Carl Morton pitched a three-hitter and breezed to an 8-0 victory over the Phillies after the Expos staked their rookie righthander to a six-run lead in the fifth inning. Four straight hits routed Chris Short in the fifth, and after Billy Wilson relieved, a sacrifice and four more hits in a row piled up the Expos' runs. The final pair counted in the ninth, one on a homer by John Bateman and the other on an RBI single by Mack Jones. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 8, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      24, 1970 (Night game) at Connie Mack Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  6  0    0  0  2  -   8 11  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hahn lf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Taylor 2b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .276
  Jones ph,lf         3   0   2   2     0   1   .237      Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Sutherland 2b         5   1   2   0     0   1   .180      Gamble cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .267
Staub rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .280      Johnson 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .236
Phillips cf           3   0   1   2     1   0   .236      Stone lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Laboy 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .188      Money 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .355
Bateman c             4   2   2   1     0   1   .219      Browne rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Fairly 1b             3   2   1   1     1   1   .270      Compton c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .212
Wine ss               4   1   1   1     0   1   .192      Short p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .042
Morton p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .171        Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Doyle ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .223
                                                            Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Briggs ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
                                                            Palmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .273

Totals               35   8  11   7     2   9             Totals               30   0   3   0     1   6

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  6,869
Left on Base: Expos 3, Phillies 4
DP: Expos 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Browne
Doubles: Bateman (6), Gamble 2 (7)
Home Runs: Bateman (6)
Stolen Bases: Sutherland (1), Phillips (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Morton (1)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(7-5)           9     3   0   0   1   6   0  31   3.35
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   6   0  31

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Short L(4-8)            4     5   4   4   0   5   0  17   4.92
Wilson                  1     4   2   2   0   0   0   5   5.16
Lersch                  3     0   0   0   1   3   0  10   3.00
Palmer                  1     2   2   2   1   1   1   6   4.26
Totals                  9    11   8   8   2   9   1  38

Wild Pitches: Wilson (2)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Al Barlick


EXPOS 1ST: Hahn popped to first in foul territory; Sutherland
singled to left; Staub struck out; Sutherland stole second;
Phillips flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Taylor struck out (pitcher to first); Bowa
grounded out (first to pitcher); Gamble popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Laboy popped to first; Bateman struck out; Fairly
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Stone
flied out to left; Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Wine was called out on strikes; Morton was called out
on strikes; Hahn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Browne grounded out (shortstop to first); Compton
struck out; Short grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub
grounded out (second to first); Phillips flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Taylor struck out; Bowa popped to shortstop;
Gamble doubled; Johnson walked; Stone grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Laboy singled to left; Bateman doubled to right
[Laboy scored (error by Browne) (no RBI)]; Fairly singled to
center [Bateman scored, Fairly to second (on throw to home)];
Wine singled to center [Fairly scored]; WILSON REPLACED SHORT
(PITCHING); Morton out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Wine to second]; Wilson threw a wild pitch [Wine to third];
JONES BATTED FOR HAHN; Jones singled to center [Wine scored];
Sutherland singled to right [Jones out at third (right to
third), Sutherland to second (on throw to 3b)]; Staub singled to
right [Sutherland to third, Staub to second (on throw to home)];
Phillips singled to left [Sutherland scored, Staub scored,
Phillips out at second (left to second to first)]; 6 R, 8 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Money singled;
Browne struck out; Compton was called out on strikes; DOYLE
BATTED FOR WILSON; Doyle forced Money (second to shortstop); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 6TH: LERSCH REPLACED DOYLE (PITCHING); Laboy popped to
first in foul territory; Bateman grounded out (shortstop to
first); Fairly flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
6, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Taylor flied out to right; Bowa flied out to
center; Gamble doubled to right; Johnson flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Wine popped to third in foul territory; Morton
grounded out (third to first); Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 6, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Stone grounded out (third to first); Money
grounded out (shortstop to first); Browne grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Sutherland struck out; Staub grounded out (first to
pitcher); Phillips walked; Phillips stole second; Laboy struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Compton popped to third; BRIGGS BATTED FOR LERSCH;
Briggs flied out to left; Taylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 6, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 9TH: PALMER REPLACED BRIGGS (PITCHING); Bateman homered;
Fairly walked; Wine grounded out (shortstop to first) [Fairly to
second]; Morton struck out; Jones singled to right [Fairly
scored]; Sutherland flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 8, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); Gamble flied
out to center; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 8, Phillies 0.