Doug Rader doubled in the 12th inning for his fifth hit of the game to launch a two-run rally that brought the Astros an 8-7 victory over the Expos. Pepe Mangual, who hit safely in his 18th straight game for a Montreal club record, smashed a homer with a man on base in the second inning when the Expos routed Tom Griffin to take a 6-0 lead. The Astros came back with a pair in their half of the second and added a run on a double by Rader in the third. Two more runs followed in the eighth before Cesar Cedeno tied the score with a homer in the ninth.

The Expos broke the deadlock in the 12th. Larry Lintz singled, raced to third when Enos Cabell let the ball get past him in left field and scored on a single by Mike Jorgensen. After Rader's double in the Astros' half, Cabell made up for his error with a double, driving in the tying run. Milt May then singled to send Cabell across with the winning marker. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 8, Montreal Expos 7
Game Played on Sunday, May       25, 1975 (Day game) at Astrodome
Expos        0  6  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   7 11  1
Astros       0  2  1    0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  2  -   8 18  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lintz 2b              4   2   1   0     2   0   .209      Gross lf              5   0   2   1     0   1   .257
Coggins lf            5   1   3   2     0   1   .444        Niekro p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Metzger ss            4   0   1   0     2   0   .307
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Cedeno cf             6   1   2   1     0   0   .260
  DeMola p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Watson 1b             5   1   1   0     1   1   .342
  Warthen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rader 3b              6   3   5   1     0   1   .264
Mangual cf            5   1   1   2     1   1   .309      Cabell rf,lf          5   2   2   2     1   3   .289
Jorgensen 1b          6   0   1   1     0   0   .229      Jutze c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .136
Biittner rf,lf        6   1   1   0     0   0   .358        May ph,c            2   0   1   1     1   0   .237
Carter c,rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .252      Andrews 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .214
Foli ss               5   0   0   0     0   1   .230        Cruz ph,rf          1   0   1   1     0   0   .254
Parrish 3b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .288      Griffin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McNally p             2   1   1   1     1   1   .167        Crawford p          1   0   1   1     0   0   .400
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Helms ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Scanlon ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Foote c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .152        Howard ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .256
                                                            Milbourne 2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .148

Totals               45   7  11   7     4   6             Totals               46   8  18   8     5   8

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance: 10,459
Left on Base: Expos 7, Astros 10
DP: Expos 2, Astros 1
Errors: Parrish, Cabell
Doubles: Coggins (1), Cedeno (12), Rader 3 (6), Crawford (1), Cabell (6)
Triples: Coggins (1)
Home Runs: Mangual (4), Cedeno (2)
Stolen Bases: Foli (4)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Carter (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cruz (3)
GIDP: Biittner (2), Milbourne (1), Cedeno (3)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally                 7    11   5   5   4   3   0  33   5.16
Montague                1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.78
Taylor                  3     3   1   1   0   4   1  10   3.63
DeMola L(1-1)           0.1   2   2   2   0   0   0   3   4.50
Warthen                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                 11.1  18   8   8   5   8   1  52

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin                 1.2   6   6   6   1   1   1  12   6.32
Crawford                2.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   8   2.25
Forsch                  2     1   0   0   2   0   0   9   2.89
Granger                 2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.84
Niekro W(1-0)           4     3   1   1   1   2   0  15   4.40
Totals                 12    11   7   7   4   6   1  50

Passed Balls: May (8)

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


EXPOS 1ST: Lintz grounded out (first unassisted); Coggins
tripled; Mangual struck out; Jorgensen flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled; Gross was picked off first; Metzger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno doubled; Watson
walked; Cedeno was caught stealing third but was safe at third
(error by Parrish; assist by Carter); Cedeno was out trying to
advance to home (third to catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
0, Astros 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Biittner singled; Carter out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Biittner to second]; Foli flied out to
left; Parrish singled [Biittner scored, Parrish to second (on
throw to home)]; McNally singled [Parrish scored]; Lintz walked
[McNally to second]; Coggins doubled [McNally scored, Lintz
scored]; Mangual homered [Coggins scored]; CRAWFORD REPLACED
GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); 6
R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader doubled; Cabell singled [Rader scored, Cabell
to second (on throw to home)]; Jutze flied out to right; Andrews
singled to right [Cabell out at home (right to catcher), Andrews
to second (on throw to home)]; Crawford doubled [Andrews
scored]; Gross was called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 6, Astros 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Biittner flied out to center; Carter singled; Foli
forced Carter (third to second); Foli stole second; Parrish
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger walked; Cedeno made an out to shortstop;
Watson forced Metzger (shortstop to second); Rader doubled
[Watson scored]; Cabell struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
6, Astros 3.

EXPOS 4TH: McNally struck out; Lintz grounded out (shortstop to
first); Coggins struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6,
Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Jutze singled; Andrews flied out to center; HELMS
BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; Helms forced Jutze (shortstop to second);
Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros
3.

EXPOS 5TH: FORSCH REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); Mangual grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jorgensen grounded out (second to
first); Biittner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
6, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger flied out to right; Cedeno made an out to
third; Watson singled; Rader singled [Watson to second]; Cabell
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Carter made an out to second; Foli grounded out
(third to first); Parrish singled; McNally walked [Parrish to
second]; Lintz walked [Parrish to third, McNally to second];
Coggins lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros
3.

ASTROS 6TH: Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews
flied out to left; HOWARD BATTED FOR FORSCH; Howard grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 3.

EXPOS 7TH: GRANGER REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Mangual grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jorgensen grounded out (shortstop to
first); Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger
walked; Cedeno flied out to right; Watson flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 3.

EXPOS 8TH: Carter grounded out (third to first); Foli struck
out; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Rader singled; Cabell walked [Rader to second];
MONTAGUE REPLACED MCNALLY (PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR JUTZE; May
walked [Rader to third, Cabell to second]; CRUZ BATTED FOR
ANDREWS; Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rader scored];
JOHNSON BATTED FOR GRANGER; Johnson was called out on strikes;
Gross singled [Cabell scored, May to second]; Metzger grounded
out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 5.

EXPOS 9TH: NIEKRO REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); MAY STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING C ); CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CABELL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MILBOURNE REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 2B);
SCANLON BATTED FOR MONTAGUE; Scanlon flied out to left; Lintz
flied out to right; Coggins singled; May allowed a passed ball
[Coggins to second]; Mangual flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 5.

ASTROS 9TH: FOOTE REPLACED SCANLON (PLAYING C ); CARTER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BIITTNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
TAYLOR REPLACED COGGINS (PITCHING); Cedeno homered; Watson
struck out; Rader was called out on strikes; Cabell struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 6.

EXPOS 10TH: Jorgensen flied out to right; Biittner flied out to
center; Carter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6,
Astros 6.

ASTROS 10TH: May lined to left; Cruz singled; Milbourne grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Cruz out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 6.

EXPOS 11TH: Foli grounded out (second to first); Parrish popped
to first in foul territory; Foote struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 6.

ASTROS 11TH: Niekro was called out on strikes; Metzger singled;
Cedeno grounded into a double play (second to first) [Metzger
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Astros 6.

EXPOS 12TH: Lintz singled to left [Lintz to third (error by
Cabell)]; MORALES BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Morales grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mangual walked; Jorgensen singled [Lintz
scored, Mangual to second]; Biittner grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Jorgensen out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7, Astros 6.

ASTROS 12TH: DEMOLA REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Watson flied
out to right; Rader doubled; Cabell doubled [Rader scored];
WARTHEN REPLACED DEMOLA (PITCHING); May singled [Cabell scored];
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 7, Astros 8.