The Phillies clinched the East Division championship with a 4-1 victory in the opener of a doubleheader and then made it more positive by also defeating the Expos, 2-1, in the nightcap, which was called after seven innings because of rain. Greg Luzinski hit his first homer since August 26 to nail down the Phillies' title. Dave Cash walked and Jerry Martin singled before Luzinski smashed his round-tripper in the sixth inning. The Expos came back with a run in their half on a walk to Wayne Garrett and double by Andre Dawson, but the Phillies added an insurance marker in the seventh when Garry Maddox singled, stole second and crossed the plate on a single by Jim Lonborg.

In the rain-shortened second game, Terry Harmon was safe on an error in the third inning, stole second and scored the Phillies' first run on a single by Jay Johnstone. Fred Andrews singled in the sixth, advanced on an error by Pat Scanlon and counted the deciding run on a single by Tim Blackwell. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 4, Montreal Expos 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, September 26, 1976 (Day game) at Parc Jarry
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  3    1  0  0  -   4 10  0
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  4  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               3   1   2   0     1   0   .278      Unser lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Martin rf,lf          4   1   1   0     0   2   .255      Garrett 2b            3   1   0   0     1   1   .230
Schmidt 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .261      Dawson cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .273
Luzinski lf           3   1   1   3     0   1   .301      Valentine rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
  Tolan pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Williams 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .230
Allen 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Parrish 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  Brown rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Foli ss               3   0   2   0     0   0   .261
Maddox cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .330      Foote c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Warthen p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .249        Cromartie ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Lonborg p             4   0   1   1     0   2   .169        Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .256
                                                            Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4  10   4     1   6             Totals               31   1   4   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:00
Left on Base: Phillies 5, Expos 4
DP: Phillies 0, Expos 0
Errors: Dawson
Doubles: Dawson (2)
Triples: Bowa (9)
Home Runs: Luzinski (21)
Stolen Bases: Cash (10), Maddox (29)
Caught Stealing: Bowa (7)
Hit by Pitch: Luzinski (11,by Kerrigan)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(17-10)        9     4   1   1   1   5   0  32   3.15
Totals                  9     4   1   1   1   5   0  32

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Warthen L(2-9)          6     4   3   3   1   6   1  23   5.46
Kerrigan                2     5   1   1   0   0   0  10   3.76
Murray                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.13
Totals                  9    10   4   4   1   6   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Kerrigan (2)
Wild Pitches: Warthen (2)

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Martin
struck out; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Unser singled to center; Garrett popped to third;
Dawson forced Unser (third to second); Valentine popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to left; Allen grounded out
(pitcher to first); Maddox made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Williams flied out to center; Parrish grounded out
(third to first); Foli singled to third; Foote made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone flied out to right; Bowa grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lonborg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Warthen grounded out (first to pitcher); Unser popped
to third; Garrett was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cash singled to center; Cash stole second; Martin
struck out; Schmidt singled to center [Cash to third, Schmidt to
second (error by Dawson)]; Luzinski was called out on strikes;
Allen flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Dawson flied out to center; Valentine flied out to
right; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Expos 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox lined to second; Boone grounded out (third
to first); Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli
grounded out (shortstop to first); Foote made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Expos 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Lonborg was called out on strikes; Cash walked;
Martin singled to right [Cash to second]; Warthen threw a wild
pitch [Cash to third, Martin to second]; Schmidt flied out to
left; Luzinski homered [Cash scored, Martin scored]; Allen
struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: CROMARTIE BATTED FOR WARTHEN; Cromartie grounded out
(shortstop to first); Unser grounded out (shortstop to first);
Garrett walked; Dawson doubled to left [Garrett scored];
Valentine flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Expos 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED CROMARTIE (PITCHING); Maddox
singled to shortstop; Maddox stole second; Boone grounded out
(second to first) [Maddox to third]; Bowa flied out to center;
Lonborg singled to right [Maddox scored]; Cash singled to right
[Lonborg to second]; Martin grounded out (second to pitcher); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Expos 1.

EXPOS 7TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Parrish
grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli singled to left; Foote
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Expos 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Schmidt singled to third; Luzinski was hit by a
pitch [Schmidt to second]; TOLAN RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Tolan was
picked off first (pitcher to first); Allen grounded out (third
to first); Maddox singled to right [Schmidt out at home (right
to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Expos 1.

EXPOS 8TH: TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BROWN REPLACED
ALLEN (PLAYING RF); MARTIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
JORGENSEN BATTED FOR KERRIGAN; Jorgensen grounded out (second to
first); Unser lined to shortstop; Garrett flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Expos 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: MURRAY REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Boone flied
out to center; Bowa tripled to right; Bowa was picked off and
caught stealing home (pitcher to catcher to third to catcher);
Lonborg flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Expos 1.

EXPOS 9TH: Dawson was called out on strikes; Valentine grounded
out (third to first); Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 4, Expos 1.