Larry Dierker, now in his 13th season with the Astros, pitched the first no-hitter of his major league career, defeating the Expos, 6-0. The veteran righthander walked four. Ed Herrmann hit his first N. L. homer as part of the support for Dierker. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 6, Montreal Expos 0
Game Played on Friday, July      9, 1976 (Night game) at Astrodome
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  0  2
Astros       0  2  0    2  2  0    0  0  x  -   6 11  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mangual cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .266      Gross rf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .285
Lyttle rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .271      Andrews 2b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .292
Jorgensen lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Cabell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .302
Thornton 1b           1   0   0   0     2   1   .210      Watson 1b             3   2   2   0     1   0   .282
Parrish 3b            2   0   0   0     1   1   .210      Cruz cf               4   1   2   1     0   1   .296
Mackanin 2b           2   0   0   0     1   1   .240      Johnson lf            4   1   0   0     0   0   .230
Johnson c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Howard lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Foote ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Herrmann c            3   1   2   2     1   0   .186
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Metzger ss            3   1   2   1     1   0   .247
Frias ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Dierker p             3   0   0   1     0   1   .105
  Foli ph,ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Stanhouse p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .368
  Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .059
  Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .193
  Warthen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morales ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .303

Totals               26   0   0   0     4   8             Totals               32   6  11   6     4   3

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 12,511
Left on Base: Expos 3, Astros 7
DP: Expos 3, Astros 1
Errors: Thornton, Parrish
Doubles: Cruz (9)
Home Runs: Herrmann (1)
Stolen Bases: Thornton (4), Watson (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Dierker (1)
GIDP: Cruz (5), Dierker (1), Johnson (7)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stanhouse L(6-4)        3.2   6   4   4   4   0   1  20   2.50
Carrithers              1.1   3   2   1   0   1   0   7   4.82
Warthen                 2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   5.91
Kerrigan                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    11   6   5   4   3   1  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker W(8-8)          9     0   0   0   4   8   0  30   4.07
Totals                  9     0   0   0   4   8   0  30

Wild Pitches: Stanhouse (2)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Paul Pryor


EXPOS 1ST: Mangual flied out to right; Lyttle flied out to left;
Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Expos 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross reached on an error by Thornton [Gross out at
second (second to shortstop)]; Andrews flied out to center;
Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Astros 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Thornton walked; Thornton stole second; Parrish
struck out; Mackanin lined into a double play (pitcher to
second) [Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson walked; Cruz doubled [Watson scored];
Stanhouse threw a wild pitch [Cruz to third]; Johnson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Herrmann walked; Metzger walked
[Herrmann to second]; Dierker hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cruz
scored]; Gross walked [Herrmann to third, Metzger to second];
Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Expos 0, Astros 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Frias made
an out to shortstop; Stanhouse struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Expos 0, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Cabell singled; Watson singled [Cabell to second];
Cruz grounded into a double play (second to first) [Cabell to
third, Watson out at second]; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Mangual grounded out (third to first); Lyttle
grounded out (second to first); Jorgensen flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Herrmann homered; Metzger singled; Dierker grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Metzger to second]; Gross grounded out
(second to first) [Metzger to third]; Andrews singled [Metzger
scored]; CARRITHERS REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Cabell flied
out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 4.

EXPOS 5TH: Thornton struck out; Parrish walked; Mackanin walked
[Parrish to second]; Johnson flied out to right [Parrish to
third]; Frias struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros
4.

ASTROS 5TH: Watson singled; Watson stole second; Cruz struck
out; Johnson reached on an error by Parrish; Herrmann singled
[Watson scored, Johnson to second]; Metzger singled [Johnson
scored (unearned), Herrmann to second]; Dierker grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Metzger out at
second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 6.

EXPOS 6TH: DWYER BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Dwyer flied out to
center; Mangual struck out; Lyttle grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 6.

ASTROS 6TH: WARTHEN REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Gross struck out;
Andrews singled; Cabell flied out to left; Watson flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 6.

EXPOS 7TH: Jorgensen flied out to center; Thornton walked;
Parrish forced Thornton (third to second); Mackanin struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 6.

ASTROS 7TH: Cruz singled; Johnson grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Cruz out at second]; Herrmann made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 6.

EXPOS 8TH: HOWARD REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); FOOTE BATTED
FOR JOHNSON; Foote grounded out (third to first); FOLI BATTED
FOR FRIAS; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); MORALES
BATTED FOR WARTHEN; Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 6.

ASTROS 8TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED FOOTE (PITCHING); FOLI STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Metzger
grounded out (second to first); Debut game for Joe
Kerrigan; Dierker struck out; Gross flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Astros 6.

EXPOS 9TH: Mangual struck out; Lyttle struck out; Jorgensen
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Astros 6.