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Wednesday August 27, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

John Montefusco struck out 14 batters, a high for an N. L. game this season, while pitching the Giants to a 9-1 victory over the Expos. Bobby Murcer, returning to action for the first time in 12 days after suffering a hamstring pull, drove in two runs with a single and Bruce Miller accounted for four RBIs with a triple and single in the Giants' support of their rookie righthander. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 9, Montreal Expos 1

Game Played on Wednesday, August 27, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Expos        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1
Giants       0  0  3    0  1  2    0  3  x  -   9  8  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lyttle cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .250      Thomasson cf          3   2   0   0     2   1   .215
Dwyer lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Thomas 2b             3   1   1   1     1   1   .265
Jorgensen 1b          4   0   0   0     0   3   .243      Murcer rf             4   0   1   2     0   1   .311
Biittner rf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .331      Matthews lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .268
Parrish 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Montanez 1b           3   2   1   0     1   1   .290
Mackanin 2b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .247      Speier ss             2   1   1   0     2   1   .276
Foote c               4   0   2   1     0   2   .199      Miller 3b             4   1   2   4     0   2   .241
Frias ss              1   0   0   0     0   0   .150      Sadek c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .234
  Bailey ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Montefusco p          3   0   0   0     1   3   .066
  Foli ss             2   0   0   0     0   2   .230
Fryman p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  DeMola p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morales ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .299
  Blair p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .163
  Carter ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .265

Totals               34   1   7   1     1  14             Totals               30   9   8   7     7  11

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  2,594
Left on Base: Expos 8, Giants 4
DP: Expos 2, Giants 0
Errors: Foote, Thomas
Doubles: Lyttle (3), Foote (13), Sadek (4), Thomas (15)
Triples: Miller (3)
Stolen Bases: Thomasson (8)
Caught Stealing: Murcer (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Dwyer (8)
GIDP: Sadek (2), Murcer (9)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman L(8-10)          5     5   6   5   3  10   0  23   3.38
DeMola                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   4   4.20
Blair                   2     2   3   3   3   0   0  10   3.89
Totals                  8     8   9   8   7  11   0  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(11-7)      9     7   1   0   1  14   0  36   3.00
Totals                  9     7   1   0   1  14   0  36

Passed Balls: Foote (8)
Wild Pitches: DeMola (2), Blair (11)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel


EXPOS 1ST: Lyttle walked; Dwyer out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to first) [Lyttle to second]; Jorgensen flied out to left;
Biittner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson struck out; Thomas made an out to second;
Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish struck out; Mackanin was called out on
strikes; Foote was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews grounded out (third to first); Montanez
lined to second; Speier walked; Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Frias made an out to third; Fryman was called out on
strikes; Lyttle doubled to left; Dwyer popped to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Sadek doubled to left; Montefusco struck out;
Thomasson walked; Thomas doubled to left [Sadek scored,
Thomasson to third]; Murcer singled to right [Thomasson scored,
Thomas scored]; Matthews struck out; Murcer was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Giants 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Jorgensen struck out; Biittner singled to center;
Parrish reached on an error by Thomas [Biittner to second,
Parrish to first]; Mackanin struck out; Foote singled to right
[Biittner scored (unearned), Parrish to third]; BAILEY BATTED
FOR FRIAS; Bailey struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: FOLI REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING SS); Montanez struck
out; Speier was called out on strikes; Miller was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Fryman flied out to right; Lyttle flied out to left;
Dwyer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants
3.

GIANTS 5TH: Sadek flied out to left; Montefusco was called out
on strikes; Thomasson walked; Thomasson stole second [Thomasson
to third (error by Foote)]; Thomas struck out but Thomasson
advanced to home and Thomas advanced to first on a passed ball;
Murcer made an out to second; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 1, Giants 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Jorgensen struck out; Biittner singled to center;
Parrish singled to right [Biittner to second]; Mackanin struck
out; Foote struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Matthews singled to center; Montanez singled to left
[Matthews to second]; DEMOLA REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); DeMola
threw a wild pitch [Matthews to third, Montanez to second];
Speier walked; Miller singled to center [Matthews scored,
Montanez scored, Speier to second]; Sadek grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Speier to third, Miller out at
second]; Montefusco was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 6.

EXPOS 7TH: Foli struck out; MORALES BATTED FOR DEMOLA; Morales
singled to right; Lyttle forced Morales (second to shortstop);
Dwyer flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants
6.

GIANTS 7TH: BLAIR REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Thomasson
grounded out (second to first); Thomas walked; Murcer grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thomas out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 6.

EXPOS 8TH: Jorgensen was called out on strikes; Biittner flied
out to left; Parrish grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 6.

GIANTS 8TH: Matthews flied out to center; Montanez walked;
Speier singled to left [Montanez to second]; Miller tripled to
right [Montanez scored, Speier scored]; Sadek flied out to
right; Blair threw a wild pitch [Miller scored]; Montefusco
walked; Thomasson flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 1, Giants 9.

EXPOS 9TH: Mackanin flied out to left; Foote doubled to right;
Foli struck out; CARTER BATTED FOR BLAIR; Carter struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 9.



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