Gary Matthews, who hit a two-run homer in the first inning, singled in the ninth and drove in Larry Herndon to bring the Giants a 4-3 victory over the Expos. The Giants held a 3-1 lead until Larry Parrish homered for the Expos with a man on base to tie the score in the eighth. Herndon beat out a bunt with one away in the ninth, moved up on an infield out by Marty Perez and crossed the plate with the winning run on Matthews' single. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Montreal Expos 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    22, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   3  8  1
Giants       2  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   4 10  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White lf              5   0   2   0     0   0   .250      Herndon cf            5   1   3   1     0   1   .295
Unser cf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .220      LeMaster ss           3   1   0   0     0   0   .204
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Thornton ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Perez 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Matthews lf           5   1   3   3     0   1   .285
Garrett 2b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .233      Murcer rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Parrish 3b            4   1   1   2     0   0   .225      Reitz 3b              3   0   3   0     1   0   .290
Cromartie rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Speier 2b,ss          3   0   1   0     1   0   .219
Jorgensen 1b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .244      Evans 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .207
  Williams ph,1b      1   0   1   0     0   0   .219      Sadek c               3   1   0   0     0   0   .214
Carter c              4   1   1   0     0   1   .213        Rader ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Frias ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .183      Montefusco p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .097
  Morales ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .360        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Rogers pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Foli ss             1   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Fryman p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .122
  Valentine ph,cf     1   0   0   1     0   0   .275

Totals               33   3   8   3     4   4             Totals               34   4  10   4     4   4

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance:  5,126
Left on Base: Expos 8, Giants 9
DP: Expos 2, Giants 1
Errors: Jorgensen
Doubles: White (10), Matthews (21), Herndon (9)
Home Runs: Parrish (9), Matthews (14)
Stolen Bases: LeMaster (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Montefusco (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Valentine (3)
GIDP: Sadek (2), Speier (12)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman                  6     6   2   2   2   4   1  25   3.51
Murray                  2     2   1   0   2   0   0  10   3.01
Taylor L(1-2)           0.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.54
Totals                  8.2  10   4   3   4   4   1  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco              7     6   3   3   4   4   1  31   2.98
Lavelle W(6-5)          2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.80
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   4   1  38

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


EXPOS 1ST: White singled to center; Unser made an out to
catcher; Garrett walked [White to second]; Parrish made an out
to catcher; Cromartie flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Expos 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon singled to center; LeMaster forced Herndon
(third to second); LeMaster stole second; Matthews homered
[LeMaster scored]; Murcer grounded out (second to first); Reitz
singled to center; Speier made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 2.

EXPOS 2ND: Jorgensen walked; Carter made an out to third; Frias
struck out; Fryman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans was called out on strikes; Sadek flied out to
right; Montefusco was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 2.

EXPOS 3RD: White flied out to center; Unser walked; Garrett
struck out; Parrish made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Herndon grounded out (third to first); LeMaster
flied out to left; Matthews doubled to left; Murcer made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Cromartie singled to left; Jorgensen made an out to
first; Carter struck out; Frias grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Reitz singled to left; Speier singled to right
[Reitz to second]; Evans made an out to first; Sadek grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Speier out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Fryman grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
White grounded out (third to first); Unser walked; Garrett made
an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Montefusco made an out to second; Herndon struck
out; LeMaster flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Giants 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Parrish made an out to shortstop; Cromartie grounded
out (second to first); Jorgensen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Matthews was called out on strikes; Murcer flied out
to right; Reitz walked; Speier walked [Reitz to second]; Evans
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0,
Giants 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Carter singled to center; MORALES BATTED FOR FRIAS;
Morales singled to right [Carter to third]; ROGERS RAN FOR
MORALES; VALENTINE BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Valentine hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Carter scored]; White forced Rogers (shortstop to
second); Unser grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: FOLI REPLACED ROGERS (PLAYING SS); VALENTINE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MURRAY REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Sadek
reached on an error by Jorgensen [Sadek to first]; Montefusco
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Sadek to second];
Herndon doubled to right [Sadek scored (unearned)]; THOMASSON
BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Thomasson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Matthews grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Giants 3.

EXPOS 8TH: PEREZ REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING 2B); SPEIER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Garrett singled to center; Parrish
homered [Garrett scored]; LAVELLE REPLACED MONTEFUSCO
(PITCHING); Cromartie grounded out (second to first); WILLIAMS
BATTED FOR JORGENSEN; Williams singled to right; Carter lined to
shortstop; Foli made an out to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Murcer walked;
On a bunt Reitz singled to left [Murcer to second]; Speier
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Murcer to
third, Reitz out at second]; Evans was walked intentionally;
RADER BATTED FOR SADEK; Rader flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Expos 3, Giants 3.

EXPOS 9TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Valentine grounded
out (second to first); White doubled to center; THORNTON BATTED
FOR MURRAY; Thornton hit into a double play (center to second)
[White out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: TAYLOR REPLACED THORNTON (PITCHING); ADAMS BATTED
FOR LAVELLE; Adams flied out to left; On a bunt Herndon singled;
Perez grounded out (first to pitcher) [Herndon to second];
Matthews singled to center [Herndon scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 3, Giants 4.