The Expos scored two runs in the seventh inning to overcome the Mets, 5-4, in a Jacket Day game that attracted Jarry Park's largest crowd of the season, 22,861. After singles by Pepe Mangual and Jerry White, Andre Thornton produced the tying run with a sacrifice fly and Gary Carter ended an 0-for14 slump with a single to score the winning run. [The Sporting News]
Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 4

Game Played on Sunday, May 23, 1976 (Day game) at Parc Jarry

Mets         0  1  1    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   4  7  2
Expos        2  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   5  8  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Phillips 2b,ss        4   0   0   0     1   1   .219      Mangual lf            4   2   1   0     1   2   .289
Garrett 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .231      White cf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .259
Kingman rf            5   0   0   0     0   2   .248      Thornton rf           1   1   0   1     2   0   .224
Milner lf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .390      Carter c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .256
Kranepool 1b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .283      Parrish 3b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .220
Hodges c              3   1   1   0     1   0   .378      Jorgensen 1b          3   1   2   1     1   0   .260
  Brown pr            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Mackanin 2b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .223
  Grote c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Frias ss              4   0   2   1     0   0   .357
Unser cf              4   1   2   3     0   0   .228      Carrithers p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Harrelson ss          1   0   0   0     2   0   .228        Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .318        Lang p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Millan 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Swan p                3   1   1   0     0   1   .077
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Torre ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .354

Totals               32   4   7   4     6   6             Totals               30   5   8   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 22,861
Left on Base: Mets 8, Expos 9
DP: Mets 0, Expos 2
Errors: Kranepool, Swan, Jorgensen
Doubles: Frias (2)
Home Runs: Unser (4)
Stolen Bases: Unser (4), Garrett (3), Mangual (8)
Caught Stealing: Harrelson (1), Brown (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Lang (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Parrish (1), Thornton (2)
GIDP: Kingman (5)
Hit by Pitch: Garrett (1,by Carrithers)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(2-3)             6.1   7   5   3   4   2   0  31   4.30
Apodaca                 1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.25
Totals                  8     8   5   3   5   4   0  38

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carrithers              6     6   4   4   3   3   1  27   4.18
Lang W(1-0)             3     1   0   0   3   3   0  12   0.00
Totals                  9     7   4   4   6   6   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Carrithers (4)
Wild Pitches: Carrithers (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Dutch Rennert


METS 1ST: Phillips grounded out (second to first); Garrett
singled to right; Kingman grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Garrett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Mangual walked; Mangual stole second; White grounded
out (second to first) [Mangual to third]; Thornton walked;
Carter reached on an error by Swan [Thornton to second]; Parrish
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mangual scored (unearned)];
Jorgensen singled [Thornton scored (unearned), Carter to third];
Mackanin grounded out (third to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 2.

METS 2ND: Milner flied out to left; Kranepool singled to center;
Carrithers threw a wild pitch [Kranepool to second]; Hodges
flied out to left; Unser singled to center [Kranepool scored];
Unser stole second; Harrelson grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 2.

EXPOS 2ND: Frias popped to first; Carrithers popped to first;
Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 1, Expos 2.

METS 3RD: Swan singled to left; Phillips popped to catcher;
Garrett was hit by a pitch [Swan to second]; Kingman struck out;
Milner singled to right [Swan scored, Garrett to third];
Kranepool struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 2.

EXPOS 3RD: White flied out to right; Thornton flied out to left;
Carter flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos
2.

METS 4TH: Hodges grounded out (first to second to pitcher);
Unser grounded out (second to first); Harrelson walked; Swan
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2,
Expos 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen
singled to right; Mackanin struck out; Frias doubled to right
[Jorgensen scored, Frias to third (on throw to home)];
Carrithers grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 3.

METS 5TH: Phillips flied out to right; Garrett grounded out
(first to pitcher); Kingman reached on an error by Jorgensen
[Kingman to first]; Milner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Expos 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Mangual was called out on strikes; White walked;
White was picked off first (catcher to first); Thornton walked;
Carter grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 2, Expos 3.

METS 6TH: Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Hodges
walked; Unser homered [Hodges scored]; Harrelson walked; Swan
struck out while Harrelson was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Parrish flied out to left; Jorgensen reached on an
error by Kranepool [Jorgensen to first]; Mackanin singled to
center [Jorgensen to third]; Frias reached on a fielder's choice
[Jorgensen out at home (third to catcher), Mackanin to second];
DWYER BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Dwyer made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 3.

METS 7TH: LANG REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Phillips struck out;
Garrett walked; Garrett stole second; Kingman struck out; Milner
walked; Kranepool grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 3.

EXPOS 7TH: Mangual singled to left; White singled to center
[Mangual to third]; Thornton hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Mangual scored, White to second]; Carter singled [White
scored]; APODACA REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Parrish grounded out
(third to first) [Carter to second]; Jorgensen was walked
intentionally; Mackanin struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
4, Expos 5.

METS 8TH: Hodges singled to shortstop; BROWN RAN FOR HODGES;
Brown was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Unser
flied out to left; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Boisclair
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
4, Expos 5.

EXPOS 8TH: GROTE REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING C ); MILLAN REPLACED
BOISCLAIR (PLAYING 2B); PHILLIPS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Frias singled; Lang out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Frias to second]; Mangual struck out; White flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 5.

METS 9TH: TORRE BATTED FOR APODACA; Torre flied out to center;
Phillips walked; Garrett struck out; Kingman flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Expos 5.
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