W L Pct. GB
Houston 82 64 .561 ---
Atlanta 79 67 .541 3
Chicago 74 68 .521 5
Montreal 73 72 .503 8.5
New York 72 72 .500 9
Pittsburgh 71 72 .497 9.5
St. Louis 68 77 .469 13.5
Philadelphia 58 85 .406 23
Saturday's games
St. Louis (Murphy and Nagy) at Atlanta (Dobson and Morton), 2
Pittsburgh (Ellis) at Montreal (McAnally)
Chicago (Reuschel) at New York (Matlack)
Houston (Roberts) at Philadelphia (Carlton)
Pittsburgh 7, Montreal 4: The Pirates won their fifth in a row, getting home runs from Willie Stargell, Richie Hebner and Bob Robertson. Richie Zisk doubled twice and scored both times. Bruce Kison pitched into the sixth inning for the win, with Ramon Hernandez, Steve Blass and Dave Giusti splitting the rest of the work and Giusti earning the save. Steve Rogers was the losing pitcher.
Chicago 2, New York 0: Burt Hooton spun a four-hit shutout to out-duel Jerry Koosman. Don Kessinger tripled to plate Rick Monday in the second inning, and Glenn Beckert drove in Ken Rudolph in the fifth for the other run. Hooton struck out seven and walked two.
Houston 4, Philadelphia 2: Bob Watson hit a two-run homer and Jim Wynn blasted a pair of triples to back Don Wilson, who held the Phillies to two singles through the first seven innings. Del Unser hit a two-run homer in the eighth to chase Wilson, but Jim Crawford finished the eighth and Jim Ray worked a scoreless ninth for the save. Dick Ruthven was the loser.
St. Louis 8, Atlanta 6: The Cardinals scored five runs in the fifth to overtake the Braves, then hung on as the Braves scored three in the bottom of the ninth. Ted Sizemore drove in three runs with a double, a single and a sac fly. Reggie Cleveland gave up three runs, only one earned, in the first, then held the Braves scoreless until the ninth. Al Hrbrosky finished but did not get a save. Ron Reed was the loser for Atlanta, which got two RBIs apiece from Henry Aaron and Darrell Evans.
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