Al Downing gave up only four hits in the first seven innings and Mike Marshall stopped his former Montreal teammates the rest of the way as the Dodgers extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-2 victory over the Expos. The Dodgers reached Steve Rogers for two runs in the fifth inning and added a pair in the sixth when Bill Buckner singled and Ron Cey homered. The Expos picked up their runs off Downing in the seventh on a walk, singles by Jim Cox and Tim Foli, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Barry Foote, but Bill Russell iced the outcome with a homer in the Dodgers' half. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Montreal Expos 2
Game Played on Saturday, April     27, 1974 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  4  3
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  2  2    1  0  x  -   5  9  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 3b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Lopes 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .203
Davis cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .290      Buckner lf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .304
Bailey lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .271      Wynn cf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .258
Breeden 1b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .321      Cey 3b                4   1   1   2     0   0   .301
Singleton rf          3   1   0   0     1   0   .319      Crawford rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .318
Cox 2b                4   1   1   0     0   2   .236      Garvey 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .338
Foote c               2   0   1   1     0   1   .205      Ferguson c            3   0   1   0     1   2   .167
Foli ss               3   0   1   1     0   0   .300      Russell ss            4   1   1   2     0   1   .275
Rogers p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Downing p             1   0   0   1     0   1   .250
  Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        McMullen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Auerbach pr         0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   2   4   2     4   7             Totals               31   5   9   5     3   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 16,914
Left on Base: Expos 4, Dodgers 6
DP: Expos 1, Dodgers 3
Errors: Hunt, Cox, Foli, Russell
Doubles: Foote (2), Garvey (8)
Home Runs: Cey (1), Russell (2)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (11), Buckner (6), Auerbach (1)
Caught Stealing: Wynn (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Foote (4), Downing (1)
GIDP: Singleton 2 (2), Rogers (1), Lopes (2)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers L(3-1)           6     6   4   4   2   4   1  24   3.66
Taylor                  2     3   1   1   1   1   1  11   2.70
Totals                  8     9   5   5   3   5   2  35

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing W(1-2)          7     4   2   2   3   5   0  27   4.60
Marshall                2     0   0   0   1   2   0   6   2.37
Totals                  9     4   2   2   4   7   0  33

Wild Pitches: Downing (1)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - John McSherry


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt walked; Davis singled to right [Hunt to second];
Bailey walked [Hunt to third, Davis to second]; Breeden struck
out; Singleton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Bailey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to left; Lopes stole second; Lopes
was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Buckner flied out
to center; Wynn walked; Cey grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Dodgers 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Cox struck out; Foote struck out; Foli flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford flied out to center; Garvey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Expos 0, Dodgers 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Rogers grounded out (second to first); Hunt flied out
to right; Davis lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell struck out; Downing struck out; Lopes flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Dodgers 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Bailey struck out; Breeden grounded out (third to
first); Singleton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: On a bunt Buckner singled to third; Wynn forced
Buckner (third to second) [Wynn to second (error by Cox)]; Cey
grounded out (second to first) [Wynn to third]; Wynn was caught
stealing home (pitcher to catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Dodgers 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Cox lined to left; Foote doubled to left; Foli
reached on an error by Russell [Foote to third]; Rogers grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Foli out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Crawford singled to right; Garvey doubled to right
[Crawford to third]; Ferguson walked; Russell reached on an
error by Hunt [Crawford scored (RBI), Garvey to third, Ferguson
to second]; Downing hit a sacrifice fly to right [Garvey scored,
Ferguson to third]; Lopes grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Russell out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Dodgers 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Hunt flied out to center; Davis lined to center;
Bailey popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner singled to center; Buckner stole second;
Wynn struck out; Cey homered [Buckner scored]; Crawford grounded
out (second to first); Garvey grounded out (third to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Dodgers 4.

EXPOS 7TH: Breeden struck out; Singleton walked; Cox singled to
third [Singleton to second]; Downing threw a wild pitch
[Singleton to third, Cox to second]; Foote hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Singleton scored]; Foli singled to second [Cox
scored]; Steve Garvey argued the call at 1B without calling
time; WOODS BATTED FOR ROGERS; Woods grounded out (pitcher
to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 7TH: TAYLOR REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Ferguson struck
out; Russell homered; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR DOWNING; McMullen
reached on an error by Foli; AUERBACH RAN FOR MCMULLEN; Auerbach
stole second; Lopes walked; Buckner popped to catcher in foul
territory; Wynn flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 2, Dodgers 5.

EXPOS 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED AUERBACH (PITCHING); Hunt flied out
to center; Davis struck out; Bailey flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Cey flied out to center; Crawford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garvey singled to center; Ferguson singled
to shortstop [Garvey to second]; Russell flied out to right; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Dodgers 5.

EXPOS 9TH: Breeden walked; Singleton grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Breeden out at second]; Cox
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Dodgers 5.