The Mets, who were in a virtual tie with the Pirates for first place in the East division, lost to the Expos, 5-4, in 10 innings, and fell one game off the pace into a tie with the Cubs for second place. The Expos started the scoring with two runs in the second on a homer by Bob Bailey, single by John Bateman and triple by Bobby Wine. After the Mets tied the score, Wine hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the seventh to send the Expos in front again.

However, Dave Marshall homered for the Mets in the ninth and Agee broke the tie with a circuit clout in the 10th. In the Expos' half, Wine singled, Ron Brand walked and, after a sacrifice, pinch-runner Boots Day counted on a wild pitch by Jerry Koosman. Gary Sutherland grounded out, but Rusty Staub walked and stole second. With a count of three balls on Ron Fairly, Ron Herbel replaced Koosman and finished walking Fairly intentionally. Herbel then made his first pitch to Bateman, who lashed it for the game-winning single. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  1    1  -   4 10  0
Expos        0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    2  -   5  7  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               5   2   3   1     0   1   .282      Hahn lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .240
Garrett 3b            4   1   2   0     1   0   .255      Sutherland 2b         5   0   1   0     0   0   .201
Jones lf              4   0   1   0     1   1   .285      Staub rf              4   0   0   0     1   0   .272
Shamsky rf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .303      Bailey 1b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .312
  Swoboda ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .226        Fairly 1b           0   0   0   0     1   0   .289
Clendenon 1b          3   0   1   1     1   2   .290      Bateman c             5   2   3   1     0   0   .234
Boswell 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Laboy 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .200
Grote c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Mashore cf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .286
  Marshall ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .259      Wine ss               3   0   2   2     0   0   .226
  Dyer c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Day pr              0   1   0   0     0   0   .309
Harrelson ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Morton p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .148
Koosman p             4   0   0   0     0   4   .092        O'Donoghue p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Herbel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brand ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .230

Totals               37   4  10   4     3   9             Totals               34   5   7   4     5   5

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 12,806
Left on Base: Mets 6, Expos 7
DP: Mets 0, Expos 2
Doubles: Bateman (19)
Triples: Wine (2)
Home Runs: Marshall (6), Agee (24), Bailey (27)
Caught Stealing: Agee (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Hahn (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Wine (3)
GIDP: Boswell 2 (11)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman L(10-7)         9.2   6   5   5   5   5   1  40   3.32
Herbel                  0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.70
Totals                  9.2   7   5   5   5   5   1  41

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton                  9.2  10   4   4   3   8   2  39   3.74
O'Donoghue W(2-2)       0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   5.68
Totals                 10    10   4   4   3   9   2  40

Wild Pitches: Koosman (7)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Frank Dezelan, 2B - Tony Venzon, 3B - Frank Secory


METS 1ST: Agee struck out; Garrett grounded out (second to
first); Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Hahn flied to center; Sutherland flied to right;
Staub flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

METS 2ND: Shamsky grounded out (pitcher to first); Clendenon was
called out on strikes; Boswell flied to right in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Bailey homered; Bateman singled to left; Laboy flied
to right; Mashore was called out on strikes; Wine tripled to
right [Bateman scored]; Morton grounded out (second to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 2.

METS 3RD: Grote flied to right in foul territory; Harrelson
flied to left in foul territory; Koosman was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Hahn struck out; Sutherland grounded out (shortstop
to first); Staub flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Expos 2.

METS 4TH: Agee singled to right; Garrett singled [Agee to
second]; Jones struck out; Shamsky singled [Garrett to second,
Agee to third]; Clendenon walked [Agee scored, Garrett to third,
Shamsky to second]; Boswell grounded into a double play (pitcher
to catcher to first) [Garrett out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Bailey was called out on strikes; Bateman grounded
out (shortstop to first); Laboy flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 2.

METS 5TH: Grote flied to center; Harrelson grounded out (first
to pitcher); Koosman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Mashore popped to shortstop; Wine grounded out (third
to first); Morton flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Expos 2.

METS 6TH: Agee singled to left; Agee was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Garrett singled to right; Jones walked
[Garrett to second]; Shamsky singled to right [Jones to third,
Garrett scored]; Clendenon struck out; Boswell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Hahn grounded out (third to first); Sutherland flied
to center; Staub flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Expos 2.

METS 7TH: Grote grounded out (second to first); Harrelson flied
to left; Koosman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Bailey grounded out (third to first); Bateman doubled
to left; Laboy was walked intentionally; Mashore walked [Bateman
to third, Laboy to second]; Wine hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Bateman scored]; Morton flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 2, Expos 3.

METS 8TH: Agee flied to left; Garrett walked; Jones flied to
right; Shamsky grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 3.

EXPOS 8TH: Hahn was called out on strikes; Sutherland singled to
right; Staub flied to left; Bailey forced Sutherland (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 3.

METS 9TH: FAIRLY REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING 1B); Clendenon singled
to center; Boswell grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Clendenon out at second]; MARSHALL BATTED
FOR GROTE; Marshall homered; Harrelson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Expos 3.

EXPOS 9TH: DYER REPLACED MARSHALL (PLAYING C ); Bateman popped
to shortstop; Laboy struck out; Mashore grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Expos 3.

METS 10TH: Koosman struck out; Agee homered; Garrett flied to
right; Jones singled to right; O'DONOGHUE REPLACED MORTON
(PITCHING); SWOBODA BATTED FOR SHAMSKY; Swoboda struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 3.

EXPOS 10TH: SWOBODA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Wine singled to
left; DAY RAN FOR WINE; BRAND BATTED FOR O'DONOGHUE; Brand
walked [Day to second]; Hahn out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Brand to second, Day to third]; Koosman threw a wild
pitch [Brand to third, Day scored]; Sutherland grounded out
(shortstop to first); Staub was walked intentionally; Staub
advanced to second because of defensive indifference [Staub to
second]; HERBEL REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Fairly was walked
intentionally (walk was charged to Koosman); Bateman singled to
left [Fairly to second, Staub to third, Brand scored]; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 5.