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Blanked for seven innings, the Astros aroused themselves in the eighth and defeated the Expos, 3-1. Larry Milbourne singled with one out to start the rally, advanced on an infield out and scored on a single by Cesar Cedeno. Bob Watson then doubled, driving in Cedeno to send the Astros ahead, 2-1. Roger Metzger batted an insurance run across the plate in ninth. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 3, Montreal Expos 1Game Played on Thursday, April 29, 1976 (Day game) at Parc JarryAstros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 10 0
Expos 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Milbourne 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .280 White cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .313 Colbert lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .304
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .312 Jorgensen 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Watson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .292 Carter c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .283
Johnson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .218 Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .219
Cruz lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .148 Mackanin 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .237
Gross rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .305 Foli ss 1 0 0 1 1 0 .280
Metzger ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .222 Valentine rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .207
Dierker p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rogers p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Boswell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Howard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .157 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hardy p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 36 3 10 3 1 5 Totals 28 1 3 1 1 3
Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 5,873
Left on Base: Astros 7, Expos 2
DP: Astros 1, Expos 0
Doubles: Gross (3), Watson (2), Metzger (3), Colbert (2)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (9), Mackanin (1)
Caught Stealing: Howard (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Foli (1)
GIDP: Parrish (2)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dierker W(3-2) 7 3 1 1 1 2 0 24 4.28
Hardy SV(2) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6.75
Totals 9 3 1 1 1 3 0 30
Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Rogers 7.1 7 1 1 0 4 0 28 3.74
Murray L(0-2) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 2.61
Granger 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.42
Scherman 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 4.80
Totals 9 10 3 3 1 5 0 37
Wild Pitches: Dierker (5), Scherman (2)
Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - John McSherry
ASTROS 1ST: Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 0.
EXPOS 1ST: White grounded out (third to first); Colbert doubled;
Jorgensen flied out to left; Carter flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Cruz singled; Gross struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 0.
EXPOS 2ND: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Mackanin
singled; Mackanin stole second; Dierker threw a wild pitch
[Mackanin to third]; Foli hit a sacrifice fly to left [Mackanin
scored]; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (third to first); Dierker
grounded out (second to first); Milbourne singled; Cabell struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 1.
EXPOS 3RD: Rogers grounded out (shortstop to first); White made
an out to shortstop; Colbert made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno singled; Cedeno stole second; Watson flied
out to center; Johnson made an out to first; Cruz struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 1.
EXPOS 4TH: Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Carter
singled; Parrish grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Carter out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Expos 1.
ASTROS 5TH: Gross doubled; Metzger grounded out (second to
first) [Gross to third]; Dierker reached on a fielder's choice;
Milbourne hit into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Gross
out at home (shortstop to catcher), Dierker out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 1.
EXPOS 5TH: Mackanin flied out to left; Foli walked; Valentine
struck out; Rogers flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Expos 1.
ASTROS 6TH: Cabell flied out to right; Cedeno flied out to
center; Watson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0,
Expos 1.
EXPOS 6TH: White lined to third; Colbert was called out on
strikes; Jorgensen made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Expos 1.
ASTROS 7TH: Johnson made an out to second; Cruz grounded out
(second to first); Gross singled; Metzger grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 1.
EXPOS 7TH: Carter lined to left; Parrish lined to second;
Mackanin made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
0, Expos 1.
ASTROS 8TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR DIERKER; Boswell singled; HOWARD
RAN FOR BOSWELL; Howard was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Milbourne singled; MURRAY REPLACED ROGERS
(PITCHING); Cabell grounded out (second to first) [Milbourne to
second]; Cedeno singled [Milbourne scored]; Watson doubled
[Cedeno scored]; GRANGER REPLACED MURRAY (PITCHING); Johnson
struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Expos 1.
EXPOS 8TH: HARDY REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Foli grounded out
(shortstop to first); Valentine popped to catcher in foul
territory; DWYER BATTED FOR GRANGER; Dwyer lined to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Expos 1.
ASTROS 9TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Cruz walked;
Scherman threw a wild pitch [Cruz to second]; Gross grounded out
(second to first); Metzger doubled [Cruz scored]; Hardy popped
to catcher in foul territory; Milbourne flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 1.
EXPOS 9TH: White flied out to center; Colbert struck out;
Jorgensen made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3,
Expos 1.
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