W L Pct. GB
Houston 69 47 .595 ---
Atlanta 57 53 .518 9
New York 57 55 .508 10
Montreal 56 57 .496 11.5
Chicago 53 57 .482 13
St. Louis 53 58 .478 13.5
Pittsburgh 51 59 .463 15
Philadelphia 49 59 .454 16
Monday's games
Atlanta (Harrison) at Chicago (Pappas)
Montreal (Rogers) at Pittsburgh Ellis)
Philadelphia (Lonborg) at St. Louis (Foster)
New York (Seaver) at Houston (Reuss)
Houston 5, Montreal 0: Dave Roberts took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and finished with a three-hit shutout, while the Astros got homers from Lee May, Cesar Cedeno and Bob Watson. May's was a two-run homer in the first inning off Balor Moore, who allowed seven hits in seven-plus innings for the loss. Roberts walked none and struck out three.
Houston 7, Montreal 4: Doug Rader homered, doubled and singled with three RBIs and a pair of runs to power Houston to the doubleheader sweep. Cesar Cedeno hit his second homer of the day in the fifth inning to even the score at three, and the Astros plated three runs in the seventh off Tom Walker to take their first lead of the contest. Tom Griffin got the win in relief, and Jim Crawford got the final three outs with two on in the ninth to earn the save.
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 2: Rick resuchel struck out 10 Phillies in eight innings, and Jose Cardenal singled in a pair of runs in the Cubs' three-run third. Cardenal also doubled and scored in the ninth. Ken Brett took the loss. Jack Aker worked a scoreless ninth for the save.
Atlanta 4, St. Louis 1: Henry Aaron and Darrell Evans hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning off Bob Gibson, and Ron Schueler limited the Cardinals to one run and three hits in eight innings. Joe Torre homered in the seventh for St. Louis' only run. Danny Frisella walked the first two men he faced in the ninth but then retired the next three for the save.
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