The Astros beat the Expos, 4-2, for their sixth consecutive victory. The visiting team scored early when Pepe Mangual drove Dave Roberts' second pitch of the game into the left field seats for a home run. But the Astros retaliated in the bottom half of the inning, the key blow being Roger Metzger's triple. It drove in a run and Metzger himself scored on Cesar Cedeno's sacrifice fly.

The Astros' other two tallies came in the fifth when Greg Gross tripled, Cedeno walked, Bob Watson drove in Gross and sent Cedeno to third with a single, and Enos Cabell hit a sacrifice fly. The victory was the first for Roberts since he returned to the club following a week's absence after a personality clash with manager Preston Gomez. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 4, Montreal Expos 2
Game Played on Friday, May       23, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Expos        1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  6  1
Astros       2  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   4 12  2


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mangual cf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .313      Gross lf              4   2   2   0     0   0   .240
Foli ss               4   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Metzger ss            4   1   3   1     0   0   .310
Carter c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Cedeno cf             2   1   0   1     1   1   .263
Bailey lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .222      Watson 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .350
Parrish 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Cruz rf               2   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Mackanin 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .311        Cabell ph,rf        1   0   0   1     0   0   .282
Breeden 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .176      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Scott rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Boswell 3b            3   0   3   0     1   0   .302
Blair p               2   0   2   0     0   0   .154      Andrews 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .215
  Warthen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Roberts p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .063
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .429
  DeMola p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   6   1     1   7             Totals               31   4  12   4     2   2

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance:  9,143
Left on Base: Expos 6, Astros 8
DP: Expos 2, Astros 1
Errors: Parrish, Boswell, Andrews
Doubles: Breeden (2), Boswell (2)
Triples: Metzger (3), Gross (4)
Home Runs: Mangual (2)
Stolen Bases: Carter (3)
Caught Stealing: Boswell (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Roberts (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Cedeno (2), Cabell (1)
GIDP: Bailey (1), Watson (2)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blair L(2-5)            4.1   7   4   4   2   1   0  22   3.23
Warthen                 1.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00
DeMola                  2     3   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.45
Totals                  8    12   4   4   2   2   0  36

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts W(3-4)          9     6   2   1   1   7   1  35   3.34
Totals                  9     6   2   1   1   7   1  35

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry


EXPOS 1ST: Mangual homered; Foli singled; Carter lined to left;
Bailey grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Foli out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled; Metzger tripled [Gross scored];
Cedeno hit a sacrifice fly to left [Metzger scored]; Watson
flied out to center; Cruz singled; May grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 2.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish made an out to second; Mackanin struck out;
Breeden grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Boswell singled; Andrews grounded out (second to
first) [Boswell to second]; Roberts grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Boswell to third]; Gross grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Scott grounded out (third to first); Blair singled;
Mangual flied out to right; Foli flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger singled; Cedeno lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Metzger out at first]; Watson flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Carter singled; Carter stole second; Bailey struck
out; Parrish grounded out (third to first); Mackanin flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); May reached on
an error by Parrish [May to first]; Boswell walked [May to
second]; Andrews popped to first in foul territory; Roberts
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Breeden popped to first in foul territory; Scott was
called out on strikes; Blair singled; Mangual struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Gross tripled; Metzger grounded out (first
unassisted); Cedeno walked; Watson singled [Gross scored, Cedeno
to third]; WARTHEN REPLACED BLAIR (PITCHING); CABELL BATTED FOR
CRUZ; Cabell hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cedeno scored]; May
made an out to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 4.

EXPOS 6TH: CABELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Foli grounded out
(second to first); Carter flied out to left; Bailey walked;
Parrish forced Bailey (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 1, Astros 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Boswell doubled; Andrews singled [Boswell to third];
Roberts out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Andrews to
second, Boswell stayed at third]; Boswell was caught stealing
home (catcher unassisted) [Andrews to third]; Gross grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Astros 4.

EXPOS 7TH: Mackanin made an out to second; Breeden doubled;
Scott reached on an error by Boswell [Breeden to third, Scott to
first]; MORALES BATTED FOR WARTHEN; Morales flied out to right;
Mangual reached on an error by Andrews [Breeden scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Scott to third, Mangual to first]; Foli
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Astros 4.

ASTROS 7TH: DEMOLA REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Metzger singled;
Cedeno struck out; Watson grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Metzger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
2, Astros 4.

EXPOS 8TH: Carter struck out; Bailey grounded out (shortstop to
first); Parrish made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 2, Astros 4.

ASTROS 8TH: Cabell flied out to left; May flied out to right;
Boswell singled; Andrews singled [Boswell to second]; Roberts
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos
2, Astros 4.

EXPOS 9TH: Mackanin struck out; Breeden grounded out (third to
first); Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
2, Astros 4.