) at Pittsburgh (Moose)
Philadelphia (Ruthven) at St. Louis (Foster)
New York (Koosman) at Houston (Forsch)
Atlanta 10, Chicago 1: Frank Tepedino and Dave Johnson hit back-to-back homers and Ralph Garr had a pair of RBI doubles to back Gary Gentry in the rout. Gentry went seven innings, allowing one unearned run on two hits. Losing pitcher Milt Pappas allowed seven runs, five earned, in five innings.
Chicago 6, Atlanta 4: Ron Santo's two-out three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Cubs to a split of the doubleheader. Henry Aaron hit a pair of homers off Fergie Jenkins, a solo shot in the first and a two-run homer in the eighth. Jose Cardenal homered and had three singles for the Cubs and scored four times. Santo totaled four RBIs for the game. Ray Burris got the win and Tom House was the loser.
Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 2: Jim Rooker allowed one run in 6.1 innings, reliever Bob Johnson got out of a bases loaded jam with a double play and the Pirates pieced together four one-run innings for the win. Rooker allowed six hits and walked five, but largely kept the Expos off the board. Losing pitcher Mike Torrez allowed two runs in six innings, and Pat Jarvis was charged with the other two runs,
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 3: Lou Brock hit a two-run homer in the eighth to vault the Cardinals over the Phillies. Tom Murphy allowed three runs in the first four innings but then shut out the Phillies for the next four frames for the win. Diego Segui worked a perfect ninth for the save. George Culver took the loss in relief of Jim Lonborg, who held St. Louis to two runs in 6.1 innings.
Houston 6, New York 5: Tommy Helms tripled off Harry Parker to tie the game in the seventh, then scored on a wild pitch as the Astros overcame the Mets and stretched their lead in the standings to 6.5 games. New York plated four unearned runs in the first inning after Jesus Alou dropped Jim Gosger's leadoff flyball, but Tom Griffin allowed just one more run over the next five innings. Jim Crawford -- who got credit for the win -- Jim Ray and Jim York split the following three inning, with York retiring the final two batters for the save. Bud Harrelson had two RBIs for the Mets, and Doug Rader a pair for Houston.
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