Houston Astros 14, Montreal Expos 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, July 18, 1976 (Night game) at Parc Jarry

Astros       3  0  1    4  1  3    0  2  0  -  14 22  0
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  3


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf              6   3   4   1     0   0   .300      Valentine cf          3   0   1   0     1   2   .245
Andrews 2b            5   3   3   1     1   1   .286      Lyttle rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .274
Cedeno cf             5   1   2   1     0   1   .297      Jorgensen lf          4   1   3   0     0   1   .251
  Howard cf           1   1   1   1     0   0   .214      Thornton 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Watson 1b             4   2   2   2     1   0   .280      Foli ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Johnson 1b          1   0   1   1     0   0   .226        Foote 3b            2   0   1   1     0   0   .218
Cruz lf               6   1   3   2     0   1   .304      Mackanin 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Cabell 3b             5   2   3   1     1   0   .307      Johnson c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Herrmann c            5   0   2   3     0   1   .221      Frias 3b,ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Jutze c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .139      Dunning p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Metzger ss            2   1   1   0     2   1   .243        Warthen p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  DaVanon ph,ss       1   0   0   0     1   0   .343        Kerrigan p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Larson p              5   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               47  14  22  13     6   6             Totals               32   1   5   1     2   9

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 11,641
Left on Base: Astros 13, Expos 6
DP: Astros 0, Expos 1
Errors: Frias 2, Dunning
Doubles: Andrews (5), Cedeno (16), Jorgensen (9)
Triples: Howard (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Larson (1)
GIDP: DaVanon (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Larson W(1-0)           9     5   1   1   2   9   0  34   1.00
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   9   0  34

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning L(0-4)          3.2  10   7   6   2   4   0  23   5.88
Warthen                 2     7   5   5   3   2   0  16   6.31
Kerrigan                2.1   5   2   2   0   0   0  11   4.15
Murray                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.19
Totals                  9    22  14  13   6   6   0  54

Wild Pitches: Dunning (2), Warthen (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Terry Tata


ASTROS 1ST: Gross flied out to center; Debut game for Dan
Larson; Andrews singled; Cedeno singled to right [Andrews to
third]; Watson singled to center [Andrews scored, Cedeno to
third]; Cruz singled to left [Cedeno scored, Watson to second];
Cabell walked [Watson to third, Cruz to second]; Herrmann
grounded out (second to first) [Watson scored, Cruz to third,
Cabell to second]; Metzger struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Valentine struck out; Lyttle walked; Jorgensen
doubled to left [Lyttle to third]; Thornton grounded out (third
to first); Foli grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Astros 3, Expos 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Larson grounded out (second to first); Gross singled
to center; Andrews singled to left [Gross to second]; Cedeno
struck out; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Frias grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Expos 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Cruz was called out on strikes; Cabell singled to
third [Cabell to second (error by Frias)]; Herrmann grounded out
(second to first) [Cabell to third]; Dunning threw a wild pitch
[Cabell scored (unearned)]; Metzger walked; Larson grounded out
(second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Expos
0.

EXPOS 3RD: Dunning was called out on strikes; Valentine singled
to right; Lyttle forced Valentine (second unassisted); Ellis
Valentine called for interference; Expos Manager Karl Kuehl
ejected by 2B umpire John Kibler; Jorgensen struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Expos 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Gross singled; Gross was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Dunning [Gross to second]; Andrews was
called out on strikes; Cedeno grounded out (first unassisted)
[Gross to third]; Watson singled [Gross scored]; Cruz singled
[Watson to third]; WARTHEN REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); Cabell
singled to third [Watson scored, Cruz to third (error by Frias),
Cabell to second]; Herrmann singled [Cruz scored, Cabell
scored]; Metzger singled [Herrmann to second]; Warthen threw a
wild pitch [Herrmann to third, Metzger to second]; Larson was
called out on strikes; 4 R, 6 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 8, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli
popped to first; Mackanin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 8, Expos 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Gross flied out to left; Andrews walked; Cedeno made
an out to second; Watson walked [Andrews to second]; Cruz
singled to right [Andrews scored, Watson to third]; Cabell flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 9, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Frias struck
out; Warthen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 9, Expos 0.

ASTROS 6TH: FOOTE REPLACED FOLI (PLAYING 3B); FRIAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Herrmann struck out; Metzger walked;
Larson out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Metzger to
second]; Gross singled to left [Metzger scored]; Andrews doubled
[Gross scored]; Cedeno doubled to left [Andrews scored];
KERRIGAN REPLACED WARTHEN (PITCHING); Watson grounded out (third
to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 12, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Valentine walked; Lyttle struck out; Jorgensen
singled to left [Valentine to second]; Thornton forced Valentine
(third unassisted) [Jorgensen to second]; Foote singled
[Jorgensen scored, Thornton to second]; Mackanin forced Thornton
(third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 12, Expos 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Cruz flied out to right; Cabell singled to right;
Herrmann singled to right [Cabell to third]; DAVANON BATTED FOR
METZGER; DaVanon grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Herrmann out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 12, Expos 1.

EXPOS 7TH: DAVANON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HOWARD REPLACED
CEDENO (PLAYING CF); JOHNSON REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 1B); JUTZE
REPLACED HERRMANN (PLAYING C ); Johnson grounded out (first
unassisted); Frias grounded out (third to first); Kerrigan was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 12, Expos 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Larson grounded out (second to first); Gross singled
to right; Andrews grounded out (third to first) [Gross to
second]; Howard tripled [Gross scored]; Johnson singled to left
[Howard scored]; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 14, Expos 1.

EXPOS 8TH: Valentine was called out on strikes; Lyttle flied out
to center; Jorgensen singled; Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 14, Expos 1.

ASTROS 9TH: MURRAY REPLACED KERRIGAN (PITCHING); Cabell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jutze grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first); DaVanon walked; Larson grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 14, Expos 1.

EXPOS 9TH: Foote grounded out (second to first); Mackanin
grounded out (third to first); Johnson flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 14, Expos 1.