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.

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