Games of Saturday, Sept. 13

                              W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               78     62       .557     ---
Atlanta                 76     64       .543      2
Chicago               71     66       .518      5.5
Montreal              72     68       .514      6
New York            70     69       .504      7.5
Pittsburgh            66     71       .482    10.5
St. Louis              64     75       .460    13.5
Philadelphia         58    79       .423    18.5

Sunday's games
Houston (D. Wilson) at Montreal (McAnally)
St. Louis (Gibson) at New York (Koosman)

Montreal 11, Houston 8: The first six Expos batters reached base against Astros starter and loser Jerry Reuss, who was chased after three innings and five runs. Cecil Upshaw, the first Houston reliever, allowed five straight Expos to reach after getting the first batter, all of whom scored. Mike Torrez staggered through seven innings for the win; he allowed eight runs on 12 hits, six walks and a hit batter, with Jim Wynn clubbing a grand slam to make the score 11-8 in the seventh. Mike Marshall pitched two scoreless innings for the save. Ken Singleton homered a nd had three RBIs for Montreal.

Chicago 8, Philadelphia 3: Billy Williams hit a three-run homer in the third inning, Don Kessinger scored three times and Randy Hundley doubled, tripled and walked while driving in two runs. Burt Hooton went seven innings for the win, allowing three runs on eight hits. Dick Ruthven took the loss. 

Chicago 4, Philadelphia 0: Bill Bonham retired the last 16 Phillies batters to complete his six-hit shutout. Ron Santo doubled twice, driving in one run and scoring another.Losing pitcher Jim Lonborg held the Cubs to two runs on five hits in seven innings, but Chicago plated a pair of insurance runs off reliever George Culver. 

New York 8, St. Louis 2: Tom Seaver struck out nine Cardinals in his five-hit complete game. Both runs he allowed were unearned. Rusty Staub homered in the first off Reggie Cleveland, who allowed three runs in six innings for the loss. John Milner doubled twice and scored both times, and both Jim Gosger and Jerry Grote had two RBIs.

Pittsburgh 9. Atlanta 6: Al Oliver's grand slam in the sixth inning put the Pirates ahead for good. John Morlan allowed three runs in five innings for the win, with Bob Johnson allowing two runs in three innings and Dave Giusti another in the ninth. Henry Aaron hit a pair of solo homers, one off Morlan and the other off Johnson, but left the bases loaded in the eighth. Darrell Evans also homered for Atlanta. Ron Schueler took the loss.