The Expos all but eliminated the Mets from the N. L. East race with a 6-5 and 6-1 sweep which dropped New York nine games back of the Pirates. Pat Scanlon's bases-loaded single in the ninth inning of the opener drove in the winning run after the Expos had blown a 4-1 lead. Jerry White and Jim Cox hit solo homers for the winners while Mike Vail and Dave Kingman connected for the Mets.

Don Carrithers scattered eight hits in his route-going, second-game effort. The Expos got two runs in the first on only one hit and upped their lead to 4-0 in the third on RBI singles by Bob Bailey and Pete Mackanin. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, New York Mets 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, September 8, 1975 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Mets         1  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  1  -   5  6  0
Expos        4  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   6  7  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              3   1   0   0     1   2   .289      White cf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .167
Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .298        Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .298
Vail lf               4   1   2   2     0   0   .361        Mangual cf          1   1   1   0     0   0   .248
Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .275      Dwyer lf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .257
  Gallagher pr,rf     0   1   0   0     0   0   .083      Jorgensen 1b          3   0   0   0     2   1   .244
Kingman 1b            3   1   1   1     1   1   .239      Biittner rf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .321
Garrett 3b,ss         3   1   1   1     1   1   .260      Scanlon 3b            3   1   1   1     2   1   .202
Phillips ss           1   0   0   0     1   0   .249      Cox 2b                3   1   2   2     0   0   .222
  Harrelson ph,ss     0   0   0   0     1   0   .217      Johnson c             3   0   1   1     1   1   .333
  Torre ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .254        Foote c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .195
Stearns c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Frias ss              2   0   0   0     1   1   .128
Webb p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .185        Lyttle ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .245
  Lockwood p          2   0   1   1     0   0   .250        Foli ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .236
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Lang p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Fryman p            2   0   0   0     2   1   .191
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .444        Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .338
  Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               31   5   6   5     5   5             Totals               28   6   7   5    11   7

Time of Game: 2:37
Left on Base: Mets 4, Expos 10
DP: Mets 1, Expos 2
Doubles: Vail (6), Biittner (11), Johnson (1)
Home Runs: Vail (3), Kingman (31), White (1), Cox (1)
Stolen Bases: Garrett (3), Cox (1)
Caught Stealing: Jorgensen (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Dwyer (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Cox (1)
GIDP: Stearns (6), Alou (4), Cox (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Webb                    0.2   3   4   4   2   0   1   7   3.83
Lockwood                5     1   1   1   6   4   1  20   1.76
Hall                    0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.58
Apodaca                 2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   1.46
Baldwin L(2-5)          0.1   2   1   1   2   0   0   5   3.79
Totals                  8.1   7   6   6  11   7   2  41

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lang                    1.2   2   2   2   3   2   0   9  10.80
Fryman                  6.1   4   3   3   2   3   2  24   3.37
Murray W(11-8)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.16
Totals                  9     6   5   5   5   5   2  36

Wild Pitches: Webb (4), Lockwood 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Tom Gorman


METS 1ST: Unser walked; Debut game for Chip Lang; Millan
flied out to center; Vail doubled to left [Unser scored]; Staub
struck out (catcher to first); Kingman was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: White homered; Dwyer walked; Jorgensen popped to
second; Biittner doubled to left [Dwyer to third]; Webb threw a
wild pitch [Dwyer scored, Biittner to third]; Scanlon walked;
Cox hit a sacrifice fly to left [Biittner scored, Scanlon to
second]; Johnson doubled to center [Scanlon scored]; LOCKWOOD
REPLACED WEBB (PITCHING); Lockwood threw a wild pitch [Johnson
to third]; Frias flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Expos 4.

METS 2ND: Garrett walked; Garrett stole second; Phillips walked;
Stearns grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Garrett to third, Phillips out at second]; Lockwood singled to
left [Garrett scored]; FRYMAN REPLACED LANG (PITCHING); Unser
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 2ND: Fryman walked; White forced Fryman (second to
shortstop); Dwyer popped to first; Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 4.

METS 3RD: Millan flied out to left; Vail flied out to left;
Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 3RD: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Scanlon
walked; Cox grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Scanlon out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Expos 4.

METS 4TH: Kingman made an out to shortstop; Garrett flied out to
center; Phillips made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Frias struck
out; Fryman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 4.

METS 5TH: Stearns flied out to center; Lockwood grounded out
(third to first); Unser struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: White lined to second; Dwyer popped to catcher in
foul territory; Jorgensen walked; Jorgensen was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Expos 4.

METS 6TH: Millan grounded out (third to first); Vail homered;
Staub grounded out (third to first); Kingman homered; Garrett
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Biittner grounded out (first unassisted); Scanlon
struck out; Cox homered; Johnson walked; Lockwood threw a wild
pitch [Johnson to second]; Frias walked; Fryman walked [Johnson
to third, Frias to second]; HALL REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING);
MORALES BATTED FOR WHITE; Morales struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 5.

METS 7TH: MANGUAL REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING CF); HARRELSON
BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Harrelson walked; Stearns flied out to
left; ALOU BATTED FOR HALL; Alou grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Harrelson out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 5.

EXPOS 7TH: HARRELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); APODACA
REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Dwyer struck out; Jorgensen grounded
out (first to pitcher); Biittner grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 5.

METS 8TH: Unser was called out on strikes; Millan grounded out
(third to first); Vail flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 4, Expos 5.

EXPOS 8TH: Scanlon grounded out (shortstop to first); Cox
singled to left; Cox stole second; Johnson struck out; LYTTLE
BATTED FOR FRIAS; Lyttle was walked intentionally; Fryman
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4,
Expos 5.

METS 9TH: FOLI REPLACED LYTTLE (PLAYING SS); FOOTE REPLACED
JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); Staub singled to center; GALLAGHER RAN FOR
STAUB; Kingman walked [Gallagher to second]; Garrett singled to
right [Gallagher scored, Kingman to third, Garrett to second (on
throw)]; TORRE BATTED FOR HARRELSON; MURRAY REPLACED FRYMAN
(PITCHING); Torre grounded out (second to first); Stearns
reached on a fielder's choice [Kingman out at home (third to
catcher), Garrett to third]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR APODACA;
Kranepool grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mets 5, Expos 5.

EXPOS 9TH: GALLAGHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); TORRE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GARRETT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
BALDWIN REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Mangual singled to left;
Dwyer out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mangual to
second]; Jorgensen was walked intentionally; Biittner walked
[Mangual to third, Jorgensen to second]; Scanlon singled to
right [Mangual scored, Jorgensen to third, Biittner to second];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 5, Expos 6.