Games of Sunday, Sept. 28

                              W      L        Pct.     GB

Houston               86     67       .562     ---
Atlanta                 83     70       .542      3
Chicago               79     72       .523      6
New York            77     74       .510      8
Pittsburgh            76     76       .500      9.5
Montreal              74     78       .486    11.5
St. Louis              74     80       .480    12.5
Philadelphia         59     89       .399    24.5

Momday's game
Pittsburgh (L Walker) at Chicago (Reuschel)

St. Louis 6, Houston 5 (14 innings): Luis Melendez led off the bottom of the 14th with his third double of the game, and one out later Bernie Carbo plated him with a sac fly. Rich Folkers got the win with two scoreless innings of relief, and J.R. Richard took the loss. Ted Simmons twice threw out Cesar Cedeno on steal attempts.

Houston 3, St. Louis 1: Bob Watson's two-run pinch-hit homer in the top of the ninth broke a 1-1 tie, and Jim York entered in the bottom of the inning with two on to induced a double play grounder from Joe Torre in the season finale for both teams. Houston sat its seven everyday regulars. Ken Forsch went eight innings for the win, with Cecil Upshaw and York splitting the last three outs. Rich Folkers took the loss in relief of Reggie Cleveland.

Atlanta 5, Montreal 2: Henry Aaron's three-run homer in the seventh off Mike Torrez broke a 2-2 deadlock and lifted the second-place Braves to the win in the final game of the season for both clubs. Carl Morton went eight innings for the win, and Roric Harrison pitched the ninth for the save.

New York 1, Philadelphia 0: Willie Mays homered to lead off the bottom of the first and Tom Seaver struck out 13 in his four-hit shutout. Steve Carlton allowed just the one run in seven innings; he left with the bases loaded and no outs in the eighth, but Bill Robinson gunned down Rusty Staub at the plate on George Theodore's short fly, and George Culver completed the Houdini by getting Bud Harrelson to ground out.

Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 2: The Cubs had 11 hits in seven innings off Jim Rooker, all singles, but that came with three walks and was enough to plate five runs. Burt Hooton allowed two runs in seven innings for the win, both runs scoring on a Richie Hebner homer. Larry Gura pitched the final two innings for the save.