Dennis Blair, 19-year-old righthander from Memphis (International), made his major league debut with a victory when the Expos defeated the Phillies, 5-1. The youngster allowed only four hits, but walked six, before being lifted with two men on base in the ninth inning. Tom Walker retired the last three batters. Larry Lintz stole three bases for the Expos.

In the first, Lintz singled, stole second and scored on a single by Ken Singleton. Lintz walked in the third, stole second and crossed the plate on a double by Ron Fairly. Two walks then the loaded bases and Jim Cox added a run with a sacrifice fly. The Phillies counted their run in the home half on a single by Dave Cash, a stolen base and single by Greg Luzinski. The Expos scored their last two runs in the seventh. Boots Day and Lintz singled. Willie Davis doubled, scoring Day, but Lintz was thrown out at the plate. Davis took second on the throw and counted on a wild pitch. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 5, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Sunday, May       26, 1974 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        1  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   5  8  1
Phillies     0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Day lf                5   1   2   0     0   0   .353      Cash 2b               5   1   2   0     0   0   .306
Lintz ss              4   2   2   0     1   0   .230      Bowa ss               5   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Davis cf              5   1   1   1     0   0   .315      Unser cf              3   0   0   0     1   3   .336
Singleton rf          2   1   1   1     3   0   .297      Luzinski lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .278
Fairly 1b             3   0   1   1     2   0   .233      Hutton 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schmidt 3b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .283
Bailey 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .269      Robinson rf           2   0   0   0     2   1   .278
  Frias 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Essian c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cox 2b                3   0   0   1     0   1   .217        Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Foote c               4   0   1   0     0   2   .209        Cox c               0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Blair p               4   0   0   0     0   3   .000      Schueler p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .091
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .133        Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Montanez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .239

Totals               33   5   8   4     7   6             Totals               32   1   4   1     6   6

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 27,324
Left on Base: Expos 9, Phillies 10
DP: Expos 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Lintz
Doubles: Foote (6), Fairly (4), Davis (5)
Stolen Bases: Lintz 3 (12), Singleton (2), Cash (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cox (3)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blair W(1-0)            8     4   1   1   6   6   0  35   1.13
Walker                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.37
Totals                  9     4   1   1   6   6   0  38

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler L(3-4)         6.1   6   4   4   4   5   0  29   3.16
Scarce                  0.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   3   4.39
Watt                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.57
Twitchell               2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9     8   5   5   7   6   0  41

Wild Pitches: Blair (1), Watt (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Shag Crawford


EXPOS 1ST: Day flied out to left; Debut game for Dennis
Blair; Lintz singled to center; Lintz stole second; Davis
grounded out (second to first) [Lintz to third]; Singleton
singled to right [Lintz scored]; Fairly walked [Singleton to
second]; Bailey grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to left; Bowa flied out to center;
Unser struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Cox struck out; Foote doubled to left; Blair was
called out on strikes; Day flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to right; Hutton grounded out
(first unassisted); Schmidt walked; Robinson walked [Schmidt to
second]; Essian reached on an error by Lintz [Schmidt to third,
Robinson to second]; Schueler was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Lintz walked; Lintz stole second; Davis grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Lintz to third]; Singleton walked; Fairly
doubled to right [Lintz scored, Singleton to third]; Bailey was
walked intentionally; Cox hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Singleton scored]; Foote was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash singled to right; Bowa flied out to center;
Cash stole second; Unser struck out; Luzinski singled to center
[Cash scored]; Hutton grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Blair struck out; Day grounded out (second to first);
Lintz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt flied out to center; Robinson struck out;
Essian popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3,
Phillies 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Davis grounded out (first to pitcher); Singleton
flied out to right; Fairly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: On a bunt Schueler grounded out (pitcher to
first); Cash singled to left; Bowa forced Cash (shortstop to
second); Unser walked [Bowa to second]; Luzinski flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 6TH: Bailey flied out to center; Cox flied out to left;
Foote popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies
1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Hutton struck out; Schmidt walked; Robinson popped
to shortstop; ANDERSON BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Blair threw a wild
pitch [Schmidt to second]; Anderson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 7TH: COX REPLACED ANDERSON (PLAYING C ); Blair struck out;
Day singled to center; Lintz singled to first [Day to second];
SCARCE REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Davis doubled to center
[Day scored, Lintz out at third (center to shortstop to
catcher), Davis to third (on throw to 3b)]; Singleton walked;
Singleton stole second; Fairly walked; WATT REPLACED SCARCE
(PITCHING); Watt threw a wild pitch [Davis scored, Singleton to
third, Fairly to second]; Bailey popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR WATT; Taylor grounded out (third
to first); Cash flied out to center; Bowa flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 8TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Cox flied out
to left; Foote was called out on strikes; Blair grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Unser struck out; Luzinski singled to center;
Hutton flied out to left; Schmidt flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 1.

EXPOS 9TH: Day singled to center; Lintz forced Day (third to
shortstop); Lintz stole second; Davis popped to shortstop;
Singleton walked; Fairly popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 5, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: FRIAS REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING 3B); Robinson
walked; Cox walked [Robinson to second]; JORGENSEN REPLACED
BLAIR (PLAYING 1B); WALKER REPLACED FAIRLY (PITCHING); MONTANEZ
BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Montanez popped to second; Cash grounded
out (first unassisted) [Robinson to third, Cox to second]; Bowa
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 5, Phillies 1.