Led by the batting of Mike Schmidt and Jerry Martin, the Phillies defeated the Expos, 6-5, and were assured of at least a tie for the East Division title when the Pirates were beaten by the Cardinals. Schmidt cracked a homer with Dave Cash on base in the first inning. After the Expos pushed three runs across the plate in the second, Schmidt tied the score with a double in the third, driving in Cash. Martin, who was also on base, stopped at third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Greg Luzinski.

The Expos pulled even in their half of the third when Earl Williams doubled to drive in Andre Dawson. The Phillies broke the deadlock with two runs in the fifth. Wayne Twitchell, pitching in relief of Tom Underwood, doubled for his first hit of the season and advanced to third on a single by Cash, who had a perfect night with 4-for-4. Cash stole second and then scored along with Twitchell when Martin singled. Gene Garber pitched the last three innings for the the Phillies and saved the game after the Expos tightened the score with an RBI single by Wayne Garrett in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 6, Montreal Expos 5
Game Played on Saturday, September 25, 1976 (Day game) at Parc Jarry
Phillies     2  0  2    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   6 11  1
Expos        0  3  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   5 12  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   3   4   0     0   0   .277      Rivera lf             2   0   1   1     0   1   .276
Martin cf,lf          4   1   2   2     0   0   .255        Unser ph,lf         3   0   1   0     0   1   .231
Schmidt 3b            4   1   2   3     0   2   .260      Foli ss               4   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Luzinski lf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .301      Dawson cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .275
  Maddox cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .328      Valentine rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Allen 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Williams 1b,c         4   0   1   1     0   1   .233
  Hutton 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Parrish 3b            3   2   1   0     1   0   .231
Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Foote c               4   1   3   0     0   0   .231
Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .279        Frias pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .249        Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Underwood p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .114      Mackanin 2b           2   1   1   2     0   1   .227
  Twitchell p         1   1   1   0     0   0   .167        Garrett ph,2b       2   0   1   1     0   1   .232
  Tolan ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Fryman p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .111
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Cromartie ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .216
                                                            Dunning p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
                                                            Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .325
                                                            Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6  11   6     0   3             Totals               37   5  12   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  5,096
Left on Base: Phillies 1, Expos 7
DP: Phillies 3, Expos 1
Errors: Bowa
Doubles: Martin (5), Schmidt (28), Twitchell (1), Mackanin (15), Williams (13), Fryman (1), Foote (11)
Home Runs: Schmidt (37)
Stolen Bases: Cash (9)
Caught Stealing: Martin (2), Tolan (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Luzinski (11)
GIDP: Valentine (5), Foli (14), Morales (5)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood               3.1   8   4   4   1   2   0  18   3.61
Twitchell W(3-1)        2.2   2   0   0   0   2   0  10   1.81
Garber SV(11)           3     2   1   1   1   2   0  11   2.85
Totals                  9    12   5   5   2   6   0  39

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman L(13-12)         6     9   6   6   0   1   1  25   3.25
Dunning                 2     2   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.34
Kerrigan                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.74
Totals                  9    11   6   6   0   3   1  34

Passed Balls: Boone (4)
Wild Pitches: Underwood (6)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Bill Williams


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to second; Martin flied out to right;
Schmidt homered [Cash scored]; Luzinski popped to catcher in
foul territory; Allen flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Rivera was called out on strikes; Foli walked; Dawson
singled to center [Foli to second]; Valentine grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dawson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Brown grounded out (third to first); Boone flied
out to left; Bowa flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); Parrish
singled to center; Foote singled to center [Parrish to second];
Mackanin doubled to left [Parrish scored, Foote scored]; Fryman
grounded out (third to first); Underwood threw a wild pitch
[Mackanin to third]; Rivera singled to center [Mackanin scored];
Foli made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
2, Expos 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Underwood flied out to left; Cash singled to
center; Martin doubled to left [Cash to third]; Schmidt doubled
to left [Cash scored, Martin to third]; Luzinski sacrifice flied
into a double play to left [Martin scored, Schmidt out at third
(left to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Expos 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Dawson singled to right; Valentine lined to right;
Williams doubled to left [Dawson scored]; Parrish flied out to
right; Foote flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
4, Expos 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Allen flied to left in foul territory; Brown
grounded out (third to first); Boone flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Expos 4.

EXPOS 4TH: Mackanin struck out; Fryman doubled to center;
TWITCHELL REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); UNSER BATTED FOR
RIVERA; Unser singled to center [Fryman to third]; Foli grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Unser out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Expos 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bowa grounded
out (shortstop to first); Twitchell doubled to left; Cash
singled to right [Twitchell to third]; Cash stole second; Martin
singled to center [Twitchell scored, Cash scored]; Schmidt
struck out; Martin was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Expos 4.

EXPOS 5TH: Dawson grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine
reached on an error by Bowa [Valentine to second]; Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Expos 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski singled to left; Allen flied out to
center; Brown grounded out (second to pitcher) [Luzinski to
second]; Boone flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 6, Expos 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Foote doubled; GARRETT BATTED FOR MACKANIN; Boone
allowed a passed ball [Foote to third]; Garrett struck out;
CROMARTIE BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Cromartie flied out to left; Unser
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Expos 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: GARRETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); DUNNING
REPLACED CROMARTIE (PITCHING); Bowa grounded out (pitcher to
first); TOLAN BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Tolan singled to left; Tolan
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cash singled
to right [Cash out at second (right to shortstop)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Expos 4.

EXPOS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED TOLAN (PITCHING); Foli popped to
third in foul territory; Dawson grounded out (third to first);
Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 6, Expos 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Martin grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt
was called out on strikes; Luzinski flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Expos 4.

EXPOS 8TH: MADDOX REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING CF); HUTTON
REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); MARTIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); Williams struck out; Parrish walked; Foote singled to left
[Parrish to second]; FRIAS RAN FOR FOOTE; Garrett singled to
second [Parrish scored, Frias to second]; MORALES BATTED FOR
DUNNING; Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Garrett out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
6, Expos 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED FRIAS (PLAYING 1B); KERRIGAN
REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
C ); Hutton grounded out (second to first); Brown grounded out
(third to first); Boone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 6, Expos 5.

EXPOS 9TH: Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); Foli made an
out to catcher; Dawson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 6, Expos 5.