W L Pct. GB
Houston 80 63 .559 ---
Atlanta 78 65 .545 2
Chicago 72 67 .518 5
Montreal 72 70 .507 7.5
New York 71 70 .500 8
Pittsburgh 68 72 .489 10.5
St. Louis 66 76 .468 13.5
Philadelphia 58 82 .417 21
Wednesday's games
None
Thursday's games
St. Louis (Wise and Foster) at Montreal (Torrez and Moore),2
Houston (Reuss and Griffin) at New York (Seaver and Stone), 2
Pittsburgh (Moose and L Walker) at Philadelphia (Twitchell and Lonborg),2
Chicago (Jenkins and Bonham) at Atlanta (Niekro and Schueler), 2
Houston 11, New York 2: Doug Rader homered, doubled twice and drove in four runs to support Dave Roberts' complete game. Bob Watson and Lee May each had two RBIs. Roberts scattered six hits and walked two with two strikeouts. Jon Matlack took the loss; he yielded six runs in five innings.
New York 6, Houston 5 (13 innings): The Astros bullpen blew three leads and wasted homers from Lee May, Johnny Edwards and Bob Watson. Rusty Staub singled in the walk-off winner in the bottom of the 13th. Jerry Grote led off the inning with a double off losing pitcher Jim York; Staub got the final hit off Cecil Upshaw. Buzz Capra was credited with the win. Wayne Garrett scored three times and had a game-tying homer in the 10th.
Atlanta 3, Chicago 2 (10 innings): The Braves' pinch-hitters came through in the bottom of the 10th to overtake the Cubs, who had taken the lead in the top in the inning. With two out and a man on, Frank Tepedino pinch-hit for Sonny Jackson and drew a walk of Bob Locker. Marty Perez then pinch-hit for reliever Dan Frisella and singled home the tying run. Ralph Garr singled to plate Tepedino and win the game.
Chicago 10, Atlanta 4: Paul Popovich drove in three runs in the first three innings as the Cubs drove Roric Harrison from the mound early. Jose Cardenal, Ron Santo and Rick Monday each had a pair of RBIs, and Cardenal, Santo, Billy Williams and Pat Bourque each scored two runs. Milt Pappas allowed one run in six innings for the win.
Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3: Rennie Stennett's two-run homer in the eighth inning off Steve Carlton put the Pirates ahead, and Dave Giusti navagated the final two innings to save the game for Jim Rooker. Rooker allowed three runs on six hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts. He gave up homers to Bill Robinson and Mike Schmidt.
Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 0: Nelson Briles outdueled Ken Brett, shutting out the Phillies on four hits. Rennie Stennett had his second game-winning RBI of the day, doubling home Bob Robertson in the eighth inning off Brett. Willie Stargell homered in the ninth off Mike Wallace.
St. Louis 7, Montreal 5: Ted Sizemore hit triples in the eighth and ninth innings as the Cardinals score five runs in the two frames to overtake the Expos. Losing pitcher Tom Walker gave a third three-bagger, to Mike Tyson, in his disastrous outing. Rich Folkers was credited with the win despite allowing two runs in his two innings of relief. Diego Segui got the save. Scipio Spinks allowed three runs, two earned, in six innings despite issuing nine walks.
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