W L Pct. GB
Houston 75 54 .581 ---
Atlanta 67 59 .531 6.5
New York 62 61 .504 10
Montreal 63 62 .504 10
Chicago 62 63 .496 11
Pittsburgh 60 65 .480 13
St. Louis 59 69 .453 15.5
Philadelphia 54 69 .439 18
Monday's games
New York (Stone and McAndrew) at Atlanta (Dobson and Reed), 2
Chicago (Gura and Jenkins) at Pittsburgh (Kison and Rooker), 2
Montreal (McAnally and Rogers) at Philadelphia (Twitchell and Brett), 2
St. Louis (Wise and Spinks) at Houston (Ruess and Richard),2
New York 3, Montreal 2: Jon Matlack held Montreal to five hits, all singles, and Rusty Staub drove in a pair of runs with a double in the fifth inning off losing pitcher Balor Moore. Felix Millan worked three walks and singled; he scored two runs for the Mets. Ron Hunt singled and was twice hit by pitches; he stole two bases and scored a run for the Mets.
Pittsburgh 8, Chicago 5: The Pirates scored seven runs in the top of the ninth inning, getting five singles, three walks, a two-run double from Willie Stargell and a costly error by Don Kessinger on a potential game-ending double play. Jose Cardenal had four hits for the Cubs, including a pair of doubles, and scored two runs. Bob Johnson was credited with the win, Dave LaRoche got the loss and Dave Giusti the save.
Houston 1, St. Louis 0 (14 innings): Roger Metzger reached on an error by Mike Tyson leading off the 14th inning and scored from first base on Cesar Cedeno's double to center. Bob Gibson and Ken Forsch each threw nine scoreless innings for no decisions. Gibson struck out 13 men, twice fanning four hitters consecutively. He allowed just two hits and one walk. Forsch held the Cardinals to five hits and five walks with five strikeouts. Jim Crawford got the win and Wayne Granger took the loss.
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